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Hans take helm of NC Community College System Raleigh Former UNC Board of Governors chairman, Peter Hans, is the new head of the state’s 57-campus community college system. Hans also served on the community college system board and as an adviser to Sens. Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole and Lauch Faircloth. Most recently, he was a senior adviser to the UNC system. N.C.’s community college system is the third largest in the nation serving 700,000 students.

Primary challenges shape the November 2018 midterms On Tuesday, voters picked their candidates to battle for control of Capitol Hill, and the future of the Trump agenda

By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH — N.C. voters went to the polls on Tuesday in the 2018 midterm primary elections. Historically a low turnout election, early numbers showed around 4 percent of voters cast ballots

during early voting, which ended Saturday — 5.2 percent among Democrats and 3.9 percent among Republicans. In the 2014 midterm primaries, N.C. turnout was just less than 15 percent.

On this year’s ballots, all 170 seats in the N.C. General Assembly are up for re-election with many incumbents campaigning in newly redrawn districts. Twelve of the races are open, with no incumbent. More than 30 incumbents have a primary, including Minority Leader Joel Ford (D-Mecklenberg) who faces four Democratic party challengers. All 13 of N.C.’s

congressional seats in Washington are also up for re-election in November with only District 1 having no primaries.

Nationwide it is much the same story, as strategists watch to see whether populist candidates can take the day. N.C. is part of a wave of primaries in the coming weeks in critical states such as Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, California, Iowa and New Jersey that will help determine whether Democrats can pick up two seats in the Senate and 23 seats in the House of Representatives in November to take control of Congress. Among

11 school districts to close May 16 for teachers union rally

Pence announces new Venezuela sanctions Washington, D.C. Vice President Mike Pence announced new sanctions on Venezuela Monday and called for a delay in the county’s presidential election. Pence previously had urged the international community to increase pressure on Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro, who the U.S. blames for its deep recession and shortages of food and medicine.

Judge blasts Mueller team suggesting they lied about investigation Washington, D.C. At a hearing from former Trump campaign director Paul Manafort, Judge T.S. Ellis demanded that investigators for special counselor Robert Mueller turn over the unredacted “scope memo” that outlines the investigation, suggesting they may not have been truthful. Ellis accused the investigators of wanting “unfettered power” and using Manafort to pursue action against President Donald Trump. Manafort pled not guilty to 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud, some based on allegations that date back more than a decade.

Kennedy Center rescinds top prizes bestowed on Bill Cosby Washington, D.C. The Kennedy Center trustees have voted to rescind Bill Cosby’s Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, two of the nation’s top artistic prizes, following his sex assault conviction, the organization said on Monday. “As a result of Mr. Cosby’s recent criminal conviction, the Board concluded that his actions have overshadowed the very career accomplishments these distinctions from the Kennedy Center intend to recognize,” the Washington D.C. organization said in a statement.

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Republican candidates, many are embracing a more Trump-like populist view — a seismic change from the party’s traditional alliance of social conservatives and free-marketeers.

The outcome of Tuesday’s primaries and November’s elections will indicate whether “Trumpism” remains a dominant force in the Republican Party heading into the 2020 presidential election. At the state level, it will determine whether Republicans can hold onto a veto-proof majority in the General Assembly. For the latest results visit NSJonline.com.

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President Donald Trump walks away from the podium past the news media after announcing his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement during a statement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington.

Trump pulls U.S. from Iran nuclear deal, to revive sanctions President called the deal “defective” at its core

By Steve Holland Reuters WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was reimposing economic sanctions on Iran and pulling the United States out of an international agreement aimed at stopping Tehran from obtaining a nuclear bomb.

Critics of administration’s stance on Iran have said that the decision could risk conflict in the Middle East, upset America’s European allies and disrupt global oil supplies.

However, supporters have said that Iran is violating the 2015 agreement and it does not stop Iran from getting in regional conflicts or stop its other missile programs.

“I am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal,” Trump said at the White House. “In a few moments, I will sign a presidential mem-

orandum to begin reinstating U.S. nuclear sanctions on the Iranian regime. We will be instituting the highest level of economic sanctions.”

The 2015 deal, worked out by the United States, five other international powers and Iran, eased sanctions on Iran in exchange for Tehran limiting its nuclear program. The signature foreign policy achievement of Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, does not address Iran’s ballistic missile program, its nuclear activities beyond 2025 nor its role in conflicts in Yemen and Syria.

Renewing sanctions would make it much harder for Iran to sell its oil abroad or use the international banking system.

Trump said he was willing to negotiate a new deal with Iran, but Tehran has already ruled that out and threatened unspecified retaliation if Washington pulled out.

Iranian state television said on Tuesday that Trump’s decision to withdraw was “illegal, illegitimate and undermines See IRAN, page A2

“The Obama administration negotiated with the Iranian regime under the terribly misguided operating principle that any deal — even a bad deal — was better than no deal. …

The end result was a deal that failed to cut off Iran’s path to nuclear weapons.”

— Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)

More than 10,000 teachers are expected to take a personal day during the school week for a demonstration at the state legislature

By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH — The N.C. Association of Educators is celebrating the closure of nearly a dozen school districts for the day. The group’s “Rally for Respect” is calling for higher raises and more spending on education. The NCAE is using #itspersonal on social media to promote the event. So far, the state’s two largest districts, Wake and Charlotte-Mecklenburg, will close that day, along with nine others: Durham, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Mooresville Graded Schools, Guilford, Asheville City, Orange, Iredell-Statesville, Cabarrus and Nash-Rocky Mount.

“These are local decisions made with the safety of students in mind, but I hope more school boards do not have to close schools that day,” said N.C. Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Mark Johnson. “We all know this affects students, parents and other school employees. Protesting is a right, but it can be just as effective during nonschool hours.”

In N.C., the General Assembly had already planned the fifth consecutive pay raise for teachers, with this year’s hike bringing the average teacher salary to more than $52,000, plus $16,000 annually in benefits.

In 2018, the National Education Association listed N.C. as second for fastest-rising pay in the U.S., dropping from No. 1 in 2017. Sen. Harry Brown (R-Onslow), co-chair of the Senate Appropriation Committee, has been working on the budget ahead of the session. He reports that the planned pay raise for teachers is on track, along with millions more for school construction.

“I hope they will take a look at what we’ve done,” said Brown of the state’s public school teachers.

“North Carolina leads the nation in bringing teacher pay to a competitive level. We’ve added a billion dollars to education spending over the last seven years.”

Calling it the Teacher Appreciation Agenda, the Republican-led General Assembly released data outlining the pay hikes for teachers based on experience.

According to the N.C. Department of Fiscal Research, the average teacher pay raise from 2017 to 2019 will be $4,412, and when compared to five See TEACHERS, page A2

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The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary will address nominations at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Live video is available at www.judiciary.senate.gov

By Lawrence Hurley Reuters WASHINGTON, D.C. — As President Donald Trump pursues his goal of making the federal judiciary more conservative, his fellow Republicans who control the Senate are poised to confirm on Wednesday another batch of his picks for influential U.S. appeals courts.

The Senate this week is set to take up six of Trump’s nominees to the regional appeals courts, including four from states that have at least one Democratic senator.

A long-standing Senate tradition that gave senators clout over judicial nominees from their home states has been fraying for years, meaning Democrats have less of a chance of blocking appointees they oppose, as they did with some success during Republican former President George W. Bush’s administration.

One of those due for consideration on the Senate floor this week is Milwaukee lawyer Michael Brennan, who Trump has nominated for a vacant seat on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over a region that includes Wisconsin. One of Wisconsin’s two senators, Democrat Tammy Baldwin, opposes Brennan’s confirmation.

Another important test will come at a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday for Ryan Bounds, a federal prosecutor from Oregon nominated by Trump to fill a seat on the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Oregon’s two senators, both Democrats, oppose the nomination.

Brennan, Bounds and other Trump nominees who may be opposed by home-state Democratic senators are likely to win confirmation because of the Republicans’

Navy fighter jets begin sorties against ISIS in Syria from Mediterranean Aboard USS Harry S. Truman U.S. naval strike fighter squadrons, led by aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, have begun sorties against ISIS in Syria, a U.S. Navy statement said this week.

Witnesses say that several fighter jets were catapulted in sequence on Friday and Saturday from the Truman’s 4.5-acre flight deck and thundered into the sky. The Truman, based in Norfolk, Va., can carry 90 aircraft, including F-18 Super Hornet fighter jets.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) questions Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as Zuckerberg (not pictured) testifies before a joint Judiciary and Commerce Committee hearing on April 10.

51-49 Senate majority.

Trump has made quick progress in reshaping federal appeals courts, winning Senate confirmation of 15 nominees to fill vacancies on federal appeals courts. Trump’s Democratic predecessor Barack Obama won confirmation of nine appeals court judges by the same point in his first term.

Trump also has been picking a raft of conservative jurists for lower federal courts and won Senate confirmation last year of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.

The regional appeals courts play a major role in shaping U.S. law. The judges hear appeals from federal district courts and usually have the final say, as the U.S. Supreme Court takes up only a tiny proportion of cases.

The appeals courts can set binding precedents on a broad array of issues, including election law, gun rights and other issues.

For Republicans, setting aside a Senate tradition may be a worthwhile price to pay to shift the ideological composition of the federal judiciary to the right.

For Trump, nine of the 15 appeals court vacancies he has filled have been on regional courts that already leaned conservative. His administration now aims to fill vacancies in regional courts from states represented by Democratic senators.

Leonard Leo, an outside adviser to Trump who has been instrumental on judicial nominations including Gorsuch’s, said the White House has the same criteria for picking conservative nominees no matter the state.

But Leo said, “You’ve got to engage a little more — in a more intense degree of consultation — with Democrats than with Republicans, so that takes a little time.”

The White House did not respond to requests for comment.

Some nominations have been less contentious, with the White House and Democratic senators able to agree.

Michael Scudder and Amy St. Eve, two Trump nominees for the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, are backed by the two Illinois senators, both Democrats. They are among the nominees up for Senate confirmation votes this week.

Hawaii’s two Democratic senators back a Trump nominee to the 9th Circuit. The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, has so far held fire on Richard Sullivan, Trump’s nominee to the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Michigan’s two Democratic senators voted in November to confirm Joan Larsen to the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Oliver North tapped to lead NRA Washington, D.C. The National Rifle Association said that former U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North will be the next president of the organization. The announcement Monday came from NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, who said North was picked for his “unflinchingly stand and fight for the great freedoms he has defended his entire life.” He is expected to resign from his current job at Fox News and start within a few weeks.

Russia’s Putin sworn in for another six years in office Moscow Vladimir Putin was sworn in for another six years as Russian president on Monday, buoyed by popular support but weighed down too by a costly confrontation with the West, a fragile economy and uncertainty about what happens when his term ends.

IRAN from page A1 international agreements.”

The Iran deal may remain partially intact, even without the United States. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani suggested on Monday that Iran could remain in the accord with the other signatories that stay committed to it.

European allies such as France, Britain and Germany must now decide their own course of action with Tehran. China and Russia are also signatories to the Iran deal.

Without detailing “highest economic sanctions,” Trump implied that he was going beyond not renewing waivers on sanctions related to Iran’s oil exports and its central bank that were due to expire on Saturday and reimpose all of the other U.S. sanctions that were suspended under the nuclear deal.

The U.S. Treasury followed Trump’s announcement saying that it will begin implementing a 90- and 180-day wind-down period for activities involving Iran that were consistent with U.S. sanctions being lifted. After than it will impose sanctions on transactions with Iran’s central back and designated financial institutions.

A group of Iranian lawmakers said earlier on Tuesday that the parliament will oblige the government to react “fiercely” if the United States tries to impose what they called its “illegitimate demands” on Tehran, state TV reported.

“We parliamentarians, of different political affiliations, support the establishment’s stance against renegotiating the (nuclear) deal. America cannot impose its illegitimate demands on Iran ... and ignore Iran’s rights,” they said in a letter addressed to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference revealing thousands of documents that he said shows Iran had continued its nuclear program secretly after the agreement was signed in 2015. Standing in front of a giant screen that read “Iran Lied,” Netanyau called on the world to either fix the deal or cancel it.

“President Donald Trump took a brave and correct decision to cancel the nuclear deal with Iran, which was a recipe for disaster, a disaster for our region, a disaster for the peace of the world.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

Oil prices initially slumped on conflicting headlines about Trump’s intentions, rebounded after Trump’s announcement at the end of the trading session, and then sold off again at the close. Overall the S&P energy sector trimmed initial losses to trade down 0.1 percent.

N.C. Association of Educators President Mark Jewell speaks during a press conference about teacher pay in August 2017.

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TEACHERS from page A1 years ago, the average teacher pay raise from 2014 to 2019 will be $8,600, a more than 19 percent increase. Over the past five years, the teachers with the most experience got the smallest raises, a 21 percent increase, while midcareer teachers got the largest at 48 percent.

The National Association of Educators ranked N.C. 37th in the nation for teacher pay, but an analysis from the The Council for Community and Economic Research accounted for cost of living and placed N.C. at No. 27 for teacher pay.

“We’ve tried to address the situation as best we can, and coming out of a recession that wasn’t easy,” said Brown.

The demonstration next week follows others around the nation: in Arizona where schools were closed for a week; West Virginia where schools closed for two

weeks; and Kentucky and Oklahoma where thousands of kids were out of school. All those are Republican-controlled states where Democrats are working to motivate their voter base ahead of the November midterm elections. Teachers in Colorado, which has a Democratic governor, walked out last week.

In Wake County, the school board decided to cancel schools after 2,500 teachers asked for the day off.

“It was to show support of our teachers but also to be clear to our school community at large that while instructional time is important, the safety and well-being of our children is important,” said Wake County School Board Chairman Monika Johnson-Hostler in a press conference Monday.

Groups who oppose education funding increases through tax hikes say school districts need to cut back on nonteaching staff rather than seek bigger budgets. They

point to data from education reform group EdChoice showing that nationwide, per-pupil funding adjusted for inflation rose 27 percent between 1992 and 2014 as schools added ranks of nonteaching support staff.

“When we peel back the political rhetoric on teacher pay, the facts indicate North Carolina educators received considerable gains in compensation for the incredible work they do in our schools,” House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) said. “In the N.C. House, we prioritize every child’s education with the goal of results that improve student performance.”

The NCAE released the agenda for the demonstration day saying that the group will march from NCAE headquarters in downtown Raleigh to the legislative building, and then instructed participants to gather on the third floor above the chambers and file into the galleries during session.

“In a booming state economy, we need to keep boosting teacher pay to attract and keep talented teachers.”

— Mark Johnson, NC Department of Public Instruction

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All eyes on trade President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed ongoing trade issues on Tuesday, as both sides continue to position themselves amid a heated feud over tariffs between the world’s two largest economies.The two leaders spoke after high-level U.S. and Chinese officials in Beijing last week failed to reach a consensus, with talks set to resume next week in Washington. Trump struck a positive tone in announcing the call earlier on Tuesday, calling Xi “my friend” and pledging in a post on Twitter that “good things will happen” on trade.

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Central NC partnership unveils cutting edge rural microgrid Newly connected Butler Farms project tests uses for future microgrids; provides environmental benefits

By Emily Roberson North State Journal LILLINGTON, N.C. — Partners in an innovative effort to develop a microgrid at a Harnett County hog farm held a dedication ceremony on Friday, May 4, celebrating completion of the project, which will help ensure the reliability and resilience of the electric grid, promote environmental sustainability and support the surrounding community.

Butler Quality Pork and Renewable Energy Farm, South River Electric Membership Corporation and North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives joined forces to create a microgrid that integrates renewable biogas (a mixture of different gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen), solar generation, energy storage and other components to produce electricity that can be used to power the farm and nearby homes. The microgrid is capable of operating on its own, or it can remain connected to the main grid and supplement con-

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Lillington-based Butler Farms is a member of South River EMC, a local electric cooperative in nearby Dunn that serves more than 43,000 consumer-members in Harnett, Cumberland, Sampson, Johnston and Bladen counties.

“South River EMC has a long-standing partnership with Butler Farms, and we have taken great interest in their pursuit of cleaner farming techniques with less negative environmental impacts as well as the implementation of several renewable energy resources,” said Catherine O’Dell, Vice President of Member Services & Public Relations at South River Electric Membership Corporation.

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“Electric cooperatives are rooted in our state’s rural areas and are dedicated to finding innovative energy solutions like this that will not only provide reliable power, but also encourage economic development, promote environmental sustainability and improve quality of life in rural communities,” said Joe Brannan, CEO of North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives. “This project helps us achieve all those goals by allowing us to collaborate with an agricultural partner to implement new technologies that leverage the opportunities and challenges faced by both industries.”

Another cooperative microgrid is in operation on Ocracoke Island, part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Developed through a partnership between Tideland Electric Membership Corporation and North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives, the project is a similar effort to bring reliable power, sustainability and other opportunities to one of the state’s most remote communities.

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Lineman’s Hall of Fame Honors Electric Utility Workers’ Contributions On Saturday, April 28, at an awards banquet honoring public power lineworkers from around the country, six electric utility veterans were inducted into the International Lineman’s Hall of Fame. These well-deserved 2018 inductees are: Mike Byrd William Dwain Edwards Bob Grauberger Tony Jordan Woodie Wilson Joe Young Mike Byrd and Woodie Wilson are longtime employees of ElectriCities, the energy behind public power in North Carolina.

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State legislature agrees to 4 percent increase in spending The N.C. House and Senate will reconvene next week with revenue surplus and fifth consecutive teacher raise planned

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Strawberry Season is here Grab your boots, sunblock and a small basket because it’s officially strawberry pickin’ season throughout North Carolina. Timing is key — due to weather, geographical location of the farm and other factors, two weeks can make or break the season. Typically, North Carolina’s strawberry season ranges from mid-April to early June with some farms in the Piedmont and coastal region already open.

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Man drives with 3,000 bees loose in truck Buncombe County Wallace Leatherwood had a harrowing drive from Weaverville to Waynesville last week when 3,000 bees got loose in the cab of his truck. Leatherwood had purchased 18,000 bees from Wild Mountain Bees and decided to move the boxes into the cab of his truck, where it was cooler. One box came open, and he drove about 40 miles with them flying around. Leatherwood stopped at his son’s work, to scare them with the swarm in his truck, then continued home without getting stung once.

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Power line worker dies after getting shocked Wilkes County Mulberry-Fairplaines Fire/Rescue confirmed that a power lineman died after being shocked while working on an electrical line in Wilkes County. T.C. Simpson of Pike Electric was shocked while repairing a line on Wood Stream Drive. Simpson’s coworkers were able to keep him alive by administering emergency treatment until paramedics arrived. Simpson was flown to a hospital where he later died.

Macon County Two Macon County students were arrested last week after police found a cache of guns and a pair of hit lists in their homes. The collection of guns included shotguns, revolvers, pistols and pellet guns, and the lists of potential victims included the name of Franklin High principal Barry Woody, as well as students and community leaders.

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Postal worker who withheld mail pleads to felony Davie County A former postal worker entered a guilty plea in federal court after withholding mail to her customers in Davie County. Natalie Wallace admitted to the charges, which were felonies, for delaying and unlawfully secreting U.S. mail entrusted to her for delivery from October 2015 to June 2017. She will be sentenced on June 21 at the Federal Courthouse in Greensboro.

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Another prisoner escapes from Gaston Correctional Gaston County Montavious Miller escaped from Gaston Correctional Center last Wednesday. The felon was serving a 10-year sentence and is the third prisoner to escape from the minimum security facility this year. Gaston has seen seven prisoners escape in the last two years. Statewide, prison escapes have dropped by 80 percent in the last decade.

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Police officer fired for politics is allowed to sue Jackson County An appeals court ruled that Curtis Lambert is allowed to sue the town of Sylva after being fired for what he alleges were political disagreements.

Lambert filed to run for sheriff as a Republican in 2014 and was fired two weeks later, despite having no recorded disciplinary problems or complaints.

A judge dismissed his suit, but the state Court of Appeals overturned that decision, allowing the case to go forward.

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Vance County trooper gets state’s first Ghost Cruiser Vance County State Highway Trooper J.A. Thomas led North Carolina in DWI enforcement and arrests over the last four years, and his reward for the accomplishment is the chance to become the first police officer in the state to drive the new Ghost Cruiser — a glow-in-the-dark car. The car has similar decals and logos as current state trooper vehicles, except they glow at night. The N.C. State Highway Patrol will eventually roll out eight Ghost Cruisers around the state.

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Stolen car leads police on 150-mph chase Currituck County Savannah Spruill was arrested and charged with several felonies after leading police on a chase in a stolen car.

Police attempted to pull Spruill over for driving 73 mph in a 55-mph zone. She refused, and police quickly learned that the Acura she was driving was reported stolen in Pasquotank County. Spruill fled at speeds that reached 150 mph before flipping the vehicle while attempting to pass slower cars. She and her five passengers, all ages 16 to 20, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

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Durham County Noah Rochon Harris was arrested after attempting to break into two homes in Hillsborough. The 22-yearold fired a flare gun while fleeing the second robbery attempt, hitting the house and starting a fire that was safely extinguished. Harris led police on a high-speed car chase until crashing, when he continued his attempt to flee on foot. He was charged with attempted first-degree burglary, felony fleeing to elude, first-degree arson and several other crimes.

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Perquilmans Middle School wins Youth Hunter Skills competition Perquilmans County Perquilmans County Middle School won the state title in the 2018 Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament’s junior division. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission puts on the competition, which tests students on outdoor skills, including archery, rifle and shotgun marksmanship and orienteering. There’s also a written test on hunter responsibility. Perquilmans scored 3,406 points out of a possible 4,000 to take the top spot.

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Scotland County A firetruck from North Laurinburg Station was hit by an SUV while responding to a grass fire. The water tanker was struck by a Ford Explorer while stopped and knocked onto its side. Only one firefighter was in the vehicle at the time and didn’t suffer any injuries. The SUV driver and a passenger were both taken to a hospital for evaluation. The $300,000 truck appears to have suffered frame damage. The fire department is still determining if it can be salvaged.

Two arrested in Dollar General armed robbery Columbus County Police made two arrests in last week’s armed robbery of a Dollar General store in Whiteville. Two masked men approached employees in the parking lot shortly after the store closed. They forced the employees back inside at gunpoint and took $5,000 and 150 packs of cigarettes. Police arrested Seth Ryan Spivey, who had been fired from the store three weeks earlier, and Christopher Aron Blackwell. Both were charged with armed robbery, safecracking and kidnapping, all felonies.

RALEIGH — Many state lawmakers spent Tuesday greeting voters across North Carolina for the state primary election day, but by Wednesday most are looking toward May 16, when the 170 members of the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly reconvenes for the short legislative session in Raleigh.

According to lawmakers they are working toward a quick session, with the goal of having the budget finalized by the first of June and adjourning by the end of June.

Also on the agenda are the findings of committees that met during the interim, including a joint committee on school safety, and any action required to speed up the distribution of Hurricane Matthew relief funds. Lawmakers strongly criticized the Department of Public Safety in a committee meeting last month when it was revealed that none of a $236.5 million federal grant for housing had been distributed to Matthew victims yet, although $632 million was spent from other sources. Lawmakers said that the red tape has to be streamlined to get resources to victims of the 2016 storm.

“I’m just tired of excuses,” said Rep. John Bell (R-Wayne), chairman of the House Select Committee on Disaster Relief, during an April meeting.

The session comes on the heels of news that the state’s economic growth since 2011 has earned it a fourth consecutive revenue surplus — this year about $356.7 million — with another expected for 2018-19.

“With the surplus we’ve really been able to prioritize where we spend money and much of it has gone to K-12 education,” said Sen. Harry Brown (R-Onslow) in a phone interview. “About $2 billion more has gone toward education over the last eight years, plus the capital needs. This budget will have about $100 million for school construction.”

Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore announced this week the two chambers have agreed to a $23.9 billion spending goal for the next budget including a fifth consecutive pay raise for teachers without raising taxes. That’s an increase of just under 4 percent, or $886 million.

“We inherited a $2.5 to $3 billion budget deficit, and when I look back at that budget, $19 billion, we’ve added $5 billion more over five years, but we’ve really tried to control that growth,” said Brown.

But this session is unlikely to be all about the numbers. All the seats of the General Assembly are up for reelection this November, and most of them want to get back on the campaign trail with success stories from Raleigh.

Add that imperative to the near constant news of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s lawsuits against

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the legislature. Cooper has filed four suits against Berger and Moore since taking office. Many are still in litigation, but of those decided so far, Cooper has prevailed in one — the composition of the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement. Last year the legislature added a fifth, unaffiliated member.

Cooper is expected to present an updated budget proposal by the end of May. He has already started rolling out proposed expenditures, including $130 million for improved security communications, more school mental health counselors, and other items. He’s also announced that he will want $60 million for job training programs and grants.

The governor’s budget is more of a wish list and not binding, with the budget process left by the state constitution to the legislature. His last budget proposal called for a 7 percent increase in spending, compared to the legislature’s 4.9 percent increase, and recommended stopping the scheduled tax cuts. For comparison, states across the nation averaged a 1 percent spending increase last year.

“We fully expect that when Gov. Cooper releases his proposed budget, he will propose a return to the Democrats’ failed economic policies of high taxes and irresponsible spending that left our state totally unprepared for the Great Recession,” said Berger. “But legislative Republicans, unlike Gov. Cooper, have learned from the failure of Democrats’ liberal tax-and-spend economic schemes. Last year our members passed a responsible plan that promised a generous teacher pay raise and lower taxes for working families — and this year we’ll work quickly and efficiently to build on those promises.”

The legislative session also generally brings a few surprises. Recently, a federal court in New Orleans upheld Texas’ voter ID laws, grabbing the attention of states trying to enact similar measures. N.C.’s voter ID law was rejected by the Supreme Court last May, but there is word that the recent Texas decision could influence a new draft of N.C.’s voter ID legislation.

This summer, Amazon is also scheduled to announce its choice of HQ2 location, and the Triangle is on the short list. If it is tapped to be Amazon’s new second home, bringing as many as 50,000 full-time jobs, lawmakers could have some paperwork this session amid the celebrating.

“We will maintain our proven approach to successfully keeping North Carolina on solid financial footing for the long-term benefit of our citizens and businesses,” said Moore in a press release announcing the agreement. “North Carolinians can have confidence they live in a state that has secured a prosperous future for its rapidly growing population.”

The General Assembly’s 2018 short session will also convene to metal detectors and X-rays in the lobby. The legislative services director says that the new measures are to provide security for the 1,500 adults and school children that visit the Legislative Building every day.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

‘Happy birthday, Karl Marx!’?

If communism is so great, why do communist dictators have to kill so many millions of people to keep it intact?

MAY 5TH was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx.

He was celebrated and toasted in many circles.

The New York Times published an essay titled “Happy Birthday, Karl Marx! You Were Right!” Bernie Sanders supporters sported bumper stickers during the 2016 campaign that read “Welcome To The Terminal Stages of Capitalism!”

Twenty-two percent of millennials today have a favorable view of Marx.

Fifty percent say they would rather live in a communist or socialist country than under capitalism.

While extolling the so-called “virtues” of Marxism, Marx apologists somehow always fail to include the historical fact that 150 million or so innocent citizens have been murdered under diabolical Marxist communist dictators such as Stalin, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot. Which begs the question: “If communism is so great, why do communist dictators have to kill so many millions of people to keep it intact?”

Americans do not kill or imprison people if they want to leave the United States voluntarily to live somewhere else. They just leave. Unlike from China, Cuba or North Korea.

If someone chooses to go off the grid to live off the land or in a commune in the U.S., no one from the government will try to force them back into corporate life and punch a time clock. Capitalism doesn’t use a police state to force a citizen to work as has been the case in many communist countries.

The problem arises when people who think communism is so great that everyone should be forced to live under it. “Voluntary” communism is fine if people want to share resources and live nonmaterialistic lives together.

“Forced” communism under someone else’s rule goes against the very freedoms we sadly take for granted in 2018 America.

Consider the following tenets from the “Communist Manifesto” published in 1848 by Marx and Friedrich Engels: • “abolition of property in land” • “a heavy progressive or graduated income tax” • “abolition of all right of inheritance” • “centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly” • “centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state” Sounds strangely similar to many of the progressive or Bernie Sanders socialist platforms in the last election, doesn’t it?

Contrast this with the philosophy of freedom put forth by John Locke, Adam Smith and Thomas Paine well before Marx that resulted in the U.S. Constitution. Property rights, intellectual and copyright protection, antimonopoly laws, ability to build wealth and pass along to heirs in spite of a high estate tax, decentralization of decision-making and financial services down to the individual level, not in Washington or New York City, are central tenets of our American way of life and the complete opposite of what Marxist doctrine

would allow.

Millennials should very carefully reconsider their infatuation and dalliance with Marxism. Chances are very high that the person who takes over control of any “Marxist Utopia” would shut down a massive range of freedom of choice to stay in power.

Do you like Twitter? Marxist regimes hate Twitter. Too much ungovernable information flying around all the time.

Do you like Uber? What if Marxists decide that everyone has to use the “Federal Taxi Cab Service” instead so they ban Uber and makes everyone pay the same fare and ride in the same 1970s Crown Victoria model automobiles so everyone will be “equal”?

Karl Marx wrote for a different time and a different era. Mindless adoption of the tenets of Marxism without understanding the violence and loss of freedom for everyone that comes with Marxist governance is a dangerous proposition.

Maybe by the 300th anniversary of his birth in 2118, the world will have learned those sad lessons and leave his philosophy on the trash heap of history and not celebrate them in any quarter around the globe.

EDITORIAL | TROY KICKLER

Remember the sacrifices from WWI

North Carolinians held important national posts during World War I.

THIS YEAR marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. For various reasons, U.S. involvement in The Great War has been overshadowed. Although involved diplomatically and economically during the four-year conflict, the United States was engaged militarily only in 1918. After a series of events, including the sinking of the Sussex and the Lusitania, Congress declared war in 1917.

Compared to European nations, U.S. involvement was minimal.

American involvement in World War I has received less attention for other reasons, too. World War II produced what many have called “the greatest generation.” The Civil War sesquicentennial ended three years ago. That conflict ensured that the United States remained intact. The 250th anniversary of the American Revolution will be in 2026. Plans are already being made to celebrate the sestercentennial.

World War I pitted modern weaponry versus outdated military tactics. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the British suffered approximately 57,000 casualties. At the end of the four-month battle, the British suffered 420,000 casualties; the French endured 200,000; and the Germans reportedly suffered approximately 450,000. In all, one battle inflicted over a million casualties.

No longer could generals order thousands of men to charge across battlefields — especially into

a fusillade of machine-gun fire. In addition to the machine-gun (450-600 rounds per minute), World War I introduced or highly improved other weapons: more accurate and powerful rifles, flamethrowers, more accurate mortars, extremely lethal artillery at long ranges, mechanized tanks, airplanes for war use, the use of gas warfare, and widespread use of better submarine technology (i.e. U-boats). In trying to gain the upper hand, technological improvements made it possible for armies to decimate, if not annihilate, a foe. Indeed, the 20th century would become the most brutal in history.

What role did the United States play during World War I — a conflict in which many feared Western civilization would commit suicide? During the war, 50,554 Americans died and 198,059 were injured. As in most wars a century or so ago, disease could wipe out more troops than the enemy.

Nearly 70,000 Americans fell victim to disease.

Among North Carolinians, 86,457 men served: 833 died, 3,655 were injured and 1,542 fell to disease. Many served in the Wildcat Division, comprised of men from Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. North Carolinians participated in the Battles of 2nd Marne, Saint Mihie, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

During the war, President Woodrow Wilson implemented the draft, and North Carolina Gov. Thomas Bickett supported the conscription and general wartime efforts. Most North Carolinians

supported the war (480,000 men registered).

Even so, some draft dodgers hid in the mountains.

Although some officials called for the use of force, Bickett traveled to Ashe County and encouraged draft dodgers to serve their country.

North Carolinians held important national posts during World War I. Among them, Walter Hines Page served as ambassador to England.

Josephus Daniels was the secretary of the Navy.

With General Order 99, Daniels banned alcoholic beverages from ships and naval yards. No longer allowed to imbibe rum or wine, sailors had to settle for a “cup of joe” on the satirical “USS Grapejuice Pinafore.”

There were three North Carolina military bases: an infantry base, Camp Greene near Charlotte; a tank base, Camp Polk in Raleigh; and an artillery base, Camp Bragg near Fayetteville. Guess which one remained open after the war?

Next time we remember our veterans, let’s not forget those who served 100 years ago “Over There” and did not “come back” until it was “over, over there.” A good place to remember their service is by viewing the N.C. and World War I exhibit at the N.C. Museum of History.

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GUEST OPINION | GARLAND S. TUCKER III

Monuments and memorials teach succeeding generations

American history is multifaceted with many subtleties, and it is important that we remember this history — contradictions, warts and all.”

MUCH OF THE PAST year has been consumed by a raging debate over monuments — especially Confederate monuments. In the wake of the Charlottesville protests, cities and states throughout the South and beyond have been reevaluating the meaning of historical statues. Much of this debate has been healthy and thoughtprovoking. Important questions have emerged: Is it possible to commemorate certain aspects of a statesman’s life (or of a movement) without celebrating its entirety? When statues are removed, are we rewriting history? Is the erection of new monuments a better antidote than removal of old ones now deemed unacceptable?

This debate has quickly spilled over into areas more tangentially related to race and the Confederacy. There are those who claim Washington & Lee University cannot honor Lee’s post-war work in education and reconciliation without also somehow condoning his role as a Confederate. For generations, Charles B. Aycock was revered as North Carolina’s “education governor” for his role in public education; but now, because of his segregationist views, Aycock is viewed by many as unworthy of any recognition.

Hofstra University is embroiled in a campus debate about whether to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson. A student leader is quoted as saying, “Students going to class or lunch should not be forced to pass a statue of a man who owned hundreds of slaves.”

Yale University has removed the name of John C. Calhoun from one of its undergraduate colleges.

Hailed as “one of America’s five greatest senators”

by John F. Kennedy, Calhoun is no longer deemed worthy of recognition by his alma mater.

At Williams College, the “Haystack Monument,” which commemorates the founding of the 19thcentury Christian missionary movement, has been draped with a shroud awaiting final word from the college as to whether it will be removed. Some students had objected to the monument because they saw it as an endorsement of “Christian intellectual imperialism.”

The monument debate has been dominated more by passion than reason. Passions can be well-founded, but in the end, reason should win the debate. Monuments are one way in which we preserve our history. They are important teaching tools — certainly open to differing interpretations.

Monuments erected in 21st-century America will no doubt celebrate very different people, events and movements than those erected in previous centuries. American history is multifaceted with many subtleties, and it is important that we remember this history — contradictions, warts and all.

A striking example of the contrasting subtleties of our history and the importance of monuments was provided by a friend recently. He passed along the text of a speech by North Carolina Sen. Sam Ervin, given at the dedication of the Army and Navy Confederate Memorial at Gettysburg in 1965.

In spite of the fact that Ervin resisted most of the civil rights legislation during his terms in the Senate, he is remembered fondly today by many Americans as a true constitutional scholar and a hero of the Watergate scandal story. So, there is some ironic subtlety in the history of Ervin’s own career.

In dedicating this Confederate memorial, Ervin teaches us something of how we should approach and appreciate history: “When one ponders the story of the soldiers

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The 75-foot-tall Confederate Soldiers Monument looks down Hillsborough Street in downtown Raleigh as it rests on the grounds of the North Carolina State Capitol. Confederate statues like this one have sparked a nation-wide debate about their purpose going forward. and sailors of the Confederacy who fought at Gettysburg and in countless other engagements on land and sea, he cannot avoid putting this question to history: What inspired these men to fight so bravely, always against great odds and oftentimes unto death? The assertion that they fought to perpetuate slavery does not suffice to answer the question. Most of them did not own or expect to own a single slave. Indeed, few of them had any material stake whatever in the victory of the Confederacy.

“The question has been answered by … Dr. Randolph McKim, a beloved Episcopal minister of Washington: ‘Not for fame or reward, not for place or for rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity, but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it, these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died.’”

We do not have to endorse the policies of the Confederacy to appreciate the examples of heroism, self-denial and duty exhibited by many Confederates. As Ervin noted in his speech, all Americans — Northerners, Southerners, black, white — can appreciate Gen. Lee’s words: “Duty then is the most sublime word in our language.”

These memorials can and should remain a means of teaching succeeding generations these enduring virtues.

Garland S. Tucker III, is the retired chairman/ CEO of Triangle Capital Corporation, author of “Conservative Heroes: Fourteen Leaders Who Changed America – Jefferson to Reagan,” and a senior fellow at the John Locke Foundation.

COLUMN | WALTER E. WILLIAMS

Before and after welfare handouts

Before the welfare state, charity embodied both a sense of gratitude on the behalf of the recipient and magnanimity on the behalves of donors.

BEFORE THE MASSIVE GROWTH of our welfare state, private charity was the sole option for an individual or family facing insurmountable financial difficulties or other challenges. How do we know that? There is no history of Americans dying on the streets because they could not find food or basic medical assistance. Respecting the biblical commandment to honor thy father and mother, children took care of their elderly or infirm parents. Family members and the local church also helped those who had fallen on hard times.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, charities started playing a major role. In 1887, religious leaders founded the Charity Organization Society, which became the first United Way organization. In 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America started helping at-risk youths reach their full potential. In 1913, the American Cancer Society, dedicated to curing and eliminating cancer, was formed. With their millions of dollars, industrial giants such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller created our nation’s first philanthropic organizations.

Generosity has always been a part of the American genome. Alexis de Tocqueville, a French civil servant, made a nine-month visit to our country in 1831 and 1832, ostensibly to study our prisons. Instead, his visit resulted in his writing “Democracy in America,” one of the most influential books about our nation. Tocqueville didn’t use the term “philanthropy,” but he wrote extensively about how Americans love to form all kinds of nongovernmental associations to help one another. These associations include professional, social, civic and other volunteer organizations seeking to serve the public good and improve the quality of human lives. The bottom line is that we Americans are the most generous people in the world, according to the new Almanac of American Philanthropy — something we should be proud of.

Before the welfare state, charity embodied both a sense of gratitude on the behalf of the recipient and magnanimity on the behalves of donors.

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did not feel that they were owed, were entitled to or had a right to the largesse of the donor.

Recipients probably felt that if they weren’t civil and didn’t express their gratitude, more assistance wouldn’t be forthcoming. In other words, they were reluctant to bite the hand that helped them.

With churches and other private agencies helping, people were much likelier to help themselves and less likely to engage in self-destructive behavior.

Part of the message of charitable groups was: “We’ll help you if you help yourself.”

Enter the federal government. Civility and gratitude toward one’s benefactors are no longer required in the welfare state. In fact, one can be arrogant and hostile toward the “donors” (taxpayers), as well as the civil servants who dish out the benefits. The handouts that recipients get are no longer called charity; they’re called entitlements — as if what is received were earned.

There is virtually no material poverty in the U.S. Eighty percent of households the Census Bureau labels as poor have air conditioning; nearly three-quarters have a car or truck, and 31 percent have two or more. Two-thirds have cable or satellite TV. Half have at least one computer.

Forty-two percent own their homes. What we have in our nation is not material poverty but dependency and poverty of the spirit, with people making unwise choices and leading pathological lives, aided and abetted by the welfare state. Part of this pathological lifestyle is reflected in family structure. According to the 1938 Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, that year 11 percent of black children and 3 percent of white children were born to unwed mothers. Today, it’s respectively 75 percent and 30 percent.

There are very little guts in the political arena to address the downside of the welfare state. To do so risks a politician’s being labeled as racist, sexist, uncaring and insensitive. That means today’s dependency is likely to become permanent.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

ISAAC NEWTON’S third law of motion states that for every action in nature, there is an equal and opposite reaction. It can operate in politics, too. For example, Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith recently wrote, “It is part of Trump’s evil genius that he elevates himself by inducing his critics to behave like him.”

Call it Trump derangement syndrome, and recognize it for what it is: something that could end up snatching defeat from the jaws of victory for the Democratic Party once again in 2018 and 2020.

Signs of that possibility are apparent in the polls. President Donald Trump’s job approval has remained low, by historical standards, but it has also remained pretty steady — and has been rising, just a bit, in recent weeks.

The standard pattern has been for presidents to start off their term with high honeymoon ratings and then sag somewhat in their second year unless buoyed (as both Bushes were) by perceived foreign policy successes.

What we saw in the midterm elections of 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2014 was the opposition party winning majorities in both houses of Congress, except for the Senate in 2010.

Trump’s trajectory has been different. After his controversial campaign, his barbed tweets and the revelation of the Hillary Clinton campaign-financed Steele dossier, he was never in honeymoon territory. His average job approval rating in the RealClearPolitics average never topped 46 percent — the same percentage he won in the popular vote against Clinton.

In succeeding months, his numbers oscillated within a narrow range and often with no discernible (to the press, anyway) connection with events. As in the 2016 campaign, stories that would have hurt other politicians (Stormy Daniels, anyone?) seemed to have been priced in on attitudes toward Trump. You loved him or hated him — and kept on doing so.

His recent upswing has his approval at 43.5 percent — well below 50 percent but far higher than the 35 percent George W. Bush had before the Republicans’ thumping in 2006.

Perhaps this reflects the economic upswing since the Republican tax bill passed in December. Perhaps it reflects presidential initiatives on Korea, Iran and China or the respect shown to him by the leaders of France, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany and others.

He may be uncouth, some may think, but he’s getting results.

And perhaps it reflects the Democrats’ Trump derangement syndrome.

You had the spectacle of Bernie Sanders and 41 Democrats, including every Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on the Senate floor opposing Trump’s nominee for secretary of state — a nominee, Mike Pompeo, whose confirmation as CIA director some of them had voted for and who had been getting good marks at Langley.

That’s as unprecedented as Trump’s insulting tweets — and less fact-based than many. Some Democrats complained about Pompeo’s stances on gay issues. But they’re the party that blocked for seven months the nomination of a gay ambassador to Germany, Ric Grenell.

Another spectacle of Trump derangement syndrome was last Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where a comedian’s vitriolic monologue and meanspirited attacks on Trump’s press secretary validated his decisions this year and last not to attend. The event only further undermined the credibility of the anti-Trump press.

Its credibility may be further reduced if, as seems likely, special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation ends with no finding of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.

Much of the press, notably CNN, has treated the collusion story as a second Watergate, and many Democrats amuse their friends with little quips assuming Trump administration policy is set in Moscow. Not very funny anymore.

The collusion that seems more likely to have occurred is between Obama administration intelligence and law enforcement personnel and the news media to push the Russian collusion story largely or solely on the evidence of the Steele dossier.

Meanwhile, House Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer try to hush candidates baying for impeachment to meet the demands of party megadonor Tom Steyer and the majority of Democratic voters.

And they try to tilt local Democratic primaries toward candidates with military or law enforcement backgrounds and against “Resistance” types visibly afflicted with Trump derangement syndrome.

Looking ahead, it’s possible that Republicans in 2018 and Donald Trump in 2020 could win based on solid achievements. But their chances will be aided if Democrats can’t shake off their bad case of Trump derangement syndrome.

Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.

For those who serve our country, we remain on duty.

East Carolina University® has long held our relationship with the United States military in special regard.

In a state enriched by many military facilities and traditions, ECU is proud to be the first university in the nation and the only employer in North Carolina to receive the Extraordinary Employer Support Award from the U.S. Department of Defense. The award recognizes sustained support of National Guard and Reserve service members. It’s a distinction that ECU embraces with honor.

Our tailored academic programs offer military families opportunities to earn degrees on their schedules. Our longstanding ROTC programs continue to produce some of our nation’s best leaders. Expert faculty design nationally renowned counseling services for wounded warriors. An office founded specifically for student veterans eases the transition from military to campus life.

ECU is committed to supporting the men and women of the U.S. military.

They embody our university motto — To Serve.

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ECU is designated a “Military Friendly® School” and a “Military Spouse Friendly® School” by Victory Media, a nationally recognized resource on postmilitary education and employment options.

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Panthers sign RB C.J. Anderson Charlotte The Carolina Panthers have signed former Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson to a one-year contract, the team announced Monday.

The contract is reportedly an incentive-heavy deal. The Panthers released veteran Jonathan Stewart earlier this offseason, leaving 2017 first-round pick Christian McCaffrey atop the depth chart. They did not take a running back in the draft.

Anderson, 27, was released by the Broncos in April, two years into a four-year, $18 million deal, after the team failed to find a partner in a trade.

Anderson had 1,007 yards and three touchdowns last season.

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Brind’Amour named next Hurricanes’ coach; Waddell elevated to GM Raleigh The Carolina Hurricanes have their next head coach and general manager — and both come from within the walls of PNC Arena. Rod Brind’Amour, who captained the team to the 2006 Stanley Cup and has served as an assistant coach since the 2011‑12 season, was named the team’s new coach, and Don Waddell was elevated to promoted to president and general manager, the team said in a press release Tuesday.

Brind’Amour replaces Bill Peters, who opted out of the final year of his contract in Carolina and subsequently took the same position with the Calgary Flames. As a player, Brind’Amour twice won the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s top defensive forward and had 452 goals and 1,184 points in 1,484 regular season games with Carolina, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Waddell, who has been with Carolina since 2014, takes over for Ron Francis.

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Report: Hornets to hire Spurs assistant Borrego Charlotte San Antonio Spurs assistant James Borrego will be the next coach of the Charlotte Hornets, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Tuesday. Borrego replaces Steve Clifford, who was fired following the season. Borrego was the interim coach of the Orlando Magic in 2015.

NC Sports Hall welcomes 15 new inductees From those who always wanted to be honored to others who never imagined it, the 15 newest members span the spectrum of sports

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Campbell junior Dustin Werner will lead the Camels into a first-round NCAA Tournament matchup with UNC on Saturday in Chapel Hill.

Wake Forest hosts NCAA tennis championships North Carolina has six men’s, four women’s teams in the tournament

By Shawn Krest North State Journal THE NCAA men’s and women’s tennis championships begin play this weekend, and, for the first time in history, both champions will be crowned in North Carolina.

The final 16 teams in both brackets will head to the Wake Forest Tennis Complex in Winston-Salem. After the team champions have been crowned, Wake Forest will also host the individual championships.

It’s the first time the state has hosted the men’s tennis championship since 1955, when they were held in Chapel Hill. In the 36-year history of the women’s championship, they’ve never been held in North Carolina.

It will be the fifth time that Wake Forest has hosted an NCAA championship in any sport. The school hosted the field hockey final in 1995, 2004, 2006 and 2009, winning the title on its home field in 2004.

“We are honored that Wake Forest has been recognized for its ability to host great events, and we look forward to continuing in that tradition with the 2018 NCAA Championships,” senior associate athletic director Bill Oakes said when Wake was unveiled as the host. “The Wake Forest Tennis Complex has become a destination for top collegiate and professional tennis in this country, and we are excited to once again bring a premier event to our community.”

A half dozen men’s teams and four women’s teams from North Carolina will be hoping to finish their season in Winston-Salem.

Men Wake Forest: The Demon Deacons received the top seed in the tournament and will be able to open and close NCAA play at home. It’s the second straight year that Wake has been the No. 1 overall seed, losSee TENNIS, page B4

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RALEIGH — Joe West has seen and heard just about everything there is the see and hear during his 40 years as a Major League Baseball umpire.

And yet, last weekend at the Raleigh Convention Center, he still managed to experience something new.

A standing ovation.

For him.

“You don’t get too many applauses where I work,” West said at a press conference prior to his induction as one of the newest members of the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame. “It’s nice to be in friendly confines, where I’m not the most hated person here.”

A native of Greenville who played college football at both East Carolina and Elon before becoming one of the most colorful characters on the baseball diamond, West was among the 15 standouts

from seven different sports honored Friday as part of the Hall’s Class of 2018.

The others were golfer Donna Andrews, baseball players Scott Bankhead, Hal “Skinny Brown, Frank “Jakie” May and Chris Cammack, baseball coach Mike Martin, football player Wes Chesson, football coaches Bill Hayes and Jack Holley, basketball coach Paul Jones, basketball player and champion surfer Mindy Ballou Fitzpatrick, speedskater Joey Cheek, tennis player Laura DuPont, and administrator Fred Whitfield.

While each of the new inductees sports an impressive resume worthy of recognition, at least a few were taken by surprise when informed of their selection.

Cheek, for example, said it was hard to imagine himself as Hall of Fame material during his formative years as an inline skater at a now defunct Greensboro roller rink.

“I think it’s safe to say that amongst my middle school and high school classmates in Greensboro, I don’t know if I’d be the last pick to be inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, but I’m certain I’d be somewhere in the lower third,” the 2006 OlymSee HALL OF FAME, page B3

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Jordan Martinook: The Carolina Hurricanes made the first offseason change to their roster by acquiring forward Jordan Martinook from Arizona in exchange for center Marcus Kruger and a swap of 2018 draft picks. Martinook had six goals and nine assists in 81 games for the Coyotes last season, a step back from his first two NHL seasons when he had 24 and 25 points. Martinook, who will be a free agent after the 2018-19 season, was second among Arizona forwards in shorthanded ice time, logging more than 149 minutes on the penalty kill in 2017-18.

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Matt Harvey is reportedly drawing interest from the Texas Rangers. Harvey, designated for assignment by the Mets last week after refusing a demotion to the minor leagues to work on mechanics, must be traded or released by Friday. Harvey is 0-2 with a 7.00 ERA in eight appearances (four starts) this season. Harvey, who pitched for three years at UNC, is 34-37 with a 3.66 ERA in 109 career appearances (104 starts) since joining the Mets in 2012.

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“The talent is being purchased but the talented are not receiving any of the benefits.”

Kylia Carter, Duke forward Wendell Carter Jr.’s mother, on college sports.

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Dan Morgan: The former Pro Bowl linebacker is expected to join the Buffalo Bills as a high-ranking member of their front office, according to NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo. Sources said Morgan, who played from 2001-07 for the Panthers, will join exCarolina executive and current Bills general manager Brandon Beane. Morgan, 39, struggled to stay on the field during his playing days. A first-round pick out of Miami in 2001, he played 59 games with 386 career tackles, seven sacks and five interceptions.

Lavar Batts Jr.: The former four-star recruit, who averaged 3.7 points in just over 13 minutes per game as a freshman last season, is the latest player to leave the Wolfpack this spring, joining Omer Yurtseven and Darius Hicks. State could also lose forward Torin Dorn if he decides to stay in the NBA Draft. A 6-foot-3 combo guard from Concord, Batts originally committed to VCU, but he decided to sign with State after coach Will Wade left for LSU.

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No further explanation for that one.”

St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny on catcher Yadier Molina, who had surgery to repair a traumatic hematoma after he was hit in the groin on a foul tip on Saturday.

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Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will play together at next week’s The Players Championship. Woods and Mickelson haven’t been in the same group at the event in 17 years or at any PGA Tour event in nearly four years.

They’ll be joined by Rickie Fowler when play begins at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday.

The Pistons announced Monday that Stan Van Gundy has been relieved of his duties as head coach and president of basketball operations. According to the release, Van Gundy had a year remaining on his contract and “wanted to return.” Van Gundy had a .463 winning percentage and no playoff wins during his time in Detroit.

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Olympic medals for speedskater Joey Cheek. Cheek, a native of Greensboro, was one of 15 inducted into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Cheek won gold (500 meters) and silver (1,000 meters) in Turin, Italy, in 2006, four years after he won his first Olympic medal, a bronze in Salt Lake City.

With the elimination of the Penguins from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there will be a new champion in the NHL for the first time since 2015 — and it could be the expansion Vegas Golden Knights.

They’ve been led by former Pittsburgh goalie MarcAndre Fleury, who is 8-2 with a .951 save percentage and 1.53 goals-against average with four shutouts.

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Young Pirates grow during trying inaugural season ECU’s freshman-laden women’s lacrosse team finishes 2-15 but sees improvement in first year

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Controversial ruling knocks high school baseball team out of playoffs Topsail High was forced to forfeit 16 of its wins this season because of an ineligible player with special circumstances

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal DURHAM — Success in sports is usually measured by the numbers on a scoreboard.

But Amanda Barnes knew that wouldn’t be the case during this, the inaugural season of her East Carolina women’s lacrosse team.

As a startup program with a rookie head coach and a roster comprised almost exclusively of freshmen, the Pirates had to search for other ways to earn their victories.

According to Barnes, they were able to find enough of them to declare the season a success, despite a 2-15 record punctuated by Sunday’s 21-8 loss at Duke.

“We saw dramatic improvement in our individual play and also as a collective unit both offensively and defensively,” said Barnes, a former Blue Devils assistant who spent an emotional afternoon coaching against her former Duke players on their Senior Day. “I’m happy with where we finished in terms of the level of play we were capable of producing. Of course, I wish we could have produced that level more consistently. But the glimpses were there, and the moments were there. If we can continue to build on that, I think the wins will come.”

One of those moments came about five minutes into Sunday’s game. It happened only seven seconds after the action resumed following a lengthy lightning delay.

Running a play Barnes drew up in the locker room during the break, Megan Pallozzi scored the second of her four goals in the game to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead.

Although Duke would respond by scoring 11 of the next 12 goals to break the game open as expected, the execution on Pallozzi’s tally was a visible sign of how far ECU’s young team has come since the start of the year.

“I think that speaks volumes for us moving forward into the future,” Barnes said of the goal. “We came out of the locker room, we knew we had 63 seconds (on the shot clock), we set something up and we scored in seven. When you have freshmen that can execute like that, it’s phenomenal.”

There weren’t many situations this season that didn’t involve freshmen.

Other than top playmaker Emma

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ECU freshman defender Jordyn Cox carries the ball against Duke during the Pirates’ season finale.

Bowman, a sophomore transfer from Oregon who led the team with 11 assists to go along with 14 goals, sophomore Mackell Schultes and senior walk-on draw specialist Morgan Cheripko, everyone else on the team was in their first college season.

The top three goal scorers — Pallozzi (25), Nicolle Legar and Ally Stanton (22 each) — are all freshmen.

Barnes said the makeup of the team was by design. She said it was more important for the big picture to develop continuity and experience with a young group going through the building process together than loading up with transfers in an effort to squeeze out a few more wins this first season.

“The amount of experience our players were able to gain this year is very unusual for a freshman class, because they’re usually playing behind upperclassmen,” Barnes said. “We had some players that never came off the field.

They’re going to be able to take that and build on it in years to come and also give those life lessons to their (future) underclassman teammates now.”

Though the group has taken its share of lumps on the field against teams made up of sophomores, juniors and seniors — and in some cases, All-Americans — the young Pirates have rallied around one another to form a tight-knit group.

“Looking back to where we were in the fall when we all came in as freshman and didn’t know each other to where we are now, we’ve made strides,” Pallozzi said. “Now we keep building.

We’ve definitely laid down a foundation. We’re getting another group in here next year and we’re going to keep getting better and better. We’ve set our standards high.”

Those high standards, however, made it difficult to keep from getting frustrated at times as the losses began to mount.

That’s when Stanton said Barnes did her best work by keeping the players focused on the program’s long-term goals rather than getting caught up in shortterm results.

“She had a lot of patience with us,” Stanton said. “She definitely just cared about us getting better and not necessarily about our wins.”

Still, it’s always more fun to win than it is to lose. And the Pirates got the most out of their two victories — on Feb. 18 at Gardner-Webb and March 24 at home against Delaware State.

That first win was a 15-14 overtime thriller won on a sudden death goal by Pallozzi just 40 seconds into the extra period.

“It was a close game the whole time,” Stanton said. “Then all of a sudden Megan scored and it was just the best feeling ever.”

THE TOPSAIL HIGH SCHOOL baseball team finished the regular season with 17 wins in 23 games, but officially, the Pirates’ final record has gone into the books as 1-22. And instead of preparing for the first round of the Class 3A playoffs, the team’s coaches and players have been left standing on the sidelines wondering what happened.

The N.C. High School Athletic Association ruled last week that Topsail would be forced to forfeit all but one of its victories because of an ineligible player. It’s a decision that was upheld Monday when the NCHSAA denied the Pirates’ appeal, leaving them out of the playoff bracket that was announced later in the day.

Topsail’s troubles stem from a player described by the Wilmington Star-News as a “twice-excep- “The kid tional child” who is “plagued with didn’t even debilitating anxiety and is non-ver- know he was bal.” He saw action only as a courineligible. It tesy runner.

The player in question, a se- wasn’t his nior, was determined to be eligible by school officials at the start fault.” of the semester. Issues subsequently came to light that led to his eli- Colby gibility to be called into question.

Emmertz, Members of the team, which is located in the Pender County com- Topsail High munity of Hampstead, were in- student formed of the forfeits last Thursday.

The circumstances involved and the timing in which the decision was made has left team members and their parents stunned and angry.

“The team is just really disappointed,” senior Colby Emmertz told Wilmington television station WWAY. “We didn’t even get a chance to make a run in the playoffs to keep the Topsail tradition going. The kid didn’t even know he was ineligible. It wasn’t his fault.”

Principal Berry Simmons, athletic director Barry West and coach Aaron Rimer have all refrained from making public statements on the subject. Pender County Schools spokesperson Miranda Ferguson, in a prepared statement, said that a thorough investigation of the Topsail situation has been conducted and that the school system “is reviewing all athletic procedures and making every effort to ensure there are no further violations.”

NCHSAA spokesman James Alverson declined comment, citing organization policy that “all information about violations and any investigation must come from the member school itself.”

The state baseball tournament began on Tuesday.

HALL OF FAME from page B1 pic gold medalist in the 500 meters said. “Because the sport I grew up racing, inline skating, was definitely not a scholastic sport or a collegiate sport. But as we always tell people, if you’ve ever been to North Carolina, if you put wheels on it, we’ll race it.”

In contrast to Cheek, who never dreamed about the possibility of becoming a Hall of Famer in his home state until he achieved his Olympic success in Turin, Italy, legendary football coach Bill Hayes spent his entire career striving toward that lofty goal.

“I used to tell my players, you’ve got to visualize the whole game in your mind the night before the game. You’ve got to visualize yourself making the big play,” said Hayes, who won 195 games over a 27-year career in which he became the winningest coach ever at both Winston-Salem State and NC A&T before moving into sports administration.

“Well, guess what? I have visualized stepping onto this podium since I was a real small kid,” Hayes said. “I’m not too proud to say that I spent a lot of time, a lot of energy and a lot of years working without compromise to be where I am now.”

That drive and dedication is a quality each of the new Hall of Famers, whether they set out to become one or not, share.

And their accomplishments speak for themselves.

On Saturday, a day after the induction ceremony, Gastonia’s Martin became the all-time winningest coach in college baseball when his Florida State Seminoles beat Clemson 3-2 in 13 innings for his 1,976th career victory.

He is one of two coaches in this year’s class to have more wins than anyone else in his field. Holley, who was honored posthumously, won 412 games over 46 years primarily at Wallace-Rose Hill and Tabor City, the most in state high school history.

On the baseball diamond, Wen-

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Top, Scott Bankhead pitched at UNC before embarking on a 10year Major League career spent with five different teams.

Left, Fred Whitfield is also in the Campbell University Athletics Hall of Fame as a basketball player and now serves as CEO of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets.

dell native May once struck out Babe Ruth twice in a World Series game while pitching for the Chi-

cago Cubs in 1932. Greensboro’s Brown was a knuckleballer who threw 36 consecutive scoreless in-

nings for the Baltimore Orioles in 1961, a franchise record that still stands. Bankhead, from Ra-

leigh, went 20-0 in his final two seasons at UNC before becoming a first-round draft pick with the Kansas City Royals while Fayetteville’s Cammack led NC State to the 1968 College World Series and whose .429 batting average a year later is still a Wolfpack school record.

DuPont, who grew up in Charlotte, is the first female to win a national championship at UNC, when she earned the first of her three singles titles in 1970. Also a former Tar Heel, Andrews won six LPGA events, including a major in which she helped rekindle the tradition of jumping into the pond on the 18th hole after winning what was then known as the Dinah Shore Invitational.

Edenton’s Wes Chesson was the ACC’s all-time leading receiver with 164 catches at the time of his graduation from Duke in 1970; Jones won 662 games, 18 conference championships and two state titles as the basketball coach at Grainger and Kinston high schools; and Whitfield was a basketball star at Campbell, where he is in the school’s Hall of Fame.

He went on to become CEO of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets and a champion of underprivileged youngsters in Charlotte.

Perhaps the most impressive member of the group is Morehead City’s Mindy Ballou Fitzpatrick, who earned her induction for her performance in two sports.

She starred both on the basketball court at West Carteret High and South Carolina, and on the waves as the first surfer to gain entry into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame. She also holds the distinction of being the first athlete from Carteret County to be selected to the shrine.

“I feel like I have been raised by a lot of Hall of Fame caliber people,” Ballou Fitzpatrick said. “I’m lucky with being the combination of a national surfing champion, too, so I’m hoping that I’m kind of the gateway to other people from Carteret County getting a chance to be recognized.”

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Shortstop Willy Adames’ performance with the Durham Bulls will likely lead to a promotion to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Promotion to Major Leagues looming for Bulls’ star Willy Adames The MVP of Durham’s 2017 national championship team is Tampa Bay’s No. 2 prospect

know that you’re one step closer to getting what you’ve always wanted. You get that in your mind, and you’re not going to be able to do it.”

Adames hit .210 in April of 2017 and .245 in May and was a little

By Shawn Krest lost in the field as well.

North State Journal “I had to get more mature mentally,” he said. “It helped me beDURHAM — Jared Sandberg is cause now I know what I have to do when I’m slumping. I know what I a realist.

The Durham Bulls manager have to do to get better, both at the was an infield prospect 17 years plate and in the field.”

After the slow start, Adames ago, paying his dues in Durham and waiting for a shot at the Ma- hit .334 the rest of the way. This jor Leagues in Tampa. Aubrey year, he’s taken another step forHuff and Russ Johnson were both ward. One week into May, he leads ahead of him, playing third base the team in RBI (19), hits (30), trifor the Rays and blocking his path ples (2) and runs (17). His .300 average and three homers are second to the bigs.

Eventually, however, Sandberg on the team.

He’s also shown a flair for the got the midseason call and began dramatic. On April 22, Adames hit his Major League career. a grand slam off the So he knows not to get too snorting “Hit Bull Win attached to Willy Adames.

Steak” sign in left field, “He’s an incredible talearning a $250 dinent,” Sandberg said. “I had “I had one ner at the Angus Barn. one manager tell me the oth- manager He’s the first Durham er day, ‘That guy’s a Major tell me the player to accomplish League All-Star.’” that feat in five years.

Adames has already other day, The following day, played on MLB’s All-Star ‘That guy’s Adames became the Weekend. He was chosen first Bull of the Trifor the Futures Game, which a Major ple-A era to hit for showcases the top prospects League the cycle. The backin baseball, two days beto-back performances fore the All-Star Game. That All-Star.’” were the high point of earned him a trip to San Dia nine-game hit streak ego’s Petco Park in 2016.

Jared over which Adames Last year, Adames was hit .485. named MVP of the Nation- Sandberg, “For him to get off al Champion Bulls, getting Bulls manager to the good start like more hits, total bases and doubles than any other shortstop he is right now, the month of April in the league and getting named and turning the corner into May, I’m pleased,” Sandberg said. “Bean International League All-Star.

This year, he opened the season cause last year, we weren’t in the as the No. 2 prospect in the Tam- same boat.”

Sandberg pointed out that pa system and No. 22 overall in the entire minor leagues. He hit Adames was just 21 years old last .364 with two home runs and six season, “one of the youngest kids in RBI in 10 spring training games the league.” This year, in his second with Tampa, showing that he was trip around the league, his maturiable to play second base as well as ty is evident.

“He’s playing with a lot of confishortstop.

It’s the third straight year he’s dence,” Sandberg said. “He’s playhit .300 or better for the big club ing well on both offense and dein spring training and the second fense — letting the game come to time that he’s had an OPS over him and taking advantage of all the opportunities he’s had. For him 1.000.

It was clear from the start of last to hit for power and get on base like season that Adames was destined he’s done, he has the ability to be a big-league for the big leagues. This year, there’s middle-of-the-order been an invisible countdown clock bat. Hopefully, he gets a shot soon.”

It’s easy for Sandberg to say that, trailing him since opening day. The call-up is coming. It’s just a ques- but Adames is doing his best to keep it out of his mind. tion of when.

“I’m just working my routine On the other hand, Adames thought the same thing at the start every day,” he said, “trying not to of last season. He’d skyrocketed think about that. I’ll just let that through the Rays system. When he time come. When it comes, it hit Triple-A, however, things didn’t comes.”

And it could be coming any day come as easily as they had in the now. lower levels.

“Willy has proven he’s ready to “Last year, the first two months, I was struggling,” he admitted. go up and make that next step,” “When you get to Triple-A, you Sandberg said.

JASON DAY’S near hole-inone at the 17th hole propelled him to a two-stroke victory at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte on Sunday.

After squandering a threeshot lead on the back nine, Day made amends to clinch his 12th PGA Tour victory in style ahead of Americans Nick Watney and Aaron Wise.

The Australian birdied the 16th and then took aim at the par-three 17th hole with a seven-iron from 230 yards.

His ball landed some 40 feet short of the pin, took a huge first bounce and finally clattered against the bottom of the flagstick on the fifth bounce.

Day was unlucky not to make a hole-in-one, but the stick also saved his ball from rolling off the back of the green.

The ensuing 3-foot birdie restored his two-shot lead and he parred the last to finish at 12-under 272, earning his second win of the season despite struggling at times.

Day rated the victory one of the best of his career, not because of the quality of his play but more due to his ability to get the job done without his best game.

“I had no idea where the ball was going today, especially off the tee,” he said in an interview on the 18th green.

“I missed a lot of fairways, missed a lot of greens. My short

TENNIS from page B1 ing to UNC in the quarterfinals last year. The Deacs won the ACC Tournament and the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.

Wake opens with Navy, with either South Carolina or Old Dominion following in a potential second-round matchup.

Wake is led by junior Petros Chrysochos, sophomore Borna Gajo and senior Skander Mansouri, who were all selected for the individual championships as well.

North Carolina: The Tar Heels received the No. 7 seed and will host the first two rounds, the fifth straight year that UNC has played host. Carolina has advanced to the quarterfinals or beyond each of the last four years, including earning national runner-up last season.

Tar Heel senior Robert Kelly, sophomore William Blumberg and freshman Benjamin Sigouin will also compete in the individual singles and doubles championships.

North Carolina will open tournament play surrounded by neighbors.

Campbell: The Fighting Camels won the Big South for the first time since 1992 and advance to their first NCAA tourney ever.

Campbell is riding an eightmatch win streak and faces host UNC.

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Jason Day reacts to his winning putt on 18 during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, on May 6.

“This is probably one of the best wins I’ve ever had, just because of how hard everything was today.”

Jason Day game stood the test, which is nice. This is probably one of the best wins I’ve ever had, just because of how hard everything was today.”

It is only two years since Day was dominating the game, but he slightly lost his way and surrendered the spotlight.

However, a win at Torrey Pines in January showed that he was back in business, and his Quail Hollow victory is projected to elevate him to seventh in the world

“It’s a team we already played, so it’s a good opportunity to have a better result than the last time,” junior Gerard Sola said on the Big South website. The Tar Heels shut the Camels out in January.

UNC Wilmington: The Seahawks will also open play in Chapel Hill, against Tennessee after winning their second straight CAA Tournament title.

UNCW got knocked out of last year’s NCAA tournament by Wake Forest in the first round, and the team was thrilled to avoid the Deacs this year. “After playing the No. 1 team in the country, any opponent seems like an improvement,” coach Mait DuBois said.

NC State: The Wolfpack head to Austin, Texas, to play California. The advancing team will face the winner of No. 11 Texas and Bryant.

The Wolfpack entered the Oracle/ITF rankings for the first time in program history this season, posting a 16-7 record, the team’s best mark in six years.

“I feel like the guys are peaking at the right time,” first-year coach Kyle Spencer said. “We are nothing but excited.”

Duke: The Blue Devils will travel to Palo Alto, Calif., to open play against Ole Miss, with the winner getting either No. 4 Stanford or New Mexico State. Duke has lost three of its last four matches.

rankings.

Day, 30, acknowledged that plenty of doubts crept into his head when he bogeyed the 13th and 14th holes on Sunday to fall back into a tie with Wise.

“The biggest thing is, you’re playing mental games with yourself,” he said.

“Your subconscious is sitting there going, ‘You’re going to fail, you’re going to fail, you’re going to fail.’

“I kept on saying to myself, ‘No, just forget about those thoughts, keep pushing, keep pushing and give yourself opportunities.’

“I was putting great, pretty much all week and had a lot of good opportunities coming in.”

Raleigh native Chesson Hadley finished tied for 17th at three-under 281. Tiger Woods had a final round 74 to finish the tournament at 2-over par.

The Blue Devils advanced to the final 16 of the indoor championships earlier this year and hope to build on that success.

“We got to be in that environment — a final 16 feel, an NCAA feel,” coach Ramsey Smith said.

“We got to see what the best teams do. I think that’s going to help us.”

Women North Carolina: The Tar Heels drew the No. 2 overall seed and will open at home against Morgan State, with the winner of Mississippi State and William & Mary in their path in the second round.

Duke: The No. 3 seed Blue Devils will host Furman and, assuming they win, the winner of Oregon and Tennessee. “Going into the season, one of the things you work for is being able to be at home for those first two rounds,” coach Jamie Ashworth said. “We did a good job of that, and we’ll be excited to play.”

Wake Forest: The Demon Deacon women will have to open play on the road, traveling to Athens, Ga., to face Arizona State. No. 7 Georgia or Georgia State await in round two.

NC State: The Pack earned their third straight NCAA bid and head to Los Angeles to face Baylor and, hopefully, either No. 12 UCLA or Fresno State.

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Duke senior Samantha Harris is the No. 5 seed in the women’s singles tournament, and the thirdseeded Blue Devils will host Furman in Friday’s NCAA first round.

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May 10-12 350th Celebration of the Birth of N.C. Museum of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City Celebrate the beginnings of our beloved state and the significance of the 1663 Carolina Charter.

Learn about the growth of N.C. counties and see the original charter which will be on display at the Museum of the Albemarle.

Visit 350th.com for a full schedule of events.

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A scene from “Solo: A Star Wars Story”

A film festival far, far away Two N.C. amateurs will present short films in Cannes

May 11-12 8th Annual N.C. Brewers & Music Festival Historic Rural Hill, Huntersville Enjoy some of N.C.’s best craft brews at the N.C. Brewers and Music Festival presented

by Historic Rural Hill. The festival features three hours of free tasting, delicious food offerings and several live musical performances. Visit ncbrewsmusic.com for ticket information.

By NSJ Staff and Robin Pomeroy CANNES, France — Cannes opened its doors on Monday for a festival that will show the new “Star Wars” spinoff but welcomed fewer stellar names than usual.

Critics have said a jury including Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stewart and Lea Seydoux has more A-list acting talent than the films — many from lesser-known European, Asian and African filmmakers — vying for the Palme d’Or. “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” will be the only Hollywood blockbuster screened during the fortnight, and even that will have already premiered in Los Angeles.

Netflix, which brought a raft of A-listers last year, is boycotting Cannes due to French rules that would stop it streaming movies for three years after a cinema release.

This will also be the first festival in years without Harvey Weinstein, the movie mogul once famous on the Riviera for his lavish parties, but now the subject of sexual assault allegations that have shaken the global film industry. Weinstein has denied all allegations of sexual assault.

Festival director Thierry Fremaux denied that the lack of U.S. movies indicated Cannes was losing its appeal in Hollywood, where studios increasingly release big films late in the year to get visibility in the run-up to the Oscars, which are awarded in late winter.

“You should never judge on one year,” he told a news conference, while adding that the perhaps the famously harsh press corps at Cannes — where movies are often booed during media screenings — might be “scaring certain productions” away.

Hollywood Reporter critic Scott Roxborough said Cannes remained “the No. 1 film festival for quality cinema worldwide,” and that its selection of less commercial movies showed “Cannes is going back to its roots.”

“It’s the only place really you can have an unknown film ... that within an hour of being shown everybody is talking about it ... within a day, a week, it’s the biggest name in arthouse cinema,” he told Reuters.

There are 21 films in the main competition and dozens more vying for other prizes and screening out of competition. In addition to the commercial competitions, amateur filmmakers are also screening short films in Cannes.

The Campus Movie Fest is the

Join for the 6th Annual East Coast Truckers Jamboree and Truck Show. This three-day event showcases muscle cars, motorcycles, semi-trucks and pickup trucks and includes live entertainment, games, exhibits and fireworks. Visit kenly95.com for more information.

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Workers install the red carpet in front of the main entrance of the Festival Palace before the opening ceremony at the 71st Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 8. world’s largest student film festival, and two N.C. filmmakers will see their movies screened at the international festival.

Spencer Jordan will represent a group of students at East Carolina with their film “Doloribus.”

Forsyth County Day graduate and Emory University alumna Audrey Easton wrote, directed and starred in her film “Butchered.” Students from UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Pembroke and UNC Greensboro also submitted films to the competition which provides students with all of the filmmaking equipment they needed to make a short film in a week and then invites a select group of filmmakers to Cannes.

The contest is sponsored by industry giants like Adobe, Amazon, Sony, Panasonic and Virgin.

The festival opens with “Everybody Knows,” a Spanish-language family drama starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem.

The writer-director is the Iranian Asghar Farhadi, who won foreign language Oscars for “A Separation” and “The Salesman,” taut character-driven realist movies that explore the divisions imposed by social class and national boundaries. “Everybody Knows” is competing for the Palme d’Or. Danish provocateur Lars von Trier returns after being ejected from the festival in 2011 for telling a news conference he was a Nazi who sympathized with Adolf Hitler — comments he later said were taken out of context.

“The House That Jack Built” is a thriller starring Matt Dillon as a serial killer with Uma Thurman co-starring.

Hollywood Reporter critic Roxborough said the film, screen-

Taste fresh and locally grown strawberries at the Carolina Strawberry Festival in downtown Wallace. Enjoy BBQ sandwiches, a beer and wine garden and hear live performances by Harvey Dalton Arnold and Polar Bear Blues Band, Hank Williams Jr. Tribute Band: All My Rowdy Friends and many more. Visit carolinastrawberryfestival.com for more information.

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Cate Blanchett, Jury President of the 71st Cannes Film Festival and Jury members Chang Chen, Ava DuVernay, Khadja Nin, Kristen Stewart and Denis Villeneuve pose for a photo at the 71st Cannes Film Festival, on May 8. ing out of competition, is one of his top-three must-sees, calling it: “a movie that could almost be seen as an answer to the MeToo movement, in a really nasty way.”

Spike Lee returns to Cannes almost 30 years after “Do the Right Thing” was tipped for, but failed to get, the Palme d’Or. “BlacKkKlansman,” the true story of an African-American police officer who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, stars John David Washington (son of Denzel) and Adam Driver.

Terry Gilliam’s two-decade struggle to make “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” has entered movie folklore. An initial version, starring Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, was dumped after a series of calamities meant

shooting had to stop.

Finally finished, it remains to be seen if this version, with “Brazil” star Jonathan Pryce as the Spanish knight who tilts at windmills, can be shown at Cannes due to a last-minute legal challenge from a movie producer who says he has the rights over it.

“It’s taken him so long to make this movie I think we all owe it to the man to go and check it out,” said Roxborough of the film that should, but may not, close the festival, out of competition, on May 19.

A Paris court on Monday heard an application for an injunction on showing the film but will not rule until Wednesday.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Experience Appalachian heritage at the Orchard at Altapass featuring live music, mountain dancing, storytelling and hayrides. Taste Miss Charlotte’s homemade fudge, carve figures in sweet potatoes and learn about raising monarch butterflies. Visit altapassorchard.org for a full schedule of events.

May 12 Whole Bloomin’ Thing Spring Festival Historic Frog Level, Waynesville Kick off growing season at Haywood County’s spring festival featuring potted ornamental plants, flowering baskets, vegetable and herbs, and berry bushes. Shop unique offerings from local artisans including birdhouses, soaps, stemware, pottery, jewelry and more. Visit historicfroglevel.com for more information.

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NeCessities!

NC State awards Park Scholarships

By NSJ Staff

RALEIGH — The Park Scholarships program at NC State University named 35 students to its Class of 2022. The Park Scholarships are named for the late Roy H. Park ’31, an NC State alumnus who created the charitable Park Foundation, dedicated to education, media and the environment. In 1996, the Park Scholarships were established at NC State with a generous grant from the Park Foundation.

The new class was selected from a pool of nearly 2,120 outstanding applicants from 43 states and 95 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.

A selection committee of 335 members selected the incoming class. The 23rd class, representing eight U.S. states and three countries, including 25 students from North Carolina.

The Park Scholarship covers all expenses for four years of undergraduate study at NC State and features enrichment activities, unique course offerings, study abroad opportunities and undergraduate research grants.

The program selects students based on accomplishments and potential in scholarship, leadership, service and character.

The N.C. recipients of the Park Scholarship are: Catawba County Sarah Madison Hartsell — University Christian High School in Hickory. Daughter of Robert and Dia Hartsell of Hickory.

Cumberland County Frank Zackary Jenio — American School of Dubai. Son of Frank and Sherri Jenio of Fayetteville.

Durham County Grace Mingyu Baucom — Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community College in Durham. Daughter of Jen and Michael Baucom of Chapel Hill.

Elizabeth Beyer — North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham.

Daughter of John and Natalie Beyer of Durham.

Forsyth County Natalie Kraft — Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem. Daughter of Bob and Betsy Kraft of Winston-Salem.

Elizabeth Grace Rodgers — East Forsyth High School in Kernersville. Daughter of Brad and Donna Rodgers of Kernersville.

Noor Towfik Shehata — West Forsyth High

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Memorial Belltower at N.C. State

Harnett County Trenton Charles Wallis — Harnett Central High School in Angier. Son of Brandy and David Embry of Lillington.

Orange County Shannon Pinnell — Orange High School in Hillsborough. Daughter of John and Lynnette Pinnell of Durham.

Nadia Sheppard — United World CollegeUSA. Daughter of Scott and Claudia Sheppard of Chapel Hill.

Henderson County Megan Katherine Pryor — Hendersonville High School in Hendersonville. Daughter of April and David Pryor of Hendersonville.

Pitt County Liam Thien Dao — D.H. Conley High School in Greenville. Son of Hoang Dao and Jeanne Finney of Greenville.

Iredell County Noah Ethan Wolfe — Lake Norman High School in Mooresville. Son of Martin and Lisa Wolfe of Mooresville.

Rowan County Benjamin Bernard Zino — West Rowan High School in Mount Ulla. Son of Galeal and Katie Zino of Salisbury.

Mecklenburg County Ethan Andrew Scheper — Providence High School in Charlotte. Son of Steven and Jennifer Scheper of Matthews.

Sampson County Jacob Bryant Anders — Clinton High School in Clinton. Son of Gerald and Terrie Anders of Clinton.

Onslow County Tatum Celeste Kellum — Northside High School in Jacksonville. Daughter of Aisha and Jamie Gurganus of Jacksonville.

Transylvania County Daniel Isaiah Toole — Brevard High School in Brevard. Son of Danny and Lorraine Toole of Brevard.

School in Clemmons. Daughter of Hanan and Towfik Shehata of Advance.

Union County Daniel Joseph Haller — Marvin Ridge High School in Waxhaw. Son of Dan and Christa Haller of Marvin.

Wake County Loujain Al Samara — Millbrook High School in Raleigh. Daughter of Dima Droubi of Raleigh.

Shevani Mehta — Middle Creek High School in Apex. Daughter of Devesh and Varsha Mehta of Holly Springs.

Shaily Shah — Apex High School and the Academy of IT in Cary. Daughter of Kavita and Amish Shah of Apex.

Thomas Marshall Steckmann — Raleigh Charter High School in Raleigh. Son of Dirk and Anne Steckmann of Cary.

Wilkes County Katelyn Marie Glen — Wilkes Central High School in Wilkesboro. Daughter of Jessica Glen of North Wilkesboro.

Wilson County Abby Marie Hodges — Ralph L. Fike High School in Wilson. Daughter of Gary and Sherry Hodges of Wilson.

Morehead-Cain Scholars named

By NSJ Staff CHAPEL HILL — The Morehead-Cain Foundation announced the class of 2022 Morehead-Cain Scholars — the largest class in the scholarship’s history. In the fall, 79 new Morehead-Cain Scholars from across North Carolina, the United States and the world will enter UNC Chapel Hill. The class of 2022 includes 43 scholars from North Carolina, 29 scholars from 15 different states and the District of Columbia, three scholars from the United Kingdom, two from Canada and one each from Armenia, Italy, Jamaica, Peru and Swaziland.

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship covers all expenses for four years of undergraduate study at UNC Chapel Hill and features a distinctive program of summer enrichment experiences including outdoor leadership courses, public service, research and private enterprise.

The selection criteria for the Morehead-Cain are leadership, moral force of character, academic achievement and physical vigor. Morehead-Cain recipients are chosen solely on the basis of merit and accomplishment.

The N.C. recipients of the Morehead-Cain are

Alamance County Robert Dudley McQueen — Burlington School in Burlington. Son of Chapman and Shannon McQueen of Burlington.

Jennifer Andrea Te Vazquez — Southern Alamance High School in Graham. Daughter of Jose Te Rueda and Zenaida Vazquez Puebla of Graham.

Buncombe County Melanie America Godinez-Cedillo — North Buncombe High School in Weaverville.

Daughter of Francisco Godinez and Gabriela Cedillo of Weaverville.

Alayna Camille Powell — Enka High School in Candler. Daughter of Gregory and Shanda Powell of Asheville.

Cabarrus County Krupa Sanjiv Patel — Hickory Ridge High School in Harrisburg. Daughter of Sanjiv and Deena Patel of Harrisburg.

Catawba County Jalen Wayne Johnson — Discovery High School at Newton-Conover in Newton. Son of Jerry and Alanda Johnson of Conover.

Chatham County Tyler May Deegan — Woods Charter School in Chapel Hill. Daughter of Sean and Janna Deegan of Pittsboro.

Currituck County Marlee Noelle Walls — Currituck County High School in Barco. Daughter of Phil and Jody Walls of Moyock.

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The Old Well at UNC Chapel Hill

Durham County Christina Marie Alperi — North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham. Daughter of Steven and Amy Alperi of Davidson.

Vibhu Kishan Ambil — North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham. Son of Kishan Rangarajan and Hema Kishan of Charlotte.

John Paul Benson — North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham. Son of Scott and Paula Benson of Wilson.

Richard Scott Hallyburton — Durham Academy in Durham. Son of Robert Hallyburton Sr. and Elizabeth Hallyburton of Durham.

Robert Franklin Keener IV — North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham. Son of Robert Keener III and Mandi Keener of Hendersonville.

Leticia Tuset — Research Triangle High School in Durham. Daughter of Raul and Eve Tuset of

Raleigh.

Forsyth County Charlotte Sophia Nowell Dorn — Salem Academy in Winston-Salem. Daughter of Henry Dorn III and Elizabeth Nowell of High Point.

Jaya Rani Mishra — Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem. Daughter of Girish and Shubha Mishra of Winston-Salem.

Fletcher Thomas Wilson — R. J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem. Son of Fletcher and Lara Wilson of Winston-Salem.

Gaston County Charlie Tran — South Point High School in Belmont. Son of Thi Nguyen of Gastonia.

Guilford County Capri Alexis D’Souza — Northwest Guilford High School in Oak Ridge. Daughter of Russell and Diane D’Souza of Oak Ridge.

John Rees Dewey — Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro. Son of James and Rebecca Dewey of Greensboro.

Olivia Catherine Weyler Romine — Grimsley Senior High School in Greensboro. Daughter of Brian Romine and Karen Weyler of Greensboro.

Praveena Somasundaram — Early College at Guilford in Greensboro. Daughter of Somasundaram Palani and Vijayalakshmi Govindan of Oak Ridge.

Iredell County Daniel De Campo Bonomo — South Iredell High School in Statesville. Son of Walter and Lilian Bonomo of Mooresville.

Lenoir County Hunter Alexis West — South Lenoir High School in Deep Run. Daughter of Gerald and Sheila West of Kinston.

Lincoln County Chloe Madison Saine — West Lincoln High School in Lincolnton. Daughter of Russell and Kelly Saine of Crouse.

Mecklenburg County Grant Charles Abrams — Providence Day School in Charlotte. Son of Richard and Dru Abrams of Charlotte.

Michael James Dorgan — William Amos Hough High School in Cornelius. Son of Thomas and Emily Dorgan of Huntersville.

Samantha Christine Ferris — Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte. Daughter of Christopher and Sharon Ferris of Charlotte.

Tracy Colburn Laughlin — Providence Day School in Charlotte. Daughter of John and Gail Laughlin of Charlotte.

Sita Marie Tayal — Myers Park High School in Charlotte. Daughter of Vivek and Mary Tayal of Charlotte.

Aneesha Tucker — School of Math, Engineering, Technology and Science at Olympic High in Charlotte. Daughter of Jacqueline Tucker and the late Antron Tucker of Charlotte.

New Hanover County Tershona Denise Alfreda Branch — Cape Fear Academy in Wilmington. Daughter of Terry and Sonya Branch of Burgaw.

Sanya Shah — John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington. Daughter of Satish and Ash Shah of Wilmington.

Onslow County Bogue Hiram Dick — Swansboro High School in Swansboro. Son of Kevin and Leslie Dick of Swansboro.

Orange County Connor Antonio Díaz — East Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill. Son of David DíazSanchez and Mella Díaz of Chapel Hill.

Pitt County Frances Annette Reed — Junius H. Rose High School in Greenville. Daughter of Darel and Virginia Reed of Greenville.

Sampson County William Kade Sutton — Clinton High School in Clinton. Son of William and Kimberly Sutton of Clinton.

Wake County Olivia Riley Delborne — William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh. Daughter of Jason and Tonya Delborne of Raleigh.

Benjamin Forrest Humphries — Cary Academy in Cary. Son of Wofford Humphries IV and Elizabeth Humphries of Cary.

Michael Hosseini Marand — Panther Creek High School in Cary. Son of Mark and Pamela Marand of Apex.

Mary Hunter Russell — Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh. Daughter of John Russell Jr. and Erin Russell of Belmont.

Sonam Jyoti Shah — Raleigh Charter High School in Raleigh. Daughter of Sanjay and Jyoti Shah of Cary.

Christopher Graham Watkins — Millbrook High School in Raleigh. Son of Christopher and Shannon Watkins of Raleigh.

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 12 SP 900 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Claudrick A. Spratt and Parnell M. Massey to Trustee Services of Carolina, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of November, 2010, and recorded in Book 09390, Page 0047, in Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus 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 Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 21, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Cabarrus, State of North Carolina, and is described as follows: Lying in No. Four Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being all of Lots Nos. 14-16 as shown on map of North Princeton Park, a map of said property being on file in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, North Carolina in Map Book 14 at Page 3, and being described as follows: Beginning at a stake in the Eastern edge of Princeton Avenue North at the front corner of Lots Nos. 16 and 17, and runs thence N. 6-39 E. 100 feet with the Eastern edge of Princeton Ave. to a stake, front corner of Lots Nos. 15 and 16; thence N. 61-52 W. 161.7 feet with the Northern edge of Princeton Ave. to a stake, front corner of Lots Nos. 13 and 14; thence N. 36-10 E. approximately 515 feet with the line of Lot No. 13 to a stake, back corner of Lots Nos. 13 and 14 in the old line; thence S. 6-39 W. approximately 570 feet with the old line to a stake, back corner of Lots 16 and 17; thence N. 83-21 W. 150 feet with the back line of Lot No. 17 to the point of beginning. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5066 Bahama Drive, Kannapolis, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1084984 (FC.FAY)

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1147679 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: May 9, 2018 and May 16, 2018

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 164 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sandra C. Northup, Stuart Northup and Mary Northup, (Mary M. Northup aka Mary Northup, deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Mary M. Northup, Sandra C. Northup and Stuart P. Northup, Jr.) to The Law Offices of Lowry & Associates Trust Account, Trustee(s), dated the 9th day of May, 2014, and recorded in Book 4445, Page 510, in Johnston 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 Johnston 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on May 22, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 7, as shown on plat entitled “Taft Woods East - Section 1 Lots 1-8” recorded in Plat Book 77, Pages 278-279, Johnston County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 149 Hadley Lane, Clayton, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

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

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

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

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

PUBLICATION DATES: May 9, 2018 Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property

and May 16, 2018

JOHNSTON AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 873 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Rosalyn Poston (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Rosalyn E. Poston) to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of February, 2009, and recorded in Book 3657, Page 802, in Johnston 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 Johnston 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on May 22, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 116, Lancaster Place Subdivision, Section IV, Phase III, as recorded in Plat Book 50 Page 431 and re-recorded in Plat Book 50 Page 487, Johnston County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2330 Sumter Drive, Garner, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1236154 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: May 9, 2018 and May 16, 2018

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 163 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by R. D. Batten and Addie T. Batten, (R.D. Batten, deceased) to Brock, Scott and Ingersoll, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of February, 2005, and recorded in Book 2853, Page 962, in Johnston 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 Johnston 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on May 22, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that parcel of land in Johnston County, State of North Carolina, as described in Deed Book 569, Page 32, ID# 16K01016D, being known and designated as metes and bounds property: Beginning at a spike in the center of N C Highway No. 231, in the line of the

land formerly belonging to R H Richardson; thence along the center of said N C Highway No. 231, South 44 deg. 43 min East 402.65 feet to a spike in the center of said highway; thence South 29 deg. 49 min West 216.05 feet to an iron stake; thence North 52 deg. 05 min West 258 feet to an iron stake in the lineof the said lands formerly belonging to R H Richardson; thence along said line North 5 deg. East 316.19 feet to the point of beginning, according to a map of a survey made by Pearce Drafting Services, Middlesex, N.C. March 1959, and being part of the tract of land conveyed by Leroy Batten, et al to Leacy Batten, by deed dated November 19, 1957, recorded in Book 552, Page 215, Office of the Register of Deeds for Johnson County, N.C. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1214 NC Highway 231, Wendell, North Carolina.

Less and Except: Beginning at a point in the center of NC Highway No 231, in the line of the land of Mrs R.H. Richardson; thence along the center of said N C Highway No 231, South 44 deg 43 min East, 242.57 feet to a point in the center of said highway, a new corner in the lands of R D Batten and wife, Addie T Batten; thence South 44 deg 13 min West 132.65 feet to a point, a corner of said Batten Lands; thence North 45 deg 23 min West 131.27 feet to a point in the East line of the lands of Mrs R H Richardson; thence along said line North 5 deg East 175.98 feet to the point of beginning; containing .574 acres, more or less , as shown by a map of a survey made by Walter B. Bunn, R S, February 14, 1964 this is part of that tract of land, conveyed by Leacy Batten to R D Batten and wife Addie T Batten by deed dated April 8, 1959, recorded in Book 569, Page 32 Office of Register of Deeds from Johnson County.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1229466 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: May 9, 2018 and May 16, 2018

RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 43

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Federico L. Carbajal and Jova D. Carachure to Shoaf Law Firm PA, Trustee(s), dated the 22nd day of May, 2008, and recorded in Book RE2079, Page 1036, 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 May 15, 2018 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: Tax ID: PIN#: 6796 32 9380 Lying and being in the City of Thomasville, Randolph County, North Carolina containing n/a acres more or less, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 66, Map 2 of 2, River Ridge, Phase 2, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 81, at Page 58, Randolph County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6840 Crooked Stream Lane, Thomasville, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1233712 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: May 2, 2018 and May 9, 2018

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 116 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Dennie W. Coleman and Deborah L. Coleman, (Deborah L. Coleman, deceased) to , Trustee(s), dated the 9th day of December, 2005, and recorded in Book RE1952, Page 102, 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 May 22, 2018 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 Lot 13 of Brookfield Acres Subdivision, Section 2, as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 16 at Page 38, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3142 Meadow Acres Lane, Sophia, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1205869 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: May 9, 2018 and May 16, 2018

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 98 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert Francis Maye, (Robert Francis Maye, deceased) (Heirs of Robert Francis Maye: Carol Majonis, James Maye, William Maye, Arline O’Brien and Unknown Heirs of Robert Francis Maye) (James Maye, deceased) (Heirs of James Maye: Unknown Heirs of James Maye) (William Maye, deceased) (Heirs of William Maye: Patrick Maye, William Maye, Michelle Maye and Unknown Heirs of William Maye) (Arline O’Brien, deceased) (Heirs of Arline O’Brien: Unknown Heirs of Arline O’Brien) to National Title Network, Trustee(s), dated the 4th day of February, 2011, and recorded in Book RE 2219, Page 1308, 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 May 22, 2018 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: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Randolph, State of North Carolina, and is described as follows: Being Lot #15 of Gaddy Place, Phase 3 according to a map or plat of the same which is duly recorded in Plat Book 43 at Page 31 which in turn is a revisal of Plat Book 43 Page 27. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6570 Leah Justine Drive, Trinity, North Carolina.

Parcel ID: 6796621169 Commonly known as 6570 Leah Justine Drive, Trinity, NC 27370 However, by showing this address no additional coverage is provided Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1233754 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: May 9, 2018 and May 16, 2018

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