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VOLUME 149 ISSUE 29 | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2026

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THE CHATHAM COUNTY EDITION OF NORTH STATE JOURNAL

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Farmers’ Day The 51st annual Old-Fashioned Farmers’ Day festival took place in Silk Hope over the weekend in a celebration of the area’s agricultural heritage.

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TSA brings back gate access for some people without plane tickets Las Vegas The Transportation Security Administration has launched a new program at 13 airports allowing eligible TSA PreCheck members without plane tickets to pass through security and enter the gates. This revives a tradition that largely disappeared 25 years ago after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The program is called “Gateside by TSA PreCheck.” It’s free, but people must apply online one to three days before their planned visit and receive approval. The pass is valid for one calendar day. TSA says members of other trusted-traveler programs who have a Known Traveler Number also can apply for access.

Americans’ satisfaction with schools at low point, new poll shows A new poll shows that only 32% of Americans are satisfied with the quality of K-12 education in the country. That figure represents a low since Gallup began polling on the subject 27 years ago. Democrats are driving the recent slide, with satisfaction dropping 19 points since President Donald Trump’s second term began in 2025. But politics alone do not explain the dissatisfaction. Satisfaction has declined since the COVID-19 pandemic, and most Americans do not feel schools are doing a good job teaching skills like critical thinking and preparing students for jobs.

Family opens pizzeria to honor late patriarch The restaurant scene in Siler City has a new addition By Bob Sutton Chatham News & Record SILER CITY — The name of the newest pizza place in town comes with special meaning

teria and Hayley-Bales Steakhouse in Siler City. He died at age 53 slightly more than five years ago from complications of COVID-19. So launching a new eatery in town seemed appropriate for Tyler White, who has worked for Bestfood Cafeteria since he was a teenager. He said the plans to open a

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Midterm elections head into home stretch as candidates hit Labor Day events With Senate control at stake, Democrats court labor union voters in key competitive races By Patrick Whittle The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unex-

pectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell a packed crowd that workers need to go to the polls this fall — to raise the

minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for one another. “Labor Day has never been just another holiday,” Jackson told several hundred union members at a Southern Maine Labor Council event Monday morning in Portland. “Today, here with the people I’ve fought alongside

Fuel prices at record Labor Day high in US thanks to Iran war, refinery issues “Everything points to the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz.” Tom Seng, Texas Christian University energy finance professor

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for the owners of the business. Tyler White said Art’s Pizzeria, which served its first slices last week, is named in memory of his father, Art White. “It was an opportunity to help my family,” White said, “and honor my dad and what he taught us.” Art White was a longtime co-operator of Bestfood Cafe-

pizzeria had been in the works since April. His younger brother Zach White returned from Virginia to pitch in, and his cousin D.J. Potter is on board as well. “It’s definitely a family thing,” Tyler White said. Potter came up with the idea to name the business after Art White because of the influence he had on younger family members and their interest in the restaurant business. The elder White was a big-time fan of the UNC Tar Heels, so the pizzeria bearing his name has a blue color scheme. “We changed it up,” said Tyler

Iranian tensions and global refinery strain are converging to push prices higher By Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press IT’S NEVER BEEN more expensive in the U.S. to fill up the tank and take one last summer trip over the Labor Day weekend. The average price of regular gas was $4.14 a gallon heading into the holiday, nearly a

dollar higher than last year and well above the Labor Day weekend record of $3.82 from 2012, according to AAA motor club. Nicole Collins planned to head from Philadelphia to South Carolina to visit friends, but she said her family has spent most of the summer close to home and not taking their typical weekend trips because driving has gotten so expensive. “Gas is pretty high right now. It doesn’t help that we See FUEL, page A7

for years, I want to make a pledge about exactly what I’m going to do in the United States Senate.” Jackson, who became the nominee in a special convention in July, is trying to whip up support in a short period of time as he attempts to unseat longtime See MIDTERMS, page A10

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Rescue satellite gets close to NASA’s doomed telescope, even if it can’t save it The $30 million rescue attempt failed but provided valuable data for future satellite servicing

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By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private spacecraft that was supposed to provide a lifeline to NASA’s Swift Observatory managed to get close to the sinking telescope and even snap photos two weeks after the rescue was abandoned. But the three-armed robotic salvager had to turn away because it was low on fuel, according to Katalyst Space Technologies, which attempted the daring operation. “We got so close but so far,” Katalyst CEO Ghonhee Lee told The Associated Press this week. Katalyst’s Link spacecraft got within nine miles of Swift last Tuesday, using its sensors to gather data on the doomed telescope for NASA. The rescue effort had already been called off in August because of Link’s own troubles in orbit, but the company wanted the practice for future satellite-servicing missions. Link went into an uncontrollable spin soon after rocketing to Swift’s rescue in July. Flight controllers managed to slow the tumble and stabilize the spacecraft, using up pre-

cious fuel. In the end, there was not enough fuel remaining to boost the aging Swift into a higher, longer-lasting orbit so it could continue observing the cosmos. Lee blamed Link’s problems on the rush to get it flying. The mission was put together in just nine months, and engineers often had to use whatever was available instead of waiting for the preferred parts, he said. NASA paid the company $30 million to carry out the attempt, which was always going to be rushed. Both sides viewed it as an experiment with little to lose, although no one wanted a collision that would unleash clouds of space debris. “Unfortunately, it wasn’t the outcome that we were expecting,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said following Sunday’s launch of the Roman Space Telescope. “But that’s exactly the type of missions that we should be flying at NASA. We will learn from that.” Isaacman said it makes sense to extend the life of a valuable spacecraft, especially if salvaging it costs less than replacing it. That is why the Roman telescope was designed to be refueled even though it is headed toward an observation point 1 million miles away. It is unlikely that Link has enough fuel left to attempt another close approach to Swift, according to Lee. But it can

continue exercising its three 3-foot arms and providing important data before it reenters the atmosphere and burns up in the next few weeks, he said. Launched in 2004, Swift has a little more time remaining in orbit, depending on how active the sun is. Intense solar storms in recent years are responsible for bringing the telescope down much sooner than expected. As of Friday, its orbit had dropped to 208 miles, barely half as high as when it set out to scan some of the biggest explosions in the universe. NASA anticipates Swift will plunge through the atmosphere sometime between October and the end of the year. The space agency resumed observations with the telescope last week after halting them early this year to conserve precious power. Like Swift’s, the Hubble Space Telescope’s orbit also has been lowered by solar activity. Katalyst is developing a next-generation spacecraft that could boost the 36-year-old Hubble into a longer-lasting orbit. “Hubble does still have a few years of life yet, right? So the good news is this isn’t imminent,” Lee said. Servicing old telescopes and other satellites used to be “a very, very niche concept,” he added, “and we believe it’s going to become more and more commonplace.”

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CRIME LOG

• Watson Henry Rubens, 61, of Goldston, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. • Justin Daniel Stiles, 47, of Pittsboro, was arrested for a pretrial release violation. Sept. 1 • Darreus Vo Shon McNeill, 29, of Siler City, was arrested for felony failure to register as a sex offender. Sept. 2 • Shady Paul Tinnin, 50, of Siler City, was arrested for failure to register as a sex offender. Sept. 3 • Maria Lilina Gomez Garcia, 52, of Siler City, was arrested for assault by strangulation, misdemeanor child abuse and misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up in Chatham County.

Sept. 10 Pittsboro Farmers Market 3-6 p.m. Producers-only farmers market, open year-round, rain or shine. Food and craft producers build connections within the community while giving the public a place to sample and purchase locally made items. 50 W. Salisbury St. Pittsboro

Sept. 17-19 19th annual Hoppin John Fiddlers Convention Thursday: 7:30-10 p.m. Friday: 3-11 p.m. Saturday: 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Live musical performances, competitions, music and dance workshops, and film screenings are all part of this weekend celebration of folk and bluegrass tradition. Featuring performers of all skill levels and ages. The Hoppin’ John Cook-Off is a festival highlight, with a chance to taste some creative, homemade dishes. Dog-friendly.

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Katalyst Space Technologies’ Link robotic servicing spacecraft orbits Earth on Aug. 24.

Central Electric providing grants to local educators to fund innovative projects Teachers, are you looking for new opportunities to fund projects for your classroom?

Grant applications will be accepted through Sept. 15. However, it pays to apply early. All teachers who submit their applications by the early bird deadline of Aug. 15 will be entered into a drawing for one of five $100 Visa gift cards. Scan the QR code or visit NCBrightIdeas.com for more information or to apply!

Thursday: 4-10 p.m. Friday: 4-8 p.m. Saturday: 1-10 p.m. Sunday: 1-8 p.m. Over four days, a variety of livestock exhibits, agricultural displays and competitions, along with rides, games, live entertainment and lots of family-friendly activities, will be presented. Vendors and food on-site.

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Central Electric is awarding up to $15,000 in Bright Ideas education grants to local educators in K-12 classrooms for the 2026-27 school year. Educators in K-12 classrooms with creative ideas for learning projects are encouraged to apply for a grant up to $2,000.

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• Chad Leon Graves, 18, of Pittsboro, was arrested for misdemeanor larceny.

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Aug. 31 • Jamie Diane Johnson, 45, of Goldston, was arrested for exploiting a disabled or elderly adult in a position of trust, financial card fraud and identity theft, and other charges.

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White, a 2011 graduate of Jordan-Matthews. “Most pizza restaurants are red, but we’re the opposite. Ours is Carolina blue.” The location is in a former Pizza Hut building in the Food Lion plaza. Art’s Pizzeria opened Aug. 31 with a soft opening. The plan is to have hours from 3-8 p.m. daily, though earlier hours might be added at least for the weekends, White said. He said the food is made from scratch.

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Federal investigators probe Amazon cargo jet’s fiery runway crash that killed 5 in Miami Investigators suspect tail winds and a delayed touchdown prevented the plane from braking safely

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An Amazon cargo plane sits at Miami International Airport on Monday after it overshot the runway and killed five people on Sunday. the cargo jet was beyond that area, it should have aborted the landing and gone around for another try, aviation safety expert Steve Arroyo said. Mary Schiavo, who is a pilot and former inspector general of the Transportation Department, said video posted online shows the Amazon plane floating above the runway for an extended period without flaring the nose upward to force the main landing gear onto the ground. It wasn’t raining at the time, but dark storm clouds loomed and strong winds were reported. Schiavo said that if the plane had a tail wind, that could have contributed to it floating further down the runway. “A tail wind would certainly add to your troubles if you’ve already given up a good chunk of the runway by not touching down and landing right away,” Schiavo said. The Miami airport is not equipped with arresting systems the FAA says have been installed at more than 120 airports nationwide to safely stop planes that do go past the end of a runway. Those beds of lightweight, crushable material at the end of a runway have been credited by the FAA with helping save at least 497 lives aboard planes that overran runways. Miami’s airport appears to be in compliance and wasn’t required to have an arresting system because it has a 1,000-foot safety buffer at the end of its runways, said Mike O’Donnell, the FAA’s former director of airport safety and accident investigations. The requirement was prompted by American Airlines Flight 1420 overrunning a runway at Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas in 1999, killing nine. The Prime Air plane came to rest beside a roadway near two semitrucks, images showed. The aircraft appeared to be resting

on its belly and was largely intact despite the fire. The flight had been operated by 21 Air, a cargo carrier based in North Carolina. The 32-year-old Boeing 767 was originally built to carry passengers and flew for several airlines for more than two decades before being converted to a cargo plane in 2015, according to flight-tracking site Flightradar24. Schiavo said the NTSB will also closely examine the maintenance history of the plane — particularly since it has a history of foreign ownership, including by a Russian company. The crash halted flights at the busy travel hub for much of Sunday afternoon and continued to hamper air travel into Monday. Miami International Airport said that two of its four runways remained closed Monday and that operations were to be affected throughout the day because of aircraft and flight crews not arriving there due to Sunday’s cancellations after the crash. An airport spokesperson said there were 160 cancellations and more than 300 delayed flights Sunday, plus another 69 canceled flights Monday through mid-afternoon. Flight tracking sites were reporting widespread delays at the airport. Amazon said in a statement that it would cooperate with any investigation. “We’re heartbroken to learn that five people lost their lives in today’s incident at Miami International Airport,” the company said. “Our deepest sympathies go out to the families, loved ones, and all those affected by this devastating loss.” Last year, a UPS plane crashed after losing its engine while accelerating down the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport. The crash killed all three pilots and 12 people on the ground. Twenty-three more were injured.

Scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science Future ceremonies will now rotate between European cities, with Antwerp hosting the 2027 ceremony By Adithi Ramakrishnan The Associated Press TEN RESEARCH teams were honored last Thursday at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. Researchers who studied milk from cockroaches and analyzed soil health using underwear received Ig Nobel prizes celebrating unusual and imaginative contributions to science. The awards organized by a digital magazine called the Annals of Improbable Research

SILER CITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Siler City Presbyterian Church at 720 West Third St. in Siler City (across from where the old hospital used to be) is proud to present the Gospel group Redeemed in concert Sunday, Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. Come and join us at Siler City Presbyterian for a wonderful performance of good, old-fashioned Southern gospel music sung by the popular gospel group Redeemed. This all-music event will be something everyone will enjoy. Admission for the concert is one can of food for the Chatham Food Pantry. Everyone is welcome! We hope to see you then! Have a blessed day!

By David Fischer, Marc Levy and Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press MIAMI — The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van carrying seven people from a cleaning company and an SUV hit outside of airport property, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said Monday. Homendy didn’t detail how many people were in the SUV or where the dead were located. Homendy called the scene of Sunday’s crash “utter devastation.” She walked the route the Boeing 767 followed, noting tire marks from the pavement into the grass, a destroyed van carrying the cleaning crew, torn fencing, navigational equipment, and a crushed SUV outside airport property. Federal investigators examining why the jet barreled off the runway and into vehicles, killing at least five people, are likely to focus on a crucial moment in the landing: whether the plane touched down too late to stop safely. Video of Sunday’s landing appears to show the Boeing 767 remaining airborne well down the runway before touching down. Aviation experts said investigators will seek to determine exactly where the plane landed, whether it was beyond the normal touchdown zone, and why the pilots did not abandon the landing. Investigators will also examine the plane’s speed and braking, weather and wind conditions, the aircraft’s mechanical condition and other factors that could have contributed to the deadly overrun. The aircraft overran the runway around 2 p.m. Sunday after arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and plowed across a road used by warehouse workers and other businesses that surround the airport. Five people died, three were critically injured and two others were hospitalized with less severe injuries, officials said. The crash, which sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky, trapped the pilot and copilot in the cockpit and some occupants in cars, said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Ray Jadallah. The agency said crews also had to extricate a person who was trapped under a vehicle. The typical landing zone for a plane is within the first 3,000 feet of a runway, experts said. If

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shifted to Europe after 35 years in the United States over concerns about attendees being able to get visas. At a convention center in Zurich, research teams received a custom trophy resembling a cross between a mushroom and a human foot. Among them were Matilda Brindle and Stuart West from the University of Oxford and the Florida Institute of Technology’s Catherine F. Talbot, who reconstructed the evolutionary history of kissing, and the late Dr. Tokuji Unno, who investigated the science of blowing one’s nose. Another research team buried 1,000 pairs of underwear in more than 25 countries to study how critters in the soil helped them decompose. As per tradition, audience

members fashioned paper airplanes and hurled them toward the stage to kick off the show. For future ceremonies, organizers plan to alternate between Zurich and other European countries. The 2027 ceremony will be held in the Belgian city of Antwerp. Previous iterations took place at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University, but there are no immediate plans to return to the U.S. “During the past year, it has become unsafe for our guests to visit the country,” Marc Abrahams, master of ceremonies and editor of the magazine, told The Associated Press in an email in March. The Nobel Prizes, which have no relation to their cheekily named counterpart, will be announced at the start of October.

RED HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 2981 N.C. Highway 42 Goldston, N.C. We will be having homecoming on Sunday at 11 a.m. There will be a covered dish lunch served after worship beginning at noon. All are welcome!

SHEEP RIGHT GOATS LEFT! Bible study: Matthew 25:31-46. Church of Living Water; Pastor: James Mitchell. Everyone should ask themselves, “Am I ready to meet the Lord?” None of us know what tomorrow holds. God shall divide His sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. The Democrat goats of today are against all that is good. You, half-goat Republicans that are called RINOs deserve many stripes. We’re so glad you four RINOs will be out by the end of the year. Let’s vote America First Republicans, so we can keep control of the House and Senate. President Trump has done so much to Make America Great Again. Obama/Biden/Goat Democrats did unbelievable harm to America. President Trump, with our military and law enforcement, is making us safe again. I SUD\ IRU WKH IDPLO\ PHPEHUV RI WKH RI¿FHU ZKR ZDV NLOOHG in South Carolina, in Jesus’ name. I pray our soldiers bring Iran to their knees, in Jesus’ name. I pray the Muslims repent and believe Jesus is the Son of God, accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Jesus died and arose so that all the whosoever will can be saved. Those on the left hand of -HVXV VKDOO EH FXUVHG LQWR HYHUODVWLQJ ¿UH SUHSDUHG IRU WKH devil and his angels. All mankind shall choose good or evil, Heaven or Hell.

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THE CONVERSATION Trip Hoffend, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor VISUAL VOICES

COLUMN | ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN

Thoughts on peaceableness Rather than a continuous practice throughout our lives, I suspect many of us compartmentalize our ethics.

SO FAR AS IT DEPENDS on you, live peaceably with all. —Romans 12:18 In solemn reflection on 9/11, I have often turned to the words of Wendell Berry. The Kentucky farmer-poet’s death last Monday, Aug. 31, adds more gravitas to his warnings. Written in 2005, Berry’s essay, “Thoughts in the Presence of Fear: Life in the Wake of 9/11,” criticizes politicians who “have reduced complex problems now facing us to issues of unity, security, normality and retaliation.” A partisan slant to these words separates supporters into so-called “true patriots.” Such fidelity rings hollow with the reduction of freedoms and guiding principles of America — life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Berry wrote, “National self-righteousness, like personal self-righteousness, is a mistake. It is misleading. It is a sign of weakness.” Berry then took his argument further, shifting from the political to the spiritual. He acknowledged, “It is hard to speak of the ways of peace and to remember that Christ enjoined us to love our enemies, but this is no less necessary for being difficult.” Berry lifted up the premier examples of Christ, Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., yet insisted the calling to become peacemakers was upon all of us. He argued that peace is not passive but “an alert, informed and active state of being.” Berry emphasized, “The key to peaceableness is continuous practice.” Rather than a continuous practice throughout our lives, I suspect many of us compartmentalize our ethics, meaning

that we understand certain behaviors, like peacemaking, to be limited to the spiritual realm but not the “real” world. We act as though the love commandments are nice to hear from the pulpit on Sunday morning but agree with George Orwell: “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” This is the kind of peace that Rome promised and Jesus rejected with commands like turn the other cheek, go the extra mile and do unto others as you would have them do unto you. A continuous practice of peaceableness means directly engaging people with whom I disagree in respectful dialogue. A symptom of our disconnection and alienation is that people with opposing views talk past one another instead of listening. We do not have to agree in order to understand. We do not have to convince or convict in order to live peaceably. Righteousness is more than merely holding the “right” opinion or voting for the “right” party. It is a higher calling to live in a diverse, multicultural and interconnected society with forbearance and mutual respect. Therein lies the true strength of a free society. Our deepest convictions can bring us together rather than drive us apart. 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, coffee drinker and student of joy.

COLUMN | BOB WACHS

Mother Nature’s darkest can bring out the best Folks along the coast knew from instinct that a storm was brewing; they just didn’t know how bad it would be.

IT WAS, as the classic line in literature says, a dark and stormy night both times the ol’ gals came calling — Hazel on Oct. 15, 1954, and Fran on Sept. 5, 1996. Forty-two years apart. I lived through both those visits. Hope not to have to do anything similar to that again. Not a good time, either one. If you were around for one, the other or both, you know that as well. I was reminded the other day of those times when someone pointed out that last Saturday marked 30 years to the day since Fran passed through. I was 6 when Hazel stopped by North Carolina. To say folks were not prepared for her visit is about as obvious as saying it gets dark at night. All the super-duper weather forecasting gadgets of today weren’t even thought of, much less in existence, then. Most forecasting information relied on ship reports, and they could be hours late coming in. Satellites? Forget it. And computer imagery? What’s that in 1954? Folks along the coast knew from instinct that a storm was brewing; they just didn’t know how bad it would be. How bad was she? Just the only Category 4 hurricane ever to hit the state. Winds at 140 mph, made worse because she came ashore on a full moon high tide. While many coastal towns and communities were hard hit, none were more affected than Long Beach (Oak Island today). It essentially disappeared. Farther inland, things weren’t in great shape. High winds. Heavy rain. Downed trees everywhere on roads and buildings. School officials decided to dismiss students during the height of the storm since it was new territory, reasoning the youngsters would be better off at home than huddled in school buildings. Biggest problem with all that, however, was many buses took hours to wind their way to their destinations because of blocked roads, and with no mobile phones in those days, hours passed before family members were together or at least in contact with each other. Talk about stress. Hazel is still the yardstick for Tarheel hurricanes. She was so bad that her name has officially been retired by the National Weather Service.

And Fran … while not as strong as Hazel, she was strong enough. She’s the one I kept thinking we might dodge until the midnight wind took down a tree that took down our power lines that stayed down for two weeks until an out-of-state utility crew on loan to help local overworked crews came down our road and a lanky Southern gentleman drawled to us, “You can thank us boys from south Georgia.” We did … with all the cold Pepsis and Moon Pies we had on hand. It was hot when all that happened; by the time I got my first shower in quite a spell, I had gone through a case of Right Guard. Let me tell you, when it’s a dark and stormy night and the lights go out in the country, it’s dark. I mean “d-a-double r-k” dark. After the lights went away that night, I sat up in the living room listening to the weather reports on the transistor radio while the guy talking said the worst of the storm should pass by Raleigh within three hours, and I’m thinking if what we’re going through now isn’t the worst, I don’t think I want to be here for it. And the fact I could hear trees cracking and not tell where they were will do wonders for your prayer life. As I remember those long ago events from my youthful perspective today, I think I’ve forgotten much of the fear and trauma of them. They’ve not been completely forgotten, but the emphasis now is more on two things that are a microcosm of life. One is that after those storms, neighbors rallied to help neighbors, and second, after the storms the sun came out again. I’m not belittling the pain that comes in life; it’s real. But the answer to that pain is found in the Book where it says that after loving the Lord with all our heart, soul, strength and mind, we’re supposed to help our neighbor clean up the mess in his yard after a hurricane. That will help the sun come out sooner. 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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COLUMN | JAN HUTTON

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Who could have known? Not me

We’d been slinking around, hunched shoulders, wondering if one of us might be next.

A TECH EVOLUTION began with a homicide in our neighborhood … Just so strange. Twenty-plus years ago, I took off for a week’s workshop in Seattle and returned to a neighborhood completely stunned by a homicide. The victim was someone I knew but not well. Our 136-home ’hood was scared to death (no pun intended) by this unsolved murder in our backyard. Wouldn’t you be? Fortunately, a savvy neighbor did considerable footwork (quite literally) and pulled together a sizable gathering of downright scared neighbors at her home. Each of us gathered there probably felt much less alone than we had during the previous week. We’d been slinking around, hunched shoulders, wondering if one of us might be next. Not fun. Finally, empowered by our gathering, my friend Rachel suggested we set up a neighborhood listserv for quicker connectivity. This was more than 20 years ago, and the word “listserv” was uncommon. We were in desperate need of a safety lifeline so this newfangled listserv thing was a go. Oh, brave new world … My beloved late dog and I did the footwork, setting a speedy regimen of visiting the whole neighborhood, signing people up for the listserv. Folks who had not attended the earlier meeting just stared at me when I said “listserv.” Remembered responses: “What’s a listserv?” “If it’s set it up, could someone show me how to use it?”

“I don’t want any more technology in my life! Got it?” Oy! We proceeded. Rachel set up the listserv in the backwaters of our local university web. Fortunately, we eventually moved the whole shebang to Google Groups before we were caught! Thank God, within a month, the murder’s perpetrator was captured. It had been domestic violence. This is the juncture where I really don’t know what to say. Terribly sad, but at least our ’hood felt safer again. The listserv, born of our neighborhood’s deep fear after the murder, took off like a skyrocket. Neighbors could yell for collective help with housing disasters and questions, minus the laborious effort of telephoning everyone in the neighborhood. (Assuming you had their phone numbers.) Instructions for making snow creams were posted during our infrequent North Carolina snowstorms. A particular favorite of mine was a neighbor who reached out for a cup of coffee during a snowstorm when her electricity was off. She got it. And on and on. This private listserv is now the lifeblood of our neighborhood. Who would have known during its difficult beginnings? “Sometimes when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place.” Jennifer L. Armentrout

somehow diminishes justice. The question is whether a particular resolution adequately serves it. In the Clancy case, that calculation is exceptionally difficult. Any resolution must acknowledge the enormity of three children’s deaths. It must consider public safety and society’s interest in accountability. But it must also account for the profound mental-health issues at the center of the case and the reality that a jury, after hearing the evidence and deliberating for days, could not unanimously determine criminal responsibility. Then there is the family. We frequently speak about victims and their families as though another trial automatically serves their interests. Sometimes it does. Sometimes families desperately want another jury to hear the evidence. But another trial also asks people who have already endured unimaginable grief to return to the courtroom and experience it again. The human cost deserves a place in the calculation. So does the expenditure of public resources — not because justice has a price tag, but because government has an obligation to use finite resources responsibly. Another lengthy prosecution involving competing experts and extensive medical evidence will consume resources that cannot simultaneously be devoted elsewhere. The question is what another trial is expected to accomplish. Perhaps another jury will reach the definitive answer this jury could not. If prosecutors reasonably believe that will happen, another trial may be justified. However, there is another possibility we should be willing to confront: Twelve new jurors may listen to substantially the same evidence, confront the same agonizing questions about mental illness and criminal responsibility, and arrive at another impasse. Justice does not require endless repetition simply because the first answer was unsatisfying. Nor does mercy require abandoning accountability. Somewhere between those principles may lie a resolution that honors the lives of three innocent children, protects the public, respects the rights of the accused and spares a grieving family from being forced to relive its worst day in a courtroom. A mistrial means the jury could not find its way to a unanimous answer. What happens next will tell us something equally important: Whether our system is capable of recognizing that sometimes the pursuit of justice requires knowing not only when to keep fighting but when to search for another way. Deborah A. Wilson is a Georgetown University Law Center graduate and a practicing Northern Virginia attorney.

Jan Hutton, a resident of Chatham County and retired hospice social worker, lives life with heart and humor.

Lindsay Clancy and when justice cannot reach a verdict Any resolution must acknowledge the enormity of three children’s deaths.

Why liberty requires virtue A FARMER can’t make his plants grow, but he can create the conditions that lead to their flourishing. A society can’t make its citizens virtuous, but it can nurture the institutions that lead to virtuous citizens. Great thinkers in A people Western civilization have long noted the importance without virtue of virtue. In “Politics,” shouldn’t Aristotle declared, “The best expect to life, both for individuals and states, is the life of enjoy the virtue, when virtue has blessings external goods enough for the performance of good of liberty actions.” indefinitely. “Virtue then is a settled disposition of the mind determining the choice of actions and emotions, consisting essentially in the observance of the mean relative to us, this being determined by principle, that is, as the prudent man would determine it,” Aristotle wrote in “Nicomachean Ethics.” Practically, that means “virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.” Contained in that clunky English is a key insight. Virtue requires ascertaining truth and moving toward it with actions. This presupposes that truth is objective, not a personal possession. This fits in with an observation the great Roman statesman Cicero once made. He contrasted virtuous citizens with those who cared “more for his own interests than for those of the republic.” Perhaps you can start to see the link between liberty and virtue. A man with the ability to do as he chooses can use that ability to oppress others. Or, as Cicero warned, he could make self-centered choices that undermine the governing system that protects liberty more broadly. Since freedom is rare, both are serious threats. A tyrannical government may compel subservience from its citizens by removing their ability to take some destructive actions. The result may look virtuous, but coercion doesn’t create virtue by compelling conformity. Our Founding Fathers talked about the importance of virtue and extended it to Christianity, the ubiquitous religion in the Colonies at the time. In 1776, John Adams declared, “The happiness of society is the end of government.” But his definition of happiness may surprise you. He wrote, “All sober enquiries after truth, ancient and modern, Pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity consists in virtue.” That should make you think differently about the Declaration of Independence declaring that the “pursuit of happiness” is an unalienable right. “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports,” former President George Washington said in his 1796 Farewell Address. “In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.” In a 1798 letter, Adams explained why morality and religion are essential to check human passions. Without them, human vices “would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” The country has spent decades rejecting the virtue and Christian principles that the country was founded on. A deeply divided country only seems to agree that the government isn’t working as it should. This is a major reason why. Government can’t make individuals virtuous, but it can stop undermining the institutions, like the family and churches, that once inculcated virtue in the next generation. Government schools once taught students the Bible. Now those schools undermine parents, the country and even the notion of truth. A people without virtue shouldn’t expect to enjoy the blessings of liberty indefinitely. That’s a crisis to jump in and fix, not a foregone conclusion to observe passively.

COLUMN | DEBORAH WILSON

SOMETIMES THE most important verdict is the one a jury cannot reach. After weeks of testimony and nearly 40 hours of deliberations, the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial could not unanimously decide whether she should be held criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. The result is a mistrial — and an extraordinarily difficult question about what happens next. The easy answer is another trial. The harder question is whether that is necessarily justice. A mistrial in a case of this magnitude carries costs that extend far beyond dollars. Prosecutors have devoted enormous resources to preparing and presenting the case. Defense attorneys have done the same. Experts have testified, medical records have been dissected, witnesses have taken the stand and court personnel have spent weeks managing a proceeding watched across the country. Now imagine doing it all again. A new jury — with knowledge of the case — must be selected. Experts must return. Witnesses must again recount painful events. Attorneys must reconstruct arguments that have already consumed weeks of courtroom time. And a family that has endured an unimaginable tragedy must once again watch the deaths of three children become the subject of testimony, argument and public debate. None of that means prosecutors should abandon the case. Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy died violently. Their lives matter. The public has a legitimate interest in accountability, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has an obligation to enforce its laws. Justice cannot become a calculation in which prosecution ends simply because another trial will be expensive or difficult. But justice has another obligation as well. It must recognize the rights of the accused. A mistrial is not a conviction. Lindsay Clancy remains entitled to the presumption and protections our criminal justice system affords every defendant, regardless of how disturbing the allegations may be. The prosecution’s burden does not become lighter because the first jury could not agree. That leaves prosecutors facing one of the most difficult exercises of discretion our system demands. They can try again, decline to retry the case or explore another option. In other words, can the parties explore whether some negotiated resolution appropriately balances accountability, public safety, mental illness and the interests of a family that has already suffered enough. A plea agreement should not be mistaken for surrender. Our criminal courts resolve cases through negotiated pleas every day. The question is not whether compromise

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SYLVIA BEAL BOWDEN SEPT. 3, 2026 Sylvia Beal Bowden, age 71, of Sanford, passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at Westfield Rehabilitation Center after a period of declining health. She was born in Chatham County to the late Samuel Beal and Virginia Clark Beal. She lived a simple and meaningful life, finding her greatest joy in the happiness of her family. She was a loving and caring woman who took great pleasure in doing for others and making those around her feel loved. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Charles Bowden; son Jeremy Bowden and wife Mandie of Sanford; daughter Michelle Church and husband Gerald of Deep Gap; sisters Becky Tyson of Emerald Isle, NC and Janet Davis and husband Jeff of North Myrtle Beach, SC; grandchildren Chase Bowden and Brenda Shaw, Roman Buchanan and wife Marie and Victoria Douglas and husband Aaron and seven great-grandchildren. In keeping with Sylvia’s wishes, services will be private.

MARGARET HARRIS HEARNE JULY 29, 1933 – SEPT. 2, 2026 Margaret Harris Hearne, age 93, of Pittsboro, died Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at home. Margaret was born in Johnston County, North Carolina on July 29, 1933, to the late Thomas C. Harris and Flodie Puryear Harris. She was also preceded in death by her husband Nathinel Hearne. Surviving relatives include one son, William Dean Haley of Pittsboro, one daughter, Carolyn Marks of Carrboro, one granddaughter Leah Haley Jestimea, one great-granddaughter Evie, and many nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held Sunday, September 13, 2026, at 3:00PM at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church Cemetery with Pastor Wesley Thomas presiding.

Shirakawa, co-winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, dead at 90 His research showed that plastic could conduct electricity like metal The Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese scientist Hideki Shirakawa, co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering and developing conductive polymers, has died. He was 90. The discovery by Shirakawa and two fellow American scientists, Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid, demonstrated that plastic could conduct electricity like metal and be used in applications such as electronics. Shirakawa died Aug. 24, according to the University of Tsukuba, where he taught and researched after joining in 1979. The university did not specify a cause of death. Japan’s largest newspaper, the Yomiuri, said Shirakawa died at a hospital in Yokohama, west of Tokyo. Born in Tokyo in 1936, Shirakawa earned a doctoral degree in engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in

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Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist Hideki Shirakawa has died at the age of 90. 1966. Ten years later, he became a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, where he worked with MacDiarmid and Heeger. The three scientists’ findings that defied common sense that plastics are not conductive paved the way for the development of inexpensive conductive materials that are lighter and more flexible than metals and used in solar cells and mobile phone screens.

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She had completed a memoir, to be published this fall, despite her declining health By Jocelyn Noveck The Associated Press NEW YORK — Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author and activist who was one of the most visible symbols and potent voices of the U.S. women’s movement for over six decades, has died. She was 92. With her trademark streaked hair and large aviator glasses, Steinem, a co-founder of Ms. Magazine, was a hugely recognizable presence wherever she went. And she went everywhere: Much of her life as an advocate was spent on the road, speaking at college campuses and community centers, at rallies and marches. “You can’t do it on the phone or on the web,” she told The Associated Press in a 2015 interview. “You have to be there with all five senses. It should be obvious that people can’t empathize with each other unless we’re in the same room.” Steinem, who had been in declining health, died last Wednesday at her home in New York City, according to a post on her social media page. She had recently completed a memoir, to be released this fall. “Gloria’s greatest gift was her ability to listen to others, to make others feel seen and heard,” the post said. “Her words, actions, and example gave people permission to be their truest selves.” Though Steinem had recently become more frail physically, her wit and humor remained totally intact, said her friend and fellow activist, Abigail Disney, who visited Steinem’s Manhattan home recently as those close to her gathered by her side. “Everything Gloria did was rooted in kindness,” Disney said. “It flowed through her political activism.” Steinem changed career path after start as journalist Gloria Marie Steinem was born on March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio. Her father was a traveling antique salesperson; she spent her early years on the road with her parents, not attending regular school. “I just read everything I could get my hands on,” she told an audience at Manhattan’s 92NY earlier this year. She began her career as a journalist, notably reporting in 1963 on degrading conditions in Hugh Hefner’s Playboy empire — an undercover assignment she came to later regret. She credits a meeting six years later, where women spoke out in favor of abortion rights, with changing her career path. “That speak-out was the beginning of activism for me,” Steinem, who had undergone a secret illegal abortion at age 22, told the AP in an email in 2022, reflecting on the reversal of Roe v. Wade. “Either our control over our own bodies is equal, regardless of sex or race, or we’re not living in a democracy.” Those who watched Steinem denounce discrimination for so many years likely nev-

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Bella Abzug, left, and Patsy Mink of Women USA sit next to Gloria Steinem as she speaks in Washington, D.C. in 1979. er suspected that she’d had to overcome a deep fear of public speaking. She would have simply stuck to writing, she said, if only editors at the time had been willing to let her write about the women’s movement. Steinem’s visibility endured throughout life Well into her 80s, Steinem was traveling the globe and speaking out on issues of importance to her. It included everything from genital mutilation to Korean reconciliation, but it was equality for women that took precedence. “Being a feminist means that you see the world as whole instead of half,” she once said. “It shouldn’t need a name, and one day it won’t.” The constant visibility came with a price; even into her older years, Steinem expressed frustration that despite her accomplishments, she was often described as beautiful or glamorous. A 1992 Vanity Fair profile even noted her “spectacular racehorse legs.” “Nobody ever called me beautiful until I was publicly a feminist, and that was in my mid-30s,” she told AP in a 2011 interview. “It was clear that label was being assigned to me. The most hurtful part is that you work very hard, and people say it’s because of your looks.” Steinem dealt with hostility from many directions Appearing on Larry King’s talk show on CNN in 1990, she was visibly stunned when a female caller greeted her cheerfully, then told her to “rot in hell” because she had ruined “the beautiful American family.” But by then, she noted, at least people were taking feminists seriously. That wasn’t the case in 1972 when she co-founded Ms. Magazine and many commentators — especially male — dismissed it as ridiculous, predicting an early demise. The magazine continues to this day, published by the Feminist Majority Foundation. Among Steinem’s detractors was President Richard Nixon, who was caught on an Oval Office tape ridiculing both her and the “Ms.” title. The ridicule was mutual: In a 1972 National Press Club speech, Steinem called Nixon “the most sexually insecure chief of state since Napoleon.”

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Gloria Steinem poses for a picture at her home in New York on Oct. 19, 2015. Her wit was a constant, and her many quips were widely circulated. Before she married at 66, she often explained her singlehood by saying, “I can’t mate in captivity.” Laughter, she wrote, was “the only free emotion — the only one that can’t be compelled.” Steinem never had children, and said she never regretted it. “No, not for a millisecond,” she told the AP. “It’s important that some of us not have children, to show that we have a choice.” In 2000, Steinem did something she’d never planned to: She got married, at 66, to British activist and businessman David Bale, the father of actor Christian Bale. The elder Bale died in 2003. Galvanizing speaker, even in later years On Jan. 21, 2017, when hundreds of thousands of women gathered in Washington, D.C., in their pink “pussy hats” for the historic Women’s March, it surprised nobody that the keynote speaker, and the most rousing, was Steinem. “We are linked,” she told the crowd. “And this is a day that will change us forever because we are together.” Though many saw her as a singular figure in history, she liked to say that if she hadn’t come along, someone else would have accomplished the same things. By the same token, she said, it was less important that younger people listen to her, and more important that they listen to themselves. “The primary thing is not that they know who I am,” she said, “but that they know who they are.”

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Joe Morgan, former Boston Red Sox manager, dead at 95 His managing career began in Raleigh in 1966 The Associated Press BOSTON — Joe Morgan, the popular Boston Red Sox manager who guided his hometown team to a pair of AL East titles, has died. He was 95. In a statement Sunday, the Red Sox announced that Morgan died Saturday night. The club was informed by his daughter, Catherine, team spokesperson Abby Murphy said. No further information was provided. “Joe Morgan holds a special place in Red Sox history,” principal owner John Henry said in the statement. “When he took over in 1988, he changed the course of a season and created one of the most memorable chapters in the history of this club. The two division titles that followed only strengthened a bond with Red Sox fans that endured for the rest of his life. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and all who loved him.” Morgan played 88 major league games as an infielder with five teams from 1959-64 and then spent 18 years in the Red Sox organization as a manager, coach and scout from 1974-91. Along the way, he managed Boston stars such as Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens and Rich Gedman in both the minors and majors. Morgan was inducted

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Former Red Sox manager Joe Morgan waves to fans as he is honored prior to a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners in Boston on July 30, 2013. into the team’s Hall of Fame in 2006. “He was a big part of my life and will be missed,” said Boggs, a Hall of Fame third baseman. “I don’t think he got enough credit for how baseball-smart he was. He played baseball hunches instead of statistics. He will always be one of my favorites.” Morgan, who was born in Walpole, Massachusetts, and attended Boston College, became the first base coach for the Red Sox in 1985 and took over as manager on July 14, 1988. The team won its next 12 games and 19 of 20 on the way to a division title before getting swept in four games by the

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FUEL from page A1 also have a baby, so we also have to pay for that,” Collins said outside a gas station in Claymont, Delaware, where regular gas was $4.199 a gallon. Prices shot up after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in February and have not settled down since. Crude oil traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz has plunged, and Iran has refused to reopen the waterway. “Everything points to the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz,” said Tom Seng, a professor of energy finance at Texas Christian University. Energy Secretary Chris Wright offered few specifics on when the nation’s drivers might see relief at the gas pump, acknowledging that prices are higher now than Labor Day 2025. “Yes, they’re higher today, but we’re doing everything we can to push them down,” Wright said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” The national average for regular gas prices is still well below the record of $5.02 a gallon set in June 2022. But diesel is a different story: It hit a national average of $5.85 a gallon last Friday, a record. Trucks and other freight delivery systems use a lot of diesel, and that increased transportation cost is being passed on to consumers, whether at the grocery store or through package delivery services. “It doesn’t really seem like there’s an end to it,” Collins said. Gas prices typically drop as the summer driving sea-

“Joe was a fun manager to play for — always extremely positive. When you didn’t perform well, he’d say, ‘Don’t worry about it. You’ll be great next time — I guarantee it!’” Roger Clemens, former Red Sox pitcher ey, Al Oliver and Gene Garber. It was the final season of professional baseball under the Raleigh name; the franchise merged with Durham the following year. Morgan moved up to Double-A York in 1968 and never managed below Triple-A again. “Joe Morgan managed the Red Sox during some of my most formative years as a fan,” said Red Sox President and CEO Sam Kennedy. “Joe made us believe, and when you experience that as a kid, it stays with you. I was fortunate enough to get to know him later in life and found an even better person than the baseball man I had admired. I will miss him deeply.” In addition to daughter Catherine, Morgan is survived by his children Joseph Jr., William and Barbara, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, the Red Sox said.

son ends and refineries turn to making a cheaper winter blend. But Seng said there are other factors this year even beyond the volatile situation in the Middle East that make future prices unpredictable. U.S. refineries are working at 98% capacity, many in the unusually harsh Texas heat. If there are problems there or a hurricane knocks some systems offline, prices will struggle to drop. And it’s not just a Middle East problem. Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries are squeezing diesel supplies. Chinese refiners are seeing declining outputs as well, said Matthew Metzgar, a clinical professor of economics at UNC Charlotte. “There’s just less gasoline coming out of those refineries,” Metzgar said. Wright, the energy secretary, said the Trump administration was taking steps to increase production and that the markets forecast lower prices in the coming months. “If you look at the futures prices, if you wanted to buy today in bulk gasoline for two months out in November, it’s about $0.35 cheaper than it is today. So the marketplace thinks gasoline prices are going to move meaningfully lower,” he said. Geopolitically, though, there is little a driver can do to knock down gas prices. But using price apps can help save a little money, especially on long trips where gas by the interstate could be 10 to 15 cents per gallon more expensive than at stations a short drive down the road, Metzgar said.

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For additional information or to submit written comments, contact the Town Manager at PO Box 769, 311 North Second Avenue, Room 302, Siler City, NC 27344. Comments should be postmarked by September 21, 2026. Persons with disabilities or who otherwise need assistance should contact the Town Manager’s office at (919) 726-8620 (Relay North Carolina TTY# 711 or 1-800-7352962), by Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Accommodation will be made for all who request assistance participating in the public hearing. This information is available in Spanish and any other language upon request. Please contact Town Manager Jack Meadows, at 919-742-4731 or at 311 North Second Avenue, Siler City, NC 27344, for assistance with this request. Esta información está disponible en español o en cualquier otro idioma bajo petición. Por favor, póngase en contacto con Town Manager Jack Meadows, al 919742-4731 o en 311 North Second Avenue, Siler City, NC 27344 de alojamiento para esta solicitud. The Town of Siler City is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

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Having qualified on the 14th day of August 2026, as Administrator CTA of the Estate of Barry D. Edwards, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before the 10th day of December 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. This is the 2nd day of September 2026. W. Woods Doster, Administrator CTA of the Estate of Barry D. Edwards 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330 Attorneys: Law Offices of Doster & Brown, P.A. 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330 Publish On: September 10, 17, 24 and October 1st, 2026.

NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified on the 31st day of August, 2026, as Executor of the Estate of Roxana Shalo, deceased, of Chatham County does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before December 20th, 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 10th day of September, 2026. Sibyl Wilmont Executor of the Estate of Roxana Shalo c/o J Alan Campbell Law PO Box 850 Hillsborough, NC 27278 919-451-5441

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY In The General Court of Justice Superior Court Division Before the Clerk NOTICE TO CREDITORS File Number 26E000379-180 Brenda Sites, having qualified as Executor of the estate of Barbara Boone Young, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, hereby wishes to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at the below listed address on or before the 20th day of November 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the below listed address. This is the 20th day of August, 2026. Brenda Sites c/o Huston Law Firm, PLLC 2501 Blue Ridge Road, Suite 300 Raleigh, NC 27607 A20, 27, 3 and 10

TOWN OF PITTSBORO, NC On Monday, September 14, 2026, at 6:00 pm, the Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will hold a legislative public hearing for the following requests at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center at 1192 Hwy 64 Business West: ZTA-26-12 – A legislative request by Town Staff to amend the Downtown Overlay District found in Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Section 2.6.4. PB-26-370 – Deborah and Pete Hinton have petitioned to have approximately 0.4 acres of land, Parcel 0008273, currently zoned High Density Residential 10 (R-10) to be rezoned to Office and InstitutionalConditional Zoning (O&I-CZ). The Future Land Use Plan designates this parcel Downtown Support. The property is located along East Salisbury Street, south of the new Town Hall site, west of singlefamily residential, and north and east of commercial and office space. PB-26-215 – Intrepid Build has petitioned to have approximately 4.047 acres of land, Parcel 0007133, currently zoned Rural Residential Agriculture (RA-2) to be rezoned to Community Mixed-Use Center-Conditional Zoning (CMUC-CZ). The Future Land Use Plan designates this parcel Residential. The property is located along Highway 15-501, south and east of single-family residential and west of the Haw River Filtration Plant. The hearing will be held in person. The public can watch the hearing live on the Town’s YouTube channel https://www. youtube.com/@townofpittsboronc/ streams. Members of the public must attend in person if they wish to speak at the hearing. Contact the Town Clerk, Carrie Bailey, by 4 pm on September 14, 2026, with written comments or sign up to speak at the hearing. You can contact Carrie Bailey at cbailey@pittsboronc.gov, (919) 984.282.6647, or PO Box 759, Pittsboro, NC 27312.

RELATIVE TO APPLICATION BY THE TOWN OF SILER CITY FOR FUNDING UNDER THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED Notice is hereby given that the Town of Siler City Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on September 21, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the agenda will allow, in the Joseph Moody Buckner Courtroom at City Hall, 311 North Second Avenue, Siler City, NC 27344, in relation to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for a project in the community. In October 2026, the Town of Siler City will submit a CDBG-Neighborhood Revitalization (CDBG-NR) application to the NC Department of Commerce for funds to assist with housing and other public facilities improvements for low- and-moderate income households residing in the Town. Citizens will also be given the opportunity to provide oral and written comments on the Town’s use of CDBG funds. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend. All project activities will serve households with incomes at or below 80% of the Chatham County median income for appropriate household size. The proposed budget includes the following CDBG activities: Housing Rehabilitation: $ 950,000 Street Resurfacing: $2,000,000 Stormwater Improvements: $1,500,000 Fire Station Upgrades: $ 550,000 Total Project Budget: $5,000,000 The Town will make every effort to minimize displacement; however, all applicable requirements of 49CFR24 and 24CFR570 related to the proposed rehabilitation activities will be implemented, and temporary relocation assistance will be available to owners who are displaced from their residences during construction activity. For additional information or to submit written comments, contact the Town Manager at PO Box 769, 311 North Second Avenue, Room 302, Siler City, NC 27344. Comments should be postmarked by September 21, 2026. Persons with disabilities or who otherwise need assistance should contact the Town Manager’s office at 919-742-4731 (Relay North Carolina TTY# 711 or 1-800-7352962), by Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Accommodation will be made for all who request assistance participating in the public hearing. This information is available in Spanish and any other language upon request. Please contact Town Manager Jack Meadows, at 919-742-4731 or at 311 North Second Avenue, Siler City, NC 27344, for assistance with this request. Esta información está disponible en español o en cualquier otro idioma bajo petición. Por favor, póngase en contacto con Town Manager Jack Meadows, al 919742-4731 o en 311 North Second Avenue, Siler City, NC 27344 de alojamiento para esta solicitud. The Town of Siler City is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of William James Erkes, Deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the offices of Munson Law Firm PLLC, P.O. Box 1811 Pittsboro, NC 27312, on or before the 27th day of November, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment. This 27th day of August, 2026. GARY WILLIAM ERKES, EXECUTOR ESTATE OF William James Erkes

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 26E000377-180 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, Lynn McClurg, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Raymond Augustus Kilner, 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 December 2, 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 3rd day of September 2026. Lynn McClurg Executor Marie H. Hopper Attorney for the Estate Hopper Cummings, PLLC Post Office Box 1455 Pittsboro, NC 27312

PUBLIC NOTICE State of North Carolina County of Chatham The annual meeting of the North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department Inc., will be held at North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department Station #1, U.S. 15-501 North, on Monday, September 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM for the purpose of electing (2) Directors of the Corporation and such other business as may properly come before the meeting. All residents of the North Chatham Fire Protection District eighteen (18) years of age or older and live in Chatham County are entitled to attend and vote at said meeting. The Directors are residents of the North Chatham Fire Protection District in Chatham County and shall fairly be representative of the geographic areas and populations served by the corporation. This 18th day of August 2025. Chuck Quinlan, President North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 26E000473-180 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, Jodi N. Wiley, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Loretta A. Neely, 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 November 18, 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 20th day of August 2026. Jodi N. Wiley Executor Marie H. Hopper Attorney for the Estate Hopper Cummings, PLLC Post Office Box 1455 Pittsboro, NC 27312

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of James Leon Satterwhite, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, who died on May 8, 2026, the undersigned hereby notifies all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the Estate of said decedent to present them to the undersigned on or before December 10, 2026, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 2nd day of September, 2026. Erica L. Satterwhite, Executor Estate of James Leon Satterwhite 1290 Adrian Ct Mebane, NC 27302 Chatham County, North Carolina Publish: September 10, September 17, September 24, and October 1, 2026.

NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS CHATHAM COUNTY ________________________________ ________________________________ ________ HAVING QUALIFIED as Administrator of the Estate of Karl Frederick Ernst of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 19th day of November, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This the 12th day of August, 2026. Barbara Gray Ernst, Administrator Of the Estate of Karl Frederick Ernst 711 Red Oak Drive Siler City, North Carolina 27344 MOODY, WILLIAMS, ATWATER & LEE ATTORNEYS AT LAW BOX 629 SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 27344 (919) 663-2850

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NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS CHATHAM COUNTY ________________________________ ________________________________ ________ HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Sandra Sexton of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 27th day of November, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This the 18th day of August, 2026. Yvonne Sexton Goldston, Executor Of the Estate of Sandra Sexton 1102 N. Hampton Street Siler City, North Carolina 27344 MOODY, WILLIAMS, ATWATER & LEE ATTORNEYS AT LAW BOX 629 SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 27344 (919) 663-2850

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Marilyn Gerk Ozer, Deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the offices of Tillman, Whichard & Cagle, PLLC, 501 Eastowne Drive, Suite 130, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, on or before the 3rd day of December, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment. This 3rd day of September, 2026. TRINA SHILOH MATTA, EXECUTOR ESTATE OF MARILYN GERK OZER

Notice to Creditors ALL PERSONS, firms and corporations having claims against Claire Maureen Miller., deceased, of Chatham County, NC, are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before December 11th, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 10th day of September, 2026. Diane Lee Miller, Limited Personal; Representative, c/o Bagwell Holt Smith P.A., 111 Cloister Court, STE 200, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY 26E000172-180 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Carol A. Reingold, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before November 27, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, or corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 27th day of August, 2026 John Nightingale c/o Jillian E. Brevorka, Esq. Hodgson Russ LLP 7 Corporate Center Court Suite B Greensboro, NC 27408

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY 26E000036-180 ALL persons having claims against Susan Hill Oliver, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before Nov 20 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 20th day of August, 2026. JAIME SUSAN OLIVER, Executor C/O Haas & Associates, P.A. 5100 Oak Park Road, Suite 200 Raleigh, NC 27612 A20, 27, 3 and 10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY 26E000474-180 ALL persons having claims against Peter Randall Naylor, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before Nov 27 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 27th day of August, 2026. c/o Daniel B. Finch, Attorney, Peter Randall Naylor, II, Administrator CTA C/O Pinna, Johnston & Burwell, P.A. 2601 Oberlin Rd, Ste 100 Raleigh, NC 27608 A27, 3, 10 and 17

NOTICE North Carolina Chatham County The Estate of Clark Sentelle Yarbrough 25 E000221-180 Notice to Creditors The undersigned, having qualified on the 23rd day of April 2025, as Executrix of the Estate of Clarke Sentelle Yarbrough, deceased, having last resided in and died of Chatham County, North Carolina, do hereby give this notice to all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned Executrix on before the 27th day of August 2026, being greater than three months from the date of first publication of this notice. Failure to present a claim(s) to the undersigned Executrix on or before the 27th day of November 2026 at 405 Deming Road, Chapel Hill, NC. 27514 will result in this notice being pleaded in bar of their recovery against the Estate. All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 27th day of August, 2026 Terri Yarbrough Lorant, Executrix of the Estate of Clarke Yarbrough 405 Deming Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY FILE#26E000476-180 The undersigned, SHARLENE HAWKINS, having qualified on the 30TH Day of JUNE 2026 as ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of BOBBY JEAN HAWKINS, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them on or before the 27TH Day of NOVEMBER 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 27TH Day of AUGUST 2026. SHARLENE HAWKINS, ADMINISTRATOR 437 GUM SPRINGS CHURCH RD. MONCURE, NC 27559 Run dates: A27,S3,10,17p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY FILE#26E000488-180 The undersigned, TAMMY F. WESTER, having qualified on the 21ST Day of AUGUST 2026 as ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of HARRY KIRBY FAGG, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them on or before the 27TH Day of NOVEMBER 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 27TH Day of AUGUST 2026. TAMMY F. WESTER, ADMINISTRATOR 196 DEWITT SMITH ROAD PITTSBORO, NC 27312 Run dates: A27,S3,10,17p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY FILE#26E000176-180 The undersigned, FRANK BERRY HILL, having qualified on the 1ST Day of JUNE 2026 as ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of JO CARROL ELAINE HILL, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them on or before the 20TH Day of NOVEMBER 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 20TH Day of AUGUST 2026. FRANK BERRY HILL, ADMINISTRATOR 3664 OYSTER BLUFF DR. BEAUFORT, SC 29907 Run dates: A20,27,S3,10p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY FILE#26E000495-180 The undersigned, CLYDE GRAHAM BARBER, having qualified on the 26TH Day of AUGUST 2026 as EXECUTOR of the Estate of MOLLY YELTON BARBER, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them on or before the 3RD Day of DECEMBER 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 3RD Day of SEPTEMBER 2026. CLYDE GRAHAM BARBER, EXECUTOR 174 CRAIG HILL LANE CHAPEL HILL, NC 27516 Run dates: S3,10,17,24p

Notice to Creditors Estate of Richard Locaparra, Sr. ALL PERSONS, firms and corporations having claims against Richard Locaparra, Sr, deceased, of Chatham County, N.C., are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before 11/20/2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 20th day of August, 2026. Richard Locaparra Jr., Executor 220 Bailey Way Siler City NC 27344 c/o Hopler, Wilms & Hanna, PLLC 2314 S. Miami Blvd. Suite 151 Durham, NC 27703 8/20, 27, 9/3, 10, 2026

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A public hearing will be held by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners on Monday, September 21, 2026, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The public hearing will be held in the courtroom of the Historic Courthouse in Pittsboro, North Carolina at 9 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro NC 27312. Additional information is available at the Chatham County Planning Department office. Speakers are requested to sign up at the meeting prior to the hearing. You may also sign up on the county website prior to the meeting at www. chathamcountync.gov by selecting the heading County Government, then Commissioner Meetings, then Public Comment. The public hearing may be continued to another date at the discretion of the Board of Commissioners. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to receive input, both written and oral, on the issues listed below. Legislative Request: A Legislative public hearing rezoning requested by RTP Gardens LLC on Parcel 75202, located off Bob Horton Rd and US 64, Apex, New Hope Township, from R-1 Residential to Conditional District Regional Business (CD-RB) zoning district for multiple uses. A Legislative public hearing requested by Jan Nichols on behalf of US HWY 64 Properties LLC for a General Use Rezoning to rezone parcels 72097 and 17329 from R-1 Residential to RB-Regional Business, on 13.145 acres, located off US HWY 64 W and Ridge View Road. A Legislative public hearing rezoning requested by Steve Miller on Parcel No. 65761, located at 3756 Corinth Rd., Moncure, Cape Fear Township, for a General Use rezoning from R-5 Residential to R-1 Residential. A Legislative public hearing requested by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners for text amendments to the Chatham County Zoning Ordinance; specifically, section 10.13 Zoning Table of Permitted Uses, section 17 Special Use Permits, section 18 Board of Adjustment, and section 19 Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. These amendments are intended to amend the special use permit process to maintain compliance with NC G.S. 160D. Substantial changes may be made following the public hearing due to verbal or written comments received or based on the Board’s discussions. Notice to people with special needs: If you have audio or visual impairment, unique accessibility requirements or need language assistance, please call the number listed below prior to the hearing and assistance may be provided. If you have any questions or comments concerning these issues, please call the Chatham County Planning Department at 919-542-8204, or write to P.O. Box 54, Pittsboro N.C. 27312. Please run in your paper: September 10th and 17th, 2026

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY FILE#26E000475-180 The undersigned, TERRANCE C. JOHNSTON, having qualified on the 12TH Day of AUGUST 2026 as EXECUTOR of the Estate of REBECCA F. BECKER, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them on or before the 20TH Day of NOVEMBER 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 20TH Day of AUGUST 2026. TERRANCE C. JOHNSTON, EXECUTOR 1504 MIRIAM AVE. GARNER, NC 27529 Run dates: A20,27,S3,10p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of ETHAN DOUGLAS LONG, Deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, do hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the office of Leigh Peek, Attorney at Law, Attn Noah Oswald obo Leanna Long, PO Box 1059, Hillsborough, NC 27278, on or before the 17th day of December, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the Estate will please make immediate payment. This 7th day of September, 2026. LEANNA ELIS LONG, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ETHAN DOUGLAS LONG 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1

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Good travel writing about more than destinations Feeling brings a place alive By Erika Hoffman For Chatham News & Record TO WRITE AN article about travel that might interest the general public, a writer can’t focus only on the place visited, the transportation used, the schedules, the food, the entertainment provided, the do’s and don’ts of the locals, the history of the region, etc. A writer must convey a feeling. A scribbler must want the reader to understand the emotion felt when a fight breaks out between two elderly men at the breakfast buffet, and someone witnessing it needs to summon a steward to intervene. A writer needs to evoke in the reader the sympathy she felt when a DJ/singer/guitar player’s strings broke, the foot pedal malfunctioned, and the “loop” station went awry, forcing the fellow to improvise by mak-

MIDTERMS from page A1 Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a race Democrats view as critical to winning Senate control. He was among the candidates in key November races who spent Labor Day weekend stumping at festivals, union halls and parades as the midterms enter the final weeks with control of the House and Senate on the line. Labor Day marks beginning of busy stretch of campaign season This year’s campaigns already have been combative, busy and expensive, and they are expected to get even more so as a larger number of voters tune in ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. The first statewide mail ballots already went out, in North Carolina, last Friday. Some of the busiest states are the handful with competitive Senate races, such as Maine, Ohio, Georgia and Michigan. Republicans control the chamber, but Democrats see a path to taking it back if they can flip four seats and hold on in competitive states where they hold a seat.

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. ADA NOBLE A/K/A ADA NOBLES and spouse, if any, and all possible heirs and assignees of ADA NOBLE A/K/A ADA NOBLES and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, ROSA LAWS and spouse, if any, and all possible heirs and assignees of ROSA LAWS and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, ROXANNE MCKINNEY A/K/A ROXANNE M. ALSTON A/K/A ROXIE M. ALSTON and spouse, if any, and all possible heirs and assignees of ROXANNE MCKINNEY A/K/A ROXANNE M. ALSTON A/K/A ROXIE M. ALSTON and

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. GERRARD LEWIS GRADY and spouse, if any, and all possible heirs and assignees of GERRARD LEWIS GRADY and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF ED DEGGRAFFENDREIDT A/K/A EDDIE DEGRAFFENREAIDT and spouse, if any, which may include JOANNE MCCLELLAND and spouse, if any, BRENDA CAROL WILLIAMS and spouse, if any, KATHERINE MARIE

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. 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, CARL E. SADDLER and spouse, if any, MONIQUE CLARK and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF

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. MARCIE LYNN MOODY and MARCIE LYNN MOODY’S SPOUSE, if any, and all possible heirs and assignees of MARCIE LYNN MOODY and MARCIE LYNN MOODY’S SPOUSE, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, et al, 25CV001026-180, the

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Flamenco dancers and horsemen ride Andalusian horses during the spectacle “Pasion y duende del caballo Andaluz,” which combines an equestrian show with flamenco music in southern Spain. ing light of the comedy of disasters and subsequently engage his audience in an impromptu sing-along. A wordsmith must capture the reader’s attention without glossing over or leaving out unpleasant details. For instance, at the

Outside the Jackson event in Portland, Doug Born, a 64-year-old union stagehand from Westbrook, said Jackson’s background as a logger and longtime support of organized labor are reasons to support him. “I think he’d be the most working class guy in the Senate. That appeals to me,” Born said. “We need more union members in seats of power.” Collins had no events scheduled for Labor Day, but had been campaigning aggressively in the days leading up to the holiday and has several stops coming up this week. She visited shipbuilder Bath Iron Works early in the morning Sept. 1 to greet employees and promise to continue “leveraging her seniority to secure billions in destroyer contracts, infrastructure modernization, and wage enhancements,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

Andalusian horse show in Cartagena, a woman at the ranch explained that stallions were allowed to keep their manes, but the females had crew cuts and chopped-off tails. When asked “Why?” her response was “Tradition!” Tradition was her

“Labor Day has never been just another holiday.” Troy Jackson, Maine Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate

answer to almost every inquiry. The observant listener jots down that gray stallions are born dark, that their height is measured in hands from the withers, and that 17.1 hands is the height of the lady’s model horse. (A hand is 4 inches.) Perhaps the writer at this horse ranch relays that branding is no longer done with a hot iron but by using liquid nitrogen on the left side of the stallions and the right thigh of the mares. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to accomplish but two months for the horse to heal. Also, a smaller brand is etched into the buttocks, and a microchip is inserted into the neck. The lady presenter explained that Andalusian horses have lovely, gentle characters. A gray horse has black eyes; a white horse has blue eyes. Because the males are so gentle, there are no geldings. (A gelding comes about when testicles are removed.) Breeders collect semen daily, and mares are artificially inseminated. The mares have a foal per year, so they are continually pregnant or nursing. The 3-year-old stallions are worth between $15,000 and $45,000. After this informative talk, Carmen, a flamenco dancer, appeared and did a dance around the stallion with her fingers up in

the air, mimicking movements of grabbing an apple, biting an apple and throwing an apple. Tapas were served along with mediocre wine produced at the horse ranch. Could this scribbler enjoy any of it? Flies were everywhere. They assaulted our noses and hovered and landed on our eyes. Tourists bought fans to swat away the omnipresent insects. The owner, who is in the construction business, was quite the salesman, urging us to buy T-shirts with his name, mugs with his name and wine with his name. All this teller of tales could concentrate on was the pesky flies. All she could feel was pity for those mares that had neither manes nor tails to swat away the persistent pests that assembled on their necks, eyes and buttocks. Travel pieces can bore. Ergo, some advice to fellow travelers who want to record their travels for the ages: Include emotions; recall your senses as you experience a new place. Take photos! Repeat your stories to listeners. In so doing, your tales become embedded in your memory. Maybe write them down. Give ’em a catchy title and always keep in mind the advice of the great French “écrivain” Voltaire: “Don’t bore!”

festival in Lorain on Sunday and other events in the state over the weekend. Brown told the crowd at the Lorain event that “the system’s rigged” against working people, and “people are working harder than ever before.” The former three-term senator is running against Republican appointee Sen. Jon Husted. At a separate Ohio event, an armed assailant charged toward Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Amy Acton during a Sunday stop at the Canfield Fair and injured several people before he was stopped by troopers, authorities said. A spokesperson for Acton’s opponent, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, said in a statement that candidates “should be able to meet with voters without having to worry about threats or violence.”

rade in the western part of the state. Democratic candidate for governor David Crowley spoke Monday at events celebrating unions and organized labor in Milwaukee and Madison, the state’s two largest cities. Crowley supports overturning a state law, passed in 2011, that all but eliminated collective bargaining for public workers. His Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, voted for that law when he was a member of the state Legislature. Tiffany attended a parade, a county fair and a Milwaukee-area street fair. In Michigan, Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed marched in the Detroit Labor Day Parade and will attend other union and labor events throughout the day. El-Sayed is running against former Rep. Mike Rogers, who spent part of the weekend campaigning in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Iowa’s Democratic nominee for governor Rob Sand and his running mate Dave Muhlbauer attended Labor Day events in the state. Sand and Muhlbauer are running against Republicans Zach Lahn and Derek Wulf.

President Donald Trump is also stepping up his own campaigning for Republicans in

the coming days. His party is set to gather this week in Dallas for an atypical midterm convention, a two-day event that Trump and other Republicans hope will whip up support for the GOP, which currently controls the White House and Congress. Typically, the party in power in Washington loses seats in Congress during the midterm elections. Trump has also vowed to campaign for Republicans in important races, including Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska. One of Sullivan’s opponents, Democrat Mary Peltola, walked in the Fairbanks Labor Day Parade on Monday. In Ohio, Democratic Senate nominee Sherrod Brown’s Labor Day weekend campaign centered on labor unions. He attended a Labor Day

In Wisconsin, both major party candidates in one of the country’s most competitive House districts — Republican Rep. Derrick VanOrden and Democrat Rebecca Cooke — were joining a pa-

spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF JOHNNY MCKINNEY A/K/A JOHN RAY MCKINNEY A/K/A JONNY MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, which may include JOHNNY MCKINNEY, JR. and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF ERNEST MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, which may include EARNESTINE A. MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF PATRICIA A. MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, which may include ELIZABETH A. MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, DEMETRIS MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF JAMES THOMAS MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, which may include ISAIAH

MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, DAVID LEE MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF WILLIE DAVIS A/K/A DELORES DAVIS A/K/A DELORIS DAVIS and spouse, if any, which may include CASSANDRA S. DAVIS and spouse, if any, MALCOLM L. DAVIS and spouse, if any, EBONY M. DAVIS and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, SAM MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, and all possible heirs and assignees of SAM MCKINNEY and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, et al, 15CVD000063-180, the undersigned Commissioner will on the 16th day of September, 2026, offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction at the courthouse door in Chatham County, North Carolina, Pittsboro,

North Carolina at 12:00 o’clock, noon, the following described real property, lying and being in Williams Township, State and County aforesaid, and more particularly described as follows: LOT NO. 8 of the Cub Creek Subdivision. For further reference see plat recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 43, in the Register of Deeds Office of Chatham County, North Carolina. Subject to restrictive covenants and easements of record. Parcel Identification Number: 0019510 The undersigned Commissioner makes no warranties in connection with this property and specifically disclaims any warranties as to title and habitability. This property is being sold as is, without opinion as to title or any other matter. This sale will be made subject to all outstanding city and county taxes and all

local improvement assessments against the above described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause. A cash deposit of 20 percent of the successful bid will be required. In addition, the successful bidder will be required, at the time the Deed is recorded to pay for recording fees and revenue stamps assessed by the Chatham County Register of Deeds. This sale is subject to upset bid as set forth in N.C.G.S. Section 1-339.25. This the 13th day of August, 2026. Mark D. Bardill/Mark B. Bardill, Commissioner P.O. Box 25 Trenton, NC 28585 Publication dates: September 3, 2026 September 10, 2026

FOUSHEE and spouse, if any, COLUMBUS SHERMAN FOUSHEE and spouse, if any, IRA FOUSHEE and spouse, if any, and TIMOTHY FOUSHEE A/K/A TIMMY FOUSHEE A/K/A TIMOTHY LIMONT FOWLER and spouse, if any, et al, 11CVD000961-180, the undersigned Commissioner will on the 16th day of September, 2026, offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction at the courthouse door in Chatham County, North Carolina, Pittsboro, North Carolina at 12:00 o’clock, noon, the following described real property, lying and being in Hickory Mountain Township, State and County aforesaid, and more particularly described as follows: ALL THAT parcel of land situated in Hickory

Mountain Township, which is bounded on the West by SR 1506 (Bowers Store Road), on the North by lands of Marvie A. Glover (Book 677, Page 503), and on the East and South by lands of Richard Bailey (Book 384, Page 824) and further described as: BEGINNING at a point in the Eastern margin of SR 1506 (Bowers Store Road), being the Southwest corner of Marvie A. Glover (Book 677, Page 503) running thence with Glover’s line Eastwardly about 585 feet to a point; thence South 5 degrees, West 150 feet to a point; thence North about 85 degrees, East 585 feet to a point in the Eastern margin of SR 1506; thence with the Eastern margin of said road, North 5 degrees, East 150 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING containing 2

acres, more or less. Subject to restrictive covenants and easements of record. Parcel Identification Number: 0010593 The undersigned Commissioner makes no warranties in connection with this property and specifically disclaims any warranties as to title and habitability. This property is being sold as is, without opinion as to title or any other matter. This sale will be made subject to all outstanding city and county taxes and all local improvement assessments against the above described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause. A cash deposit of 20 percent of the successful bid will be required. In addition, the successful

bidder will be required, at the time the Deed is recorded to pay for recording fees and revenue stamps assessed by the Chatham County Register of Deeds. This sale is subject to upset bid as set forth in N.C.G.S. Section 1-339.25. This the 13th day of August, 2026. Mark D. Bardill/Mark B. Bardill, Commissioner P.O. Box 25 Trenton, NC 28585 Publication dates: September 3, 2026 September 10, 2026

BILL SADDLER and spouse, if any, which may include BILL C. SADLER and spouse, if any, BILLIE C. SADLER and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF SUDIA CROSBY A/K/A SUDIE CROSBY and spouse, if any, which may include JACQUELINE U. SAMUEL and spouse, if any, VICKIE V. UNDERWOOD A/K/A VICKIE VANETTA SMITH and 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, THE HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF RUSHIA CHAMBERS and spouse, if any, which may include GERTRUDE F. CHAMBERS and spouse, if any, ANTOINETTE

C. CHAMBERS and spouse, if any, ANITA M. CHAMBERS and spouse, if any, VALERIE D. CHAMBERS N/K/A VALERIE D. BECK and spouse, if any, TROY A. CHAMBERS and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder, et al, 08CVD000422180, the undersigned Commissioner will on the 16th day of September, 2026, offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction at the courthouse door in Chatham County, North Carolina, Pittsboro, North Carolina at 12:00 o’clock, noon, the following described real property, lying and being in Matthews Township, State and County aforesaid, and more particularly described as follows: Being all of lot Number 115 of Crestview Subdivision as shown by a plat of the same,

which plat is recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Chatham County, North Carolina, in Plat Book No. 8, at Page 58. Reference to said plat is hereby made for a more accurate description. Subject to restrictive covenants and easements of record. Parcel Identification Number: 0012891 The undersigned Commissioner makes no warranties in connection with this property and specifically disclaims any warranties as to title and habitability. This property is being sold as is, without opinion as to title or any other matter. This sale will be made subject to all outstanding city and county taxes and all local improvement assessments against the above described property not included in the

judgment in the above-entitled cause. A cash deposit of 20 percent of the successful bid will be required. In addition, the successful bidder will be required, at the time the Deed is recorded to pay for recording fees and revenue stamps assessed by the Chatham County Register of Deeds. This sale is subject to upset bid as set forth in N.C.G.S. Section 1-339.25. This the 13th day of August, 2026. Mark D. Bardill/Mark B. Bardill, Commissioner P.O. Box 25 Trenton, NC 28585 Publication dates: September 3, 2026 September 10, 2026

undersigned Commissioner will on the 16th day of September, 2026, offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction at the courthouse door in Chatham County, North Carolina, Pittsboro, North Carolina at 12:00 o’clock, noon, the following described real property, lying and being in Hickory Mountain Township, State and County aforesaid, and more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Parcel 1, containing 1.48 acres, as shown on a Plat dated September 17, 1991, recorded in Plat Slide 94-316, Chatham

County Registry, drawn by Rufus L. Johnson, RLS, entitled, Survey for Monte Dale Moody and wife, Jeannie R. Moody, to which Plat reference is made for more accuracy and certainty of description. Less and except all that lies within the Rightof-Way of Moody Loop Road. Subject to restrictive covenants, easements, and rights-of-way of record. Parcel Identification Number: 0069974 The undersigned Commissioner makes no warranties in connection with this property and specifically disclaims any warranties as

to title and habitability. This property is being sold as is, without opinion as to title or any other matter. This sale will be made subject to all outstanding city and county taxes and all local improvement assessments against the above described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause. A cash deposit of 20 percent of the successful bid will be required. In addition, the successful bidder will be required, at the time the Deed is recorded to pay for recording fees and revenue stamps assessed by the Chatham

County Register of Deeds. This sale is subject to upset bid as set forth in N.C.G.S. Section 1-339.25. This the 13th day of August, 2026. Mark D. Bardill/Mark B. Bardill, Commissioner P.O. Box 25 Trenton, NC 28585 Publication dates: September 3, 2026 September 10, 2026

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Seaforth quarterback Duncan Parker avoids the pass rush during a game against Chapel Hill earlier this season.

Seaforth, Northwood to clash after big games of offense The neighboring schools were pouring up points last week in advance of their scheduled meeting By Bob Sutton Chatham News & Record WHEN THE SEAFORTH and Northwood football teams meet Friday night, the rivals will be showing up with all sorts of confidence. They picked up respective

momentum with high-scoring outings in games last week. Duncan Parker had a part in nine touchdown plays on a historic night when Seaforth defeated Princeton 70-56 on Thursday night. Meanwhile, Northwood was bashing Bartlett Yancey 42-0. “It seems like the Pittsboro offenses were kicking in,” Seaforth coach Tolbert Matthews said of the teams with Pittsboro addresses. For Seaforth (2-1), that

Seaforth soars some more in volleyball Conference play has picked up for area teams Chatham News & Record staff SEAFORTH’S volleyball winning streak reached four matches with two sweeps last week. The Hawks took down visit-

ing Chapel Hill by 25-18, 25-17, 25-16 behind Ally Forbes’ 12 kills and Sarah Beth Smith’s 11 kills. Lily Horton had 10 service points, and Abigail Valgus offered 25 assists. Then in a Big Seven Conference match, Seaforth posted a 25-4, 25-7, 25-10 triumph at Oxford Webb with Forbes’ 15

marked the most points scored in the program’s five-year history, while standards were also established for touchdowns, passing yards and team and individual rushing yards. “Offensively, we could do whatever we had to do,” Matthews said. “Them boys are rolling right now. We’ve got to get that defense going now.” Parker threw for six touchdowns and 408 yards against Princeton (1-2). He also rushed for three touchdowns, pick-

kills and Smith’s 11 kills among the top numbers. • Northwood suffered a 25-16, 25-15, 25-19 loss at undefeated Providence Grove in its lone match last week. • Chatham Central won 25-14, 25-17, 28-26 at Jordan-Matthews. The Bears also swept visiting The College Prep & Leadership Academy 25-10, 25-10, 25-9 in the Greater Triad Conference. Chatham Central’s two-match win streak ended with a 25-15, 25-23, 25-12 loss at Bishop See SEAFORTH, page B2

JordanMatthews’ captain Maily Jaimes (3) makes a play at the net during a game earlier this season.

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ing up 78 yards on the ground. Teammate Brayden Moran gained 152 yards on 15 attempts with a touchdown. Seaforth completed the 2025 regular season with a 57-0 victory vs. Carrboro, but this latest outing exceeded the numbers from that game. “Crazy thing about it, to take that and then get this score so early this year,” Matthews said. In the Princeton game, Parker was 21 for 26 in the air, and he also picked up 78

rushing yards on eight carries. Max Hinchman made three touchdown receptions and finished with five catches for 103 yards. Noah Fuller’s 151 receiving yards on six catches came with two touchdowns. Ben Taylor also made a touchdown catch. Princeton’s Teo McPhatter ran for six touchdowns and 343 yards on 29 carries. So the Hawks were faced with a constant challenge. “We had to keep scoring every time we got the ball,” Matthews said. “We knew what we were up against.” On defense, Seaforth linebacker Tyler Truesdale had a busy night in racking up more than a dozen tackles. Seaforth’s only victory against Northwood came last See FOOTBALL, page B2

Chargers like chances for more soccer success Northwood has worked to find the right blend of veterans and newcomers By Bob Sutton Chatham News & Record THE BEST might still be to come for Northwood’s boys’ soccer team. That’s what the Chargers are hoping for after a 10-game stretch to begin the season with a variety of results. “It’s not always consistent, but we’re working on that in practice to make sure we play the best we can every game,” senior defender Ryan Frankena said. Northwood entered this week with a 5-3-2 record. Coach Ascary Arias said a good mixture of opponents has exposed the Chargers to different styles. “Encouraged by the fact that we’ve played (bigger schools),” Arias said. “We do what we can with what we have.” Last week, the Chargers took down Southern Ala-

“We still have a long season ahead of us.” Ryan Frankena, Northwood senior mance for a 3-0 road victory. “Defensively, we’ve been pretty strong,” Northwood senior defender Caleb Stevenson said. “We haven’t had many goals scored (against us). … We didn’t get scored on. That’s what really matters.” Stevenson provided his first goal of the season in that Southern Alamance game. Cruz Arias and Frankena had the other goals that night. Frankena said the Chargers have been working to become more consistent in the midfield. Finding those perfect passes takes time. “Just working on that will make it the best season we can,” Frankena said. “We still have a long season ahead of us.” Frankena said there were See SOCCER, page B3

Chatham News & Record for Thursday, September 10, 2026

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Summer Blanton

Northwood boys handle business at home meet The Chargers were overwhelming team winners in the invitational Chatham News & Record staff PITTSBORO — Northwood had the winning boys’ team in the Ron Horton Invitational for cross-country. The Chargers had five top-10 finishes to win the 10-team competition on their home course Aug. 27. A third-place finish from Drew Yell led Northwood’s effort. He finished the 3.1-mile course in 18 minutes, 6.45 seconds. Northwood’s Leo Drust

SEAFORTH from page B1

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Chatham Charter, volleyball Summer Blanton is a junior on the Chatham Charter volleyball team. The Knights are 9-3 and riding a five-match winning streak. In a straight-set win over Eastern Randolph, Blanton came up huge, leading the team with 23 digs. She also had a team-high 15 receptions and four assists, which was second best on the squad. For the season, Blanton is second on the team in receptions, kills and service aces while ranking third in digs and hitting percentage. She leads the Central Tar Heel 1A conference in service aces and is fourth in N.C. Class 1A. She’s also ninth in Class 1A in digs.

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McGuinness in another conference match. • Jordan-Matthews also fell at home to Central Carolina Academy by 25-21, 25-17, 25-19. Next, the Jets lost 25-14, 25-11, 25-13 to visiting East Davidson despite 15 digs from Kinley Jordan. • Chatham Charter won three times last week, beginning with a Central Tar Heel 1A Conference romp past visiting Southern Wake by 25-7,

(fourth, 18:09.19), Liam Patterson (seventh, 19:42.63), Tanner Gilchrist (eighth, 19:43.70) and Sam Bacheler (ninth, 20:03.48) rounded out the team’s scorers.

25-10, 25-8 as Aaliyah Walden notched 10 kills. Also in conference play, the Knights overcame host Ascend Leadership Academy 25-23, 25-19, 25-20, 25-21, 15-11. In between the league matches, Chatham Charter won 25-15, 25-14, 25-19 against visiting Eastern Randolph with Lilly Pike’s 10 kills and Summer Blanton’s 23 digs leading the way. • Woods Charter swept visiting River Mill 25-19, 25-18, 25-13 in a Central Tar Heel

FOOTBALL from page B1 year, so Matthews said he expects the Chargers to be ready when the Hawks visit this week. Northwood 42, Bartlett Yancey 0: Thursday at Yanceyville, Finn Sullivan threw for three touchdowns as the Chargers secured the road victory. Mason Lutterloh also threw for a touchdown for Northwood (1-2). Sullivan threw for 122 yards on 6-for-11 passing with an interception. Raje Torres caught two of Sullivan’s scoring passes as part of his five-catch, 108-yard effort. Nick Armstrong and Zahiem Young both caught a touchdown pass. Brody Murchinson gained

Friday’s Week 4 games • Seaforth at Northwood • North Moore at Chatham Central • Wheatmore at Jordan-Matthews

104 rushing yards on 14 carries, while Bryson Sanders and Aiden Girard each posted a rushing touchdown. Bartlett Yancey fell to 1-2. Chatham Central 14, East Columbus 0: Friday at Lake Waccamaw, Brooks Albright threw two touchdown passes to

Northwood’s team score of 31 made the Chargers a comfortable winner over Wake Prep (63) and Southeast Alamance (68). The individual champion was Joe March of Grace Christian (of Raleigh) in 17:18.81 followed by Wake Prep’s Krew Erwin in 18:02.87. Northwood’s girls placed fourth behind Wake Prep, Grace Christian and Sandhills Highlander Homeschool. Harper Triece of Northwood finished fourth individually in 22:21.55. Elise Armstrong of Grace Christian was first in 20:33.21. Grace Christian’s Elise Armstrong was the winner in 20:33.21.

1A Conference match in its only outing last week. That pushed the Wolves’ overall record to 7-1. BOYS’ SOCCER Jordan-Matthews and host Seaforth tied 1-1 in the only game for both teams last week. • Chatham Charter suffered a 2-1 home loss to Cornerstone Charter. • Woods Charter ended in a 1-1 tie at Research Triangle.

Gavin Williams and the visiting Bears were relentless on defense. Chatham Central (2-0) has doubled last year’s win total. Albright was 7 for 15 for 112 yards in the air and led the team in rushing with 68 yards on 14 attempts. Williams made four catches for 77 yards. On defense, he made a team-high seven tackles. Nolan Mitchell and Tyler Congrove intercepted passes. East Columbus is 2-1. Jordan-Matthews 36, North Stokes 24: Friday at Danbury, the visiting Jets overcame three touchdown passes from Holden Shelton. Jordan-Matthews improved to 2-1. North Stokes is 0-3.

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NASCAR drivers in favor of return to Chase format, saying change will lead to more legitimate champ The new postseason rules are similar to the ones last used in 2013 By Steve Reed The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Denny Hamlin has never won a Cup Series championship. This may be the 45-year-old’s best chance based on his overall body of work this season. Hamlin entered the second week of Cup’s modified 10-race playoff format known as “The Chase” with a 12-point cushion over second-place Christopher Bell, a 16-point edge on Ryan Blaney and an even bigger advantage over the rest of the 16-driver field after finishing the regular season with the most driver points. The new format — which was last used in 2013 — is designed to reward performance throughout the entire season and provide a larger sample size to determine a champion. Fans have been clamoring for its return because of its simplicity. And the drivers love it. Hamlin, speaking at last Wednesday’s playoff media day in Charlotte, called it a “giant leap forward in crowning a champion.” “I think all of the drivers would

tell you it’s a more fair way to do it,” Hamlin added. Chase Briscoe agreed. He said the format feels like it will produce a more “legitimate” champion. “I’m not saying the past champions weren’t legit, but before, you could win the first 35 races and go to Phoenix (for the season championship) and blow up and finish fourth in points,” Briscoe said. “It’s not going to be like that anymore. I think this says so much more about your body of work.” Unlike previous years, there will be no elimination rounds. That means no points “reset” midway through the playoffs. The champion will be determined by which driver amasses the most points over the final 10 races. Hamlin began with 2,100 points, 25 more than Blaney and 35 better than then-third-place Tyler Reddick based on the new format. Fourth place started 40 points behind Hamlin, fifth 45 points back and so on in descending five-point increments down to 16th-place Ryan Preece, who started 100 points behind but leaped past William Byron after Sunday’s postseason opener at Darlington. Kyle Larson, who started and remains in seventh place, won

“It’s a grueling 10 weeks. But hey, there is a pretty cool trophy at the end of it.” Joey Logano

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Denny Hamlin’s pit crew goes over the wall during a race at Richmond last month. last year’s Cup championship. But even he is good with the change. “For the sport, I’m happy with the change for sure, and I think this format has proven to be very exciting,” Larson said referring to Preece’s dramatic win last weekend at Daytona, which allowed him to qualify for The Chase. Larson is more concerned with catching up to the speed of the Toyota cars, which have been running faster all season than the Fords and Chevrolets. Of the top six cars entering the playoffs, five are Toyotas. One notable change to this

year’s format is that wins are weighted heavier. Drivers get 55 points for a race win, an increase from the previous structure of 40 points. The remaining positions pay the same points as the regular season (35 for second, 34 for third, 33 for fourth, etc.) and stage points also are the same (10 points for first, nine points for second, eight points for third, etc.). While wins are rewarded, consistency is the key to winning a championship, Bell believes. “The previous format and system, it was just three races at a time,” Bell, Sunday’s winner

said. “And if you had a bad race, it’s like just survive. Just gotta get above the cut line. Once you get above the cut line, you’re like, ‘OK, we’re in great shape now.’ Whereas now, there are no freebies. You can’t have a bad race and get a reset in three weeks. So you’re going to have to perform every week.” Hamlin and Joey Logano are the only drivers still on the Cup Series circuit who were around the last time NASCAR used this playoff format 13 years ago. Logano said there isn’t much he can take overall from the experience. But he said it harkens back to something seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson once told him. “Jimmie would say, ‘It’s 10 weeks of hell,’” said Logano, who is going for his fourth Cup title after a late-season push to make the playoffs. “And it’s pretty true. It’s a grueling 10 weeks. But hey, there is a pretty cool trophy at the end of it.”

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Northwood’s Berkley Godehn (6) advances the ball during a boys’ soccer game last month at Seaforth.

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adjustments after losing seniors from the 2025 team. “Sometimes it’s hard to get back on our feet and find it,” he said. Coach Arias said two or three freshmen have been in the starting lineup, and other first-year players have been on the field as well. “A bunch of freshmen and learning to put it together,” the coach said. “They’re getting a lot of minutes.” Sometimes frustration has come because the Chargers haven’t converted when they’ve worked into good positions. “We had good possession, but we couldn’t find the back of the net,” Stevenson said. Northwood followed the Southern Alamance game with a 3-1 loss at Graham before going the next night to Southern Lee and securing a 1-0 victory. The Chargers generally know what it takes. Last year’s 13-win season provided Northwood with its first winning record in four years. “We expect to do well,” Stevenson said.

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Williams sisters reunite iconic doubles team at US Open

No. 16 Michigan catches second-chance Hail Mary, survives scare vs. WMU

The legends lost narrowly but thrilled the New York crowd

Ann Arbor, Mich. Given an unlikely second chance at a game-ending Hail Mary, Bryce Underwood connected with JJ Buchanan for a 47-yard touchdown pass that lifted No. 16 Michigan over Western Michigan 13-12. The Broncos thought they’d secured a historic upset when Underwood’s first Hail Mary sailed out of bounds with the clock expired. WMU players were already on the field celebrating when officials called for a review. TV replays showed the clock hitting zero before the ball hit the hands of a Western Michigan defender, but officials ruled there was a second left.

By Jocelyn Noveck The Associated Press

MLB

Cardinals, Rockies tilt caps day after umpire’s comments to St. Louis rookie Denver Players from St. Louis and Colorado tilted their caps in protest of umpire Doug Eddings one day after he instructed Cardinals rookie pitcher Hancel Rincon to straighten his hat. Eddings’ comments prompted an argument with St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol leading to Marmol’s ejection. Most of the Cardinals’ players had their hats tilted during pregame warmups, and many continued to tilt them in the dugout during the game. Some even tilted their batting helmets to celebrate reaching base. Some Colorado players also wore their caps tilted before the game.

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Former Cowboys running back Smith sued by investor over wind farm project NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is being sued by a Native American investment company over claims that the former Dallas Cowboys running back and his business partners misappropriated a $2.5 million loan that was supposed to fund a wind farm project in Texas. Kituwah LLC claimed in a lawsuit filed this week in Delaware that 4:13 Solutions used the money to repay an investor from previous dealings with Smith’s company. Kituwah’s attorneys said Smith misrepresented efforts to secure a U.S. Department of Energy loan that would have triggered repayment to Kituwah.

TENNIS

Sabalenka complains about the smell of marijuana during U.S. Open match Aryna Sabalenka found something that could stop her at the U.S. Open: the smell of marijuana. The two-time defending champion complained to the chair umpire that it was bothering her early in her third-round victory over Kamilla Rakhimova. Sabalenka said she had never smelled the odor so strong as she did while serving early in the match. While Sabalenka was serving, she tossed the ball but then let it fall to the court twice. She then approached the chair to ask for help.

NEW YORK — “Welcome to the Williams Show,” read one fan’s sign in Arthur Ashe Stadium, as Venus and Serena Williams took the court for their doubles match, 25 years after first facing each other in the 2001 U.S. Open final. A quarter-century of playing pro tennis at a top level — at any level — is not a very common thing. And even more incredibly, the Williams sisters, now ages 46 and 44, showed they can still come agonizingly close to beating a top team that is cumulatively around half their age. In a three-set thriller that delighted a packed and vocal evening crowd, the sisters fell short only at the end, blowing a 5-0 lead in the final 10-point tiebreak to lose to Hao-Ching Chan of Taiwan and Maya Joint of Australia, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (10-7). So it was indeed quite a thrilling show — even the sisters themselves, narrowly defeated, walked off with smiles on their faces, though they declined to speak to the media afterward. “It was an amazing match,” Joint said. “They played really well, and I think just the atmosphere on the court. ... I don’t think either of us has experienced quite like that before. And playing two legends of the game is just a super special moment that we might not get again.” The hugely entertaining evening came four years after the sisters last played doubles together at Flushing Meadows. That match came just a few weeks after Serena Williams announced, in a poignant Vogue essay, that she was “evolving away from tennis.” Whatever the wording, though, the message was clear: Daughter Olympia really wanted to be a big sister. And Williams knew she couldn’t accom-

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Sisters Venus Williams, left, and Serena Williams arrive for their women’s doubles match at the U.S. Open. plish that and still play tennis the way she wanted. Well, Olympia got her little sister. And this year, her mom was fulfilling another of Olympia’s requests: that she play doubles again at the U.S. Open with Aunt Venus. “You need to play with Auntie VeVe,” 9-year-old Olympia told her, Serena Williams said this week on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “She said it so clear and so calm,” Williams said. “She’s like my mom — she doesn’t really talk a lot, but when she does talk, you listen. And I was like, ‘OK.’” And so the sisters returned as a team to the tournament where Serena won six singles titles, and Venus two — one of them against Serena, who returned the favor the following year. That 2001 victory for the elder sister came a full quarter-century ago — which was enough to give fans goose bumps that this partnership is alive. They didn’t win, but they made it a close fight — thrilling

“You can do anything at any age as long as you work hard and put some effort and dedication behind it.” Serena Williams the crowd with some vintage volleys as they took the second set tiebreak to force a decider, then came close to winning that set. The unique nature of the evening was clear before a ball was struck, during player introductions. After a fairly routine introduction for Chan and Joint, the announcer moved on to the Williamses. “They’ve transformed and elevated the sport as we know it,” he said. “They’re two of the greatest athletes of all time.” As a doubles team, the sisters won two of their 14 Grand Slam titles at the U.S. Open — in 1999 and 2009. They last played to-

gether at Flushing Meadows in 2022, also losing in the first round. (This year, they had to scrap their appearance at Wimbledon because of Serena’s knee injury, but they played in Cincinnati last month.) But victory or defeat does not seem, for many fans, the point. The point is that they’re back in the spotlight. Green, the fan from Virginia, recalled something a former pastor had told her: “Even the sky is not the limit. You can go beyond it.” Which sounds just like the lesson Serena Williams now wants to teach her daughters — and why, four years after stepping away from tennis, she is back, at least in doubles and probably, she said on “Good Morning America,” in singles again soon. “I just really want my children to see me play at a different age,” she said. “I hope to show them that anything is possible. You can do anything at any age as long as you work hard and put some effort and dedication behind it.”

NBA suspends Clippers owner, fines team $30M, Leonard $700K for cap circumvention Los Angeles was also docked five first-round draft picks By Beth Harris The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The NBA imposed a sweeping punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers for violating salary cap circumvention rules, suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, fining the team $30 million and forcing it to forfeit five first-round draft picks. Also, two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard was hit with a $700,000 penalty, president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank was banned for six months, and team president of business operations Gillian Zucker was suspended for one year. The Clippers will give up one first-round pick in each draft from 2029 to 2033. The league came down hard on the organization after a nearly yearlong investigation led by an outside law firm. The Clippers had said multiple times that they had done nothing wrong and expected to be exonerated. “I think that we’re going to be in the clear,” Leonard said in April, “so I’m not stressing it.” At the same time, Frank said, “If you know Steve and know Steve’s integrity, you know there’s nothing to it. We believe, and we’re very confident we’re on the right side of this.” The Clippers said they will “now fight just as hard to demonstrate our innocence. We intend to vigorously challenge these findings and penal-

ties through every avenue available to us and look forward to an ethical and impartial arbitration process.” “I am deeply disappointed by the flagrant violations of our rules and by the Clippers’ institutional and leadership failures that led to this misconduct,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. “The severity of the penalties reflects the seriousness of the violations.” The NBA began investigating in September 2025 whether a $28 million endorsement contract between Leonard and Aspiration Fund Adviser LLC — a company that filed for bankruptcy last year — broke league rules, following a report by journalist Pablo Torre. The Clippers released a letter from Ballmer’s attorney David Kelley to Silver in which he described the investigation as “a witch hunt” and the subsequent penalties as a “gross injustice.” Kelley accused Silver of not keeping his promises that the investigation would be governed by due process and fundamental fairness as well as the burden being on the league to prove any violations through evidence. “Mr. Ballmer’s reputation has been irreparably damaged as he now finds himself embroiled not only in this heavily biased investigation, but in civil litigation, the Aspiration bankruptcy proceeding, and more,” Kelley wrote. Kelley wrote that no league rule prohibits team personnel making introductions to both sponsors and vendors in response to player requests.

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Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard warms up before an April game. “Retroactively punishing the Clippers for violating a rule that never existed is hardly consistent with due process,” Kelley wrote. The league said Ballmer knowingly sought to help Leonard obtain off-court income deals, approved a business deal that he knew was a precondition for Aspiration to enter into an endorsement contract with Leonard, and for failing to create conditions under which his team followed league rules. “I accept full responsibility for lapses in judgment by people within my inner circle and regret the distraction this situation has caused the fans and my family,” Leonard said in a statement. The NBA said Leonard, through his former business manager and uncle Dennis Robertson, “violated the circumvention rules by pressur-

ing the Clippers to assist him in obtaining off-court income opportunities, successfully obtaining those opportunities, and failing to reimburse payments by the Clippers for personal expenses.” “I entered into my contract with the Clippers as well as the agreements in question in good faith, fully committed to fulfilling my obligations and with no knowledge of any intent on anyone’s part to circumvent the salary cap,” Leonard said. The league said Ballmer was suspended for “knowingly seeking to help Mr. Leonard obtain off-court income opportunities,” among other issues. Leonard’s trade to the Toronto Raptors has been on hold pending the outcome of the investigation. “As I return to Toronto, I am focused on what I can control, closing this chapter, and moving forward with a clean slate,” Leonard said. The Clippers and their personnel will be under a compliance and monitoring program by the league for five years, and Robertson was banned from doing business with NBA teams for five years. The league penalized Frank for his involvement with the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for approving impermissible expenses incurred by Leonard and his family. Zucker was banned for being primarily and directly culpable for the illegal endorsement arrangements and for lying to investigators. Both will lose their salaries during their bans. Ballmer, 70, was CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014.

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Bell passes defending Cup Series champion Larson to win Southern 500 to kick off Chase The win at Darlington snapped a nearly yearlong drought for the JGR driver

“Darlington is the epitome of NASCAR.”

By Pete Iacobelli The Associated Press

Christopher Bell

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Christopher Bell’s crazy, frustrating season of seven second-place finishes without a victory at last came to an end with a win at the Southern 500. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver passed defending Cup Series champion Kyle Larson with 18 laps left at Darlington Raceway and held on to win the Chase-opening race and break a winless stretch of 33 races dating to Bristol last September. “Darlington is the epitome of NASCAR,” Bell said. “This is better than a dream come true.” It was his first win in 15 career Cup races at Darlington and pushed him into second in the Chase standings behind teammate Denny Hamlin. “No off weeks. Right back to work next week at Gateway,” he said. “I still feel I’m going to have to win more races if I want to” win the championship. Gibbs finished second, and Tyler Reddick, a five-time winner this season, was third. Chase drivers accounted for nine of the top 10. Ryan Blaney was fourth, followed by Larson, Chase Briscoe, Josh Berry, Bubba Wallace, Joey Logano and Ryan Preece. Berry was the only non-Chase driver in that group. Crew chief Adam Stevens tried to keep Bell focused as the runner-up finishes — along with the driver’s frustration — grew. It was important for him

all 10 playoff races without eliminations. He’s still leading, 12 points in front of teammate Bell. Other Chaser issues

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Christopher Bell does a burn out to celebrate winning Sunday’s Southern 500. to understand that him finishing second wasn’t because his team wasn’t doing everything it could to succeed. “You have to really come into each weekend with a clean slate, and he’s done a fantastic job with that,” Stevens said. Larson gambled during the sixth and final caution, staying on the track while other competitors, including Bell, went into the pits for fresh tires. And for a bit, Larson’s bet looked like it might pay off as he opened a sizeable lead on the restart and forced Bell and the others to come get him. Bell eventually did, moving low on the track to put Larson in his rearview mirror.

Larson thought more racers would’ve stayed out of the pits on the final caution to give him some cover and distance before the fresh-tire drivers got going. “But Bell got to second so fast, I was straight into defense,” Larson said. “Not able to run the lines I ultimately wanted to take care of my tires.” Hamlin’s troubles Hamlin, the top seed in the Cup Series’ Chase, had started the final stage in the top five when he got hit from behind on lap 237 by Michael McDowell and his car struck the wall in turn four. Hamlin immediately told his

crew, “The toe links are gone.” But the incident did not draw a caution and Hamlin had to keep racing, falling to 20th as he and his pit crew waited for the chance to fix the damaged Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. While the toe links were not damaged, there were extensive repairs and Hamlin was a lap down. He finished 18th. “It was certainly not the finish we were hoping for,” Hamlin said. “We certainly made gains on it all day.” Hamlin came into the race with a 25-point lead over second-seeded Ryan Blaney. The rules of the Cup Series’ postseason changed this year, with all 16 drivers competing in

Hamlin wasn’t the only one of the 16 Chase competitors to have problems. Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron was in position for a top-10 finish when he spun out with what he believed was a flat tire. After a trip to the pits, smoke billowed out of Byron’s Chevrolet, and he went back to the garage to end his day. Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing had high hopes with two of its three drivers, Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece, in the Chase. But Buescher could not gain any momentum at Darlington and rode in the back of the pack for most of the way. Preece, who won his way into the postseason with a victory at Daytona last week, pledged to continue to be aggressive because, as the 16th seed, his team had nothing to lose. That strategy worked well as he rode in the top 10 for most of the first half of the race. He couldn’t sustain it, though, and ended 10th. And while 23XI co-owner Michael Jordan watched from the pits, his two Chase drivers, Reddick and Wallace, went from running 1-2 at the end of the first stage to falling out of the mix down the stretch.

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The field speeds past pit row during the Southern 500 at Darlington.

Smith, 2-time All-America DB at Wake Forest, dead at 40 The former NFL player apparently left a farewell note on social media

“Do not cry for me!” Alphonso Smith’s Facebook post

The Associated Press PAHOKEE, Fla. — Alphonso Smith, a two-time All-America defensive back who played in the NFL for four seasons, has died. He was 40. Smith died last Wednesday, according to Wake Forest, which was informed by his family. The school’s release last Thursday afternoon didn’t reveal a cause of death. The Associated Press contacted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in Florida earlier last Thursday seeking to confirm Smith’s death. In an emailed statement responding to that inquiry, the office said sheriff’s deputies had responded to a Pahokee address “in reference to a suicide attempt” last Wednesday afternoon. “An adult male was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his inju-

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Detroit Lions defensive back Alphonso Smith kneels before a 2012 practice. ries,” the sheriff’s office stated. Smith appeared to post on his Facebook account last Wednesday, lamenting his mental health challenges, apologizing and asking for forgiveness. “Do not cry for me!” a post read on his account. “I tried ev-

erything in my power to fight the demons behind the ones that someone put into ME! I did not want to be that WAY! I know I have disappointed so many folks. This is a DEMON in me! But not only me! It’s EVERYONE! I have HURT so many! I

needed help & did not get it! I am so sorry!” Smith apologized to his children in the note and suggested that trauma from his childhood had caused him mental anguish. “I pray my soul rest in heaven for my heart is pure,” he said. Denver drafted the former Wake Forest star in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft. After playing in 15 games for the Broncos, returning punts and kickoffs, he was traded to Detroit shortly before the 2010 season. Smith played in 33 games, including 11 starts, over the next two seasons with the Lions and had eight interceptions, returning two for touchdowns. The Lions released him just before the 2012 season, signed him later that year and cut him

again after he played in four games as a backup. Smith went to Pahokee High School in his hometown, where he helped the football team win a Florida state title as a two-way star playing quarterback and defensive back in 2003. He redshirted as a freshman at Wake Forest and went on to become a key player for the program over the next four seasons. Smith was a first-team AP All-America defensive back in 2008 and a third-team All-America in 2007. After playing in 44 NFL games over four years, he worked as a sideline reporter for Wake Forest football games during the 2013 season when he was also an assistant high school coach in nearby Winston-Salem. Smith was a head high school football coach in Moore Haven, Florida, and Pahokee High School, where he was also dean of students in charge of discipline, according to his LinkedIn account. His last listed job was director of marketing for a South Florida family physician.

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entertainment this week in history Al-Qaida attacks U.S. on Sept. 11, Attica prison uprising, General Motors founded in Flint, Michigan The Associated Press SEPT. 10 1608: John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia. 1991: The Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination, which became a defining moment in the national debate over sexual harassment after Anita Hill accused him of misconduct. 2025: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an outdoor speaking engagement at a Utah university. SEPT. 11 1789: Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. secretary of the Treasury. 1814: An American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. 2001: Nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York’s World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. It remains the deadliest terror attack in history. SEPT. 12 1857: The S.S. Central America (also known as the “Ship of Gold”) sank off the coast of South Carolina after sailing into a hurricane in one of the worst maritime disasters in American history.

1940: The Lascaux cave paintings, estimated to be 17,000 years old, were discovered in southwestern France. 1962: In a speech at Rice University in Houston, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed his support for the manned space program, declaring, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard.” SEPT. 13 1788: The Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election and designated New York City as the temporary national capital. 1940: During World War II, bombs dropped by the German Luftwaffe struck and damaged Buckingham Palace. 1971: A four-day inmate uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York ended when state troopers and correction officers stormed the prison. SEPT. 14 1847: During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott took control of Mexico City. 1861: A boat crew from the USS Colorado boarded and burned the schooner Judah at the Pensacola Navy Yard in one of the Civil War’s earliest naval actions. 2018: Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, bringing catastrophic flooding to the Carolinas and causing 52 deaths. SEPT. 15 1835: Charles Darwin reached the remote Galápagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle, an experience that would help shape his ideas about evolution.

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University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 11, 1991, after accusing Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Thomas’ confirmation hearings had begun Sept. 10. 1935: The Nuremberg Laws were enacted in Nazi Germany, stripping German Jews of citizenship rights and imposing sweeping racial restrictions. 1963: Four black girls were killed when a bomb exploded during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. SEPT. 16 1810: Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called on his parishioners to rebel against Spanish rule, marking the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence. 1893: The largest land run in U.S. history began as more than 100,000 settlers raced to claim parcels across more than 6 million acres of the Cherokee Outlet in what is now northern Oklahoma. 1908: General Motors was founded in Flint, Michigan, by William C. Durant.

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On Sept. 12, 1940, prehistoric cave paintings estimated to be about 17,000 years old were discovered in Lascaux Cave near Montignac, France.

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120-foot burst of genius: Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ scroll still cherished The author spoke to and for the Beat generation By Hillel Italie The Associated Press

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NEW YORK — In the spring of 1951, the muse landed so hard in the caffeinated mind of Jack Kerouac that within three weeks he had hurried out a full-length, single-spaced manuscript — a draft for “On the Road” that he taped together into a scroll some 120 feet long. Published six years later to instant acclaim and notoriety, “On the Road” may not be the Great American Novel, but Kerouac’s epiphany surely stands as the Great American Manuscript. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime, once-in-a-century achievement. In short, a literary singularity,” says the author and editor Gerald Howard. Kerouac was among the novelists who embodied the mad American quest to “say it all,” to somehow capture the country’s spirit within a single narrative — the kind of epic ambition behind such canonical books as

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Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and its working manuscript, the extraordinary 120-foot scroll he would unfurl before startled publishers, is on display at the American Writers Museum in Chicago. Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” In “On the Road,” the raw, wild energy that drove Kerouac to type down his thoughts as quickly as they came to him would inspire one of the defining tales of the post-World War II era — two young Beats out for adventure, for kicks, “desirous of everything at the same time.”

Howard says Kerouac had been working on the book for three years before his sudden inspiration. The 29-year-old author was in the Manhattan apartment of then-wife Joan Haverty, with rolls of architectural tracing paper that fit seamlessly into his manual typewriter. “He realized that by feeding the paper in it would prevent him from having to change

a sheet of paper over and over, which would pretty much guarantee a higher level of spontaneity,” Howard says. The scroll is now a piece of literary history, but it initially helped delay the novel’s release. His publisher, upon seeing Kerouac unfurl his draft, allegedly told him it couldn’t be edited. Kerouac stormed out. Kerouac’s agent, Sterling Lord, spent years trying to attract interest in Kerouac’s jazzy, unorthodox tale before Viking signed it up for an advance of $1,000. “On the Road” has since sold millions of copies and inspired countless literary — and literal — quests to “find America.” The manuscript itself has made several stops since Kerouac’s death in 1969. Earlier this year, country star Zach Bryan bought it for more than $12 million. “Jack never called it a scroll,” notes Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia, adding that the author found the word too pompous. To Kerouac, he said, “it was like the white line of the highway unrolling in front of your front tire as you were speeding down the highway.”

Oasis reunion tour documentary rocks Venice Film Festival The film will be released in Imax theaters Sept. 11 By Lindsey Bahr The Associated Press VENICE, Italy — The Gallagher brothers brought some rock star energy to a sleepy, and sweaty, Venice Film Festival Saturday, where the documentary about their reunion tour made its world premiere. “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger,” is part concert film and part exploration of the contentious relationship between Noel and Liam Gallagher, whose long-held feud led to Oasis disbanding in 2009 in spectacularly theatrical fashion after a backstage altercation moments before they were due on stage in Paris. Noel infamously said his brother is “the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.” Liam told the Guardian in 2018 that his brother “did me out, mate, he threw me under the (expletive) bus, and I won’t forget that. He split the band up, and it meant the world to me. Just to further his career.” The band was founded in working-class Manchester, England, in 1991 and became one of the most popular British acts of the 1990s, hitting No. 1 with their debut album “Definite-

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Liam Gallagher, left, and Noel Gallagher pose for photographers at the red carpet for the film ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ during the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, last Friday. ly Maybe” in 1994. Their 1995 follow up, “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” became one of the U.K.’s bestselling albums of all time. The film looks at the phenomenon of Oasis and the prickly personalities behind the hit songs, most of which were writ-

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ten by the elder Gallagher brother, Noel, from “Wonderwall” to “Live Forever.” In 2025, the brothers ended a 16-year hiatus with a reunion tour that kicked off in Cardiff, Wales, to an ecstatic, all-ages crowd of more than 60,000. Many worried that like in Par-

is in 2009, it might not actually happen. But the show went on, with former Oasis members Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Gem Archer on guitar, bassist Andy Bell and drummer Joey Waronker. Steven Knight, who is credited as the writer of the docu-

mentary, said he and Noel wanted to explore the question of why the music endured, not just with fans who experienced it in the 90s but with the next generation as well that culminated in such intense demand for reunion tour tickets. Filmmakers Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace spoke to the brothers separately before the rehearsals had started and then together while the tour was in full swing to reflect the true progression of the relationship. “We set out to make a film about the reconciliation of two brothers, infamous for their volatile relationship, but we also wanted to make a film about the power of music and the way Oasis’ songs have continued to have a life of their own, as the band lay dormant for 15 years,” the filmmakers said in their directors’ statement. “The documentary, like the reunion and the tour, took on a life of its own.” The filmmakers said their goal was to make their cameras and presence invisible to the band during rehearsals. At the concerts, they wanted to make the audience feel like they were there as well. The film also focuses on various fans from around the world. “Sometimes you might just bump into someone with a dog called Bonehead and that becomes part of the story,” Southern said.

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famous birthdays this week José Feliciano and Leo Kottke turn 81; Linda Gray celebrates 86; Ben Savage hits 46 The Associated Press THESE CELEBRITIES have birthdays this week. SEPT. 10 Scientist-author Jared Diamond is 89. Singer José Feliciano is 81. Former Canadian first lady Margaret Trudeau is 78. Rock musician Joe Perry (Aerosmith) is 76. Film director Chris Columbus is 68. Actor Colin Firth is 66. Director Guy Ritchie is 58. Actor Ryan Phillippe is 52.

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Former U.S. sprinter Michael Johnson turns 59 on Sunday.

SEPT. 11 Composer Arvo Pärt is 91. Film director Brian De Palma is 86. Singer-actor-dancer Lola Falana is 84. Musician Mickey Hart is 83. Guitarist Leo Kottke is 81. Actor Amy Madigan is 76. Actor Virginia Madsen is 65. Musician-composer Moby is 61. SEPT. 12 Actor Linda Gray is 86. Singer Maria Muldaur is 83. Author Michael Ondaatje is 83. Actor Joe Pantoliano is 75. Photographer Nan Goldin is 73. Composer Hans Zimmer is 69. Actor Rachel Ward is 69. Actor-comedian Louis C.K. is 59.

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Jacqueline Bisset turns 82 on Sunday.

SEPT. 13 Actor Barbara Bain is 95. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias is 86. Actor Jacqueline Bisset is 82. Singer Peter Cetera is 82. Actor Jean Smart is 75. Olympic gold medal sprinter Michael Johnson is 59. Fashion designer Stella McCartney is 55. Actor Ben Savage is 46. SEPT. 14 Actor Walter Koenig (“Star Trek”) is 90. Architect Renzo Piano is 89. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is 86. Pope Leo XIV is 71. SEPT. 15 Writer-director Ron Shelton is 81. Actor Tommy Lee Jones is 80. Film director Oliver Stone is 80. Actor Josh Charles is 55. Olympic gold medal swimmer Tom Dolan is 51. Actor

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Director Brian De Palma turns 86 on Friday. Tom Hardy is 49. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is 42. SEPT. 16 Actor George Chakiris is 94. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 77. Author-historian-filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr. is 76. Country singer David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 76. Actor Mickey Rourke is 74. Magician David Copperfield is 70. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Orel Hershiser is 68.

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The “Call My Agent” team celebrate their best comedy award win at the 49th International Emmy Awards at Casa Cipriani in 2021 in New York. The hit show takes on movie form on Netflix this week.

‘The Paper,’ ‘Call My Agent!’ Bloc Party, ‘Halloween’ game Welsh band the Tubs drops “Hard Life” The Associated Press THE SECOND season of “The Paper” and a new album from Bloc Party are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also, among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: a new “Call My Agent!” movie, a new season of “The Real Housewives of New York” and a multiplayer game based on the “Halloween” slasher films. MOVIES TO STREAM The clever French series “Call My Agent!” has been revived as a movie that starts streaming on Netflix on Thursday. Camille Cottin’s Andréa Martel is no longer an agent but a film director overseeing a disastrous production. Guy Lodge, in his review for Variety, wrote that “Fleet and fast-talking and packed, as ever, with Gallic industry in-jokes and celebrity cameos, Émilie Noblet’s film can hardly fail to please longtime fans.” Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal and Eiza González star in the Guy Ritchie action pic “In the Grey” about a lawyer and some mercenaries on an impossible mission to retrieve $1 billion. It received mostly mixed reviews and had the misfortune of opening around the same time as the box office phenomenon “Obsession,” but like many Ritchie joints it has its defenders too: An easy bit of action entertainment, coming to Starz and its streaming service Saturday.

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Kele Okereke of Bloc Party performs in concert as the opening act for Muse on July 28 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Crown.” That release, a messy mosaic of jangly indiepop and ’80s college rock that was full of gorgeous songs about grief, was great. Its latest, “Hard Life,” may be even greater. At the very least, it confirms The Tubs’ position as one of the principal indie rock bands of the moment. These are impatient pop songs that span a range of emotions, somewhere between empathy and feeling pathetic. Delicious! SERIES TO STREAM

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Dana Chandler appears in a scene from the docuseries “A Killer Story.”

In certain corners of the internet, there appears to be a revival of ’00s rock bands. The Strokes are back; Wolf Parade’s “I’ll Believe in Anything” from their 2005 debut album “Apologies to the Queen Mary” got a huge streaming bump due to its placement in “Heated Rival-

ry.” Heck, new generations of listeners are discovering TV on the Radio’s “Wolf Like Me” because of its use in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Hopefully love for the era will extend to the English band Bloc Party, whose new album “Anatomy of a Brief

Romance” arrives Friday. It’s the kind of dance-y post-punk the band has long hung its hat on, made modern. The Tubs first graced this weekly fixture in 2025, ahead of the London-based Welsh band’s sophomore album “Cotton

Carole Radziwill reclaims her “The Real Housewives of New York City” apple full time for Season 16, eight years after her exit. Sai De Silva, Erin Lichy and Jessel Taank return as well, mixing it up with newcomers Hailey Glassman, Erika Hammond and Daisy Toye. Expect Radziwill’s Epstein files mention to come up. The new season is streaming now on Peacock. Also on Peacock, we reunite with the staff of the Toledo Truth Teller celebrating their dominance at the Ohio Journalism Awards on “The Paper.”

The full season of “The Office” spinoff, which stars Domhnall Gleeson as the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, is out now. Season 5 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” premieres Thursday, months after production halted amid a domestic violence investigation involving the face of #MomTok, Taylor Frankie Paul, and her ex, Dakota Mortensen. The allegations also caused Disney and ABC to cancel her “Bachelorette” season. In a new condensed season of five episodes, Paul deals with the fallout. And we see Whitney Leavitt fresh off a hit run as Roxie Hart in Broadway’s “Chicago.” Jen Affleck (who also anchors the show’s upcoming Orange County spinoff), Jessi Draper, Layla Taylor, Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Matthews and Miranda Hope also return. Some recent successful young adult dramas have been set at beaches, lakes and hockey rinks. A new one called “Crew Girl” takes us to boathouses. The eight-episode show follows rower Teagan Tao (played by Miku Martineau), who joins an elite prep school’s all-boys crew team after her life is upended by a family scandal. Naturally, a love triangle develops. It debuts on Thursday on Netflix. Jessica Paré (“Mad Men”) also stars. A three-part HBO docuseries digs into the two-decade Dana Chandler case. Chandler was convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his girlfriend in a 2002 shooting. A journalist became convinced of her innocence after spending six years covering the saga, which spanned three trials and included prosecutorial misconduct. “A Killer Story” premieres Thursday on HBO Max, with new episodes dropping weekly through Sept. 24. VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY Looking to get an early jump on trick-or-treating? “Halloween: The Game,” an asymmetrical 1-vs.-4 thriller, is ready to make you scream. One player takes the role of Michael Myers, the relentless slasher from the classic 1978 movie. The other four are residents of Haddonfield, and they join forces to try to stop Mike before he splashes too much blood around their Midwestern suburb. “Halloween” comes from Colorado studio IllFonic, which has built its reputation with multiplayer games based on “Predator,” “Ghostbusters” and, well, “Killer Klowns from Outer Space.” The knives come out on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.