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In this April 2018 photo released by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, shows progress on a new Bonner Bridge that will span the Oregon Inlet on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

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Woodstock to host 50th anniversary concert A three-day music festival will be held in August 2019 at the original Woodstock concert site to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic event. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a concert venue built on the original Woodstock site, announced that it will host the golden anniversary event Aug. 16-18. The center says performers will include “prominent and emerging artists spanning multiple genres and decades.” The venue says talks by “leading futurists and retrotech experts” will also be featured. AP

Sears announces Triangle store closings in 2019 Sears has announced the immediate liquidation of two stores in Durham. The century-old department store will close 89 stores, including locations at Guess Road and the Streets at Southpoint in Durham. The stores are schedules to close fully by March. The chain was under threat of total liquidation due to the bankruptcy of Sears Holdings which also owns K-Mart. A late Friday bid for 425 Sears stores by company chairman Eddie Lampert gave the chain a last-minute reprieve. AP/CNBC

2019 elections will be final tune-up While N.C. will not hold statewide or state-level elections again until 2020, several states have important races in 2019. Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi will hold elections for governor and Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia and New Jersey have legislative elections. These elections will set the final political pieces before the 2020 election and the 2020 redistricting process that follows the 2020 Census. NSJ

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2019 brings changes in political landscape and a focus on 2020 As the NC General Assembly adjourns with two more veto overrides, a new legislature prepares to take office By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH — As 2018 wrapped, the North Carolina General Assembly capped off 11 years of a Republican supermajority by overriding two more vetoes from Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat. One of the overrides was on a veto of a technical corrections bill; the other was on a bill that returned the State Board of Elections and State Ethics Commission to their 2016 structures, in light of a recent court ruling and an ongoing investigation into ballot irregularities in the 9th Congressional District race. Cooper said that a measure in that bill that kept ethics violation allegations confidential during an investigation would promote secrecy. Republicans say that ethics violation allegations should be kept confidential while they are investigated so they cannot be used as part of campaign strategy. “We’ve seen enough to know Gov. Cooper’s true intention is to weaponize North Carolina’s elections board with political actors for partisan gain,” said Sen. Dan Bishop (R-Mecklenburg) in a press release. “These preliminary, modest, and reasonable due process provisions are

certainly required to lend some semblance of fairness and impartiality to the Governor’s partisan investigatory body.” In January, a new Republican-led legislature will be sworn in, but this time without a supermajority now that Democrats hold more seats in both chambers of the General Assembly. “It means the Democrats will have a seat at the table and the governor will have more of a seat at the table in terms of policy and votes,” N.C. Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Goodwin told the North State Journal. “This is a good thing, a great thing. There will be fewer argument and closer numbers in terms of votes. I think it means there will be more accountability and more cooperation.” Just before Christmas, the legislature voted to override Cooper’s veto of a bill implementing the voter ID constitutional amendment passed by a majority of North Carolina voters in November’s elections. Immediately after the legislature overrode the veto, interest groups including the NC NAACP and others filed lawsuits against implementing voter ID, potentially stalling its implementation before 2019 municipal elections. When the new General Assembly is seated in January, Cooper is likely to have more clout in the legislature as his party could rally to stop future veto overrides. Still, Republicans maintain a majority in both chamSee NCGA, page A2

New Bonner Bridge will be a lifeline for Outer Banks By Martha Waggoner The Associated Press RALEIGH — When Danny Couch looks at the almost-completed new bridge across the Oregon Inlet along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, he sees both beauty and certainty. Beauty because of the structure itself — the new Bonner Bridge roadway will rise 90.5 feet in the air at its highest point, and the highrise portion is 3,500 feet long. And certainty because the new bridge is replacing one that had a life expectancy of 30 years — when it was built more than 50 years ago. “It’s probably going to end up on our county seal, along with the Wright brothers, the Lost Colony and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse,” Couch, a Dare County commissioner who lives on Hatteras Island, said jokingly.

The bridge spans Oregon Inlet, connecting N.C. Highway 12 and Hatteras Island eventually to the mainland. It’s the only access to the island other than ferries. The new Bonner bridge was added to the state wish list known as the State Transportation Improvement Program in 1989-1990. In July 2011, the state issued a design-build contract with construction scheduled to begin in early 2013. But lawsuits filed by environmental groups continually delayed the process until those were settled in 2015. Construction finally began in March 2016, and the new bridge is scheduled to open three years later, in February or March of 2019. The 2.8-mile-long bridge will run parallel to the existing span, which was built in 1963. MainteSee BRIDGE, page A2

Legislative leaders look to continue fiscally conservative budgets By Clay Abernathy North State Journal RALEIGH — Legislative leaders in the GOP won’t have supermajorities in the state legislature in 2019 but they will still have the first move on the new state budget and control the flow of policy across the Old North State. Governor Roy Cooper has a few more Democrats to support him in both the House and Senate with urban Democrats knocking off several top GOP legislators in the Nov. 6

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election. In the House, the state budget committee will experience a dramatic change in leadership. Senior Appropriations Committee Chair Nelson Dollar (R-Wake) lost in the general election to Democrat Julie Von Haefen in the District 36 race. Also gone from the ranks of appropriations chairs is Rep. Justin Burr (R-Stanly) who lost in the GOP primary for District 67 and will be replaced See BUDGETS, page A2

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BUDGETS from page A1 by his GOP challenger, Wayne Sasser, a pharmacist from Albemarle. Rep. Jason Saine (R-Lincoln), who is rumored to be the next senior chair of the appropriations committee, says his chamber will remain focused on “fiscal pragmatism” as they begin the process of building a new state budget without a GOP supermajority in the House. “As we look to 2019, it is good to once again be running budget surpluses,” said Saine. He credits record holiday retail sales as a big driver for gains in state revenue forecasts at the end of the year. “I think one of our priorities should be restoring our rainy-day fund from what we have had to spend due to natural disasters,” said Saine. “Fiscal pragmatism will help keep our financial house in order and help us remain competitive in job recruitment and retention. That is how you grow the economy.” The state’s rainy-day fund has been pressured with two hurricanes in 2018. The legislature approved a $400 million aid package in the wake of Hurricane Florence and then the state was hit with Hurricane Michael in mid-October. The National Association of State Bud-

Will 2019 propel a creeping tech dystopia? By Matt O’Brien The Associated Press WE MAY REMEMBER 2018 as the year when technology’s dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook’s role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations about the dark side of Silicon Valley’s connect-everything ethos. The list is long: High-tech tools for immigration crackdowns. Fears of smartphone addiction. YouTube algorithms that steer youths into extremism. An experiment in gene-edited babies. Doorbells and concert venues that can pinpoint individual faces and alert police. Repurposing genealogy websites to hunt for crime suspects based on a relative’s DNA. Automated systems that keep tabs of workers’ movements and habits. Electric cars in Shanghai transmitting their every movement to the government. It’s been enough to exhaust even the most imaginative sci-fi visionaries. “It doesn’t so much feel like we’re living in the future now, as that we’re living in a retro-future,” novelist William Gibson wrote this month on Twitter. “A dark, goofy ‘90s retro-future.” More awaits us in 2019, as surveillance and data-collection efforts ramp up and artificial intelligence systems start sounding more human, reading facial expressions and generating fake video images so realistic that it will be harder to detect malicious distortions of the truth. But there are also countermeasures afoot in Congress and state government — and even among tech-firm employees who are more active about ensuring their work is put to positive ends. “Something that was heartening this year was that accompanying this parade of scandals was a growing public awareness that there’s an accountability crisis in tech,” said Meredith Whittaker, a co-founder of New York University’s AI Now Institute for studying the social implications of artificial intelligence. The group has compiled a long list of what made 2018 so ominous, though many are examples of the public simply becoming newly aware of problems that

have built up for years. Among the most troubling cases was the revelation in March that political data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica swept up personal information of millions of Facebook users for the purpose of manipulating national elections. “It really helped wake up people to the fact that these systems are actually touching the core of our lives and shaping our social institutions,” Whittaker said. That was on top of other Facebook disasters, including its role in fomenting violence in Myanmar, major data breaches and ongoing concerns about its hosting of fake accounts for Russian propaganda. It wasn’t just Facebook. Google attracted concern about its continuous surveillance of users after The Associated Press reported that it was tracking people’s movements whether they like it or not. It also faced internal dissent over its collaboration with the U.S. military to create drones with “computer vision” to help find battlefield targets and a secret proposal to launch a censored search engine in China. And it unveiled a remarkably human-like voice assistant that sounds so real that people on the other end of the phone didn’t know they were talking to a computer. Those and other concerns bubbled up in December as lawmakers grilled Google CEO Sundar Pichai at a congressional hearing — a sequel to similar public reckonings this year with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech executives. “It was necessary to convene this hearing because of the widening gap of distrust between technology companies and the American people,” Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said. Internet pioneer Vint Cerf said he and other engineers never imagined their vision of a worldwide network of connected computers would morph 45 years later into a surveillance system that collects personal information or a propaganda machine that could sway elections. “We were just trying to get it to work,” recalled Cerf, who is now Google’s chief internet evangelist. “But now that it’s in the hands of the general public, there are peo-

NCGA from page A1 bers and say they will stick to their game plan since taking control of the legislature in 2011. “They will stay on the same path of low taxes, reducing the regulatory environment… doing the things that have worked to turn the economy around and the state budget situation around that we inherited eight years ago,” said Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party to the North State Journal. The political focus in Raleigh will likely remain on the 2020 elections. Both party leaders agreed that the 2020 elections be-

get Officers called N.C.’s rainy day fund the best funded in the South when its balance topped $1.8 billion in June of 2018. The fund was a priority of the GOP in both the House and Senate. During his 2016 election bid, Gov. Roy Cooper called the then $1.6 billion rainy-day fund balance excessive and campaigned for spending down the fund balance. If GOP leaders move to rebuild the rainy-day fund, Cooper’s newly relevant veto stamp could play a major role. In the state Senate, Sen. Harry Brown has led a fiscally conservative budget process that has also focused on building the rainy-day fund and promoting job growth — especially in rural areas. Brown and his budget cochairs Sen. Kathy Harrington (R-Gaston) and Sen. Brent Jackson (R-Sampson) were all re-elected in November. Committee assignments won’t be finalized until the 2019 session begins. Brown says he is focused on spending and the broader economy. “I hope we can continue to manage our increase in spending as we’ve done for the past eight years,” said Brown. He added that he hopes “ to continue putting aside dollars in our rainy-day fund to make sure we’re prepared for emergencies and the next slow down in the economy.”

Once we finish this election, we will start working on the next one and on a great national convention in North Carolina in 2020.” Dallas Woodhouse, Executive Director N.C. Republican Party gan the day after the 2018 midterms. “We need to make sure that we reach out to rural and urban North Carolina,” said Goodwin.

BRIDGE from page A1 nance has kept the original bridge open to traffic, although it was closed for over a week in December 2013 because scour - the loss of sand around the pilings - made the bridge unsafe. The new, $252 million bridge has a life span of 100 years, said Pablo Hernandez, the resident engineer for the district that includes the bridge. “By designing it for a 100-year service life, we are designing it for the worst case that it could experience in those 100 years,” he said. That includes scour, hurricanes, and the possibility that a dredge will hit the bridge, as one did in 1990, causing a 370-foot section to collapse. It took 3.5 months to complete repairs. The bridge will be the first in the state to use stainless reinforcing steel, which will provide additional protection against salt-water corrosion. It also will have 8-foot shoulders, a vast improvement over the original bridge, which has no shoulders. The new bridge originally was scheduled to open in December, but the threat of hurricanes delayed those plans, Hernandez said. Although neither Florence nor Michael caused serious damage on the Outer Banks, workers had to evacuate, and equipment had to be secured ahead of time in case they

ple who ... want it to work in a way that obviously does harm, or benefits themselves, or disrupts the political system. So we are going to have to deal with that.” Contrary to futuristic fears of “super-intelligent” robots taking control, the real dangers of our tech era have crept in more prosaically — often in the form of tech innovations we welcomed for making life more convenient. Part of experts’ concern about the leap into connecting every home device to the internet and letting computers do our work is that the technology is still buggy and influenced by human errors and prejudices. Uber and Tesla were investigated for fatal self-driving car crashes in March, IBM came under scrutiny for working with New York City police to build a facial recognition system that can detect ethnicity, and Amazon took heat for supplying its own flawed facial recognition service to law enforcement agencies. In some cases, opposition to the tech industry’s rush to apply its newest innovations to questionable commercial uses has come from its own employees. Google workers helped scuttle the company’s Pentagon drone contract, and workers at Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce sought to cancel their companies’ contracts to supply tech services to immigration authorities. “It became obvious to a lot of people that the rhetoric of doing good and benefiting society and ‘Don’t be evil’ was not what these companies were actually living up to,” said Whittaker, who is also a research scientist at Google who founded its Open Research group. At the same time, even some titans of technology have been sounding alarms. Prominent engineers and designers have in-

creasingly spoken out about shielding children from the habit-forming tech products they helped create. And then there’s Microsoft President Brad Smith, who in December called for regulating facial recognition technology so that the “year 2024 doesn’t look like a page” from George Orwell’s “1984.” In a blog post and a Washington speech, Smith painted a bleak vision of all-seeing government surveillance systems forcing dissidents to hide in darkened rooms “to tap in code with hand signals on each other’s arms.” To avoid such an Orwellian scenario, Smith advocates regulating technology so that anyone about to subject themselves to surveillance is properly notified. But privacy advocates argue that’s not enough. Such debates are already happening in states like Illinois, where a strict facial recognition law has faced tech industry challenges, and California, which in 2018 passed the nation’s most far-reaching law to give consumers more control over their personal data. It takes effect in 2020. The issue could find new attention in Congress next year as more Republicans warm up to the idea of basic online privacy regulations and the incoming Democratic House majority takes a more skeptical approach to tech firms that many liberal politicians once viewed as allies — and prolific campaign donors. The “leave them alone” approach of the early internet era won’t work anymore, said Rep. David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat poised to take the helm of the House’s antitrust subcommittee. “We’re seeing now some of the consequences of the abuses that can occur in these platforms if they remain unregulated without meaningful oversight or enforcement,” Cicilline said. Too much regulation may bring its own undesirable side effects, Cerf warned. “It’s funny in a way because this online environment was supposed to remove friction from our ability to transact,” he said. “If in our desire, if not zeal, to protect people’s privacy we throw sand in the gears of everything, we may end up with a very secure system that doesn’t work very well.”

“It’s important that folks know that Democrats, and I imagine Republicans will do the same, need to have a more broadened base in order to reach more voters. There are more people who identify as unaffiliated now so it’s about messaging and it’s about having a broader appeal.” A remaining battle from 2018 still looms, however, as an investigation continues into absentee ballot handling in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. Republican Mark Harris is leading Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes in the district running from Charlotte along the state’s southern border towards the coast. An evidentiary hearing

is scheduled for Jan. 11 as State Board of Elections officials study allegations that a Republican operative was illegally harvesting absentee ballots or paying others to do so. The investigation could stop Republican Mark Harris from being seated in Congress when the U.S. House is sworn in Jan. 3. “Once we finish this election, we will start working on the next one and on a great national convention in North Carolina in 2020,” said Woodhouse. The Republican National Convention will be held Aug. 24-27, 2020, in Charlotte. Organizers plan to raise $70 million for the event.

“It doesn’t so much feel like we’re living in the future now, as that we’re living in a retro-future. ... A dark, goofy ‘90s retro-future.” Novelist William Gibson via Twitter

did. Couch, a Dare County commissioner who lives on Hatteras Island, where residents depend on the bridge to take them north to the mainland, said locals are ecstatic about the new bridge. “Doctors’ appointments are a lot more certain. You can get your shopping in.” The bridge also is important for tourism. Hatteras Island has about 6,000 rental cottages, said Couch, who’s also a real estate agent. “For every man, woman and child who lives on the island, we have almost two rental cottages,” he said. “Just what it can do to wind up our economy is important as well.” The original bridge is getting a new life, in a way. The parts that are demolished will be added to offshore reef sites while about 1,000 feet at the south end will stay in place and be open for pedestrians. Hernandez, who began working the state Transportation Department in 1998, has helped maintain the existing bridge since 2003. He’s been involved with the planning, design and construction of the new bridge since 2007. When the new bridge opens, he thinks his thoughts will be with the original one, which he described as an old friend that was a large part of his engineering career. “The old bridge, with a lot of attention and care, has been reliable and served a great need,” he said.

“By designing it for a 100year service life, we are designing it for the worst case that it could experience in those 100 years.” Pablo Hernandez, resident engineer

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Demonstrators in Richmond, VA last week protest site of pipeline that would carry fracked natural gas from West Virginia into Virginia and North Carolina. The Virginia Air Pollution panel delayed for a second time a vote on whether to approve a key permit for the planned multistate natural gas pipeline that has also resulted in turmoil between N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper and the N.C. General Assembly.

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RALEIGH — Isotopen Technologien München AG (ITM), a group of specialized radiopharmaceutical companies, has selected Catawba County for its first North American manufacturing facility of its subsidiary Isotopes Technologies Garching (ITG), creating 137 new jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced last week. ITM will invest $12 million in Hickory with the project. “North Carolina is a leader in biomanufacturing and chemical manufacturing, and ITM’s selection of Catawba County elevates that reputation,” said N.C. Secretary of Commerce Anthony M. Copeland. “Hickory has the infrastructure and talent ITM was looking for, and the partnership shown among local and state leaders is why they landed in Catawba County.” ITM develops, produces and supplies innovative diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals. Some of ITM’s products are part of a new generation of targeted cancer diagnostics and therapies. “ Establishing our first North American facility is a remarkable milestone for our company and we are very excited,” said Steffen Schuster, CEO of ITM. “This enables us to achieve further growth … likely to create enormous opportunities in cancer treatment. Catawba County and Hickory as an important biotech location offers great infrastructure, attractive support and is located close to several major U.S. population centers. These benefits convinced us that this is the best place for our new facility.”

How taxpayers can deal with new state, local deduction caps Tips for navigating new tax laws that might add up to larger deductions By Tina Orem NerdWallet IF YOU PAID a lot of state and local taxes in 2018, buckle up this tax season — new laws cap how much of those payments you can deduct on your federal tax return. That means more of your income could be taxable this year. But before you worry too much, here are a few suggestions from tax pros on how to cope with the changes. 1. Find out if the cap might affect you Generally, property taxes and either sales taxes or state and local income taxes are deductible on federal returns. But this year, there’s a cap on how much you can deduct — $10,000 ($5,000 for a married taxpayer filing a separate return). That could make more of your income taxable. Buddy Newton, a certified public accountant and senior tax manager at Stockman, Kast, Ryan and Co. in Colorado Springs, Colorado, offers a quick way to check whether the cap could affect you: Pull out your 2017 tax return and find Schedule A. If the amount on line 9 was greater than $10,000, you might not be able to deduct as much state and local tax this year as you did last year. Newton estimated that as many as 75 percent of his firm’s individual clients will hit this new cap on state and local taxes. It’s often referred to as “the SALT cap.”

“A lot of our clients are paying more than $10,000 a year just alone in state income tax,” he says. 2. Pounce on other tax breaks If the SALT cap affects you this year, more of your income could be taxable. However, the federal tax brackets also changed this year, meaning your income might be subject to a lower tax rate than last year. That could offset some of your loss, notes Joe Seifert, a CPA at the Delap accounting firm in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Other new rules this year might help, too. Parents may qualify for the larger child tax credit, which rose from $1,000 to $2,000 per child, for example, or small-business owners may be able to take the new 20 percent pass-through deduction, Seifert says. “There’s give and take in this thing for most taxpayers. People need to focus on maybe what was given to you in other areas, instead of being so concerned about what was taken away,” he says. 3. Think about bunching your charitable contributions The standard deduction has nearly doubled to $12,000 for single filers, $18,000 for heads of household and $24,000 for joint filers. That could drive many taxpayers to abandon itemizing altogether this year. A married couple filing jointly would need to cobble together more than $24,000 in deductions, for example, to make itemizing pay off. Because the deduction for state and local

“I think the biggest thing is, just make sure that you reach out to your CPA early enough to do your year-end planning and think about the solutions that are on the table.” CPA Buddy Newton

taxes is now capped at $10,000, a couple filing jointly would need to drum up at least another $14,000 of deductions to make itemizing financially worthwhile. One way to get over that bigger hump is by “bunching” charitable contributions, Seifert says. For example, a couple who gives $5,000 to charity every year might be better off giving $15,000 once every three years instead. “There are many planning opportunities that have presented themselves related to a taxpayer’s itemized deductions. There is still time in the year to make some moves,” he says. 4. Plan for a new tax life “I think the biggest thing is, just make sure that you reach out to your CPA early enough to do your year-end planning and think about the solutions that are on the table,” Newton says. There’s also the possibility of moving to a place with lower taxes. It’s not the easiest thing to do, “but it’s an idea,” he says.

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Catawba County Artist Transforms Glass Into Works Of Art When you happen to see the work of artist Marietta Burke for the first time, it doesn’t take long to figure out why her studio was aptly named “Belle Le Vere”. In English, that translates to “beautiful glass” from French. And while that is certainly an accurate description of the magnificent stained-glass art she creates, those two words don’t nearly do Marietta or her work justice. Burke, a graduate of UNC-Charlotte with an architecture major and minors in Fiber Arts and Dance, first started working with stained glass 15 years ago. A precise, meticulous process, requiring both the artistic vision of a painter and the focus and precision of a dancer, her education prepared her for her chosen medium in ways she could never have imagined when she was in school. Although much of her work this time of the year features the colors of the season, Burke is best-known for her spellbinding stained-glass pieces ranging from bright, colorful, suncatchers that can be made-to-order for homes, businesses and galleries, to custom made windows, Tiffany-style lamps, and whimsical night-lights. No matter what form the final pieces take, each is as unique and delicate as a snowflake, with no two being quite the same. And, each in its own right – a vision to behold. Visit www.belleleverre.com to learn more.

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The Year of Music Gov. Roy Cooper has declared 2019 “The Year of Music” in North Carolina. The Old North State has played an important role in America’s musical history. Nearly 25,000 N.C. citizens work in music-related occupations, including musicians, singers, directors, composers, songwriters, instrument makers, promoters and conductors. The North Carolina Symphony was the first statesupported orchestra in the nation. Our state’s famous musicians include John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Thelonious Monk, Billy Taylor, Billy “Crash” Craddock, Elizabeth Cotten, Etta Baker, Shirley Caesar, Roberta Flack, James Taylor, Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson. These musicians have spread their North Carolina roots across the globe, but many got their start in local venues throughout N.C. This week’s map shows popular music venues — large and small — from Murphy to Manteo.

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WEST Biltmore’s 2019 events feature new clothing, model trains The Biltmore House will be the scene of a new clothing exhibition titled “A Vanderbilt House Party: The Gilded Age” which will be sourced from information gleaned from Vanderbilt letters, photos and documents. The Vanderbilt’s clothing will be re-created by Academy Award-winning costume designer John Bright and will run from Feb. 8 through May 27. The new Biltmore Gardens Railway is a botanical model train display featuring small-scale replicas of the estate’s structures. The 800 feet of rails will include six separate train lines and will be on display from May 24 through Sept. 29.

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Charlotte is packed in 2019 The new year will be packed with performances in the Queen City. Charlotte’s Belk Theater will host Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella Jan. 6—12, Disney’s Aladdin Sept. 10-29 and six other shows as part of its “Broadway Lights” season in 2019. Ovens Auditorium features John Mellencamp (March 22) and Carol Burnette (May 14) on its slate. The Spectrum Center will welcome visits from Justin Timberlake (Jan. 8), Cher (Jan. 29), Fleetwood Mac (Feb. 24), Pink (Mar. 9), Ariana Grande (June 10), Alan Jackson (Aug. 24) and Elton John (Nov. 6). The Charlotte Motor Speedway will again be at the heart of the NASCAR schedule with the annual all-star race on May 18, Coca-Cola 600 on May 26 and Bank of America Roval 400 on Sept. 29.

U.S. Amateur returns to Pinehurst Pinehurst will host the U.S. Open in 2024 but it will play host — for the third time — to the U.S. Amateur in 2019. With No. 2 and No. 4 serving as the companion courses, the tournament will start with stroke play on Aug. 12 and end with the final round of match play on Aug. 18. Pinehurst Resort will also host the annual men’s and women’s Intercollegiate invitational championships for Division I college teams from Mar. 7 through 15 and the longest consecutively running amateur championship in the U.S. — The North & South Amateur — from June 22 through 29.

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PNC Arena will rock in 2019 The home of Wolfpack basketball and Hurricanes hockey will play host to a legendary slate of musical artists in 2019. Pop superstar Justin Timberlake kicks off the concert season on Jan. 6 with his “Man of the Woods Tour.” Cher’s “Here We Go Again” tour will land on Jan. 27 followed by metal legends Metallica on Jan. 28. Elton John brings his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour to the capital city on Mar. 12 and Mumford & Sons pays a visit on Mar. 17. KISS will perform one night of its “End of the Road” tour on April 6 before living legend Paul McCartney comes to town on his “Freshen Up” tour on May 27. Pop star Ariana Grande (June 4), New Kids on the Block with Salt N’ Pepa, Naughty By Nature, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson (July 7), Backstreet Boys (Aug. 20) and Carrie Underwood (Sept. 30) close out the announced 2019 season.

Greensboro Coliseum 2019 slate feature country music, women’s basketball The Greensboro Coliseum will be a haven for fans of county music and women’s basketball in 2019. North Carolina natives Luke Combs (Feb. 2) and Eric Church (Mar. 15-16) get the musical party started followed by county supergroup Alabama with Wilmington-born Charlie Daniels and his band on April 5. Kenny Chesney (Apr. 12) and Carrie Underwood (May 1) complete the announced 2019 country music card. The venerable home of ACC basketball will play host to the ACC women’s hoops tournament and a 2019 NCAA women’s regional. The site is also home to the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League with games from Jan. 4 through March 23.

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EAST 2019 Azalea Festival highlights Wilmington The 2019 N.C. Azalea Festival is one of the largest festivals in the South and the annual event packs in more events during its week-long run than most communities hold in a year. With over 30 events from April 3 through April 7, the Azalea Festival is a marathon of parties, concerts, competitions and spectacle. The highlight of the festival is the exclusive Airlie Garden Party which draws 2,500 to the lunchtime event. Concerts by national acts are on the festival’s main stage each night and home and garden tours, street fairs and a boxing tournament are the tip of the iceberg at one North Carolina’s signature events.

RALEIGH — After the Acorn Drop in the state capital, several new North Carolina laws will come into effect for the new year. Because a new legislative term has begun, the recently-elected legislators will now be operating under a new biennial budget for 20192020. In addition, laws covering agriculture, insurance, prison health care, transference of car titles, elections and the courts, passed by the outgoing legislature, will all have the force of law. Some bills are effective immediately after they are signed by the governor, or otherwise made law, but others have a specific effective date. The beginning of a year is a common effective date because it allows a clean end date for administrative purposes and time to prepare for the changes. There are 11 pieces of legislation with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2019. One of the bills is the budget for the 2019-2020 biennium, which is the twoyear period that a legislature serves in N.C. There is a lot of detail in this 266 page bill, but highlights touted by Republicans include a $700 milliondollar increase in education funding, including 6.5 percent average raises for teachers, their fifth straight year of pay increases; raises for other state employees, including State Highway Patrol troopers; a $1.5 billion reduction in taxes; $60 million more towards Hurricane Matthew recovery; funding for water clean-up from Wilmington’s GenX contamination; and building up the state’s “rainy-day fund” to a record $2 billion by adding $161 million in funding. Democrats in the legislature, as well as in the governor’s office, opposed the budget, saying it did not go far enough to fund crucial programs and instead squandered that funding with tax-breaks to the rich. “I will not sign my name to a budget that protects corporations and the wealthy at the expense of schools and students,” said Gov. Roy Cooper in his veto statement. “This budget falls short of what our teachers and public education need. North Carolinians will not stand for a secret, unchangeable

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budget born of a broken legislative process. Therefore, I veto the bill.” After the governor’s veto, the Republican supermajorities in the legislature quickly overrode the veto. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) said the following in a press release after the override. “Today’s veto override delivering pay raises, disaster relief, and increased education investments is great news for the people of North Carolina who are fortunate to avoid the $470 million budget shortfall and tax hikes proposed by the governor.” Three of the other bills going into effect regard changes to the state’s judicial system. Senate Bill 757, Senate Bill 168 and House Bill 717 each make changes to the judiciary, adjusting districts, elections and court procedures. The Build NC Bond Act, SB 758, which had bipartisan support and was signed by the governor, allowed for a $3 billion bond to be used on infrastructure projects across the state as needed. Much of the funding will be used to build roads to meet rapid population growth. SB 655 “Change Date When Primary Elections Held” was another bipartisan effort, this time to save money and avoid confusion by making “Super Tuesday” in March the primary date for all elections. In 2016, the presidential primaries were moved from May to March in order to give North Carolina a bigger voice in choosing the nation’s executive. But by leaving all other primaries at the traditional May date, the state had two primary elections that year, causing an expensive and chaotic system that all sides seemed to agree needed to be changed. The bill places all primaries in March, avoiding this issue. The NC Farm Act of 2018, SB 711, ended up being passed over the governor’s veto after media attention and widespread debate. Some sections of the bill have already been made effective, such as the section prohibiting vegetable products, like those made of soy or almonds, to be labeled as “milk.” Section 10, dealing with nuisance laws, was the most controversial, as environmentalists saw it as an effort to protect large industrial farms, like those with hog waste lagoons near residential areas. The four remaining bills, SB 411, SB 750, HB 931 and HB 382, make changes, often technical, to how transference of car titles, prison health care, life insurance, unemployment insurance and health insurance operate in N.C. Summaries for all these bills can be read on ncleg.net.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

How to make it through 2019 and remain sane

One truth of the matter in 2018 is that many of us spend far too much time worrying about politics and what other people are doing when we could spend that same amount of time doing whatever we can do to make things better in any number of ways.

HERE ARE the headlines optimists and conservatives want to see in 2019: Economic growth hits 4 percent! Unemployment falls to 2 percent! Stock market hits 30,000! Here are the headlines pessimists and liberals want to see in 2019: Trump impeached! Second president forced to resign from the White House! Economy tanks! It is all Trump’s fault! America gives up on capitalism and turns to socialism! Will any of these come true next year? No one knows what will happen one year, one month or even one day in the future with 100 percent certainty. Think of the poor weathermen — they have science and satellites on their side, and they often predict a snowmageddon that turns into nothing. Each person can control how they respond to life, however. They can turn off the 24-hour news and cable show talking heads if they are driving them crazy; shut down their social media accounts; start reading great literature; go on daily hikes; volunteer more in their after-work hours to help others in need and generally take better care of their own personal health, physical, mental and spiritual. One truth of the matter in 2018 is that many of us spend far too much time worrying about politics and what other people are doing when we could spend that same amount of time doing whatever we can do to make things better in any number of ways. A dear departed friend, Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington. D.C. (yes, there is such a place), used to talk about returning to an “Augustinian sensibility” about the role of politics in our daily lives. As he described it: “We need to adopt a form of Christian realism that recognizes that, because of the Fall, we live in a world that will remain sinful and broken until the end of time. While living in a broken world, our task, if it’s political, is to help the state curb that brokenness and that sinfulness in a way that aims toward justice. I use the phrase

‘Augustinian sensibility’ to lean against a Utopian temptation for people on the Right or the Left who give the political realm more significance than it should be given. “So it’s a chastened view of politics, but it’s not anti-political. People should have firm, clear political convictions on what justice means, without becoming so ideologically wired that they have overexpectations for what can happen in the public policy realm. It’s a Christian cast of mind. Having that cast of mind can help nurture a form of Christian civility that is really important in these times, when we have a culture that is more shrill than ever.” The same should be said by the atheist, the agnostic, the Jew or the Muslim. We can all lean against the temptation to think that mere mortal men can establish a utopia here on earth through politics and coercive government and seek to do justice and spread mercy through our daily interactions with as many people as we can. Will universal adoption of this “Augustinian sensibility” mean 2019 will see a historical budget deal to balance our budget signed by President Trump after 100 percent buy-in from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and all the Republicans in the U.S. Senate and Congress? Will it mean The Wall will be built? Will it mean any of the big public policy problems we face will be solved by some clever creative bipartisan compromised legislation? Probably not all by itself. However, if we adopt Michael Cromartie’s “chastened view of politics,” we will be spared the hypertension of watching the evening news or listening to talk radio 24/7 and be pleasantly surprised by anything positive happening in 2019 instead of disappointed by the new year.

GUEST OPINION | TED RALL

Liberals used to feel your pain. Now they inflict it. Liberals are supposed to feel other people’s pain. Now, they seem more intent on inflicting it.

I NOTICED the de-empathification of the Democratic Party during the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. I lived in one of the 4 out of 5 counties with zero or one plan on offer. Low supply and high demand -- Obamacare required you to buy one or get fined -- resulted in sky-high rates. The one plan in my county’s ACA sucked. It cost a $1,400-per-month premium with a $10,000-a-year deductible -and no in-network doctors within a 90-minute drive. On Facebook, I complained about the paucity of affordable plans in my online health insurance marketplace. “I don’t know what you’re going on about,” one of my friends replied. “I found an excellent, affordable plan.” My friend lives in Manhattan. When I pointed out that residents of big cities like New York had far more competition than residents of more sparsely populated areas, he didn’t respond. Instead, he acted as if I hadn’t said anything. “Obamacare is a Godsend,” he continued. “So many great options.” This conversation-without-communication went on and on like that. People often ask me for political predictions. Most people I know are Democrats of the Third Way/Democratic Leadership Council/ Clinton variety and so were understandably upset when I told them I was close to certain that Trump would win. “I grew up in Dayton, Ohio,” I said. “The major swing states in this election are full of hollowed-out depopulated deindustrialized Rust Belt cities like Dayton. Free trade agreements like NAFTA killed those cities and destroyed their residents. Hillary and the Democrats supported that globalization

garbage. Trump will win because he’s the only one who talks about their problems, the only one who acknowledges they exist.” “But Trump is an idiot,” they said. “Not enough of an idiot to say nice things about NAFTA,” I said, referring to the Clintons. “But he’s a bigot,” they went on. “Yes he is,” I agreed. But these people are desperate and angry and he’s the first presidential candidate to admit that free trade isn’t awesome. It’s a chance to send a message, a cri de coeur.” The vacant, disconnected look in their eyes was every bit as dumbstruck as that of a MAGA supporter who just realized that big tax cut wasn’t for him. My liberal friends weren’t from the Midwest, had never been to the Midwest, didn’t know anyone from the Midwest. The devastation and dysfunction I described -substance addiction, permanent disability, systemic un- and underemployment, plunging housing prices, cash-starved local governments unable to keep up with the mayhem -- was as foreign to them as a drone strike in Afghanistan. Globalization was inevitable. Why didn’t those stupid Ohioans accept it? Democrats such as FDR used to look at dispossessed voters and see electoral opportunity, a chance to grow the party. Today’s liberals are poorer than Roosevelt but far more elitist; they see a bunch of irrelevant old white guys who ought to hurry up and die. The latest case study is France’s “yellow vest” movement. For over a month, angry motorists, many middle-aged men from rural and suburban areas of the country, have converged on cities like Paris to protest President

Emmanuel Macron’s hike of the gas tax. As in Britain less populous areas have been left behind economically and neglected by the central government. People say they’re barely making it to the end of each month after paying rising bills on fixed incomes, and they’re pissed. No doubt echoing their well-heeled counterparts in the fourth arrondissement, my liberal Democratic friends were gobsmacked by France’s most violent Days of Rage since May 1968. “It’s a carbon tax,” one explained helpfully. “We have to reduce consumption of greenhouse gases.” Her attitude is typical: Don’t those conservative hicks understand that the planet is dying? True, we should reduce air pollution. (Though it’s probably too late to slow down climate change.) But if consumers have no choice but to consume, a tax designed to reduce consumption only serves one purpose: to increase government revenue while making citizens miserable. Yellowvesters who live in the sticks don’t have a masstransit alternative. They can’t carpool. They’ve got to drive, and, with a carbon tax, they have to pay. No wonder they’re angry. Wouldn’t it make more sense to tax shareholders whose portfolios include stocks with big carbon footprints? Years ago, right-winger Republicans such as Richard Nixon promoted the cliche of the “limousine liberal”: self-righteous, hypocritical, privileged and disconnected from Joe and Jane Sixpack. I don’t know if it was true then. But it certainly is now. Ted Rall, the political cartoonist, columnist and graphic novelist, is the author of “Francis: The People’s Pope.”

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These boots are made for double standards delight, that is. Michelle Obama wore thigh-high designer glitter boots priced at 4 grand to one of her book-tour stops, but she was not “out of touch.” This time, “people” (again, read: “we”) were “inspired” by her “impeccable” style. “But despite sharing numerous moving anecdotes about growing up in Chicago and eventually landing in the role of first lady, people seem to be most inspired by the impeccable sense of style she displayed on her last stop in Brooklyn on Wednesday,” Yahoo oozed. Yahoo also promoted a slew of other “You Go, Girl” articles, with gushy headlines, including: —”Michelle Obama ‘breaks the Internet’ with her 3000-pound thigh-high Balenciaga boots” — Yahoo Style UK. —”Michelle Obama’s Post-White House Fashion Is Proof of How Liberated She Feels” — Refinery 29. —”Michelle Obama rocks thigh-high Balenciaga boots and Twitter approves” — The Independent. —”Michelle Obama Wore The Glittery, ThighHigh Balenciaga Boots Of Your Dreams” — Huffington Post. —”Michelle Obama’s Balenciaga Tour Boots Are $4,000 of Glitter Goodness” — Glamour magazine. That’s only a fraction of the love that the liberals always have for Michelle Obama. She can do no wrong. Everything she does is the Most Precious Thing Ever. It’s tawdry — and so damn boorish — to suggest that being “out of touch” with median-income folks is only reserved for Republican first ladies. Liberals would argue Michelle Obama came from humble beginnings. Want humble beginnings? Try being born in communist Yugoslavia, like Melania. One would think feminist women in the media could come up with better articles to write than catty Twitter roundups of liberals sneering about Melania Trump’s boots — especially when it has nothing to do with boots. By God, do they hate this man — and because she married him, now also his wife.

IS THERE ANYTHING, anything at all, for which President Donald Trump won’t be faulted by a press corps that despises him so much they are making a mockery of themselves in front of the world? They slammed the president for failing to visit troops in a war zone. Then, on Christmas night, Trump snuck out of town with Melania to bring Christmas cheer to troops in Iraq. So they slammed him for signing “Make America Great Again” Hats that soldiers brought him, turning the trip into a “campaign stop.” It gets even more ridiculous. The scribes at Yahoo News discovered something far more pressing, and their scoop showed up on cellphones from coast to coast on Dec. 26. A fashion writer named Kerry Justich uncovered a national outrage, apparently. Her headline: “Melania Trump gets mocked for wearing Timberland boots while visiting the troops.” Yes, dear friends, it is national news that someone, somewhere — actually, it is at least two or three people — found Melania’s boots unacceptable. The first lady wore sturdy all-American boots to meet the troops, and it was somehow mockable. “The Timberland boots are being called an ‘out of touch’ style selection by some on Twitter.” Whenever a liberal writer uses “some” people or “many” people, they mean “we.” It makes you wish Twitter had never been born. A person with the Twitter name “Posh Spice” tweeted, “melania wearing timbs ... how much more out of touch could she possibly be.” Another person, “wintrynight Jordan,” tweeted, “i have never in my life seen anything stupider than Melania Trump in a pair of Timberland boots.” One could quickly discover this wasn’t exactly a fashion tweet: The hashtag on wintrynight Jordan’s Twitter bio read “#VoteThemOut.” Ms. Spice’s account bore the hashtag “#BlackLivesMatter.” In the new piece, Yahoo also made sure to link back to another Yahoo piece pulling the same thread, mocking Melania Trump for wearing Timberland boots on a visit to hurricane victims in October 2017. So what about Michelle Obama’s boots? Just six days earlier, on Dec. 20, the very same Kerry Justich at Yahoo News posted the very opposite article, “People are freaking out about Michelle Obama’s $3,900 boots.” Freaking out... in

One would think feminist women in the media could come up with better articles to write than catty Twitter roundups of liberals sneering about Melania Trump’s boots.

WALTER E. WILLIAMS

L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.

Executive Summary

The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare. While there are many ways to show how much is collected in taxes by state governments, the Index is designed to show how well states structure their tax systems and provides a road map for improvement. ANDREW HARNIK | AP PHOTO

The 10 best states in this year’s Index are:

The 10 lowest ranked, or worst, states in this year’s Index are:

NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN 41. Vermont 1. Wyoming

2. Alaska

42. Ohio

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twelfth best. IN 2018, Americans will pay $3.4 trillion in MinnesotaThe 10 states with the worst business tax 3. South Dakota federal taxes and $1.8 trillion in state and43. local climate are Vermont, Ohio, Minnesota, Louisiana, works Louisiana 4. Florida taxes, for a total bill of $5.2 trillion. That 44. Iowa, Arkansas, Connecticut, New York, out to 30% of the nation’s total income. 5. Montana According to the Tax Foundation, that 45. California, and New Jersey. hugeIowa bill of America’s total means “Americans will collectively spend46. more on 6. New Hampshire Arkansas income is paid to Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores taxes in 2018 than they will on food, clothing, and 7. Oregon 47. Connecticut government in interesting and newsworthy topics at the housing combined.” intersection of culture, politics, and technology Not all states are created equal, however. 8. Utah 48.The New York taxes and is published by Ballotpedia, the nonprofit, Tax Foundation reports that the 10 states with 9. Nevada the best business tax climate are—in order— 49. California nonpartisan Encyclopedia of American Politics. He addresses these and related issues in his latest 10. Indiana Wyoming, Alaska, South Dakota, Florida,50. New Jersey book, The Sun Is Still Rising: Politics Has Failed Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Utah, But America Will Not. Nevada, and Indiana. North Carolina is rated

2019 State Business Tax Climate Index WA #20

VT #41 MT #5

OR #7

ND #17

ID #21 WY #1 NV #9

CA #49

CO #18

KS #28 OK #26

NM #25

WI #32

IA #45

NE #24

UT #8

AZ #27

MN #43

SD #3

TX #15 AK #2

IL #36

MO #14

AR #46

OH #42 KY #23

AL #39

PA #34 WV #19

VA #22 NC #12

TN #16 MS #31

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GA #33

SC #35

LA #44 FL #4

HI #38

Note: A rank of 1 is best, 50 is worst. Rankings do not average to the total. States without a tax rank equally as 1. D.C.’s score and rank do not affect other states. The report shows tax systems as of July 1, 2018 (the beginning of Fiscal Year 2019). Source: Tax Foundation.

ME #30

NY #48

MI #13 IN #10

NH

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MA #29 RI #37 CT #47 NJ #50 DE #11 MD #40 DC (#46)

MUCH IS MADE about observed differences between sexes and among races. The nation’s academic and legal elite try to sell us on the notion that men and women and people of all races should be proportionally represented in socio-economic characteristics. They make statements such as “Though African-Americans and Hispanics make up approximately 32 percent of the U.S. population, they (constituted) 56 percent of all incarcerated people in 2015” and “20 percent of Congress is women. Only 5 percent of CEOs are.” These differences are frequently referred to as disparities. Legal professionals, judges, politicians, academics and others often operate under the assumption that we are all equal. Therefore, inequalities and disparities are seen as probative of injustice. Thus, government must intervene, find the cause and engineer a policy or law to eliminate the injustice. Such a vision borders on lunacy. There’s no evidence anywhere or at any time in human history that shows that but for some kind of social injustice, people would be proportionally represented across a range of socioeconomic attributes by race and sex.

If there is a dominant feature of mankind, it’s that we differ significantly over a host of socioeconomic characteristics by race, sex, ethnicity and nationality. The differences have little or nothing to do with any sort of social injustice or unfair treatment.

Indeed, if there is a dominant feature of mankind, it’s that we differ significantly over a host of socio-economic characteristics by race, sex, ethnicity and nationality. The differences have little or nothing to do with any sort of social injustice or unfair treatment. Let’s examine some racial, ethnic and sex disparities with an eye toward identifying the injustice involved. We might also ponder what kind of policy recommendation is necessary to correct the disparity. Jews constitute no more than 3 percent of the U.S. population but are 35 percent of American Nobel Prize winners. As of 2017, Nobel Prizes had been awarded to 902 individuals worldwide. Though Jews are less than 2 percent of the world’s population, 203, or 22.5 percent, of the Nobel Prizes were awarded to Jews. Proportionality would have created 18 Jewish Nobel laureates instead of an “unfair” 203. What should Congress and the United Nations do to “correct” such a disparity? Should the Nobel committees be charged with racism? Jews are not the only people taking more than their “fair share” of things. Blacks are 13 percent of the U.S. population but, in some seasons, have been as high as 84 percent of NBA players. Compounding that “injustice,” blacks are the highestpaid basketball players and win nearly all of the MVP prizes. Blacks are also guilty of taking 67 percent, an “unfair” share, of professional football jobs. Blacks are in the top salary category in every offensive and defensive position except quarterback. But let’s not lull ourselves into complacency. How often do you see a black NFL kicker or punter? Laotian, Samoan and Vietnamese women have the highest cervical cancer rates in the United States. The Pima Indians of Arizona have the highest reported prevalence of diabetes of any population in the world. Tay-Sachs disease favors Ashkenazi Jews. Cystic fibrosis haunts white people. Blacks of West African ethnic origin have the highest incidence of sickle cell anemia. The prevalence of prostate cancer is lower in men of South Asian ethnicity than in the general population. Black American men have the highest prostate cancer rates of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. Black males are also 30 percent likelier to die from heart disease than white men. There are some highly fatal sex disparities. An Australian study found that sharks are nine times likelier to attack and kill men than they are women. Another disturbing sex disparity is that despite the fact that men are 50 percent of the U.S. population and so are women, men are struck by lightning six times as often as women. Of those killed by lightning, 82 percent are men. There are loads of other disparities based upon physical characteristics, but it would take a fool to believe that we are all equal and any difference between us is a result of some kind of social injustice that begs for a societal remedy. The only kind of equality consistent with liberty is equality before the law — which doesn’t require that people be in fact equal.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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Disparities galore

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

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SPORTS LOOK AHEAD: 2019 PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey became the third player in NFL history with more than 1,000 rushing yards and at least 100 receptions in a season.

McCaffrey emerges as Panthers’ top offensive weapon Considered undersized in his draft year, Carolina’s do-everything running back is primed to be a superstar By Shawn Krest North State Journal IN RECENT YEARS, the Carolina Panthers have bid farewell to running backs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart and receivers Ted Ginn Jr. and Kelvin Benjamin. They haven’t missed them all that much, thanks to Christian McCaffrey, our early pick for the 2019 North State Journal Player of the Year. The speedy back was the firstround pick of Carolina in 2017 and was considered by critics too small to be an every-down back in the NFL.

McCaffrey showed he was sturdy enough for the job, starting the year as a change of pace for Stewart and gaining 435 yards on 117 carries while becoming the first rookie back to catch 70 passes and five touchdowns. The performance convinced the Panthers they could give McCaffrey the full-time job, allowing Stewart to leave in the offseason. This year, McCaffrey took the next step, from promising rookie to top player, likely earning himself a cover spot on next season’s Fantasy Football preview magazines. He became the third player in history to rush for 1,000 yards and catch 100 passes in a year. He also broke the NFL mark for catches by a running back (102, by Matt Forte). McCaffrey isn’t just a good receiving running back, though. He’s one of the league’s best receivers. His 106 catches are more than his

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father, longtime NFL wide receiver Ed, ever had in a season. “He’s got a comeback (in him),” the younger McCaffrey joked. “He’s got three Super Bowls. So he’s got

me there, but it’s good. I got lucky they threw me the ball a lot. It’s my job to make those catches.” McCaffrey also set the Panthers’ single-season receptions record,

topping wide receiver Steve Smith’s 103 catches in 2005. He’s not a tiny scat back, though. See MCCAFFREY, page B3

LOOK AHEAD: 2019 TEAM OF THE YEAR

The Wolfpack return to relevance on crowded Tobacco Road Kevin Keatts is building a winner at NC State, and the second-year coach is aiming for even more

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal A THOUSAND RED T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Kevin Keatts is a winner” were handed out to members of the student section at PNC Arena for NC State’s recent basketball game against Auburn. Those words have become a popular catchphrase since they were first uttered by athletic director Debbie Yow at Keatts’ introduction as the Wolfpack’s coach in April 2017. But as State’s 78-71 victory against the then seventh-ranked Tigers proved, the praise of Keatts is more than just lip service. After a surprising first season

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NC State coach Kevin Keatts has the Wolfpack back in the Top 25 early in his second season in Raleigh.

in which he led the Wolfpack to 21 wins, a top-three finish in the ACC and a return to the NCAA tourna-

ment, the energetic young coach has his team off to another strong start.

State heads into the new year ranked among the nation’s top 20 with an 11-1 record against a competitive nonconference schedule. Though neighboring rivals Duke and North Carolina are likely to finish higher in the polls and advance deeper into the NCAA Tournament when all is said and done in 2019, Keatts has the Wolfpack on a promising trajectory as its roster dominated by transfers continues to build chemistry and develop its roles. “I’m excited,” Keatts said after the Auburn game that catapulted State into the national rankings for the first time this season. “We didn’t accidentally become 10-1. Our guys have worked extremely hard to get there. Hopefully, we’re going to continue to get better and stay hungry and stay humble.” State began the season as an unknown quantity, with only three returning players from 2017-18. The trio of guards Markell Johnson and Braxton Beverly along with

versatile forward Torin Dorn has been the foundation of the team’s early success. But the Wolfpack wouldn’t be where it is now if not for the smooth transition made by its newcomers. It helped that three of the transfers — C.J. Bryce from UNC Wilmington, Devon Daniels from Utah and Blake Harris from Missouri — spent all or part of last season in the program redshirting under NCAA rules. But like graduate transfers Wyatt Walker from Troy and Eric Lockett from Florida International, junior college transfer D.J. Funderburk and freshman Jericole Hellems, none of them had ever played in an actual game together. Arranging all those new pieces into a finished puzzle hasn’t been an easy task, which is why State was picked to finish eighth in the ACC this season. But Keatts was confident in his ability to blend all See WOLFPACK, page B3

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LOOK AHEAD: 2019 NEWCOMERS OF THE YEAR

RJ, Zion are Duke’s latest standout freshmen The Blue Devils again have a wealth of young talent, led by Barrett and Williamson

Wake Forest’s Dortch leaving early for NFL

By Shawn Krest North State Journal

Winston-Salem Wake Forest receiver Greg Dortch says he is skipping his final two college seasons and entering the NFL Draft. Dortch announced his decision Dec. 23, a day after the Demon Deacons beat Memphis 3734 in the Birmingham Bowl. Coach Dave Clawson said in a statement issued by the school that he supports the move and called Dortch “an exceptional player.” The AP All-America second-team selection as an all-purpose player had a teambest 89 receptions for 1,078 yards and eight touchdowns despite regularly drawing double teams during his redshirt sophomore season. He missed the final five games of last season with an abdominal injury, then missed the bowl game with a hand injury.

DUKE COACH Mike Krzyzewski has been known to critique the performance of his home crowds, giving the Cameron Crazies credit for being particularly energetic following big games and, on occasion, telling them he needs more from them going forward. Rarer still, however, is for Coach K to comment on Duke fans following a neutral site game. In his first press conference following a two-point loss to Gonzaga in the Maui Invitational — thus far the only loss of the season for the Blue Devils — Krzyzewski delivered his message to Blue Devil Nation. “Duke fans,” he said, “just cut it out, man.” “Let’s get real about this whole thing,” he added. “Let’s not get spoiled. We’ve got four 19-yearold kids there trying to bust their ass trying to learn how to play and have a lot of pressure on them. Let them grow.” The chiding came in response to the social media outcry following the Maui loss. Down 89-87, Duke got the ball six times in the final minute with a chance to tie or win with a three. Freshman RJ Barrett took five shots, got blocked three times and missed them all. On the final possession, no one else on the floor touched the ball. Barrett finished the game 9-for-25. It was the second time in six games that he’d put up more than two dozen shots and the fifth time he’d failed to shoot 50 percent. It seemed, to Duke fans, like Barrett may be hogging the ball a bit much, especially considering that Zion Williamson — a unique talent who has been adopted by ESPN as the driver of this season’s basketball coverage, getting more air time on the networks than Dick Vitale — was on the floor beside him. “These kids aren’t perfect,” Krzyzewski admitted. “My kid wasn’t playing hero ball. He was playing winner’s ball.”

CROSS COUNTRY

Elon, driver settle with runner hit by car Elon A member of the Elon University cross country team who was seriously injured when she was struck by a car has settled with both the driver and the school. Freshman Molly Offstein was struck by a motorist with a green light while crossing the street on a morning run in March 2017 in Elon. The Times-News of Burlington reports Keith Leamey wasn’t charged but settled with Offstein’s family in August. A sealed order in the settlement with the school was filed in December. A court filing says Offstein is still unable to care for herself. When she returned to her hometown of Frostburg, Md., last August, her father said in a Facebook group dedicated to her recovery that she couldn’t walk or talk, but recent posts show progress.

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While Duke freshmen RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson have been dominant during the Blue Devils’ 11-1 start, coach Mike Krzyzewski is still preparing them for the rigors of ACC play and beyond.

The Hall of Fame coach has said repeatedly, starting before Duke’s summer trip to Canada, that Barrett was a winner, perhaps one of the best he’s had at manifesting that attitude. It’s not the loss, criticism and response that earned Barrett and Williamson the co-honor of the North State Journal’s 2019 Newcomer(s) of the Year. It’s what’s happened since. In his next three games, Barrett’s shooting numbers were 9-of18, 12-of-14 and 10-of-14, setting a season high for shooting accuracy and a season low for shots taken. In the six games ending with Gonzaga, he averaged 21 shots per and a 40.8 percentage. Since then, he’s averaged 18 shots and 53.7. “I love RJ,” Krzyzewski said. “RJ’s big time. There are just times where you’re not going to be able to score. He was missing some shots that he’d normally make, and they were making him take some shots

that were a lot more pressured. It’s a combination, but he had some open looks, but once he was missing, he was I call it a ‘gunny sack’ or taking the misses with you, where you put pressure on yourself to score because you haven’t. And you can’t do that. And that’s what I talked to him about. … We just said ‘Everybody is 0-for-0. Just start off fresh. You’re not allowed to try and make up for missed shots.’” Williamson, meanwhile, went from shooting 47.2 percent in the three Maui games to a 68.4 percentage in his next three outings. “After the trip, we’ve done some things to get him the ball more,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s just the evolution of your team.” After the Maui loss, Krzyzewski’s response to the criticism was initially viewed as an endorsement of Barrett’s style of play. The change since then, however, indicates that his message was a very different one.

Duke fans should “cut it out, man,” because the coaching staff was already working on fixing the problem, and his current crop of freshmen stars have the ability to implement the changes immediately. That’s what will make Duke a contender for the national title and put Barrett and Williamson near the top of Krzyzewski’s long list of one-and-done stars. “He always likes getting into the lane,” Krzyzewski said of Barrett. “Some people criticize him for getting into the lane too much. I’m fine with it, and I think it’s a matter of getting to know his team better. After Maui, with our entire team, we talked about getting better and sharing the ball and how we can get better defensively, and the guys have done a good job with it.” So, don’t panic. “I’ll go to war with my guys,” Krzyzewski said. “We lose, I’ll lose with them.”

LOOK AHEAD: 2019 COMEBACK OF THE YEAR NHL

New East Carolina coach Mike Houston will have returning quarterback Holton Ahlers under center in 2019.

Matthews, McDavid, Ovechkin, MacKinnon named All-Star captains New York Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid and Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews will be two of the four team captains at the NHL All-Star weekend next month in San Jose. McDavid (Pacific Division), Matthews (Atlantic), Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (Central) and Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin (Metropolitan) won fan votes to earn the captaincies and the first roster spots for the event, Jan. 25-26. Matthews will make his third AllStar appearance and first as captain, while McDavid will captain the Pacific Division for the third time in as many appearances. MacKinnon is heading to All‑Star weekend for the third time, while Ovechkin makes his eighth appearance. The rest of the AllStars will be determined by the NHL’s hockey operations department. The head coach of the team with the highest points percentage (points earned divided by total possible points) in each of the four divisions at the halfway point of the regular season will guide the respective All-Star rosters.

HORSE RACING

Secretariat statue coming to Lexington Lexington, Ky. A larger-than-life bronze memorial to the famous racehorse Secretariat is coming to Lexington this fall. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports sculptor Jocelyn Russell is constructing a statue of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. He’ll be posed in full stride winning the Kentucky Derby as starter no. 1A, with jockey Ron Turcotte in the saddle. Russell spent six months researching Secretariat before creating a design.

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Stars aligned for an East Carolina football revival With a new coach and a returning quarterback, the Pirates could surprise in ’19 By Brett Friedlander North State Journal THERE’S A REASON East Carolina moved so quickly to fire football coach Scottie Montgomery once it was announced that Mike Houston was about to be hired at Charlotte. There’s also a reason why Houston decided to turn down the 49ers job as soon as the Pirates began pursuing him. While ECU targeted the former James Madison coach as the man best suited to turn its struggling program around, Houston saw ECU as his best opportunity to win — and win quickly — at the FBS level. It’s a partnership that has the potential to pay immediate dividends for the Pirates in 2019. “As soon as I was contacted by East Carolina University, there was no doubt what my desire was and that was to be the head football coach here,” the 47-year-old Houston said upon his hiring earlier this month. “This is a job that I identified, in my past, as being somewhere that I would pursue trying to have this opportunity.” As a North Carolina native,

Houston is familiar with ECU’s winning tradition and how far the program has fallen during its current stretch of four straight losing seasons — including 3-9 in each of the last three years. He also knows how fertile a recruiting ground the eastern part of the state has become and how attractive a draw the competitive American Athletic Conference can be. Houston got off to a strong start last week by signing most of the recruits that had previously committed to Montgomery, a class that is generally acknowledged as the best of the three the now former coach put together in Greenville. Now he faces the taller task of developing those players, along with the returning core, into a winning unit. “I would tell them we’re all in this together,” Houston said. “You’re either part of the problem or you’re part of the solution. I haven’t been here the last three years, so I can’t tell you what all the problems are, but I can tell you this, I’m committed to getting it fixed. “I’m going to work together with our players to make sure that we put a product on the field that our fanbase can embrace.” While turning the Pirates’ fortunes around in his first year on the job won’t be easy, it’s not impossible

either. As much trouble as Montgomery and his staff had winning games during their three unsuccessful seasons in Greenville, they didn’t leave their successors with a bare cupboard. Quarterback Holton Ahlers, who threw for nearly 1,800 yards, 12 touchdowns and only three interceptions in five starts while also leading the team in rushing, is a player around which Houston can build. In addition to Ahlers, four of his top six receivers are back — and that doesn’t include redshirt freshman Tyler Snead, who caught 15 passes in the four games he played this year. There’s also a large supply of experienced running backs and linemen returning on offense. Defensively, the Pirates will have seven experienced starters next fall with the potential of an eighth if AAC Defensive Player of the Year Nate Harvey has his petition for another year of eligibility granted. “We are going to be a hardnosed, fundamentally sound, disciplined football team,” Houston said. “That’s what we’re going to be. We’re going to play with tremendous intensity. We’re going to play with passion. We’re going to play with fire. We’re going to compete and go toe-to-toe with anybody we match up against.”

One thing Houston has going for him is that the schedule he’ll face in 2019 figures to be much more manageable than those of the recent past now that Virginia Tech has pulled out of its game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. In addition to a replacement team, the Pirates will also play nonconference games against Gardner-Webb and Old Dominion while its AAC cross-divisional dates are against 3-9 Tulsa and 5-7 SMU. They’ll also be led by a coach with a history of winning, winning big and doing it almost immediately. His overall career record is 80-25 with six conference championships in eight seasons as a head coach at Lenoir-Rhyne, The Citadel and, most recently, James Madison. In three years with the Dukes, he went 37-6, a mark that includes the 2016 FCS national championship and a return trip to the title game in 2017. “He’s been a high school coach. He’s been a Division II coach. He’s been a I-AA coach and now he’s moving onto the East Carolina Pirates,” new ECU athletic director Jon Gilbert said of Houston. “I think that is really one of the most impressive things about his track record. I know that he places a high value on culture, as do I. I know that he will bring a great culture to our football program.”

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LOOK AHEAD: BOLD PREDICTIONS

LOOK AHEAD: 2019 COACH OF THE YEAR

The NSJ sports staff is again taking some wild guesses — some seemingly possible, others highly unlikely — at what might happen in 2019. Sports editor Cory Lavalette and staff writers Brett Friedlander and Shawn Krest did not get much right last year — while ECU hired a familiar face as its basketball coach, it wasn’t Wes Miller, and Jeff Skinner was traded from the Hurricanes, but not to San Jose — what’s the harm in trying to predict what 2019 will bring?

Checkers’ Vellucci grooms players for NHL, keeps winning games

CORY LAVALETTE Dabo joins the Pack

Dougie’s stay in Raleigh brief

Roush is back

No, not NC State. Swinney falls short of winning his second college football title at Clemson and decides to head off to greener pastures: Green Bay pastures. The Alabama native has coached in the South his whole career, but he can’t turn down the chance to team up with Aaron Rodgers to try and bring a Super Bowl title back to Wisconsin. Swinney wheels and deals with the Packers’ two first round picks at the NFL Draft to land Tigers defensive end Clelin Ferrell and Oklahoma receiver Marquise Brown, filling two needs and setting up a successful 2019 season. Brent Venables, the Tigers’ defensive coordinator, takes over at Clemson but can’t replicate Swinney’s success, and NC State wins the Atlantic Division.

The Hurricanes made defenseman Dougie Hamilton the key piece in a trade with the Calgary Flames last summer, but he’s the first of the three players acquired gone after a disappointing 2018-19 season. Hamilton is traded to the Maple Leafs — who stumbled in the playoffs despite Stanley Cup aspirations — in exchange for Kasperi Kapanen and a draft pick. Kapanen returns to Raleigh where his father, Sami, starred for the Hurricanes from 19972003. The other two players the Hurricanes received in the Flames trade are in Carolina to stay. Micheal Ferland signs a five-year, $25 million contract, while college defenseman Adam Fox jumps right to the NHL in the fall.

Ryan Newman joins Roush Fenway Racing to pilot the famed No. 6 — and the team’s recent struggles are turned around by the driver who himself had fallen on hard times in recent years. A win at the season-opening Daytona 500 punches Newman’s ticket to the NASCAR Cup Playoffs, and the team and driver advance to the Round of 8 before bowing out of the postseason. It’s still a step forward for Roush Racing — which last finished in the top eight back in 2012 when Matt Kenseth ended the season seventh. The 41-year-old Newman wins three races in all, the most since he won a careerbest eight back in 2003.

BRETT FRIEDLANDER Yow delays retirement NC State’s athletic program has improved dramatically since Debbie Yow was hired in 2010. Her goal of having the Wolfpack become a national top 25 program is well on the way toward fruition, with a schoolrecord 12 programs finishing their seasons ranked in 201718 and 21 of State’s 23 teams advancing to postseason play. With the football and men’s basketball programs both on the upswing, facilities having been upgraded and a much more solvent financial situation, she can legitimately declare victory as she approaches her scheduled retirement next June. Only, she’s not going to walk away as planned. At some point between now and the end of the academic year, Yow will announce that she still has more to accomplish and delay her retirement for at least another year.

The road to Omaha goes through ECU A valid argument can be made that North Carolina is the No. 1 state in the nation when it comes to college baseball. No fewer than seven of our teams — UNC, NC State, Duke, East Carolina, UNC Wilmington, Campbell and NC A&T — qualified for the NCAA tournament last spring with the Tar Heels advancing all the way to the College World Series. Next year, the team to beat will the Pirates of coach Cliff Godwin. ECU is coming of a 44-18 season in which it won the American Athletic Conference and hosted an NCAA regional. With most of its best players back — led by national Player of the Year candidate Bryant Packard — the Pirates will take things one step further by making their first trip to Omaha and college baseball’s premier event.

Danny’s last dance For one brief shining moment in 2017, it appeared as though Danny Manning was on his way to turning Wake Forest’s basketball program around. His Deacons won 19 games and earned a spot in the NCAA tournament for the first time in seven years. But then star John Collins left for the NBA draft, a rash of transfers followed, and Wake is once again struggling to stay out of the conference cellar, and even an influx of talented newcomers this season hasn’t reversed the negative trend. Manning’s 60-75 overall record (20-52 ACC) is only slightly better than the 51-76 mark compiled by his loathed predecessor Jeff Bzdelik (17-51). Even though Manning signed a contract extension last season, athletic director Ron Wellman will let him go after a fourth losing season in five years. Wellman’s search for a replacement won’t take long or far away, as he will hire UNC Greensboro’s Wes Miller as Manning’s replacement.

SHAWN KREST Panthers’ overhaul includes trading Cam

N.C. falls short of landing MLB team

Duke nearly makes run to football playoff

After firing head coach Ron Rivera and cutting ties with veteran offensive players Ryan Kalil and Greg Olsen, the Panthers embrace a full overhaul, trading quarterback Cam Newton to the Giants for a package of picks in the 2019 draft. Newton replaces the retiring Eli Manning, whom the Panthers try unsuccessfully to lure into playing a couple more years. The Panthers pass on local QBs Ryan Finley and Daniel Jones to draft Will Grier, who will be brought along slowly, behind free agent pickup Colin Kaepernik.

Expansion and franchise movement will become a top story in the state in 2019. With the Panthers bottoming out and rebuilding under a new owner, and with no progress made on a long-term stadium solution, rumors will swirl that the team may be a prime candidate for relocation, either to London or Mexico. Jacksonville will likely be team to move outside of U.S. borders, but it will be tense times in Charlotte for much of the year. Meanwhile, MLB expansion plans will pick up steam, and Charlotte and the Triangle will both be on the list of candidates, only to lose out to Montreal and Portland.

Duke shocks the known universe by taking Alabama to overtime in the season-opening kickoff game in Atlanta. Quentin Harris has a breakout game as the senior replaces the departed Daniel Jones as Duke’s starting quarterback. The Blue Devils upset Notre Dame at Wallace Wade in November and sweep their regular-season conference schedule. The run is nearly derailed by Mack Brown’s Tar Heels, who drop a low-scoring late-season rivalry game. The Blue Devils fall short of meeting Alabama in a playoff rematch, however, losing to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game.

Since taking the reins of the Hurricanes’ AHL affiliate, the longtime coach and executive has developed players and piled up victories By Cory Lavalette North State Journal WITH MIKE Krzyzewski and Roy Williams roaming the college basketball sidelines on Tobacco Road, North Carolina is never devoid of coaching star power. While either could be cutting down the nets in Minneapolis in early April — as they have done a combined eight times in 73 seasons of coaching — it’s worth remembering that anything short of a national championship is usually a disappointing outcome for the two Hall of Fame coaches. So while either Krzyzewski or Williams could win it all this year, the coach who might have the best chance of capturing a championship is the Charlotte Checkers’ Mike Vellucci — North State Journal’s prediction as 2019 Coach of the Year. The Checkers, the Carolina Hurricanes’ American Hockey League affiliate, have seen a revolving door of coaches in recent years. Jeff Daniels, currently as assistant coach with the Hurricanes, was not brought back for the 2015-16 season, leading to longtime collegiate and AHL coach Mark Morris’ hiring for that year. But Morris returned to the NCAA after one year in Charlotte, and Ulf Samuelsson — a former NHL teammate of then-Hurricanes GM Ron Francis and onetime Coyotes and Rangers assistant coach — took the reins. Samuelsson guided the Checkers back to the postseason but lost in the first round. He then exited himself, taking an assistant coaching job with the NHL’s Blackhawks. Enter Vellucci. The Hurricanes’ assistant general manager had a long track record of winning in the Ontario Hockey League with the now defunct Plymouth Whalers — which was owned by Peter Karmanos Jr. — as both a GM and a coach. After a few years in a front office-only role, Vellucci was ready to hop back behind the bench. The results were immediate. The Checkers improved 10 points in the standings in Vellucci’s first year and reached the second round of the playoffs. This season, the Checkers are a juggernaut under Vellucci, entering the Christmas break with a 23-7-2 record for 48 points in 32 games — a .750 point percentage that puts Charlotte well ahead of the pack in the AHL’s overall standings. Perhaps most importantly, Vellucci has already groomed some of the Hurricanes’ young talent into contributing NHL players. Lucas Wallmark, the top point-producer on Vellucci’s Checkers last season, has been an all-situations contributer for the Hurricanes this season. Warren Foegele, who burst on the scene

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those strangers into a cohesive unit, drawing from his experience at Hargrave Military Academy where he essentially had to build a new team from scratch every year. “I’m not saying that I’m the only one in college basketball that can withstand a new roster,” Keatts said back in October. “But if anybody’s equipped to do it, it’s me.” It helps that the roster Keatts has assembled allows him to play the style made him successful throughout his career, including his most recent stop at UNCW. Although the Wolfpack is thin in the low post and could have trouble rebounding against bigger opponents thanks to a season-ending injury to freshman Manny Bates and the transfer after just one game of fellow rookie Ian Steere, the team has the quickness to play a frenzied up-tempo style that attacks on both ends of the floor. It also has depth, with all 10 of its scholarship players averaging between 25 and 13 minutes, and each possessing the ability to have a big scoring game on any given night. That was vividly illustrated in State’s 98-71 victory against USC Upstate, in which the Wolf-

McCaffrey entered the final week of the season fourth in the NFL in rushing and 10th in most rushing attempts. McCaffrey even took some of quarterback Cam Newton’s thunder, throwing a touchdown pass on a trick play. He became the first running back in franchise history to complete a pass and first non-quarterback to throw a touchdown for the Panthers, further cementing himself as one of the most versatile players in the league. He’s second in the league in all-purpose yards and yards from scrimmage and third in touches. “We expected him to be a playmaker and make plays, and that is what he has done for us,” coach Ron Rivera said. “Whatever the numbers are, they are. But for the most part, he is the type of guy that we thought he was. We felt he could carry a good load. We are asking a lot of him.” McCaffrey was originally expected to be an additional weapon available to Newton. Heading into his third year, however, the Panthers are looking more and more like they might become McCaffrey’s show, with the front office and staff looking for ways to upgrade the weapons available to him.

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NC State guard Markell Johnson is one of just three players who returned to the Wolfpack this season.

pack’s bench outscored its starters 62‑36. The leading scorer in that game was Lockett, who didn’t play a single minute against Auburn. “It’s definitely cool to have a deep team and a team where even if you have an off night, you have guys that can pick up the slack for you,” Dorn said. “That’s the mark of a good team, having multiple guys that can come in and make a difference.” With wins against Auburn, Penn State and Vanderbilt to go

along with a close loss at Wisconsin, the Wolfpack has already proven itself to be a good team. As it approaches the new year and the start of the conference schedule, Keatts has State on pace to become even better. “I just look at the rankings when it comes time to pick the teams for the NCAA Tournament.” he said. “I want myself and my team to have the opportunity to win the conference regular season and the ACC Tournament.”

GREGG FORWERCK | CAROLINA HURRICANES

Mike Vellucci went back behind the bench before last season, and the Charlotte Checkers have become the AHL’s top team under his guidance.

with 28 goals as an AHL rookie last year, has played in all of Carolina’s games so far this season and become a key penalty killer despite having just over a hundred games of pro experience. Injury call-ups like Clark Bishop have proven ready to be role players in Raleigh. And while Valentin Zykov didn’t work out for the Hurricanes this year — he was waived and subsequently claimed by Edmonton — he led the AHL in goals last year with 33 in just 63 games. Vellucci, 52, has proven he can combine what is best for a player’s development while winning games, making him the perfect fit for a parent franchise that is trying to establish a winning culture on a budget. For example, take former first round pick Martin Necas. The Hurricanes came into the 2018-19 season with the expectation they’d have to lean on Necas and this summer’s second overall pick, Andrei Svechnikov, to be successful. While Svechnikov quickly adapted to the pace of the NHL, the transition wasn’t so smooth for Necas. Coming from bigger European ice surfaces and facing better players than he had in the Czech Republic, Necas stumbled and managed just two points in his first seven games with the Hurricanes. On Oct. 17 — the day after he scored his first NHL goal — Necas was assigned to Charlotte. Vellucci’s influence has been evident. Necas, a natural center, has moved to right wing to lessen his defensive responsibilities, and he responded with 22 points in his first 26 games in Charlotte. Necas will eventually move back to center — and on to Carolina. Such is Vellucci’s reward for successfully preparing young players for the next step in their career. It’s something he’s been doing consistently since his junior days in the early 2000s, graduating players to the next level while continuing to win games. His greatest reward is likely seeing the young players he helped mold living their dreams in the NHL. Just don’t be surprised if he gets a little glory himself with a Calder Cup championship this spring.

“The young man is a tremendous football player, and we have to make sure we shore up a lot of things,” Rivera said. “There are some things that we could do most certainly on the offensive side to help him out, and to help our quarterbacks out as well. We have some young wide receivers that have to continue to learn and grow as football players. Those guys are dynamic. They’re playmakers, but we have to continue to help them grow so they can become playmakers down the field. We have to be able to put the ball where they can go after it as well. There are some things we have to grow into, and we are most certainly going to work that way. … I think, going into next season, we’ll have to take a look at some of the things we can do to help him take a little bit of the load off of him.” McCaffrey doesn’t care about records and numbers. He’s more concerned about wins and losses, something that eluded the Panthers for the second half of this season. “I mean, at the end of the day. I just want to win,” he said. “All that other stuff is great, but there’s nothing like winning. Losing sucks. But man, the only thing you can do is fight. It’s a tough sport and it’s not always good to you but you’ve got to stay poised through the good and bad.”

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PHOTO COURTESY DISNEY-PIXAR

A scene from Toy Story 4.

Marvel leads the way for a 2019 blockbuster slate of films NSJ Staff THE MOVIE THEATER was dead, they said. After ticket sales slumped in 2017, due largely to the worst summer season in more than a decade, pundits far and wide predicted the hastening demise of moviegoing, an inevitable casualty to the rise of streaming. In 2018, the movies flipped the script. Ticket sales in 2018 reached a new record passing the previous 2016 high of $11.4 billion. Driven in part by zeitgeist-grabbing cultural events like “Black Panther,” ‘’Crazy Rich Asians” and even documentaries like “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” the box office is expected to end up around $11.8 billion overall. The overall domestic gross is up nearly 9 percent from 2017 and ticket sales are up about 6 percent. And it’s not just in North America. Propelled by Chinese moviegoers, global ticket sales should, for the second time ever, exceed $40 billion. Saudi Arabia declared itself open for business to Hollywood, after more than 35 years without theaters. In the United Kingdom, cinemas completed their best year since 1971. Marvel will seek to repeat its cineplex dominance with three major releases in 2019. “Captain Marvel” will serve as the prelude to the highly anticipated “Avengers: Endgame” which is billed as a climax the current phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Spider-Man returns in July for “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” a Marvel/Sony partnership that fits into the MCU. Other highly anticipated 2019 offerings include: Star Wars: Episode IX (Dec. 20, 2019) The J.J. Abrams-helmed conclusion of the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy. Toy Story 4 (June 21, 2019) When a new toy called “Forky” joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy. The Lion King (July 19, 2019) A CGI re-imagining of the 1994 Disney classic. Shazam! (April 5, 2019) D.C. Comics hits the silver screen with a new hero who can turn from streetwise 14-year-old Billy Batson into adult superhero Shazam. Aladdin (May 24, 2019) A live-action remake of the Disney classic. Dark Phoenix (June 7, 2019) A continuation of the X-Men saga where Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Frozen 2 (Nov. 22, 2019) A rare sequel from Disney. Frozen the Mouse House’s most successful cartoon feature ever and the plot details are scare for this blockbuster. It: Chapter Two (Sept. 6, 2019) 27 years after “It,” the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. Glass (Jan. 18, 2019) M. Night Shyamalan combines the worlds of “Unbreakable” and “Split” as security guard, David Dunn (Bruce Willis), uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy), a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Joker (Oct. 4, 2019) Joaquin Phoenix stars as the titular villain, a failed stand-up comedian driven insane who ultimately becomes Barman’s nemesis. Hellboy (April 12, 2019) Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, this is a new adventure for Hellboy, an unlikely hero caught between the worlds of humans and the supernatural. The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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Jennifer Lawrence stars as Raven/Mystique in Twentieth Century Fox’s Dark Phoenix.

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Fabulous fashion of ‘Mrs. Maisel’ is more than just attire By Brooke Lefferts The Associated Press NEW YORK — Fans of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” know that the show’s clothes deliver eye-popping color and to-die-for style, but they might not know the costumes represent more than 1950’s couture. They also meticulously reflect each character’s mood and development. Costume designer Donna Zakowska said she thought about how each character changed from season one of the hit show to season two, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video earlier this month. Zakowska started out studying painting at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, which instilled a “very strong response to color,” she said in a recent interview, and that influenced her approach in costume design. One of her first decisions was putting lead character Midge Maisel, played by Rachel Brosnahan, in a baby pink coat in the first season when she is married and seemingly happy.

“I do feel that color signals things to people and you know I don’t take it for granted,” Zakowska said. “I love doing it and I put a lot of effort into really working with the palette and working with the colors. It started with that pink coat, but that became sort of a characteristic of who Midge was when I first started. But when Midge’s husband leaves her, her character puts on different, darker colors. “I basically did this with most of the characters and it’s a little bit natural in a way because I do think that there is this emotional response that is inherent in color,” Zakowska said. Brosnahan said while the second season is full of “exceptional clothes,” the outfits aren’t just eye candy. Zakowska helps shape the narrative with her designs. “She’s a storyteller. And she dives just as deeply, if not more deeply in some ways, than we do into these characters, into their arcs, into the stories, into the settings, into everything that came

before and is yet to come.” “She is a mad scientist,” ‘’Maisel” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino said in a recent interview. “She doesn’t believe a hat is a hat. You know, a hat is character. It’s a person. That hat needs to reflect where the person is internally. She started it last year with ... the pink coat and the pink coat represented something and when Joel (Mr. Maisel) left, the pink coat left, because the pink coat represented who she was with Joel. And then pink went away for a while, and when pink started to come back, it was a different kind of pink because she was a different kind of woman. She’s (Zakowska) just a very fascinating, brilliant person.” Zakowska said she leads a crew of at least 25 people on set to dress the principal players and the extras in hundreds of costume changes. She pays strict attention to detail, even for day players, who often wear 1950’s outfits found in vintage stores or on the internet. But most of the clothes worn by the principal characters are designed

by Zakowska. Not all the clothes are fun to wear. Zakowska said one of the most important accessories on the show is the underwear — which had to be tight and supportive, even for the extras. “It’s like really the end of the era of the corset...that’s something you really can’t avoid. We can’t all have period bras but we worked with Playtex and they had a certain bra they created for us that we used. And so you do to a degree have to sort of pull women in, you know, bring the bust up....there’s no way around it, otherwise we couldn’t get people into those dresses.” The second season provides much deeper insight into the characters, like Midge’s mother, Rose, who leaves her uptight life in Manhattan and takes off to Paris, which Zakowska relays in color and style. “In season one, I talked about the idea of her being like in a little Chanel suit or being the perfect mother on the Upper West Side. Now her power has really taken on... these deep purple and deep

red tones, sort of very intense romantic palette. And so what she’s really doing is revisiting that bohemian student life when she begins season two. And so it was really important to heighten her palette and to work with those colors and I think they’re very Parisian,” Zakowska said. Marin Hinkle, who plays Rose, said wearing the costumes helped her get into character. “The first season Rose had a kind of muted quality,” Hinkle said. “And then by the second season they dressed me in these more vibrant colors and more youthful styles. And that dictates a kind of way you can be as a performer where you literally are putting something on and sort of 90 percent of the work is done.” Tony Shalhoub, who plays Rose’s husband, said of Zakowska’s designs, “It’s almost like the clothes are a character themselves and ... it’s like the clothes are speaking to us through us. “I’m always sort of jazzed and energized by that,” he said.

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This image released by Amazon shows Rachel Brosnahan in a scene from “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The meticulous costumes of the 1950s-era show are crafted by designer Donna Zakowska.

TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS 16 SP 857 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kareem V. Hammond a/k/a Kareem V. Hammond, Sr. and Dawn Hammond to Thomas F. Vetters, Trustee(s), which was dated November 7, 2005 and recorded on November 15, 2005 in Book 6368 at Page 141, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee

17 SP 67 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by John E Sartelle and Wanna J. Sartelle to Southland Associates, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated October 4, 2004 and recorded on October 4, 2004 in Book 5586 at Page 153, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 9, 2019 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for

16 SP 837 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Isaac Clark and Yvette Clark, husband and wife, tenancy by entirety to Henry V. Cunningham, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated May 10, 2013 and recorded on May 10, 2013 in Book 10512 at Page 0231, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be fore-

in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 9, 2019 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying And Being Situate In Number Twelve (12) Township Of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, And Being More Particularly Described As Follows: Being All Of Lots 1, 2, & 3, Block F, Section 2, Subdivision Of Wil-Mar Park, According To The Plat Thereof, Recorded In Map Book 5, Page 45, In The Office Of The Register Of Deeds Of Cabarrus County, North Carolina Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 625 Wilmar

Street Northwest, Concord, NC 28025. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the

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

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

cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying and Being in the City of Concord, Number Twelve (12) Township of Cabarrus County, North Carolina on the East side of Bridlewood Place, Northwest, and Being a part of Lot Number THIRTY ONE (31) as shown on a plat of PARTRIDGE BLUFF, Section One (1), as surveyed and platted, a copy of which plat is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County in Map Book 18, page 72, and being more fully described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron stake on the East side of Bridlewood Place, front corner of Lot Numbers 31 and 23, and runs thence with the East side of bridlewood Place South 14-49-45 East 33.33 feet to an iron stake; thence continuing with the East side of Bridlewood Place as it curves in a generally Southeastern direction at a radius of 220.0 feet, in a counterclockwise direction, an arc distance of 236.67 feet to an iron stake; thence North 22-00-15 East 365.92 feet to an iron stake in the old line, a corner of Lot Number 31; thence a line through Lot Number 31 North 32-48-50 West 61.87 feet to an iron stake in the line of Lot Number 31, and a rear corner of Lot Numbers 23 and 24; thence with the di-

viding line of Lot Numbers 31 and 23 South 53-36-15 West 339.45 feet to a the point of BEGINNING, as surveyed and platted by Billy B. Long, R.L.S., March 8, 1989. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 70 Bridlewood Place Northeast, Concord, NC 28025. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special

assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are John E. Sartelle and wife, Wanna J. Sartelle. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for

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

closed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 9, 2019 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 61 of Fullerton Place Subdivision, Phase 1, Map 1, as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Plat Book 54, Page 75, Cabarrus County Public Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1255 Bridgeford Drive Northwest, Concord, NC 28078. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time

of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Isaac Clark. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include,

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 08-12916-FC04

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-21398-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-18953-FC01

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 334 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Marion Lacour to Kerry Webb, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of November, 2009, and recorded in Book 08981, Page 0205, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 665 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mary Redding and James C. Redding, (Mary T. Redding aka Mary Redding and James C. Redding, both deceased)(Heirs of James C. Redding: James Lee Redding, Joseph Carl Redding and Unknown Heirs of James C. Redding) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Mary T. Redding and James C. Redding) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of September, 2010, and recorded in Book 09296, Page 0079, 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

18 SP 514 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Cheryl A. Grapes and David William Grapes to Jim Howard, Trustee(s), which was dated January 25, 2008 and recorded on January 29, 2008 in Book 08033 at Page 0046, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 16, 2019 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit:

CUMBERLAND 18-SP-1002 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Erica R. Klenk, in the original amount of $193,063.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for USAA Federal Savings Bank, dated June 3, 2010 and recorded on June 4, 2010 in Book 08408 at Page 0715, Cumberland County Public Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted

18 SP 1323 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Octavia McMillan in the original amount of $82,620.00, payable to CTX Mortgage Company, LLC, dated July 30, 2002 and recorded on August 1, 2002 in Book 5805, Page 76, Cumberland County Registry. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of

18 SP 1337 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Trisma Montique Smith in the original amount of $178,576.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Advantage Loans, Inc., dated April 23, 2004 and recorded on April 28, 2004 in Book 6505, Page 12, re-recorded May 26, 2004 in Book 6536, Page 59, Cumberland County Registry. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evi-

18 SP 1362 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dazan Enterprises Inc. to Lima One Capital, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated July 12, 2017 and recorded on July 13, 2017 in Book 10129 at Page 0548, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at

18 SP 946 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Rafael A. Ortiz to Jason O. Wunsch, Trustee(s), which was dated June 24, 2009 and recorded on June 25, 2009 in Book 8185 at Page 0284, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale

File No.: 18 CVS 2609 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in a judgment bearing the caption “U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR CARISBROOK ASSET HOLDING TRUST vs. BARNEY K. MILLER, PAMELA JANE MILLER, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., Substitute Trustee, Cumberland County, and pursuant to the terms of the judgment, the undersigned Commissioner will offer for sale that certain property as described below. Said sale will be held in the City of

12:00 PM on January 7, 2019 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: Being all of Lot 402 of Southern Chase, Phase V, as same as shown on plat recorded among the land records of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Public Registry at Map Book 38, Page 36. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 510 Pullman Street Southwest, Concord, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any rep-

resentation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 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: 1244180 (FC.FAY)

the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on January 7, 2019 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: LYING and being in Number Four (4) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being Lot Number Seventeen (17) of WOOD CREEK, PHASE II, as surveyed by Frank M. Page, Jr., R.L.S. of Page Marlowe and Associates, Raleigh, North Carolina, said plat being dated May 1985 and recorded in Map Book 21, at Page 43 in the Cabarrus County Registry, to which subdivision plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description by metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 810 McGregor Drive, Northeast, Concord, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of

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

or to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable

for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1256797 (FC.FAY)

ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CONCORD, NUMBER ELEVEN TOWNSHIP, CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

SETTE; THENCE WITH THE LINE OF BESSETTE S. 67-0103 W. 130.42 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND BEING THAT PROPERTY AS SHOWN ON SURVEY PREPARED BY JAMES T. WEST, R.L.S., DATED JUNE 20, 1996.

LYING ON THE EAST SIDE OF GAYLAN COURT ADJOINING THE PROPERTY OF CHAD BESSETTE, BOBBY STALLINGS AND OTHERS AND BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN IRON STAKE ON THE EAST SIDE OF GAYLAN COURT, FRONT CORNER OF CHAD BESSETTE (DEED BOOK 709, PAGE 54) (SAID STAKE BEING NORTH 28-04 EAST 100.0 FEET FROM THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF GAYLAN COURT AND SUNDERLAND ROAD) AND RUNS THENCE WITH THE EAST SIDE OF GAYLAN COURT N. 34-54-11 W. 75.10 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAID GAYLAN COURT, FRONT CORNER OF BOBBY STALLINGS (DEED BOOK 1245, PAGE 115, AND DEED BOOK 1174, PAGE 160); THENCE WITH THE LINE OF STALLINGS N. 36-51-03 E. 185.40 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE, REAR CORNER OF STALLINGS; THENCE S. 18-03-33 E. 167.26 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE, REAR CORNER OF CHAD BES-

BEING THE SAME FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY GENERAL WARRANTY DEED FROM RONALD STEVEN DUVAL AND WIFE, MONICA J. DUVAL FORMERLY MONICA ESTHER JONES TO SOPHIE GRAPES, GUARDIAN FOR DAVID WILLIAM GRAPES, DATED 06/26/1996 RECORDED ON 07/02/1996 IN BOOK 1667, PAGE 63 IN CABARRUS COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF NC. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 684 Sunderland Road Southwest, Concord, NC 28027. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Sophie Grapes, Guardian for David William Grapes. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant

provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in theOfficeof theRegister of Deeds of Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina, on January 7, 2019 at 11:00am, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Lying and being in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 30 in a subdivision known as Huntington Park, Section Three, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Plat Book 45, Page 20 in the Cumberland County Registry. Tax ID: 0418-51-7576 Said Property is commonly known as 3471 Sugar Cane Cir, Fayetteville, NC 28303 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308,

in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaidtaxes,specialassessments,landtransfertaxes,ifany, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge

and belief of the undersigned, the current owner of the property is Erica R. Klenk. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the

deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute 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.

Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Cumberland County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on January 10, 2019, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Unit 5, Section II, Phase 18, The Crossing at Morganton Condominium, a plat of which is duly recorded in condominium Book 4, Page 167, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 308-5 Waterdown Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314. Tax ID: 0408-72-3699-205 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof,

or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owners of the property are Octavia McMillan. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina Gener-

al Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy peti-

tion 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 Substitute 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.

dencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Cumberland County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on January 10, 2019, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: BEING all of Lot 45, in a Subdivision known as KENSINGTON VILLAGE, SECTION 1 REVISED, according to a plat of same as recorded in Plat Book 97, Page 69, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 5917 Sunday Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28306. Tax ID: 0404-68-2336 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hun-

dred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaidtaxes,specialassessments,landtransfertaxes,ifany, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owners of the property are Trisma Montique Smith. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General

Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the

confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 9, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 6, BLOCK “P”, in a subdivision known as COTTONADE, SECTION FIVE, and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 29, Page 19, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 6322 Greyfield Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR

DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Dazan Enterprises, Inc.,. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1,

2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the

deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 14, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 7, Cypress South, as same is show on plat thereof recorded at Plat Book 116, Page 175, Cumberland County Public Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2208 Taylor Made Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset

bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Rafael A. Ortiz. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and

against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include,

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

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, the 14th day of January, 2019 at the courthouse door, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situate in the County of Brunswick North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 3, containing .90 acres more or less and all of Lot 4 containing 1.7 acres more or less according to a map of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 79, at Page 19, Cumberland County Registry. Property Address – 1111 Palestine Road, Linden, North Carolina 28356 The property is being sold “as is”, without warranties, subject to all taxes, special assessments and

prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Any assessments, costs or fees resulting from the sale will be due and payable from the purchaser at the sale. The sale will not convey any personal property which may be located on the real property and the Commissioner makes no warranties or representations as to whether improvements to the real property are personal in nature. A cash deposit (no personal check), or certified check in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the high bid, will be required at the time of the sale. The sale will be held open for ten days for upset bids as required by law. This the 18th day of December, 2018.

BY: _____________ Susan R. Benoit, Commissioner Post Office Box 2505 Fayetteville, NC 28302 (910) 864-6888 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-05782-FC01

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ______________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 5970 Fairview Road Suite 126 Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 879-2777 (803) 929-0830

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ______________ January N. Taylor, Bar #33512 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) jtaylor@mtglaw.com

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: __________________ January N. Taylor, Bar #33512 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) jtaylor@mtglaw.com

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-09062-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-07807-FC01

COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. PUBLICATION DATES: January 2, 2019 and January 9, 2019

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TAKE NOTICE CUMBERLAND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 963 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Dennis A. Barbour to Craig Kawamoto, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of August, 1999, and recorded in Book 5162, Page 73, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location

JOHNSTON NOTICEOFFORECLOSURE SALE 18SP398 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joseph Dattolo to Carolina Title, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of October, 2017, and recorded in Book 5048, Page 528, 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

RANDOLPH 18SP382 NOTICEOFFORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dayle Marie Price to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated January 12, 2017 and recorded on January 23, 2017 in Book 2530 at Page 69, Randolph County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed,

18SP314 NOTICEOFFORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jimmy N. Ingram and Barbara J. Ingram to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated October 15, 2001 and recorded on November 15, 2001 in Book 1738 at Page 1590, Randolph County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 8, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE

NOTICEOFFORECLOSURE SALE 18SP396

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Bryan A. Tyler and Scarlet A. Tyler (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Brian A. Tyler and Scarlet Ann Wooten-Tyler) to Michael J. Broker, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of February, 2005, and recorded in Book RE 1909, Page 2271, in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 8, 2019 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:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 394 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Vincent S. Hoover to John B. Third, Trustee(s), dated the 5th day of May, 2017, and recorded in Book 2544, Page 1764, in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 8, 2019 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:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 383 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Debra A. Roberson to Jennifer Grant, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of March, 2013, and recorded in Book RE2326, Page 2307, and Modification in Book 2526, Page 783, 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

RANDOLPH NOTICEOFFORECLOSURE SALE 18SP405 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Clyde Elliott Ledwell, Jr. and Donna M. Ledwell, (Clyde Elliott Ledwell, Jr., deceased)(Heirs of Clyde Elliott Ledwell, Jr.: Donna M. Ledwell, Destinee Ledwell, Jeremiah Ledwell and Unknown Heirs of Clyde Elliott Ledwell, Jr.) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Clyde Elliott Ledwell, Jr.) to Carrie L. Hartsell, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of April, 1999, and recorded in Book 1605, Page 725, 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

designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on January 7, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in Cumberland County, State of North Carolina, known and described as being all of Lot 56, in a subdivision known as Locks Creek, Section One, according to a plat duly recorded in Plat Book 60, Page 59, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1105 Pasture Lane, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Subject to restrictive, covenants, easements and rights of way of record.

party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more

than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 201 S. McPherson Church Rd. Suite 232 Fayetteville, NC 28303

request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors,

attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may

the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 11, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 8, containing 5.661 acres, more or less, of Countryside Acres Subdivision, as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 38, Randolph County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 388 Countryside Acres Drive, Asheboro, NC 27205. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE

TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHEREIS.” Therearenorepresentationsofwarrantyrelating tothetitleoranyphysical,environmental,healthorsafetyconditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrancesorexceptionsofrecord. Tothebestoftheknowledgeandbeliefoftheundersigned,thecurrentowner(s)ofthe property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Dayle Marie Price. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the

landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

TOWNSHIP OF TRINITY IN THE COUNTY OF RANDOLPH AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND BEING DESCRIBED IN A DEED DATED 09/10/1986 AND RECORDED 09/11/1986 IN BOOK 1186 PAGE 772 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF THE COUNTY AND STATE SET FORTH ABOVE AND REFERENCED AS FOLLOWS: METES AND BOUNDS And being more particularly described by metes and bounds according to said Deed as follows: Beginning at an iron pin located on the Northwestern corner of Lot 48 of the “Artesan Acres Lands” as recorded in Plat Book No. 1, Page 165, Randolph County Registry; thence along the line of Lot 47 and Lot 48 North 88 degrees 29’ East 150 feet to an iron pin on the Eastern edge of a 20’ right of way described in Book 1177 at Page 607; thence along said right of way South 2 degrees 13’ East 150 feet to a point; thence South 88 degrees 29’ West 150 feet to a point; thence along the Northern lines of Lots 48 and 49 North 2 degrees 13’ West 150 feet to the point and place of Beginning. The above tract contains portions of Lots 48 and 49 of the “Artesan Acres Lands” as shown in Plat Book 1 at Page 165, Randolph County Registry. The above tract is shown on a survey by Jerry E. Sexton, Registered Land Surveyor, Job No. 86-519, dated 9-9-86, entitled “Property of Jimmy N. Ingram and wife, Barbara J. Ingram”. Incorporation by

reference is hereby made to said survey. Together with the rights to use the roadway easement recorded in Book 638 at Page 99 and Book 1177 at Page 607. Subject to a 20’ road easement described in Book 1177 at Page 607, and a 20’ road easement described in Book 638 at Page 99, Randolph County Registry. Together with the responsibility for the prorata share of the maintenance costs for the 20’ easement in Book 638 at Page 99 and the 20’ easement in Book 1177 at Page 607. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 6967 Albertson Road Ext, High Point, NC 27263. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or

safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Barbara J. Ingram. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for

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

BEING ALL of Lot No. 3 according to a map entitled Williamscreek Townhouses, Section 1”, as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 24, Page 53, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 330 West Presnell Street 3, Asheboro, North Carolina.

and Restrictions, recorded in Book 1151, Page 402, in the Randolph County Registry, the Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws of Williamscreek Homeowners Association (which Articles and By-Laws are attached to said Declaration and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina). Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special

assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pur-

suant 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: 1246907 (FC.FAY)

The grantor reserves the right unto themselves a easement 25 ft. in width over the western portion of said property being conveyed for the purpose of ingress, egress and regress over said land from Burney Road to the property immediately to the North and adjacent to the property being conveyed. It is the intent of this reservation that the easement follow the line of the existing gravel drive on the west side of the home on the subject property and runs from Burney Road to grantors property on the north this easement is to be perpetual and run with the land.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Oc-

tober 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: 1257278 (FC.FAY)

1:30 PM on January 8, 2019 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: All of Tract # 1, containing 0.337 acres as shown on a plat entitled “Recombination of Existing Lots of Broadview Acres” as recorded in Plat Book 130 Page 21 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 407 Hillcrest Drive, Randleman, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS

IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for

any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of fore-

closure 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: 1258218 (FC.FAY)

that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 8, 2019 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: BEGINNING at a railroad spike in the center of S.R. #2607, Martin Joyce and Ledwell corners in Robert Spinks line; thence with the Ledwell and Spinks line North 07 deg. 28 ‘ East 659.10 feet to a new iron rod on the north bank of a branch; thence with the branch and with John Maness line South 89 deg. 50’ West 165.52 feet and North 83 deg. 16 feet West 100.95 feet to an iron pipe, a new corner; thence along a new line South 02 deg. 24’ East 679.68 feet to a nail and cap in the center of S.R. #2607; thence with the center of said road North 84 deg. 38’ East 152.32 feet to the beginning corner, and containing 3.169 acres, more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4567 Buffalo Ford Road, Asheboro, North Carolina.

Book 1246, at Page 988 of the Randolph County, NC Public Registry.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written

notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1249395 (FC.FAY)

Being the same property conveyed to Dennis A. Barbour by deed from Jesse Brown, as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, recorded December 22, 1995 in Deed Book 4420 Page 553 in the Register of Deeds Office for Cumberland County, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third

11:00 AM on January 15, 2019 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 118, Bristol at Cobblestone Subdivision, Phase Two, as shown on a map recorded in Plat Book 84, Pages 378 through 380, Johnston County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a full and complete description of said lot. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 71 Onyx Court, Clayton, North Carolina.

There is also granted to this Grantee, her heirs and/or successors and assigns, a joint easement with the other lot owners in said subdivision in the “Common Area” as shown on said plat and described in Book 1151, Page 403, in the Randolph County Registry, for access to West Presnell Street, and for general ingress, egress and parking, and for all uses authorized in the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, recorded in Book 1151, Page 402, in the Randolph County Registry. This conveyance is subject to utility easements shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 24, Page 54, and Plat Book 24, Page 55, in the Randolph County Registry. The property herein conveyed is intended for use as a residential dwelling; this conveyance is subject to the reservations, restrictions on use and all covenants and obligations set forth in the said Declaration of Covenants, Conditions

Beginning at a point in the center of the Burney Road and in Carson Tucker’s line; thence with the Tucker line North 07 deg. 30 East 330 feet to an iron stake, a new corner with Tucker; thence along a new line North 77 deg. 30’ West 270 feet to an iron stake, and new corner with Callahan; thence along a new line South 16 deg 30’ West 330 feet to the center of the Burney Road; thence with the Burney Road South 77 deg. 30’ East 314 feet to the beginning, containing 2.2 acres more or less, said property commonly known as 656 Burney Rod. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 656 Burney Road, Asheboro, North Carolina.

Being that parcel of land conveyed to Clyde Elliott Ledwell, Jr. from Clyde Ledwell and wife, Dorothy Ledwell by that Deed dated 10/09/89 and recorded 10/09/89 in Deed

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC.

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-20111-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-23363-FC01

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TAKE NOTICE BEGINNING at an iron pin in the northern right-of-way of Pliney Farlow Road (erroneously referred to as Plenty Farlow Road in Deed Book 1177, Page 688, Randolph County Registry), (NCSR No. 1533) the southwest corner of Lot 3 of Edgar Acres (unrecorded) thence along and with the northern right of way for Pliney Farlow Road (NCSR No. 1533) South 59 degs. 06’ West 96.25 feet to an iron pin, the southeast corner of Lot 5 of Edgar Acres (unrecorded); thence along and with the property line of Lot 5 North 43 degs. 42’ West 250.00 feet to an iron pin in the property line of Thurston Williams, the northeast corner of Lot 5; thence along and with the property line of Thurston Williams North

77 degs. 34’ East 92.14 feet to an iron pin, the northwest corner of Lot 3 of Edgar Acres (unrecorded); thence along and with the property line of Lot 3 South 47 degs. 34’ East 224.00 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, and being all of Lot No. 4 of Edgar Acres (unrecorded). Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4867 Pliney Farlow Road, Trinity, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 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: 1253954 (FC.FAY)

tomary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on January 9, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in the Eastern part of the Town of Albemarle on the Southeast side of Crowell Avenue and being all of Lots Nos. 8 and 9 of A.A. Crowell property as shown on Map of said property on file in Plat Book No. 2 at Page 11, in the office of the Register of Deeds fro Stanly County, North Carolina, said lots facing for a total distance of 100 feet on the Southeast side of Crowell Avenue and extending back for 150 feet and being 100 feet across the back and being two of the lots conveyed by that certain deed which is recorded in Deed Book 132 on Page 87, Stanly County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 125 Crowell Avenue, Albemarle, North Carolina. For back reference see deed from J.V. Shaver and wife, Hilda Lee Shaver to Louise S. Deese (widow) dated October 14, 1967 and recorded in Book 232 at Page 376, Stanly County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a

rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 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: 1254674 (FC.FAY)

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Gerald Nelson to Todd A. Cline, Trustee(s), which was dated August 13, 2003 and recorded on March 18, 2005 in Book 1049 at Page 0394, Stanly County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 8, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Stanly County, North Carolina, to wit: The Following Described Real Estate Located On Tick Tack Hill In The Harristown Township Of New London,

County Of Stanley, State Of North Carolina: Beginning At A New Iron Spike In The Centerline Of S.r. 1550, Said New Iron Spike Being Located S 40-59-18 W 334.87 Feet From An Existing Nail Located In The Intersection Of The Centerlines Of S.r. 1550 And S.r. 1600; Thence S 22-33-50 E 29.00 Feet To A New Iron Pipe And Continuing 467.67 Feet For A Total Distance Of 496.67 Feet To An Existing Concrete Monument Located 1 Foot Below The Surface Of The Ground; Thence S 72-17-18 W 618.85 Feet To An Existing Iron Rod; Thence N 83-59-58 W 87.90 Feet To A New Iron Pipe, And Continuing 44.00 Feet For A Total Distance Of 131.90 Feet To A Point In The Centerline Of A Private Soil Drive, Said Point Being Located S 83-5958 E 409.02 Feet From An Existing Iron Pipe; Thence With The Centerline Of Said Private Soil Drive The Following Five (5) Calls, All Being New Lines As Follows: (1) N 60-55-56 E 35.47 Feet To A Point, (2) N 53-25-56 E 30.38 Feet To A Point, (3) N 45-55-27 E 32.87 Feet To A Point, (4) N 36-4411 E 139.01 Feet To A Point, And (5) N 43-47-21 E 88.18 Feet To A Point Located At The End Of State Maintenance Of S.r. 1550, Said Point Being Located S 47-38-37 E 23.34 Feet From An Existing Right Of Way Monument, And Also Located N 52-48-39 W 25.57 Feet From An Existing Right Of Way Monument; Thence With The Centerline Of S.r. 1550 The Following Eight (8) Calls, All Being New Lines As Follows: (1)

N 39-29-48 E 29.79 Feet To A Point, (2) N 35-34-47 E 38.46 Feet To A Point, (3) N 33-27-24 E 89.89 Feet To A Point, (4) N 34-31-14 E 60.24 Feet To A Point, (5) N 37-40-58 E 77.39 Feet To A Point, (6) N 39-15-01 E 66.98 Feet To A Point, (7) N 40-09-20 E 70.19 Feet To An Existing Nail, And (8) N 40-5340 E 71.73 Feet To The Point Of Beginning, And Containing 4.36 Acres, More Or Less, As Determined By Coordinate Method, And Being Subject To The Right Of Way Of S.r. 1550 As Shown On An Unrecorded Survey Plat By Rogell E. Hunsucker, Pls L-2488 Entitled “New Lot Survey For Gerald Nelson” Dated October 22, 1999, And Being Reference To The North Carolina Grid North Meridian. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 39628 Tick Tack Hill Road, New London, NC 28127. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of

Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Gerald Nelson. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to

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

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ing more particularly described as follows: The land referred to is situated in the State of North Carolina, County of Stanly, and described as follows:

sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the pur-

chase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or

after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1249541 (FC.FAY)

§45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of

the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or re-

newed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. 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: 1254360 (FC.FAY)

($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for

any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more

than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 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: 1257239 (FC.FAY)

Griffin and wife, Sherry Alen Griffin. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the

loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

BEGINNING at a point in the edge of the Stack Road, said point being the Northwest corner of Lot #1 and runs thence with the line of Lot #1 N. 33-17-43 E. 425.37 feet to an iron stake in Lot #5; thence with the line of Lot #5, S. 50-25-22 E. 147.22 feet to an iron stake; thence S. 34-17-50 W. 425.33 feet to a point in the edge of the Stack Road; thence with the edge of the Stack Road as follows: (1) S. 50-31-24 E. 84.77 feet (2) S. 50-53-08 E. 69.86 feet to the point of BEGINNING and containing 1.467 acres and being Lot #2 in the Stack Road Farms as shown by a plat duly recorded in the Register of Deed’s Office in Cabinet C, File 225 to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior

conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5619 Stack Road, Monroe, NC 28112. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Gregory Steven

at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 14, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: That property lying in the City of Raleigh Township, Wake County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a stake in the eastern right of way line of Meredith Street, said stake being 890.83 feet in a southern direction from the southeastern corner of the intersection of Meredith Street and Wilmont Drive, said stake also being the southwestern corner of Lot No 17, Block D on map to which reference is hereinafter made, runs thence along the southern line of Lot No 17 South 82 degrees 25 minutes East 351.8 feet to a point, runs thence South 7 degrees 35 minutes West 96 feet to a point, a common corner with Lot 19; runs thence along the northern line of Lot No 19, North 82 degrees 25 minutes West 358.49 feet to a point in the east right of way line of Meredith Street; runs thence along the right of way line of Meredith Street North 11 degrees 26 minutes East 96.19 feet to the point and place of Beginning, and being Lot 18 according to to a revision of

Lots 14 through 25, Block D of Fairview Acres, Section 2, recorded in Book of Maps 1955, Page 17, of the Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 333 Meredith Street, Raleigh, NC 27606. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments,

easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Thomas Michael Thrower and wife, Amy Katherine Thrower. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return

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

RANDOLPH NOTICEOFFORECLOSURE SALE 18SP365

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Horace Baldwin Mayo and Vincenta Pezzella Mayo, (Horace Baldwin Mayo, Deceased) to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of May, 2008, and recorded in Book RE 2081, Page 1383, 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 cus-

STANLY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 165 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Louise S. Deese to BNC Credit Corp., Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of September, 2015, and recorded in Book 1539, Page 646, in Stanly 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 Stanly 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 Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the cus-

18 SP 168 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, STANLY COUNTY

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert Louis Swink to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of July, 2008, and recorded in Book 1243, Page 611, in Stanly 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 Stanly 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 Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on January 16, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of North Albemarle, in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and be-

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Justin L. Rabon and Jennifer L. Rabon to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 12th day of May, 2014, and recorded in Book 1487, Page 775, in Stanly 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 Stanly 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 Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on January 9, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Richfield, in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 674 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Donna M. Sinnett, (Donna M. Sinnett, deceased)(Heirs of Donna M. Sinnett: Mieke Lavery,KristinSinnett,andUnknownHeirsofDonnaM.Sinnett) to Gary Bradley, Trustee(s), dated the 28th day of June, 2007, and recorded in Book 04610, Page 0859, in Union 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 Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that

18 SP 278 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Gregory Steven Griffin and Sherry Alen Griffin to Robert A. Forquer, Trustee(s), which was dated September 14, 1998 and recorded on September 18, 1998 in Book 1146 at Page 0060 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on November 17, 2000 in Book 1146, Page 60, Union County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January

WAKE 18 SP 1760 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Thomas M. Thrower and Amy K. Thrower to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated August 23, 2012 and recorded on August 28, 2012 in Book 014903 at Page 00423, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale

tomary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 8, 2019 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 described herein is situated in the State of North Carolina, County of Randolph, City of Trinity, and is described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in New Market Township, Randolph County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

Premises in North Albemarle Township, Stanly County, North Carolina, described as follows: Lot No. 319, shown on map of Wiscassett Mills Company Village Subdivision, Albemarle, North Carolina, dated February 1972, by Gerald H. Ehringer, Registered Engineer, Albemarle, North Carolina, recorded in Map Book 6, page 61 E, Office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1110 Oak Street, Albemarle, North Carolina. Being the same property conveyed to Robert Louis Swink, tenancy not stated by deed from Jan Holmes Swink, tenancy not stated, dated 09/27/1982, filed 09/29/1982 and recorded in Deed In Book 331, Page 459 in Stanly County Records. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the

Lying and being in Richfield Township, Stanly County, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot No. 68 of Cardinal Estates, as shown on a plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 6 at Page 86, Stanly County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a complete description of said lost by metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 105 Fall Street, Richfield, North Carolina. For reference, see Deed recorded in Record Book 1387 at Page 488 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, North Carolina. The ed Current

following information is for reference purposes Parcel

ID

No.:

includonly:

652304901909

Current Street Address: Fall Street, Richfield, NC

105 28137

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

the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on January 10, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain real property situated in the County of Union State of North Carolina, described as follows: BEING all of Lot 4 of EMERALD WOODS as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Plat Book 7, at Page 48, in the Union County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5920 Emerald Woods Drive, Indian Trail, North Carolina. Parcel Number: K8-291-027 and D8-291-027 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars

16, 2019 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: The land referred to in this Commitment is described as follows: Lying and being situated in Union County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-13731-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-11061-FC02

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-09238-FC01

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 18 SP 48 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Tammy Faison-Harper to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated April 11, 2006 and recorded on April 17, 2006 in Book 011908 at Page 01675, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee

18 SP 1250 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Fabio Rosario and Ashunte Rosario to Law Offices Moore & Alphin, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated February 25, 2013 and recorded on February 26, 2013 in Book 015158 at Page 01794, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale

18 SP 2401 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Rosa L. Moore to Craig A. Williamson, Trustee(s), which was dated September 15, 2006 and recorded on September 18, 2006 in Book 012171 at Page 02534, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location

18 SP 180 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Wanda W. Caudle and Charles Craig Caudle to Andrew Valentine, Trustee(s), which was dated December 22, 2006 and recorded on January 12, 2007 in Book 012355 at Page 00670, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 7, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

18 SP 2400 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dwight O. Chavis to William T. Morrison and Philip M. Rudisill, Trustee(s), which was dated May 4, 2017 and recorded on May 4, 2017 in Book 016772 at Page 02641, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale

17 SP 2853 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by William A. Freeman and Martha P. Freeman to Morris & Schneider, Trustee(s), which was dated April 9, 2004 and recorded on April 14, 2004 in Book 010764 at Page 00961, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the

16 SP 1789 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Rita R. Thomas to Judy H. Woody, Trustee(s), which was dated August 30, 2006 and recorded on September 1, 2006 in Book 012149 at Page 01895, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location

WAKE 17 SP 2439 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Racquel N. Phifer to The Wall Law Firm, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated April 15, 2016 and recorded on April 15, 2016 in Book 016354 at Page 00861, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee

16 SP 1219 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jerry Wayne Phillips to National Title Agency, Trustee(s), which was dated October 24, 2008 and recorded on November 25, 2008 in Book 013310 at Page 01621 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on August 9, 2013 in Book 015398, Page 01809, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale

in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 7, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 35, of Villages at Pearl Ridge subdivision, as depicted in Map Book 2004, beginning at or including page 1117. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5504 Landreaux Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time

of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Tammy Faison-Harper. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan

without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 7, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT(S) 14, AMBER RIDGE, PHASE 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2007, PAGES 2298-2300, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1009 Harvest Point Drive, Fuquay Varina, NC 27526. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time

of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Ashunte Rosario. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior

to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 7, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of that tract of land containing 0.92 net acres (1.06 gross acres less 0.14 right-of-way acres) according to a map of a survey by Mullen, Williams & Pearce, P.A., Registered Land Surveyors, dated May 30, 1979, entitled “Property Survey for William Glover, St. Matthews Township, Wake County, North Carolina” and recorded in Book of Maps 1979, Page 443, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2805 Auburn Knightdale Road, Raleigh, NC 27610. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time

of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Rosa L. Moore. An Order for possession of the property may be is-

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

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

Beginning At An Existing Iron Pipe Stake Located North 73 Degs 55 Mins 43 Secs East A Distance Of 450.42 Feet From The Intersection Of Sr 2547 And The Southwestern Corner Of The Property Of Charles E. Caudle (See Deed Book 2369, Page 354, Wake County Registry); Thence North 73 Degs 55 Mins 43 Secs East A Distance 458.70 Feet To An Existing Iron Pipe; Thence North 04 Degs 48 Mins 28 Secs East A Distance Of 170.00 Feet To An Iron Pipe Stake; Thence North 89 Degs 50 Mins 09 Secs West A Distance Of 497.39 Feet To An Iron Pipe Stake; Thence South 08 Degs 05 Mins 48 Secs East A Distance Of 248.96 Feet To A New Point; Thence North 88 Degs 09 Mins 17 Secs West A Distance Of 98.73 Feet; Thence South 83 Degs 35 Mins 40 Secs West A Distance Of 170.53 Feet; Thence South 75 Degs 50 Mins 41 Secs West A Distance Of 159.44 Feet To An Iron Pipe Stake In The East Line Of Sr 2547; Thence South 13 Degs 00 Mins 55 Secs East A Distance Of 20 Feet To A New Point; Thence North 75 Degs 50 Mins 41 Secs East A Distance Of 158.48 Feet To An Iron Pipe Stake; Thence North 83 Degs 35 Mins 40 Secs East A Distance Of 167.73 Feet; Thence South 88 Degs 09 Mins 17 Secs East A Distance Of 100.79 Feet; Thence South 08 Degs 05 Mins 48 Secs East A Distance Of 31.54 Feet To The

Point And Place Of Beginning, Being 2.54 Acres With A 20 Foot Wide Concrete Drive Cut Out Of The Charles E. Caudle Property, According To Survey Entitled “Survey For Craig Caudle”, Prepared By Alsey J. Gilbert, Rls, Clayton, N.c.”, Dated 6/13/96. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 120 Handyman Lane, Garner, NC 27529. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior

liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Charles Craig Caudle. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for

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

at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 7, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 24, Section 2, Block B, Cloverdale subdivision, as depicted in Book of Maps 1954, page 115, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1300 Meadowbrook Drive, Garner, NC 27529. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due

and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Dwight O. Chavis and Annette Avery. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk

of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan

without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 7, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 63, FOXFIRE SUBDIVISION, SECTION 3 ACCORDING TO MAP RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1970, at PAGE 212, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2520 Foxgate Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE

EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Martha P. Freeman. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rent-

al agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole dis-

cretion, 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.

at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 7, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 9329, The Villages of Wakefield Parkside, Phase 2 as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 2001, Page 610-611, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 12521 Garden Tree Lane, Raleigh, NC 27614. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Rita R. Franklin and husband, Guy Edward Franklin. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the

rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 7, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 447, Phase III, Sections 2 & 11, Mingo Creek Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Pages 468-472, Wake County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1103 Hadel Place, Knightdale, NC 27545. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent

(5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Racquel N. Phifer. An Order for possession of the property may be is-

sued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior

to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 9, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: A tract or parcel of land in the County of Wake and State of North Carolina, and bounded as follows: BEING all of Lot 4, containing 0.754 acres as shown on map entitled “Recombination Map for Lots 3 and Lot 4, Jerry W. Phillips and Renee E. Phillips” prepared by Larry I. Chasak, PLS, and recorded in Book of Maps 2002, Page 1566, Wake County North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 600 Rand Mill Road, Garner, NC 27529. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars

($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Jerry Wayne Phillips. An Order for possession of the property may be is-

sued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior

to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-11352-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-06166-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-10911-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-14774-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-11484-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-07870-FC02

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-20617-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-08983-FC02

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 15-09503-FC01

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 570

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Nichols J. Santopietro and Dawn C. Santopietro (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Nick Santopietro and Dawn C. Santopietro) to CTC Foreclosure Services Corporation, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of June, 1997, and recorded in Book 7493, Page 0793, and Correction Affidavit in Book 14005, Page 1963, and Judgment in Book 14832, Page 1783, and Modification in Book 15277, Page 212, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake Coun-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2481 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Yvette G. Freeman (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Freeman, Yvette G.) to Zdenek Law Firm, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of June, 2008, and recorded in Book 013160, Page 00951, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary

18 SP 2222 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dennis M. Dingevan and Gail M. Dingevan to R. Brian Ball & Paul S. Bliley, Trustee(s), which was dated July 15, 2003 and recorded on July 21, 2003 in Book 010291 at Page 00891, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2758

NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Legacy of TAS, Inc. in the original amount of $120,000.00, payable to 5 ARCH Funding Corp., dated June 28, 2017 and recorded on July 3, 2017 in Book 16834, Page 2598, Wake County Registry. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Wake County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on January 18, 2019, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:

18 SP 92 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by David T. Buckingham and Mary Hollins Buckingham to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated March 12, 2007 and recorded on March 12, 2007 in Book 012441 at Page 02054, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale

18 SP 1388 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Thomas K. Sams and Demika H. Sams to First American Title, Trustee(s), which was dated July 21, 2008 and recorded on July 21, 2008 in Book 013184 at Page 01009, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the

18 SP 208 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Virginia M. Mullis to Jennifer Grant, Trustee(s), which was dated February 27, 2013 and recorded on February 27, 2013 in Book 15162 at Page 1250 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on May 1, 2017 in Book 16768, Page 1842, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1757 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Suzanne D. Blake (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): CCS Development, LLC) to H. Terry Hutchens, Esquire, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of May, 2009, and recorded in Book 13549, Page 1464, and Modification in Book 15765, Page 887, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 7, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situat-

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 973

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Truman Todd Cleveland, Sr. to Coastal Federal Financial Group, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of July, 2007, and recorded in Book 12671, Page 1239, and Additional Deed of Trust in Book 12671, Page 1255, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North

ty, 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 Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 14, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 163, Village Grove, Section 3 as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1982, Page 1140, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2505 Village Grove Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this

notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include,

but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the

default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 7, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 9 of Pine Hall Plantation Subdivision, Phase 1, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book of Maps 1996, Pages 1826-1827, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5125 Long Neck Court, Raleigh, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or

both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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 pri-

or to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of

sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1219655 (FC.FAY)

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 16, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 35 in THE PARK AT VALLEY STREAM subdivision, Phase Three, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book of Maps 2001, Page 658, WAKE County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 4920 Mocha Lane, Raleigh, NC 27616. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset

bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Dennis M. Dingevan. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and

against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition pri-

or 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.

BEGINNING at a stake on the south side of Penn Road, 195 feet in a westerly direction measured along the south aide of Penn Road from its intersection with the western side of North State Street; runs thence South 11 degrees 15 minutes West 136.70 feet to an iron stake in the southern line of Lot 131 on map to which reference is hereinafter made; runs thence North 76 degrees 50 minutes West 65.20 feet to an iron stake; runs thence North 11 degrees 15 minutes East 134.50 feet to an iron stake in the southern line of Penn Road; runs thence along the southern line of Penn Road South 78 degrees 45 minutes East 65.0 feet to the point and place of beginning, and being the western part of Lot 131 and the eastern part of Lot 132 of Capitol Heights, Raleigh, N. C., according to survey by D. C. Shearin; dated October 31, 1969. For map of Capitol Heights see Book of Maps 1945, Page 113, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 714 Penn Road, Raleigh, NC 27604. Tax ID: 1714211858 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owners of the property are Legacy of TAS, Inc. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the

property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the

validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute 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.

at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 16, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 219, Block 9, DREWRY HILLS SUBDIVISION, as shown by map recorded in Book of Maps 1965, Page 284, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3317 Landor Road, Raleigh, NC 27609. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due

and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are David T. Buckingham and wife, Mary H. Buckingham. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of

superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the

loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 16, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 7, Block 0, Biltmore Hills, Map #5, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1960, Page 274, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2021 Waters Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE

EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Demika H. Sams. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental

agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole

discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 16, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying and being in the Town of Apex, White Oak Township, WAKE County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition pri-

or to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

All of Lot 205 in Pemberley Subdivision, Phases 1A, 1B, 1C, 1E, 1F, & 5, as shown on the maps recorded in Book of Maps 2012, Pages 26-33, WAKE County Registry, to which maps reference is hereby made for a more particular description Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 821 Wickham Ridge Road, Apex, NC 27539. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent

(5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Virginia M. Mullis. An Order for possession of the property may be issued

ed in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land referred to in this exhibit is located in the County of Wake and the State of North Carolina in Deed Book 9053 at Page 23 and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe in the North right-of-way line of West Durham Road (formerly the New Raleigh-Durham Highway) as said road right-of-way has been extended and widened, and said point being in the common line between Lots 24 and 25 according to map to which reference is hereafter made; runs thence along the right-of-way of West Durham Road North 77 deg. 00’ West 100.0 feet to an iron pipe in the line between Lots 27 and 26; runs thence along the eastern line of Lot No. 27 North 13 deg. 00’ East 140.00 feet to an iron pipe located at the northeastern corner of Lot No. 27; runs thence along the southern line of Lots 38 and 37 South 77 deg. 00’ East 100.00 East to an iron pipe located at the northwestern corner of Lot No. 24; runs thence South 13 deg. 00’ West 140.00 feet to the point and place of beginning and being the greater portion of Lots 25 and 26 of the Mrs. Cora Adams Subdivision shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1920, Page 146, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon;

said property being located at 8616 Chapel Hill Road, Cary, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being

sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a

rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 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: 1247379 (FC.FAY)

Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on January 14, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 20, Holland Ridge Subdivision as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1997, Page 504, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1116 Holland Ridge Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agree-

ment, 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 pri-

or to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this no-

tice 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: 1153617 (FC.FAY)

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-09720-FC01

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: __________________ January N. Taylor, Bar #33512 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corner, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) jtaylor@mtglaw.com

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-19883-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-24771-FC02

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-19631-FC01

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: 1235161 (FC.FAY)

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