North State Journal Volume 1, Issue 37

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The down home stretch!

With the 2016 election just hours away, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump spoke to thousands of North Carolina voters this week, with Clinton stumping in Raleigh and Trump in Selma. Page A3

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Trump, Clinton target NC’s 15 electoral votes

By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH AND SELMA — With the race for the White House tightening daily since the FBI director James Comey reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, a week of dueling North Carolina rallies have Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton working crowds across the state. Each campaign has zeroed in on battleground N.C.‘s 15 Electoral College votes.

More than 17,500 people turned out in Selma, N.C., to see Donald Trump take the stage.

In the small Johnston County town outside of Raleigh, thousands filled a field to hear the Republican presidential candidate talk about building a stronger military, repealing the Affordable Care Act and asking voters to consider whether Clinton can be trusted to lead the nation.

“Our special forces here at Fort Bragg is the tip of the spear in fighting terrorism, and believe me we are going to get rid of terrorism, get rid of ISIS. All we need is leader-

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How we’ll vote The N.C. State Fair brings our state together every fall for funnel cakes, family and fun; something sorely needed for some in an election year. It gave us a chance to find out what North Carolinians are thinking as they head into the voting booth on Tuesday. Staff photographers Christine T. Nguyen, Eamon Queeney, and Madeline Gray met up with some North Carolina voters, and one aspiring voter, willing to share their thoughts.

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Millennials eye issues rather than parties

Nolan Outlaw, 25, Raleigh “There are a lot of social issues that people care about. But social issues are simply irrelevant if the country is broke and can’t afford to do anything.”

Bernice Whitley, 68, Walkertown “Between the two [presidential] candidates, I’m going to choose the candidate based on what they are going to do for low income people.”

Rachel Zhang, 17, Chapel Hill “I’m interested in immigration and when Donald Trump has talked about trade with other countries.”

By Laura Ashley Lamm North State Journal GREENVILLE, N.C. — The 2016 election has solidified North Carolina as a key battleground state, and the rise of the millennial generation of voters is playing a significant role in whether the state will swing red or blue.

Of the more than 320 million Americans, a staggering 83.1 million are millennials. Nationwide, this demographic of young adults — ranging in age from 18 to 35 — is the largest generation in the country having surpassed the baby boomers.

Carolina Demography, a consulting service at UNC Chapel Hill, has determined the millennial generation will surpass Generation X — those born in the mid-1960s to early 1980s — by the end of 2016, and by next year will surpass both baby boomers and Generation Y to become the largest adult population in North Carolina.

“We pay taxes, work and will be leading the country one day. Our voices need to be heard,”

Brian Kennedy, 42, Lexington “On the Trump side, I’m wondering if he’s really going to build a fence. And for Hillary, I’m wondering if she’s going to take our guns away.”

Maria Gamez, 25, Carrboro Education and immigration are worrying Gamez. “I think we need more funds for people to stay in school especially when I think about my siblings.”

Eli Sealy, 32, & Nicole Sealy, 31, Asheville. The couple wanted a small, nontraditional wedding so they did it at the fair. “It’s our wedding day. We don’t want to talk about politics,” said Nicole.

Michelle Atkins, 44, Lexington “I just don’t want taxes to go up any … maybe try to get some tax breaks.”

Vitu Khonje, 22, Wilson “If Trump gets elected, I’m concerned about what’s going to happen to immigrants as my family are immigrants [Malawi].”

Brooke Kott, 25, Raleigh National security and the economy are the two biggest issues in this election for Kott.

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11.6.16 we stand corrected!

To report an error or a suspected error email corrections@nsjonline.com with “Correction request” in the subject line.

Apologies to the Queen! In our Oct. 30 issue, the wrong version of the British flag flew over Roanoke Island (“Order in the Court” map, A5). The Union Jack, as it is commonly known, did not incorporate the red saltire of St. Patrick until 1801, when Great Britain and Ireland became one “United Kingdom.” Shown here is the Union Jack as it appeared from its inception until 1801.

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By Jeff Moore North State Journal RALEIGH — According to a report from the nonpartisan Fiscal Research Division of the N.C. General Assembly, the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) recently announced revenues for the first quarter of the state government’s fiscal year have come in above forecast. The surplus continues a multiquarter trend of revenues exceeding expectations.

“We projected some growth, and we exceeded that growth by $158 million,” said state budget director Andrew Heath in an interview. “I think the biggest driver of that is withholding taxes, so it’s wages.”

During the last fiscal year, the state averaged revenue surpluses around 2 percent, according to Heath. This time, revenues have exceeded forecasts by 3.1

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The official forecasts are consensus projections reached by OSBM and economists at the Fiscal Research Division using projected economic and wage growth models to estimate future revenues. Deputy Budget Director Nathan Knuffman explained that the forecasters typically aim to be “just on the conservative side of reasonable” in an effort to aid the legislature and state agencies in maintaining fiscally responsible spending plans.

Heath expounded that while some economic indicators can have significant lag times, withholding taxes data is in real time and is an effective way to take the pulse of the North Carolina economy.

Still, even retrospective data shows North Carolina’s economy outperforming its peers. A report conducted by Wells Fargo Securities and released Sept. 20 shows that incomes in the state grew

nearly twice the national average. Over the course of 2015, real median household income in North Carolina grew an impressive 9.9 percent. The national average? 5.2 percent. “[Wells Fargo Securities] said that North Carolina reached a major milestone,” reported Heath, “which was exceeding its pre-recession levels of median household income.”

Heath said that absent a large economic disruption, he does not envision North Carolina having any large declines in revenues, wages or incomes in the short term. “[North Carolina is] a big state, $510 billion GDP economy, strong wage growth,” asserted Heath.” You know our forecasts have some growth built in there, and beating it by $158 million in the first quarter, that’s really some strong news for us.”

McCrory greets hometown crowd North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory high fives with supporters as he arrives to vote at the Morrison Library as early voting continues in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. November 4, 2016.

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campaigns from page A1 ship at the top level,” said Trump.

“The motto of the Special Forces is to ‘Free the Oppressed,’ and that’s exactly what we will do. ... If given the honor of serving as your president, I vow the following: all men and women in uniform will have the support supplies, the equipment, the medical care and resources they need to get the job properly done. Full and proper funding for all branches of the American armed services.”

The crowd had a large number of military retirees and women, all looking for a new message and a change from the Washington scandals filling headlines.

“I’m a patriot, and I am so fed up with Washington, like most people I think that are

in this crowd,” said Sue Soule of Fuquay-Varina. “The establishment, the corruption. And I think we finally found someone in Trump — he’s not perfect, he’s made mistakes, but there’s not a person in this crowd or anywhere in this country that hasn’t made mistakes. ... I’m a woman. I know who I am as a person. I don’t have to worry about when somebody makes an off-color remark, and women do the same thing.”

Trump has deployed running mate Mike Pence, his children and supporters among the military brass to business centers and military areas in North Carolina in the closing days of the campaign, talking about a renewed focus on national security, health care and education. His daughter Ivanka Trump drew crowds in Charlotte,

while Pence stumped in Greenville.

Meanwhile, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is calling in hip-hop and Hollywood elite hoping to fill her venues with urban, young and minority voters. She appeared at Raleigh’s Walnut Creek Amphitheater flanked by former primary foe Bernie Sanders and musician Pharrell Williams. The state fire marshall estimated that 4,100 supporters turned out to see her speak in Raleigh.

“Bernie and I have already worked on the plan to make college tuition-free or debt-free for everyone,” said Clinton. “When people who care about progressive causes stand together, we win.

And then we can get to work turning those causes into reality.”

Her daughter, Chelsea Clinton,

spent Saturday traveling across the state encouraging one-stop voting, while running mate Tim Kaine spent Monday in Sanford.

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama drew larger crowds than Clinton in Chapel Hill, where he stepped up his commentary, predicting dark days should Trump be elected.

“The fate of the republic rests on your shoulders,” Obama told supporters in Chapel Hill, calling Trump temperamentally unfit to lead the nation. He told the crowd that his own legacy depends on Clinton’s election.

With poll numbers changing by the day, there is not doubt that North Carolina is a battleground state and the results on Tuesday will be an early boost to the candidate that takes the Tarheel State.

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Closing arguments Thousands of N.C. faithful turned out to welcome Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to the Tarheel State this week, hoping to hear a final pitch for their vote. Trump had a renewed energy as polls showed a surge for him in North Carolina. He sent his children to business centers in Charlotte and Greensboro while retired generals stumped for him in N.C.’s military areas.

Trump is betting on messages of revolution, the end of Obamacare, and the FBI’s renewed interest in the Clinton email investigation. Clinton’s message has been simpler: stop Trump. The Clinton campaign sees traditionally red N.C. as critical to keeping Trump from getting to 270 electoral college votes. President Barack Obama won here in 2008, but lost the state to Mitt Romney in 2012. Calling in Hollywood and hip-hop elite, along with two stops from Obama, Clinton is hoping to deny Trump an N.C. victory and slow his efforts significantly.

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Selma Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives at a campaign event in Selma, N.C., on Thursday. Held at The Farm, the evening event drew 17,500 supporters and closed with a fireworks show.

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Raleigh LEFT: Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the early vote rally at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, which drew more than 4,000 people. The Raleigh rally with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and singer Pharrell Williams was Clinton’s second appearance in the state Thursday.

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ABOVE: Kaya Hencke, 14, of Chapel Hill, waits in line before the early vote rally at Walnut Creek.

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Concord TOP LEFT: A supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is pictured during a campaign event Thursday in Concord, N.C. TOP RIGHT: A supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump yells at the media during a campaign event in Concord on Thursday.

Chapel Hill BOTTOM LEFT: President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event for Hillary Clinton at the University of North Carolina’s Michael Hooker Fields in Chapel Hill on Wednesday. The president was joined by North Carolina Democrats Deborah Ross and Roy Cooper and musician James Taylor to stump for Hillary Clinton in front of a crowd of 16,000.

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Down ballot, Republicans’ NCGA super-majority hangs in the balance

How we voted in 2012 North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes narrowly went to Mitt Romney for president in 2012 and Pat McCrory was elected as governor. How will the key battleground state vote in 2016? We will find out this week.

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west New revamped terrain park at Beech Mountain Avery and Watauga counties The 2016-17 ski season at Beech Mountain opens with a new, revamped terrain park with its own surface-tow lift. The unveiling includes a larger park with 50 new features and advanced lighting.

Other resort upgrades include five additional high-tech SMI snow guns.

At 5,506 feet, Beech is the highest ski resort east of the Rockies.

Beech Mountain News

Tryon International Equestrian Center to host FEI World Games Polk County The FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale) has chosen Tryon International Equestrian Center to host the 2018 World Equestrian Games, a major international championship event. With potential to be the largest sporting event in North Carolina history, the event is predicted to bring more than 500,000 spectators and $400 million of projected economic impact.

Dog at center of controversy still seeking forever home Burke County In January, 4-year-old Bella, a mixed bulldog, found herself in the middle of a lawsuit. During an adoption trial, Tracy Taylor sent Bella to Burke County animal shelter and insisted she be euthanized. Bella was supposed to be returned to Candy Bowman, owner of OutLaw Rescue, her original location. Months have passed and while Bella was in the spotlight, she still hasn’t been adopted. Those interested can visit OutLaw Rescue’s Facebook page.

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Pancake breakfast benefiting the United Way Buncombe County Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a pancake breakfast fundraising drive Nov. 18 from 7- 9 a.m. Pancakes cooked by Sheriff Van Duncan and other members will be served alongside sausage, fixins, juice and coffee for $5 a plate including togo. All proceeds go to United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County.

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piedmont LendingTree to double Charlotte presence Mecklenburg County Commerce Secretary John Skvarla announced last week LendingTree will add 314 jobs and expand headquarters over the next five years in part due to a $4.9 million state grant. Positions include online marketers, engineers and designers with salaries around $80,000.

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N.C. Zoo releases endangered toads Randolph County It’s not often the N.C Zoo releases its animals into the wild, but they’ve made an exception for the critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad. The zoo shipped 400 toad tadpoles to their native home to be released into the wild in part of ongoing conservation efforts.

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Stolen tip jar spurs dramatic chase Iredell County In true citizen’s arrest fashion, an owner of a pizza restaurant chased down a man who reached across the counter and stole the business’ tip jar.

The thief ran outside, jumping on the back of a moving Ford Explorer. The owner chased after and also jumped on, hitting the man until he dropped the tip jar. The vehicle sped away with the suspect still clinging to the back.

Several nonprofits face budget cuts Davidson County Several Piedmont nonprofits and three in Davidson County face budget cuts to a federal transportation grant. Workshop of Davidson, which offers daytime programs to those with intellectual and development disabilities, will now have to match 50 percent of their $160,000 grant.

Davidson County Commissioners agreed to loan the nonprofit money.

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Order In Chaos exhibit coming to UNC Pembroke Robeson County UNC Pembroke alum Jordan McGirt will display his fractal geometry artwork at The Museum of Southeastern American Indians located on the UNCP campus. Each piece of the Order In Chaos exhibit was created from a math equation.

An opening reception will be held Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. and the exhibit will run through January 2017.

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Controversial teacher’s contract will not be renewed Cumberland County In September, Lee Francis made statewide headlines for stepping on an American flag in front of his Massey Hill High School students while giving a lecture on the First Amendment. This week, Superintendent Frank Till Jr. told Francis he would not be returning him to a classroom in Cumberland County, even if the board rejects his decision. Till also noted that Francis’ contract would not be renewed.

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Debris collection from Hurricane Matthew to begin Currituck County On Nov. 7, a county-wide collection of vegetative storm debris from Hurricane Matthew will begin to be collected from public streets. Collection includes stumps, branches and other leafy materials.

Collection of white goods, demolition, construction and bulk items from Matthew are also being collected on a call-in basis.

Thousands of students attend Ag Expo Martin County Students from throughout Eastern N.C. attended the Ag Expo at Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center.

The event featured agriculturerelated jobs and educated students on the industry and farming. U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis was also in attendance.

RALEIGH — The difference between a super-majority and a simple majority is the legislative power to override a governor’s veto. With a gubernatorial race still polling neck-and-neck between incumbent Gov. Pat McCrory (R) and Attorney General Roy Cooper (D) less than a week from election day, that difference could carry significant consequences for Republicans looking to extend their policy reforms unimpeded by the potential of Cooper moving in to Blount Street.

The N.C. House of Representatives contains 120 seats, making 72 the magic number for veto overrides. Republicans currently hold 74 of those seats. In the N.C. Senate, there are 50 seats, 30 of them representing the threefifths majority required to push past a gubernatorial veto. Republicans occupy 34 state senate seats currently.

As the heavily litigated redistricting efforts of recent years took hold, many districts became more politically homogeneous. As a result many local legislative elections will contain only one choice on the ballot. Republicans have 40 uncontested races in 2016, Democrats have 35, through out the North Carolina House and Senate field.

Despite the easy road to victory for many, though, urban Republicans in particular are feeling the pressure with close races that threaten to undermine the super-majority status.

The most at-risk races for the majority reside in urban counties of Wake and Mecklenburg, as growing population and urbanization continues to widen the ideological gap between urban and rural parts of the Old North State.

The net loss of three House seats or five Senate seats would effectively end the veto-proof super-majority for the Republicans.

Some incumbent Republicans under threat in Wake County include, Representatives Chris Malone, six-term incumbent Nelson Dollar, five-term incumbent Marilyn Avila, and Gary Pendleton. The significance of their challenges are revealed in campaign finance reports that show Republicans spending considerably more money to protect these seats than last cycle.

In the Charlotte area, a region at the center of the bathroom ordinance saga that begot House Bill 2 and thrust North Carolina into the national spotlight regarding political gender definitions, several incumbent Republicans in the House and Senate are feeling the heat.

The House District 92 seat of Rep. Charles Jeter in Mecklenburg, who resigned earlier this year, represents a

tough race for Republicans in a district that leans slightly Democrat. Danae Caulfield has replaced Jeter on the ballot and will face Democrat Chaz Beasley in the General Election.

Similarly, the Wake County senate races of incumbents John Alexander, Tamara Barringer, and Chad Barefoot have the Republican leadership holding their collective breath. The pressures of running for office as a Republican in the urban, increasingly Democratic districts of Wake County have led to some incumbents like Barringer to flip-flop nearing the election on the controversial issue of H.B. 2.

However, not all minority occupied seats are a lock for the Democrats, which adds to the complexity of the Republican super-majority equation.

Rep. Paul Tine (U-Dare) chose not to seek reelection to the District 6 seat, making the open contest between Republican primary winner Beverly Boswell and Democrat Warren Judge a race to watch.

Correspondingly, incumbent Democrat House members Gale Adcock (Wake), Brad Salmon (Harnett), John Ager (Buncombe), and Joe Sam Queen (Haywood) face very close races in districts that lean Republican.

Obviously, only final vote counts will reveal where all the chips fall, but according to early voting data published by the State Board of Elections things may be trending in their favor.

Compared to the last presidential election year, so far 2016 early votes cast

by Democrats trail 2012 numbers by hundreds of thousands when compared to same period. Black voters, who overwhelmingly support Democrats, also trail 2012 early vote trends so far, needing to make up a deficit nearing 200,000 votes. Republicans, by contrast, are on pace to slightly eclipse 2012 turn out numbers.

The real story though, could be the accelerated pace of early unaffiliated voter turnout. While Democrat early-vote turn out has fallen around five percentage points compared to 2012, and the Republicans holding steady, unaffiliated voters have surged approximately 25 percent versus the same period in 2012.

Naturally, it is more difficult to decipher who these independent voters are pulling the lever for in state legislative races. Adding to the mystery, differences in voting patterns between rural and urban unaffiliated voters may offer a stark contrast.

Nevertheless, those who have cut ties with the two major parties just may decide enough close races to deny or affirm a Republican super-majority in the N.C. General Assembly.

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EDITORIAL | Drew Elliot

Keep slush funds in the past The General Assembly should redirect the funds to the state’s schools and prevent the same from happening again. Slush funds always appear as — and usually are — vehicles for corruption.

North Carolina will have a new attorney general in January, and whether the voters choose Buck Newton or Josh Stein, the winner should come into office disavowing the use of extortive tactics and political slush funds. They have no place in modern North Carolina, and instead hark back to a lawless time when a Democratic cabal ran Raleigh and handed out contracts, cash, and jobs to political favorites.

It’s hard to say when exactly the corruption reached its peak, but historians have estimated that this dark yesteryear may have begun to recede around… 2010.

(Records from those days are sketchy.

Especially emails, which were routinely — and illegally — deleted to avoid public scrutiny. Sound familiar?).

By 2010, one-time Agriculture Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps (D) had been released from federal prison and former House Speaker Jim Black (D) was out of the penitentiary and merely under house arrest. Then again, some experts say the era ended as late as January 2013, when former Gov. Mike Easley (D) finally had his law license restored after a 2010 felony conviction caused the State Bar to pull it.

These not-so-distant reminders of how politics and government used to work in Raleigh are a powerful reason to stamp out potential sources of corruption. And there is no temptation more likely to corrupt a politician than a giant pile of cash at one’s disposal — exactly what Mike Easley negotiated as attorney general back in

2000. Easley left the money, the proceeds of a “voluntary” settlement with Smithfield Foods to address water quality concerns, as a re-gifting fund for Cooper when Mike took a helicopter ride over to the Governor’s Mansion and left the keys to the A.G.’s office to Roy. The slush fund came back into the news recently when the Raleigh-based conservative group Civitas Center for Law and Freedom filed suit against Cooper, claiming the funds should have been going to the public schools all along. By law, civil penalties and forfeitures go to the state’s schools. But Cooper contends that he has discretion over the money, since the deal was voluntary.

The fund, which will eventually amount to $65 million, is doled out in about $2 million annual increments to a variety of organizations that range from state agencies to nonprofit groups. The nonprofits include both the center-left and the farleft, and Civitas claims that one recipient organization likely used grant money to fund political advertisements against Gov. Pat McCrory, Cooper’s opponent for governor.

One has to admire Cooper’s audacity.

His spokesman claimed that “the money goes directly to researchers not the Attorney General’s office” while ignoring the news releases sent out over the years with headlines such as “AG COOPER ANNOUNCES $1.8 MILLION IN ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS.” In case

that’s not enough for you, Cooper’s press release makes it clear who made the decisions: “Cooper specifically sought to award grants….”

It doesn’t matter how the funds are routed; what matters is who picks the winners.

Regardless of the original settlement, the General Assembly should redirect the funds to the state’s schools and prevent the same from happening again. Slush funds always appear as — and usually are — vehicles for corruption.

Putting legal (and “voluntary”) settlement proceeds into a general pot also takes away the most powerful incentive to pressure companies into cash settlements. Equity and justice should be the stimuli for going after a private entity’s supposedly ill-gotten assets. But as it stands, the pure aims of an elected official often pale in comparison to the ability to reward one’s political allies with cold, hard cash.

As P.J. O’Rourke once wrote, “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”

The next attorney general should vow to put down the keys of corruption and simply serve the people.

profile of the race with his endorsement of Morgan. While the race is technically nonpartisan, Morgan has made a point of highlighting his Democratic Party allegiances.

Edmunds himself noted Morgan said it was important “his party” take control of the state Supreme Court. Ironically, Morgan has accused Edmunds of politicizing the court.

One anti-Edmunds ad has been critical of his decision to uphold the majority-minority 12th Congressional District. The 12th District, originally given its serpentine shape with the support of black lawmakers in a Democrat-controlled legislature, runs like a snake from Greensboro to Charlotte. Minority-majority districts were required by the U.S. Justice Department to essentially provide black citizens with black lawmakers. While the Republican legislature did pack in more black voters, the district survived U.S. Department of Justice reviews, and Edmunds was only affirming current precedent and law on redistricting.

The racially charged criticism of Edmunds for the district points to the hyper-politicization of the race. Majority-minority gerrymandered districts have

a complex legal history and have support from many liberal interest groups.

Morgan has reiterated the Supreme Court election is the most important race on the North Carolina ballot, while Edmunds has preferred to say the race should be lower profile and about judicial philosophy. Edmunds talks more about judicial restraint, while Morgan talks about fairness and empathy. The president and many special interest groups have weighed in: the stakes are high.

Voters should pay attention to all the nuances of the candidates’ arguments for the bench. Localities and state governments are increasingly pushed aside by federal edicts.

Listen for judges who sound like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who noted, “I just think we should interpret the Constitution as it’s drafted, not as we would have drafted it.”

EDITORIAL | Ray Nothstine

On the judiciary The president and many special interest groups have weighed in: the stakes are high.

Writing to Edward Livingston, Thomas Jefferson advised: “One single object, if your provision attains it, will entitle you to the endless gratitude of society; that of restraining judges from usurping legislation.”

Livingston was setting up a judicial system in Louisiana, and Jefferson long feared judicial tyranny, once saying it would make the Constitution a “thing of wax.”

States, especially ones with citizens who wish to deviate from federal encroachment, have become the greatest victims of the usurping of law. In North Carolina, striking down common-sense and popular voter ID laws is just one example. After all, what is the point of an enduring self-government if power is stripped from the people by judges?

It’s essential for voters to discern candidates’ judicial philosophy. Too many voters don’t pay enough attention to judicial elections, which harms the separation of powers and rule of law. The highest profile judicial race in North Carolina, is of course, Supreme Court Justice Bob Edmunds, pitted against challenger Mike Morgan.

President Barack Obama raised the

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Elections & public service through the years

Bill Press

Director J. Edgar Comey t took 44 years after the death of J. Edgar Hoover in 1972 for the FBI to Irestore its reputation for honesty and

Nathaniel Macon 1757 - 1837

Rep. Lillian Exum Clement 1894 - 1925

“Ours is a government of suspicion; every election proves it; the power to impeach proves it; the history of Caesar, of Cromwell, and Bonaparte proves that it ought to be so to remain free.”

“I am by nature very conservative, but I am firm in my convictions. I want to blaze a trail for other women. I know that years from now there will many other women in politics, but you have to start a thing.”

Delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate in 1816

Quoted in ‘More than Petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina Women. (From 1921)

Gov. W. Kerr Scott

Sam Ervin

“I am deeply concerned over the indifference of many of our people to their duty to vote. We should make voting as simple a process as possible while protecting the polls.”

“The most precious value of civilization is the right of a citizen under the Constitution not to be unduly oppressed by his government. There are people that wouldn’t steal a penny of your money but who would steal your vote. That is a queer kind of morals.”

1896 - 1958

Inaugural address, 1949

1896 - 1985

Quoted in Rolling Stone magazine, September 1973

Sen. Jesse Helms

Gov. James E. Holshouser, Jr.

“If I owe my election to any one group, it is to those so called ‘little people.’ They are the ones who put me in the Senate. They may be called ‘little people,’ but they’re not ‘little’ at all. They are the people who struggle to pay their taxes and raise their children, who never take a dime of welfare money and ask nothing of the government except to be left alone.”

“... (A)s the national campaign began picking up, we came up a couple of points in the polls a week and went ahead literally the week before the election. It was, perhaps, the last grassroots campaign in North Carolina until the Obama campaign last year, which was a return to old-fashioned campaigning — with a ton of dollars added.”

From ‘Here’s Where I Stand: A Memoir,’ 2005

Speech before the North Carolina Society, 2009

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Gov. James B. Hunt 1937 -

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Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gannt 1943 -

“I am less confident that the answers to our problems can be found in government, but I am more certain that the answers will be found in our people.”

Third inaugural address, 1993

1934 - 2013

“I didn’t win those races...but it inspired a lot of people to say yes I can do it. And one of those people was somebody like Barack Obama ... Even though we didn’t win those two races in the 90s, we did win, because of all the young people who were involved and all the good people who were elected and inspired by those races.. “ Video interviews 2009

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impartiality. It took Director James Comey two days to destroy it.

Because of his actions this week, Comey will be remembered as the worst FBI director since Hoover, with one major difference. Back then, Hoover threatened politicians with the existence of secret photos. Today, Comey intimidates politicians with the existence of secret emails. The result’s the same.

Even his critics admit that Comey earned a great reputation as a straight shooter in the Justice Department while serving as deputy attorney general under President George W. Bush, dramatically blocking an effort by the White House to get Attorney General Ashcroft to authorize NSA’s massive domestic surveillance program. And, until this week, his reputation for honesty and independence prevailed at the FBI. Early last summer, the Justice Department launched two investigations directly related to the 2016 presidential campaign. One involved alleged secret deals between Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s then-campaign manager, and business interests in the Ukraine. The second centered on so-called “pay to play” relationships between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and donors to the Clinton Foundation.

Public knowledge of either investigation would have rocked the 2016 campaign.

But, as reported by The New York Times, Director Comey decided to issue no subpoenas or take any actions that would make the two cases public, lest the FBI be seen as trying to interfere with the election.

Later, Comey argued against revealing the conclusion of 17 intelligence agencies that the Russian government was behind the hacking of email accounts of the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

But that judicious approach went out the window on Friday, Oct. 28 — just 11 days before the election — when Comey dropped a stink bomb in the middle of the race, announcing in a letter to congressional leaders that the FBI was resuming its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails — based on emails discovered, not on her private server, but on a laptop owned by the disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner. And Comey did so while acknowledging he knew nothing about the emails: neither how many there were, nor whether they were relevant, significant or contained any classified material.

Then on Nov. 1 — now just one week from D-Day — the FBI dropped another political bombshell, releasing all files related to former President Bill Clinton’s controversial 1999 pardon of financier Marc Rich. And suddenly the FBI was not only smack dab in the middle of the 2016 presidential election, it looked like an arm of the Trump campaign.

What drove Comey from impartial observer to partisan player? Justice Department insiders speculate it was his fear of criticism from congressional Republicans, most of whom were already angry at him for failing to indict Clinton last July, after concluding the FBI’s first investigation into her emails. Not willing to upset them again, Comey turned the FBI into the CYA. Whatever his reasons, Comey’s actions were a monumental display of incompetence, mismanagement, bad judgment and naked partisanship, roundly condemned by Republicans and Democrats alike. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi suggested he was in the wrong job if he “couldn’t take the heat.” Three former attorneys general — one Democrat, two Republicans — accused him of violating a decades-old Justice Department tradition of religiously staying away from politics, especially so close to an election. And President Obama lectured Comey that “we don’t operate on innuendo and we don’t operate on incomplete information.”

Ironically, Comey’s letter to Congress was so vague and contained so little information that it didn’t hurt Hillary Clinton at all. Most Americans had already made up their minds about Clinton’s emails, and news of this latest batch may slightly alter her margin of victory, but not victory itself.

In the end, the only people hurt by Comey’s Hoover-like behavior are those working for the FBI, which must now rebuild its reputation yet again, and Director Comey himself, who will be out of a job on Nov. 9.

And what do you know? Donald Trump may be right. This election may be rigged, after all. Rigged by the FBI in favor of Donald Trump.

Bill Press is host of a nationally syndicated radio show, CNN political analyst, and author.

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the Sunday News Briefing Alamance County GOP headquarters vandalized Burlington, N.C. A local North Carolina Republican headquarters was spray-painted with an antiDonald Trump message early Friday, the second time in a month that a party office in the state has been defaced.

A vandal sprayed the door and walls of the Alamance County Republican Party headquarters in Burlington with the words “F--k Trump” and painted over the word “Republican” on a sign at the office at about 2 a.m. local time, according to Chris Verdeck, assistant police chief in the city.

No arrests have been made in the incident, which was caught on surveillance video footage.

Police released a still image from the surveillance video of the vandal, who appeared to be a young man with a light complexion and dark hair wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt. The man appeared to have acted alone, Verdeck said.

Last month, the Orange County Republican Party’s office in Hillsborough, which sits about 25 miles east of Burlington, was set on fire and a graffiti message left nearby said “leave town or else.”

Gasoline tankers arrive in N.C. to ease shortage Alabama The Colonial Pipeline explosion Monday has fleets of gasoline tankers pulling into North Carolina as gasoline prices at the pump in some southeastern U.S. states inched up. Gov. Pat McCrory lifted restrictions on transporting gasoline and canceled nonessential travel for state employees in an effort to head off price jumps. “I am continuing to work with our emergency management team to closely monitor the situation in Alabama,” McCrory said.

“I will continue to take every measure that is needed to minimize the impact of this disruption in North Carolina.”

A pipeline explosion in Alabama Monday killed one worker and injured five others, the second such disruption in the pipeline in two months.

U.S. jobs report heightens chance of December interest rate hike Raleigh U.S. employers maintained a strong pace of hiring in October and boosted wages for workers, which could effectively seal the case for a December interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve.

Average hourly earnings also rose 10 cents, or 0.4 percent, in October. As a result, the year-on-year gain in wages last month rose to 2.8 percent, the largest in more than seven years.

Nonfarm payrolls rose by 156,000 last month, down from a gain of 167,000 in August. The unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.0 percent as more Americans rejoined the labor force.

When asked whether job creation last month was a “Goldilocks” outcome, Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, speaking at an event in Washington said, “It’s pretty close.” He noted that the jobs report was close to ideal.

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state of the election

Ground game still critical in digital age

By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH — While pollsters and social media experts crunch numbers and strive for clicks, there are thousands of volunteers going door to door in N.C., hoping to turn the election tide one vote at a time.

“We’ve visited 365,000 N.C. homes regarding this race,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion advocacy group. “We are doing this in a very targeted way. We are talking to people who generally agree with us but are a low propensity voters, and then also groups that we know that they agree with us, but they may not be voting for the pro-life candidate.”

Susan B. Anthony List has spent about $18 million on ground operations, knocking on a million doors in North Carolina, Ohio, Florida and Missouri.

In N.C. the group has around 300 volunteers working out of five regional offices across the state. They have been walking miles, knocking on doors, explaining what they believe and how their stance is impacted by the 2016 election. While the campaign fodder has revolved around immigration, taxes and scandal, these groups are hoping a conversation and a handshake makes all the difference.

“The Senate race is a real contrast between [incumbent Richard] Burr and [challenger Deborah] Ross on the abortion issue and the same is true in the presidential campaign,” said Dannenfelser. “This issue is a qualifier for a lot of people. it might not be the top of their minds at the moment, but for a large group of people it qualifies a candidate for whether they will be considering that candidate or not.”

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Toni Buckler, left, of Clemmons, and Angie Daoud, right, of Pilot Mountain, workers with Women Speak Out PAC, a Susan B. Anthony List organization opposing abortion, laugh after talking with a supporter in North Raleigh on Thursday. The organization has knocked on hundreds of thousands of doors in North Carolina this election cycle to urge people to vote for pro-life candidates.

Planned Parenthood’s political organization is also on the ground in N.C. advocating for pro-abortion rights candidates.

In an effort the group calls unprecedented, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund has put about $30 million into this election cycle which includes canvassers knocking on 1 million doors across North Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

“You get more of a personal feel to it, you can talk to people directly about the issues and help them understand what’s going on as opposed to just seeing,” said Planned Parenthood volunteer and mother of 10, Ro-

salie Greene of Garner. “We are getting a great response. People are very fired up about abortion rights and women’s health.”

In Wake and Mecklenburg counties Planned Parenthood has knocked on 200,000 doors, with the goal of hitting 10,000 per day until Election Day. On Election Day they are operating a 24-hour phone bank.

“Conversations at the doors are the most authentic at reaching voters,” said Keith Mason, media coordinator of Planned Parenthood N.C. Action PAC. “You are really having a real conversation with someone, coming out and meeting them where they live, face to face.”

Millennials from page A1 said Brandon Cole Tillett, 18, of Greenville.

Melissa Jenkins, 21, of Cary, added, “We are assumed to lack life experiences, to be ill-informed — some cases which are true — but for the most, we live in a country where there are plenty of opportunities to gain information.”

Per the Census Bureau, youth voters in North Carolina swung the state in support of Barack Obama in 2008, marking the first time a Democrat carried the state in a presidential race in 32 years. With the state up for grabs this year, both presidential candidates have visited the Old North State frequently.

Millennials have a variety of issues that are important to them. Tillett, a Republican, values fiscal responsibility, strong economic policies and foreign relations. Jenkins, a Democrat, values health care and foreign relations.

“The issues that are important to me include the way the president and governor are handling health care,” said Jenkins.

“The recent events regarding police brutality and the lack of progress toward ending brutality toward law enforcement; foreign relations and the interfaith

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Melissa Jenkins, a Meredith College senior, watches videos on the C-SPAN bus during its visit to the college on Tuesday in Raleigh.

The bus has traveled to all 50 states to promote political awareness and talk about the mission of the C-SPAN channels.

relationships as they relate to terrorism abroad.”

Drew Tawes, chairman of the N.C. College Democrats, said the issues most important to them include college debt and affordability, public education, LGBT rights and environmental issues.

“The millennial voters are the largest block of voters in the nation,” said Tawes. “We are an important state for sure in this election. For example, Pitt County is a very purple district, mean-

ing we can swing the votes either way. So the College Democrats are working to turn it blue.”

But then there are people like Stephen Calkins, 23, of Greenville, whose position as an unaffiliated voter makes up much of millennial population. He votes based on values and not party affiliation.

“I am unaffiliated and don’t align myself with either party. I am looking for candidates who value protecting the envi-

In the third presidential debate the issue of abortion was examined and Democrat Hillary Clinton supported Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion. She also criticized federal and state legislative efforts to limit abortion access or defund Planned Parenthood. Trump openly opposed late-term abortions in the debate and said he was committed to putting anti-abortion justices on the Supreme Court, which he said he believes would put the issue in state hands.

“That’s the first time it’s come up ever in a presidential debate in such a clarifying way. And in politics, clarity and contrast is everything,” said Dannenfelser.

ronment and supporting public school teachers,” said Calkins.

“I’m supporting candidates that I can trust to be in a position of power to defend our rights and freedoms without overreaching,” added Cassidy Cloer, 20, of Burlington, another unaffiliated voter.

One key factor among millennials in voting — they don’t vote a straight party ticket.

“In main issues I find I lean toward Republican values, but I don’t vote a straight party ticket,” said Tillett. “Both parties are selecting who they think is the best for us, and I should give each one an equal shot to earn my vote.

“In the eight years of having a Democrat as president, the best the Republicans can come up with is Donald Trump?” added Tillett. “The Democrats could only come up with Hillary Clinton, who is under an FBI investigation. We don’t have the best options this year.”

Huntersville 19-year-old Grant Boulfon, another registered Republican, values the right to bear arms and lower taxes.

“I don’t lean heavy on the right side, so I definitely had a mixed ballot,” said Boulfon. “I don’t agree with voting a straight party ticket. I look for a candidate that represents the values I see.”

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the Sunday Sideline report 1. Cubs beat the Indians 8-7 in extra innings of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, winning the franchise’s first title in over 100 years.

2. Falcons blasted Buccaneers 43-28 on Thursday night, setting Atlanta up in a great position to secure the NFC South down the homestretch.

SPORTS “This is one of the best games anyone will ever see.“ Kris Bryant, Cubs third baseman following Chicago’s Game 7 World Series win over the Cleveland Indians

GREATEST GAME EVER?

3. Kevin Durant and Warriors beat Russell Westbrook and Thunder in first rematch of Durant and his old team.

Durant scored 39, while Westbrook was held to just 20 points.

4. No. 15 Colorado continued a surprisingly dominant season by beating UCLA 20-10 on Thursday night.

@PLeonardNYDN: Have fun with this, analytics crowd.

Ben McAdoo on @Giants measly sack total: “Stats are for losers.” @POTUS: It happened: @ Cubs win World Series.

That’s change even this South Sider can believe in.

Want to come to the White House before I leave? @AdamKilgoreWP: “He bet on himself. No pun intended, Pete.” — Frank Thomas on Dexter Fowler, and crushing Pete Rose out of nowhere.

Tennis

Murray two wins away from ATP No. 1 ranking British tennis player Andy Murray needs just two wins to become the No. 1 ranked player in the world. After Novak Djokovoc fell in a stunning upset in the Paris Masters, Murray is in a good position to overtake him for the top spot in the ATP World Rankings. cbb

UNCW’s Talley suspended from team UNCW basketball coach Kevin Keatts announced Thursday that junior guard Jordon Talley has been indefinitely suspended from the team due to conduct detrimental to the team.

Talley started 16 games for the Seahawks last season, averaging 8.5 points, 3.9 assists and 3.3 rebounds.

Dramatic curse-breaking win was a classic, but where does it rank?

By Shawn Krest North State Journal

Premium Motorsports driver Reed Sorenson will run a paint scheme featuring presidential nominee Donald Trump and Mike Pence’s names on the hood for the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. nfl

Browns start Kessler The Cleveland Browns named Cody Kessler their Week 9 starter despite the availability of Josh McCown, indicating they want to give the rookie as much run as possible in 2016.

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years since Cubs won the World Series

The Chicago Cubs erased 108 years of futility Wednesday night by winning the World Series over the Cleveland Indians, who were working on their own 68-year title drought, and provided the world some of the most intense drama in the lengthy history of baseball.

The Series matched the two teams who had gone the longest without winning a championship, and the Indians and Cubs certainly played with the emotion and desperation of a combined 176 years of going without.

The Cubs became the first team in 31 years, and just the sixth ever, to come back from a three games to one deficit in the World Series, capping it with a Game Seven for the ages.

Game Seven had it all. Cleveland rallied from behind twice, including erasing a 5-1 deficit. There was a leadoff home run and an eighth-inning, game-tying blast. There were extra innings and a rain delay, as well as a final frame in which both teams scored and the tying run was

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Total games played by Cubs including spring training and playoffs

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left on base.

But was it the best game ever?

Obviously, the stakes couldn’t have been higher. The winner would be crowned champion and end decades of frustration.

The historical impact also couldn’t have been greater. The Cubs title will be talked about for generations, just as an Indians win would have.

There was plenty of star power in the game: Three Indians and seven Cubs were named to the 2016 All-Star teams, with Chicago supplying the entire starting infield for the National League.

The game itself also scored high marks for drama.

Clearly, Wednesday’s game was a classic, and definitely worth a spot near the top, but best-ever is a high bar to clear.

Here’s a look at the updated top 10 list: First, the honorable mentions: Regular season games, even extra win-or-go-home tiebreakers, are high stakes, but the winner still has plenty of work to do before claiming a title. While the 1951 “Giants win the pennant!” Bobby Thompson home run game was a classic, the Giants lost in the World Series, as did the “Aaron Bleeping Boone” Yankees in 2003, eliminating the walk-off ALCS Game Seven win over See Cubs, page B4

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Cam Newton getting 1 raw deal in protection from NFL referees

Games missed

by Cam Newton with a concussion during 2016

MVP has drawn just two flags this year, both nullified by Carolina penalties

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Sorenson to feature Trump sponsor

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Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta celebrates in the clubhouse.

By Shawn Krest North State Journal am Newton stirred up a hornets nest on Sunday by C mentioning that he’s taken several

illegal hits this season that haven’t been flagged by officials.

“I see other guys get calls,” Newton said after the Panthers’ win over Arizona. “You don’t have to be an MVP. You don’t have to be this that and the third. Every hit they get that’s called, I can match a hit where I didn’t get called.”

The NFL quickly denied Newton’s claim, saying that the league has missed just three roughing calls on Newton since 2013. Eleven quarterbacks — including Jay Cutler, Alex Smith, Josh McCown, Case Keenum and Ryan Tannehill

— have had more missed roughing calls in that time span.

Two days later, the NFL admitted the hit to Newton’s leg by Calais Campbell, the one Newton specifically complained about from a safety perspective, should have been flagged.

According to a North State Journal review of NFL play-byplay reports, officials have called roughing the passer 38 times this season. They’ve also called 53 unnecessary roughness penalties on pass plays or quarterback runs.

While not all of those are necessarily hits on quarterbacks, a good number of them are. For example, a late hit on Newton in Sunday’s game, which was nullified by a Carolina holding call on the same play, was actually an unnecessary roughness call, not a roughing the passer.

Incidentally, that was the first time Carolina has drawn an unnecessary roughness call on a pass play this season. The Panthers See Newton, page B5

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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) winces after almost making the goal line tackled by Arizona Cardinals middle linebacker Kevin Minter (51) during the second quarter at Bank of America Stadium on Oct. 30.

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Norv Turner: Vikings offensive coordinator resigned this week despite Minnesota’s 5-2 record, after team’s offense struggled for secondstraight week.

Ryan Howard: The Phillies officially ended the Ryan Howard tenure, declining to pick up the contract option of the first baseman, who spent his full 13year career with the organization.

Percy Harvin: Formerly retired wide receiver returned to his old team, resigning with the Bills, who are desperate for pass-catching help.

Budweiser: The Anheuser-Busch beer was featured in a post World Series advertisement showing Harry Carey calling the final out of Game 7 of the World Series in a brilliant commercial.

Harvard: The school suspended its men’s soccer team for the remainder of the season after the school’s student newspaper published an article detailing lewd “scouting reports” by the team towards females on campus.

Enes Kanter: Thunder forward spent much of Wednesday night’s game against the Warriors staring down his old teammate, Kevin Durant.Clearly no love lost between the two teams.

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Revenge is a dish best served very cold for Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Russ went off for 20 points, 10 assists and six rebounds, but it was the Golden State Warriors and Kevin Durant who dominated the night. Durant went for 39 points, seven boards and a single assist and was clearly motivated to blast his old team.

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“He was just overjoyed that the Cubs won as all Cubs fans are.”

Paul Murtha, spokesperson for notorious Cubs fan Steve Bartman, who was essentially run out of Chicago after the 2003 NLCS collapse after reaching for a baseball.

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108 Number of scotch bottles purchased for his teammates and other members of the team by Chicago Cubs outfielder Dexter Fowler, according to a report from TMZ. Everyone is a good mood after winning a World Series, but Fowler’s huge performance sets him up for a potentially massive payday in free agency.

Passing around scotch is just good karma.

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Julio Jones made an incredible toetapping catch against the Buccaneers on Monday night, helping the Falcons rout their division rival 43-28 in NBC’s first Thursday night game.

Atlanta moved to 6-3 and looks very much like a Super Bowl contender.

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To the victor goes the spoils, and the Chicago Cubs were spoiled in a big way on Friday, getting to spend their Friday engulfed in an all-time celebration in Chicago. The World Series victory parade brought out the masses in the Windy City, with hundreds of thousands and maybe more flocking to the streets to celebrate the Cubs Game 7 win over the Indians on Wednesday night.

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Photos By Christine T. Nguyen | north state journal

Left: Doug Warf, vice president of marketing for the Carolina Hurricanes, speaks about the Hurricanes Homegrown Series. Top right: DeAnthony White pours a sample of Aviator Brewing Company’s Wide Open Red. Bottom right: The Hurricanes Homegrown Series will feature local food, beer, art and music at eight games. Each game will feature a signature food item — such as the pimento grilled cheese sandwich and fried pickle chips — made by PNC Arena chefs.

Schedule Nov. 18

vs. Montreal Canadiens T-shirt: Porchfly Beer: Foothills Brewing Music: The Roman Spring Food: Chicken and waffles

Dec. 30

vs. Chicago Blackhawks T-shirt: House of Swank Beer: Lynnwood Brewing Concern Music: Porch Light Apothecary Food: Carolina-style hot dog

Jan. 8

vs. Boston Bruins T-shirt: Runaway Beer: Appalachian Mountain Brewing & Bold Rock Cider Music: The Love Language Food: Smoked brisket with Cheerwine BBQ sauce

Jan. 20

vs. Pittsburgh Penguins T-shirt: Oak City Collection Beer: Deep River Brewing Co. Music: TBA Food: N.C. BBQ nachos

Feb. 17

vs. Colorado Avalanche T-shirt: Porchfly Beer: Aviator Brewing Co. Band: Christiane Food: State Fair burger

March 11

vs. Toronto Maple Leafs T-shirt: House of Swank Beer: Foothills Brewing Band: Kooley High Food: Foothills beer cheese dip with mini ham biscuits

March 18

vs. Nashville Predators T-shirt: Runaway Beer: Lynnwood Brewing Concern Band: Kasey Tyndall Food: Pork belly and mac & cheese pizza

April 8

vs. St. Louis Blues T-shirt: Oak City Collection Beer: Appalachian Mountain Brewing & Bold Rock Cider Band: Adam Pitts & The Pseudo Cowboys Food: Pimento grilled cheese sandwich

Hurricanes spotlight NC-themed products with ‘Homegrown Series’

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal ALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes opened their 2016-17 season with a sixR game road trip, made possible by the North

Carolina State Fair which is held annually in Raleigh right around the start of the NHL season.

But rather than gripe about the resulting 1-3-2 start, the team is holding a statewide showcase of its own with a new promotion that features the best of the Old North State.

The Homegrown Series, a eight-game promotion of North Carolina musicians, breweries, artists and food, will feature different products and creative efforts from across the state.

“We want to showcase what we think makes this place great to live,” Hurricanes vice president of marketing Doug Warf said at a Nov. 2 preview of the series.

The Hurricanes’ in-house catering company, VAB Catering, created eight N.C.-familiar dishes for each of the games in the series, from pimento grilled cheese to a State Fair-inspired bacon cheeseburger on a maple glazed doughnut.

But the real treat is in the North Carolina-based partners the team has in the venture. Eight musical acts, six breweries and four clothing companies will join artists to create eight Carolina-flavored night of hockey.

The musical acts — which touch every corner of the musical spectrum, including hip-hop collective Kooley High, low-fi indie dreamers The Love Language and folk-

sy country artist Christiane — will perform five-minute sets during each intermission of their game.

Also featured at each game will be exclusive T-shirts designed by four local clothing companies with a Hurricanes and North Carolina theme. Each of the companies — House of Swank, Oak City Collection, Porchfly and Runaway — will be featured at two of the eight games, with a different design at each game. Only 144 of the shirts will be made, selling for $30.

House of Swank’s John Pugh previewed his first design, a Pong-themed Hurricanes shirt, at the launch — and it even includes a Hartford Whalers Easter Egg if you can figure it out.

“It’s a great concept, and the Hurricanes have just been super, super crazy behind it,” Pugh said of the Homegrown Series.

Five breweries and a cidery will be featured during the eight games, including two dates where Bold Rock Cider and Appalachian Mountain Brewing will team up to offer their creations.

“We already have some beer here in the stadium for Canes games, and we’re located in Boone,” Kevin Tyndall, N.C. sales manager for Appalachian Mountain Brewing, said.

“And they gave us a shout and said, ‘Hey, we’d like you to be a part of it,’ we said absolutely.”

Beer and cider will be sold for the normal PNC Arena $11 craft beer price, but patrons will also have the option of getting a flight of the different available options (any combination of four six-ounce pours) for the same price. It will be available at the usual craft

beer stands.

The Hurricanes have also teamed with Artspace in Raleigh to identify eight local artists who will create game posters for each of the Homegrown Series dates. The first 1,000 fans to come to the concourse out of Section 108 prior to those games will receive an exclusive poster.

The Homegrown Series will kick off at the Hurricanes’ Nov. 18 home game against the Montreal Canadiens with dates every month of the season (twice each in January and March) until the eighth event April 8, when the Hurricanes will host St. Louis. Seven of the eight nights will be on Friday or Saturday, with one (Jan. 8 vs. Boston) on a Sunday.

Warf — who is also the executive director of the Kids ’N Community Foundation, the charitable wing of the Hurricanes — hopes this is the beginning of a tradition with the Hurricanes and state’s small business community and artists.

“We hope this is Year 1 of a many-yeared program,” he said. “We hope this is the walk phase and next year we’re running with more and more items.”

While the Hurricanes should benefit by getting more people to the games for these eight dates — it’s worth noting the opponents are some of the more popular dates, including visits from the Penguins, Maple Leafs and Blackhawks — Warf said it’s really a celebration of North Carolina’s local business community.

“This program’s not about the Hurricanes.

It’s about spotlighting our talented local artists and vendors,” Warf said.

Canes leadership group offers variety

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes have been without a captain since Eric Staal was traded on Feb. 28.

Rather than name his replacement, GM Ron Francis and coach Bill Peters opted to go with four alternate captains (two permanent, two rotating) as their leadership group. Only Carolina and Toronto are without a captain this season.

“We’ve got probably a leadership group that’s at least eight strong,” Peters said priot to the start of the season. “It’s a young group of leaders that are emerging and it’s time for them to take a step and take over.”

Both Jordan Staal and Justin Faulk retained their A’s, while Jeff Skinner (home) and Victor Rask (away) each were named alternates. It is the league’s second-youngest leadership group, behind only Edmonton.

Carolina’s last three captains have all gone about leading in different ways. Francis (captain from 1999-2004) was a respected player on and off the ice, a three-time Lady Byng winner for gentlemanly play.

Current assistant coach Rod Brind’Amour succeeded Francis in 2005 and his leadership style was based on work ethic and intensity.

Eric Staal took the reins as

He’s improved each season and was rewarded with a six-year extension this summer.

Rask on leadership: “I’m not the guy who talks the most in the locker room, but I kind of want to show it on the ice.”

Compares to: Former Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin.

Jeff Skinner, left wing, 24, seventh NHL season

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Hurricanes left wing Jeff Skinner scores a goal under pressure from Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein in the second period of Carolina’s 3-2 Oct. 28 home opener win at PNC Arena.

captain Jan. 20, 2010, but his tenure ended without him leading the team to the postseason.

The next captain of the Carolina Hurricanes will probably come from the four wearing letters this season, and each brings a different style to leadership.

Here’s a closer look at them, the way they lead, and a comparable current or past captain.

needed. He’s front and center with media and can be forthright and intense, but also affable.

Faulk on the team’s slow start: “If something needs to be said or a voice needs to be a little bit louder in the room, there’s guys that can do and will do that.”

Compares to: Former Kings and Sharks captain Rob Blake.

Justin Faulk, defense, 24, sixth NHL season

Victor Rask, center, 23, third NHL season

How he leads: Faulk plays in all situations and is measured and consistent, though he can ratchet up the physicality when

How he leads: Rask is about as stoic and quiet a person you’ll find in an NHL locker room, but he simply takes care of business.

How he leads: Skinner has grown into a player who inspires on the ice and faces the music off it. Quick with a smile, Skinner is very thoughtful in analyzing the game, has fun on the ice, and has grown into an every-shift player.

Skinner on wearing an A: “It’s not going to change the way I play or act. You just try to get better and take on that role as naturally as possible.”

Compares to: Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin.

Jordan Staal, center, 28, 11th NHL season How he leads: Staal isn’t overly animated on or off the ice, but his value comes in his commitment to an all-zones game.

Staal on sharing leadership in the room: “A lot of young guys have had to come and step into a different role, a leadership role, and everyone’s done a great job so far.”

Compares to: Former Carolina captain and brother Eric Staal.

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North State Journal for Sunday, November 6, 2016

North State Journal for Sunday, November 6, 2016

World Series

College football Chicago Cubs players celebrate on the field after defeating the Cleveland Indians in game seven of the 2016 World Series on Nov. 2.

ECU finally got back on the sack train in a big way “It just opened the floodgates at that point. He wasn’t comfortable back there at all today.”

ECU linebacker Cam White

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End of title drought might spark title flood for loaded cubs The Chicago Cubs have a stacked roster and could be in line for more World Series wins

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he longest championship drought in a major sport ended after 108 years with the Chicago Cubs beating the Cleveland Indians in an epic, 10-inning, 8-7 win in Game 7 of the World Series at Progressive Field.

The Curse of the Billy Goat?

The Black Cat? Steve Bartman?

Remove them from the baseball lexicon. The Cubs are champions for the first time since 1908, the first team to rebound from a 3-1 deficit and capture the crown on the road since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.

Fueled by, of all things, a team meeting called by the disappointing big-money free agent signee Jason Heyward during a 17-minute rain delay before the final frame, Chicago scored twice in the 10th and survived a Cleveland rally in the bottom of the frame.

“It was the best rain delay ever,” Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said.

The contest will be remembered as one of the greatest World Series games ever. The Cubs blew a 5-1 lead, but still found a way to win.

As Cleveland manager Terry Francona said of the Cubs, “They’re a

Cubs from page B1 the Red Sox from the list. Steve Bartman and Bucky Dent will live in baseball history, but the top 10 is limited to World Series games.

There are many series near-misses: Carlton Fisk waving a walk-off homer fair in 1975. Mickey Owens’ dropped third strike in 1941. The Don Denkinger missed call in 1985. Bill Bevins went from throwing the first World Series no-hitter ever to losing the game on one pitch in 1947. Willie Mays’ famous catch to send the opening game of the 1954 series to extras.

1924’s Game Seven was won on a gutty relief appearance by Hall of Famer Walter Johnson. None made the cut.

The top 10: 10. 1920 Game 5: Indians 8, Dodgers 1. Elmer Smith hit the first-ever World Series grand slam, Jim Bagby hit the first home run by a pitcher in a Series game, and Bill Wambsganss turned the only unassisted triple play in World Series history, and just the second in baseball history up until that point. The game was a blowout, however, restricting its ceiling.

9. 1956 Game 5: Yankees 2, Dodgers 0. Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history. Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle hit a home run. The series still had two games remaining, so the stakes weren’t as high as a Game 7, but it was a perfect game.

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good team — they keep coming at you.”

The Cubs’ offense, sparked to life after going down three games to one in the series, kept percolating. The weight-bearing pillars of the Cleveland postseason run — the way ace Corey Kluber’s pitching covered for the injury-depleted rotation, coupled with the spectacular work of the Indians’ relievers — finally gave way.

The Cubs will be back too, because this is only the beginning.

“I’m really proud of the attitude, the culture we created,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “I think it’s something that could carry us for many years to come. ... This is the breakthrough where a standard of excellence is set that can be carried through for more years to come.”

Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein cemented himself as perhaps the greatest baseball executive ever by following up on his work as Red Sox GM when they snapped an 86-year drought with the 2004 World Series title. He has built something very sustainable on the North Side.

Work your way around the infield — 24-year-old Kris Bryant at third, 22-year-old Addison Russell at short, 23-year-old Javier Baez at second and 27-year-old Rizzo at first — and it is the foundation of a dynasty. Build on that with 23-year-old Kyle Schwarber, who came back from an April knee injury for the World Series and went 7-for-17 (.412). And World Series MVP Ben Zobrist (his RBI double snapped the extra-inning tie), who just finished the first year of a four-

8. 1988 Game 1: Dodgers 5, A’s 4. Oakland was led by superstars Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Dave Stewart and Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley closing.

Injured MVP and Tigers star Kirk Gibson hobbled to the plate and hit a walk-off, pinch-hit home run, leading announcer Jack Buck to exclaim, “I do not believe what I just saw!” The game punctured the A’s aura of invincibility, and the Dodgers went on to upset them.

7. 1993 Game 6: Blue Jays 8, Phillies 6. The Jays and Phils played a 15-14 slugfest two days earlier and the wild games continued. Philadelphia came back from 3-0 and 5-1 deficits, and Toronto trailed 6-5 after a five-run rally in the seventh by the Phillies. Then Joe Carter came up in the ninth inning with one runner on and hit a walk-off, Series winning homer. .

6. 2011 Game 6: Cardinals 10, Rangers 9. The Cardinals rallied from a 1-0 deficit, Texas from a 2-1, all in the first two innings.

From innings four through six, the Rangers took and lost the lead two times. Texas rallied for three in the seventh, then gave up runs in the eighth and ninth to send the game to extras. Both teams scored two in the tenth, before the Cards finally won it in the eleventh. The Cardinals were down to their last strike in both the ninth and tenth.

David Freese tied the game with a two-run triple in the ninth, then hit the walk-off two innings later.

5. 2016 Game 7: Cubs 8, Indians 7. If the Cubs go on to estab-

year deal.

Jon Lester, a 19-game winner this year who pitched in three World Series games, is signed through 2020. Jake Arrieta, the 2015 National League Cy Young Award winner, isn’t a free agent until 2018. Kyle Hendricks, the major league ERA champ this year, isn’t a free agent until 2021.

The nucleus of this title team is cemented in place, looking good and being shepherded by Epstein.

“It’s fitting that this had to be done with one of the greatest games of all-time,” Epstein said.

The Cubs, despite their history, were installed as one of the favorites this season. They won a major-league-best 103 games in the regular season. They came back from a 2-1 deficit to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series and just erased an even bigger deficit to chase the ghosts and goats out of Wrigley.

When Cleveland’s Brandon Guyer laced an RBI double and Rajai Davis hit the two-run homer to knot game 6-6 in the eighth, things looked desolate once again for the Cubs, who lost in their last World Series appearance 71 years ago. But then came the rain, Heyward’s pep talk, Zobrist’s run-scoring double down the left field line and Miguel Montero’s RBI single to left.

In Wrigleyville, they waited a long time to celebrate, and now it is time for that.

Despite the relief, Cubs fans should get used to this feeling. The Cubs are built to last. More celebrations lie ahead.

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GREENVILLE, N.C. — After five games without a sack, it was almost as if East Carolina’s defense had forgotten how to do it.

Twice in the first quarter against UConn, the Pirates had Huskies quarterback Bryant Shirreffs trapped in the backfield only to let him escape for a short gain. Finally, with three and a half minutes left in the first half, outside linebacker Dayon Pratt came off the edge on the right side of the line and tackled Shirreffs for a four-yard loss.

The pivotal play not only stalled a Huskies’ drive, forcing them to settle for a field goal that would turn out to be their only points of the game, but it also ended a five-game sack drought — the longest in school history.

“It was like, ‘Oh, we can actually do this’ and it just opened the floodgates at that point,” inside linebacker Cam White said. “Everybody did a great job putting pressure on [Shirreffs]. He wasn’t comfortable back there at all today.”

The Pirates had recorded only one sack all season before the UConn game.

That came all the way back in the second game of the season, on Sept. 10, when Pratt dropped N.C. State’s Ryan Finley for an eight-yard loss.

Once Pratt reminded his teammates how it’s done, those floodgates White mentioned actually did open up.

ECU kept the pressure on Shirreffs and dropped him three more times in the second half, quadrupling its season total in just 60 dominant minutes that led to a 41-3 victory and the end of a frustrating five-game losing streak. In

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East Carolina head coach Scottie Montgomery gets his players ready before the start of the Oct. 29 game against Connecticut at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

addition to the four sacks, the Pirates also recorded five quarterback hurries.

Although coach Scottie Montgomery and defensive coordinator Kenwick Thompson made some personnel changes for the game — including not playing leading tackler Terrell Richardson — nickleback Deshaun Amos said the difference in the Pirates’ defensive performance was more mental than physical.

“We’ve always worked hard. We’ve always put our heart in everything. But we went in with a different mindset,” said Amos, who along with fellow defensive back Colby Gore and linebacker Jordan Williams, recorded ECU’s other sacks Saturday.

“It was just have fun, play for each

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Fans of the Cleveland Indians sit dejected after losing their Major League Baseball World Series game 7 to the Chicago Cubs outside Progressive Field in Cleveland Nov. 3.

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Sox had the Mets down to their last strike twice, until Mookie Wilson stepped in with the Mets trailing by one. A wild pitch tied the game, and then Bill Buckner allowed Wilson’s slow grounder to roll through his legs and send the Series to Game 7.

3. 2001 Game 7. Diamondbacks 3, Yankees 2. George W. Bush threw a strike in the first post-9/11 game in New York City.

Tino Martinez hit a two-run home run to send Game 4 to extras, when Mr. November, Derek Jeter hit a walk-off a few minutes after midnight on Nov. 1. Later that night, Scott Brosius hit a two-run game-tying homer in the ninth inning to send Game 5 to extras, where the Yankees won in 12.

Then, in Game 7, Roger Clemens faced Curt Schilling in a marquee pitching matchup. When Schilling tired, Hall of Famer Randy Johnson came out of the bullpen.

The Yankees rallied from one run down and headed to the ninth with a one-run lead and the game’s greatest closer of all time, Mariano Rivera, on the mound. The Diamondbacks rallied and won on a blooper that barely left the infield.

2. 1991 Game 7: Twins 1, Braves 0. Hall of Famer John Smoltz pitched 7.1 shutout innings, but his effort paled in comparison to Twins ace Jack Morris, who pitched all 10 innings, striking out seven and not allowing a run. Both the Twins and Braves went from finishing in last place in 1990 to playing for the title a year later, the first teams ever to do so.

1. 1960, Game 7: Pirates 10, Yankees 9. Mickey Mantle went 3-for-5 with two RBI. Yogi Berra drove in four and homered. Roberto Clemente drove in a run. The Yankees had outscored the Pirates 46 to 17 in the first six games, but somehow, the series was tied.

Game 7 was the wildest of them all. Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek left the game after being hit in the throat with a grounder. New York rallied from four runs down early in the game. Pittsburgh came back from three down with a five-run eighth inning. New York rallied from two down in the top of the ninth to tie the game at nine. Then Bill Mazeroski hit the most famous home run in World Series history.

have also drawn one roughing the passer flag, which was also nullified by an intentional grounding penalty on Newton in the opener. So the two times Newton has been protected by the officials this season, they’ve gained zero yards on the penalties.

The Panthers’ two “quarterback protection penalties” aren’t the fewest in the NFL this season.

Oakland, Miami, San Diego, Atlanta and Cleveland have drawn just one roughing or roughness call, while Chicago and Cincinnati haven’t drawn any.

On the flip side are the quarterbacks that the officials have encased in bubble wrap. Tennessee’s Marcus Mariota has drawn two roughing and six unnecessary roughness penalties this season.

According to NFL.com’s offensive line statistics, the Titans have given up only 27 quarterback hits this season, meaning the defenders are flagged nearly one out of every three times they hit Mariota.

By comparison, Carolina’s offensive line has given up 46 hits, meaning that opponents are

Three Blue Devil captians have suffered career-ending injuries

flagged one out of every 23 times they hit Newton. In other words, a hit on Mariota is seven times more likely to draw a flag than one on Newton.

Incidentally, it also means that Newton’s postgame comments were correct. Every hit other quarterbacks get that’s called — 37 roughing the passer penalties in the league this year — he can match with a hit that wasn’t called — 44 unflagged hits.

Blake Bortles has drawn one roughing and four roughness penalties, meaning he’s protected on one of every six hits.

Carson Wentz (two roughing, three roughness) draws a flag every seven times he’s hit.

Shockingly, Baltimore’s Joe Flacco and Washington’s Kirk Cousins were included on the list of 11 quarterbacks who have had more missed roughing calls than Newton.

Flacco and Cousins are the NFL leaders in roughing the passer flags drawn this season, with four each. Throw in an unnecessary roughness call for each of them, and each quarterback draws a flag every nine times he’s hit.

Here are all 32 teams, ranked by the percentage of quarterback hits that draw a flag: 1. Tennessee: 30% 2. Jacksonville: 15% 3. Philadelphia: 14% 4. New England: 12% 5. Baltimore: 11.1% 6. Dallas: 10.7% 7. Washington: 10.6% 8. Los Angeles: 10.3% 9. Detroit: 10.2% 10. New Orleans: 10% 11. San Francisco: 9.4% 12. Tampa Bay: 8.9% 13. Kansas City: 8.8% 14. NY Jets: 8.3% 15. NY Giants: 8.0% 16. Pittsburgh: 7.7%

other. You saw the outcome. Guys made plays.”

Not only did they make them in the Huskies’ backfield, but the extra pressure provided by the improved pass rush paid dividends on the back end as well.

The Pirates’ young secondary also benefited from Shirreffs having less time to stand in the pocket and find receivers. Not only were they credited with four pass breakups, but cornerbacks Gore and Bobby Fulp both intercepted passes to help their team to a plus-three turnover advantage.

ECU had come into the game at minus-12, by far the worst margin in the American Athletic Conference.

“The effort and enthusiasm met the

execution,” Montgomery said. “That’s probably close to a complete game that we’ve had at any time this year.

“I thought that Kenwick Thompson worked as hard as any coach I’ve seen this week at getting those guys to understand that bringing pressure, whether it was the corner, whether it was the nickle, whether it was the safety, whether it was the backer and then putting stress on our corners to cover one-on-one. They did a really good job.”

As good as the Pirates’ defense was against UConn, there’s still room for growth.

“What a lot of people don’t know is that we’re screaming and yelling on the sideline defensively,” Montgomery said.

“A couple of times maybe the coverage wasn’t quite the way we wanted, but we got home. That’s kind of how the game went.

“In some games we’ve not gotten home and the coverage hasn’t been right. Now that we’ve cleaned up some of those small details, I’m very happy we were able to come out and transition into a new direction from a pressure standpoint and creating turnovers.”

Like his coach, Amos is hoping that Saturday’s defensive performance will have a carryover effect for the remaining games on East Carolina’s schedule.

The Pirates, who moved to 3-5 and 1-3 in the American Athletic Conference after beating UConn, need three more wins to become bowl eligible.

“We knew we were a good team, we just haven’t gotten those outcomes due to mistakes and different circumstances,” Amos said. “To put it out on the field and get a W is a big confidence booster that can snowball into the next game.”

Last man standing: Duke’s lone healthy captain A.J. Wolf

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) talks to the official in the third quarter at Bank of America Stadium on Oct. 30.

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Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) forces out Chicago Cubs pinch runner Chris Coghlan (8) in the 9th inning.

lish a dynasty with more championship in recent years, it might be enough to move this game up slightly, but it’s nearly impossible to crack the Mount Rushmore of greatest games ever.

4. 1986 Game 6: Mets 6, Red Sox 5 in 10 innings. Gary Carter, Keith Hernandez and Darryl Strawberry led the Mets, while the Red Sox hoped to end their then68 year drought behind Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens and Jim Rice. Game 6 featured three Mets rallies, including a pair from two runs down. There was a rally in the eighth and one in each half of the 10th. David Henderson could have gone down as a Red Sox legend after leading off the 10th with a go-ahead home run. The

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal

17. Seattle: 7.1% 18. Arizona: 7.0% 19. Green Bay: 6.3% 20. Oakland: 5.6% 21. Buffalo: 5.0% 22. Carolina: 4.4% 22. Denver: 4.4% 24. Minnesota: 3.9% 25. Houston: 3.7% 26. Indianapolis: 3.3% 27. Miami: 2.2% 28. San Diego: 2.0% 29. Atlanta: 1.9% 30. Cleveland: 1.5% 31. Chicago: 0% 32. Cincinnati: 0%

By Shawn Krest North State Journal DURHAM — A.J. Wolf is ready for the coin toss. “I’m a heads guy,” the Duke defensive end said. And how does that strategy work for him? “I’ve won some, and I’ve lost some.”

Wolf’s coin toss skills were called into question, because the Blue Devils’ redshirt senior will be calling all the tosses for the rest of the season.

In late August, Duke players voted four redshirt seniors as permanent team captains for the season. Quarterback Thomas Sirk was one, and he was lost for the season before the opening game kickoff, with a preseason Achilles rupture.

Safety and kick returner DeVon Edwards was next to go, suffering a knee injury in Duke’s win at Notre Dame.

After that, with 50 percent of the team captains unable to walk to midfield for the pregame toss, coach David Cutcliffe announced that the team would name a special teams captain on a game-bygame basis.

Last weekend, during Duke’s loss at Georgia Tech, running back Jela Duncan ruptured his Achilles. That meant that of the four captains, just one was left standing—literally. The other three suffered premature endings to their senior seasons and college careers.

“I think he’s looking around him a little cautiously right now,” Cutcliffe said of Wolf’s new role as lone captain.

Wolf didn’t seem too concerned about his own health, however. “I think I’ll be ok,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any curse or anything—just bad luck for those guys.”

As the players and coaches can joke about curses and discuss the coin toss, the humor helps mask the pain of losing three Blue Devils who joined the team prior to Duke’s current four-year bowl streak.

“You hate to see those guys go down,” Wolf said. “It was tough with Sirk back in August, and then DeVon and now Jela. It’s

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Duke Blue Devils defensive tackle A.J. Wolf (93) attempts to tackle Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets running back Clinton Lynch (22) in the fourth quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Oct. 29.

definitely not a good feeling, but I’m going to do my best to hold the torch and keep it going strong for the rest of the season.”

As the only captain still on the field, Wolf seems to be carrying a much heavier burden of leadership.

“He’s been an incredible leader,” defensive lineman Mike Ramsay said. “I definitely feel like he’s been more vocal and helping us all. You see him speaking up more. At practice today, actually, he was bringing us together. He’s definitely helped me a lot, personally. We definitely look up to A.J.” Cutcliffe wants to make sure his captain doesn’t feel alone, when it comes to the leadership burden. “I met with all four (captains) on Sunday. We talked a little bit about that. I just think A.J. … Just watch him play. He’s pretty vocal. My comments to A.J. were, ‘Be true to who you are. We got other people who are seniors, juniors sophomores and freshmen that are stepping up.

That’s what’s good about our program.’ We don’t want everything on A.J’s shoulders.”

Part of Wolf’s message to the team was that he needed people to take on more. “Guys don’t have to be honorary captains to step up,” he said. “You can step up in practice, even if you’re a young guy. Motivate guys. Just make plays out there, I think some guys are doing that.”

Wolf also pointed out to the younger players that the injuries didn’t just leave a void in lead-

ership. “It’s a bummer when you lose not just good leaders but good players,” he said. “They are talented guys. That being said, it gives other guys the opportunity to step in. My sophomore year, I wasn’t playing much. The last game of the season, Jamal Bruce got hurt, and it was time for me to step in and rise to the occasion. I think that will probably happen to some guys as well.”

Plus, while Sirk, Edwards and Duncan may be unable to walk out to midfield, they haven’t disappeared from the locker room.

All three are still helping out on the sideline and in the locker room.

“They’re around daily, not just on game day,” Cutcliffe said.

“They’re in meetings. They’re using their experience and expertise. Right before I came here, Jela was in the training room, talking to some other players.

Their care and concern—they’re all in. These are guys that could just check out, but they didn’t.

DeVon played a significant role in our meeting on Sunday. He doesn’t like to be real verbal all the time, but he obviously knows that’s what his path is right now.

Thomas Sirk has been great, and Jela is in a completely new role. I couldn’t be more proud of those three young men, as well as A.J.” A.J. Wolf may be the last captain standing, but he’s far from alone. The Duke team has come together to help support him, which seems like just the type of behavior that great leaders can inspire.

North State Journal for Sunday, November 6, 2016

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Bowman making most of his chance behind Jr. Less than a year after losing his full-time ride, Alex Bowman is making noise in place of Dale Earnhardt Jr.

By R. Cory Smith North State Journal ne month prior to the start of the 2016 NASCAR O season, Alex Bowman was preparing to make his second Daytona 500 with Tommy Baldwin Racing. The then 22-year-old driver, who was signed through the 2016 season, thought he was in a comfortable spot with a Sprint Cup team.

On that very same day, though, Bowman learned he would be out of a ride. Regan Smith would take over for the No. 7 team and Bowman was once again a free agent.

Unfortunately, every seat had been filled by that point, so he had zero opportunities to prove his worth to NASCAR teams.

The next time Bowman got a chance to drive in NASCAR was in the Xfinity Series with JR Motorsports at Dover in May in the No. 88 car. Little did Bowman know, just over two months later he’d be in the actual No. 88 car filling in for Dale Earnhardt Jr. When it was revealed Earnhardt would have to miss a few races due to a concussion suffered at Michigan, he mentioned Bowman’s name to team owner

Rick Hendrick. With little time to find a replacement, the parttime Xfinity driver was strapped into the most popular car in Sprint Cup. Putting him behind the wheel this season was just the latest kind gesture Earnhardt has done for Bowman.

“Dale Earnhardt, Jr. saved my career two years ago when he gave me that chance in the Xfinity car,” Bowman said. “It just means a lot to have him help me as much as he has and be the friend that he’s been. He has been a big part of my life and I will definitely cherish that friendship forever.

“Without him I wouldn’t have got the ride I did last year and going forward obviously I hate the circumstances, but without him saying ‘hey put Alex in it’ I don’t think that Hendrick Motorsports really would have thought of me.”

Bowman and Jeff Gordon have traded off the starts up until this point, but it’s Bowman’s show moving forward. With top 10s at Chicago and Kansas — and nearly Talladega before a poor final restart — Gordon and Bowman have posted nearly identical results in the 88 machine.

Earnhardt hasn’t been to the track for every race, but has played a part in the decision making — including putting Bowman in the car for the final three races. Giving Bowman a chance was clearly about more than just finding a competent driver to finish out the season in his place.

“Alex has done a great job,

I’m really happy to see him get an opportunity like this,” Earnhardt said. “... It’s given him more opportunities to show what he can do. I’ve worked with Alex for about four or five years through JR Motorsports on and off with our Xfinity program, so I believe in him.

“I’m happy to see him seeing some results on the racetrack.

He belongs out there full-time and his phone’s ringing.”

There is a clear distinction between being in a car with Hendrick Motorsports equipment and a single-car team like TBR. Expectations go from being a mid-pack driver to competing for a win every weekend.

In the last two seasons, Junior has posted seven total wins with another 18 top-five finishes. Getting a taste of that success has been completely new for Bowman and one he said he’d love to be a part of for years to come.

But with another strong driver in the pipeline like 18-yearold William Byron — who will begin a multi-year deal with JR Motorsports on a full-time basis next season — Bowman is simply embracing the chance he’s been given with Hendrick.

“Obviously, Hendrick Motorsports signed William Byron and William is a great young race car driver and he is going to get in the Xfinity car next year,” Bowman said. “I think he is really their guy to be in line for that. He is their development guy. I don’t know. I would like to think that hopefully I’m that guy, but we will just kind

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Sprint Cup Series driver Alex Bowman (88) during the Pure Michigan 400 at the Michigan International Speedway Aug. 28.

of have to wait and see.”

If the past says anything about substitute drivers who succeed at the Sprint Cup level, Bowman should have a chance in the near future. For example, the man who took over his spot at TBR was a substitute for drivers like Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson last season when called upon. Smith was also an Xfinity driver for JRM in 2015, so there is plenty of symmetry between the two drivers.

Earnhardt has said multiple times he plans on getting back into the car next year. Most seats have already been filled for next season, including smaller programs. But with three races to go

in 2016, Bowman has a chance to make more waves in the No. 88 and hopefully earn a place in the Sprint Cup garage in the years to come.

“I don’t know what my future holds,” Bowman said. “There are not really any rides open next year, so this may be these however many races left we have maybe the rest of my Cup career.

You never really know what the future holds.

“Not having anything set in stone, the one thing that I said I was going to do throughout all these races was to make the most of it and to have the most fun I possibly could. I’m not going to let the pressure kill me.”

College Football

Historic Hula Bowl coming to Raleigh in 2018 “After an extensive search, we discovered that Raleigh ... is the natural choice with storied collegiate traditions.”

Hula Bowl, LLC owner Jennifer Logan

By R. Cory Smith North State Journal RALEIGH — Aloha and welcome back, Hula Bowl. The postseason bowl game that served as a showcase for college seniors prior to the NFL Draft will return to action in 2018 in Raleigh, the Hula Bowl announced Friday.

Established in 1946, the Hula Bowl All-Star Football Classic was played in Hawaii from 1946 through 2008 and featured the biggest names in football.

It moves to N.C., attracted to the facilities in and around Carter-Finley Stadium, most notably the Close-King Indoor Practice Facility recently built several hundred yards on the west side of the stadium.

“In reintroducing the historic Hula Bowl, an East vs. West classic, we decided to name a new East Coast home for the all-star classic. After an extensive search, we discovered that Raleigh and the Triangle region is the natural choice with storied collegiate traditions and enthusiastic fans,” said Jennifer Logan, owner of Hula Bowl, LLC. “The city and greater Triangle region feature outstanding amenities for visitors, and Carter-Finley Stadium offers a beautiful venue for the action. In addition, the indoor practice facilities at North Carolina State University offer numerous advantages for an event of this scale.”

The Close-King facility opened in the fall of 2015 and has made an impact on NC State recruiting and makes the Carter-Finley complex more attractive to a game like the

Hula Bowl because it allows for practice and training leading up to the game without fighting off unpredictable winter weather conditions. Other stadium facilities like the Murphy Football Center and Vaughn Towers give Carter-Finley several premium spots for players, coaches, scouts, and fans. It is not clear if the PNC Arena, which sits alongside the stadium, will play a role in the Hula Bowl festivities.

“North Carolina is proud to welcome the return of the Hula Bowl,” said Governor Pat McCrory. “Players, coaches and fans will enjoy first-hand the warm Southern hospitality and enthusiasm for college sports that are the hallmarks of our great state.”

The list of NFL legends in Hula Bowl history is stunning: Mike Ditka, Fran Tarkenton, Larry Csonka, Dan Marino and Deion Sanders. Another on the list? Former NC State and ACC legend Ted Brown, who was named MVP in 1979.

The Hula Bowl has also hosted Heisman Trophy winners Eric Crouch, Ron Dayne, Dorsett, Mike Garrett, Jim Plunkett, Johnny Rogers, Billy Sims, Steve Owens, Rashaan Salaam, Ricky Williams, and Danny Wuerffel.

Postseason evaluation for college football players has become a big-time business, with both the Reese’s Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine Game being broadcast live on NFL Network and hundreds of scouts, NFL personnel men and media members attending each in advance of the NFL Draft each year.

“North Carolina is the sixth most visited destination in the United

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An outdoor look at North Carolina State’s Close-King indoor practice facility, Friday, November 4, 2016. Opened in the fall of 2015, the facility has not only helped with recruiting but also played a large role in landing the upcoming Hula Bowl.

States,” said N.C. Commerce Secretary John Skvarla. “From the mountains to the sea, to the vibrant Triangle area fans will experience – nothing compares to the many treasures people will discover when they visit our beautiful state.”

The 2018 Hula Bowl will extend a limited number of invitations to junior-status players to participate in the game as well as collegiate all-stars from outside the United States to support diversity on the field.

The game will be played in Janu-

ary of 2018 and the bowl will rotate between Raleigh and Hawaii. The 2018 N.C. Hula Bowl week is expected to kick off with National Football League player testing and all-star practice sessions and will include opportunities for fans to meet their favorite players, participate in a fan experience, and enter a punt, pass and kick competition in which the winner receives an all-expense paid trip to the 2019 Hula Bowl to be played in Hawaii.

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nfl preview Week 9 Around the NFL: Norv out in Minnesota Turner out as Vikings OC The Minnesota Vikings struggled through their second straight game of poor offensive play in a Monday night loss to the Bears, and it was immediately followed by the stunning resignation of offensive coordinator Norv Turner.

Turner said in a statement he was stepping away for personal reasons, but neither he nor Mike Zimmer would elaborate on what happened. Pat Shurmur will move up from quarterbacks coach.

Foles in, Smith out at QB for Chiefs in Week 9 Although the Chiefs said Alex Smith did not suffer a concussion against the Colts, the team is still holding out its starting quarterback this week.

Instead of Smith, backup Nick Foles will start against the Jaguars while Tyler

Bray will be the No. 2 quarterback behind Foles.

Foles, drafted by KC coach Andy Reid in Philadelphia, completed 16-of-22 passes last week in relief for 223 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Chicago is expected to move on from Cutler after 2016, but he’s also expected to start for Chicago in Week 8 after Brian Hoyer suffered serious arm injury against the Packers last week.

Eagles cut WR Huff two days after gun charge The Eagles released wide receiver Josh Huff just two days after the 25-year-old was arrested in New Jersey and charged with possession of a firearm without a permit (while also possessing six hollow-point bullets). Huff faces a disorderly persons offense for possessing less than 50 grams of marijuana.

Huff asked reporters “what professional athlete doesn’t carry a gun?”

NFL Lines Vikings (-5.5) vs. Lions Over/Under 41.0 Minnesota’s looked really bad the last two games but getting a home game should get this defense right. Vikings roll big here.

Ravens (-3) vs. Steelers Over/Under 43.0 Pittsburgh is a much better team than the Ravens. Take the points.

Dolphins (-3.5) vs. Jets Over/Under 44.0

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Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner against the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Vikings defeated the Packers 17-14.

Newton had “great discussion” with Goodell Panthers QB Cam Newton met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell this week after expressing concern about taking too many hits and said he had a “great” talk with the commish.

Bills RB McCoy returns to practice, could play Bills star running back LeSean McCoy was back at practice after missing Week 8. Rex Ryan was optimistic the running back could play Monday against the Seahawks, calling his return a “positive sign.”

Giants (-2.5) vs. Eagles Over/Under 43.0 Eagles defensive line can feast in this matchup and they should steal one here.

Browns (+7) vs. Cowboys Over/Under 48.5 Cleveland is the play with the points but you can bet it won’t be a comfortable situation for much of the game.

Chiefs (-7.5) vs. Jaguars Over/Under 44.0 The Chiefs are starting Nick Foles under center. He looked good in relief duty but Jax keeps this within a touchdown.

Fantasy Football Advice START

Adam Gase’s crew is playing well and can take some shots and pound the ball. Easy win.

SIT

49ers (+3.5) vs. Saints Over/Under 52.0

Dak Prescott Cowboys (at Browns)

Matthew Stafford Lions (at Vikings)

Taking the 49ers is just not a stomach-able situation at this point.

Dez is back and Cleveland gives up tons of points.

Bad last week and Vikes D will be angry after losses.

Rams (+3) vs. Panthers Over/Under 44.5 Fishy line but Carolina’s defense looked too good not to trust even on a long trip.

Jay Ajayi Dolphins (vs. Jets)

Jerick McKinnon Vikings (vs. Lions)

Chargers (-5.5) vs. Titans Over/Under 47.0

Can’t sit a guy off back-toback 200 yard games.

Good matchup but can’t buy production/o-line.

Bounceback for Philip Rivers and Chargers who roll Titans big in a good spot for them.

Packers (-7.5) vs. Colts Over/Under 54.0

Donte Moncrief Colts (at Packers)

Cole Beasley Cowboys (at Brown)

Shootout coming but Green Bay is simply a better team and playing at home. Easy win.

Top target playing from behind in a shootout.

Matchup good but Dak looks Dez’ way more often.

Raiders (0) vs. Broncos Over/Under 43.5

Antonio Gates Chargers (vs Titans)

Zach Ertz Eagles (vs Giants)

Seahawks (-7) vs. Bills Over/Under 43.5

Titans bad against TEs and Hunter Henry’s hurt.

Failed to produce at all this year. Too much risk.

An angry Seahawks defense dominates at home after 0-1-1 stretch on the road.

Denver’s secondary shuts down high-flying Derek Carr and Raiders for a big road win.

TAKE NOTICE randolph NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 354 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jesse Reeves to Greenhead Investments, Inc., a California Corporation, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of April, 2015, and recorded in Book 2436, Page 227, in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 8, 2016 and will

Wake NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 1968 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Tina Frost to Peter S. Coleman, Trustee(s), dated the 28th day of July, 2011, and recorded in Book 014416, Page 01997, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for

sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron rod at the Northwestern right of way line of West Ridge Street at the edge of a four-foot sidewalk at a point 128.5 feet Southwest of the center line of the Coleridge Road, Russell Hodgin’s corner; thence with the Southwestern right of way line of West Ridge Street and with the edge of said sidewalk South 44 deg. 11’ West 136.07 feet to an iron rod, T.E. Gardner’s corner; thence with Gardner’s line North 46 deg. 50’ West 81.86 feet to an iron rod; thence continuing with Gardner’s line South 44 deg. 06’ West 169.97 feet to an iron pipe, Gardner’s corner in the Town of Ramseur old cemetery line; thence with said cemetery line North 57 deg. 11’ West 216.29 feet to an iron rod; thence North 27 deg. 30’ East (passing an iron pipe at 65.90 feet) a title distance of 283.50 feet to an iron pipe, A.K. Wilson’s corner in the Town of Ramseur new cemetery line; thence with Wilson’s line South 42 deg. 45’ East 62.11 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing with Wilson’s line North 37 deg. 15’ East 104.25 feet to an iron pipe, A.K. Wilson’s corner in Wilson Aikens’ line; thence with Aikens’ line in part and with Mrs. C.C. Stutt’s line

in part South 42 deg. 13’ East 165.78 feet to an iron pipe, Stutt’s and Hodgin’s common corner; thence with Hodgin’s line South 41 deg.

45’ East 160.55 feet to the beginning and containing 2.21 acres, more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1300 West Ridge Street, Ramseur, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities

or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property

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

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

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sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 21, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 32, Block 21, Summerfield North Cluster Unit, Wycombe Manor, Phase III, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1985, Page 1767, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 145 Skylark Way, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into

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

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TAKE NOTICE Wake NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2544 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michelle Williams to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of November, 2004, and recorded in Book 011120, Page 01329, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 14, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being Lot No. 37 on the Map/Plan of Worthdale Park Subdivision, Section 1, as shown on the plat of record in Plat Book of Maps 1964, Page 74, Register's Office for Wake County, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description thereof. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1105 Carlisle Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 3527 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael Butters and Lorna Butters to Kenneth B. Gwynn, Trustee(s), dated the 4th day of February, 2009, and recorded in Book 13376, Page 2641, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 21, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 47, Faircroft Subdivision, as shown on that plat entitled "Faircroft Subdivision (Cluster) Phase III, Lots 46-59" dated October 1, 2003 by Withers & Ravenel Engineering & Surveying, Inc and recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Pages 1893 and 1894, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1009 Stradshire Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as pro-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2189 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lynette S. Ward to John L. Matthews or Timothy M. Bartosh, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of November, 2001, and recorded in Book 009191, Page 01683, and Modification in Book 015432, Page 02153, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 14, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land is situated in the State of North Carolina, County of Wake, City of Raleigh, and described as follows: Being all of Lot 38, Windward Subdivision, Phase Two, as shown on a plat recorded in Book of Maps 2000, Pages 1060-1061, Wake County Registry. Subject to ordinary restrictions, easements and rights of way of record, if any; utility easements and rights of way either over, under or upon the subject property. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4920 Windproof Way, Raleigh, North

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 3471 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made

by Jose L. Martinez and Eduardo Martinez to Single Source Real Estate Services Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 15th day of September, 2006, and recorded in Book 12178, Page 2208, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 14, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 2 in a Subdivision known as Benson W. Cotton and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 1993, Page 1233, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 9812 Fanny Brown Road, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is

challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

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vided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge

of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and

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

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

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

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is

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challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 1615 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Stephanie L. Taylor to Debra W. Still, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of April, 2012, and recorded in Book 014726, Page 00856, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 21, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Wake Forest, in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in the City of Raleigh, Wake Forest Township, Wake County, North Carolina and being more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 881, Highland Creek Subdivision, Phase 1, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book of Maps 2007, Page(s) 150-165, Wake County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 8550 Quarton Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

AND SUBJECT TO the Easement Dedication Plat as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 2010, Pages 579-581, Wake County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmen-

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 3593 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jonus Wayne Cole, Jr. and Holly B. Cole to Fidelity National Title Insurance Company of New York, Trustee(s), dated the 22nd day of February, 2007, and recorded in Book 012411, Page 00004, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 21, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 159, Coachman's Trail Subdivision, Section 2, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1974, Page 234 Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 308 Dunstable Court, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 1284 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by David J. Hess to Ronald D. Haley, Trustee(s), dated the 11th day of April, 2014, and recorded in Book 15627, Page 2752, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 21, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 7, as shown on that map entitled "Brighton Forest, Phase 2-B Lots 2 through 7" by Withers & Ravenel, dated July 18, 2013 and recorded in Book of Maps 2013, Pages 1094 and 1095, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2800 Brighton Forest Drive, Apex, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

tal, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

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

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

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

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

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

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such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1170416 (FC.FAY)

such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

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

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

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

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

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

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the good life

SUNDAY

11.6.16

IN A NORTH STATE OF MIND

“Through this hurricane, we’ve seen the best of humanity. At the heart of every human is a seed of generosity, love, and caring.” B.J. Murphy, Kinston Mayor Piles of recycling collected sits in a front yard in Kinston after it was moved to avoid rising flood waters.

Many other houses on the block were demolished following Hurricane Floyd.

Kinston Mayor BJ Murphy, left, and volunteer Rebecca Fusco, right, of Cary, unload a truck full of donations from Raleigh’s Hope Community Church.

T’Keyah Washington, of Kinston, holds her six-weekold daughter Mariah Bell as she stands in line to receive food, baby items, and other essentials from a donation center.

Pamela Boyd, left, hands out socks to Marion Bruton, right, at the Hurricane Matthew Donation and Distribution Center at Vernon Park Mall in Kinston.

Residents of Kinston and the surrounding areas who have been affected

by Hurricane Matthew line up to receive food, clothing, cleaning supplies and other essentials.

The donation center has been serving between 150 - 200 people each day.

PHOTOS BY MADELINE GRAY | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

Roots of resilience and generosity run deep in Kinston People across Kinston, the state, and beyond are doing their part to help the community rebuild

By Laura Ashley Lamm North State Journal Walking into Clarence Burton’s home, pictures of his son are framed on the mantle, dishes in the kitchen are ready to serve meals, Redskins memorabilia hangs on the wall and the three-bedroom house has a room for his mother to stay.

But walking through the house, the carpet is still soggy underfoot from the four feet of water that rested inside and everything you see is no longer salvageable as contaminated water destroyed it all.

“I evacuated before the water, but there was nowhere to take the furniture,” said Burton.

“My mother was evacuated to a rest home and I will find some-

where to live. I’ve been staying with my son and friends, going back and forth, to not be a burden.”

“Champ” as his friends call him, has been flooded out of his home three times. Once in 1996, again in 1999, and now, in 2016 as Hurricane Matthew left heavy waters and rising rivers.

Each time he lost his belongings, picked himself up, moved to a new house and began again.

“The first time I was angry and questioning God. Now, I know I can’t get any of this back and there’s no replacing. I just look at it as this was a good opportunity to get mom help.”

Burton is a coach at the Holloway Recreation Center across the street from his home. He prints t-shirts for groups and organi-

zations, but two of his press machines were lost underwater. He rents his home and FEMA will give him around $5,000 to start over.

“It isn’t enough,” he said. “I am just going to start over — that’s all I can do — and take it one day at a time.”

Burton, who remains positive and resilient, is one of the many people hit the hardest when Hurricane Matthew ripped through North Carolina in October. He, along with many in his hometown of Kinston, will spend months rebuilding.

Kinston, with a population of 21,400, had moved lengths to recover after Hurricane Floyd unexpectedly flooded the town See community, page C6

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NeCessities thrive!

history marked

Fall makeup transition

November 6, 1755

By Emory Rakestraw North State Journal

he transition from fall to winter is about T cozier changes for both your

wardrobe and makeup. You might be staring at your existing palette wondering how to transform your look. Those cool shades of summer and fall just don’t seem relevant during sweater weather.

One of my favorite aspects of winter is that glitter is everywhere. Shimmery, glitter eyeshadow was a common trend during fashion week, especially at Saint Laurent. The smokey eye will never go out of style and this adds a bit of pizzaz. For blue eyes, use gold or chestnut glitter liner to make your smokey eye pop. Hazel and brown eyes stand out with darker shades like forest green. Finish off your look with a timelessly classic red lip, perfect for Christmas parties and New Year’s.

Fall is all about experimenting with a dark lip, finding which shade works for you, and embracing it come winter. For fair to beige skin tones, pair a matte, ‘plum brandy’ color with bronzer on the cheeks and subtle eyeliner. For a pop of color for olive and darker tones, try a glossy, dark purple lip.

On the other end of the spectrum, fluorescent makeup was seen all over the runway. While you don’t have to go all out 80’s, embrace bright pink shades (dipping back into your summer/ spring palette) on the lower lid or baby blue eyeliner for a weekend look. Complement both with a nude or mauve lip along with subtle color on the cheeks.

For those who prefer a more natural look, one trend spotted at Christian Dior was the Twiggy lash.

This involves long lashes somewhat ‘clumped’ together.

While not aiming for the ‘just put on mascara then sneezed’ look, you want to try and bind together a few lashes for that eye-catching statement.

Luckily, there’s no need to purchase a new mascara, one tool that will help achieves this drama is clear, gel mascara (or eyebrow gel) found at your local drugstore.

After using a volumizing mascara on upper and lower lashes, take the tip of the wand to join a few lashes.

This is perfect for a unique, retro glam look.

Brightening up your makeup canvas might just inspire you to try something new.

One way to ensure you’re on the right track is to employee the wisdom of an expert. On Thursday, November 10 dana L Skincare & Cosmetics is holding their annual beauty event at Tribeca Tavern Raleigh from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Details can be found at: shopdanal.com

voices

Contributors to this section this week include: Laura Ashley Lamm Alison Miller Donna King Emory Rakestraw

tell us

Know a North Carolina story that needs telling?

Drop us a line at features@nsjonline.com.

Captain Hugh Waddell was named North Carolina’s commissioner in treaty negotiations with the Catawba and Cherokees. At the beginning of the French and Indian War, it was imperative that England’s colonies solidify their alliances with neighboring native tribes. North Carolina was particularly concerned with relations between the Cherokees and the Catawba.

November 11, 1949

The Memorial Belltower, a prominent landmark on the campus of North Carolina State University, was dedicated. Gov. Gregg Cherry was one of the many dignitaries in attendance. Conceived as a memorial to those alumni who died in service to the country during World War I, the Belltower is a symbol of the university and a gathering point for the campus community.

November 12, 1903

The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association appointed a committee to investigate and report on the various claims made about North Carolina’s involvement in the Civil War. The following spring the group received the committee’s report, boasting that North Carolinians indeed had been “First at Bethel, Farthest at Gettysburg, Farthest at Chickamauga, and Last at Appomattox,” as a popular saying coined by editor and state Supreme County Justice Walter Clark suggested.

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

turn the page Tuesday is election day and across North Carolina many schools participate in the Kids Voting program to educate young minds on the election process.

This week we reached out to our friends at Novels & Novelties in Hendersonville for a few suggestions on the subject.

“Grace for President”

by Kelly S. DiPucchio ages 5-9

“Vote!”

by Eileen Christelow ages 6-9

“The Presidency”

by Christine TaylorButler ages 7-9

“See How They Run”

by Susan E. Goodman ages 8-12

just a pinch four fall garden don’ts

Fall is about getting your soil ready for that long winter’s rest. Preparing your garden for the off-season is just a matter of remembering a few don’ts.

Don’t feed the plants: If you add fertilizer too late in the season it will encourage new growth that won’t have time to mature before the temperature drops.

When the first frost comes that’s it —they’re gone and they might bring the rest of the plant with them.

Don’t keep watering: The nights have cooled off and the days are shorter — your plants need less water.

Don’t be a raking machine: There is no reason to get rid of all of the leaves in your garden beds. Leaf organic matter will break down into humus and that is good for your soil, it will insulate roots over the winter.

Don’t forget to prune: Particularly herbaceous perennials like coneflowers, asters, and grasses — have to be cut back every year. You can do it after the first frost, wait until the thaw, or cut back a little at a time — just don’t forget to do it.

accolades Supper on Sunday in the South is a time honored tradition Sunday Supper What: A coming together across the table with friends and family to break bread and assist our friends, family, and farmers in Eastern N.C. affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Where: At a grand table with seats for 1,000 down Fayetteville Street between Morgan and Martin Streets, at participating Wake County restaurants who have committed to share 10% of their proceeds during the same time period to the relief fund, or wherever you are simply by texting SUNDAYSUPPER to 40403.

How: Tickets are $20 and went on sale Thursday, November 3 at 3:30 p.m. for this one of a kind community fundraiser.

Details on donating, attending, or volunteering to serve at the event can be found online at: sundaysuppernc.org or by texting SUNDAYSUPPER to 40403.

y’ought to cook it. fry it. stuff it. eat it.

By Laura Ashley Lamm North State Journal Cooking in the Carolinas usually embodies one of those four principles. It’s a rite of passage to have family recipes, secret ingredients and old traditions involved in cookin’ up a somethin.’

So it goes without saying y’ought to know about fish stew.

Thought to have originated with the early English settlers in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain, there is a certain ritual to fish stew. Families can often still be found cooking fish stew the original way, in a large cast-iron wash pot over a wood fire in the front yard with a stick or boat paddle used to stir.

“It’s so unique. You only hear of

fish stew living in Eastern North Carolina,” said Matthew Register, chef and owner of Southern Smoke BBQ in Garland, whose serving piping hot bowls to customers weekly.

The base of the pot is filled with potatoes, onions and a meaty fish. Catfish, redfish or rockfish will do wonders. Layer the ingredients in that order for the closest thing to perfection.

Bring to a boil and when the potatoes become tender, the stew is ready to be served.

Once the stew has been poured into a bowl, crack a raw egg over top. The egg is the signature of the dish.

“Nobody knows where the egg came from,” said Register. “This was a soup popular in the 1920s

By Jennifer Wood North State Journal On Sunday, November 13 you can share a meal seated among 1,000 fellow dining champions on Fayetteville Street in Raleigh to raise funds for our neighbors to the east affected by Hurricane Matthew.

“The idea was initially envisioned by a couple of Eastern N.C. kids,” said Joyce Kohn, Managing Member of Kohn & Associates. “We hold our home in high regard and it was hurting after the hurricane. That pain along with the divisive time our country is in and this is a way for our community to come together across the table for a shared meal to help the people who helped raise us.”

Eastern N.C. barbecue, sweet tea, and all the fixins are on the menu for the day and the tablescapes are sure to be stunning.

When the organizers reached out to Mike Worthington of Worthington Farms in Greenville for 125 live oak saplings to line the length of the tables he did not have that many — so he called a friend in Oklahoma who is sending them straight away. “There are multiple stories already of people donating their time, talent, and resourc-

and 1930s in Lenoir County. In rural North Carolina on a farm, there was usually an overabundance of eggs. It’s likely a farmer put in an egg to add depth and heartiness.”

One can add his or her own twist to the stew. Register adds tomatoes, extra spices, and sprinkles bacon on top.

As is custom, fish stew should be paired with loaf bread and served as the main dish. It’s a hearty soup and to offer anything else would insult the ritual behind creating the soup and gathering loved ones around the cast iron pot for singing, drinking, and sitting a spell.

It’s this eastern North Carolina tradition that prompted Vivian Howard, chef and owner of Chef and the Farmer in Kinston to ask chefs from across the state, including Register, to cook their own

es,” said McGavock Edwards, Strategic Communications Director at Eckel & Vaughan.

After the dinner the saplings will be given to friends and farmers in the east.

The proceeds from the meal will go to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Matthew (a tax-deductible 501c3) to support recovery efforts in Eastern North Carolina communities and will be administered by the United Way of North Carolina. Kohn Associates, Eckel & Vaughan, and Willa and John Kane are organizing the event with the support of over 200 volunteers from across Wake County, the City of Raleigh, the Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau, and many more.

When: Sunday, November 13 | Noon-4:00 p.m.

What: A coming together across the table with friends and family to break bread and assist our friends, family, and farmers in Eastern N.C. affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Where: At a grand table with seats for 1,000 down Fayetteville Street between Morgan and Martin Streets, at participating Wake County restaurants who have committed to share 10% of their proceeds during the same time period to the relief fund, or wherever you are simply by texting SUNDAYSUPPER to 40403.

How: Tickets are $20 and

versions of fish stew with the proceeds going towards Hurricane Matthew recovery.

No matter how you cook it or stir it, fish stew brings people together.

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dig in WWI Exhibit preparation North Carolina Museum of History

PHOTOS BY EAMON QUEENEY | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

Bob Stone works on constructing the trenches in the North Carolina Museum of History’s upcoming exhibit on WWI in Raleigh. The exhibit focuses on WWI and includes North Carolina’s involvement. It will open in April of 2017, celebrating 100 years to the month since the United States declared war on Germany.

By Jennifer Wood North State Journal

Dalton Marshall, left, of Raleigh, works on constructing the trenches in North Carolina Museum of History’s upcoming exhibit on WWI in Raleigh.

orth Carolina sent 86,457 soldiers to fight in N the Great War — what was to be

“the war to end all wars.” History would write over the name and the span of fighting that raged across Europe from 1914-1918 came to be known as World War I. The United States only plunged into the combat for a year and a half, but our state mobilized to ready those troops with precision. Camp Greene was built near Charlotte, Camp Polk was organized west of Raleigh proper, and Camp Bragg came into being near Fayetteville to train and ready the military for battle. On the coast ships were built in Wilmington, Elizabeth City, and Morehead City for the Navy, airplane propellers were made in High Point, textile mills churned out necessities for soldiers, and artillery shells were manufactured in the capital city at Raleigh Iron Works.

One Hundred years later the North Carolina Museum of History is deep in the trenches of preparation for their 6,500 square-foot exhibition coming April 8, 2017. “We started our definitive planning about a year ago,” said North Carolina Museum of History Associate Director, Jackson Marshall, III. Marshall’s connection to World War I is personal as the grandson of a WWI veteran. He wrote “Memories of World War I: North Carolina Doughboys on the Western Front,” which was published in 1998. Marshall is drawing on many of the soldier stories chronicled in his book for the vignettes they are creating in the exhibit space. The vast knowledge Marshall possesses coupled with curator Dr. Jeanne Marie Warzeski’s brilliance and attention to detail ensure an exhibit that will engage all ages.

Once they knew the timeline at

A look at the layout for the North Carolina Museum of History’s upcoming exhibit on WWI.

hand the team requested documents be sent over from the N.C. Office of Archives and History and that’s when a treasure trove of discovery began. “We would find a piece of information and then connect it with an artifact and the soldier or nurse would begin to come alive again so we could tell their story,” said Warzeski. “It’s truly been an exciting journey of discovery.”

The exhibit’s main focus will be on North Carolina’s place in the Great War, but the visitor will also be absorbed in an immersive tour through all of the aspects that came with World War I from trench warfare to the advent of aviation.

The massive undertaking will contain nearly 500 artifacts, in-

cluding photography, historical film footage, interactive components designed to educate, a trench diorama, and video reenactments featuring European and North Carolina soldiers and citizens.

A century since the Tar Heel state sent soldiers off to World War I deserves a commemoration on a large scale, and that is what the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources have planned. On Saturday, April 8, 2017 the events will kickoff with a wreath laying ceremony in the World War I section of the North Carolina Veterans Memorial at the State Capitol grounds, followed by an exhibit ribbon cutting ceremony, and multiple performances and activities.

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Malted Pumpkin Pie Dough

1¼ cups flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 stick butter, very cold ¼ cup ice cold water flour for dusting

Egg Wash 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk

Filling 2 cups pumpkin puree ¾ cup whole milk ¼ cup heavy cream 3 eggs ¼ cup malt powder ½ cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon allspice ½ teaspoon kosher salt

In a large mixing bowl use a pastry cutter to whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Cut the butter into centimeter-size cubes.

Toss the cubed butter into the dry ingredients until the butter is coated, and then using the pastry cutter, cut the butter into the dry ingredients. Continue cutting until the butter is largely incorporated, with a few scattered pieces that are pea-sized. Add the water, and using a bench scraper, fold in until there are no obvious wet parts. Using your bench scraper, cut the water into the dough, bringing dry parts into moist parts until the dough is uniformly moist. If at any point the dough becomes warm or the butter starts to melt, place the entire bowl in the fridge and allow it to chill (about ten minutes).

Using your finger tips so as not to melt the butter, bring the dough together. You shouldn’t knead the dough but rather, apply just enough pressure to bring it together. It should be moist but not tacky and shouldn’t be crumbly. If it’s tacky, dust it with a little flour, if it’s too crumbly to form you can add a teaspoon or so of water. Form it into a half-inch thick disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Let it chill in the fridge for at least two hours, or better yet, overnight.

Remove dough from the fridge and dust your work surface lightly with flour. Roll dough into a large, roughly 13-inch circle. It should be about the thickness of a corrugated cardboard box. Place it into a deep dish 10-inch pie tin and cut the excess dough using kitchen sheers so that there is 1½ inches of overhang. Roll and crimp the edges and place in the freezer until frozen solid, about 45 minutes to an hour.

1.Roll dough into a large, roughly 13-inch circle. It should be about the thickness of a corrugated cardboard box.

2. Place it into a deep dish 10-inch pie tin and cut the excess dough using kitchen sheers so that there is 1½ inches of overhang. Roll and crimp the edges and place in the freezer until frozen solid, about 45 minutes to an hour.

Fill the crust and bake on a baking sheet for about 50 minutes, rotating the pan 180 degrees about 30 minutes into baking once the filling has begun to set around the edges. The pie is ready to come out when the filling has puffed on the edges and is completely set in the middle. Allow to cool completely before serving.

4. Fill the crust and bake as directed in recipe.

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It’s all about the crust!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line the frozen crust with tin foil, pressing the foil over the crimped edges to cover completely, and fill the bottom half inch of the dish with pie weights. Place on a sheet pan and bake for fifteen minutes. Remove from the oven and pull the foil back to expose the crimped edges, rotate the pan 180 degrees and place back in the oven to bake for another 15 minutes. Remove the foil and pie weights and allow the crust to cool completely on a wire rack. It should be a pale golden color.

Drop the oven temperature to 325 degrees. In a medium size mixing bowl beat eggs until frothy, then mix in the pumpkin, milk and heavy cream and set aside.

In a small bowl combine brown sugar, spices, malt powder and salt and stir into the mixture.

Beat together the egg and water until well combined and using a pastry brush, brush the crimped edges of the pre-baked crust.

3. Beat together the egg and water until well combined and using a pastry brush, brush the crimped edges of the pre-baked crust.

It’s that time of the year. You sketch out your Thanksgiving menu, inevitably bookended by pumpkin pie. If you’re not an accomplished baker, you’re already sweating—or delegating. But with the recipe below, you’re poised to deliver a standout dessert that pairs the beloved pumpkin flavor with the richness of malt, cradled by a buttery crust that just might elicit a fistpound from your grandma. The secret? “Plan ahead,” says East Durham Pie Company’s Ali Rudel. “Make time to chill your ingredients and allow your dough to set. Patience is the most important thing.”

By Alison Miller For the North State Journal li Rudel is especially thankful this Thanksgiving. In summer A 2015, she was diagnosed with papil-

lary thyroid cancer at the age of 27.

“I was very lucky,” she says. “I had a treatable cancer, one most people walk away from.” The diagnosis didn’t stop her from launching East Durham Pie Company a month after surgery. In fact, it propelled her. “I was at a point in my career where I really wanted to do something different,” she explains.

“I had been thinking about doing this for a long time. It was my diagnosis and subsequent successful treatment that pushed me to make a go of it.”

Ali’s fascination with pie baking started when she was a barista at Four & Twenty Blackbirds in Brooklyn, New York, then a fledgling pie and coffee shop and now one of the most famous in all of New York. “I was one of their first employees and worked my way into the kitchen to learn from them,” she says, speaking of the shop’s owners, sisters Emily and Melissa Elsen. “It’s something I’ve loved ever since.”

She and her husband, Ben Filippo, moved to Durham in 2011. “We were starting our family and wanted to be in a place where we could have a closer connection to agriculture.” Ali served on the board at Benevolence Farm, got involved with local food and agriculture groups in the Triangle, and then managed the Chapel Hill Farm-

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ers’ Market. In her spare time, she made pies for friends, and eventually started selling them. Local, seasonal ingredients have always been the centerpiece.

“Seasonality is what pie is all about,” she says. “It’s about making use of fruits and vegetables you have on hand. I use local dairy and eggs, and whatever produce is in season locally. In my recipes I tend to go light on sugar and spices, because I strongly believe that if I’m using good quality produce I want to be able to taste it.”

In October 2015, she officially launched East Durham Pie Company, continuing to fill personal orders but also supplying spots like Cocoa Cinnamon and Bulldega and doing pop-up pie shops at places like Ponysaurus Brewing. This past summer, she launched a Kickstarter campaign to move her pie-baking business, currently operated out of her certified home kitchen, into a storefront. Her goal was to raise $20,000. She raised $24,266.

The next step is to open a pie shop in Old East Durham, where Ali and her husband Ben, the executive director of the nonprofit Preservation Durham, live with their two daughters. “It’s an old mill village that’s been depressed for a while now. But it’s really diverse, and we know a lot of our neighbors. There’s this desire for a communal place where people can go to grab coffee and something to eat, and we want to create that.”

things you can do to prepare for Thanksgiving

Relieve the pressure of holiday madness and lean into the gratitude of the Thanksgiving season by taking these make-ahead steps.

The pie’s the thing Make your fruit pies whole and freeze them unbaked.

You can make your pie crusts now and freeze them as discs and you can also make and freeze any streusel toppings you plan to use in other dishes.

Turkey Of course you can’t make the gobbling star dish now, but you can measure out and mix together your dry brine ingredients and stash it away in your pantry.

Gravy You can do it ahead of time and without roasting an entire bird. Make a big batch now and freeze it this way you are swimming in it when the big day rolls around and you can add drippings to your madeahead mixture at the last minute for flavor.

Get Dressed Some of you may refer to this dish as stuffing ... moving right along. If you make a specific homemade bread, cornbread and/ or toasted nut for your dressing now is the time to do that and go ahead and stash it in your freezer Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, or Squash If you plan on using any of these in their puree form in a holiday dish go ahead and cook and freeze them — just take care not to apply this trick to chunks as they do not stand up well to freezing in that form.

“I’m originally from New England, and a malted milkshake was always a real treat for me. This malted pumpkin pie is a decadent, delicious thing — almost like having a pumpkin milkshake.”

Ali Rudel, Owner, East Durham Pie Company

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Ali Rudel, owner of the East Durham Pie Company, makes vanilla bean apple hand pies.

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how to help Give food Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina Anywhere you can logon.

Browse their shelves and donate in the virtual food drive. foodbankcenc.org

Give blood UNC Rex Health Center: Raleigh; Bloodmobile: Raleigh, Holly Springs Give blood or platelets. rexhealth.com/rh/patientsvisitors/blood/donations

Give a home Pender County Housing Authority Looking for housing for people displaced during hurricane a place to rent pendercountync.gov/ Government/Departments/ HousingAuthority

Give a donation Statewide Give a monetary donation to help rebuild communities impacted by Hurricane Matthew ncdisasterrelief.org

Give time Organizations across the state gathering to give back ncvoad.org/cms/ opportunities

Give the gift of a book The North State Journal has partnered with Waste Industries & The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to bring some joy to the children of the North Carolina counties under federal disaster declaration.

Bring new or gently used books to the bins installed at the following locations until November 21: The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, the North Carolina Museum of History, the North Carolina State Capitol, and the North Carolina Museum of Art. nsjonline.com/ article/2016/10/book-driveenc

Community from page C1 in 1999 causing the Neuse River to rise a record 27.7 feet. In the years since, Kinston put itself on the map. The seven hotels were fully occupied, more than 200,000 people were visiting the Nature Center each year, notable spots like Mother Earth Brewery and Chef & the Farmer were bringing attention to the town, and the announcement of the return of baseball in Kinston was on everyone’s mind.

“Kinston was becoming a destination town and that will continue. A small town feel with big city amenities is kind of who we are,” said Mayor B.J. Murphy.

“We have a luxury boutique hotel with a five-star nationally known restaurant in the middle of our community, but we also have pockets where people are very poor or need government assistance.”

Hurricane Matthew came and went on a Saturday, but left lasting effects on a community that remains determined to band together and move forward. The Neuse River, which runs parallel to Highway 70, rose to a new record of 28.3 feet. The hotels and businesses along the highway were flooded. Of the seven hotels in Kinston, four remain closed for repairs and reconstruction.

Michael Johnson was working the night shift at the front desk of the Country Hearth Inn as the hurricane bore through the coast.

“I had to work at the front desk with all the lights off. I had to have candles by the windows.

People were trying to get out of the storm. We were sold out — all 60 rooms,” said Johnson.

As the storm left and the waters came, Johnson was forced to evacuate the Country Hearth, which is not only his place of employment, but also his home.

Now, he is spending his days tearing out the flooring and walls of the rooms so the Inn can reopen in the new year.

“Friend or foe, everybody needs help. We have a long road towards recovery,” added Donovan Miller who is working alongside Johnson.

An old retail space in the local mall turned into a disaster distribution center serving 900 residents with an outpouring of donations arriving daily. The center is run entirely by area churches and volunteers.

“Through this hurricane, we’ve seen the best of humanity. At the

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James Barrett, who owns Club Climax, tamps down dirt around the bar and grill after nearly eight feet of water surrounded the building following Hurricane Matthew.

Top, Clarence “Champ” Burton puts on a mask before walking through his house in Kinston.

Bottom, debris from the Country Hearth Inn lines the sidewalk as all of the hotel rooms are gutted following flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew. Right, A pole marks the height that flood waters reached during Hurricane Floyd. Flood waters from Hurricane Matthew rose even higher.

heart of every human is a seed of generosity, love, and caring,” said Murphy.

An eight-year-old member of Burton’s youth basketball team asked his mother if he could with-

draw the money he had saved out of the bank. She asked him why.

“He said, ‘I want to give it to Coach Champ because his house is underwater,’” said Burton.

Those seeds of generosity run

deep.

Seeds of resilience run stronger in Burton, Johnson, Miller and so many others.

Seeds of rebirth run in Kinston.

timeless American Pickers set to traverse North Carolina this December

By Liz Moomey North State Journal Gather your antiques and collections, the American Pickers will be filming in the Old North State this fall.

Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and their team will be traveling from Murphy to Manteo to recycle and rescue forgotten pieces of history in early December.

The team has yet to decide on where across the state they will visit, but instead will determine their trip based on enthusiasm in the county and the connection the pickers make with the different counties.

The American Pickers have traveled to Emporia, Virginia, LeClaire, Iowa, and Nashville since the show premiered in January 2010.

Wolfe became interested in picking when he was four years old and is known for traveling across the country to find hidden gems. His friend for 20 years, Fritz, has joined him on his picking adventures. Fritz, as a kid, began collecting rocks and beer cans — feeding a passion for antiques.

The duo is looking for people who have large, private collections or an accumulation of antiques. Those interested in their items being highlighted should send their name, phone number, and description of the collection with photos to americanpickers@cineflix.com or call 855-oldrust. The collection can’t be in a retail location open to the public.

American Pickers will air in early January on the History channel.

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Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz of “American Pickers” are looking for unique N.C. antiques.

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Tryon International Equestrian Center| Polk County

World Equestrian Games pick N.C. for $400 million event

By Donna King North State Journal he 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games will be held in T Polk County, N.C. The announce-

ment came Friday from Mark Bellissimo, managing partner of Tryon Equestrian Partners, who said that the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring will host the event September 10-23, 2018. The World Equestrian Games event is the major international championship administered by the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), the governing body of equestrian sport.

“We are honored to be selected by the FEI to be the steward of the FEI World Equestrian Games 2018. Next to the Olympic Games, the FEI World Equestrian Games is the most important event on the world equestrian calendar,” said Bellissimo. “We are confident that our partnership and our operating team will create a memorable experience for all involved with the ultimate goal of significantly elevating horse sport in the U.S. beyond the 27 million people who ride a horse at least once a year.”

Equestrian enthusiasts from

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Tryon International Equestrian Center Grand Prix for the Governor’s Cup 2016.

over 70 countries trek to the World Equestrian Games every four years, halfway between summer Olympic games cycles,

to cheer on athletes from their native countries. In 2014 it was held in Normandy, France where it brought $400 million to the

local economy and drew over 500,000 spectators during the 14-day event.

“We are excited about the

impact this event will have on the economic health of the Blue Ridge Foothills region of the Carolinas,” said Sharon Decker, COO of Tryon Equestrian Partners, Carolinas’ Operations.

In 2014, Tryon Equestrian Partners (TEP) broke ground on the 1,600-acre, $125 million Tryon Resort, which expands into both Mill Spring and Tryon, N.C. TEP estimates it will invest an additional $100 million dollars over the next two years, focusing on resort amenities including lodging and hospitality.

“The Tryon team submitted a really impressive bid and we have every confidence in the organizing committee. It’s a truly spectacular venue and almost all the necessary infrastructure for our eight disciplines is already in place,” said FEI President Ingmar de Vos. “We are looking forward to a fantastic celebration of top level sport as all the disciplines come together to crown their world champions at the Games in two years’ time.”

In the games, riders will compete in the eight core equestrian disciplines of show jumping, dressage and para-equestrian dressage, eventing, driving, endurance, vaulting and reining.

2016 Country Music Awards studded with North Carolina stars For those not tuned into the World Series last Wednesday night there was another celebration happening on television as music city marked the 50th Anniversary of the Country Music Awards. North Carolina musicians could be seen on the red carpet and heard from the big stage in Scottie McCreery, Parmalee, Charlie Daniels, Eric Church, Rhiannon Giddens, Randy Travis, and more.

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Top, North Carolina natives Eric Church and Rhiannon Giddens perform “Kill A Word” at the 50th Annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville. Above, The Charlie Daniels Band performs “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” with Brad Paisley (R).

Right, Scotty McCreery on the red carpet.

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North Carolina had it’s very own version of Paul Revere in 16-year-old Betsy Dowdy.

By the fall of 1775 the last Royal Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore had made it his mission to tear into Northeastern N.C. with a fervor and the news began to reach Currituck County where Dowdy lived. Late one night the young woman overheard the news of attack in a late night conversation between her father and a neighbor. Someone had to ride out and alert General William Skinner and after learning that Dunmore’s impending assault on their colony included the killing of her beloved farm animals — Dowdy decided she was the girl for the job. She rode her pony 50 miles to warn General Skinner that British troops were planning to attack her colony.

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