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NC toasts elected officials despite winter weather | page C4 the Sunday News Briefing

Gov. Roy Cooper participates in a ceremonial swearing in surrounded by his family at the Executive Mansion.

Deadline for disaster assistance from Hurricane Matthew is Monday Raleigh Those impacted by Hurricane Matthew must register with FEMA before the end of Monday, Jan. 9 for federal and state assistance.

Assistance may include grants to help pay for temporary housing, emergency home repairs or for other disasterrelated needs, such as medical and dental services, transportation and funeral costs. Register online at DisasterAssistance.gov, or call the FEMA Helpline at 800‑621-3362.

Morgan installed on N.C. Supreme Court Raleigh Justice Mike Morgan was installed as associate justice on the state Supreme Court Wednesday afternoon.

Morgan has served as a judge for more than 27 years. He is an N.C. Equal Access to Justice Commission member and a National Judicial College member. He also serves on the Racial Ethnic Bias Consortium. He unseated conservative Justice Bob Edmunds in the November elections.

First women join Marines infantry in occupational specialties Jacksonville The first three female infantry Marines in the history of the Marine Corps joined their units at Camp Lejeune Thursday. They joined the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, as a rifleman, machine gunner and mortar Marine. They are the first women to serve in these specialties, but the battalion already has a team of women leaders consisting of a logistics officer, motor transport officer and wire chief. All three Marines graduated from the School of Infantry under the Marines’ gender integration research project.

U.S. Congress certifies Trump’s Electoral College victory Washington, D.C. The U.S. Congress on Friday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Republican Donald Trump his victory in the contentious 2016 presidential election after a raucous half-hour joint session punctuated by Democratic challenges. The Republican businessman, whose presidential campaign was his first bid for public office, garnered 304 electoral votes, compared with 227 won by his Democratic challenger, Hillary Clinton, according to the vote tally read by Vice President Joe Biden. The electoral votes were opened before a joint session of Congress in what is considered a formality for most presidential elections.

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North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby, left, swears in Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, center, as he stands with his wife, Alice, and children.

State agencies and administration must navigate party politics Shifts in agency leadership could create conflicts with administration

By Donna King and Emily Roberson North State Journal RALEIGH — Members of N.C.’s Council of State gathered Friday evening after being sworn into office over the past several weeks. The social celebration thinly disguised a political dynamic that will shift focus of much of the state government.

For the first time in years, the Council of State is majority Republican with a Democrat governor. This group of officials head the state agencies and in the Tarheel State are independently elected by the people.

They are separate from “cabinet members” who are appointed by the governor. Most of the issues that come before the Council of State are nonpartisan and are

usually unanimous votes, but the state constitution gives the people around that table executive authority to run their respective agencies outside of the governor’s authority.

And Becki Gray, senior vice president of Raleigh think tank the John Locke Foundation, notes that we should expect to see some differences emerge between this politically mixed group and the goals of the Cooper administration.

“While the state constitution outlines the parameters and duties of the elected members of the Council of State, it allows for some ‘wiggle room’ for differences in the policy perspectives and political philosophies that they might bring to the table,” Gray said.

The Council of State now consists of three Democrats; Attorney General and Cooper protege Josh Stein, Auditor Beth Wood, and Secretary of State Elaine Marshall. On the other side of the table, some of the most See COUNCIL, page A3

INAUGURATION

Cooper initiates policy push in first moves as governor The new Democratic governor already sparring with Republican-led legislature over policy proposals

By Jeff Moore North State Journal RALEIGH — The beginning or introduction of a system, policy, or period — such is the definition of inauguration. Despite taking the oath of office just after midnight on Jan. 1 and inclement weather raining (snowing) on his would-be inaugural parade, new Gov. Roy Cooper may have launched his agenda a few minutes into a Wednesday speech in which he laid out three pillars of his plan to take the North Carolina economy from “good to great.”

The speech at the Economic Forecast Forum sponsored by the N.C. Chamber and N.C. Bankers Association served as a platform for Cooper to introduce policy proposals that he hopes will create jobs and grow the economy. Medicaid expansion, increased investments in education, and repealing the vexed House Bill 2, while not a novel grouping of policy goals from the Democrat, nonetheless stirred the political pot and signaled that the anticipated struggle of a newly divided government had begun in earnest.

Cooper first expressed his intent to unilaterally expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) via amendment to the State Medicaid Plan, presenting it as a way to spur billions in investment dollars and create thousands of new jobs as more federal tax dollars flow into the state.

“We have to accept Medicaid expansion as being offered to our state,” said Cooper. “It will provide us

“Clearly, Governor Cooper does not have the legal authority to submit this State Plan Amendment to expand Medicaid.

Additionally, the most recent estimate shows Medicaid expansion would require a state commitment of roughly $600 million each year.

— Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore

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NC House plans to continue Republican policy reforms

By Jeff Moore North State Journal RALEIGH — With the start of the 2017 legislative session mere days away, North State Journal sat down with N.C. House majority leader Rep. John Bell (R-Wayne County) to discuss the Republican caucus policy plans and their expectations for working with the new Democratic governor.

Reacting to Gov. Roy Cooper’s recent announcement that he intends to work around the legislature to expand Medicaid, Bell indicated he thinks the governor may be picking a fight he cannot win.

“I don’t believe the governor has the authority to do that and I think he knows that,” said Bell. “If the governor wants to push to expand Obamacare and try to ram that down the North Carolina citizens’ throats through a tax increase — whichever way he determines to pursue that, that will be met with staunch opposition here in the General Assembly.

“I think it’s politics,” he added. “I also think he’s trying to position himself as a strong leader for the state. I just think it’s a bad direction to go. We don’t think that expanding Obamacare and a tax increase are the right things for the citizens of the state.”

On lawmakers’ list of priorities is the budget See GENERAL, page A2

“If the objective is going to be to raise taxes and push for more burdensome regulations on our businesses, we’re not going to find common ground.”

— N.C. House Majority Leader John Bell

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THE BACKSTORY NC’s District 13 brings a new face to Washington

By Emory Rakestraw For the North State Journal DAVIDSON — N.C.’s new District 13 representative in the U.S. Congress, Ted Budd, was sworn in this week as one of the incoming freshman in Congress.

It’s been a long time since he was called a freshman, but Budd’s earned it, having beat out 16 other candidates in the Republican primary and ultimately winning the Nov. 8 election.

His district encompasses Guilford, Davidson, Davie, Iredell and Rowan counties.

Ted Budd (R) Budd ran as a Washington outsider, promising to “take on the establishment” as a first-time candidate. A gun range and training center owner, Budd ran a conservative platform calling for smaller government and lower taxes. He is part of an incoming group of freshmen representatives ready to make some changes in Washington.

North State Journal: Why did you decide to run?

What was it like running against 16 candidates for the primary?

Ted Budd: As someone who has never running for office before, being a congressman was not a life goal for me. I saw this as an opportunity to serve. Like a lot of people, I was frustrated with the direction our country was headed in and saw this as a chance to get off the sidelines.

Who were some of the early influences in your campaign and decision to run?

The most important thing that I did before I ran was talk to my family. Without their support, this would not have been possible. They were a big part of the campaign and I have really enjoyed them being involved from Day 1.

Do you consider yourself a Ryan Republican or a Trump Republican? How do you see those two groups coming together?

I think the American people are ready to see Republican leaders work together to create jobs, lower their taxes, and keep our nation secure. As a small business owner, I am ready to work with President Trump and Speaker Ryan and focus on creating jobs for the constituents of the 13th district.

What are your primary goals for your first weeks in office?

One of my biggest priorities is going to be setting up a good constituent operation for the citizens of the 13th District and I want to make that a goal from my first day in office. As for my work in Washington, I am going to be focused on implementing policies that create jobs for the constituents of the 13th District.

As of lately, it seems North Carolina has become somewhat of a divided state in terms of politics. What are some steps you find beneficial to bridging the gap?

I think now that the election is over, people want to see those that have been elected get to work on their behalf. I think if leaders in both parties start focusing on ways to create jobs for North Carolinians instead of hurling personal attacks at one another, it will go a long way into bridging the divides that exist.

GENERAL from page A1 process, an area Bell believes the majority can find common ground with Cooper as they make funding decisions.

“I think we can find some common ground in education on working together to properly fund our public schools along with having the ability for parents to choose what’s best for their children,” said Bell. “If we want to look at infrastructure, and transportation and our roads and bridges and rail and port system — we can find common ground there.”

But Bell said Republicans would stand firm on their ideals.

“If the objective is going to be to raise taxes and push for more burdensome regulations on our businesses, we’re not going to find common ground,” cautioned Bell. “We’re willing to work with anybody who wants to put North Carolina first and move North Carolina forward.”

Bell also thinks further regulatory reform will be an area of focus for Republicans intent on reducing barriers for business and education, with economic growth and development in mind.

“We didn’t get a regulatory reform bill last session and it weighs on a lot of our minds very heavy,” lamented Bell. “So we’ve got to come in to push to get a regulatory reform bill this session and I think we’ll be successful.”

One focus area for reforms could be in telecommunications and internet access for rural parts of the state.

“Access to broadband internet and Wi-Fi is a major issue in rural North Carolina,” said Bell.

“So we need to be able to open the doors of competition to allow the private sector to come in, also working with government agencies to move forward with this so we can provide internet and Wi-Fi access to those areas that need it.”

When asked what role state

government should play in funding access to such services, the Wayne County Republican indicated their best move is to get out of the way.

“I think that we can help facilitate the conversation,” said Bell.

“I think that we can look at loosening the regulatory burden that prevents these companies from coming in. At the end of the day, for me personally, the private sector does it better. Any time the government gets involved we tend to mess it up. So, really I like to see our role as being able to open the door and letting these companies do what they do best and not put roadblocks in the way.”

The General Assembly will also face a court-mandated March 15 redistricting deadline and possible elections in the fall of this year.

“We had districts that were upheld by President [Barack] Obama’s justice department, they were approved by [U.S. Attorney General] Eric Holder, and a politically driven radical Fourth Circuit court is the one that has caused all this chaos,” said Bell. “You have people that citizens have elected to serve a two-year term, which is under our constitution, so now you’ve got a court order really defying what our state constitution says.”

Bell said he hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will honor their request for a stay in the case, and thus avoid what he deems expensive and burdensome special elections.

“We need to handle the business of the state of North Carolina,” said Bell “We need to put a responsible budget in place; we need to work on regulatory reform; we need to work on tax reform; we need to work on funding education. Not spend our time up here trying to redraw districts because of political reasons.”

The General Assembly returns Wednesday under the new governor with an already full plate for 2017.

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY The intersection of health, retail and heart

By Emory Rakestraw For the North State Journal What if you had the opportunity to change the world? What if you had an idea resting in your head for years, and you were finally able to bring it to life - but only had two minutes to convince esteemed judges why your idea matters?

That’s exactly what students turned prospective entrepreneurs were able to do at Wake Forest University’s Retail & Health Innovation Challenge. Yet when pitching an idea - where do retail and health intersect and where on the greater scale will it make a difference in our day-to-day life?

“America is experiencing silver tsunami. Everyday people are turning 65, a large part of our population are baby boomers who are demanding more from healthcare.” said Roger Beahm, PHOTO COURTESY OF THE RESILIENCE PROJECT Executive Director of the Wake The Resilience Project provides custom-made socks for cancer patients. Founded by a recovering Forest University School of Busi- cancer patient, the project has sold over 1,300 pairs of socks. ness Center for Retail Innovation.

“There’s a growing interest in the retail and health intersection...remitted to the hospital you receive others thought about the idea.” It tailers in general have taken on a your package. A hospital stay also stood as an opportunity to much more aggressive marketing would be 30 days, chemo would answer some hard questions and stance to helping meet those mar- “What I realized was it’s not uncommon for patients last 30 days, when I went in I al- particularly think about business ket needs.” ways made it a point to wear my and branding. One of the most Yet retailers aren’t just seeking with chronic illness to have challenging questions he received own socks.” established corporations to proTeitelbaum was a double ma- was - “What’s your vision for the vide them with new ideas in con- difficulty paying for that jor battling Refractory Hodgkin’s next five years, are you just a sock quering this ‘silver tsunami,’ in- care. Having that support Lymphoma. In and out of the company?” stead they’ve turned to a younger and seeing people around While Teitelbaum’s idea is hospital, he says he was lucky to generation. What originally started 18 years ago as an opportuni- me not having that support have his own support system but health, meets retail, meets heart noticed that several other patients Beahm stressed the importance of ty for students to pitch ideas to really stood out to me — were fighting alone. “One patient teams really hitting that intersecinvestment bankers is now spon- how can I redirect that started a GoFundMe because tion. First place and $25,000 went sored by retail health store giant she was really struggling. What I to a cold weather mask with mulCVS. Four years ago CVS want- support for the people who realized was it’s not uncommon tiple applications to help city or ed to evolve the competition into need it more?” for patients with chronic illness state workers fight the conditions what it is today, and Wake Forest to have difficulty paying for that and people with asthma breathe University is now in its third year — Jake Teitelbaum, The care. Having that support and see- easier on those subzero days. of a five-year contract with CVS. ing people around me not having Beahm said the idea persuaded On Nov. 11 and 12, 13 teams Resilience Project that support really stood out to me judges because it had the potenfrom Harvard University, Emo- how can I redirect that support tial to take off and see success in ry University, University of Iowa, the marketplace. The 2nd place, for the people who need it more?”

Wake Forest University, and other Beahm described the project as and $10,000 dollars went to a tea schools traveled to Winston-Sa“When people go to the hospital made from a mushroom specific lem to risk it all in their two-minfor chemo and cancer treatments to the Adirondacks with strong ute pitches, hoping to be chosen to it can be very emotionally tax- antioxidant properties. compete among the top four teams After the competition is over ing. Allowing patients to design that are allowed final 30-minute their socks with a warm friendly and students return to their representations to judges. design, or when you buy you can spective schools, many bring their While described as an ‘elevadonate a pair, is powerful because idea to life with the help of awardtor pitch’, what matters, said Beof the emotional benefit that really ed funding, while others learn the ahm, was the heart of the idea. helps the patient develop a better importance of shaping an entreWhen Jake Teitelbaum stood in preneurial goal into something mindset.” front of the judges for those two Luckily, Teitelbaum and his that is large enough to impact the minutes presenting “The Resilpartner Sophia Faltin placed marketplace while retaining sucience Project,” revolving around third in the challenge awarding cess and growth. Teitelbaum has custom-made socks for cancer them $5,000 dollars. While The sold over 1,300 pairs of socks as patients, the 14 judges only saw Resilience Project has already well as raised $6,500. Of the cona flicker of what was behind his seen success he said the innova- test and its future Beahm said “It idea. tion challenge “Was an opportu- is one of the many steps along the “The socks represented what nity to see what kind of validity road to success.” was to come, each time you’re ad-

“North Carolina has truly been in the minority of states with one party [Democrat] being in control of nearly everything for 140 years.

Then it was Republican for four years, and now it is a mix. The way it is now is how things occur in most states.”

— Becki Gray, senior vice president of the John Locke Foundation

North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell, left, shakes hands with Justice Sam Ervin, right, after being sworn in surrounded by his family at the Executive Mansion.

COUNCIL from page A1 hot-button topics are from agencies now led by six Republicans.

Voters elected Greensboro’s Mark Johnson to replace 40year DPI veteran and Democrat June Atkinson to head public schools. Republican Mike Causey was elected to replace Democrat Wayne Goodwin at the Department of Insurance, and veteran number-cruncher and Republican Dale Folwell will be leading the state’s Treasury. Agriculture Secretary Steve Troxler and Labor Secretary Cherie Berry, both Republicans, were re-elected to their positions.

Capping off the group of critical decision-makers will be Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, who became the first Republican ever to be re-elected in that post.

Also serving as president of the N.C. Senate, Forest has one foot in the legislative branch and one in the executive. Under the state constitution, his duties can be assigned by the General Assembly or the governor.

Gray predicts N.C. will continue to see a very active lieutenant governor, if Forest’s first term was any indication, and expects that his outspoken opposition to then-Attorney General Cooper’s disapproval of N.C.’s 2012 marriage amendment, 2013 abortion law changes and 2016 H.B. 2 will continue to define their political dynamic.

“Logistically, Forest will likely have a much more active and agreeable relationship with the General Assembly,” Gray said.

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monthly Council of State meetings where the heads of the agencies report in to him about the status of key issues and agency activities. Under former Gov. Pat McCrory, the group was split six to three in favor of Democrats.

This time, the leadership of the agencies has shifted, bringing up new priorities and potential conflict after a contentious election year.

“North Carolina has truly been in the minority of states with one party [Democrat] being in control of nearly everything for 140 years,” said Gray. “Then it was Republican for four years, and now it is a mix. The way it is now is how things occur in most states.”

The Republican-led General Assembly has not let the power shift go unnoticed. In special sessions before Cooper took office, the legislature passed a law

shifting more authority over public charter schools and the public school system budget to Johnson.

That law is already the target of a lawsuit from the State Board of Education, for which the governor appoints 11 of the 13 members.

Despite all the political maneuvering, Folwell now holds the state purse strings, an undeniably powerful position.

He says his top priorities are to reduce investment management fees by $100 million and tackle the unfunded health and pension plans. If unresolved, Folwell said as much as 20 percent of the state’s operating budget would be consumed by filling the gaps in pension and health plans over the next 15 years.

“It doesn’t matter if you are drowning a little less than the guy next to you — you’re still drowning.” Folwell said.

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BRIEF Five Kmart and two Macy’s stores to close in N.C. Charlotte Sears Holding Corp., owner of Kmart, announced another list of store closings and five are in N.C. Kmarts in Concord, Fayetteville, Madison, Goldsboro and Wilmington are expected to close by April. Two Macy’s are also scheduled to close, the retailer announced Thursday: one in Durham and one in Pineville.

Apple to invest $1 billion in Japanese-owned tech fund Cuppertino, CA Apple confirmed on Wednesday its plans to invest $1 billion in a tech fund being set up by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. SoftBank has said it is investing at least $25 billion in the fund and has been in talks with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund for an investment that could be as much as $45 billion.

Dow comes within a point of 20,000 New York The Dow came within one point of 20,000 for the first time ever on Friday and the Nasdaq and S&P 500 hit record highs, boosted by Apple, extending a two-month rally fueled by optimism about U.S. Presidentelect Donald Trump. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 64.99 points, or 0.33 percent, to 19,964.28, the S&P 500 gained 8.01 points, or 0.35 percent, to 2,277.01 and the Nasdaq Composite added 33.12 points, or 0.6 percent, to 5,521.06.

U.S. job growth slows, but wages rebound strongly Washington, D.C. U.S. employment increased less than expected in December but a rebound in wages pointed to sustained labor market momentum that sets up the economy for stronger growth and further interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve this year. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 156,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create just under 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with growth in the work-age population. Employers hired 19,000 more workers than previously reported in October and November.

U.S. housing regulators accuse Bank of America of discriminatory lending Charlotte The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed charges on Friday against Bank of America and two of its employees, saying they wrongfully discriminated against prospective Hispanic mortgage borrowers in South Carolina. HUD said it expects its case against the bank will be heard in federal court, where a judge could potentially order the bank to pay damages, attorneys fees or other equitable relief. A Bank of America spokesperson did not have any immediate comment.

VW close to deal for multi-billion dollar settlement Washington, D.C. Volkswagen and the U.S. Justice Department are nearing a deal to resolve civil and criminal allegations over the German automaker’s diesel cheating while it won longawaited approval from the Environmental Protection Agency to fix about 70,000 diesel vehicles. The deal could cost more than $4 billion and may be announced as early as next week, according to several people familiar with the matter.

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Although the highest peak east of the Mississippi, Mount Mitchell stays open year-round, weather permitting. Driving to the summit offers a quick but brisk hike to the overlook. If Mount Mitchell gets too chilly or windy to handle, venture to the Blue Ridge Parkway. While many sections are closed during winter, you can still take advantage by hiking or cross country skiing along the Parkway. Stop and take a rest along the overlooks to take in breathtaking views.

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Lake Norman State Park

Morrow Mountain State Park

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Croatan National Forest offers 160,000 acres of long leaf pines, raised swamps, saltwater estuaries, and incredible plant and animal life — you very well might spot a black bear. It is the only true coastal forest found in the eastern United States.

A popular trail which can be done in sections is the 100-mile Saltwater Trail that starts near New Bern. Don’t forget to bring your binoculars: rare birds are a frequent sight as well as the native Venus Fly Trap.

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Uwharrie National Forest

Crowders Mountain State Park

DuPont State Forest

Jordan Lake State Recreation Area

Lake Rim Park Croatan National Forest

Jordan Lake encompasses 14,000 acres and is home to 14 miles of hiking trails and more than 1,000 campsites. With close proximity to both Raleigh and the Piedmont, it’s a great day or weekend camping trip on those nice, warmer winter days.

Many of the trails wind around the lake offering stunning waterside views to go along with your trek.

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west Asheville ‘living wage’ now $13 an hour Buncombe County Just Economics, an Asheville-based nonprofit, announced Thursday a 50-cent increase in “living wage” for Asheville employees. Living wage compromises the monetary amount needed for basic necessities like housing. Around 400 WNC businesses participate in Just Economics Certified Living Wage Program, agreeing to base salaries or hourly wages around the set amount.

Increases are mainly due in part to rise in housing demand and cost.

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Raumedic to add more employees in 2017 Henderson County Raumedic just celebrated its first anniversary in Mills River and plans to hire additional employees in 2017. The German-owned company produces medical and pharmaceutical plastic and rubber components at the 60,000 square foot, $27-million North American headquarters. The Mills River location was the company’s first American plant.

In total, Raumedic has 680 employees with hopes to hire an additional 172 in the following years with salaries around $55,000.

Community rallies around teen fighting cancer Randolph County Morgan Hamby, 16, was diagnosed with dysgerminoma, a rare from of ovarian cancer at just 15. Since, she has undergone chemo and surgery with full support from the Asheboro community.

The morning of her surgery, students at Randolph High School linked arms in prayer. Basketball players and classmates have also been wearing teal to raise awareness for ovarian cancer. With lifted spirits, Hamby will undergo a second round of chemo at the end of this month.

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Final concert for Charles Ellis Trio

Burke County For the first time in a very long time, forest rangers are having to issue parking tickets at Linville Gorge. An increase in popularity has created a headache for park officials trying to clear the two-lane access roads. For now, “No Parking” signs have been placed with future hopes to expand parking at Linville Falls.

Watauga County The Jan. 27 concert at Green Room Inn will be the final one for longtime High Country piano man Charles Ellis, Rick Stapleton on bass and Mike Barlowe on drums. Reservations are required at the Inn’s Chestnut Grille and the show is quickly filling up. The trio dates back to playing at Ellis’ Jazz Parlor in Blowing Rock in the 1970s and 80s.

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Union County The wife of Officer Jeremy Ferguson was taken to the hospital after their 2-year-old child found Ferguson’s personal firearm in a bag in the laundry room and fired it. While Ferguson’s wife is expected to recover, SBI is reviewing the incident. Waxhaw Police Department will also carry out an internal investigation on Ferguson, who has been on the force for a year and retains good standing and reputation.

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Hundreds gather to remember Anthony Frazier Cabarrus County Thursday night, students, community members, and even a church choir gathered at Kannapolis Middle School for the candlelight vigil for 14-year old Anthony Frazier. The son of a Kannapolis police officer, Frazier was shot in the head in east Charlotte Monday night after celebrating his birthday. CMPD is asking the public for assistance and offering a $15,000 reward.

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Charlotte MLS Stadium on the horizon Mecklenburg County Major League Soccer is becoming a real possibility for Charlotte. Plans to renovate Memorial Stadium now come with a potential $100 million backing from the city. Speedway Motorsports CEO Marcus Smith is also a prime investor. With the makeover cost of Memorial Stadium predicted at $190 million, the county and city government would plan to invest $50 million each (from tourism taxes) with Smith backing the rest. Deadline for bids is Jan 31 with the MLS deadline of mid-February.

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EAST Seven Greenville people charged with breaking into 29 vehicles Pitt County Seven people ranging from age 16 to 20 have been charged with nearly 200 crimes, including 108 counts of felony breaking and entering into a motor vehicle in a spree of 29 car break-ins that occurred from Oct. 15 through Dec. 19 in Greenville. The break-ins, which all happened at apartment complexes, led to electronics, cash, credit cards, guns, jewelry and medications being stolen from vehicles. The seven suspects were arrested by the Greenville Police Department Property Crimes Unit. greenville daily reflector

Kinston teen selected to serve with Michelle Obama Lenoir County Christopher J. Suggs, CEO and founder of Kinston Teens, was selected to serve on the inaugural Youth Advisory Board for the Better Make Room campaign.

Suggs and 16 other high school and college students were honored Friday at the White House by first lady Michelle Obama. They then spent the day training and participating in workshops for the board.

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Moratorium approved for solar farm permits Currituck County The Currituck County Board of Commissioners approved a 60-day moratorium for leaders to finish the development ordinance controlling where solar farms are built. With the rise in clean-energy farming, county leaders aren’t seeing the benefits of bringing solar farms to eastern NC. Resident complaints, loss of wildlife, and a recent solar farm explosion are one of the many reasons commissioners seek more control amidst the rapid development.

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Whoopi Goldberg, county commissioner in online spat New Hanover County A New Hanover County commissioner criticized Cape Fear Community College for scheduling a performance by comedian Whoopi Goldberg, leading to an online spat between the Oscar winner and politician. Woody White posted his displeasure with Goldberg’s June 23 concert on Facebook, asking if taxpayers were paying for the performance and if a “conservative performer” would be scheduled. Goldberg fired back at White’s criticism with 18 Twitter posts defending her criticism of Trump and the positive financial impact of her planned show.

RALEIGH — Republican state lawmaker Rep. Jason Saine of Lincoln County has been named to the Federal Communications Committee’s (FCC) Intergovernmental Advisory Panel.

The Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC) is a two-year advisory panel that will focus its efforts on recommendations to the FCC on broadband and wireless infrastructure deployment, Universal Service programs, consumer complaints processes and public safety issues. It may be renewed for an additional two-year term at the discretion of the FCC. In an interview Saine said he looks forward to the opportunity to work with federal regulators and help them shape policy around broadband and wireless infrastructure, an area in which the lawmaker has been active in the N.C. General Assembly.

“The IAC serves as an advisory board to the FCC to relay some of the challenges that state and local governments face with broadband deployment,” said Saine.

“It provides a nice platform to interact with federal decision-makers on some of the policies that they’re setting forth and how they work and how they don’t work.

Sometimes regulations are passed that they believe are helpful, but in reality they may be hurtful. This will allow me to work with

federal regulators and keep them aware of the challenges facing Lincoln County and how to best address those issues.”

Saine said his main focus will be to make sure the federal government understands the barriers federal regulations can represent to smaller towns and cities, many of which he represents in the N.C. House.

He has plans to introduce legislation during the 2017 session of the General Assembly that paves the way for telecommunications companies to deploy innovative wireless internet technology, using existing infrastructure, to rural areas that fall short of the typical scales required for more significant private broadband investments. Discovering ways to allow for private entities to profitably serve low population density rural areas will be a focus of Saine’s role on the IAC. “What we really want to do is get government regulation out of the way so that you can see private enterprise expand broadband options,” said Saine.

“I hear from leaders across the state from municipalities and counties who want more high-speed broadband because they feel as though it would help their economic development and recruitment.”

The first meeting of the IAC is not yet scheduled, but Saine says he is excited about working with a business-friendly Trump administration that he hopes will be receptive to free-market innovations to offer more technology in more places across the state.

Two laws passed in special session remain on hold due to lawsuits

By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH — A three-judge panel on Thursday decided to extend a restraining order against implementation of a law that would combine the N.C.State Board of Elections and State Ethics Commission into one bipartisan State Board. The panel made the decision after Gov. Roy Cooper sued the legislature over the law saying the new board unconstitutionally stripped him of his power.

The pending law combines the board into one body with an equal number of Democrats and Republicans, independent of any branch of government. Under the old system, Cooper would have appointed a majority of the Board of Elections.

“I think it’s an aggressive power grab by

the governor to push forward his agenda,” said N.C. House Majority Leader John Bell in an interview with the North State Journal. “It’s interesting that he chooses when he becomes governor, instead of the last eight years that he was attorney general, to actually fight issues.”

In a different ruling Friday, a threejudge panel decided to leave a temporary restraining order on another law that transfers more control over the public school budget and public charter school system to new Republican DPI head Mark Johnson. In that lawsuit, the N.C. State Board of Education is suing the legislature, claiming the law usurps the constitutional power granted the board.

The judges decided to leave a temporary restraining order in place until a full hearing can be rescheduled.

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EDITORIAL | DREW ELLIOT

Thomas Sowell focused on effects – to great effect Sowell’s campaign for public policies that are effective, rather than merely aspirational, has been strikingly influential.

GASTONIA NATIVE Thomas Sowell must feel like he has achieved the transcendental wish of Garrison Keillor. So many Americans are praising Sowell that radio personality Keillor’s observation seems to have come true: “They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days.”

Sowell, 86, has not died. He merely retired his column that he has been writing for decades.

The praise is well deserved for the brilliant economist and author. Fellow economist Mark Hendrickson wrote this week in his Sowell obituary — oops, tribute — that Sowell “fearlessly goes wherever facts, data, and experience lead him.” His clear, earnest prose is a medium for leading the willing to see things through a factual — not emotional or political — lens.

“What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology,” Sowell wrote, “is the widespread habit of disregarding facts.” Here Sowell spoke of one of the main themes of his career and his most lasting contribution to public policy arguments — his insistence that effects matter more than intentions.

Sowell is a great American success story. After leaving North Carolina, Sowell’s family settled in New York, where he dropped out of school — money was tight — to work in a factory after 10th grade, served in the Marine Corps in Korea, then attended Howard University on the G.I. Bill.

Sowell, columnist Walter Williams, and other black conservatives have been insulated from (but not completely shielded from) the outrage-

industrial complex of the left. The insulation has allowed them to probe policy questions in ways that would get others fired.

Not many conservative columnists, for instance, could write the following: “It might never occur to many (on the left) to check their beliefs against some hard facts about what actually happened.... It certainly would not be pleasant to admit... that after promising progress toward ‘social justice,’ what you actually delivered was a retrogression toward barbarism.

“The principal victims of these retrogressions are the decent, law-abiding members of black communities across the country who are prey to hoodlums and criminals.”

Sowell’s campaign for policies that are effective, rather than merely aspirational, has been strikingly influential. It is no coincidence that part of this editorial board’s stated philosophy is to“value results over intentions.”

Sowell has also been influential for his fellow black conservatives. The Wall Street Journal’s Jason L. Riley wrote Wednesday that “anyone interested in differentiating between the needs of the black underclass and the needs of the NAACP will sorely miss (Sowell).” Columnist Stacy Washington said Sowell’s “ideas and concepts… influenced and refined my thoughts on so many issues.”

Closer to home, there is U.S. Sen. Tim Scott from South Carolina. Scott — who, like Sowell, escaped poverty — credits Sowell, among other conservative thinkers, with informing his views on big government in general and the welfare

state in particular. Scott is now the only AfricanAmerican ever elected to full terms in the House and the Senate — by any party, from any region.

That kind of historical change is frightening for some. Thus, the North Carolina NAACP’s William Barber called Scott a “ventriloquist’s dummy.” Scott dismissed the attack, but added that Barber “will remind me and others of what not to do.” The truth is that ideology now matters more than race in South Carolina. (Read that last sentence again, very slowly.)

Sadly, ideology matters more than race in popular culture as well, in the sense that many self-proclaimed diversity champions don’t really care about racial diversity — they care about electing liberals. Or, at least, they care about electing liberals more than they care about racial diversity.

Sowell has said that, since the 1950s, wellmeaning liberal policies are the worst thing to happen to low-income Americans. Then he provided ample evidence, easily understood, to back up his claim.

In closing, many thanks and congratulations from the Land of the Longleaf Pine to Dr. Thomas Sowell. May he enjoy a long and happy retirement, secure in the knowledge that he will not outlive his ideas and influence — even if he lives another 86 years.

EDITORIAL | RAY NOTHSTINE

3 ways to improve college football While quitting is always a bad look, it’s hard to blame players who have millions of dollars on the line.

WHEN I ENROLLED at Ole Miss way back in 1997, one of the appeals was big-time SEC college football. The pomp, pageantry, and tradition complemented the Rebel Yell — the bourbon brand as well as the shouting. Students woke up early, not for class, but only to be sufficiently drunk for noon kickoffs. The whole battlefield camaraderie sucked me in further to where Saturday starts to shape your identity and outlook on life.

My first game I attended in North Carolina occurred years before I lived here. My friends who were UNC Chapel Hill alums invited me to a match against Clemson. Ole Miss friends said, “it’s not SEC, you won’t like it.” That wasn’t true though, besides, Carolina won a thriller. Football is football and each school and traditions are unique.

I faithfully followed David Cutcliffe’s progress at Duke after an inept Ole Miss administration sent him packing. I’m invested, which brings me to the main point. Now that I realize the purity myth of the college game, a few changes are desperately needed.

Shorten the games

One of the obnoxious and growing trends now in college football is the multi-millionaire coach calling out students and fans for leaving early.

It usually goes something like this: “If we want to be a big-time program, we need every empty seat filled until the final whistle,” with a dig at anybody, who spent their own money by the way, but then dared to leave early.

In what is getting even more ridiculous, many televised games now extend beyond four hours.

While there may not be a broad agreement on how to accomplish the feat for shorter games, one way might be shortening halftime by eight minutes to reflect the NFL’s 12 minutes. Sorry North Carolina State fans, you’ll just have to work quicker to smuggle in more liquor. Perhaps continuously running the clock, at least until the final two minutes of each half, is the right way.

Compensate players

Another emerging trend we saw at the end of this season was potential early-round NFL picks announcing they would forego their bowl games.

“I have to prepare for the draft,” or “it’s just a business decision,” they say. While quitting is always a bad look, it’s hard to blame players who have millions of dollars on the line.

It’s time though to move away from something that resembles a plantation system for top-tier athletes and allow for some forms of compensation. A student on an academic scholarship is in no way inhibited from using his

skills and talent to seek compensation. Players should be at least able to receive compensation for autographs from sports memorabilia individuals already profiting off signatures. Even obscure student-athletes in small programs through licensing agreements could then receive money for their names and images used in video games. Maybe then we can better discern, as one Alabama football player announced at fall practice, “Today we see who is here to play football or here for the college education.”

Expand playoffs

Playoff expansion may have to be done gradually, such as adding four teams next year and possibly four more later. This could promote parity, at least by giving more programs a realistic chance at the national championship.

College football is exciting because its continuation of community and storied traditions. Most aspects should be preserved and not changed, but improving the experience is a commitment to the preservation of a worldly passion and joy for millions.

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GUEST OPINION | JOE STEWART Senators bow their heads in prayer during a special session of the N.C. General Assembly at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, Dec. 14, 2016.

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The limits of presidential power EFFREY ROSEN, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, J wrote recently, “When presidents have acted

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Businesses’ hope: a practical, productive legislative session Businesses across the state sincerely want to be part of the discussion of businessrelated public policy.

AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, it’s not possible to separate politics from the process of enacting public policy.

It is politics (through elections) that produces the practitioners (those elected to legislative and executive office) who devise, form, debate, amend, and enact public policy.

And it’s politics that holds them accountable, through an activity called re-election. The theory holds that what’s needed for the politics side of the ledger is conspicuous public policy accomplishments that have outcomes voters view favorably.

In 30 years of working in politics, I have never heard an incumbent campaign using the slogan “vote for me again, even though I neither advanced good proposals nor fended off bad ones.”

After their swearing in on Jan. 11, members will officially commence the substantive work of the state legislature’s 2017 “long session” when the gavels fall in both chambers at noon on Jan 25.

With that abrupt, sharp sound of a wooden mallet striking a desk top, those assembled will stop whatever they are doing, find a seat, and focus their attention on the people’s business. They begin the policy-making part of the process, with all the political parts that come with it.

But the raucous, contentious election cycle just concluded has left us in an interesting place, politically speaking. Partisan and ideological divisions among voters are as significant as perhaps they have ever been in the modern political era — a recent Pew survey shows records levels of self-identified Democrats and Republicans who hold a “very unfavorable” opinion of the other party, now around 40 percent on both sides of the aisle, is twice the rate from 20 years ago.

Given this political atmosphere, the Republican supermajorities in both the state House and Senate, and a Democrat in the governor’s office, what are the prospects for seeing this legislative session produce public policies that promote a robust economy and enhance the state’s positive business climate?

Governors and legislative leaders often tussle over economically related issues, even when they are of the same party. There are inherent tensions between the legislative and executive branches of government, so

both sides having to work to find common ground on these types of matters certainly has precedent.

So, it can be done.

But Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders have already butted heads over H.B. 2 and changes the General Assembly passed relative to some executive branch functions. Whether the acrimonious fallout from this initial skirmish eclipses efforts on other public policy matters important to the business community is something business leaders tell me they are keenly concerned about.

What I hear from folks running companies both big and small across the state is that they sincerely want to be part of the discussion of business-related public policy, and hope partisan wrangling doesn’t preclude that from happening.

They want to offer their perspective, based on practical experience running their businesses every day, on the implications of various tax and regulatory policies on their bottom line.

Job creation is the gold standard among accomplishments elected officials want to highlight to prove that the economic policies they supported were indeed correct. So having at the table those involved in actually creating jobs just makes sense.

The complex decision to expand a company’s workforce is made analytically, strategically, and deliberately based on many different factors, and often what’s significant within this process isn’t always what gets the most attention in the public policy discussion.

A corporate executive told me once, when I was political director at the N.C. Chamber, that workforce, infrastructure, and quality of life issues were indeed important when deciding whether to open a facility in a particular state — but so was that state’s revenue department’s reputation for dealing fairly and efficiently with disputes around tax issues.

It’s these kinds of insights that are needed to ensure the public policies put in place actually provide what’s needed to promote, enhance and expand the economic vitality of North Carolina. Let’s hope the voices of business leaders can be heard above the political din.

Joe Stewart is executive director of the N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation.

COLUMNIST | CAL THOMAS

Chicago carnage: What can be done?

Trump has said if city officials can’t deal with the violence, the federal government might have to step in.

There may be a better way.

CHICAGO has come a long way from the idealized lyric “my kind of town, Chicago is,” which Frank Sinatra made famous.

True, Chicago has a history of gangland murders going back to the days of Al Capone, but 2016 set a new and lamentable record. According to CNN, citing figures released by the police, Chicago experienced a surge in violent crime in 2016. There were 762 murders, 3,550 shootings and 4,331 shooting victims.

This in a city with strict gun laws.

Most of the violence is gang-related. Fatherless kids seeking a sense of belonging and family are attracted to gangs they believe will give them both. The musical “West Side Story” contains these Stephen Sondheim lyrics, which offer a rationale for gang membership: “When you’re a Jet,/ If the spit hits the fan,/ You got brothers around,/ You’re a family man!/ You’re never alone,/ You’re never disconnected!/ You’re home with your own:/ When company’s expected/ You’re well protected!”

Except you’re not well protected, as the murder rate proves.

President-elect Donald Trump has said if city officials can’t deal with the violence, the federal government might have to step in. There may be a better way.

Last summer, a coalition of religious groups organized a summit of gang leaders in Los Angeles.

They appear to have succeeded, or at least begun a process that may lead to more peaceful streets.

Attendees signed a “peace banner,” which declared peace between two of the most notorious gangs in the area, the Bloods and Crips. A rapper named “The Game” may have had the best line of all. He wrote: “Because the sad truth that no one wants to face is, before we can get OUR LIVES TO MATTER to anyone else ... We have to show that OUR LIVES

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MATTER to US!!!!”

The Los Angeles Times reported a comment by Michael “Big Mike” Cummings, a gang-intervention worker in Watts, who said he is “sick and tired of losing our babies,” adding, “The only thing that needs to be divided by colors is our laundry.”

This strategy might work in Chicago, too. Last month the Aurora Beacon-News reported on a former gang member, Manny Rivera. Now 34, Rivera joined a gang at age 14. At 22, Rivera was shot by a rival gang member and later spent more than a year in prison for stealing a car. When he got out he asked the gang leader if he could resign. That does not happen often.

He said the gang leader told him he could leave, but if he ever came back there would be consequences.

Rivera, who met his wife when he was 16, — she stuck with him in spite of his associates — now pastors a church following his Christian conversion. On Dec. 31, Rivera participated in an anti-violence march in Chicago. Many marchers carried handmade wooden crosses, one for each person murdered during the year.

Rivera now seeks to lead others to know God and find love and acceptance in Him instead of gangs.

While the federal government cannot prefer one religion, it can encourage and provide resources to churches and religious groups who seek answers to a problem that has defied secular solutions. A changed heart almost always results in changed behavior and clearly the police, the incarceration of violent offenders and stricter gun laws are not reducing the level of violence. As Donald Trump said in appealing to African Americans voters, “What do you have to lose?”

They’ve tried the Democrats for more than 40 years.

Why not try something new?

Cal Thomas is a nationally syndicated columnist.

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imperially without the support of Congress, the Supreme Court has tended to rebuke them.” He cited several such rebukes, among them the court’s repudiation of President Harry Truman’s seizure of the steel mills. It’s a story worth re-telling.

The steel seizure case arose from the Korean War. By late 1951, the war demands resulted in record output from the U.S. steel industry; the steelworkers demanded a wage increase of 35 cents per hour; and the unions threatened a strike. The unions and the steel companies had intractably squared off by April 1952. Truman — ever the partisan Democrat — refused to invoke the Republican-authored Taft-Hartley Act, by which the government could temporarily enjoin a strike.

Truman harbored a deep distrust of corporate America and sided instinctively with the unions. When some of Truman’s advisers counseled caution, Truman snorted, “The president has the power to keep the country from going to hell.”

On the evening of April 8, the president addressed the nation and announced that the steel companies “are trying to get special, preferred treatment…. And they are apparently willing to stop steel production to get it. As president of the United States it is my plain duty to keep this from happening….

At midnight, the government will take over the steel plants.”

Truman harbored a deep distrust of corporate America and sided instinctively with the unions.

By the following morning, management of the steel industry had been handed over to Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; however, with this bold move to end the impasse, Truman had initiated a new crisis — a constitutional one. When a lower court ruled that the seizure was illegal, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal.

During this crisis, the steel companies sought counsel from the acknowledged dean of the American bar, John W. Davis, former Democratic nominee for president and former U. S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s. By 1952, Davis had argued more cases before the Supreme Court (138) than any American save Daniel Webster.

Convinced for the past 20 years that the government was dangerously overreaching its constitutional bounds, Davis had become the appellate champion of constitutional restraint and limited government.

On May 12, at age 79, Davis rose to make his argument before the court clad in his traditional, formal morning suit.

A reporter for the Herald Tribune wrote that Davis seemed “to personify the spirit of constitutionalism, his voice that of history itself.” Over the next 87 minutes, a packed courtroom was treated to a flawless performance by the greatest legal advocate in modern American history. He argued that Truman’s action was not only “a usurpation of power without parallel in American history” but also a “reassertion of kingly prerogative, the struggle against which illumines all the pages of Anglo-Saxon history.”

Davis drew repeatedly on the conservative Jeffersonian principles that had guided his long career and, finally in conclusion before the crowd’s rapt attention, he concluded with Jefferson’s own words, “In questions of power, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”

The court ruled 6-3 that the steel seizure had been unconstitutional. It was indeed a stunning, decisive triumph for constitutionalism. By 1952, the court was dominated by New Deal appointees, and Truman had confidently expected their consent. Instead, Justice Hugo Black wrote, “We cannot with faithfulness to our constitutional system hold that the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces has the ultimate power as such to take possession of private property….”

The force of Davis’ arguments prevailed, and the bounds of the Constitution were reconfirmed.

The story is an encouraging footnote to 150 years of nearly relentless expansion of presidential powers, and president-elect Donald Trump should take note.

Garland S. Tucker III is a Raleigh business executive, historian, and author. His latest book is ”Conservative Heroes: Fourteen Leaders Who Shaped America, from Jefferson to Reagan.”

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Ford expands Alexa use, heating up auto personal assistant battle

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By Alexandria Sage Reuters LAS VEGAS — Ford Motor Co. is expanding the use of Amazon.com’s Alexa personal assistant in its vehicles to allow drivers to talk to their cars — demanding anything from a nearby cheeseburger to a weather forecast — marking a leap by the Detroit automaker to incorporate a technology initially targeted for home use.

The expanding alliance between Ford and Amazon was announced Wednesday at the annual Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. The announcement underscores the importance to both automakers and internet commerce companies of connecting consumers on the move to a richer array of digital services.

Don Butler, Ford’s executive director of connected vehicle and services, told Reuters the technology represented the “deepest integration of any OEM (carmaker) inside a vehicle with Alexa.”

The two companies are talking about how to take the Alexa partnership further, according to Butler. “Digital assistant is one tool that is increasingly prevalent in the industry,” he said.

Rival General Motors plans to roll out IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence software in its OnStar system early next year in order to market services to drivers in their cars.

Similarly, Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz will use Alphabet’s Google Assistant, a rival product, to let car owners interact with their vehicles from home via Google Home.

Ford’s move follows its October announcement that it would use Alexa in three of its vehicle models by the end of 2016 to allow drivers to communicate with their smart home devices, such as heaters, lights or security systems.

Automotive personal assistants are being studied by every major automaker, according to Gartner research director Michael Ramsey, who said: “There’s a lot of vetting going on.”

One company that stands to benefit is Nuance Communications. The supplier to Ford, GM and other carmakers provides natural language speech command technology to allow drivers to speak

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The new Toyota Concept-i concept car, designed to learn about its driver is unveiled during the Toyota press conference at CES in Las Vegas. more or less conversationally to digital assistants.

Nineteen percent of the 160 million cars that use Nuance’s technology over the past 15 years have come out just in the past year, said Fatima Vital, Nuance’s senior director of marketing automotive.

One major decision auto companies must make is whether to give consumers a version of the smartphone systems they already use — Apple’s CarPlay or Google’s Android Auto — or a third option.

By using their own systems, carmakers can retain full control of valuable data that otherwise could be captured by Apple and Google from vehicles.

Shared App Platform Currently, personal assistants are enabled using either phones as their mode of connectivity, such as at Ford, or through modems built directly into vehicles, as GM and the German automakers have done.

Ford plans to have 10 million vehicles in North America and 20 million globally equipped with embedded modems by 2020.

Ford cars will talk with Alexa through a new mobile app connected to Smart-

NC/SC state line shifted on Jan. 1

Texas introduces bill similar to NC’s H.B. 2

GASTON COUNTY — The border between N.C. and S.C. was finalized on Jan. 1 after a 20-year tiff over boundary markers that were lost since the last land survey was completed in 1928. In 1995, the two states created the Joint Boundary Commission to hammer out a 330mile long stretch of disputed border.

Researchers dug up old records and met with homeowners and business owners to determine where the line should go.

A Texas Republican state senator introduced legislation on Thursday to limit public restroom access for transgender people, despite warnings from a business group that the measure would hurt the Texas economy because it was discriminatory.

The “Texas Privacy Act” has been marked as a top legislative priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a conservative Republican who guides the legislative agenda in the Republican-controlled state Senate.

He said the measure protected the privacy and safety of Texans.

At the end of last year, four states had legislation requiring people to use the public bathroom corresponding to their biological sex that were set to be on the agenda when lawmakers convened in 2017.

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Carlson to replace Kelly, Van Susteren to NBC NEW YORK — Fox News said on Thursday commentator Tucker Carlson will take over its 9 p.m. time slot to replace Megyn Kelly. Kelly is leaving the network to join NBC, along with Greta Van Susteren who will anchor a 6 p.m. weekday show on its cable news channel MSNBC. Known for its conservative voices, Fox News is coming off its mostwatched year in 2016, topping all U.S. news networks for the first time.

INAUGURATION from page A1 significant investment. There’s a reason I’m saying this — not at a health clinic, not at a hospital — I am saying this at an economic forum because of the jobs it is going to bring, because it is fiscally responsible.”

Under the ACA, a state can elect to expand Medicaid coverage with a federal promise to temporarily cover 95 percent of costs, while the remaining 5 percent must be covered by the state. Cooper proposed that state match be covered

by North Carolina hospitals in lieu of taxpayers.

While the N.C. Hospital Association communicated support for expansion of the entitlement eligibility standards, Cooper’s chosen method of going around the legislature by amending the State Medicaid Plan immediately raised the

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks at a news conference at the State Capitol in Austin on the introduction of a bill that would limit access to bathrooms and other facilities for transgender people.

ire of state Republican lawmakers.

“Just days into his term as governor, Roy Cooper already intends to violate his oath of office with a brazenly illegal attempt to force a massive, budget-busting Obamacare expansion on North Carolina taxpayers,” said Senate pro tempore Phil Berger (R-Eden) in a statement. “Cooper is three strikes and out on his attempt to break state law: he does not have the authority to unilaterally expand Obamacare, his administration cannot take steps to increase Medicaid eligibility, and our Constitution does not allow him to spend billions of state tax dollars we don’t have to expand Obamacare without legislative approval.”

Republican legislative leaders have since penned a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services urging them to reject

such an amendment request, citing state laws explicitly forbidding the maneuver as well as the N.C. Constitution.

While Cooper’s estimated expansion would add around 650,000 people to Medicaid rolls, critics claim the true costs of expansion to taxpayers and those seeking medical services will burden the state in the future.

Cooper campaigned on raising teacher salaries to the national average and reiterated that goal as sound economic policy, saying, “We want the budget to be aspirational.”

While the economic experts in attendance Wednesday agreed that education investments are typically healthy for economic growth, the Republican super-majorities of the N.C. General Assembly control the purse strings and are open to mere suggestions from

DeviceLink, an open-source platform that allows developers to create apps compatible with all automakers within the system, avoiding the need to adapt them to the specifications of each carmaker individually.

Carmakers and their suppliers who have joined Ford in the SmartDeviceLink ecosystem, announced Wednesday, are Toyota, Peugeot, Mazda, Suzuki, Elektrobit, Luxoft and Xevo.

Taking interaction to another level, Toyota unveiled their new Toyota Concept-i concept car, designed to learn about its driver as it’s operating using self-driving technology.

“Through biometric sensors throughout the car, Concept-i can detect what you’re feeling. That information then gets analyzed by the car’s AI [Artificial Intelligence]. That’s when the automated features kick in,” Toyota said in its pitch for the vehicle. “Let’s say, for example, that you’re feeling sad; the AI will analyze your emotion, make a recommendation and if necessary, take over and drive you safely to your destination.”

Each year in January, The CES show highlights the latest products hitting stores to buoy the $287 billion U.S. consumer technology industry.

U.S. Army to loosen rules on beards, turbans for Muslim, Sikh troops WASHINGTON, D.C. — Army Secretary Eric Fanning this week revised the uniform policy to allow people serving in the military to obtain religious accommodations allowing them to wear beards, turbans and head scarfs. Brigade-level commanders can now approve the religious accommodations and denial may be appealed as high as the Army secretary.

Shooter kills 5 people, wounds 8 at Ft. Lauderdale airport A gunman with a U.S. military identification opened fire at a baggage carousel at Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport on Friday, killing five people before being taken into custody, officials and witnesses said. Eight were also wounded, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters at the airport, where air traffic was shut down.

the executive branch.

Lawmakers have prioritized education and teacher salaries over the past two budget cycles, increasing appropriations for both. However, the Republican majority’s emphasis on fiscally conservative budgets and account surpluses makes Cooper’s push to quickly reach the national average of teacher salaries a likely point of political contention as legislators gear up for unprecedented snap elections as a result of redistricting.

Finally, the issue that drove much of Cooper’s campaign for governor will remain a hot topic after a failed repeal effort in late 2016. Cooper said repealing House Bill 2 will do much to repair the state’s image in the eyes of business considering investments in the Old North State.

“As governor of this state, I will

be an aggressive recruiter of good paying jobs,” said Cooper. “This election shows that North Carolina has a new face. North Carolina has sent the signal that it wants to be the state that welcomes everyone and that you should come here and open your business.”

Cooper received applause from the audience of business leaders and the backing from the panel of economic experts on the repeal proposal, demonstrating a popular consensus for removing the law.

That consensus, however, does not exist in the General Assembly as evidenced by the recent special session attempts to repeal H.B. 2 being squashed by Democrats and Republicans alike.

The General Assembly convenes its 2017 legislative session on Wednesday to consider the budget, joining Cooper whose political term is already underway.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017

Top left, Miami wide receiver Braxton Berrios (8) returns a punt in the second quarter at Camping World Stadium on Dec. 28. Top right, Baylor defensive end Greg Roberts (top) forces a fumble by Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien (4) in the fourth quarter during the Cactus Bowl on Dec. 27.

Bottom left, North Carolina defensive tackle Nazair Jones (90) pumps his team up at Sun Bowl Stadium on Dec. 30.

Bottom right, Memphis quarterback Riley Ferguson (4) attempts at FAU Stadium on Dec. 20.

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MEDIA

Berman out on ESPN NFL coverage

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Longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman will step down as host of the Sunday morning NFL show, the network announced this week. Berman signed a new contract, but his role with the company is changing dramatically.

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PGA Tour announces Twitter streaming deal Watching golf on the go, or on a second screen, became easier for everyone with the PGA Tour announcing this week it would stream 31 events on Twitter in 2017, offering golf fans more than 70 hours of streaming coverage through the social media platform.

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Tannehill out for Miami’s playoff game

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Redskins can entire defensive staff Jay Gruden and the Washington Redskins made sweeping changes on the defensive side of the ball following a disappointing season that saw the team lose two of its final three games to finish 8-7-1 and miss the playoffs. Gruden announced defensive coordinator Joe Barry, along with Perry Fewell, Mike Clark and Rob Akey would not return in 2017.

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North Carolina State Wolfpack guard Dennis Smith Jr. (4) dunks the ball over Virginia Tech Hokies guard Chris Clarke (15) during the second half at PNC Arena in Raleigh on Jan. 4.

Pack frosh Dennis Smith Jr. proves he's 'worthy of the hype' Freshman matches Julius Hodge with second triple-double in NC State history RALEIGH — Dennis Smith Jr.

By R. Cory Smith North State Journal

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Tiger adds more events to busy 2017 schedule Golfer Tiger Woods continued to pile up events on his busy 2017 calendar, committing to the Farmers Insurance Open, the Honda Classic as well as the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour this past week.

That gives Tiger four events on his golf calendar before it even flips to March, making him a busy man before the Masters.

The North Carolina AllBowl Team

By Shawn Krest North State Journal

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who suffered a knee injury in Week 14 against Arizona, won’t return in time for the first round playoff game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Tannehill was initially believed to have suffered a torn ACL, but it was later revealed he only dealt with a partially torn ACL and a Grade 2 MCL sprain.

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didn’t wait long to add his name to the NC State record books in ACC play. In his first conference home game, the freshman from Fayetteville became the second Wolfpack player to record a triple-double, producing an eye-popping line with 26 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and five steals on Wednesday night in a 104-78 win over Virginia Tech.

The only other player to achieve such a feat? None other than Julius Hodge.

Hodge’s came against North

Carolina A&T (11 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists) while Smith’s was against the No. 21 Virginia Tech Hokies. That marks the first ever for NC State against an ACC opponent. Meanwhile, Hodge was openly pleading with Mark Gottfried to sub him out on Twitter.

Smith’s thoughts?

“Tell Jules to stop hatin’, man,” Smith said with a laugh.

Gottfried clearly never had that thought, playing Smith 34 minutes before pulling him after the triple-double.

“He’s such an electric player and tonight he did just about everything,” Gottfried said. “He handled the ball against the press, rebounded the ball, created shots for other people and scored the ball. ... Every game is an opportunity for him to take a step forward.

Tonight I thought he took a huge step forward.”

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VERYONE knows the ACC did well during bowl season, producing a team in the title game and seeing multiple schools dominate at the bowl level. On a more granular scale, North Carolina was more impressive. The state’s FBS teams went 3-1 in bowl games this season, with everyone but the Tar Heels winning.

The teams — Wake Forest, NC State, App State and North Carolina — weren’t the only representatives of the Old North State in this year’s postseason though.

There were a whopping 149 players from the state of North Carolina that participated in bowl games this year, making 54 starts throughout the month-long grind of the holiday season.

They hailed from 70 different cities and towns around the state — everywhere from Jackson Springs (Clemson RT Sean Pollard) to Spring Lake (Boston College DE Harold Landry). From Ahoskie (Old Dominion DE Oshane Ximines) to Hamlet (Air Force RG Alex Gordon) to China Grove (App State NT Myqon Stout).

While the bulk of them played for the in-state teams, there were North Carolina players on the field for 40 bowl teams this year, including Penn State (Hubert’s DeAndre Thompkins, WR), USC (Chapel Hill WR Jackson Boyer, a former Tar Heel walk-on), Florida State (Charlotte linebacker Josh Brown) and Oklahoma State (Wilmington offensive lineman Larry Williams). Tulsa had a North Carolinian — Raleigh long-snapper Robert Hill.

So did BYU — Raleigh DB Michael Shelton.

Here’s the North State Journal’s All North Carolina Bowl Team for 2016-17.

A whopping 149 players from North Carolina that played in bowl games this year. We award the best at each position.

See BOWL TEAM, page B3

INSIDE

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The college football season is set to close with what could be the best game of the entire season. No. 1 ranked Alabama and No. 2 ranked Clemson are set to square off in the College Football Playoff championship game for the second straight year. The Crimson Tide denied the Tigers a title opportunity last year and now DeShaun Watson and Co. are out for revenge. B4-B5

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Brandon Phillips: Reds second baseman invoked notrade clause this week to block a potential trade to Braves.

Billy Joel: Someone at Colin Cowherd’s radio show created an incredibly catchy rendition of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” featuring the 26 different quarterback who started for the Browns since 1999.

Floyd Mayweather: Undefeated boxer trained rapper Soulja Boy for celebrity boxing match against rapper Chris Brown.

Adrien Broner (32-20) will reportedly train Brown for the match.

Marco Belinelli: Hornets guard inbounds passed to himself off Pistons player’s backside with .5 seconds remaining and hit a wouldbe game-winning 3-pointer in a 115-114 loss. The shot was overturned on replay.

Adam Jones: Bengals cornerback was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors and a felony, although Jones claims he did not touch anyone and that his arrest “makes no sense.”

Richard Sherman: Typically boisterous Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman recently declined to speak with local media, according to The Seattle Times, but refutes any claims of a “boycott.”

NFL

The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the finalists for 2017 induction. The modern-era group includes: LaDainian Tomlinson, Morten Anderson, Tony Boselli, Isaac Bruce, Don Coryell, Terrell Davis, Brian Dawkins, Alan Faneca, Joe Jacoby, Ty Law, John Lynch, Kevin Mawae, Terrell Owens, Jason Taylor and Kurt Warner.

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Hood leaving Heels for NFL Draft in 2017 North Carolina running back Elijah Hood decided to forego his final year of eligibility and enter the 2017 NFL Draft, the school announced on Friday. Hood called jump a “difficult decision” but decided that ultimately it was in his “best interest to declare” for the 2017 NFL Draft. Backup Tar Heels running back Jordon Brown tweeted “Yup, it’s time to turn up” following Hood’s announcement.

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook drew a technical foul on Wednesday when he accidentally — so he says! — hit an NBA referee upside the head with a basketball. Westbrook apologized to the official, obviously, but wasn’t skating on his punishment.

JJ Watt might be unable to do work on the field, but the Houston Texans star is doing plenty off the field, showing up at the hospital to visit 8-yearold Noah Fulmer, who was in a car accident on New Year’s Eve and cut out of his Watt jersey by EMTs.

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Black Sunday is the new Black Monday, and this year the NFL featured six coaches who were either relieved of their duties or walked away. Denver’s Gary Kubiak stepped down because of health concerns.

The 49ers fired Chip Kelly, the Chargers fired Mike McCoy and the Bills fired Rex Ryan. The Jaguars fired Gus Bradley and the Rams fired Jeff Fisher earlier in the season.

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Waiver claim Ty Rattie is Carolina's latest gamble on the waiver wire

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal ALEIGH — Vultures have begun circling around the Colorado Avalanche, who are currently at the bottom of the NHL standings and could be in line for a total overhaul despite a young, talented core of players.

That has led to speculation captain Gabriel Landeskog or center Matt Duchene — the second overall pick in 2011 and third overall selection in 2009, respectively — could be on the block for young defensive help.

If there’s anything the Carolina Hurricanes have in spades, it’s young defenders. From NHLers Noah Hanifin, Brett Pesce and Jaccob Slavin to prospects Jake Bean, Haydn Fleury and Roland McKeown, the Hurricanes are stacked on the back end for the present and beyond.

However since taking over as the Carolina Hurricanes’ general manager in April 2014, Ron Francis has yet to make a roster-shaping trade, instead opting to build via draft picks, by exploiting other teams’ cap troubles (see acquiring Teuvo Teravainen from Chicago last offseason) or taking chances on the NHL waiver wire.

The latest attempt to find waiver gold came Wednesday when Francis claimed Blues 2011 second round pick Ty Rattie. Rattie was a dynamic scorer in the Western Hockey League as a junior player, averaging more than 1.3 points per game (347 points) in 259 regular season games, plus had 39 playoff goals in 42 games his final two seasons in the WHL. But as is often the case, Rattie’s

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St. Louis Blues forward Ty Rattie (18) celebrates his first period goal against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena in Raleigh on Feb. 26, 2016. production hasn’t transitioned to the NHL. He scored 31 goals in his first AHL season in 2013-14, but his total dropped to 21 two seasons ago and 17 last year, with his goals per game going from 0.43 to 0.36 to 0.27.

In 30 NHL games in those three years, Rattie — who will be 24 on Feb. 5 — has managed just four goals and four assists.

However those numbers might be as much about opportunity as ability.

Rattie’s best NHL season was last year, but he played just 13 games with the Blues and registered four goals and two assists.

But he never played more than

11:20 in a game last season, and the most ice time he received in a game with St. Louis was 12:01, with his 30-game average just cracking nine minutes a night.

For a skill player, that’s probably not a fair shake.

And Rattie certainly wasn’t on the track for improvement this year with just four games in the NHL and three in the AHL on a conditioning stint.

He was a healthy scratch 31 times for the Blues, including in 15 straight games leading up to being waived and claimed by Carolina.

Of course, this isn’t Francis’ first spin on the waiver wheel. In

October he claimed defenseman Klas Dahlbeck (Arizona) and forward Martin Frk (Detroit) in the span of three days before the start of the season. Neither has made much of an impact, with Frk returning to the Red Wings via waivers three weeks later and Dahlbeck playing 10 games through Jan. 4, including just four NHL games in November and December.

The only other waiver claim — and arguably the only truly successful one — Francis has made in his tenure was nabbing Andrej Nestrasil from Detroit in November 2014.

The Czech forward was a key cog in Carolina’s attack last season, teaming up with Jordan Staal and Joakim Nordstrom to make up the Hurricanes’ most consistent line.

Unfortunately, Nestrasil’s 2015-16 season ended Feb. 25 in Toronto when he fractured a vertebra after falling into the boards awkwardly following a hit by the Maple Leafs’ Nazem Kadri.

The injury, which Nestrasil said doctors told him was usually only seen in serious car accidents, has kept the 25-year-old forward from regaining his form and a permanent spot in the lineup: he’s played in just roughly half of Carolina’s games this season.

As for Rattie, he will — at least initially — get his chance with Carolina: in his first game with the Hurricanes Thursday, the former Blues winger started on a line with Victor Rask and Jeff Skinner in Carolina’s 4-2 win against his old team. His 12:59 of ice time marked a new career high.

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NFL Notebook: Colts keeping Pagano, Grigson

By NSJ Staff No shakeup coming in Indy Despite another disappointing season without a playoff berth, the Colts don’t appear intent on making any changes at the coaching or GM positions.

Multiple reports Friday indicated owner Jim Irsay, who had yet to make an official statement as of press time, was planning on keeping both coach Chuck Pagano and GM Ryan Grigson for the 2017 season. Both men have been under heavy fire for failing to make the postseason, build around and/or protect franchise quarterback Andrew Luck. The two signed extensions last year.

Mixon leaving Sooners for NFL Draft

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Expect plenty of scrutiny on Joe Mixon over the next few months, as the Oklahoma running back declared for the 2017 NFL Draft this week. Mixon was suspended a full season for striking a woman in the face and after serving that suspension, video of

SMITH JR. from page B1 Smith’s coming out party to the rest of the ACC was part of a historic night for NC State as a whole. The Wolfpack’s over the Hokies marked the first time it reached 100 points in an ACC game since Feb. 27, 1991 against Maryland.

Abdul-Malik Abu went a perfect 9-for-9 from the field with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Terry Henderson hit four 3-pointers to finish with 22 points. Maverick Rowan had 13 points and tied his career-high with four assists.

But the night clearly belonged to Smith, who was unable to be defended by a team that ranked 47th in defensive efficiency coming into the game.

“I’ve seen him a lot, but never coached against him,” Hokies coach Buzz Williams said. “Don’t know if any of my coaching was effective against him tonight.

He’s deserving of all the hype.”

That hype has been building around Smith all season, but he’s constantly silenced any doubters.

His 20-plus point outing was his eighth of the season. He’s totaled five or more assists in 11 games, including seven straight and even

Wolfpack guard Dennis Smith Jr. (4) reacts to action against the Virginia Tech Hokies during the second half at PNC Arena on Jan. 4.

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a 16-assist game against Rider.

His 6.5 assists per game ranks first in the ACC. Smith’s mystique, however, is about much more than his stats.

Taking on a leadership role as a freshman isn’t easy, but he’s

made it look easy. Henderson tried to explain what makes Smith so spectacular, but came up with only one answer.

“He’s not normal, man,” Henderson said. “He’s one of a kind, for real. He understands that and

the incident emerged in December amid a Sooners run to the Suger Bowl. Mixon posted 190 total yards in a 35-19 victory over Auburn in that game and will be one of the most hotly discussed players in the draft because of his off-field issues.

Cowboys DE Gregory suspended a full year by NFL Any hope the Cowboys would get defensive reinforcements from pass rusher Randy Gregory were dashed this week as the NFL announced it had suspended the former second-round pick a full season after violating the substance abuse program for a third time. Gregory has been suspended three times in one calendar year now.

Longtime LB Hawk retires Former Packers and Bengals linebacker A.J. Hawk, a standout at Ohio State, informed theMMQB.com that he would be filing paperwork to retire from the NFL. Hawk will finish his career with 940 tackles, 20.5 sacks and nine interceptions. doesn’t get too high or too low.

He’s the most humble kid I know, but still wants to get better. ... It probably hasn’t hit him yet, but that’s a big deal.”

If there was one blemish on Smith’s night, it was his freethrow shooting performance. In his last three games, Smith has shot 23-for-45 from the charity stripe despite averaging 22.3 points over that stretch. To combat that, he told an NC State official he would be heading straight to the Dail Center to shoot free throws that night.

The game ended after 11 p.m.

Smith wasn’t finished with his post-game requirements until 11:30 p.m. His commitment to the game is obvious. The reaction from his teammates in the locker room proves they appreciate that commitment.

“I just got mobbed by the whole team in there,” Smith said.

“They were happy for me. That’s where the teamwork starts, with everybody being genuinely happy for one another. Whenever you can do that, great things will happen.”

B3 BOWL TEAM from page B1 Quarterback: • Riley Ferguson, Memphis (Matthews, N.C.) 25-43 passing for 372 yards and four touchdowns.

Running backs: • Bryce Love, Stanford (Wake Forest, N.C.) 119 yards rushing and a 49yard touchdown catch.

• Darryl Bonner, Navy (Fayetteville, N.C.) 22 yards rushing, 2 catches for 79 yards, one touchdown Wide Receivers: • Austin Proehl, UNC (Charlotte, N.C.) 7 catches for 91 yards • Braxton Berrios, Miami, FL (Raleigh, N.C.) 4 catches for 64 yards and a touchdown Tight end: • Jaylen Samuels, NC State (Charlotte, N.C.) 6 catches for 104 yards and 3 touchdowns Left Tackle: • Bentley Spain, UNC (Charlotte, N.C.) Start Left Guard: • Jamie Collmar, App State (Gastonia, N.C.) Start Center: • Brian Chaffin, Stanford (Harrisburg, N.C.) Played as a reserve Right Guard: • The deepest position, with six North Carolinians starting a bowl game. The nod here goes to Lamont Gaillard, Georgia (Fayetteville, N.C.) Right Tackle: • Will Richardson, NC State (Burlington, N.C.) Start Special Teams Long Snapper: • Tyler Griffiths, NC State (Indian Trail, N.C.) tops the list of four long snappers from the state.

Kicker: • Michael Rubino, App State (Apex, N.C.) 4 PATs 1 Field goal Return man: • Nyheim Hines, NC State (Garner, N.C.) 118 kickoff return yards, also 6 catches for 69 yards Punter: • Andy Teasdall, Clemson (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 5 punts, 41.2 average Kickoffs: • Mitch Lochihler, Kansas State (Charlotte, N.C.) 7 kickoffs, 5 touchbacks, 63 yard average Defense Defensive ends: • Nick Dawson-Brents, Western Kentucky (Charlotte, N.C.) 5 tackles, 3 sacks, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup • Greg Roberts, Baylor (Huntersville, N.C.) 3 tackles, 1 tackle-for-loss, a forced fumble and a pass breakup Defensive tackles: • Carlos Watkins, Clemson (Mooresboro, N.C.) 3 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 pass breakups • Naz Jones, UNC (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 8 tackles, 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss Linebackers: • Grant Dawson, Wake Forest (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1 tackle, 1 tackle for loss, 1 kickoff return for 1 yard • Cayson Collins, UNC (Charlotte, N.C.) 10 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss • Peter Kalambayi, Stanford (Matthews, N.C.) 3 tackles Cornerbacks: • Jaylon McClinton, Army (Charlotte, N.C.) 5 tackles • Amari Henderson, Wake Forest (Charlotte, N.C.) 4 tackles, pass breakup Safeties: • Mook Reynolds, Virginia Tech (Greensboro, N.C.) 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, a pass breakup • Van Smith, Clemson (Charlotte, N.C.) 6 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, forced fumble, interception Honorable mention: • RB Cade Carney, Wake Forest (Advance), T.J. Logan, UNC (Greensboro), Rico Dowdle, South Carolina (Hope Mills) • QB David Washington, Old Dominion (Raleigh) • WR Domninique Heath, Kansas State (Huntersville) Offensive linemen: Tony Adams, NC State (Charlotte), R.J. Prince, UNC (Albemarle), Tyrone Crowder, Clemson (Marston), Ryan Anderson, Wake Forest (Raleigh), Phil Haynes, Wake Forest (Raleigh), Garrett Bradbury, NC State (Charlotte) Special teams: Connor Haskins, NC State (Lumberton), Keith Duncan, Iowa (Weddington), Elijah Medford, Tennessee (Burlington) Defensive line: Harold Landry, BC (Spring Lake), Kentavius Street, NC State (Greenville), Keion Adams, Western Michigan (Salisbury), Darnell Thompson, Colorado State (Raleigh), B.J. Hill, NC State (Oakboro), Josh Banks, Wake Forest (Cary), Tyquan Lewis, Ohio State (Tarboro) Linebackers: Kalin McNeil, Wake Forest (McLeansville), Kevin McCoy, Navy (Fayetteville), Akeem Davis, App State (Thomasville) Secondary: Trae Meadows, NC State (Greensboro), Des Lawrence, UNC (Charlotte), Jaire Alexander, Louisville (Charlotte), C.J. Bradshaw, Old Dominion (Kinston), Daiquan Thomasson, Navy (Clayton)

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Tide, Tigers clash for title CFP title again The Clemson Tigers are out for revenge against the Alabama Crimson Tide after a loss last season.

CLEMSON 39.5 17.1 49 Points per game scored in 2016, 13th in the country

Points allowed per game in 2016, seventh in the country

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HERE JUST might actually be an antidote to Alabama’s smothering, top-ranked defense.

And his name is Deshaun Watson.

Clemson’s junior quarterback rolled up 478 yards and directed the Tigers to 40 points in last season’s national championship loss to the Tide. Now he’s back for more — in particular a ring and a trophy — when No. 1 Alabama (14-0) and No. 2 Clemson (13-1) square off Monday for the College Football Playoff title game and the expectations are high.

“Deshaun Watson has played big in every game since he’s been at Clemson,” Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said. “I think he’s played great his whole three years. I mean, great.”

If anybody is going to unravel the Tide, it’s Watson. He’s an athletic dual-threat quarterback. He has a big arm and go-deep receivers. That means big plays. You don’t beat Alabama with methodical 12-play, 75-yard drives.

You need “chunk” plays. You need “splash” plays.

Clemson got those last year against the Tide, c a r ving up

Alabama with 10 plays of 20-plus yards in last year’s title game loss.

Contrast that to Saturday, when the Tide allowed one such play — a 20yard pass — in a dominating 24-7 semifinal victory over Washington.

Alabama coach Nick Saban said he believes Watson “played fantastic” against the Tide last season and might just be “the best player in college football.”

“He may be arguably the best player in college football. The guy is very athletic. He’s got a great understanding of their offense,” Saban said. “He does a really good job of executing for his team. He can extend plays. He can run. He can run quarterback runs. And he’s a terrific passer. I mean, he is the complete package.”

The knock on Watson — the Heisman runner-up this season and third-place finisher last year — are his 30 interceptions in 29 games over the past two seasons.

While that might be disconcerting for Clemson fans, it’s probably not as distressing as losing your offensive play-caller the week before the season’s biggest game.

That’s the highly unusual position Alabama is in after Saban parted ways with Lane Kiffin on Monday, saying that Kiffin hasn’t been able to successfully juggle two jobs since accepting the coaching position at Florida Atlantic.

Saban elevated offensive analyst Steve Sarkisian to coordinator.

Sarkisian has been involved with the planning of the offense this season, but, by NCAA rule, wasn’t able to coach at practice or otherwise instruct the players.

Now, Sarkisian directs freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts and tries to find a play-calling rhythm against a Clemson defense coming off a 31-0 shutout of Ohio State.

Hurts has many of the same qualities as Watson, just in a younger package. In fact, when he enrolled early at Alabama at last year’s winter break, he played the role of Watson on the Tide’s scout team in preparation for the title game, won 45-40 by the Tide.

Hurts was the SEC Offensive Player of the Year, directing an offense that was best when it played up-tempo. Alabama often relied on its ground attack, led by Hurts and running backs Damien Harris and Bo Scarbrough, but it has multiple threats in the passing game, including receivers ArDarius Stewart and Calvin Ridley, and tight end O.J. Howard, the offensive MVP of last season’s championship game.

“I guess you’ve got some nuances that might be a little bit different maybe from a play-call or something like that, but it’s not like they’re going to come out and run the triple option,” Swinney said of Alabama’s change of coordinators.

“They’re going to do what they do. It’s just as simple as that. Why would they change? Nobody has

stopped them.”

Alabama, going for its fifth title in eight seasons, leads the country in total defense, scoring defense and rushing defense. Clemson is salty, too, seventh in scoring defense and eighth in total defense.

One mistake by either quarterback could be the difference. Alabama has scored 11 times on defense this season and will be hunting off-target throws by Watson. Clemson, as is its usual strategy under coordinator Brent Venables, will bring defensive pressure and force Hurts to make quick decisions and complete passes in the intermediate and deep zones.

No true freshman quarterback has led his team to the national championship since 1985, when Jamelle Holieway did so for Oklahoma.

Will quarterback experience matter?

Will defenses rule?

Clemson is going for its first national title since 1981, and Swinney said these Tigers have “more juice” than the 2015 squad.

Meanwhile, at Alabama, winning never gets old.

“When you play an outstanding opponent, that’s something that in and of itself as a competitor is motivation,” Saban said. “And that’s certainly the case in this game.”

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Kiffin canned by Tide before title game

Defense gets spotlight in title game The teams with the best defensive lines in college football will play for the national title. Funny how that works out.

No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson are heading for the first rematch of the BCS/playoff era, each coming off a suffocating defensive performance in the national semifinals. Last season’s title tilt was a 4540 thrill ride that went to the Tide; take two in Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 9 might be more of a bare-knuckled brawl, a fight for yards and first downs.

As Alabama coach Nick Saban goes for history, trying to win his sixth national title to tie Bear Bryant’s career record, he has the nation’s leader in total defense, scoring defense and rushing defense. In a 24-7 suffocation of Washington, the Tide scored its 11th defensive touchdown of the season and held the Huskies to season-lows in yards and points.

“We’ve studied every snap that they’ve had this year, and the tape

doesn’t lie when you watch that much tape,” said Washington coach Chris Petersen. “I mean, that’s as good a defense as there is out there in college football, and they played like it. ... They’re so good against the run and they might be better pass rushers. I don’t know.”

Clemson might have one-upped Alabama by following up Saturday night with a 31-0 victory over Ohio State, the first time the Buckeyes have been shut out since 1993 and the first time a team coached by Urban Meyer had ever been held off the scoreboard.

“Really indescribable,” said Clemson coach Dabo Swinney.

“That’s a credit to our staff and great preparation. Guys buying in.

Extra film time. Guys just getting their tails prepared to go play and then winning the matchups. We were dominant up front.”

Clemson had 11 tackles for loss, including three sacks, against Ohio State. Carlos Watkins, Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence and

Clelin Ferrell form your basic NFL front, which is one of the reasons the Tigers are third nationally with 8.8 tackles for loss per game.

Alabama’s defense might be the best Saban has ever had. It might be the best the Tide has ever had. Defensive end Jonathan Allen scoops up fumbles and national awards at about an equal pace. Rueben Foster won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker.

Alabama allows 2.0 yards per rush, which is almost a full yard better than the second-best rushing defense in the country.

So, yes, this rematch has the potential to be another shootout, but it seems more likely to be a grind and a grudge match. Alabama is going for its fifth national title in eight years. Clemson is trying to win its first since 1981.

“We’ve done about everything that you can do multiple times,” Swinney said. “But we have not been able to win it all.”

May the best defense win.

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Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney argues a call to the official during the second half of the the 2016 CFP semifinal at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, on Dec. 30.

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Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban looks on during warmups prior to the 2016 CFP Semifinal against the Washington Huskies at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Dec. 31.

Alabama coach Nick Saban decided to go with his new offensive coordinator for the College Football Playoff title game, announcing Lane Kiffin’s departure ahead of the Crimson Tide facing off against Clemson on Monday night in the final football game of the season.

Kiffin was expected to continue at Alabama through the playoff run despite accepting the head-coaching job at Florida Atlantic University. Steve Sarkisian, who already had been named Kiffin’s successor, will take over play-calling responsibilities for the championship game.

“We made the decision because it was in the best interest of our players, our program and for Lane for him to assume his duties at Florida Atlantic,” Saban said. “We mutually agreed that this was best for both programs.”

Kiffin was late to several events in the past week leading up to the Peach Bowl and some Alabama staff members said they “were done with him,” according to a report

from ESPN’s Brett McMurphy.

Saban pointed out the issues with “distractions that occur when you’re trying to hire a staff and recruit to another place” when discussing Kiffin’s departure following the announcement.

Kiffin released a statement through Alabama, citing the issues involved in “trying to serve the best interests of two universities” and noting it “became apparent that both programs would be better served by me giving all my time and efforts to being the head coach at FAU.” Alabama was 40-3 in three seasons with Kiffin calling offensive plays.

“This wasn’t an easy decision and we appreciate the way Lane handled this in terms of doing what is best for our team,” Saban said in a statement.

Kiffin appeared on “The Paul Finebaum Show” later Monday and offered his own explanation.

“I re-watched the game a couple

times last night and I was kind of thinking, ‘I don’t feel like we played great.’ ... It was just ... I was wondering was I always there because you are bouncing between two jobs,” Kiffin told Finebaum. “You’re interviewing guys at night, calling recruits at night. I was just talking with coach. That game, we had a month to prepare for doing both things. Now we have a little over a week for this game.

“Coach and I were just kind of bouncing it around and just felt that really, for the players, that you can do [two jobs] 100 percent. You try.”

Kiffin said he’ll always think of his time at Alabama as “awesome.”

“When we signed the paper three years ago to come here, that initial contract, I don’t know that anybody could have imagined it would go this good with three SEC championships, three SEC Offensive Player of the Year [winners] and now got one game left to win back-to-back national championships.”

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NFL playoff PREVIEW

White hot Steelers hosting Fins in wild card round

Pack out for Lambeau revenge against Giants Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) after the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on Jan. 1.

Miami Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi (23) runs past Pittsburgh outside linebacker Jarvis Jones (95) for a touchdown during the second half at Hard Rock Stadium.

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THE NFL PLAYOFFS are in full swing, but the Dolphins and Steelers matchup is a throwback to earlier in the season. Sort of — the two teams squared off back in October 16, with Miami stunning Pittsburgh 30-15. Things have changed dramatically for both franchises since then.

Miami was struggling in Adam Gase’s first year, but the win over Pittsburgh turned things around and sparked the Dolphins on a six-game winning streak that vaulted them into the playoff race. They’re not the same team, though, as quarterback Ryan Tannehill won’t play with a knee injury. Veteran Matt Moore takes the keys to a car that will focus heavily on running back Jay Ajayi.

For the Steelers, this represents a real opportunity to keep an exceptional streak going; falling to the Dolphins kicked off a four-game losing streak, but after dropping a highly-viewed game to the Cowboys on Nov. 13, the Steelers haven’t lost since.

Ben Roethlisberger will get Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell healthy and together in a playoff game for the first time since the two became starters.

Keys to the game: The Steelers narrowly missed the playoffs in Bell’s rookie season in 2013. The Steelers made the playoffs in 2014 and 2015 but had to play without Bell, who had season-ending knee injuries both seasons. They also had to play without Brown in the divisional round in Denver last year after he was concussed in a wildcard game in Cincinnati.

But the Miami defense gets the Steeler’s triplets, ready to go, especially after the Dolphins won during the season.

Bell is the biggest threat: He rushed for 1,268 yards and seven touchdowns and also caught 75 passes for 626 yards and two scores. The Dolphins kept Bell under control in October (108 yards from scrimmage). He will be a load for Miami’s 30th-

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ranked run defense.

The Steelers’ run defense will have its hands full with Ajayi. He is one of four players (joining O.J. Simpson, Earl Campbell, Tiki Barber) in NFL history with three games of 200 rushing yards in a season. He ran for 204 yards and two TDs against the Steelers.

Matchups to watch : • Dolphins WR Jarvis Landry vs. Steelers CB Artie Burns. The rookie cornerback is going to have his hands full against Landry, who finished the season with 94 catches for 1,136 yards. The Steelers’ pass defense has been susceptible at times this season, and Burns has been beaten for some big plays. With the Steelers focusing on stopping Jay Ajayi and the Dolphins’ running game, this matchup on the outside will be a big key.

• Steelers OL David DeCastro vs. Dolphins DT Ndamukong Suh. The Steelers have to establish the running game, and this matchup of former All-Pros in the trenches will be important. The Dolphins have sunk a lot of money into their defensive front seven, including more than $100 million on Suh, but it hasn’t produced results. The Dolphins enter the playoffs 30th in the NFL against the run. DeCastro will look to exploit that weakness by winning his matchup against Suh. Player spotlight: Steelers LB Ryan Shazier. The third-year inside linebacker missed the regular-season meeting against the Dolphins because of a knee injury. The Dolphins took advantage as running back Jay Ajayi rushed for 204 yards. With Shazier’s ability to run sideline to sideline and fill gaps in the middle of the defense, the Steelers stand a better chance to keep Ajayi in check in the rematch.

The Sports Xchange/Reuters contributed to this report.

THEY SAY history repeats itself, and the proof is in the tundra this weekend when the Packers and Giants meet. This will be the third time these two squads have faced off in the playoffs at Lambeau Field and Packers fans would probably just rather not remember the first two.

Giants fans, on the other hand, look at this matchup as a sign from the football gods. The last two postseason trips to Green Bay for the Giants and quarterback Eli Manning were part of improbable Super Bowl runs. In 2007, New York squeaked out a 23-20 victory over Brett Favre and the Packers. And in 2011, the Giants smashed Green Bay on the road before beating the Patriots (again) in the Super Bowl.

The first one was the NFC Championship Game, so it stings badly. But the second was the end to an incredible 15-1 season for the Packers, part of the best season of Aaron Rodgers’ career. After a slow start to the season, he’s found that form again, with Green Bay ripping off six consecutive wins to close the season after Rodgers promised the team would “run the table.”

Keys to the game: The Packers’ offense starts and ends with Rodgers, who has been on fire during the winning streak.

Over that stretch, Rodgers has thrown 15 touchdown passes and zero interceptions and logged a 121.0 passer rating.

But it’s not just Rodgers’ arm that the Giants’ defense should worry about. Rodgers also finished as the Packers’ second-leading rusher behind Ty Montgomery, recording 369 yards on 67 carries.

Rodgers has such a good feel for the pocket that he can time his escape when the pocket collapses and dart past defensive linemen trying to engulf him.

The Giants’ defense might not be able to slow Rodgers down, but it certainly can start by keeping the slippery quarterback in the pocket and forcing him to step up.

New York is waiting for Manning to flip

the switch and show that playoff magic. But the 36-year-old had one of his most lethargic performances when the Giants came to Lambeau in early October. Green Bay pressured Manning into an erratic18-of-35 passing performance for 199 yards and a late touchdown in garbage time as the Packers prevailed 23-16.

Matchups to watch: • Packers WRs Jordy Nelson, Davante Adams and Randall Cobb vs. Giants CBs Janoris Jenkins, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Eli Apple. The Giants’ cornerbacks have done a solid job this season with limiting the opposition’s top receivers’ total yardage. Jenkins, the leader of the pack, is coming off a back injury and was still sore at midweek.

• Giants WRs Odell Beckham Jr., Victor Cruz and Sterling Shepard vs. Packers DBs. Green Bay was without its top two CBs when it topped the Giants 23-16 at Lambeau Field on Oct. 9. Even without the injured pair of Sam Shields and Damarious Randall, the Packers surprisingly handcuffed New York’s elite trio. Beckham was targeted a team-high 12 times by Manning but caught just five for 56 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown in the closing minutes as the Giants tried to rally from a 14-point deficit. Shepard had just two catches for 14 yards in seven targets, while Cruz was shut out on two throws his way. Though Randall has a shot to play after dropping out of the season finale at Detroit on Sunday night with a knee injury, fellow starter Quinten Rollins will be hard-pressed to bounce back in a week’s time. Rollins was in the concussion protocol at midweek, increasing the uncertainty for his unavailability this weekend.

The Sports Xchange/Reuters contributed to this report.

TAKE NOTICE ALAMANCE AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 13 SP 337 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Caleb D. Robinson and Emily J. Robinson husband and wife to Daniel D. Hornfeck, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of June, 2009, and recorded in Book 2825, Page 88, in Alamance 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 Alamance County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust

FORSYTH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 1443 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Paul E. Kirkpatrickand Carla R. Kirkpatrick to Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L., Trustee(s), dated the 25th day ofNovember, 2008, and recorded in Book RE 2863, Page 3479, in Forsyth County Registry, North Carolina, defaulthaving 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 dulyrecorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina and the holder of the noteevidencing said indebtedness

IREDELL AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 55 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James Bush to W.R. Starkey, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of May, 2009, and recorded in Book 2003, Page 1291, in Iredell 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 Iredell County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the

be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at #1 Courthouse Square in the City of Graham, Alamance County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:30 AM on January 12, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Alamance, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot Two-A (2-A), containing 2.719 acres, more or less as shown on that plat of Donald E. Robinson Land Surveying dated January 4, 2008 entitled “Final Plat Recombination Survey for Property of Wayne Anthony Greeson, Jr. & Randel Mack Greeson & Hoyt Lee Greeson & Property of Lois M. McPherson, Trustee” plat of which is recorded in Plat Book 72 at Page 253 of the Alamance County Register of Deeds to which reference is hereby made for a more complete description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7408 Bass Mountain Road, Snow Camp, 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.

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

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having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned SubstituteTrustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, or thecustomary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on January 25, 2017 and will sell to the highestbidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularlydescribed as follows: Being all of Lot 17, Section 4, Sheet 1 of 2, of the Oliver’s Crossing Subdivision as per plat thereof recorded in PlatBook 45, Page 97, Forsyth County Registry, reference for which is made for a more complete description. Togetherwith improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3031 Canterbury Park Drive, Winston Salem,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 ofeither 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 recordand 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 ten-

dered 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 thereturn 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 furtherremedy.

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, thetenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units,including Single-Family Residential Real Property

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undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:30 PM on January 12, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Iredell, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lots 42, 43, 44 and 45 of the Mary E.L. Bostian Property as platted, planned and recorded in Plat Book 4, Page 70 of the plat records for Iredell County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 104 Chatfield Loop, Statesville, 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 thepurchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which theproperty is sold.

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 re-

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.

newed 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.

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TAKE NOTICE

IREDELL 1155760 DRS 16-SP-487 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 Stephen M. Coarsey and Sheri F. Coarsey (hereinafter “Borrowers”) dated April 20, 2009 and recorded on April 21, 2009 in Book 1999 at Page 748 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Iredell County, North Carolina (hereinafter “Deed of Trust”); 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 the Deed of Trust, the un-

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 331 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Deloris D. Sevedge (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Deloris D. Waugh) to Charles W. McGuire, Trustee(s), dated the 31st day of August, 2005, and recorded in Book 1677, Page 1679, in Iredell 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 Iredell 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 Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:30 PM on January 19, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Iredell, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an existing iron located on the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 445 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by David O. Stuart and Kris T. Stuart and David E. Stuart and Nancy S. Stuart, (Nancy S. Stuart, deceased) (David O. Stuart, deceased) (Heirs of David O. Stuart: Chastity M. Stuart, Andrew Gray Stuart, Macey Leigh Stuart, Brianna Michelle Keiger and Unknown Heirs of David O. Stuart) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): David O. Stuart and Kris T. Stuart) to Michael R. Morton, Trustee(s), dated the 15th day of September, 2000, and recorded in Book 1219, Page 0217, and Modification in Book 1998, Page 1538, and Modification in Book 2205, Page 1056, in Iredell 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 Iredell 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 Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, or the customary

MECKLENBURG NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 3960 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Martha M. Gore aka Martha Jane M. Gore, (Martha Jane M. Gore aka Martha M. Gore, deceased) (Heirs of Martha Jane M. Gore aka Martha M. Gore: Trustees of the Martha Moss Gore Family Trust) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Martha Jane M. Gore) to Donald P. Eggleston, Trustee(s), dated the 5th day of June, 2013, and recorded in Book 28414, Page 564, in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and the

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 5164 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Violet C. Mason, a married person and Frederick I. Mason, a married person to Stuart Clarke at Thorpe & Clark, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of October, 2005, and recorded in Book 19589, Page 841, in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg 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 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, or the cus-

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 1188 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joyce I. McLaurin f/k/a Joyce McDonald to Jerone C. Herring, Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of November, 2003, and recorded in Book 16424, Page 965, in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg 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 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, or the customary location

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2931 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Darren Stillwell and Dana Stillwell (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Darren Stillwell) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of January, 2005, and recorded in Book 18522, Page 631, in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg 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 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated

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dersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Iredell County Courthouse, 221 East Water Street, Statesville, North Carolina on THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017 at 12:30 P.M., all of Borrowers’ right to the real property described herein below, together with any improvements and fixtures existing or hereafter placed on or attached to the real property, and all other appurtenant rights and privileges, situated, lying and being in Iredell County, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the South side of North Mulberry Street, the Northwest corner of S.S. Kelly, said point being N. 82 deg. W. a distance of 165.5 feet from the point of intersection of the West margin of North Mulberry Street as said street runs about East and West, and runs thence with the South margin of North Mulberry Street, N. 82 deg. W. 78.3 feet to the new corner of J.W. Johnston and wife; thence with the new line of J.W. Johnston and wife, S. 20 deg. E. 198.8 feet to an iron stake in the center of the concrete block wall, said iron stake, for convenience, being placed N. 20 deg. W. a distance of 18 inches from the center

of said block wall; thence with the center of said concrete block wall and the line of L.N. Mills, N. 68 deg. 45 min. E. 72.2 feet to an iron stake, Charlie Madison’s corner, thence with Charlie Madison’s line and then with S.S. Kelly’s line, N. 22 deg. W. 160.7 feet to the beginning corner on the South side of North Mulberry Street. The above description is according to a survey and made by L.O. White, Surveyor, March 6, 1946.

For back reference see Item 4 in the Last Will and Testament of Mary Frances McNeil, Estate File 08 E 119, Iredell County Clerk of Court and Deed Book 1353, Page 2402, Iredell County Registry.

Address of property: 239 N. Mulberry Street, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina Tax Parcel ID: 4734862117 \Present Record Owner: Stephen McNeil Coarsey 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 note

holder or its intended assignee 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. § 7A-308(a)(1).

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 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 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 declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

margin of the northern right of way of West Debbie Lane (SR 1971), a common corner of Lot 63 and Lot 75 of IREDELL HEIGHTS, SECTION II, as the same is platted, planned and recorded in Plat Book 11, page 17, Iredell County Registry; running thence along and with the northern right of way of West Debbie Lane N. 86 deg. 58 min. West 100.21 feet to an iron pin set at the common corner of Lot 59 and Lot 60; thence along and with the line of Lot 59 North 00 deg. 41 min. 58 sec. East 153.2 feet to an existing iron; thence South 89 deg. 14 min. 47 sec.

East 100.32 feet to an existing iron in the line of Lot 70; thence along and with the lines of Lot 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 and 75 South 00 deg. 46 min. 20 sec. West 157.81 feet to an existing iron, the point and place of BEGINNING, and containing 15,616.26 square feet, and being portions of and the southern part of Lots 60 through 63 of IREDELL HEIGHTS, SECTION II, as the same is platted, planned and recorded in Plat Book 11, page 17, Iredell County Registry, and being the identical property conveyed to James E. McElfresh and wife, Caryn C. McElfresh by Warranty Deed recorded in Deed Book 944, page 849, Iredell Co. Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 240 West Debbie Lane, Statesville, North Carolina.

SUBJECT TO Restrictive Covenants recorded in

Deed Book 288, page 460 and amended in Deed Book 506, page 104, Iredell County Registry.

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.

location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:30 PM on January 12, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Olin, in the County of Iredell, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: That certain tract of land containing 2.398 acres, more or less, located in Olin Township, Iredell County, North Carolina, and more specifically described as follows: All of Lot No. Six (6) of Glenn Acres Subdivision as shown on a map thereof prepared by Kestler Surveying, Inc., dated October 31, 1997, and recorded in the Iredell County Registry in Plat Book 29, Pages 144, 145 and 146, and being the identical property described in deed dated May 25, 2000, from Joseph F. Templeton and wife, Angelia C. Templeton to David O. Stuart and wife, Kris T. Stuart and duly recorded in Record Book 1200, Page 1817, Iredell County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 222 Red Hawk Lane, Olin, North Carolina.

The above-described property is conveyed subject to easement in favor of Duke Power Company recorded in Deed Book 389, Page 334; easements in favor of Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation recorded in Deed Book 397, Page 228, and Deed Book 397, Page 405, both in the Iredell County

Registry; easement in favor of Davie Electric Mutual Corporation recorded in Deed Book 138, Page 319, Iredell County Registry; and restrictive covenants contained in deed dated May 25, 2000, from Joseph F. Templeton and wife, Angelia C. Templeton to David O. Stuart and wife, Kris T. Stuart, and duly recorded in the Iredell County Registry in Record Book 1200, Page 1817.

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.

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 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:30 PM on January 10, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Paw Creek, in the County of Mecklenburg, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The following described real estate located in Paw Creek Township, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina: BEGINNING at a point in the center line of Toddville Road (60 feet in width), which is N. 8-24-30 E. 909 feet, as measured along the center line of Toddville Road, from the point of intersection of the center line of Toddville Road with the center line of Paw Creek, and runs thence from said beginning point, N. 69-50 W. 234.93 feet to a point; thence S. 8-24-30 W. 136.76 feet to a point; thence S. 81-35-30 E. 230 feet to a point in the center line of Toddville Road; thence with the center line of Toddville Road, N. 8-24-30 E. 88.89 feet to the point of BEGINNING. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being

located at 2008 Toddville Road, Charlotte, 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 re-

corded 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.

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tomary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:30 PM on January 17, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Mecklenburg, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: A parcel of land located in the County of Mecklenburg, State of North Carolina and known as: Being Lot Number 86 in Hidden Valley Addition Number 7 as shown in the recorded plat/map thereof in Map Book 11, Page 163 of Mecklenburg County Records. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1121 Bannister Place, Charlotte, 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 con-

veyance “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.

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.

designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:30 PM on January 17, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Mecklenburg, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 59, BENT CREEK, as the same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 20, Page 816, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8421 Rust Wood Place, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Parcel ID Number: 109-283-30 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.

for foreclosure sales, at 12:30 PM on January 24, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Mecklenburg, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lots 11 and 12 in Block 1 of Property of the Southern Industrial Institute as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 332 at Page 125 in the Mecklenburg County North Carolina Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 311 North Hoskins Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Being that parcel of land conveyed to Darren Stillwell, a married man from Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of Washington, D.C. by that deed dated 11/01/2004 and recorded 11/04/2004 in Deed Book 17971, at Page 787 of the MECKLENBURG County, NC Public Registry, 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 ten-

dered 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.

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.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property

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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

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

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

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.

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

This the 30th day of November, 2016.

Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee By: William Walt Pettit, Attorney P.O. Box 12497 Charlotte, NC 28220-2497 Telephone: (704) 362-9255

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.

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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.

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TAKE NOTICE NEW HANOVER NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 729 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Audrey Gene Cook, (Audrey Gene Cook, deceased) (Heirs of Audrey Gene Cook: Unknown Heirs of Audrey Gene Cook) to Regional Land Title Agency LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of October, 2005, and recorded in Book 4920, Page 893, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 634 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Justin M. Maurice and Lindsay K. Maurice (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Justin M. Maurice and Lindsay K. Maurice) to Fidelity National Title Insurance, Trustee(s), dated the 18th day of July, 2013, and recorded in Book 5756, Page 96, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 748 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lyn Mai Nguyen to Eric A. Braun, Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of August, 2005, and recorded in Book 4887, Page 1441, and Modification in Book 5765, Page 1322, 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 January 24, 2017 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:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 424 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Gregg Louis Yoder and Heidi Godwin Yoder (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Gregg L. Yoder) to Aaron Anderson, PLLC, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of March, 2009, and recorded in Book 5386, Page 256, 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,

RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 434 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sharon M. Fulp to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 22nd day of June, 2007, and recorded in Book RE 2031, Page 834, in Randolph 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 Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 441 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Warren J. Green aka Warren Green, Jr. and Doris J. Green aka Doris L. Green (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Warren J. Green and Doris L. Green) to BCHH, Inc, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of March, 2011, and recorded in Book RE2227, Page 708, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 24, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 322 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Roger Lee Scharf aka Roger L. Scharf and Alvira Barbara Scharf (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Roger Lee Scharf and Alvira Barbara Scharf) to Heather E. Kraft, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of May, 2012, and recorded in Book RE2283, Page 931, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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

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 January 24, 2017 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 62, SECTION TWO (2), Kings Grant Subdivision, as the same is shown on a map of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 10, Page 7, 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 4934 Richardson Drive, 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.

PM on January 24, 2017 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 THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL of land situated in the City of Township, New Hanover County, Carolina and more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 30 of Soundside Subdivision, Section Four, as the same is shown on Map recorded in Map Book 42 at Page 318 in the New Hanover County Registry, and being the same lands described in Deed 3858 at Page 606 in said registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 524 Soundside Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Being the same property conveyed to Justin M. Maurice and Wife Lindsay K. Maurice by deed from Richard W. Bedgood and Wife Ethel C. Bedgood recorded 04/01/2009 in Deed Book 5393 Page 1073, in the Register of Deeds Office of New Hanover County, 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.

All of Lot 43R in Phase II of Muirfield Place at Landfall, as shown on the revised final plat thereof recorded in Map Book 32, Page 203, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

SUBJECT TO the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Phase I of Muirfield Place at Landfall recorded in Book 1479 at Page 1327 of the New Hanover County Registry, as amended by amendment thereto recorded in Book 1502 at Page 0226, the Supplemental Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Phase I and Phase II, Muirfield Place at Landfall recorded in Book 1598 at Page 887 of said Registry, and as amended by Amendment to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions Phase I and II Muirfield Place at Landfall recorded in Book 1680 at Page 319 of said Registry; and subject also to the restrictive covenants applicable to Pembroke Jones Park at Landfall recorded in Book 1399 at Page 1310, as amended by the Amendment recorded in Book 1477 at Page 1339 of said Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2007 Graywalsh Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina.

SUBJECT ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: 1. 1997 and subsequent years; ad valorem taxes;

2. Valid and enforceable easements, restrictions and rights-of-way of record; and 3. Applicable zoning and land use ordinances, statutes and regulations.

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.

New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on January 24, 2017 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 14 of Greenfield Lake Estates as the same is shown on a map of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 5 at Page 33 of the 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 2151 East Lake Shore Drive, 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.

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Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 24, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: PIN#: 7718546011 Lying and being in the City of Archdale, Randolph County, North Carolina containing n/a acres, more or less, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL of Lot 51, Ravenwood Subdivision, Section 3, according to plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 16, Page 24, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 224 Balfour Drive, Archdale, North Carolina.

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.

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.

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the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Land referred to in this commitment is described as all that certain property situated in the County of Randolph and State of North Carolina and being described in a Deed Dated 08/31/2006 and recorded 08/31/2006 in Book 1988, Page 2078 among the land records of the County and State set forth above, and referenced as follows: Beginning at a stake on the west side of Hillcrest Street in the City of Randleman, Mill’s northeast corner; running thence north 5 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east along the west side of Hillcrest Street 149.77 feet to a stake at the intersection of Hillcrest Street with Spencer Street; thence south 75 degrees 43 minutes 05 seconds west along the south side of Spencer Street 133.49 feet to a stake in the original west line of Lot No. 54; thence south 5 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west 105.69 feet to a stake in the original west line of Lot No. 52, Mill’s northwest corner; thence south 85 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east along Mill’s line 126.00 feet to the Beginning. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 500 Hillcrest Drive, Randleman, North Carolina.

The foregoing consists of the northern one-half of Lot No. 52, all of Lot No. 53 and a portion of Lots

Nos. 54 and 55 of the Broadview Acres Subdivision according to a plat of the same to be found of record in Plat Book 2, Page 73, Randolph County Registry.

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.

door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 10, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of that property of Brian Walker Bennett and wife, Pamela Ann Bennett, said tract containing 10.138 acres, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 82, Page 96, in the Office of the Randolph County Register of Deeds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1517 Langley Road, Staley, 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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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And the band played on...

Though the snow came, the champagne toasts still rang!

Celebrating the Old North State, the Junior League of Raleigh merged their Inaugural Ball events with the Council of State Reception to create a cheerful evening before the snow began to fall. Take a peek inside to see how everyone came together to celebrate North Carolina. see page C4

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IN A NORTH STATE OF MIND

the wild side | asheboro

NC Zoo profile: Cougar siblings thrive together despite solitary nature

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playlist January 9 Hottest Chefs of the Triangle 2017 Calendar Launch party Raleigh The cover chef will be revealed at the Hottest Chefs of the Triangle Calendar Launch Party hosted

by Crank Arm Brewing Company from 6 to 9 p.m. Chefs featured in the calendar will be in attendance and light snacks and desserts will be provided. All profits from the calendar go towards the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, which helps thousands of people facing hunger each year in a 34-county service area.

Admission to the event is free of charge. store.discoverglover.com/ HCOTT

January 11 Airlie Gardens Bird Walk Wilmington Get outside in January and take in lovely Airlie Gardens for a bird walk. Airlie Gardens is host to a wonderful bird habitat including marsh, fresh water ponds, wooded habitat, and open lawns.

Regular Airlie admission applies. airliegardens.org

January 13-14 Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo Durham

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Heath yawns at the North Carolina Zoo Wednesday, October 19. Heath and Olive are brother and sister.

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal

January 14-15

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he North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is home to roughly 200 different species, from African elephants that can weigh six tons to a peregrine falcon that can reach speeds of 240 mph in the wild.

In this first installment of some of the personal stories of the North Carolina Zoo’s population, we have an up-close look at a species of many names: catamount, puma, panther, mountain lion, or as the zoo calls them, cougars Heath and Olive.

Zookeeper Paul Decker, a Greensboro native who has three decades of experience and is a 22-year veteran of the park, has cared for the brother and sister since they came to Asheboro three years ago with their littermate, Willow, after their mother was legally shot by a hunter in Oregon.

“This was an unusual case where the gentleman hunting was knowledgeable on the system, so by regulation when he shot the animal, upon inspecting the carcass, he discovered it was a lactating, nursing female,” Decker said. “So by regulation he has to report that.

“And thank goodness there was snow on the ground,” Decker added. “He went and got an officer, they tracked back to the den from mom’s tracks where she deceased, and that’s where they found the kittens. Had there been no snow, it’s very unlikely they would have found them.”

Willow proved to be the most independent of the three, and while Heath and Olive — now “teenagers” in cougar years — get along fine, she was relocated to Lincoln Park Zoo in Manitowoc, Wisc., when she was about 9 months old.

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Marsalis and Calderazzo come to Baldwin Auditorium for two magical nights. Jazz titan Branford Marsalis is a famous son of New Orleans, and scion of that city’s first family of music. Virtuoso pianist Joey Calderazzo first met Marsalis almost thirty years ago, when the young prodigies worked together in Michael Brecker’s combo.

JazzTimes said of their 2011 duo album, “both musicians shine, but there’s no strutting going on here, no cutting contest, only a singular vision.” dukeperformances.duke.edu

Outer Banks Wedding Weekend & Expo Kill Devil Hills The Outer Banks will host an exploration of all they have to offer for destination weddings.

Explore venues, wedding vendors, and restaurants while sampling the food, hospitality, and entertainment available throughout the Outer Banks during the Wedding Tour. outerbanksweddingassoc.org Cougars Heath and Olive celebrated their third birthday on December 29, 2016. They came to the North Carolina Zoo with their independent sibling Willow who now lives at a zoo in Wisconsin.

Fun Facts Species: Cougar (Puma concolor) Names: Heath and Olive Age: 3 Lifespan: An average 14 years in captivity, but like other small cats can live into their 20s. In the wild, cougars generally live 8 to 13 years, with males having a shorter lifespan.

Weight: Heath (male) 140 pounds; Olive (female) 100 pounds Range: Cougars live from Canada all the way to the tip of South America — the reason they are known by so many different names — in terrains as varied as rugged mountains to deserts. Cougars’ body weight

and color can vary depending on its environment.

Diet: The NC Zoo feeds its cougars a variety of foods. The base is a red meat mix (mostly horse) that is standard for carnivores in captivity, but the cougars are also fed chicken, three kinds of rodents, bones, and fish, which help control hairballs.

Breeding: Cougars are not bred for zoos because the pet trade confiscations and orphaned kittens like Heath and Olive already provide zoos with more animals than they can handle.

Cougars are sterilized in captivity to avoid reproduction.

January 12 Coffee in the COE Gallery, Hickory Museum of Art Hickory New series features coffee and conversation about art in HMA’s Coe Gallery on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month. Series starts Thursday, January 12, when Karin Borei, guest curator of WOMAN MADE, will lead a discussion about women and art. The WOMAN MADE exhibit opened on January 6 and runs through March 22. This exhibit is The Hickory Museum of Art’s first major permanent collection featuring only women includes paintings, drawings, pottery, textiles, and glass. hickoryart.org

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NeCessities cheers!

history marked

Bo-Ho-Ho Boone Window Display Dazzles in International Competition

January 9, 1859

By Jennifer Wood North State Journal DONNA COOK HAS BEEN ornately decorating the windows of her bridal and prom boutique for 27 years, but their recent victory in the Lillian West window competition has put Did Someone Say Party? and Boone on the map.

A small bridal and prom boutique in Boone gained worldwide attention after being the sole U.S representative in the Lillian West window competition. It wasn’t the first time the store Did Someone Say Party? took to the windows to represent its creativity and branding. For the past 27 years owner Donna Cook says the store has had a strong window following. Before the Lillian West competition, it was victorious in the Downtown Boone Development Association’s window contest.

“Bo-Ho-Ho” was the store’s decided theme for the New York City based competition which placed it against international stores with over 18,000 entries. Cook described the Lillian West brand (a subdivision of Justin Alexander) as “sort of bohemian, cozy, with soft lines,” so she wanted to emulate that free spirit vibe.

Her husband made the ladder, and Cook made the peace sign out of grapevine. The ladder is draped in Christmas lights with red and gold ornaments flowing from top to bottom, at the top a classic red and white pinstripe bow. Two dresses were on display with a veil draped over a luxurious velvet chair. The grapevine peace sign adds a focal point between the dresses while a garland adorned in Christmas lights sets the stage. At the front of the display sits an old vintage trunk with a lantern on top.

Larry Warshaw, owner of Justin Alexander, called Cook to tell her they had won the competition. She says the calls haven’t stopped since. In the future she will be taking over the Lillian West Instagram account using 8-10 different images and a Beauty and the Beast window theme utilizing 100 old books from the local library.

While Cook has had plenty of years (and recent success) to perfect the art of window decor, she says inspiration is somewhat fleeting, and it can be hard to come up with new ideas. Her window following always encourages and also lets her know if she’s done the display before — which was the case with a lemonade stand theme with twenty years between the original and new.

Cook has even tried using models for her window displays, which she says several other competitors did in the Lillian West challenge. One of her models even winked at a group (who was admittedly staring to see if they were real) and Cook says the group “jumped back.”

Cook, a Jamestown native who fell in love with Boone while attending college said, “There wasn’t anything in Boone in 1989, you worked for the university or you went home, and I couldn’t make myself go home, Boone had my heart.”

She decided to make it work by opening Did Someone Say Party? Now, her creativity has put the small mountain town on an international pedestal.

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Contributors to this section this week include: Samantha Gratton Laura Ashley Lamm Cory Lavalette Liz Moomey Emory Rakestraw

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The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal opened, connecting Albemarle Sound and Chesapeake Bay, providing a vital economic link between North Carolina and Virginia.

January 10, 1936

The first state highway marker was dedicated. The first marker was placed in the small Granville County town of Stovall to commemorate the life of John Penn, an early political leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Though not authorized until 1935, the program has its roots in the 1903 legislation creating the North Carolina Historical Commission, which noted the lack of markers “commemorating the services of eminent sons of the state, or marking the sites of historic events.”

January 11, 1909

Alto saxophonist Talmage “Tab” Smith was born in Kinston.

Smith’s first professional musical endeavor came in 1929, when he formed the Carolina Stompers in 1929, and he soon achieved national acclaim as part of bands fronted by Count Basie and Lucky Millinder.

Information courtesy of N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

turn the page ‘Tis the season for renewal and resolutions. This week we reached out to our friends at Novels & Novelties in Hendersonville for a few suggestions on the subject.

“The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business”

by Charles Duhigg “Thinking, Fast and Slow”

by Daniel Kahneman “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance”

by Angela Duckworth “Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and WorldClass Performers”

by Timothy Ferriss “The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living”

by Ryan Holiday

just a pinch winter in the garden The dark days of winter are perfect for dreaming and preparing for planning to plant. Here are four January garden to-dos that will put you in good stead come spring.

Dream & draw: think about what you planted last season and make a plan to try a few new fruits and vegetables that work in your zone.

Check & replenish: Take stock of your supplies, including seed-starting mixes and fertilizers and purchase as needed.

Prune & protect: remove yellowing leaves from any winter brassicas to tamp down pests and diseases. Prune your fruit trees and vines, and get rid of any old growth on berry bushes to maintain productivity.

Weed & don’t wander: on mild days get out and soak up some vitamin D by pulling up wild onion and chickweed.

Stay off your lawn and garden beds in general in order to keep that soil quality high.

“Anyone who thinks that gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year.

For gardening begins in January, begins with the dream.”

Josephine Nuese

The first storm of winter is here — hopefully you were equipped with bread and milk

By Liz Moomey North State Journal The Tarheel State went on high alert Thursday as forecasters predicted up to 8 inches of snow in parts of North Carolina. Planning ahead for future emergencies is a definite for your health and safety, and it ensures you’ll have plenty of time to make snow angels, igloos, and Frosty the Snowman.

Winter storms can cause power to go out, which has a great impact on the home. Ice is the primary cause of power outages because of the weight of ice on trees and power limbs can cause them to fall.

At hardware stores and grocery stores across the state homeowners snapped up sleds and ice melting chemicals. The Seaboard ACE hardware in downtown Raleigh reported that by noon on Thursday they had already sold 600 bags of ice melting pellets, 60 sleds and 72 shovels. The run on items led the store to call an emergency supply truck in from the ACE warehouse to restock.

“We sold out of shovels by

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Ed Wafel, of Raleigh, stacks ice melt to prepare for the predicted upcoming snowfall at the Ace Hardware in Raleigh on Thursday.

11:00 a.m,” said Seaboard ACE hardware’s store manager Mary Jennette. “We had already done about 70 percent of a normal day’s business, in terms of traffic count, just this morning.”

In Robeson County residents were placed on alert for more flooding from the impending storm coupled with last week’s rain. The National Weather Service issued a flood warn-

ing through Monday, reporting that the river was already above flood stage by Thursday morning.

“Flood waters will affect yards in the Pines area, Cox Pond area, and along River Road,” the warning read. “Additional residential property will be affected between the Pepsi plant and the river on the east side of Lumberton.”

Escapism or realism?

Awards season gets serious with Golden Globes

By Jill Serjeant Reuters Independent films, diversity and the tussle between escapism or realism mark Hollywood’s 2017 awards season, which swings into high gear on Sunday with the Golden Globes ceremony.

The laid-back Globes dinner in Beverly Hills kicks off two months of red carpets and black tie events punctuated by Oscar nominations on Jan. 24 and culminating in the Academy Awards ceremony on Feb. 26.

Musical “La La Land,” indie grief drama “Manchester by the Sea,” and black coming-of-age film “Moonlight” are leading the awards buzz in a season that has been dominated by small, intimate fare.

“I think ‘La La Land’ is the one to beat overall this year, and also it’s doing really well at the box office and that’s another big plus,” said Pete Hammond, awards columnist for entertainment website Deadline. com.

“La La Land,” a romantic musical about a jazz pianist and an actress struggling in

Hollywood, has a leading seven Golden Globe nods, including for best musical/comedy, stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, and writer-director Damien Chazelle.

The Golden Globes are unique in having separate categories for film dramas, and musicals or comedies, assuring “La La Land” several wins on Sunday, according to awards pundits.

The drama category, both at the Globes and elsewhere, appears to be a closer race between “Moonlight,” a low-budget movie about an impoverished black boy in Miami struggling with his sexual identity, and “Manchester by the Sea” a study of family grief starring Casey Affleck.

The crunch for awards voters may ultimately come down to the mood in Hollywood after a 2016 marked by celebrity deaths and the election as U.S. president of Donald Trump, who was opposed by much of the entertainment industry.

“I think it’s a good year not so much for escapism but for uplift,” said Tim Gray, who cov-

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Host and comedian Jimmy Fallon kisses a camera during a red carpet rollout during preparations for the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California.

ers awards for Hollywood trade publication Variety.

“I think a bummer movie, something that leaves you depressed, is going to have a tougher job this year. I feel like people, especially in America, have felt beat-up all year, and you don’t want another film that’s gonna make you feel beat-up,” Gray added.

Last year was marked by soul-searching in Hollywood over movie representations — or lack of them — of people of color and their stories.

That has all changed with contenders like “Moonlight,” “Hidden Figures,” “Fences,” and “Loving.”

“We’re doing 1,000 percent better than last year on diversity,” said Gray.

The Golden Globes, chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are known for springing surprises, and its members have no say in choosing the Oscars.

Nevertheless, many of their choices on Sunday are likely to mirror the movies that the Hollywood director, actor, writer and producer guilds will honor in their own awards.

“Globe voters are very cognizant of what the leaders are in the Oscar race, and they like to be with the winner,” said Deadline.com’s Hammond.

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brave hearts | kinston “I look at our dreams, plans ­— they’ve gone by the wayside. It gets sad, but I’m not afraid. I win either way. I may have a terminal diagnosis, but I will make the best use of the time I have left.”

Robin Wooten bought a custom pair of Stubbs & Wootton slipper that say “Screw ALS.”

Robin Wooten

The Wooten family ­— Carrington, 21, Whitford, 25, Robin and Elizabeth -walk to Queen Street Deli and Bakery to enjoy lunch together on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 in downtown Kinston.

Elizabeth has called Robin’s ALS diagnosis a “gift” because the family has spent more time together. photos by Christine T. Nguyen | north state journal

Faith and family in the face of adversity

By Laura Ashley Lamm North State Journal ames are given to us at birth.

A name is uniquely ours and N the one thing that follows us wher-

ever we go. As life progresses, our names are associated with character traits, accomplishments, tragedies, and triumphs. It is not our names that define us, but it is we who define our names.

In the eastern North Carolina town of Kinston, you’ll find Elizabeth and Robin Wooten. A couple devoted to their love of one another, their children, their faith, and their community. They met at a Halloween party more than 30 years ago, as young teens.

“I just knew it was him. On the first date, I knew he was the boy I was going to marry,” said Elizabeth. “By the third date he told me he loved me. I’ve never dated anybody else. He’s the one I’ve known my whole life.”

They married in 1989, moved to Kinston where Robin grew up, and raised two daughters, Olivia Whitford, 25, and Carrington, 21. Robin worked long hours as a financial advisor for BB&T, they were “strict parents,” and spent much time together as a family.

“I can see now our whole lives together led up to this point,” said Elizabeth.

“I know my time is coming to an end,” said Robin.

In the fall of 2016, Robin was diagnosed with ALS. ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. It’s an illness that causes the motor neurons inside the spinal cord to die. Muscles deteriorate over time and eventually one loses the ability to speak, move, swallow, and breathe. Known also as Lou Gehrig’s disease, there are fewer than 20,000 cases in the United States each year.

“I had lost the strength in my left hand. There were twitches in my muscles, arms, and back,” he said.

Tests, scans, and conversations with friends, who were also neu-

rologists, left him with the inevitable.

“I asked him, ‘Is there a treatment?’”

“No.” “Is there a cure?”

“No.” “Is it terminal?”

“Yes.” “How long do I have?”

“Probably six to 18 months.”

“I had tests to rule everything out — AIDS, Lyme disease, cancer, celiac disease — they were all negative. ALS was left,” said Robin.

Elizabeth and Robin knew of his ALS diagnosis a month before sitting down with their children to share the news of how their life as a family would change.

“He wanted to bring the girls home, turn off all technology, and tell them properly. I admired that about him,” said Elizabeth.

“He is a man of very little words. I have known him 33 years and have seen him cry once when his Labrador died. That weekend we cried, we ate junk food, we hugged,” she added.

Robin wanted to do something with the time he had left. He made a bucket list to which he refers to as a “pretty simple list.” He spent time in the mountains of Western Carolina, visited the Biltmore at Christmastime, ventured to Ocracoke, met Travis Cottrell, and ventured to New York City to visit the stock exchange. He purchased Christmas gifts that his family members could always remember him by.

“Everything I love is in North Carolina,” said Robin. “I wanted to revisit places close to home.”

“ALS is such a huge illness.

It’s overwhelming. You lose the use of your limbs, your speech, your diaphragm, your ability to breathe. Every aspect of life you have control over is gone. We believe you give control to the Lord,” said Elizabeth. “What other hope is there? We believe God is ruler over everything and can’t imagine how terrifying this would be if we thought otherwise.”

“ALS takes everything but your mind. He will be able to spend all

Whitford Wooten, 25, hugs her dad, Robin, before leaving for work on Tuesday. Whitford took a leave from her full-time job to help take care of Robin.

that time talking with Jesus. This is a great way for preparing him to be able to enter heaven and be ready. This is a gift,” she continued.

“We know our plans aren’t always the Lord’s plans. This is not the way we planned our life,” she added. “I can’t imagine my life without him.”

While the days are spent with laughter and love, some days Robin gets angry over his diagnosis, and other days he gets sad.

Recently, Robin and a friend went hunting.

“I’ve always loved to hunt and fish. I can no longer climb in the deer stand, and I have to sit on the ground. I’m left-handed, and I’ve lost most of the strength in my left arm,” he said. “My friend shot a deer from the stand. I got so mad because what is so simple for others is so hard for me.”

Robin and Elizabeth imagined spending their senior years at the beach.

“I look at our dreams, plans — they’ve gone by the wayside. ­­ It gets sad,” said Robin, “but I’m

not afraid. I win either way. I may have a terminal diagnosis, but I will make the best use of the time I have left.”

“What are we supposed to do with this? We don’t know. We do know God has a purpose, and we are trying to figure out that purpose,” said Elizabeth.

“We have a very loving family.

Everyone in this family is considerate and respectful, which was stressed when we were growing up,” said Carrington.

Olivia Whitfield added, “When I was little, I remember my dad always told us, every single night, all you have in this world is your name. Everyday how are you going to treat that name, and how are you going to treat people?’”

One treats people with kindness and respect. One consistently supports and helps others. One puts others before themselves.

One remains positive in the face of adversity. As Elizabeth noted your name “is the only thing you can take with you.”

Robin has treated his name well.

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A toast to North Carolina

Cases of wine wait to be distributed for the Council of State Reception and the Governor’s Inaugural Ball at Marbles Kid Museum in Raleigh on Friday.

By Laura Ashley Lamm North State Journal

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n ode to North Carolina — the state with snowcapped mountains, pine trees that sway in the wind, coastal blue waters that sparkle under the sun, and the 10 million great people who call this state home.

“Here’s to the land of the long leaf pine, The summer land where the sun doth shine, Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, Here’s to “Down Home,” the Old North State!”

The legendary words of “The Old North State,” a poem written by Leonora Monteiro Martin and officially adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly in May of 1957 as the state’s official toast became the focal point of weekend festivities celebrating North Carolina herself.

The 2017 North Carolina Governor’s Inaugural Ball, hosted by the Junior League of Raleigh, took place Saturday evening in North Carolina State University’s Talley Student Union as a culmination to a weekend of events celebrating North Carolina.

“This is a state I love, that we all love. From the mountains, to the piedmont, to the coast — North Carolina has it all. Every four years we are able to honor the great and talented people across North Carolina as we celebrate the state,” said Melissa Hayes, co-chair of the N.C. Governor’s Inaugural Ball.

The Inaugural Ball featured food and chef’s stations from the state’s three regions, a biergarten with beer samples from North Carolina breweries, and performances by Bull City Syndicate, Kasey Tyndall, and Old Habits.

Continuing with the recognition of the state’s toast, Gov. Roy Cooper performed a reading of the poem, nine-foot-tall glass champagne

Calla lilies sit in buckets of water before being added to arrangements for the Council of State Reception and the Governor’s Inaugural Ball at Marbles Kid Museum.

Succulents tipped with gold paint wait to be displayed as part of the decorations for the Council of State Reception and the Governor’s Inaugural Ball at Marbles Kid Museum.

A place card for North Carolina’s First Lady Kristin Cooper sits on a table in preparation for the First Ladies’ Luncheon at the North Carolina State Bar building in Raleigh on Thursday.

The N.C. Governor’s Inaugural Ball by the Numbers: Tradition: The Junior League of Raleigh has hosted the nonpartisan Inaugural Ball since 1933 when they hosted the ball for Gov. J.C. Ehringhaus.

Team: It takes 4 co-chairs, 90 committee members, and 300 volunteers close to 2 years to plan and bring the event together.

Fundraising: Proceeds from the ball are returned to the community through the Junior League to such organizations as Boys and Girls Clubs, SAFEchild, and Communities in Schools in North Carolina.

State Toast: North Carolina is the only state in the nation with a state toast.

structures adorned the event space, succulents with hand-painted tips of gold covered the tables, and theatrical performers dressed in lavish ball gowns made of 200 champagne glasses mingled throughout the evening. More than 3,000 people from around the state ventured to the capital city for the evening’s celebrations.

“Here’s to the land of the cotton bloom white, Where the scuppernong perfumes the breeze at night, Where the soft southern moss and jessamine mate, ‘Neath the murmuring pines of the Old North State!”

As culinary creations varied in textures and taste, the state’s signature dishes were on display from Oak & Dagger Public House, Piedmont, Death & Taxes, Raleigh Cake Pops, Bida Manda, and Empire Eats.

For Chef John May of Piedmont Restaurant in downtown Durham, the vast farmlands of Carolina provide ample opportunities to bring various foods to the table.

“As a restaurant directly tied to a North Carolina farm — Coon Rock Farm — embracing North Carolina foodways is at the core of who we are

at the Piedmont,” said May. In keeping with Southern tradition, May and his team served a quick bread of winter squashes.

“Since quick breads were an important part of antebellum North Carolina and squash is considered one of the Three Sisters, along with beans and corn, this dish honors the historical basis of Southern, and in particular, North Carolina cuisine,” he added.

“Here’s to the land where the galas grows, Where the rhododendron’s rosette glows, Where soars Mount Mitchell’s summit great, In the “Land of the Sky,” in the Old North State!”

While honoring North Carolina cuisine and celebrating the increasing growth of craft breweries, guests toasted North Carolina’s vast lands, farm fresh foods, and skillfully created beer, as well as the people and places of this special state.

As glasses were raised and the cheers roared …

“Here’s to the land where maidens are fair, Where friends are true and cold hearts rare, The near land, the dear land, whatever fate, The blessed land, the best land, the Old North State!” photos by MADELINE GRAY | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

Maria Moore, left, and Christie Defrancesco, right, both from Art of Motion Events, arrange flowers for the Council of State Reception and the Governor’s Inaugural Ball on Friday.

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General Manager Crawford Leavoy, left and Chef John May, right of Piedmont Restaurant in Durham.

Sound and light equipment are setup before the Council of State Reception and the Governor’s Inaugural Ball.

Leslie Ivey, from Art of Motion Events, glues moss onto an enormous wooden champagne flute as part of decorations for the Council of State Reception and the Governor’s Inaugural Ball.

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“Most people haven’t thought about how they can use their purchasing power for good.”

Em Sexton, owner of The Flourish Market

the maker | raleigh

Shopping for good in downtown Raleigh

By Samantha Gratton North State Journal alk into The Flourish Market in Raleigh and you know W something is different. Sure, the

aesthetics are beautiful. In fact, owner Em Sexton said when she was designing it, it had to be “the prettiest store in North Carolina!”

But that isn’t what sets this new brick and mortar retail store apart.

Every single piece — from the array of necklaces on the table to the shirts on display — goes toward helping people around the globe. “People loved that idea of being a part of a greater story,” said Sexton.

Whether it is helping someone come out of addiction or abuse, poverty or natural disaster, all of the 40 or so brands in the store carry products that are ethically made and support vulnerable groups in a significant way. From as close by as Raleigh and Charlotte to as far as Nepal, Haiti, and Rwanda, each product shares with the customer exactly who is benefitting from your purchase.

Sexton, the North Carolina native behind The Flourish Market, always loved fashion but thought she would be a dancer when she first started attending Elon University. After an injury, she switched to a major in business and had the opportunity to study abroad a few times where she was introduced not only to new cultures but also to what poverty could look like around the world. She worked in investment banking for several years, but saw the concept for a fashion truck on Pinterest around the same time as her 30th birthday. In October of 2015, The

Flourish Market made its debut in a fashion truck, driving around for events in the Raleigh area and selling products that made an impact, both in the lives of the people who made the products as well as those who bought them. As a proof of concept, it worked, and before long she started looking for a brick and mortar location.

“We are really all about people having dignified jobs and how the power of a dignified job can transform a family, a community, and the conversation around poverty.”

She has had the opportunity to travel all over the world to meet some of the artisans and businesses behind the products you can find at The Flourish Market. Her husband of four years and co-owner, Chris Sexton, also a North Carolina native, drove the truck, built several of the furnishings within the store, and has been along with her as an “adventure partner” traveling to find new groups and tell them all about their American customers. She said sharing with the artisans brings a lot of dignity to them and their work, especially when they see women wearing their items.

“Our tagline is ‘your purchase spreads dignity across the globe,’” adds Sexton.

After finding the perfect space in downtown Raleigh for the store, they wanted to do some interesting things that they couldn’t fit in a fashion truck. So when they were building out the dressing rooms, friends were asked to write out negative things they thought about their bodies and influence. Then, they invited artisan partners to re-narrate that story for customers to talk about their worth.

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Cougars Heath and Olive celebrated their third birthday on December 29, 2016. They came to the North Carolina Zoo with their independent sibling Willow who now lives at a zoo in Wisconsin.

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Em Sexton, owner of The Flourish Market in Raleigh, helps a customer on Wednesday. Sexton started the store with the goal of teaching women the power that their purchases can have in helping underserved communities and vulnerable populations.

“The idea that a lot of people think, ‘oh I’m helping poor people’ but in reality, I’ve learned the most I’ve ever learned about running a business from people that operated a business in the developing world,” said Sexton. “So I really wanted to elevate the artisans’ worth and give them a platform to help inspire customers. We just really felt good when we walked in this space and knew that we could do a lot of good in it.”

Items from both nonprofits and

social enterprises are represented between clothing for women, gifts and cards, jewelry, baby items, and even a line of products for dogs to be launched later in January.

Shoes from a micro-enterprise in Guatemala working to transition gang members out of gangs, candles helping with homelessness in Los Angeles, jewelry from women coming out of addiction in Nashville, and jewelry made by first-generation college students in Arizona are just a few of the things

found here.

“We buy a ton of stuff from a group out of Charlotte, North Carolina—they do work globally but they also work in Charlotte with women who have been rescued from domestic trafficking, have come from abusive relationships, overall vulnerable situations, and they employ them to make jewelry,” said Sexton. “They are some of our best sellers. People love the concept of helping their direct neighbors.”

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him, so he keeps an eye on them during their viewing hours from hidden spots around their canopied enclosure.

Cougars are light enough to climb out of any space without a top, so the canopy keeps Heath and Olive from escaping. Cougars are not naturally in the wild in North Carolina anymore, but are still spotted in the state because the pet trade leads to people releasing the animals after “discovering what a bad idea it was,” Decker said, or the animals escape, often by climbing.

“When I started doing this 30 years ago, I might meet one person a year who has seen a cougar in North Carolina, now it’s about once a week,” Decker said.

But it’s a common misconception that wild cougars will hunt for humans in the wild. Decker said only a desperate animal will look to humans as a meal, and that

“we’re really not all that palatable. … Basically, we’re the hot dogs of the prey world. We eat tons of chemicals.”

Fear of cougars and hunting for sport from the 1920s through ’50s led to a decrease in range and population and naturally wild cougars are now only out west — the nonprofit Cougar Network estimates there are now 30,000 cougars in the western United States — and in a small swatch of Florida, where efforts to save the Florida panther are struggling due to loss of habitat.

“Conservation is really not so much about species saving, it’s the habitat,” Decker said.

For now, Olive and Heath are content together, far removed from the snowy den they were found in as kittens.

“We’re hoping Olive and Heath can spend their lives together, but there’s no guarantee,” Decker said.

“Olive and her sister, Willow, were very opposite personalities,” Decker said. “Willow is very self-sufficient, outgoing. So they wouldn’t have gotten along at all.

And we picked her to leave because she was so psychologically more tough. We figured she could handle relocation better.”

Decker said cougars are the largest purring cats in the world, and Olive and Heath act very much like oversized house cats.

“Olive is your typical, slightly nervous female cat,” Decker said.

“Very shy yet needy at the same time.”

Heath, meanwhile, is the more dominant of the two, a “goofy male cat that blunders along and is just sort of unaware of everything.”

Decker is navigating their awkward teenage years with care — the siblings are quite attached to

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TAKE NOTICE wake NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 3010 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christian T. Andresen to Peter F. Makowiecki, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of December, 2007, and recorded in Book 012866, Page 01830, and Modification in Book 015229, Page 02062, in Wake 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 Wake 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 Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 3137 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Carolyn S. Fox to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of November, 2007, and recorded in Book 012832, Page 01454, and Modification in Book 015569, Page 02410, in Wake 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 Wake 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 Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 3067 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Charles T. Johnson and Rose W. Johnson to George Kane, Attorney, Trustee(s), dated the 11th day of July, 2003, and recorded in Book 10271, Page 1429, in Wake 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 Wake 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 Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 CVS 3503 Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in a judgment bearing the caption “Selene Finance LP Plaintiff vs. Cheryl Marie Kornegay, Cutler Sean Kornegay; Clifton Hailey Prowell; Lisa Ann Deans; Green Tree Financial Servicing Corp, Lien Holder; Substitute Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee and the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles Defendants” 16 CVS 3503 Wake County and pursuant to

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 3019 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cynthia Ryles and Camonti Ryles (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Cynthia Ryles) to North Sate BNK, Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of April, 2005, and recorded in Book 11314, Page 1901, in Wake 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 Wake 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 Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 3096 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Chasity T. McClaston (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Chasity Tenessa McClaston) to CB Services Corp, Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of April, 2010, and recorded in Book 013907, Page 00173, and Correction Affidavit in Book 13986, Page 2445, in Wake 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 Wake 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 Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2928 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael Alexander Neacsu, (Michael Alexander Neacsu, deceased) (Heirs of Michael Alexander Neacsu: Michael Jenkins, Jr. and Unknown Heirs of Michael Alexander Neacsu) to Maitland Law Firm, Trustee(s), dated the 3rd day of July, 2014, and recorded in Book 015714, Page 01700, in Wake 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 Wake 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 Salisbury Street entrance in

foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 9, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING KNOWN and designated as Unit No. 4705-D, DUTCH VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM (the “Unit”), a residential condominium located in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, as shown on plats and plans thereof recorded in Condo Book 2007, Pages 432 A1 through 432 A8, Wake County Registry, and as described by that Declaration of Condominium for Dutch Village in Book 12501, Page 863, Wake County Registry (the “Declaration”) as amended, together with the percentage undivided interest in the common elements and facilities declared therein to be appurtenant to said Unit, and all other rights, title, interest, privileges, easements, duties and liabilities appurtenant thereto; which undivided interest shall automatically change in accordance with the terms of said Declaration and in any amendments thereto and shall be deemed to be conveyed effective on the recorded of such amendments as though conveyed thereby.

Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 4705-D Bluebird Court, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Said property being a portion of the property acquired by Grantor by instrument recorded in Book 12501, Page 798 and Book 12501, Page 803, Wake County Registry.

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.

sales, at 1:30 PM on January 23, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Tract 2A, containing 2.03 acres, more or less, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 1436, Wake County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6524 Turnipseed Road, Wendell, 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

PM on January 23, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 4 of the Bobbie C. Belvin Subdivision as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 2378, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3900 Barwell Court, Raleigh, 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.

the terms of the judgment, the undersigned Commissioner will offer for sale that certain property as described below. Said sale will be held in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, January 9, 2017 at the courthouse door and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 204, Willow Creek Subdivision, Phase IV, according to that map recorded in Book of Maps 1991, Page 856, Wake County Registry.

The property is being sold “as is”, without warranties, subject to all taxes, special assessments and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Any assessments, costs or fees resulting from the sale will be due and payable from the purchaser at the sale.

A cash deposit or certified check (no personal check) in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the high bid will be required at the time of the sale.

The sale will be held open for ten days for upset bids as required by law.

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.

foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 23, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 210, Granite Ridge Subdivision, as shown on Plat recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Page 1207-1208, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2001 Red Quartz Drive, Raleigh, 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 pur-

chaser 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.

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.

location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 9, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain parcel of land situate in the County of Wake, State of North Carolina more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 215, of Beacon Village Subdivision, as depicted in Map Book 2002 beginning at or including Page 157. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4216 Beacon Crest Way, Raleigh, 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 con-

veyance “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 pur-

chaser 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.

the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 9, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 9, Green Acres Subdivision, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1949, Page 4, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5100 Clearview Street, Raleigh, 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 pur-

chaser 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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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This the 1st day of December, 2016.

BY:Susan R. Benoit, Commissioner Post Office Box 2505 Fayetteville, NC 28302 (910) 864-6888

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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.

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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.

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The North Carolina Executive Mansion is the official residence of the governor of North Carolina. On January 5, 1891, Gov. Daniel G. Fowle moved his family in and took up residence as the first occupants of the home. One of the first examples of Queen Anne style architecture in the state, this home boasts several distinctive decorating touches. The carpet in the front hall is one of the loveliest highlights — it features state symbols, the capital city’s oak symbols, and the names and terms of N.C.’s first 25 governors to live in the home for the first 100 years woven into the fabric.

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