the BRIEF this week
U.S. ight cancellations will continue even after shutdown ends
Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the government shutdown ends. The Federal Aviation Administration is moving ahead with deeper cuts to ights at 40 major U.S. airports. After a weekend of thousands of canceled ights, airlines scrapped another 2,300 ights Monday and more than 1,000 for Tuesday. Air tra c controllers have been unpaid for nearly a month. Some have stopped showing up to work, citing the added stress and the need to take second jobs. Controller shortages led to average delays of four hours at Chicago O’Hare on Monday.
Record-low temps
shock Southeast while snowfall blankets parts of Northeast
The southeastern U.S. has plunged into record-low temperatures, a ecting 18 million people under a freeze warning across Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The cold spell moved from the Northern Plains and brought an abrupt transition to wintry temperatures. Some daily records were shattered, including a low of 28 degrees in Jacksonville, Florida. In Florida, temperatures led to a “falling iguana advisory” as iguanas froze into survival mode and fell from trees. Meanwhile, parts of the Great Lakes and Northeast experienced signi cant snowfall, causing hazardous driving conditions. Forecasters expected temps to rise by the end of the week.
Grassroots e ort puts vet
crosses along street
By Bob Wachs Chatham News & Record
PITTSBORO — Sometimes
a chance event leads to big things, and such is the case with the crosses lining West Street (U.S. 64) in Pittsboro from now until Saturday. They’re there in commem-
oration of Veterans Day, a day to remember veterans, both deceased and living, who wore the uniform of the nation’s armed forces whether in war time or peace. Veterans Day is one of three military national holidays celebrating armed forces. It honors those who served and took o the uniform; Armed Forces
Day honors those who still wear the uniform; and Memorial Day honors those who never got to take o the uniform. Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I, and celebrating the signing of that treaty on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.
Superintendent speaks on uni ed stipend reductions
The district is working toward a publicly accessible library catalog
By Ryan Henkel Chatham News & Record
PITTSBORO — In response to changes in the district’s unied stipend program, Chatham
County Schools Superintendent Anthony Jackson took time to discuss them at the Chatham County Schools Board of Education’s Nov. 3 meeting.
The uni ed stipend program, which was rst implemented in the spring semester last year, was intended to be inclusive of academics, arts and athletics.
“Some parents came to this
dais and said our teachers are doing things outside of school, can we recognize them and provide some support for them via a stipend of some sort for the time they put in outside of school,” Jackson said. “That was our intent with this.”
However, the initial stipend that was paid to teachers was greater than they were intend-
Siler City submits rst of audit backlog to LGC
“Between the start of 2021 and now, there’s been three di erent nance o cers, which has delayed things signi cantly.”
Jay Sharpe, auditor
The turnover of nance o cers has led to issues with conducting audits for years
By Ryan Henkel Chatham News & Record
SILER CITY — The Town of Siler City looks to be nally starting to work through its backlog of nancial audits.
At the Siler City Board of Commissioner’s Nov. 3 meeting, the board was updated on the current status of its FY 2022 audit. “Field work has been completed, the nancial statements have been prepared, and the audit has been submitted to the Local Government Com-
mission for their review and approval,” said Jay Sharpe, an audit partner at Sharpe Patel. “Once they do come back with that approval, we’ll be able to issue the June 30, 2022, audit.”
According to Sharpe, the town received an unmodied opinion on their nancial statements, which is the best opinion that they can receive.
However, he did note multiple issues in the ndings.
“Obviously the scope and timing of the audit were not on track,” Sharpe said. “I think you’re already well aware of the signi cant turnover in the nance department. The rst year we conducted the audit for the town was 2021,
The chance event which led to the local crosses which today are for both living and deceased veterans happened last year about this time when two friends, Lydia Karstaedt and Frances Wilson, traveled to Live Oak, Florida, to visit Wilson’s brothers.
“When we rode into town,” Karstaedt said, “the streets were lined with crosses. It was so impressive. We stopped and talked with some local folks and said to each other, ‘Why can’t we do this in Pittsboro?’
“From there,” she said,
ed to be. District sta mistakenly paid stipends based on experience rather than it being just a at rate stipend for all teachers.
This resulted in a $118,000 overage that had to be paid out of fund balance.
In response to this and in order to get the stipend back into a sustainable model, some academic stipend categories were discontinued or reduced. All 51 arts stipends were sustained but at a reduced at rate.
“There’s no ill intent here, but we’re running a $140 million business,” Jackson said. “We can’t run that on emotion.”
/ CHATHAM NEWS & RECORD.
Crosses placed in commemoration of Veterans Day line the side of West Street in Pittsboro.
Nov. 4
• Milton Eugine Clark Jr., 54, of Durham, was arrested for larceny from merchant.
Nov. 5
• Adolph Durand Rush, 61, of Franklinville, was arrested for communicating threats, misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and injury to personal property.
• Jason Odell Oldham, 46, of Lillington, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, assault with deadly weapon with serious injury, assault on a female and rst degree kidnapping.
Nov. 7
• Jacori Naisjay Alston, 23, of Siler City, was arrested for simple assault.
Nov. 9
• Phillip Charles Laney Jr., 47, was arrested for possession of rearm by felon.
• Pablo SuarezBaldovinos, 32, of Siler City, was arrested for assault on a female.
• Kasadee Blaine Blackburn, 32, of Chapel Hill, was arrested for misdemeanor larceny.
Chatham seeks residents for advisory boards
Applications due Nov. 30 for six committees overseeing county issues
Chatham News & Record sta
CHATHAM COUNTY is accepting applications for vacancies on six advisory committees, o ering residents an opportunity to weigh in on county issues. The application deadline is Friday, Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. Interested residents can apply online through the county website or request a printed application from Jenifer Johnson at jenifer. johnson@chathamcountync. gov or 919-542-8200.
The Agriculture Advisory Board has one at-large vacancy expiring June 30, 2029. The board advises commissioners on agricultural and land use issues, and it reviews applications for farm properties seeking Voluntary Agriculture District designation.
The Appearance Commis-
Nov. 30
Applications due for board vacancies
sion has an at-large vacancy expiring June 30, 2026. The commission oversees programs to enhance the county’s appearance and reviews nonresidential site plans for business, industrial, conditional zoning districts and conditional use permits.
The Housing Authority has an at-large vacancy expiring Dec. 30, 2028. The authority oversees federal funds to help quali ed low-income residents with rental payments and works with some families to develop ve-year plans toward self-su ciency or homeownership through subsidized mortgages.
The Community Advisory Committee for Nursing and
Adult Care Homes has several vacancies. The committee serves as a central point for fostering increased community involvement in adult care homes and nursing homes.
The Planning Board has a District 4 recommended vacancy expiring Dec. 31, 2026. The board advises county commissioners on planning, zoning and subdivision issues. The Zoning Board of Adjustment has a District 1 recommended vacancy expiring June 30, 2027. The board holds hearings and makes decisions on appeals and variances of county land use and development regulations. Applicants must live outside town limits and extraterritorial districts and commit to extensive training with the county attorney. The board meets as needed, which may be infrequent. Some vacancies are district-speci c. Residents can nd their commissioner district on the county website or N.C. State Board of Elections website.
The games that will be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame for 2025 include Trivial Pursuit and slime.
Slime, Battleship, Trivial Pursuit enshrined into Toy Hall of Fame
They beat out Catan, Tickle
Me Elmo and snow
By Carolyn Thompson The Associated Press
SLIME, that gooey, sticky and often-homemade plaything, was enshrined into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with perennial bestselling games Battleship and Trivial Pursuit.
Each year, the Hall of Fame recognizes toys that have inspired creative play across generations, culling its nalists from among thousands of nominees sent in online. Voting by the public and a panel of experts decides which playthings will be inducted.
Milton Bradley’s Battleship, a strategy game that challenges players to strike an opponent’s warships, and Trivial Pursuit, which tests players’ knowledge in categories like geography and sports, have each sold more than 100 million copies over several decades, according to the Hall of Fame.
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and between the start of that audit and now, there’s been three di erent nance ocers, which has delayed things signi cantly.”
The rm also found a significant de ciency and a material weakness with expenditures and internal controls, which were repeats from prior years.
“Overexpenditure of the budget was a signi cant deciency and the internal controls over nancial reporting was a material weakness, and that was a nding because of the delays of being able to conduct the audit, and this is
Battleship started as a pencil-and-paper game in the 1930s, but it was Milton Bradley’s 1967 plastic edition with fold-up stations and model ships that became a hit with the public. Its popularity crested when Universal Pictures and Hasbro, which now owns Milton Bradley, released the 2012 movie “Battleship,” loosely based on the game. Battleship was also among the rst board games to be computerized in 1979, according to the Hall of Fame, and now there are numerous, electronic versions.
Trivial Pursuit lets players compete alone or in teams as they maneuver around a board answering trivia questions in exchange for wedges in a game piece. Canadian journalists Chris Haney and Scott Abbott came up with the game in 1979 and eventually sold the rights to Hasbro. Frequently updated, specialty versions have emerged for young players, baby boomers and other segments and an online daily quiz keeps players engaged, chief curator Chris Bensch said.
a repeat nding from 2021,” Sharpe said.
According to Assistant Town Manager Kimberly Pickard, the town has also been working closely with the Local Government Commission (LGC) to ensure that those recommended internal controls have been put into place.
Siler City currently sits on the LGC’s watchlist due to late audit reports, and that has led to a withholding of portions of sales tax distribution for the town.
The town appealed this decision but was denied earlier this year.
However, Siler City is hoping
Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up in Chatham County.
Nov. 14
Where the Stars, Stripes and Eagles Fly 9:30-10:15 a.m.
This program, designed for children ages 3-5, is part of the Chatham America 250 celebration. Participants will be introduced to patriotic symbols through craft and story time, which will explain how these things came to be associated with U.S. history and identity. Registration, which is required and costs $7, is now open and closes on Nov. 3. Contact 919-642-7086.
Chatham Grove Community Center 1301 Andrews Store Road Pittsboro
Run & Roam Fridays at The Plant 3-9 p.m.
Family-friendly fun to kick o your weekend with bubbles, games, hula hoops, refreshments and more.
220 Lorax Lane Pittsboro
Nov. 15
Mill Town Yarns presents the Regional NC Storytellers Showcase at BFP
7-8:30 p.m.
An evening of professional storytelling by members of the NC Storytelling Guild: Ron Jones, Cynthia Brown, Steven Tate, Willa Brigham, Peg Helminski and Robin Kitson. No admission, but donations are encouraged.
Front Porch, Bynum General Store 950 Bynum Road Bynum
Slime’s appeal is more about squish than skill. It was introduced commercially in 1976 and has been manufactured under various brand names, but it is even more accessible as a do-it-yourself project. The internet o ers a variety of recipes using ingredients like baking soda, glue and contact lens solution.
“Though slime continues to carry icky connotations to slugs and swamps — all part of the fun for some — the toy o ers meaningful play,” curator Michelle Parnett-Dwyer said, adding that it’s also used for stress relief and building motor skills.
The honorees will be on permanent display at the Hall of Fame inside The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.
This year’s inductees were voted in over other nominees including the games Catan and Connect Four, the Spirograph drawing device, the “Star Wars” lightsaber, Furby and Tickle Me Elmo. They also beat out classics including scooters, cornhole and snow.
to get all caught up before too long.
“I just want to thank you for a job well done and for getting us into a good place, and hopefully once the LGC goes in and gives that approval, we can move on to the next one,” said Mayor Donald Matthews. “I also want to thank John (O’Keefe) for getting us to a good place. I do understand that it was rough trying to put all this together and get it into the auditors hands, especially when you didn’t have anything to do with it previously.”
The Town of Siler City Board of Commissioners will next meet Nov. 17.
Nov. 16
Third Annual Chestnut Carnival Noon to 6 p.m.
A day dedicated to celebrating the chestnut with roasted and shelled chestnuts o ered for sale along with themed beverages, including chestnut beer and cocktails. Vendors will be on hand o ering a range of items for purchase. The event will also feature live musical performances.
The Plant 220 Lorax Lane Pittsboro
Nov.
18
Yoga at BFP
6-7 p.m.
Yoga class for all tness levels. Bring your own mat. Free to attend; suggested donation of $15.
Front Porch, Bynum General Store 950 Bynum Road Bynum
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Chris Black, store manager of the Food Lion in Siler City, wrote in to share that customer Leonard Arsenault, a Vietnam-era veteran, and his daughter Ida Bailey have for the third consecutive year purchased $1,000 worth of Holiday Hunger Boxes to donate to CORA Food Pantry. The 182 boxes, which Arsenault purchased on Veterans Day, are given in memory of Marie Casper, Arsenault’s late wife, and Johnnie Delissio, Bailey’s late mother-in-law. Arsenault and Bailey are pictured with their 2024 donation.
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles speaks during a campaign event for Kamala Harris in Charlotte, last September.
Charlotte reelects Lyles despite fallout over train stabbing
The mayor won reelection comfortably with more than 70% of the vote
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE — Voters in North Carolina’s largest city reelected their Democratic mayor, keeping her in place even as safety concerns in Charlotte have risen since the August stabbing death of a young Ukrainian woman on a commuter train.
Vi Lyles won comfortably on Tuesday over Republican and Libertarian challengers in a city that hasn’t elected a GOP mayor since 2007.
“I am just so grateful for the voters — for the people that helped me be here tonight — to be able to say that I have the opportunity to serve the city once more,” Lyles told WBTV on Tuesday evening.
The Aug. 22 killing of 23-yearold Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail car sparked outrage from President Donald Trump and other Republicans about violent crime and pretrial release decisions. It also sharpened campaigning in Charlotte, where Republican candidate Terrie Donovan,
a real estate agent, had made crime her top issue even before the stabbing.
Decarlos Brown Jr., the suspect in Zarutska’s stabbing, had previously been arrested more than a dozen times, and he was released earlier this year by a magistrate on a misdemeanor count without any bond. Public anger intensi ed with the release of security video showing what appeared as a random attack.
The GOP-controlled state legislature passed a law in late September that, in part, tightened pretrial release rules. Lyles, who easily won the Democratic mayoral primary, has highlighted additional safety measures for the light rail system, including a greater presence of transit system o cers.
Lyles, a former longtime municipal employee, said Tuesday that city o cials need to follow the lead of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on what public safety improvements are needed “instead of trying just to say, ‘Well, we’ll just throw something out there.’”
City leaders announced just last week the hiring of recent
Democrats on the 12-person city council
Raleigh police chief Estella Patterson as Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s next chief. Current Chief Johnny Jennings is retiring at year’s end.
Brown is charged with rst-degree murder in state court and was indicted on a federal count in connection with Zarutska’s death. Both crimes can be punishable by the death penalty. Brown’s next state court hearing is scheduled for April.
Democrats outnumber Republicans by over 2-1 in voter registration in Charlotte, which has well over 900,000 residents. But the number of registered una liated voters is nearly on par with Democrats.
The mayor and 11 elected ofcials comprise Charlotte’s city council. With Tuesday’s elections, Democrats will soon hold 10 of the 11 other seats.
Bible study: Romans 2:1-13, Church of Living Water; Pastor/Bishop James Mitchell. Don’t be ashamed of God’s Holy Word! These Democrats today have turned into socialists/ communists, anti-Christian, haters of Jews, and anti-America. California, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia are run by radical/anti-America Democrats. New York just voted in a socialist/ communist Democrat. Virginia just voted in a DA who said he had A bullet for the Republican and death for his children. You who vote for evil will reap what you have done. For God’s wrath is upon all evil-doers. Republicans, we need to stand strong in God’s power! The Democrats have shut down food supplies for our needy American citizens. Democrats want 1.5 trillion dollars to spend on these illegals/criminals for their votes. Since the Democrat Party is anti-law enforcement, leave these Democratstates, where we’re thankful for your duty. To all the evil doers, repent; you must be born again!
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COURTESY
THE CONVERSATION
Trip Ho end, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor
On Veterans Day
We recognized veterans last Sunday in church by asking them to stand. The congregation broke into applause, quite unlike the frozen chosen.
VETERANS DAY IS spelled without an apostrophe because the holiday does not belong to a speci c group of veterans but is set aside to honor all of them. This would distinguish the commemoration from Father’s or Mother’s Day, which is for personal recognition. That said, any recognition is abstract unless there is a personal connection.
We recognized veterans last Sunday in church by asking them to stand. The congregation broke into applause, quite unlike the frozen chosen.
Every year on Veterans Day, my friend Jim makes a point to call every veteran he knows and thank each one of them. He has inspired me to do the same. In addition to the older veterans in my congregation, I speak with young men who had fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. They carry scars, both physical and mental, from those deployments. There is nothing abstract about any personal experience.
Veterans carry plenty of memories. As Tim O’Brien wrote, “They carried all they could bear, and then some.” There are some things that are never put down. A veteran enters a room and still checks the trash can for bombs. Veterans speak of friends who have lost their limbs, vision or even lives. “Sometimes when I close my eyes,” one veteran told me, “I see him lying on the ground with blood pooling around his body.”
War is hell. No one knows this more personally than a veteran.
War is also used for political purposes. Recently, President Donald Trump rebranded our Department of Defense as the Department of War. Our newly minted Secretary of War frequently calls for a “warrior ethos.” However, this warrior ethos cannot be the only narrative. As veteran and writer Phil Klay put it, women and men join the armed forces because they were “raised in our American democracy with its love of liberty, strong civic institutions and glorious past.” In turn, Klay claims that the rest of America should take heart from their example and commit ourselves “with equal vigor to sustaining American civil society.” Taking the recent federal government shutdown as an example, I see little evidence that our elected o cials are supporting “strong civic institutions.” This de ciency is shortsighted.
Kurt Vonnegut lamented that America has no “Secretary of the Future.” I pray that our elected o cials and citizens will use every ounce of energy, intelligence and imagination to seek nonviolent solutions, which lead to reconciliation and a vision of peace taught by every world religion. After talking with veterans who have experienced the horrors of war, I believe that pursuing peace is a tting commitment for every single day.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman’s newest book is “This Is the Day.” He serves as pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church as well as a writer, pizza maker, co ee drinker and student of joy.
Where are the rats going when they do all that racing?
That sort of behavior behind the wheel is a bit unnerving because there’s still slow-moving farm equipment up and down our road, sometimes piloted by me.
DEEP DOWN inside my insides, I really don’t think I’m antisocial, and I don’t think I’ve exhibited deviant behavior through the years unless you count tying a june bug to a string and making an airplane out of him until setting him free. But sometimes, once in awhile, I can sort of understand why some folks decide to move to the forests of Idaho or somewhere similar and live without the rat race of life.
I get that way when more and more folks turn the little road we live on into the portion of Interstate 40 near Statesville where the posted speed limit is 70, and if that’s as fast as you go there, then you run the risk of being turned into a pancake. I remember years ago when Shirley was bugging me to get married and I’d come up to visit her at her folks who lived on our little road. We’d sit out in the yard, often times with a freezer of homemade ice cream, and it was somewhat of a special occasion when a car or truck went by and we tried to gure out if we knew who was behind the wheel.
Now it’s more like if I could set up a toll booth, I wouldn’t care what happens to Social Security; I’d never need any additional money. The thing is I don’t mind the people so much as some of the behavior they bring with them. On our not-so-wide road where you de nitely couldn’t do three-wide at Talladega, too many folks drive like there’s no tomorrow.
For some of them, because of the way they drive, that’s going to become a self-ful lling prophecy.
That sort of behavior behind the wheel is a bit unnerving because there’s still slow-moving farm equipment up and down our road, sometimes piloted
by me. There are also lots of dogs and deer and neighborhood children and school busses. I’ve had people pull right up behind a trailer load of round bales of hay to the point I can’t see them. I wonder if they are either planning to get onto the load or if they think a 4-foot-by-5-foot roll of hay won’t atten their Honda’s hood. It bothers me when I’m riding along like that and give a left-turn hand signal and Clarabelle the Clown thinks I’m motioning for her to come around and she almost T-bones me as I turn.
Is it possible that the ve or 10 minutes it would take to wait is really that critical? And then I realize that often I’m in the same predicament, and that’s when it becomes really tempting to chuck it all.
There’s a line in the movie “The Hunt for Red October,” a thriller about a cat-and-mouse game with American and Russian submarines, where one of the Russian o cers has been fatally wounded. With his last breath he tells his friend, “I would like to have seen Montana.”
Sometimes that’s how I feel. Plenty of books. Plenty of food and co ee. Lots and lots of wood since, I’m told, it gets cold in Montana. And enough time to enjoy it all. That seems like a prescription worth lling.
I wonder if the family doc would write one … or if he could get folks to slow down and not turn the beauty of Mother Nature into a blur, especially as pretty as her colors are and have been this time of year.
Bob Wachs is a native of Chatham County and emeritus editor at Chatham News & Record. He serves as pastor of Bear Creek Baptist Church.
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Riding to my rescue
I was born with an over-developed sense of “should.”
In quiet moments, and those times during blustery
North Carolina weather, I’m relaxed and calm. Should-free.
WHAT IS IT about rain that removes the onus from doing something, relieving me of my ever-gnawing shoulds? It’s dark outside, I hear the rain increasing and decreasing, lulling me whichever way it falls. Relaxed. Sure, there’s that ever present to-do list, but somehow it’s been banished to the back burner. Such a relief. There’s a freedom inherent in rain. A reprieve from DOING. A rare reprieve … or perhaps I should say a rare reprieve from my own, lifelong, pernicious shoulds. Rain is my “get out of shoulds pass.” (Should I move to Seattle?) I was born with an over-developed sense of “should.” In quiet moments, and those times during blustery North Carolina weather, I’m relaxed and calm. Should-free.
As per usual, my lifelong shoulds sneak right back up on me. Shouldn’t I be doing something more worthwhile? Worthwhile, worthwhile? (I think I hate this question …) Impacting the world in constructive ways. It’s a hurtin’ world out there. Okey-doke, let’s talk impacting-theworld. What if my rain experience of feeling peaceful and calm does impact the world? But what if I can’t perceive
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substantial or even small changes in the world around m, during my should-free states of peace and calm?
Oh God, it now sounds like I’m implying my hoped-for, should-free, states lead to a thirsty and unnurtured world. Geez, already … I’m turning myself into an emotional pretzel! Stop, already. You got it? Just stop! This has really gone on too long. Enough with the belief that shoulds are my only e ective tool for making change in our world. Does my peaceful state arising from enjoying the rain mean nothing? Does that make me solely a bump on a log? (Not that I, of course, have anything against bumps on logs.)
Oh, thank heavens, a 20th-century Quaker philosopher, Douglas Steere, comes riding to my rescue. To be more exact, a rescue from my pernicious shoulds.
“The mysterious thing of it all is that there are no ‘little’ things. Everything matters and everything leads to something else.”
Ah, the rain is beginning to fall again …
Jan Hutton, a resident of Chatham County and retired hospice social worker, lives life with heart and humor.
Federal and state governments are rooting out DEI & ESG
It’s all a scheme to package the woke Left’s agenda and to fundamentally change America for the worse.
FOLLOWING PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s executive orders to root out and eliminate ESG and DEI policies from government agencies and departments, it might be easy to think the war against these destructive ideas is won.
Radical leftists are losing voter support for ESG and DEI at the ballot box, in legislative chambers around the country and in public opinion. But sadly, any attempt to declare victory regarding the end of ESG or DEI would be wrong. Ultraleft activists and entrenched government bureaucrats who support these polices are working overtime to rename ESG and DEI rules so they attract less attention but are still enforced.
ESG (environmental, social and governance) and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) sound innocent, and that’s the point. Nestled within these two seemingly innocuous acronyms (who could be against inclusion?) are radical, insidious and antiAmerican agendas.
Going through the letters “ESG,” the realities become apparent. “Environmental” really means climate alarmism and eliminating the safest, most a ordable and most reliable energy sources in favor of solar and wind, which are as unreliable as they are una ordable. “Social” is where DEI lives with racial quotas for hiring, discriminating based on skin color and the worst elements of gender ideology. And “governance” underpins it all by manipulating our free enterprise system to take control of companies and turn them into tools for the woke.
It’s all a scheme to package the woke left’s agenda and to fundamentally change America for the worse, making it unrecognizable. It is moving us from a meritocracy that values hard work and rewards success to a kakistocracy. Particularly insidious is that this allows the left to implement the worst elements of its agenda without winning elections, without passing laws in Congress or state legislatures, and without any of us having a say in our nation’s future.
There is, however, positive momentum. Many state policymakers have been sounding the alarm for years, but this year the movement against ESG and DEI achieved critical mass. Trump has issued three executive orders targeting DEI (Executive Order 14151, Executive Order 14173, and Executive Order 14168) and two targeting ESG (Executive Order 14154 and Executive Order 14259). These orders terminated all DEI positions in the federal government, banned contractors from using it in hiring, directed the Department of Justice to investigate civil rights violations related to
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JENNY BETH MARTIN
It’s time to impeach Judge Boasberg
PUBLIC TRUST IN THE impartiality of our judiciary is one of the crown jewels of the American republic. Federal judges, unlike politicians, do not stand for election, and the power they wield is immense precisely because it is supposed to be restrained by duty, precedent and the Constitution. When that restraint fails, the remedy is clear: impeachment. Judge James E. Boasberg’s conduct in approving sweeping subpoenas and gag orders as part of the FBI’s “Arctic Frost” investigation shows a breach of trust serious enough to merit that remedy.
Start with the facts: Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, recently disclosed that the FBI’s Arctic Frost probe — launched under the Biden administration and later folded into Special Counsel Jack Smith’s probe — was far broader than the public was led to believe. The investigation targeted not just a few Trump allies or campaign gures but “the entire Republican political apparatus.” Agents sought records from at least 430 individuals, groups and businesses tied to the GOP, issuing some 197 subpoenas in the process. Among those ensnared were Republican senators, former Trump o cials and conservative organizations such as Turning Point USA.
That level of sweep might be understandable, and tolerable, if justi ed by credible evidence of criminal conspiracy. But Grassley’s review found no probable cause linking this many targets to an identi able crime. Instead, the evidence points to what Grassley called “the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends.” In short, Arctic Frost appears to have been less an investigation into wrongdoing than an exercise in political surveillance.
its use in the private sector, directed the U.S. attorney general to block enforcement of state and local ESG laws, and rescinded all Biden ESG and DEI executive orders.
The Trump administration has taken unprecedented steps to weed out DEI and ESG from both the public and private sectors, ending programs and cutting funding. The Harts eld-Jackson Atlanta International Airport lost more than $37 million in grants when it refused to end DEI. The Trump administration also halted $18 billion in funding for infrastructure projects in New York City due to concerns about the city’s DEI policies.
State governments have also acted. So far, 22 states have banned or restricted DEI and ESG. Earlier this year, nancial o cers from 21 states sent a warning letter to the nation’s largest banks, urging them to end woke investing policies.
Texas enacted a parental bill of rights that ends DEI and bans instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in public K-12 schools. In Indiana, State Attorney General Todd Rokita moved to block state contracts with law rms that have DEI initiatives following an executive order from Gov. Mike Braun.
Before stepping down in August to become a deputy director of the FBI, former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sued IBM and Starbucks for their discriminatory DEI policies and launched an investigation into two foreign-owned proxy advisory rms for promoting ESG. Despite all this progress, victory celebrations would be premature. Sal Nuzzo, executive director of Consumers Defense, which works to protect American consumers from ESG and woke companies, warns:
“ESG isn’t dead, it’s simply rebranding. The radicals on the Left are publicly proclaiming that they have seen the light while at the same time simply changing the terms to things like ‘sustainability’ and ‘transparency’ in the hopes of waiting out the current momentum. We forget this to our detriment.”
ESG and DEI aren’t just bad ideas — they are destructive forces that must be eradicated. They harm our economy, divide our country, and increasingly violate state and federal laws. Those who want to change the very fabric of America will not simply concede and surrender. We all must remain vigilant to recognize the next iterations of ESG and DEI and continue to root them out.
Harry Roth is director of outreach for Save Our States. This column was rst published by The Daily Signal.
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Boasberg’s role was not tangential. As chief dudge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, he personally approved the subpoenas and the gag orders that kept their existence secret. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, whose phone metadata was sought, revealed that AT&T had been forbidden by court order to inform him of the subpoena for at least one year. “If a judge signs an order reaching a factual conclusion for which there is no evidence whatsoever,” Cruz said, “that judge is abusing his power.” Cruz is right.
Judges are not grand jurors, nor are they partisan gatekeepers. Their constitutional duty is to test the government’s assertions before granting its requests to intrude on private citizens. A judge’s signature carries the force of law only because it represents independent judgment. When that independence is abandoned — when a judge becomes a rubber stamp for politically charged investigations — the separation of powers itself begins to erode.
Boasberg’s defenders note that the chief judge of the D.C. Circuit routinely handled classi ed or grand jury matters and that his approvals may have been routine. That is precisely the problem. What should never be “routine” is secret surveillance of political actors without clear, nonpartisan justi cation. Impeachment is not to be taken lightly. The Constitution reserves it for “high crimes and misdemeanors,” which historically includes serious abuses of o ce. A judge who repeatedly fails to exercise due scrutiny over politically sensitive investigations ts that description.
Some will object that impeachment of a sitting federal judge risks politicizing the judiciary further. That argument reverses cause and e ect. It is precisely because the judiciary must remain apolitical that accountability is essential when a judge steps into politics. Congress impeached and removed Judge Alcee Hastings in 1989 for falsifying evidence and perjuring himself. It impeached and removed Judge Thomas Porteous in 2010 for corruption. Judicial independence is not immunity. The same principle must apply when a judge’s conduct facilitates the weaponization of justice for partisan ends.
The larger question is whether Americans still believe the law applies equally. The Arctic Frost a air is a troubling episode that lends weight to the argument that the law is applied unequally. When subpoenas reach across entire political parties while evidence of actual criminality is not made available for public review, citizens cannot be blamed for suspecting the system is tilted.
Congress cannot restore that trust merely by complaining in hearings or issuing press releases. It must act. The House of Representatives has the authority — and the obligation — to investigate Boasberg’s role, to subpoena the Justice Department’s submissions for his approval and to determine whether he violated his oath to “administer justice without respect to persons.” If the evidence shows that he violated his oath, the House should pass articles of impeachment, and the Senate should hold a trial. No other mechanism will su ce to reassert the principle that even judges are accountable under the Constitution.
The strength of America’s republic depends on the restraint of those who wield power — especially those who wield it for life. If Boasberg believed it was appropriate to sign orders allowing the FBI and DOJ to harvest the communications of elected lawmakers and political organizations without solid cause, then he has demonstrated precisely the kind of judgment that the Founders feared. The time has come for Congress to redraw the line. Judicial independence requires it. So does the Constitution.
Jenny Beth Martin is honorary chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action. This article was rst published by Daily Caller News Foundation.
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David Elvin Gri n
Jan. 18, 1955 – Nov. 2, 2025
David Elvin Gri n, 70, of Bear Creek, passed away at his home on Sunday, November 2nd, 2025.
David was born in Lee County on January 18th, 1955, to John Tim Gri n and Shelby Elkins Spence. He is preceded in death by his father.
David attended Wayden Whitley High School. He worked at Pizza Hut in Sanford and Smith eld in Siler City. He enjoyed watching basketball
Nov. 24, 1958 –Oct. 30, 2025
Julie Glasser Harrison, 66, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, passed away on October 30th, 2025, surrounded by her family.
Julie was born on November 24th, 1958, in Siler City, North Carolina. She attended Jordan Matthews High School and graduated from East Carolina University with her Bachelor of Education in 1981. She spent her career pouring into the minds of elementary school students across Durham and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public Schools. Julie brought a special magic to her classroom—a magic that was continually shared when we ran into her former students around town.
Julie knew no stranger. She
and playing cards. He enjoyed playing golf and watching TV. David was a big NC State fan. He loved seeing his daughter and going to Colorado. Left to cherish David’s memory is his mother, Shelby Elkins Spence; his daughter, Carrie Shearman and her partner, Jonathan of Aurora, CO; his three halfsisters, Janet Sweptson and her husband, Leroy of Pittsboro, Dawn G. Williams and her husband Jamie Ellis of Bear Creek, and Amy Gri n of Bear Creek; and two granddaughters, Hannah & Hayley Gri n. Memorials can be made to Chatham Animal Rescue & Education, wl.donorperfect. net/weblink/weblink. aspx?name=E347622&id=2 There will be no services at this time.
Smith & Buckner Funeral
Home is assisting the Gri n family. Online condolences can be made at www.smithbucknerfh. com
had a knack for making friends and spreading joy everywhere she went. Julie loved animals, game nights, music, and anything that involved being with her beloved family. Her greatest joy in life was being a mom, grandmother, sister, and daughter.
Julie was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Harrison; father Howard Glasser; and mother Jean Merriman Glasser. She is survived by her children, Sarah Chadwick (Gabe) and Benjamin Harrison (Cara); grandson, Beau Chadwick; siblings, Ann Milligan (Shaun), Lynn Glasser (Jackie), and Nell Smith (Bo); and lastly, her rescue kitty, Lilly. A private Celebration of Life will be held at the coast in the new year.
Julie valued education and loved her grandson deeply. In lieu of owers, please consider donating to Beau’s college education fund. Contributions can be made through the following link: https://gifting. my oridaprepaid.com/s/?cod e=ejPEjh5jpmhvMr5djhEuetcj xU1eG8%2F7ONkwpl3q%2BX I%3D Smith & Buckner Funeral Home is assisting the Harrison family. Online condolences can be made at www.smithbucknerfh. com
MARCUS R. COLLINS NOVEMBER 7TH, 2025
Mr. Marcus R. Collins, 47, of Siler City, North Carolina entered into eternal rest on Friday, November 7, 2025. Arrangements are entrusted to McLeod Funeral Home of Sanford, North Carolina.
He was the de facto chief operating o cer of the George W. Bush presidency
By Calvin Woodward The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at 84.
Cheney died Monday due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said Tuesday.
The quietly forceful Cheney led the armed forces as defense secretary during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning to public life as vice president under Bush’s eldest son, George W. Bush.
Cheney was, in e ect, the chief operating o cer of the younger Bush’s presidency. He often had a commanding hand in implementing decisions most important to the president and some of surpassing interest to himself — all while living with decades of heart disease and, post-administration, a heart transplant. Cheney consistently defended the extraordinary tools of surveillance, detention and inquisition employed in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
“History will remember him as among the nest public servants of his generation — a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position he held,” Bush said.
Years after leaving o ce, Cheney became a target of President Donald Trump, especially after his daughter Liz Cheney became the leading Republican critic and examiner of Trump’s attempts to stay in power after his 2020 election defeat and his actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Trump said nothing about Cheney publicly in the hours after his death was disclosed. The White House lowered ags to half-sta in remembrance of him but without the usual announcement or proclamation praising the deceased.
Cheney said last year he was voting for Democrat Kamala Harris for president against Trump.
For all his conservatism, Cheney was privately and publicly supportive of his daughter
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Mary Cheney after she came out as gay, years before same-sex marriage was broadly supported. “Freedom means freedom for everyone,” he said.
In his time in o ce, no longer was the vice presidency merely a ceremonial afterthought. Instead, Cheney made it a network of back channels from which to in uence policy on Iraq, terrorism, presidential powers and energy.
A hard-liner on Iraq, Cheney was proved wrong about the rationale for the Iraq War, a point he didn’t acknowledge.
He alleged links between the 9/11 attacks and prewar Iraq that didn’t exist. He said U.S. troops would be welcomed as liberators; they weren’t.
He declared the Iraqi insurgency in its last throes in May 2005, when 1,661 U.S. service members had been killed, not even half the toll by the war’s end.
Cheney and Bush struck an odd bargain, unspoken but well understood. Shelving ambitions he might have had to succeed Bush, Cheney was accorded extraordinary power.
His penchant for secrecy had a price. He came to be seen as a Machiavelli orchestrating a bungled response to criticism of the Iraq War. And when he shot a hunting companion with an errant shotgun blast in 2006, he and his coterie were slow to disclose that episode. The victim, his friend Harry Whittington, recovered and forgave him.
Bush asked Cheney to lead a search for his vice president, eventually deciding the job should go to Cheney himself. Their election in 2000 was ultimately sealed by the Supreme Court after a protracted legal ght.
On Capitol Hill, Cheney lobbied for the president’s programs where he had once served as a deeply conservative member of Congress and the No. 2 Republican House leader. On Sept. 11, 2001, with Bush out of town, the president gave Cheney approval to authorize the military to shoot down hijacked planes. By then, two airliners had hit the World Trade Center and a third was bearing down on the capital. A Secret Service agent burst into the West Wing room, grabbed Cheney by the belt and shoulder and led him to a bunker underneath the White House.
Cheney’s career in Washington started with a congressional fellowship in 1968. He became a protégé of Rep. Donald Rumsfeld (R-Ill.), serving under him in Gerald Ford’s White House before he was elevated to chief of sta , the youngest ever, at age 34.
He later returned to Casper, Wyoming, and won the state’s lone congressional seat, the rst of six terms.
In 1989, Cheney became defense secretary and led the Pentagon during the 1990 -91 Persian Gulf War. Between the two Bush administrations, Cheney led Dallas-based Halliburton Corp., an oil industry services company.
Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, son of a longtime Agriculture Department worker. Senior class president and football co-captain in Casper, he went to Yale on a full scholarship for a year but failed out. He moved back to Wyoming and renewed a relationship with high school sweetheart Lynne Anne Vincent, marrying her in 1964. He is survived by his wife and daughters.
Julie Glasser Harrison
CHUCK BURTON / AP PHOTO
Vice President Dick Cheney gestures while speaking at the Charlotte Chamber in 2008.
Sally
Kirkland, stage and screen star who earned
an Oscar nomination in ‘Anna,’ dead at age 84
She appeared in numerous lms, including a cameo in “Blazing Saddles”
By Mark Kennedy The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Sally Kirkland, a one-time model who became a regular on stage, lm and TV, best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting” and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie “Anna,” has died. She was 84.
Her representative, Michael Greene, said Kirkland died Tuesday morning at a hospice in Palm Springs, California.
Friends established a GoFundMe account this fall for her medical care. They said she had fractured four bones in her neck, right wrist and left hip. While recovering, she also developed infections, requiring hospitalization and rehab.
“She was funny, feisty, vulnerable and self deprecating,” actor Jennifer Tilly, who costarred with Kirkland in “Sallywood,” wrote on X. “She never wanted anyone to say she was gone. ‘Don’t say Sally died, say Sally passed on into the spirits.’ Safe passage beautiful lady.”
Kirkland acted in such lms as “The Way We Were” with Barbra Streisand, “Revenge”
with Kevin Costner, “Cold Feet” with Keith Carradine and Tom Waits, Ron Howard’s “EDtv,” Oliver Stone’s “JFK,” “Heatwave” with Cicely Tyson, “High Stakes” with Kathy Bates, “Bruce Almighty” with Jim Carrey and the 1991 TV movie “The Haunted,” about a family dealing with paranormal activity.
She had a cameo in Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles.”
Her biggest role was in 1987’s “Anna” as a fading Czech movie star remaking her life in the United States and mentoring to a younger actor, Paulina Porizkova. Kirkland won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar
nomination along with Cher in “Moonstruck,” Glenn Close in “Fatal Attraction, Holly Hunter in “Broadcast News” and Meryl Streep in “Ironweed.”
“Kirkland is one of those performers whose talent has been an open secret to her fellow actors but something of a mystery to the general public,” The Los Angeles Times critic wrote in her review. “There should be no confusion about her identity after this blazing comet of a performance.”
Kirkland’s small-screen acting credits include stints on “Criminal Minds,” “Roseanne” and “Head Case,” and she
was a series regular on the TV shows “Valley of the Dolls” and “Charlie’s Angels.”
Born in New York City, Kirkland’s mother was a fashion editor at Vogue and Life magazine who encouraged her daughter to start modeling at age 5. Kirkland graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and studied with Philip Burton, Richard Burton’s mentor, and Lee Strasberg, the master of the Method school of acting. An early breakout was appearing in Andy Warhol’s “13 Most Beautiful Women” in 1964. She appeared naked as a kidnapped rape victim in Terrence McNally’s o -Broadway “Sweet Eros.”
Some of her early roles were Shakespeare, including the lovesick Helena in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for New York Shakespeare Festival producer Joseph Papp and Miranda in an o -Broadway production of “The Tempest.”
“I don’t think any actor can really call him or herself an actor unless he or she puts in time with Shakespeare,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 1991. “It shows up, it always shows up in the work, at some point, whether it’s just not being able to have breath control, or not being able to appreciate language as poetry and music, or not having the power that Shakespeare automatically instills you with
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“when we got home, we started talking about it, and it just snowballed.”
Wilson remembers that her friend’s enthusiasm was contagious.
“Lydia said we just had to do this,” she said, “so we began talking and got in touch with VFW commander C.P. Short and DAV commander Mike Jackson, and they helped a lot.”
The crosses, with the veteran’s name and branch of service, sell for a one-time cost of $100. They are made of PVC material and will last indenitely. Once the crosses are taken down, they will be placed in secure storage for display next year or the purchaser may take them home. Any proceeds from the sale of the crosses becomes
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The district wasn’t able to swallow those additional costs either due to reductions in funding from all three levels of government or just overall increased costs.
“I can’t control what the federal government does,” Jackson said. “I can’t control what the state does. I do know though that we have to make sure that we pay insurance for every employee. I do know that I have to make sure our children have a teacher standing in front of them. We’re doing the best we can in a situation we cannot control on a day-to-day basis.”
The board was also given an update on the district’s work to get in line with House Bill 805.
Per the bill, which was enacted at the end of July, local boards of education were required to make school library content accessible to the public through a searchable, web-based catalog and allow for parents/guardians to be able to identify any library books that may not be borrowed by a student.
“We have an online catalog for our school libraries that parents can go online and search, and they can also plug in their email address and it will email them a code and then with that, they can log in and see the books that their students currently have checked out, search the catalog and then they can say whether certain books cannot be checked out by their students,” said Mark Samberg, chief technology and school accountability o cer.
The district is currently working toward establishing a database for individual classroom libraries, as the bill
when you take on one of his characters.”
Kirkland was a member of several New Age groups, taught Insight Transformational Seminars and was a longtime member of the a liated Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, whose followers believe in soul transcendence.
She reached a career nadir while riding nude on a pig in the 1969 lm “Futz,” which a Guardian reviewer dubbed the worst lm he had ever seen. “It was about a man who fell in love with a pig, and even by the dismal standards of the era, it was dismal,” he wrote.
Kirkland was also known for disrobing for so many other roles and social causes that Time magazine dubbed her “the latter-day Isadora Duncan of nudothespianism.”
Kirkland volunteered for people with AIDS, cancer and heart disease, fed homeless people via the American Red Cross, participated in telethons for hospices and was an advocate for prisoners, especially young people.
The actors union SAG-AFTRA called her “a fearless performer whose artistry and advocacy spanned more than six decades,” adding that as “a true mentor and champion for actors, her generosity and spirit will continue to inspire.”
a fundraiser for the local DAV and VFW posts.
A signi cant amount of work and e ort went into displaying the crosses.
“We got in touch with the Florida folks,” Wilson said, “and learned what to do. Then we he got in touch with a California company — My Nativity — and they were kind and helpful and gave us a good discount so we could do this. I ordered one as a sample to show, and a total of 83 crosses were purchased. Then we had to put them together and put them up.”
The group — Chatham Veterans Memorial — has a website and a Facebook page. Information on the group, their e ort and an order form for the crosses can be found there.
stipulates that those too must be in compliance with the new mandates, however, sta has acknowledged the challenges related to that due to the amount of time it will take to categorize and catalog every one in the district.
“We can’t just slap a barcode on them, put them in the library system and call it a day because they’re not necessarily our books,” Samberg said.
“This is the law, so we have to do what we have to do, but this is a pretty tall task that, once again, I’m not sure Raleigh understands,” said board member David Hamm. “I understand the premise behind it, but this is going to be tough on the teachers.”
The board was also given an update on the NC College Connect program, which is a streamlined college admission process for students who meet speci c GPA and academic criteria.
“If a student meets these criteria in the summer between their 11th and 12th grade year, they get a letter saying ‘Congratulations. You’re admitted to this list of colleges automatically,’” Samberg said. “They don’t have to do anything. It just comes in the mail.”
Participating schools include all 58 North Carolina Community Colleges as well as an assortment of 40 public and private universities.
The program requires a GPA of at least 2.8, and while it doesn’t require the common app nor application fees, some institutions may require additional information such as test scores.
The Chatham County Schools Board of Education will next meet Dec. 8.
MARK TERRILL / AP PHOTO
Sally Kirkland stands next to a poster of her lm “Anna” in Los Angeles in 1988.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA, CHATHAM COUNTY
All persons, individuals and companies, having claims against Gerald M. Bernstein, deceased, Chatham County le no. 25E000373-180, are noti ed to present them to the executor named below, on or before January 23, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. Marc Bernstein, 220 Amber Wood Run, Chapel Hill NC 27516, 910-446-8028.
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CHATHAM COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN
SEEKING BIDS: The Chatham County Partnership for Children is seeking competitive bids for the provision of speci c FAMILY SUPPORT services meeting Smart Start evidence-based/evidence-informed program requirements. Services to be provided in Chatham County, NC between July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. Open to all interested human service agencies and organizations. A Bidder’s Conference will be held on Friday, December 5th 2025 via Ring Central from 9:30-11:30 AM. ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY FOR ELIGIBILITY to submit a bid. Additional information is available at www.chathamkids.org or by emailing liz@ chathamkids.org.
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24E001488-180 NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, Daphne Hill, having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of Albert Roland Cooke, Jr., deceased, late of Chatham County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the day of January 21, 2026, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 23rd day of October 2025.
Daphne Hill Executor Marie H. Hopper Attorney for the Estate Hopper Cummings, PLLC Post O ce Box 1455 Pittsboro, NC 27312
CREDITOR’S NOTICE
Having quali ed on the 28th day of October 2025, as Executor of the Estate of Mary Catherine Green, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of February 2026 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. This is the 29th day of October 2025. Keith Robert Green, Executor of the Estate of Mary Catherine Green PO Box 485 Pittsboro, NC 27312
Attorneys: Law O ces of Doster & Brown, P.A. 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
TOWN OF PITTSBORO, NC On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 6:00 pm, the Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will hold a quasijudicial hearing for the following request at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center at 1192 Hwy 64 Business West: Haw River Christian Academy is proposing a K-12 Christian Charter School on parcels 0061873 and 0068572 currently owned by Pittsboro Baptist Church. Site is located on US Highway 501. The school is permitted by Special Use Permit in the RA zoning district. The hearing will be held in person. The public can also watch the hearing live on the Town’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@townofpittsboronc/ streams. A ected parties with standing must attend in person if they wish to speak at the hearing. NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS CHATHAM COUNTY
HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of James Mack Gee late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 11th day of February, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This the 5th day of November, 2025. Henry Gee, Executor of the Estate Of James Mack Gee 2544 Siler City Glendon Road Siler City, North Carolina 27344
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NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS CHATHAM COUNTY
HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Helen Grace Oldham late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 11th day of February, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This the 5th day of November, 2025.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Probate #25E000556-180
All persons, rm and corporations having claims against Carolyn Herberta Huckshorn , late of Chatham County, North Carolina are hereby noti ed to present them to Kristin Rae Huckshorn, as Executor of the decedent’s estate in care of Kendall H. Page, Attorney, 210 N Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 on or before the 6th day of February, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the above-named Executor. Kendall H. Page 210 N Columbia Street Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Bar # 14261
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having quali ed as Personal Representative of the Estate of Patricia A. Milburn, deceased of Chatham County, North Carolina, on the 24th day of October, 2025, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, rms, and corporations having claims against said estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the o ce of the attorney for the estate on or before the 8th day of February, 2026, or this Notice will be pled in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 6th day of November, 2025. Susan M. Meier, Personal Representative, c/o Christina G. Hinkle, Attorney for the Estate, McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson, & Hinkle, PLLC; 3211 Shannon Road, Suite 400, Durham, NC 27707. Chatham News: 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27
Notice to Creditors
All persons, rms and corporations having claims against Victoria Carol Stephan, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, are noti ed to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before February 15, 2026 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 13th day of November, 2025. Kevin Stephan Limited Personal Representative c/o W. Thomas McCuiston 200 Towne Village Drive Cary, NC 27513
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CHATHAM COUNTY
HAVING QUALIFIED, as Executrix of the Estate of Floyd Teague, Jr., late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before January 29, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This the 22nd day of October, 2025. Diane T. Campbell, Executrix 1982 Epps Clark Road Siler City, North Carolina 27344 (919) 663-2533
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF Duane Lee Fraser All persons, rms and corporations having claims against Duane Lee Fraser, late of Chatham, North Carolina, are noti ed to exhibit them to Joseph Duane Fraser as Executor of the decedent’s estate on or before January 31, 2026, c/o Janet B. Witchger, Attorney at Law, 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Executor. This the 30th day of October, 2025. Joseph Duane Fraser, Executor c/o Janet B. Witchger, Atty. TrustCounsel 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF Barbara Russell Hardin All persons, rms and corporations having claims against Barbara Russell Hardin, late of Chatham, North Carolina, are noti ed to exhibit them to Paul Russell Hardin as Executor of the decedent’s estate on or before February 14, 2026, c/o Janet B. Witchger, Attorney at Law, 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Executor. This the 13th day of November 2025. Paul Russell Hardin, Executor c/o Janet B. Witchger, Atty.
TrustCounsel 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF EDGAR J. HARLOW All persons, rms and corporations having claims against EDGAR J. HARLOW, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, are noti ed to exhibit them to Gregory Herman-Giddens or James Wynkoop as Co-Executors of the decedent’s estate on or before February 16, 2026 c/o Gregory HermanGiddens, Attorney at Law, 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named CoExecutors. This the 13th day of November 2025. Gregory Herman-Giddens, Co-Executor c/o Gregory Herman-Giddens, Atty. TrustCounsel 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF Rosemond Rocco All persons, rms and corporations having claims against Rosemond Rocco, late of Chatham, North Carolina, are noti ed to exhibit them to Kathleen Rocco as Executor of the decedent’s estate on or before January 24, 2026, c/o Janet B. Witchger, Attorney at Law, 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Executor. This the 23rd day of October 2025. Kathleen Rocco, Executor c/o Janet B. Witchger, Atty. TrustCounsel 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#25E000574-180
The undersigned, MICHAEL J. WERNER, having quali ed on the 29th Day of OCTOBER 2025 as ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of IRENE PATRICIA WERNER, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them on or before the 6th Day OF FEBRUARY 2026, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This, the 6th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025. MICHAEL J. WERNER, ADMINISTRATOR 115 WILLOWCREST DRIVE WINSTON SALEM, NC 27107 Run dates: N6,13,20,27p
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#25000587-180
The undersigned, MARSHAY A. PRICE, having quali ed on the 24th Day of OCTOBER 2025 as
ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of JIMMY LOUIS PRICE, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them on or before the 30th Day OF JANUARY 2026, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This, the 30th DAY OF OCTOBER 2025.
MARSHAY A PRICE, ADMINISTRATOR 803 NEW YORK AVE. SILVER SPRING, MD 20910 Run dates: O30,N6,13,20p
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#25E000570-180
The undersigned, JENNIFER MORLEY, having quali ed on the 13th Day of OCTOBER 2025 as EXECUTOR of the Estate of NANNETTE MARIE BURGER, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them on or before the 6th Day OF FEBRUARY 2026, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This, the 6th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.
JENNIFER MORLEY, EXECUTOR 178 MORLEY WAY SILER CITY, NC 27344 Run dates: N6,13,20,27p
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
CHATHAM COUNTY FILE NO. 13CvD000477-180
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION COUNTY OF CHATHAM
Plainti , vs. The HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of J. N. RIVES a/k/a J. N. RIEVES a/k/a JOHN NATHANIEL RIVES, et al Defendants.
TO: The HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of J. N. RIVES a/k/a J. N. RIEVES a/k/a JOHN NATHANIEL RIVES and spouse, if any, which may include CHARLENE LUNSFORD and spouse, if any, VANESSA A. MCBROOM A/K/A VANESSA ANITA FERGUSON’S SPOUSE, IF ANY, WAYNE GREEN and spouse, if any, STEPHEN J. GREENE and spouse, if any, AUSTIN O. RHODA, JR. and spouse, if any, JAMES HOPKINS and spouse, if any, BARBARA BROWN and spouse, if any, MARIE YVONNE FOUST and spouse, if any, KARRIE RIGGSBEE and spouse, if any, DELORES LUNSFORD and spouse, if any, LINDA BROWN and spouse, if any, EDWARD J. WALKER and spouse, if any, and JEMAL WALKER and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder
A pleading seeking relief against you has been led in the above-entitled action and notice of service of process by publication began on November 13, 2025.
The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure on tax parcel(s) more completely described in the Complaint, to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes (assessments). Plainti seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in said property.
You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days after the date of the rst publication of notice stated above, exclusive of such date, being forty (40) days after November 13, 2025, or by December 23, 2025, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service of process by publication will apply to the Court for relief sought.
This the __4th____ day of November, 2025.
ZACCHAEUS LEGAL SERVICES
Mark D. Bardill/Mark B. Bardill
Attorney for Plainti NC Bar #12852/56782
310 W. Jones St. P. O. Box 25 Trenton, North Carolina 28585 Telephone: (252) 448-4541
Publication dates: November 13, 2025 November 20, 2025 November 27, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of Warner Smith Rackley, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, rms, and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned, whose mailing address is c/o CharlotteAnne T. Alexander, Colombo Kitchin Attorneys, 1698 E. Arlington Blvd, Greenville, NC 27858 on or before the 23rd day of January, 2026, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms, and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 23rd day of October, 2025. Warner Cooper Rackley, Executor of the Estate of Warner Smith Rackley
Colombo Kitchin Attorneys c/o Charlotte-Anne T. Alexander 1698 E. Arlington Blvd. Greenville, NC 27858 CHARLOTTE-ANNE T. ALEXANDER COLOMBO, KITCHIN, DUNN, BALL & PORTER, LLP
Attorneys at Law 1698 E. Arlington Blvd. Greenville, NC 27858
NOTICE OF TAX FORECLOSURE SALE
Under and by virtue of an order of the District Court of Chatham County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled COUNTY OF CHATHAM vs. LEWIS L. MARSH and spouse, if any, and all possible heirs and assignees of LEWIS L. MARSH and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF FAYE M. MCDONALD
claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned at their address, 386 Old Siler City Road, Pittsboro, North Carolina, 27312, on or before the 30th day of January, 2026, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons
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P. O. Box 880 Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312-0880 October 30, November 6, 13, 20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#25E000304-180 The undersigned, JEFFREY SCOTT KLINKER, having quali ed on the 5th Day of OCTOBER 2025 as EXECUTOR of the Estate of CAROLYN SUE KLINKER, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them on or before the 13th Day OF FEBRUARY 2026, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This, the 13th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.
JEFFREY SCOTT KLINKER, EXECUTOR 2197 LAUREL LAKE RD. SALEMBURG, NC 28385 Run dates: N13,20,27,D4p
order of the District Court of Chatham County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled COUNTY OF CHATHAM vs. THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF WILLIE LEE FOUSHEE, SR. and spouse, if any, which may include BARRY E. FOUSHEE and spouse, if any, THOMAS L. FOUSHEE and spouse, if any, NETTIE M. TRUSELL and spouse, if any, DONNIE J. FOUSHEE and spouse, if any, CLAREATHA Y. HOOKER and spouse, if any, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF WILLIE L. FOUSHEE, JR. and spouse, if any, which may include ADESHA M. CONWAY and spouse, if any, MEDERRA D. FAIRLEY and spouse, if any, and FELICIA M. CONWAY and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, et al, 16CVD000536180, the undersigned Commissioner will on the 26th day of November, 2025, o er
Prices and availability for Wegovy and Zepbound could fall with the new deal.
Trump unveils deal to expand coverage, lower costs on GLP-1 obesity drugs
Coverage will expand to Medicare patients starting next year
By Tom Murphy, Aamer Madhani and Jonel Aleccia
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump unveiled a deal Thursday with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy.
The drugs are part of a new generation of obesity medications known as GLP-1 receptor agonists that have soared in popularity in recent years.
But access to the drugs has been a consistent problem for patients because of their cost — around $500 a month for higher doses — and insurance coverage has been spotty.
Coverage of the drugs for obesity will expand to Medicare patients starting next year, according to the administration, which said some lower prices also will be phased in for patients without coverage. Starting doses of new, pill versions of the treatments also will cost $149 a month if they are approved.
“(It) will save lives, improve the health of millions and millions of Americans,” said Trump, in an Oval O ce announcement in which he referred to GLP-1s as a “fat drug.”
Thursday’s announcement is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to rein in soaring drug prices in its efforts to address cost-of-living concerns among voters. Drugmakers P zer and AstraZeneca recently agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid after an executive order in May set a deadline for drugmakers to electively lower prices or face new limits on what the government will pay.
As with the other deals, it’s not clear how much the price drop will be felt by consumers. Drug prices can vary based on the competition for treatments and insurance coverage.
Obesity drugs increasingly popular but costly
The obesity drugs work by targeting hormones in the gut and brain that a ect appetite and feelings of fullness. In clinical trials, they helped people shed between 15% and 22% of their body weight — up to 50 pounds or more in many cases.
Patients taking these drugs usually start on smaller doses and then work up to larger amounts, depending on their needs. Because of obesity being considered a chronic disease, they need to take the treatment inde nitely or risk regaining weight, experts say.
The fast-growing treatments have proven especially lucrative for drugmakers Eli Lilly and Co. and Novo Nordisk. Lilly said recently that sales of Zepbound have tripled so far this year to more than $9 billion.
But for many Americans, their cost has made them out of reach.
“Obesity is a disease of poverty. And overwhelmingly these drugs have only been available for people who have wealth.”
Health and Human Services
Secretary
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Medicare, the federally funded coverage program mainly for people ages 65 and over, hasn’t covered the treatments for obesity. President Donald Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, proposed a rule last November that would have changed that. But the Trump administration nixed it last spring.
Few state and federally funded Medicaid programs, for people with low incomes, o er coverage. And employers and insurers that provide commercial coverage are wary of paying for these drugs in part because of the large number of patients that might use them.
The $500 monthly price for higher doses of the treatments also makes them una ordable for those without insurance, doctors say.
Medicare now covers the cost of the drugs for conditions such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease but not for weight loss alone.
Trump showing he’s in touch with cost-of-living concerns
The e ort to lower costs barriers to popular GLP-1 drugs comes as the White House is looking to demonstrate that Trump is in touch with Americans’ frustrations with rising costs for food, housing, health care and other necessities.
“Trump is the friend of the forgotten American,” said Health and Human Services
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Thursday’s announcement. “Obesity is a disease of poverty. And overwhelmingly these drugs have only been available for people who have wealth.”
Kennedy had previously expressed skepticism to GLP-1s in ghting obesity and diseases related to the condition. But he was full of praise for Trump for pushing to help a broader segment of Americans have access to the drug.
The announcement came after Republican gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia faced a drubbing in Tuesday’s election in which dour voter outlook about the economy appeared to be an animating factor in the races.
Roughly half of Virginia voters said “the economy” was the top issue, and about 6 in 10 of these voters picked Democrat Abigail Spanberger for governor, powering her to a decisive win, according to an AP voter poll.
In New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill won about two -thirds of voters who called “the economy” the top issue facing the state, the poll found.
TAKE NOTICE
NOTICE
TOWN OF SILER CITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO PERMANETLY CLOSE SPEEDWAY STREET WHEREAS, Section 160A-299 of the North Carolina General Statutes prescribes the procedure to be followed by a city in order to permanently close a street or alley; and WHEREAS, Speedway Street is located within the municipal corporate limits of the Town of Siler City and shown on a plat recorded in the Chatham County Register of Deeds in Plat Cabinet EN Slide 25; and WHEREAS, Speedway Street has not been constructed nor is the right-of-way maintained by the Town of Siler City; and WHEREAS, Jerry and Deborah Siler Alston. are fee simple owners of certain real property located adjacent to Speedway Street. The owners acquired said property via Warranty Deed, in Deed Book 488,
She defeated a Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli. More than half of New York City voters said the cost of living was the top issue facing the city. The Democratic mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won about two-thirds of this group.
The White House sought to diminish the e ort by the previous Democratic administration as a gift to the pharmaceutical industry because the proposal did not include adequate price concessions from drug makers.
Trump, instead, consummated a “belt and suspenders” deal that ensures Americans aren’t unfairly nancing the pharmaceutical industry’s innovation, claimed a senior administration o cial, who briefed reporters ahead of Thursday’s Oval O ce announcement by Trump.
Another senior administration o cial said coverage of the drugs will expand to Medicare patients starting next year. Those who qualify will pay $50 copays for the medicine.
Lower prices also will be phased in for people without coverage through the administration’s TrumpRx program, which will allow people to buy drugs directly from manufacturers. starting in January.
The o cials said lower prices also will be provided for state and federally funded Medicaid programs. And starting doses of new, pill versions of the obesity treatments will cost $149 a month if they are approved.
The o cials briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House.
Doctors applaud price drop
Dr. Leslie Golden says she has roughly 600 patients taking one of these treatments, and 75% or more struggle to a ord them. Even with coverage, some face $150 copayments for re lls.
“Every visit it’s, ‘How long can we continue to do this? What’s the plan if I can’t continue?,’” said Golden, an obesity medicine specialist in Watertown, Wisconsin. “Some of them are working additional jobs or delaying retirement so they can continue to pay for it.”
Both Lilly and Novo have already cut prices on their drugs. Lilly said earlier this year it would reduce the cost of initial doses of Zepbound to $349.
Dr. Angela Fitch, who also treats patients with obesity, said she hoped a deal between the White House and drugmakers could be the rst step in making the treatments more a ordable.
“We need a hero in obesity care today,” said Fitch, founder and chief medical ofcer of knownwell, a weightloss and medical care company. “The community has faced relentless barriers to accessing GLP-1 medications, which has ultimately come down to the price, despite the data we have supporting their e ectiveness.”
NOTICE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK 25SP000148-180 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF AVERY SPEY WOOTEN AND TRENTON JAMES WOOTEN, Mortgagors, to TIM TURNER, Trustee; WESLEY L. DEATON, Substitute Trustee, BOOK 2485, PAGE 879 Peoples Bank, Mortgagee. Dated October 20, 2023, recorded in Book 02386, at Page 0338 Securing the original amount of $131,250.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Avery Spey Wooten and Trenton James Wooten, described above, in the Chatham County Public Registry; default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and the said Deed of Trust being by the terms thereof subject to foreclosure; and the holder of the indebtedness thereby secured having demanded a foreclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness; and under and by virtue of an order entered in the within entitled and numbered action by the Clerk of Superior Court of Chatham County, North Carolina on the 14th day of October, 2025, the undersigned Trustee will o er for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Courthouse door in Pittsboro, North Carolina at 12:00 PM on Tuesday the 18th day of November, 2025, the land conveyed in said Deed of Trust, the same lying and being in Chatham County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron stake, Wilbert Johnson’s corner in Campbell’s line and being the Northeast corner of the land hereby conveyed; running thence South 7 degrees 30 minutes East 1113 feet and 9 inches to a stone, Johnson’s corner; thence with Johnson’s line South 85 degrees East 392 feet to a stone; thence South 4 degrees 30 minutes West 338 feet to a stone, Johnson’s corner; thence with Johnson’s line South 78 degrees 434 feet and 9 inches to a stone; thence South 4 1/2 degrees West 230 feet to the Southern margin of S.R. 2189; thence with the right of way of said road South 74 degrees West 342 feet to the corner of that 4.85 acre tract of land conveyed to Dewey Dale Hefner,
default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon the termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the e ective date of the termination. This the 14th day of October, 2025. Wesley L. Deaton, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 2459 Denver, North Carolina 28037 (704) 489-2491
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION CHATHAM COUNTY FILE NO. 08CvD000422-180 COUNTY OF CHATHAM Plainti , NOTICE OF SERVICE OF vs. PROCESS BY PUBLICATION The HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of JESSE SADDLER, JR., et al Defendants.
TO: The HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of JESSE SADDLER, JR. and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder; The HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of SAM SADDLER and spouse, if any, which may include the HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of JIMMY T. SADDLER and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder; The HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of BILL SADDLER and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder; The HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of SUDIA CROSBY and spouse, if any, which may include VICKIE V. UNDERWOOD a/k/a VICKIE VANETTA SMITH’S SPOUSE, IF ANY, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder; The HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of SOCIAL ARNOLD and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder; and The HEIRS, ASSIGNS and DEVISEES of RUSHIA CHAMBERS and spouse, if any, which may include GERTRUDE F. CHAMBERS and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder
A pleading seeking relief against you has been led in the above-entitled action and notice of service of process by publication began on November 6, 2025. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure on tax parcel(s) more completely described in the Complaint, to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes (assessments). Plainti seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in said property.
You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days after the date of the rst publication of notice stated above, exclusive of such date, being forty (40) days after November 6, 2025, or by December 16, 2025, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service of process by publication will apply to the Court for relief sought.
This the 29th day of October, 2025.
ZACCHAEUS LEGAL SERVICES
Mark D. Bardill/Mark B. Bardill Attorney for Plainti NC Bar #12852/56782
310 W. Jones St. P. O. Box 25 Trenton, North Carolina 28585 Telephone: (252) 448-4541
Publication dates: November 6, 2025 November 13, 2025 November 20, 2025
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CHATHAM SPORTS
last week’s
Local teams establish identities and goals ahead of the winter
Local teams establish identities and goals ahead of the winter
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record Northwood
(3A, Four Rivers 3A/4A conference)
Last year: 30-3, Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference champion, 2A state runner up
With the departure of a talented senior class of guards and a 6-foot-10 rim protector in Chad Graves, Northwood
has reloaded its championship aspirations with the next up and new additions.
Alongside its primary scorer in senior Cam Fowler and a sharpshooting point guard in Josiah Brown, the Chargers added a versatile forward in Bakari Watkins, who averaged 17.8 points per game at Carrboro last season, with his ability to score in multiple ways. Freshman Tolson O’Daniel, who stands at 6-foot-7, is another big who can stretch the oor with his ability to shoot from the outside. A deep group of guards and wings, including
returning juniors Grant Locklear, Asher Brooks, Raje Torres and Nivan Lauano, will also add a multitude of fresh bodies that can score and defend without much drop o in rotations.
Northwood coach Matt Brown said his team will play in a “new way” with a multitude of options and looks on both sides of the ball.
First game: Tuesday at Southeast Alamance (7:30 p.m.) Seaforth (5A, Big Seven 4A/5A conference)
Last year: 15-13, fourth in
Northwood holds a practice ahead of the
Local teams get ready for a new season
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
Northwood (3A, Four Rivers
3A/4A conference)
Last year: 18-8, third in Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference, 2A playo s rst round exit
With ve seniors and 10 total players returning from last year’s team, this winter will be about doing “more” for Northwood. Northwood coach Kerri Stubbs wants her team to play with more toughness and aggressiveness while also improving its nishing and shooting percentage.
County teams with winning records last year
First game: at Southeast Alamance (6:00 p.m.)
Seaforth (5A, Big Seven 4A/5A conference)
Last year: 28-3, Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference champion, 2A playo s regionalnal exit
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference, 2A playo s second round exit Seaforth’s guard-heavy roster looks to speed things up this season. The Hawks will be a team that turns an aggressive, pesky defensive approach into quick o ense in transition. They’ll return “bigger and stronger” versions of senior guards Campbell Meador and Declan Lindquist while bringing back versatile guards in junior Duncan Parker, senior Patrick Miller and senior Nick Gregory from football. Ju-
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County teams made the playo s last season
nior guard Cole Davis, a scrappy newcomer, looks to make a big impact with his ability to create turnovers and points from di erent areas of the oor. Senior Davis Peeples will look to provide an inside presence for Seaforth.
First game: Nov. 21 vs. Middle Creek (7:30 p.m.)
Jordan-Matthews (4A, Four Rivers 3A/4A conference)
Last year: 9-15, sixth in Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference, missed playo s
Boys’ soccer season ends in Chatham County
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record Football
“This comeback shows the heart, love and belief these boys have in each other and themselves.”
Tolbert Matthews
back shows the heart, love and belief these boys have in each other and themselves. A true brotherhood and family that has been cultivated through a mentality of every day being a work day.”
Stubbs expects a more condent game from talented sophomore guard Noelle Whitaker, who had to ll in for her sister last year.
The team will without a doubt have strong chemistry as a senior core of Neah Henry, Alyia Roberts, Shaylah Glover, Mikaylah Glover and Amari Bullet have played plenty of varsity minutes together.
Seaforth is entering a new era without former star Gabby White and another impactful senior in Peyton Collins. Nevertheless, there’s still great talent and a championship culture that hasn’t left. The Hawks will return a sharpshooting backcourt of
WITH ITS BACK against the wall, No. 20 Seaforth pulled o its most crucial response to adversity to win the school’s rst playo game Friday. The Hawks trailed No. 13 South Brunswick 28-14 with just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter when a touchdown pass from junior quarterback Duncan Parker to senior Nick Gregory, followed by a successful two-point conversion, brought them within one score. After Seaforth recovered the ensuing onside kick, Parker hit senior Patrick Miller in the end zone to tie the game with 18 seconds left. The successful PAT sealed a 29-28 win and a trip to the second round of the 5A East playo s. “It means everything to me,” Miller said. “We’ve never had a winning record in our school’s history. New coaches, you know, it just feels good to do something new.” Said Seaforth coach Tolbert Matthews, “This come-
Seaforth (6-5) will go back to the coast to take on No. 4 Croatan (9-1). The Cougars have won three straight games and come with a balanced offensive attack led by junior running back Andrew Boucher (124 rushing yards per game) and junior quarterback Kannon McBride (26 touchdown passes). The rest of Chatham County came up short in the rst round. In the 4A East bracket, No. 16 Jordan-Matthews, hosting its rst playo game since 2009, fell 37-12 to No. 17 Red Springs. The Jets nished their best season in more than
See SEAFORTH, page B4 See GIRLS, page B3
GENE GALIN FOR CHATHAM NEWS & RECORD
Chatham Central huddles up during
Siler City basketball jamboree.
Patrick Miller
Seaforth, football
Seaforth senior Patrick Miller earns athlete of the week for the week of Nov. 3.
Miller caught the game-tying touchdown with 18 seconds left to help Seaforth complete a comeback and win its rst ever playo game. Throughout the season, Miller has come up big for the Hawks as a receiver and a safety.
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Instincts carry Albright through medical emergency, back to court
The girls’ basketball coach su ered massive blood clots in August
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
BEFORE A BEACH trip over the summer, Chatham Central girls’ basketball coach Aedrin Albright su ered from pain around her eyes.
Her history with the symptoms pointed to a sinus infection, something she’d dealt with in the past, and she treated it as usual with Sudafed.
“There was no coughing, no drainage,” Albright said. “Nothing like that.”
When headaches and instability while walking began to bother her on the beach trip, she went to urgent care, and even the doctor agreed with her initial self-diagnosis. However, she didn’t have any congestion.
While sitting at home Aug. 7, a few days after the beach trip, Albright’s body gave the full conrmation of her condition. Her ailment wasn’t a sinus infection — instead it was multiple massive blood clots in her brain.
That day, Albright, at home with just herself and her oldest son, Reid, felt something unusual in the back of her head. Shortly after, her right hand and the right side of her limp went numb. Albright felt “wobbly” in her legs when she tried to stand up.
“I felt like Jell-O,” Albright said. “I said, ‘Reid, something’s not right.’ So I called my husband, and he said, ‘Have him take you to the emergency room.’ I said, ‘I’m going to wait for a second.’ And then, I had another episode of it.” Albright went to the emergency room at UNC Health Chatham where a blood clot was rst discovered in her brain.
“The doctor said I’ve never seen this in a patient,” Albright said.
She was then transported to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, and there, she learned the severity of her condition. Albright was su ering from cerebral and sinus vein thrombosis, a rare blood clot that a ects about 1,500 people in the United State per year, according to the American Heart Association Journals. Three blood clots went down vein in the middle of her head, and one went down her jugular vein.
Doctors at UNC called her the “happiest” patient they ever had because she was still aware and herself, which isn’t usually the
Chatham Central senior guard
“Listen to your body no matter what”
Aedrin Albright
case with people experiencing brain complications.
“I had started reading stories on it where people just thought it was a sinus infection and then they ended up with an aneurysm,” Albright said. “It was no stroke, no aneurysm or anything like that, but I think if I had ignored it, that was going to happen within the next couple of days.”
Said Albright, “As soon as my hand went numb and I couldn’t pick my hand up, (doctors) said I did the right thing by going to the hospital.” Albright spent four days in the hospital and received medication to treat the blood clots.
Not much, even blood clots, can throw Albright o her duties. Her recovery came with fogginess and fatigue, which, at the beginning, caused concern and calls to go home from her students. Yet Albright only missed the rst work day. With her medical emergency happening before the school year, her ability to coach wasn’t in jeopardy. She takes it as a “privilege” to be out on the court with her girls after what she went through.
“De nitely just very happy that she was able to come back because we are so used to her coaching style and her motivation and want to get us better,”
Sydney Sellers said. The side e ects of the medication and the caution around her medical emergency will make for a less loud and ery Albright than usual on the sidelines this season.
But the one thing that really bothered Albright during her hospital stay was being there for her sons. She didn’t tell her kids, Reid, Brooks and Turner, who are all tough like her, all that she was going through in the beginning because she didn’t want them to worry. Losing a parent at a young age was something Albright already lived through as her mother, Patricia Phillips Murray, died from colon cancer when Albright was 22.
“When I was in the hospital, I did kind of have a breakdown because I started thinking, I was 22,” Albright said. “Reid’s 18, going to be 19. Not far from the age when my mother (died), and that feeling of growing older without that mother gure, I didn’t want my kids to go through that.”
Albright believed God was with her during her medical emergency.
She shared her journey to her Facebook page, detailing her condition and thanking the friends and family who supported her in her recovery.
And like the teacher, and mother, that she is on a daily basis, she left Facebook with a message.
“Listen to your body no matter what,” Albright said. “You know your body better than anyone else.”
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Chatham Central girls’ basketball coach Aedrin Albright coaches a game during the 2024-25 season. She will be back on the sideline for the Bears’ 2025-26 campaign.
Former basketball standouts begin collegiate seasons
Look where to follow Chatham’s own on the next level
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
FORMER LOCAL basketball standouts have hit the hardwood to the start the 2025-26 college basketball season. Here’s a look at where to follow Chatham County’s own.
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Seaforth
Jarin Stevenson (UNC, junior)
Stevenson averaged four points and 3.5 rebounds in the Tar Heels’ rst two games.
Northwood
Kenan Parrish (Harvard, rst-year)
Parrish scored nine points and grabbed ve rebounds in the Crimson’s season-opening win over MIT Friday.
Max Frazier (Central Connecticut State, junior)
Frazier recorded eight points and seven rebounds in the Blue Devils’ season-opening loss to Quinnipiac on Nov. 6.
Fred Whitaker (East Tennessee State, redshirt freshman)
Chatham Central
Brennen Oldham (Catawba Valley CC, freshman)
Oldham averaged 6.7 points and shot over 80% from the oor in Catawba Valley’s rst three games.
Reid Albright (Central
seniors Katie Leonard, a Cornell commit, and Mia Moore. Juniors Abigail Morgan, Lariah Rodgers and Annika Johansson will also look to ll out the Hawks’ deep back court as they look to make another deep playo run.
First game: Nov. 21 vs. Middle Creek (6 p.m.)
Chatham Central (1A, Greater Triad 1A/2A conference)
Last year: 16-10, fourth in Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference, 1A playo s second round exit
With the departure of standouts Karaleigh Dodson and Chloe Scott, Chatham Central will reload with some old and new.
The Bears will return key pieces in senior forward Sydney Sellers, junior guard Lizzy Murray, sophomore for-
Points for Gabby White in her Virginia debut
Carolina CC, freshman)
Albright averaged six points, 3.5 rebounds and three assists in the Cougars’ rst two games (started both games).
Chatham Charter
Jonah Ridgill (Guilford, sophomore)
Ridgill played two games for Guilford in 2024.
WOMEN
Seaforth
Gabby White (Virginia, freshman)
White recorded six points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals in her collegiate debut against Morgan State on Nov. 4. She scored 11 points in a win over Bucknell Sunday.
Hannah Ajayi (Guilford, sophomore)
Ajayi averaged two points per outing in 14 games (7.1 minutes per game) for Guilford last season.
Northwood
Olivia Porter (Marquette, senior) Porter, a starter, averaged 6.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and two steals in her rst two games of the season.
TeKeyah Bland (NC Cen-
ward Addison Goldston, junior wing Belle Douglass and junior wing Addison Overman. They also added junior guard Ansley Preslar, a transfer from North Moore who averaged 4.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game for the Mustangs last season.
Chatham Central coach Aedrin Albright wants to be a better shooting team while maintaining a high level of intensity of defense. Because this team lacks signi cant size, the Bears look to play fast and use their speed to their advantage.
First game: Friday vs. Ascend Leadership (6 p.m.)
Jordan-Matthews (4A, Four Rivers 3A/4A conference)
Last year: 4-20, seventh in Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference, missed playo s For Jordan-Matthews, this season will be about growth. The Jets’ youth from last year
UNC forward Jarin Stevenson (15) pulls down a rebound during the
Kansas.
tral, sophomore) Bland returns to the court after playing her freshman year at Howard.
Skylar Adams (Shaw, sophomore) Adams made 11 starts and
will look to apply their greater knowledge of the system and feel for the game to win more games than the previous season. Jordan-Matthews coach Lamont Piggie has seen improvements in sophomore Lizzie Alston’s o ensive game, and sophomore Zuri Nava has stepped up as a leader.
The team will have to play small for the rst month or two with standout forward Jada Scott being sidelined due to injury. When she’s back, Piggie hope she can command interior attention and create open looks on the perimeter.
First game: Friday at Lee County (4 p.m.)
Woods Charter (1A, Central Tar Heel 1A conference)
Last year: 11-9, fourth in Central Tar Heel 1A conference, 1A playo s rst round exit Woods Charter returned numerous key pieces from last
averaged 4.6 points per game as a freshman. McKenna Snively (Christopher Newport, senior) Snively recorded 4.9 points per game in 24 appearances last season.
year’s roster and is now looking to take another step toward success. According to coach Carmen Wood, the key will be mastering the system.
The Wolves look to be a team built on sel essness with the basketball with “exceptional” passer Paige Apolito setting up her teammates, especially Wesley Oliver, with open looks. Wood sees Oliver as one of the most dynamic players in the conference as she’s poised for a big season based on her improvements and expected accolades.
Woods Charter hopes to have more balanced scoring and in improved transition game on both sides of the ball. Three di erent players (Oliver, senior Anna Robards and sophomore Valentina Podolyanskaya) nished in double-digit scoring in the Wolves’ season-opening win Friday.
Record as of Sunday: 1-0
Chatham Charter (1A,
Sydney Ballard (North Greenville, freshman)
Chatham Central
Chloe Scott (Meredith, freshman)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference)
Last year: 12-15, Central Tar Heel 1A conference champion, 1A playo s rst round exit
Chatham Charter returned a lot from last year’s young roster led by now sophomore guard Peyton York.
The Knights look to turn the greater experience into more wins this winter. In their rst three games, York has once again led the way, scoring in double gures each night. Junior forward Camille Alston (four points per game) and senior center Judy Shreef (3.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game) have also been key contributors so far.
Although the team may take some bumps in nonconference play, the Knights should be optimistic about once again being one of the top teams in their conference.
Record as of Sunday: 1-2
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Tar Heels’ home win over
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Coach buyouts piling up beyond $150M, raising questions
Changes to college football have raised expectations on coaches
By Maura Carey The Associated Press
MERELY THREE WEEKS into the season, UCLA’s DeShaun Foster and Virginia Tech’s Brent Pry were out of a job. Seven weeks later, a half-dozen more coaches were added to the list of midseason rings.
A quarter of the SEC’s coaches who started the season are gone. So are longtime coaches James Franklin of Penn State and Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy.
It’s not as simple as an uncomfortable conversation and launching a search for the new coach. Universities are on the hook for millions of dollars for coaches they’re no longer employing.
By Week 10, buyout totals for assistant and head coaches have climbed to approximately $185 million, a gure that raises the question of whether athletic departments spending their way out of a headache is still a feasible route to take, especially when higher education fund-
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a decade with a 5-6 record.
No. 18 Northwood lost to No. 15 Hertford County 26-14 in the 3A East rst round. The Chargers closed out the year with a 3-8 record, dropping three straight games by two possessions or less.
In the 1A West bracket, No. 11 Chatham Central lost a rematch with No. 6 Winston-Salem Prep 30-12. The Bears, limited with crucial injuries during the season, nished the year with a 1-10 record.
Score prediction: Croatan 35, Seaforth 28 Prediction record: 19-13 (since Week 2 and excluding forfeited games)
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In the 4A East playo s, No. 1 Southwestern Randolph ended No. 8 Jordan-Matthews season with a 4-0 third-round win Monday.
Senior Chris Betancourt notched a hat trick in the rst half, including a penalty kick 10 minutes before halftime. Senior Aaron Avina knocked in the nal goal early in the second half.
Experience and familiarity can go a long way for Jordan-Matthews this season.
The Jets are returning their top three scorers from last year, including sophomore guard Nolan Mitchell, junior forward Zaeon Auguste and senior guard Kamarie Hadley. Last season’s team relied on multiple freshmen and sophomores to help lead the way, but now Jordan-Matthews coach Rodney Wiley hopes a better feel for the game and a “more connected” group can lead to better results.
Wiley wants his team to play up-tempo and with an emphasis on creating space for driving lanes. The Jets, who hope to shoot better this winter, are thin in the frontcourt, but they want to exploit mismatches with their long, athletic wings and crafty guards.
First game: Friday at Lee County (5:30 p.m.)
Chatham Central (1A, Greater Triad 1A/2A conference)
Last year: 23-5, third in Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference, 1A playo s third round exit
After graduating a senior class of multiple college-level athletes and losing the presence of coach Robert Burke, Chatham Central is entering a new era.
Stacey Harris, the former associate head coach at Northeast Guilford, is taking over as the new leader of Bears basket-
If you hired a coach and don’t think he’s the right coach for you, that’s part of it. You got to pay him. That’s just the way it works.”
Steve Sarkisian
ing is under increasing pressure and schools are already sending athletes millions in revenue for the rst time.
“It’s not a sustainable pattern,” said Michael LeRoy, a labor and employment relations expert at Illinois. “Even without revenue sharing, it would be challenging. These gures have been growing exponentially over the past ve to 10 years. Power conference coaching contracts are in this escalating spiral that involves larger buyouts, longer terms and more restrictions on terminating contracts.”
While costs build, so do expectations. Making the 12-team College Football Playo is considered the minimum seasonal goal for some programs. And leverage largely remains in the
hands of highly sought-after coaches, the same ones who will inevitably be in talks for some of the top positions in college football at LSU, Florida and Penn State.
So how does the cycle of ring, rehiring and spending stop? It probably doesn’t, according to LeRoy.
“I don’t think schools have the willpower,” he said. “They’re always going to be concerned about what their rivals are doing, and there’s always going to be a rival that will break the bank to hire the best coach.”
LSU head coach Brian Kelly was red earlier this season, joining a large group of highpro le dismissals.
LeRoy’s answer is in line with Texas coach Steve Sarkisian’s philosophy. His annual salary this year is $10.8 million and his current buyout cost exceeds $60 million. The fth-year coach says it’s just the cost of doing business.
“Sometimes you’ve got to pay the guy that’s leading the ship,” Sarkisian said. “That’s the price you pay. If you hired a coach and don’t think he’s the right coach for you, that’s part of it. You got to pay him. That’s just the way it works. ... So if you’re not willing to pay a coach and what his
“We had a couple of chances to put goals on them in the rst half as a response after their rst goal,” Jordan-Matthews coach Paul Cuadros said. “We didn’t do that. That was our M.O. this season. And that reects the youth of this squad.”
ball. Except for returning seniors Jeremiah Young, Simon Sabbagh and Miguel Ramirez, along with new senior Westley Brower, the team is quite young. Harris wants his team to play hard defensively and emphasize rebounding. Offensively, he wants to take advantage of the team’s shooting abilities by playing fast and creating open looks.
Outside of the seniors, sophomore guard Turner Albright and sophomore Gavin Williams look to step up as impactful young pieces. First game: Friday vs. Ascend Leadership (7:30 p.m.)
Chatham Charter (1A, Central Tar Heel 1A conference)
Last year: 20-11, second in Central Tar Heel 1A conference, 1A playo s second round exit Chatham Charter has a team full of sophomores this season with many playing varsity for the rst time. Kymani Wagner-Jatta, the lone senior, will look to lead this inexperienced group after averaging 4.7 points last year. Chatham Charter coach Jason Messier said his o ensive condence has grown, and that has shown with his 13.5 points per game in the Knights rst two outings.
Messier also expects sophomore Ryder Murphy, who averaged 4.6 points per game last year, and sophomore Breylan Harris, who averaged 6.8 points and 4.7 rebounds last year, to step up in a huge way. Record as of Sunday: 1-2
With its third loss to the Cougars this season, Jordan-Matthews ended the year with a 16-8 record. The Jets defeated No. 9 Randleman 4-0 in the second round. Despite graduating 11 seniors in 2024, the Jets matched their
win total from that season.
“There’s no doubt we’re coming into a period of promise for the Jets,” Cuadros said. “The question is, can you work hard? I mean, developmental toughness. Can we come together to really ful ll that promise?”
contract is, well, you’re probably not going to get the coaches you thought you might get.”
The evolving economics in college athletics are rewriting the job description for a modern coach. The criteria for success isn’t what it once was with revenue-sharing, NIL compensation and the transfer portal taking over.
“A coach who had been successful 10 or 15 years ago under a model of recruiting high schools across the country for ve-star players, that isn’t the same model as today,” LeRoy said. “These hires are retrospective in nature, so you’re in e ect hiring a coach who was successful under a di erent business model for coaching success, and therefore, when the coach doesn’t produce the way he had produced in the past, pressure builds really quickly to re him.”
One way or another, the schools already searching for their next hire will all be taking a gamble.
“These coaching contracts are somewhat like buying a Powerball ticket in the millions of dollars in the hopes that you will cash in. Somebody does cash in, but a lot of people are out of a lot of money,” LeRoy said.
In the third round of the 3A East bracket, No. 8 Northwood fell to No. 1 NCSSM-Durham 2-1 in double overtime Monday. The Chargers, led by their talented underclassmen this season, nished with a 13 -7- 5 record. Prior its nal loss, Northwood beat No. 24 Louisburg 3-0 in the second round. Woods Charter, the fth seed in the 1A East bracket, fell to No. 4 Cape Hatteras 1-0 after four overtimes in the third round. The Wolves nished the season with a 14-4-1 record, reaching the most wins since 2016. The defeated No. 12 River Mill 2-1 in the second round. No. 14 Chatham Charter in the 1A West bracket lost to No. 3 Leadership Academy 4-0 in the second round. The Knights dominated No. 19 Winston-Salem Prep 10-2 in the rst round and ended their season with a 7-13-1 record. In the 5A East bracket, No. 12 Seaforth fell to conference foe No. 5 Orange 4-1 in the second round. The Hawks advanced out of the rst round with a 3-1 win over No. 21 Southern Guilford. Seaforth ended its season with a 10-10 -3 record.
Woods Charter (1A, Central Tar Heel 1A conference)
Last year: 13-9, third in Central Tar Heel 1A conference, 1A playo s rst round exit Woods Charter looks to take another step forward as a program this winter.
After back-to-back playo appearances, the Wolves are returning a core of junior guard Alden Phelps (10.2 points per game last season), versatile junior forward Levi Haygood (8.3 points per game last season), senior forward Maxwell Carr and senior forward Jackson Morris. Junior Idris Abdullah looks to bring a defensive presence down low, while junior Daniel Sabbagh will bring playmaking and an ability to score from di erent levels of the court. The Wolves want to play a fast brand of basketball with improvements in their ability to handle physicality and adversity throughout an entire game. The weight
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Seaforth takes a team photo celebrating the program’s rst football playo win on Nov. 7.
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SIDELINE REPORT
NCAA FOOTBALL
Big Ten says USC should have been penalized on fake punt
Rosemont, Ill.
The Big Ten has announced that Southern California should have received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty during its game against Northwestern. This was due to a reserve quarterback wearing the same number as the Trojans’ regular punter while executing a fake punt. Early in the second quarter, Sam Huard completed a pass that led to a touchdown ve plays later. The Big Ten stated that USC should have been penalized under the NCAA’s Unfair Tactics rule. The conference plans to continue reviewing the situation with both schools.
NFL White House: Naming new Commanders stadium after Trump would be “beautiful”
West Palm Beach, Fla.
The White House says it would be “beautiful” to name the new stadium for Washington’s NFL team after President Donald Trump. The remarks on Saturday came following an ESPN report that an intermediary has told the Commanders’ ownership group that he wants it to bear his name. Trump attended the Commanders’ game against Detroit, becoming the rst sitting president since 1978 to attend a regular-season NFL game. Only two other times did a president go to an NFL game during the regular season while in o ce: Richard Nixon in 1969 and Jimmy Carter in 1978.
NBA Miami Heat coach Spoelstra grateful for support after re destroys home
Miami Miami coach Erik Spoelstra has expressed gratitude for the support he received after a re destroyed his home. His children were not at home, and no one was injured. Spoelstra praised the rst responders for their e orts, even though the house couldn’t be saved. He declined time o o ered by the Heat. Spoelstra also thanked the Heat family for their support, noting that some players’ families are helping his children. The cause of the re remains under investigation.
MLB Dodgers’ Vesia, who missed World Series for personal reasons, says baby daughter has died Los Angeles Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia has shared the news that his daughter, Sterling, has died. Vesia and his wife, Kayla, expressed their grief and love for their daughter in an Instagram post. Vesia missed the World Series due to what the team initially described as a “deeply personal family matter.” Both team’s pitchers wore Vesia’s No. 51 on their caps in tribute. The Vesias thanked the medical sta and both teams for their support. The Dodgers won the World Series in seven games against Toronto.
Kneeland’s death highlights need of mental health resources for athletes
The Dallas Cowboys defensive end died in an apparent suicide
By Rob Maaddi The Associated Press
LIKE THE REST of society, the NFL has come a long way in addressing mental wellness, an evolution aimed at reducing the stigma associated with the issue. It’s a discussion that is returning to the forefront as the NFL mourns the loss of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland.
Police in a Dallas suburb say the 24-year-old Kneeland was found dead of an apparent suicide this week after evading authorities in his vehicle and eeing the scene of an accident on foot. As authorities were looking for Kneeland, a dispatcher told o cers that people who knew him had received a group text from Kneeland “saying goodbye. They’re concerned for his welfare,” according to recordings from Broadcastify, which archives public safety radio feeds.
The NFL has put an emphasis in recent years on all aspects of player health.
Players are encouraged to prioritize their mental well-being. They’re told to seek professional support if needed. They have more resources available to them now. The NFL and NFL Players Association in 2019 made it a requirement to have a licensed behavioral health clinician on the sta of each team.
“It’s tough. It’s a hard job. But it’s hard to be a person sometimes.”
Micah Parsons
“We don’t all understand what happened to 9-4 (Kneeland) in the instance, but mental health is important about being there for each other, whether we’re going through hard times or whatever it may be,” Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons said. “It’s tough. It’s a hard job. But it’s hard to be a person sometimes. I think sometimes people evade that you are human. They try to go away from that.”
Many former and current players have opened up about their personal struggles in an e ort to raise more awareness about a topic that used to be a silent illness.
Former Eagles star Brian Dawkins used the platform of his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018 to talk publicly about his battle with depression. Dawkins overcame suicidal thoughts to become one of the greatest safeties in the history of the sport. Now he’s on a crusade to educate people about mental wellness.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott lost his older brother, Jace, by suicide in 2020. Teammate Solomon Thomas’ older sister Ella took her life in January 2018 at 24 years old.
The death hit hard for play-
ers and coaches across the league.
“It hurts your heart,” Buccaneers veteran wide receiver Sterling Shepard said in Tampa Bay’s locker room. “This game is great and everything; it is one of everybody’s childhood dreams to come and play at this level, but that is the real-life stu people go through. You just never know, so (it) puts things in perspective for you every day that you walk into this building, being grateful and just checking on your brothers as well, make sure everything is OK with them mentally. This game is a lot on us and people tend to forget the real-life aspect of it.” Parsons discussed the difculty of trying to prepare for a game while mourning the-
loss of his former teammate.
“I’ve got former teammates that are devastated,” Parsons said. “They can’t comprehend it. Losing a teammate is like a brother. This is someone — people don’t realize how much we’re actually together, like time spent. That’s the challenge. Like regardless, the NFL is like a brotherhood. It doesn’t matter who it is. If you’re breaking sweat, breaking blood with someone, whether it’s opposite team or same team, it’s a brotherhood.”
A second-round pick in 2024, Kneeland scored a touchdown after recovering a blocked punt on Monday night against Arizona. It was a highlight moment in what seemed to be a promising career. Now, he’s gone.
NCAA revokes eligibility of 6 more basketball players
Arizona State, New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State players are involved in the gambling probe
By Doug Feinberg
The Associated Press
THE NCAA REVOKED the eligibility of six men’s college basketball players as a result of three separate sports-betting cases that involved a power-conference school and allegations of players throwing games to lose by more points than the spread.
The NCAA Committee on Infractions released ndings from an investigation that concluded Chatton “BJ” Freeman at Arizona State; Cedquavious Hunter, Dyquavian Short and Jamond Vincent at New Orleans, and Donovan Sanders and Alvin Stredic at Mississippi Valley State either manipulated their performances to lose games, not cover bet lines or ensure certain prop bets were reached, or provided information that enabled others to do so during the 2024 -25 regular season.
The NCAA said last month it was investigating at least 30 current or former players for gambling allegations. The NCAA also banned three college basketball players in September for betting on their own games at Fresno State and San Jose State.
Arizona State is the only power-conference school involved in the recent announcements. Freeman became implicated in the investigation when the NCAA reviewed text messages between him and a player banned in September, Mykell Robinson, who played at Fresno State. Records on Robinson’s phone indicated that on four separate occasions between November and December 2024, Freeman knowingly provided information to Robinson, who was betting on Freeman through daily fantasy sports accounts.
Freeman also knowingly provided information on at least two occasions to his then-girlfriend, who was also betting on Freeman. In one instance, Freeman provided information to Robinson to bet the over on Freeman’s turnover total against Florida on Dec. 14, 2024, ac-
cording to the NCAA. Arizona State entered the game 8-1. The Sun Devils lost 83-66 to the ninth-ranked Gators and went on to nish the season 13-20. Freeman had one turnover in the game.
The violations at New Orleans against Hunter, Short and Vincent came to light after the NCAA received a tip about game manipulation. The NCAA said a student-athlete overheard the three players discuss a third party placing a bet on their game against McNeese State on Dec. 28, 2024. New Orleans lost 86-61.
That same student-athlete reported that during a timeout near the end of the game, Short instructed him not to score any more points. New Orleans suspended all three student-athletes for the remainder of the season while it investigated the allegations.
The NCAA investigation showed that the three players manipulated their perfor-
mances in seven games from December through January to lose by more points than the spread for that game.
The NCAA reached out to an integrity monitoring service to review Mississippi Valley State games after a related but separate NBA gambling ring that was uncovered earlier this year showed potential ties to college basketball, including the school.
The service indicated betting trends for the Mississippi Valley State games on Jan. 6 against Alabama A&M were suspicious. Mississippi Valley State lost 79-67.
During an interview with the NCAA, a men’s basketball student-athlete said that before the team’s Dec. 21, 2024, game, he overhead Sanders on the phone with an unknown third party talking about “throwing the game.” Sanders asked the student-athlete to participate in the call because the third par-
ty had told Sanders the individual intended to bet on the game and wanted to know that another of Sanders’ teammates would participate in the scheme.
The student-athlete denied altering his performance or receiving money from Sanders or any other individuals. Sanders texted the same student-athlete after that game and told him to delete their messages.
During a second interview, Sanders could not explain the student-athlete’s account of the events or the text messages. He did say, however, that he and Stredic were o ered money to throw the team’s Jan. 6 game by another anonymous caller, who instructed them to perform poorly in the rst half.
The enforcement sta demonstrated that Sanders knowingly provided information to a third party for the purposes of sports betting for two games and Stredic did the same for one game.
DARRYL WEBB / AP PHOTO Arizona State guard BJ Freeman shoots during a January game against Iowa State.
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Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland walks o the eld after a preseason game.
Mysteries solved with internet, modern tech in new Agatha Christie show
The six-part drama premiers next year on BritBox
By Hilary Fox
The Associated Press
LONDON — The scene: Outside a stately English home, a man and a woman attempt to solve a mystery. What’s unusual about this picture? They’re using the internet.
In a departure from what could be the logline for many a cozy English mystery before it, “Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence” marks the rst time Agatha Christie’s work has been modernized for an English-speaking TV audience. In this six-part drama premiering next year, there are phones, social media and TikTok alongside the usual murky secrets, red herrings and nefarious crimes.
Speaking in late October on the set of the BritBox contemporary series shooting in the U.K., writer and executive producer Phoebe Eclair-Powell says the makers were thrilled to get permission from Christie’s estate and have been careful not to “simplify” solving classic puzzles like a locked room mystery with new tech.
“We have used it but carefully, sparingly and when we think actually that it’s en-
“We have used it but carefully, sparingly and when we think actually that it’s enhanced the original story that it’s adapted from.”
hanced the original story that it’s adapted from,” Eclair-Powell explains.
She says it’s been a “tricky” part of the process but one they hope Christie herself would approve of.
In Japan, Korea, India and Sweden, there have already been Christie characters living in the modern age, but this is the rst contemporary adaptation in the author’s native language.
“Phoebe came to us with a brilliant take on the stories which put them in the modern day and because of the energy & vitality of these characters it felt completely natural to say yes!” Christie’s great-grandson James Prichard, who manages the literary rights to her estate, wrote in an email.
The Associated Press joined stars Antonia Thomas (“The Good Doctor”) and Josh Dylan (“The Buccaneers”) in the library of a 17th-century man-
sion. Thomas is delighted to appear in this modern mystery program, her rst as a title character, and says fans will enjoy the interpretation because while it’s “grounded and modern,” she and Dylan are still “capering in a classic Agatha Christie way.”
She also hopes it will attract new viewers who would normally be put o by the period setting of a more traditional Christie crime drama.
Dylan describes the modernization as having a “looseness” and “freshness” that makes the miniseries feel “di erent.”
Readers of the “Queen of Crime” will recognize Tommy and Tuppence as featuring in short stories and four novels spanning from 1922 to 1973 — their stories were favorites of the author and aged alongside Christie in each appearance according to her estate.
In this version, Tommy is a crime writer and Tuppence struggles as an actor, so both are amateur sleuths, and a will they-won’t-they vibe permeates their relationship.
Also featuring Imelda Staunton as Tommy’s Aunt Ada, production on “Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence” continues throughout November and the show is expected to air on BritBox in 2026.
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Antonia Thomas and Josh Dylan star in the Agatha Christie series “Tommy & Tuppence,”
lmed in Beacons eld, England.
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this week in history
“Moby Dick” published, Oklahoma joins the union, Schwarzenegger becomes Calif. governor
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1775: During the Revolutionary War, American forces under Continental Army Gen. Richard Montgomery captured Montreal.
1956: The U.S. Supreme Court a rmed a lower court ruling that struck down Alabama’s bus segregation laws as illegal.
1971: The U.S. space probe Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars, becoming the rst spacecraft to orbit another planet.
NOV. 14
1851: Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick; Or The Whale” was published in the United States, almost a month after its release in Britain.
1889: Journalist Nellie Bly began her attempt to travel around the world in 80 days; she would complete the journey in a little more than 72 days by ships, trains and other means of transport.
1960: Ruby Bridges, 6, under escort by federal marshals,
became the rst black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. NOV. 15
1806: Explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountain now known as Pikes Peak in present-day Colorado.
1864: Late in the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta.
1959: Four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, were found murdered in their home; two men were later convicted and hanged in a case made famous by Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood.”
1969: A quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington against the Vietnam War.
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1907: Oklahoma became the 46th state of the union.
1914: The newly created Federal Reserve Banks opened in 12 cities.
1973: President Richard Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing construction of an 800-mile oil pipeline from the Alaska North Slope to the port of Valdez.
Arnold Schwarzenegger smiles to the crowd as he arrives for his swearing in as the 38th governor of California in Sacramento on Nov. 17, 2003.
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1869: The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.
1973: President Richard Nixon told a gathering of Associated Press managing editors at a televised news conference in Orlando, Florida, “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.”
1989: An estimated 10,000
to 15,000 Czechoslovakian students demonstrated in Prague against Communist rule, sparking the nonviolent “Velvet Revolution.”
2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Austrian-born actor who had become one of America’s biggest movie stars, was sworn in as the 38th governor of California.
NOV. 18
1928: “Steamboat Willie,” the rst cartoon with synchronized sound and the debut of Mickey Mouse, premiered at the Colony Theater in New York.
1978: U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan of California and four others were killed on an airstrip in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the attack was followed by a night of mass murder and suicide that left more than 900 cult members dead.
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1863: President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a national cemetery on the Civil War battle eld in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1977: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the rst Arab leader to visit Israel.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Which stars to see this year?
Marching bands from seven states will participate
By Mark Kennedy The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Ciara, Foreigner, Lil Jon, Kool & the Gang, Busta Rhymes, Mickey Guyton and Teyana Taylor will feature in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which will also cement “KPop Demon Hunters” as a pop culture phenomenon with appearances by the movie’s singers on the ground and cute characters in balloons overhead.
An eclectic group of stars — from ballet dancer Tiler Peck to YouTube’s “Hot Ones” host Sean Evans — will join the annual holiday kick-o , highlighted by Audrey Nuna, EJAE and Rei Ami of HUNTR/X, the ctional girl group at the heart of the Net ix K-pop hit.
The trio are behind the lm’s soundtrack, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and recently went platinum. Two characters from the movie — Derpy Tiger and Sussie — will join the parade lineup as a mid-sized balloon and the adorably named balloonicle.
The parade will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 27 in all time zones and feature 32 balloons, three ballonicles, 27 oats, 33 clown groups and 11 marching bands — all leading the way for Santa Claus. The familiar
31M
Television viewers last year
TV hosts — Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker from the “Today” show — will return on NBC and Peacock. More stars will be announced later.
Broadway, Buzz Lightyear and Debbie Gibson
Broadway will be represented by cast members from “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Just in Time” and “Ragtime,” while the Radio City Rockettes will be there and some serious athletes — three-time U.S. national champion gure skater Ilia Malinin and U.S Paralympian Jack Wallace.
Every year, spectators line up a half-dozen deep along the route to cheer the oats, entertainers and marching bands.
Last year, more than 31 million people tuned in on NBC and Peacock, up 10% from the previous year and marking the biggest audience ever for the parade.
This year, four new featured character balloons will debut, including Buzz Lightyear, Pac-Man, Mario from Super Mario Brothers and a 32-foot-tall balloon onion
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carriage featuring eight characters from the world of “Shrek.” Ahead of next year’s 100th anniversary of the parade, organizers are also including balloons from previous marches, including Rainbow trout, the Happy Hippo Triple Stack, Wigglefoot and Freida the Dachshund.
Some of the stars on hand will be Jewel, Debbie Gibson, Drew Baldridge, Matteo Bocelli, Colbie Caillat, Gavin DeGraw, Meg Donnelly, Christopher Jackson, Darlene Love, Roman Mejia, Taylor Momsen, Calum Scott, Shaggy, Lauren Spencer Smith and Luísa Sonza.
The marching bands will hail from South Carolina, California, Texas, Arizona, New Hampshire, Mississippi, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Santiago, Panama. The New York Police Department’s marching band will also join.
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Parade performers lead the Tom Turkey oat down Central Park West at the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York on Nov. 28, 2024.
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famous birthdays this week
Whoopi Goldberg is 70, King Charles III turns 77, Martin Scorsese is 83, Dick Cavett hits 89
The Associated Press THESE CELEBRITIES have birthdays this week.
NOV. 13
Actor Joe Mantegna is 78. Hockey Hall of Famer Gilbert Perreault is 75. Actor Frances Conroy is 73. Actor Chris Noth is 71. Actor-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is 70. Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska is 61. Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is 58.
NOV. 14
Britain’s King Charles III is 77. Filmmaker Zhang Yimou is 75. Musician Yanni is 71. Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault is 71. Basketball Hall of Famer Jack Sikma is 70. Rapper Joseph Simmons (Reverend Run of Run-D.M.C.) is 61.
NOV. 15
Singer Petula Clark is 93. Actor Sam Waterston is 85. Classical conductor Daniel Barenboim is 83. Pop singer Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad (ABBA) is 80. Fashion designer Jimmy Choo is 77. Actor Beverly D’Angelo is 74.
NOV. 16
Actor Miguel Sandoval is 74.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Terry Labonte is 69. Former MLB All-Star pitcher Dwight Gooden is 61. Jazz singer Diana Krall is 61. Actor Lisa Bonet is 58. Actor Martha Plimpton is 55. Actor Maggie Gyllenhaal is 48.
NOV. 17
Film director Martin Scorsese is 83. Actor-model Lauren Hutton is 82. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 81. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim is 81. “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels is 81. Basketball Hall of Famer Elvin Hayes is 80.
NOV. 18
Author Margaret Atwood is 86. Actor Linda Evans is 83. Actor Delroy Lindo is 73. Comedian Kevin Nealon is 72. Actor Elizabeth Perkins is 65. Rock
Kirk Hammett (Me-
is 63. Actor Owen Wil-
NOV. 19
Talk show host Dick Cavett is 89. Media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner is 87. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 83. Poet Sharon Olds is 83. Sportscaster and former NFL wide receiver Ahmad Rashad is 76. Actor Meg Ryan is 64. Actor- lmmaker Jodie Foster is 63.
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TEMILADE ADELAJA / POOL PHOTO VIA AP Britain’s King Charles III turns 77 on Friday.
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Margaret Atwood, Canadian author of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” turns 86 on Tuesday.
EVAN AGOSTINI / INVISION VIA AP Actor-comedian Whoopi Goldberg turns 70 on Thursday.
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for photographers at the premiere of the lm ‘Freakier Friday’ in London. The body swap comedy is streaming now on
‘Freakier Friday,’ NF, ‘Landman,’ ‘Palm Royale,’ Black Ops 7
Soul powerhouse Summer Walker drops “Finally Over It”
The Associated Press
JAMIE LEE CURTIS and Lindsay Lohan re-teaming as the body-swapping mother and daughter duo in “Freakier Friday” and albums from 5 Seconds of Summer and the rapper NF are some of the new television, lms, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming o erings worth your time this week: Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys team up for the new limited-series thriller “The Beast in Me,” gamers get Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Apple TV’s star-studded “Palm Royale” is back.
MOVIES TO STREAM
Richard Linklater’s love letter to the French New Wave and the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless,” “Nouvelle Vague,” will be streaming on Net ix on Friday. In his review, Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle writes that, “To a remarkable degree, Linklater’s lm, in French and boxed into the Academy ratio, black-and-white style of ‘Breathless,’ has fully imbibed that spirit, resurrecting one of the most hallowed eras of movies to capture an iconoclast in the making. The result is something endlessly stylish and almost absurdly uncanny.” Curtis and Lohan are back as the body-swapping mother and daughter duo in “Freakier Friday,” a sequel to their 2003 movie, now streaming on Disney+. In her review, Jocelyn Noveck writes, “The chief weakness of ‘Freakier Friday’ — an amiable, often joyful and certainly chaotic reunion — is that while it hews overly closely to the structure, storyline and even dialogue of the original, it tries too hard to up the ante. The comedy is thus a bit more manic, and the plot machinations more overwrought (or sometimes distractingly silly).”
Ari Aster’s latest nightmare “Eddington” is set in a small, ctional New Mexico town during the coronavirus pandemic, which becomes a kind of microcosm for our polarized society at large with Joaquin Phoenix as the sheri and Pedro Pascal as its mayor. In my review, I wrote that, “it is an anti-escapist symphony of masking debates, conspiracy theories, YouTube proph-
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Sam Elliott and Billy Bob Thornton attend the “Landman” Season 2 screening in October in Los Angeles. The show returns to Paramount+ on Sunday.
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Martin Scorsese speaks during a 2024 panel discussion for “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” in New York. The series returns to Fox Nation on Sunday.
ets, TikTok trends and third-rail topics in which no side is spared.”
MUSIC TO
STREAM
ogy; a release centered on transformation and autonomy. That’s evident from the dreamy throwback single, “Heart of A Woman,” in which the song’s protagonist is disappointed with her partner — but with striking self-awareness.
Consider him one of the biggest artists on the planet that you may not be familiar with. NF, the musical moniker of Nate Feuerstein, emerged from the Christian rap world as a modern answer to Eminem only to top the mainstream, all-genre Billboard 200 chart twice, with 2017’s “Perception” and 2019’s “The Search.”
SERIES TO STREAM
Apple TV’s star-studded “Palm Royale” is back just in time for a new social season.
Starring Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Kaia Gerber, Ricky Martin AND Carol Burnett, the show is campy, colorful and fun, plus it has great costumes. The rst episode premiered Wednesday, and one will follow weekly into January.
“(‘Freakier Friday’) is thus a bit more manic, and the plot machinations more overwrought (or sometimes distractingly silly).”
Jocelyn Noveck, AP Film Writer
have left the religion. All three episodes are streaming now on Peacock.
Thanks to “Homeland” and “The Americans,” Danes and Rhys helped put the prestige in the term prestige TV. They grace the screen together in a new limited series for Net ix called “The Beast in Me.” Danes plays a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who nds a new subject in her nextdoor neighbor, a real estate tycoon who also may or may not have killed his rst wife. Howard Gordon, who worked with Danes on “Homeland,” is also the showrunner and an executive producer of “The Beast in Me.” It premieres Thursday.
David Duchovny and Jack Whitehall star in a new thriller on Prime Video called “Malice.” Duchovny plays Jamie, a wealthy man vacationing with his family in Greece. He hires a tutor (played by Whitehall) named Adam to work with the kids who seems likable, personable and they invite him into their world. Soon it becomes apparent that Adam’s charm is actually creepy. Something is up. As these stories go, getting rid of an interloper is never easy. All six episodes drop Friday.
“Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” returns to Fox Nation on Sunday for a second season. The premiere details the story of Saint Patrick. The show is a passion project for Scorsese who executive produces, hosts and narrates the episodes.
Billy Bob Thornton has struck oil in the second season of “Landman” on Paramount+. Created by Taylor Sheridan, the show is set-in modern-day Texas in the world of Big Oil. Sam Elliott and Andy Garcia have joined the cast, and Demi Moore also returns. The show returns Sunday.
VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
The R&B and neo soul powerhouse Summer Walker has returned with her third studio album and rst in four years. “Finally Over It,” out Friday, is the nal chapter of her “Over It” tril-
An incurable cancer diagnoses might not be the most obvious starting place for a funny and a rming lm, but that is the magic of Ryan White’s documentary “Come See Me in the Good Light,” about two poets — Andrea Gibson, who died in July, and Megan Falley — facing a difcult reality together. It will be on Apple TV on Friday.
“Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” cast member Heather Gay has written a book called “Bad Mormon” about how she went from a devout Mormon to leaving the church. Next, she’s fronting a new docuseries that delves into that too called “Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay.” The reality TV star also speaks to others who
The Call of Duty team behind the Black Ops subseries delivered a chapter last year — but they’re already back with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The new installment of the bestselling rst-person shooter franchise moves to 2035 and a world “on the brink of chaos.” (What else is new?) Publisher Activision is promising a “reality-shattering” experience that dives into “into the deepest corners of the human psyche.” Lock and load Friday on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S or PC.
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis pose
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