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Old Glory The U.S. flag at Frying Pan Towers that was featured live on a solarpowered camera being torn to shreds

by Hurricane Florence has brought $10,900 at auction on Monday.

The flag became a symbol of N.C.’s resilience as thousands of viewers watched it fly on the livestream 38 miles off the N.C. coast last month.

EBay Inc. said 25 people bid 96 times for the flag. It’s not known who made the winning bid. Proceeds will go to the American Red Cross and its relief efforts. The “Flag and Banner” company announced it will donate a new American flag to replace it.

Richard Neal bought Frying Pan Tower in 2010 after the former Coast Guard lighthouse was deemed obsolete due to GPS navigation. Neal put the tower up for sale in May, but retained majority control of the site, which is now a bed-and-breakfast operated by Neal and his partners.

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Court hears governor’s suit against state confirmation process Raleigh The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether legislators can reject a governor’s choices for some jobs. The case stems from Gov. Roy Cooper’s lawsuit that claims the legislature’s confirmation process, passed in 2016, is unconstitutional.

GOP lawmakers say the governor can still nominate, supervise and remove officials.

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Rodanthe A New York man died while swimming of the coast of North Carolina near Rodanthe. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore says the 63-year-old man died Monday. This death is the fifth swimming-related death off the seashore this year.

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People line up at the Supreme Court on the first day of the new term, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018.

Charlotte The Republican National Convention will be held in Charlotte in August of 2020.

The city was informally announced as the host over the summer, but party leaders held a news conference on Monday saying the convention will be Aug. 24 through 27, with plans to nominate President Donald Trump for re-election. In 2012, Charlotte hosted the Democratic National Convention where then-President Barack Obama was nominated for a second term.

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North Carolina legislature returns to pass two Florence-related bills

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Fifth drowning death this year at Outer Banks

Republican National Convention date set for Charlotte

Special session passes bipartisan hurricane recovery plan

With 1 seat vacant, Supreme Court justices launch the new session The U.S. Supreme Court could consider landmark cases this session including NC district maps

By Donna King North State Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. — With Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination in limbo, a shorthanded Supreme Court appeared evenly split Monday over a potential habitat for an endangered frog in the first arguments of the new term.

The arguments and the appearance of the eight justices on the bench — with an empty place on the far right where a ninth would sit — underscored the unusual environment in which the high court began its new term.

Republicans had hoped to have Kavanaugh confirmed in time for Monday’s session, an addition that could cement conservative control of the court.

But the vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination has been delayed while the FBI investigates allegations against him of sexual misconduct.

The case argued Monday morning concerns a dispute over Louisiana timberland that was designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the dusky gopher frog, even though the frog is found only in Mississippi.

The conservative justices appeared sympathetic to the Weyerhaeuser Co. timber company that sued over the designation while liberals seemed inclined to See COURT, page A2

RALEIGH — Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly returned to Raleigh on Tuesday for a special session to address issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. The two bills had support from both parties in the legislature as well as from the governor.

Senate Bill 2, “School calendar & pay/Hurricane Florence,” focused on addressing the disruptions caused by the storm to the state’s school systems.

House Bill 4, “Hurricane Florence Emergency Response Act,” addressed a broader array of areas affected by the hurricane.

S.B. 2 was presented in a joint appropriations committee by New Hanover County Sen. Michael Lee. Lee described the devastation that Florence caused in his home county, where hard-hit Wilmington is located. He described how his neighbors had to wait for hours in gas lines only to discover there was none left and had to walk empty aisles at grocery stores before returning to homes that didn’t have power ofSee FLORENCE, page A2

“Hurricanes usually last a day. They don’t go 2 miles an hour. They don’t last for three straight days. It’s like we had three hurricanes a day for three days.”

Sen. Michael Lee (R-New Hanover County)

Lawmakers debate fix after conservation fund lapses

By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — A popular program that supports conservation and outdoor recreation projects across the country expired after Congress could not agree on language to extend it.

Lawmakers from both parties back the Land and Water Conservation Fund, but the program lapsed Monday amid dispute over whether its renewal should be part of a broader package of land-use and parks bills.

A Senate committee approved a bill on Tuesday to permanently reauthorize the fund and ensure it is fully paid for.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 16-7 to endorse a bill offered by Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, the panel’s top Democrat. Five Republicans joined all 11 Democrats to advance the bill to

the full Senate.

Cantwell calls the conservation fund “the key tool” that Congress uses to help communities “preserve recreation opportunities and make the most cost-effective use of the land.”

Cantwell’s bill has 47 co-sponsors, including six Republicans.

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), called the 54-year-old fund one of the most popular and effective programs Congress has ever created.

“I know my colleagues agree with me,” Burr said last week on the Senate floor.

Burr called the congressional inaction frustrating, since no one disagrees that the program is valuable and cost-effective.

The program uses federal royalties from offshore oil and gas drilling to fund conservation and public recreation projects around the See CONSERVATION, page A3

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Christian TV network enters world of 24-hour news The nonprofit channel’s success will mostly depend on donations, not advertisements.

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Christian TV network is entering the crowded world of 24-hour news broadcasting at a time when the mainstream news media is under increasing attack by President Donald Trump and some of his supporters, many of them evangelicals.

The Christian Broadcasting Network’s news channel will provide a religious perspective that other channels lack, CEO Gordon Robertson told The Associated Press in an interview in advance of the network’s formal launch Monday.

The CBN News Channel, to air on local television stations in 15 U.S. cities, will produce original programming and commentary on everything from the power of prayer to Justin Bieber’s faith and Christian persecution in the Middle East, Robertson said last week.

Robertson, son of evangelist Pat Robertson, said he wants the channel to bring people together.

But it is making its debut in an increasingly fractured media landscape and divided nation. Trump sometimes uses evangelical outlets to reach supporters, while shunning other news outlets.

“Trump’s modus operandi is not essentially to reach out to new audiences, but to create division and polarization to energize his base,” said Mark Ward, an associate professor of communication at the University of Houston-Victoria, who writes about evangelical mass media.

“If that’s your strategy and evangelicals are such a huge part of your base, why would you not use the media organs that are available?” Ward said.

Pat Robertson helped revolutionize religious TV through the Christian Broadcasting Network.

He also ran for president in 1988 and worked to galvanize conservative Christians into a political force in the 1990s.

Last year, Trump told Pat Robertson on his show, “The 700 Club,” that he has “a tremendous audience.”

“You have people that I love, the evangelicals,” Trump said.

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CEO of Christian Broadcasting Network and son of founder Pat Robertson, Gordon Robertson, speaks during an interview at CBN headquarters in Virginia Beach, Va. on April 2, 2018.

“What I think is missing is an opportunity for someone to come in and just tell their story from their point of view, not give it an angle, not try to be argumentative.”

Gordon Robertson, CEO, Christian Broadcasting Network David Brody, CBN’s chief political analyst in Washington, also has interviewed the president as well as Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, among others in the White House. Brody recently co-authored the book, “The Faith of Donald J. Trump.”

Critics have accused Brody and the elder Robertson of being less than objective.

“Brody has bragged about having unprecedented access to this White House, which makes sense because he’s throwing them softballs,” said Kyle Mantyla, a senior fellow for the liberal organization People For the American Way, which runs the Right Wing Watch

project.

Gordon Robertson said critics are missing the point.

“What I think is missing is an opportunity for someone to come in and just tell their story from their point of view, not give it an angle, not try to be argumentative,” he said. “I think we’ve been criticized for allowing people to speak. But from my point of view, we want that.”

For the past two decades, CBN has produced shows and run them on the ABC Family channel, now known as Freeform, as well as CBN’s own online platforms.

Many of those shows will run on the new channel, which is airing on the sub-channels that local stations started broadcasting after switching to a digital signal.

Among the shows included in the news channel’s lineup are “Jerusalem Dateline” which will focus on Israel, and “Faith Nation” which is centered on politics. The channel also will provide programming about healthy living and entertainment, Gordon Robertson said.

Those profiled by CBN include Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The network

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After House rules were supspended to lift limit on sponsors, virtually all members rise to sponsor Florence relief bill.

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“This was not a normal hurricane,” Lee said. “I’ve had some people say, ‘Wow, you’re lucky this was only a Category 1.’ Hurricanes usually last a day. They don’t go 2 miles an hour. They don’t last for three straight days. It’s like we had three hurricanes a day for three days.”

North Carolina superintendent of public instruction Mark Johnson told the committee that 1.2 million students were affected and more than 100,000 were still not in school.

“There are schools that have not reopened, and there are others that will never reopen,” House Education Chairman Craig Horn said.

The bill allowed flexibility for local education agencies (LEAs) to waive as many as 20 days of school

if they are in a federally declared disaster area. The bill also provided pay for teachers and other school personnel, both permanent and contract employees, so they would continue to receive paychecks even on canceled school days. With many families’ livelihoods destroyed, legislators said this was the only income many of these families would have to rely on.

H.B. 4 gave the same areas of the state flexibility when it comes to the upcoming November midterms. They are allowed to offer more days of voter registration and can move one-stop voting locations if a unanimous vote of the local elections board approves. In one of the only partisan divides of the day, Democrats tried to amend that provision from “unanimous” approval to “majority” approval but were not able to pass their amendment.

The bill also created a Hurri-

cane Florence Disaster Recovery Fund to be administered by the Office of State Budget and Management in order to pay for things like debris cleanup and the effort to contain out-of-control mosquito populations. They put an initial investment of $56.6 million into the fund.

The state budget director, Charles Perusse, an appointee of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, made clear that the executive branch wanted to cooperate and approved of the creation of this fund.

Perusse told the joint committee that Cooper had charged him with cooperating with legislative leaders to create a “bold, comprehensive, data-driven recovery plan together.” He also said while hurricane recovery plans typically take 2-3 months, this one looked on track to be completed in 2-3 weeks.

back the government.

And even though the absence of a justice can prod the court to compromise, pointed disagreements between the two sides of the court emerged in the course of the hourlong arguments.

Justice Elena Kagan said the company seemed to be arguing that the Endangered Species Act “would prefer extinction of the species to the designation of an area which requires only certain reasonable improvements in order to support the species.”

But a few minutes later, Justice Samuel Alito jabbed at Kagan. “Now this case is going to be spun, we’ve already heard questions along this line, as a choice between whether the dusky gopher frog is going to become extinct or not. That’s not the choice at all,” Alito said, adding that the only issue is whether private landowners or the government is going to pay to preserve land that could support an endangered species.

The justices could hold onto the case and order a new round of arguments once the bench is full or resolve the case narrowly. If the court is tied on a decision, it would only affirm a lower court’s ruling. If Kavanaugh were to be confirmed, he can be seated mid-session.

“The only cases that he would not be involved in would be the cases that have already been argued in the court,” said Greg Wallace, law professor at Campbell Law School.

When the court met just after 10 a.m., it was the first time in more than 30 years without Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired over the summer. Kennedy was considered the swing vote on the court during his decades on the bench. If Kavanaugh were to replace him, analysts say he isn’t likely to take the same role.

“He’ll be more reliably conservative than justice Kennedy,” said Wallace. “If there is going to be a swing vote that develops on

also has been monitoring the story of Andrew Brunson, a U.S. pastor detained in Turkey on charges of espionage and terrorism-related crimes.

The battle over Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, fueled much of the channel’s news shows last month during its soft launch in a handful of U.S. cities.

“We don’t always sit here and say, ‘Is there a Bible story that corresponds with this today?’” news director Rob Allman said during an interview last week at CBN’s studios in Virginia Beach. CBN also has studios in Washington and Jerusalem.

CBN is launching the new channel in part to appeal to a growing number of viewers who cancel cable subscriptions in favor of streaming services and free broadcast TV. The nonprofit channel’s success will mostly depend on donations, not advertisements.

Most donors are older and like to watch TV. “There’s something that happens to people after the age of 50,” Gordon Robertson said, “where they start thinking about legacy and they start thinking about eternity.”

the court, like we had with Justice Kennedy, it will be much more likely Chief Justice Roberts than a Justice Kavanaugh.”

Chief Justice John Roberts proclaimed the end of the last term and the start of the new one, then briefly congratulated Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her 25 years on the court.

“We all look forward to sharing many more years with you in our common calling,” Roberts told the 85-year-old Ginsburg, who now sits immediately to Roberts’ left in the court’s seniority-based seating plan.

Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving member of the current court, was to Roberts’ right. Ginni Thomas, the justice’s wife, watched the morning arguments from seats reserved for justices’ guests.

It was mostly business as usual. The justices turned down roughly 1,400 appeals that had been awaiting decision over the summer. Lawyers were sworn in as members of the Supreme Court bar.

As the session continues, the court isn’t likely to tackle the type of high-profile cases they took on last session, but North Carolina’s district maps could make their way to the high court.

“There are a list of very important cases, there is of course the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case that the court could take up, there is a challenge that’s percolating regarding President Trump’s cancellation of the DACA program,” said Wallace. “There is also a very interesting case the court has been asked here about the interpretation of anti-discrimination law and the argument there is, does sex discrimination include discrimination based on gender identity? … we will keep an eye out for those.”

Decisions on the cases generally come three to four months after they are argued during the session.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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SOURCE: NORTH CAROLINA CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 IN NEWLAND, NC.

Larry Smith of Mountaintop Fraiser Firs in Avery County was selected to provide the Christmas tree for the Blue Room of the White House this year. Smith will deliver the real fraiser fir tree to First Lady Melania Trump in Washington, D.C. on November 19. Smith called the selection a “Cinderella Story” as White House officials selected a tree that had not been trimmed as it grew and developed a natural shape. Smith said that when he cuts the tree he will save a slice off the bottom and display it like a “championship ring.”

Senate leadership says Kavanaugh vote to come later this week Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) stokes idea of presidential bid with second trip to New Hampshire North State Journal Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Tuesday that the Senate will vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this week, likely on Friday. He contends that arguments raised this week by Democrats focused on Kavanaugh’s temperament and teenage drinking are their attempt to “move the goalposts” to prevent his confirmation.

“The time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close,” he said.

Democrats, meanwhile, were shifting tactics against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee as they await the results of the FBI’s background investigation, focusing now on questions about the truthfulness of Kavanaugh’s sworn testimony to the Senate.

Contributing to that argument Monday was N.C. State History Professor Charles “Chad” Ludington, who said he is a former Yale classmate of Kavanaugh’s. Ludington said he challenges Kavanaugh’s testimony about his drinking, calling him “a frequent drinker and a heavy drinker.” But statements released by the White House from two other Yale classmates conflict with his accounts saying they never saw Kavanaugh black out or treat women with disrespect.

In the meantime, the FBI says it has finished interviewing a friend of Kavanaugh. The man was alleged to have attended a high school gathering in the early 1980s where a woman says she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh, the man’s lawyer said Tuesday.

Mark Judge, who has denied any wrongdoing, completed his interview with FBI agents as part of the reopened background investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh, said his lawyer, Barbara “Biz” Van Gelder.

She declined to say exactly when it ended or what Judge was asked.

She had said Monday night that the interview was not completed.

Kavanaugh’s confirmation hinges on a handful of key Republican and Democratic senators who have not yet fully tipped their votes. One of them is Republican Jeff Flake of Arizona, who was greeted by hundreds of liberal protesters, vic-

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Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks at the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, in Boston, in front of a photo of him being confronted in an elevator Friday at the Capitol in Washington by two women who said they were sexual assault victims. They were imploring him to change his mind after he announced he would support Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. tims of sexual assault among them, during an appearance Monday in Boston. Flake has also appeared in New Hampshire twice, the state that hold’s the nation’s first primary election.

In March, Flake told New Hampshire Republicans that “someone needs to stop Trump” in the 2020 presidential contest. He said he may run — either as a Republican or an independent — if no one else does.

Flake and Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were instrumental last week in holding up Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote. They forced the White House to open a supplemental background investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against the judge.

The votes of the three Republicans and those of red-state Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota will largely determine whether Kavanaugh is confirmed.

Heitkamp noted that Trump himself called for a “broader” FBI investigation into the allegations.

She said, “I’m waiting to see what the results are.”

Kavanaugh has emphatically denied Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her at a gathering when they were teens. He has also denied an accusation from Deborah Ramirez, a

classmate at Yale, who said he exposed himself to her at a dorm party more than 25 years ago. A third claim — from Julia Swetnick, who is represented by attorney Michael Avenatti — accuses Kavanaugh of excessive drinking and inappropriate treatment of women at parties in the early 1980s. Kavanaugh denies that as well.

Democrats are also questioning Kavanaugh’s honesty, particularly over statements he made about his drinking in high school and college.

Kavanaugh testified that while he enjoys drinking beer, and often did so in high school, he never had memory lapses. He lashed out at senators who asked if he had ever blacked out. In one notable exchange, he snapped at Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., “Have you?”

Schumer said Kavanaugh was “rudely interrupting” senators in a way he’d never seen from a witness.

Pushing back on the Democratic attacks, Republicans said Kavanaugh had every right to be upset during the hearing.

McConnell said Kavanaugh was “rightfully angry” about the accusations, and he added, “Who wouldn’t be?”

Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, a Republican member of the Judiciary Committee, said Kavanaugh has only been responding to Democratic attacks.

“The time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky).

“He’s on trial for his life, so is his spouse, so are his parents, so are his kids, and he got mad. Now they are criticizing him for getting mad.

I think that’s the height of hypocrisy.”

The FBI is expected to spend the coming days investigating the sexual misconduct claims against Kavanaugh. Senators have said they want the investigation completed by Friday, but Democrats worry the deadline will limit the scope.

Trump said at a press conference he wants the FBI to do a “comprehensive” investigation and “it wouldn’t bother me at all” if agents pursued accusations made by the three women.

“My White House will do whatever the senators want,” Trump said. “The one thing I want is speed.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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“I can’t think of a better legacy we can leave for generations to come than to permanently reauthorize” the fund, Burr said.

Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, agreed. Bishop chairs the House Natural Resources Committee and is a key player on a range of public lands bills.

He said in a statement Monday that “LWCF can and will be reauthorized,” but said the best path forward is in a broader legislative package that addresses a growing maintenance backlog at national parks and other lands-related issues.

Bishop and Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, the top Democrat on the resources panel, recently announced a bipartisan agreement to permanently reauthorize the LWCF and address the multibillion-dollar maintenance backlog at the park service and other agencies.

The resources panel approved the bill last month, but the House adjourned until mid-November without voting on it.

“LWCF expired because Republican leaders let it expire, not because it’s controversial,” Grijalva said Monday. “The worst outcome” would be for GOP leadership to hold the conservation program “hostage” as a way to advance unrelated priorities, he said.

“Now is not the time to tie LWCF’s fate to bills that can’t pass Congress on their own steam. Let’s pass LWCF as soon as we get back in session and handle other issues as they arise,” Grijalva said.

The House bill from Grijalva and Bishop did not include a full-funding guarantee for the program. The Senate bill guarantees full funding.

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., urged permanent reauthorization of the conservation fund, which has typically been reauthorized in three-year increments.

“The permanence is important because you’ve got many individuals here who are working on longer-term projects and have the uncertainty of where we don’t know if Congress is going to fund it from one year to the next,” Daines said at a recent news conference in Montana.

Dave Chadwick, executive director of the Montana Wildlife Federation, called the conservation fund “an example of the kind of thing that can pull Americans together, which I think we need a little bit more of now.”

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Court rules that current ‘bathroom bill’ doesn’t ban transgender people

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RALEIGH — A lawsuit challenging the replacement for North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” is moving forward with a judge finding evidence that transgender plaintiffs are being harmed by a prohibition on new local antidiscrimination laws. Federal Judge Thomas Schroeder, however, rejected another key argument: that uncertainty created by the current law effectively discriminates against transgender people.

The lawsuit was originally filed against the 2016 law, HB2, which in many public buildings required people to use restrooms matching their birth certificates while giving businesses freedom to set their own policies for facilities. The replacement, passed the following year, reset regulations to their pre-controversy state and halted new local anti-discrimination ordinances until 2020.

Schroeder sided with plaintiffs’ arguments that the current law, known as HB142, largely thwarts their efforts to seek new LGBT protections.

“While HB142 does not prohibit Plaintiffs’ efforts at advocacy, it plainly makes them meaningless by prohibiting even the prospect of relief at the local level,” the judge wrote in his ruling late Sunday. He said transgender residents had shown evidence of harm from this preemption of new local ordinances.

Procedurally, the ruling is a mixed result for plaintiffs by rejecting one

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Drug sweep on tribal land leads to 76 arrests Swain County Federal, state, local and tribal officers contributed to an opioid task force raid on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ reservation. Seventy-six people were arrested, and officials seized 250 pounds of heroin, meth, pills and other drugs with a total street value of $2 million. Twelve of the arrested people face federal charges and could face 20-year prison sentences. The rest will have local or tribal charges.

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second time — they were also honored in 2014. Band members Tim Surrett and Buddy Melton also won individual awards. Melton won for Vocalist of the Year, and Surrett won for Bass Player of the Year.

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Rowan County James Parsons of Faith has been charged with bigamy after Rowan County Sheriffs determined he married a woman in June while he was still legally married to someone else. The 25-year-old Parsons is the adoptive brother of Erica Parsons, who was routinely abused until her death in 2015. His mother and her husband have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

grader at Granville Central in Stem, and he’s gotten his second trophy buck in the last year. Glosson won at March’s Dixie Deer Classic after getting a 141inch buck. On Sept. 24, he brought down a nine-point, 135-incher with a crossbow. Glosson hit the deer while hiding in a box blind then tracked it for 75 yards with help from his father.

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Brunswick County Shallotte police will not pursue charges against a repairman that fatally shot a pet monkey. The monkey escaped from his cage and attacked a woman, biting her and scratching her arms and legs. The woman fled the monkey, and the repairman shot it with his handgun. Police said that the owners had proper permits for the monkey, and the repairman had a concealed carry license.

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Couple manages to finish paper route despite being hospitalized following crash Buncombe County Christine and Ralph Davis have delivered the newspaper to Asheville residents for the past four years. In late August, they were working their nightly paper route when they were struck from behind by an alleged drunk driver. The crash caused their car to roll over, and they were hospitalized with injuries. Three hours later, they checked themselves out of the hospital and got a ride from someone who allowed them to finish their delivery route.

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State extends vaccination deadline due to hurricane Wake County The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services will give families until Dec. 1 to get proper vaccinations for school and daycare. Usually, students have to provide documentation by the 30th day of school, but Hurricane Florence caused some immunization clinics to be canceled, necessitating the extension. Some families may have had shot records damaged or lost in the storm, as well.

funding to two counties that suffered heavy rains and flooding during Hurricane Florence. The funds will be used to help control mosquito populations, which otherwise were expected to increase as a result of standing water. The money will be split between Pender, Brunswick and New Hanover counties.

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Manhunt for missing person turns up dead body of another person Stokes County Deputies searching for a missing person found a dead body last Wednesday, but it wasn’t of the person they were searching for. Stokes County police were searching the Pine Hall Road area for an unnamed person last seen in the area. They detected an odor coming from an abandoned home nearby and found a decomposing body.

The remains have not been identified, and the cause of death has not yet been determined.

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Beaches reopening for swimming after bacteria levels fall

Organization looking for oral histories of Civil War Cumberland County The North Carolina Civil War History and Reconstruction Center is looking for oral histories of the Civil War. The group’s goal is to collect stories from each of the 100 counties in the state and use them to teach school children what life was like back then.

The organization wants family stories that have been passed down through the generations, specifically about the subjects of culture, law and politics, women and the home front.

Onslow County Officials have given the green light for several North Carolina beaches to reopen after tests show that bacteria has fallen to safe levels. The beaches were closed after Hurricane Florence caused levels to spike due to flood-caused water contamination.

Precautionary advisories were lifted at Ocracoke Island, as well as most swimming areas in Carteret, Pender and Onslow counties.

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argument and allowing another to move forward.

But one reason the judge rejected their argument about uncertainty over restroom access, the plaintiffs noted Monday, is because he interprets the current law as allowing them to use restrooms matching their gender identity, rather than their biological sex. That’s helpful to transgender people, plaintiffs say, because even under the replacement law, many have feared retribution if they use what others might perceive as the wrong bathroom.

The judge wrote that “nothing” in the provision of HB142 regarding bathroom access “can be construed to prevent transgender individuals from using the restrooms that align with their gender identity.”

The ruling, which partly granted and partly rejected a motion to dismiss by state GOP leaders, allows the challenge to proceed against state officials regarding the moratorium on local nondiscrimination ordinances. The decision also drops the University of North Carolina as a defendant from much of the case, save for some unresolved claims relating to the period when the original HB2 law was in effect.

A spokesman for Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger said the leaders were still reviewing the decision and had no immediate comment. State legislative leaders had argued the lawsuit should be dismissed because plaintiffs couldn’t prove they’re being harmed by the current law.

School safety work goes on the road NSJ Staff SHELBY — Paul Norcross, founder of Phoenix Academy charter school in High Point, on Friday showed state lawmakers details of the new $400,000 active shooter detection system his school installed in August. The system uses acoustic sensors and infrared cameras to sense the flash and sound of gunshots and then automatically calls authorities.

Norcross met with members of the General Assembly’s school safety committee as they took their work to local communities. Meeting in Shelby, last week the N.C. House Select Committee on School Safety also heard from state Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson, Center for Safer Schools Director Kym Martin, and local education and law enforcement officials in Cleveland County.

“There are a tremendous number of people throughout North Carolina who want to have their voice heard in this and it’s hard to do that from a central location in Raleigh,” said Rep. John Torbett (R-Gaston) who chaired the Shelby meeting. “We also want to hear from students, so we decided to take it on the road.”

The committee has so far visited Charlotte, Watauga and Shelby. It was formed by House Speaker Tim Moore in the wake of Florida’s Parkland High School shooting, which elevated concerns

nationwide about campus safety. In May the committee presented findings and recommendations to lawmakers on student mental health and security measures.

“We decided early on to take a twopronged approach: one is an offense posture and one is a defense posture,” said Torbett. “Defensive is pretty much facilities or how do you harden or strengthen our technologically advanced facilities for security. The bigger issue, if we can find a solution to it, is the offensive posture, the mental and the behavioral health side.”

Based on the committee’s findings, the state legislature has spent $35 million on boosting mental health resources on campus, increasing security hardware and releasing an app that allows anonymous reporting of tips regarding campus safety. Another $241 million from the state’s education lottery will go into upgrading public school facilities.

“Were trying to put it in the hands of students as much as we can. Five million dollars goes to a Speak UP! application which allows them to go to their phones and report something that just doesn’t seem right, or if they hear of someone wishing to cause harm to themselves or other people, they can report all that.”

Next the committee will be working on boosting safety on university campuses.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

Cut all the red tape out of the federal budget

The major thing missing in that equation in Washington lately has been ‘budget restraint.’

UNTIL 1925, the federal government used to wrap official federal documents in red tape. It made things look “official,” borrowing from regal Spanish and British traditions of long ago.

President Calvin Coolidge and his budget director, Herbert Mayhew Lord, with whom he met personally every Monday morning at 9:15 a.m. sharp, reasoned that if they replaced the official “red tape” with regular white string, they could save tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars each year.

So they did.

President Coolidge and Lord literally “cut the red tape” out of government spending.

Even “waste in government” was turned into budget savings. An employee on the General Supply Committee figured that “seven barrels of spoiled, soused (pickled) seal shoulders from Alaska” could be sold for $20 as ‘crab bait’ to New England fishermen.

That $20 was used to pay off some of what was then a very slim national debt of $21 billion, or 0.1 percent of the $21 trillion of national debt we have today.

It worked. Under President Coolidge, the federal budget was reduced to close to $3 billion (not trillion) and held flat for his six years in office.

As a result of his initial tax cuts, the economy took off and generated surplus revenues to the federal treasury which, combined with budget restraint, allowed the Coolidge Administration to reduce overall federal debt by 33 percent.

Tax cuts; economic growth; budget restraint; debt repayment.

Lather, rinse, repeat and do it again and again and again.

It works.

The major thing missing in that equation in Washington lately has been “budget restraint.” We did not have a Calvin Coolidge in the White House when Presidents Obama and Bush 43 were occupants.

It remains to be seen if President Trump will put the brakes on spending; he has two more years to become the next Coolidge.

We have not had a majority of 50 percent-plus 1 Democratic or Republican Calvin Coolidges in the U.S. Senate or House either where it really has to start anyway.

What is so hard to understand about not spending other people’s money?

Former Congressman Alex McMillan — with whom I worked for a decade — used to say that he thought of every new dollar spent by the federal government as if it came from the pocket of a hard-working person to whom $1 was very important. He was determined not to spend that person’s hard-earned dollar in a frivolous manner not critical to the overall best interest of the nation.

What would the budget look like today if everyone thought the same way? Would we spend taxpayer money on expensive pork-barrel projects such as the Railroad Museum in Strasburg, Pa.? Or the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska? How about any superfluous and unnecessary defense program that outlived its usefulness in the last war?

If you are a liberal and like the idea of more federal welfare and support programs, you have been duped for the past 40 years.

Explosive growth in spending on health care entitlements, Medicaid and Medicare plus the military and veteran health plans have crowded out spending on domestic programs which in 1960 was 68 percent of the budget.

Today it is less than 32 percent.

Here’s an indisputable fact: If we hold medical cost inflation to 1-2 percent per year or below, we could balance the federal budget in the next five years with no tax increases and no other cuts in the budget anywhere.

It can be done without sacrificing health care quality outcomes.

Small creative entrepreneurial companies are helping several large corporations hold their health care cost growth to 1-2 percent per year today.

But we need to elect modern-day Coolidges to elective office first. To cut more than red tape. *budget facts from “Coolidge” by Amity Shlaes 2013

GUEST OPINION | MICHAELA DODGE

Why low-yield nuclear warheads are critical to preventing nuclear war

Credibility is at the heart of deterrence, and Russian actions indicate that the United States is losing credibility.

LAST MONTH, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) introduced a bill that if approved would stop the administration’s plans to modify select warheads on submarine-launched ballistic missiles to give them a lowyield option.

Such a step is unwise, considering the compelling rationale that drove the Pentagon to initiate the effort.

The bill argues that U.S. low-yield options would “increase a likelihood of a nuclear war.” But the truth is just the opposite.

If an adversary thinks the U.S.’s only option in response to an adversary’s limited nuclear use is to use U.S. high-yield nuclear weapons, an adversary might be tempted to use his low-yield nuclear weapons thinking that U.S. response options are not credible.

As the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review states, the development of a lowyield nuclear warhead for a U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile is the fastest way to prevent this miscalculation.

The sense of urgency is justified.

Russia has stated that its first use of a nuclear weapon could serve to “de-escalate” a conflict on terms favorable to Russia. Moscow holds military exercises that simulate use of a nuclear weapon and periodically threatens U.S. allies in Europe with nuclear attack.

Credibility is at the heart of deterrence, and Russian actions indicate that the United States is losing credibility.

The Lieu bill argues “a low-yield nuclear warhead would be indistinguishable to an adversary from the high-yield W76 and W88 submarine-launched warheads.” The U.S. however, has always assumed Russia would be able to distinguish between a limited nuclear launch and a large-scale nuclear exchange, even if the risk of a failure for such a distinction is not zero.

The United States has had low-yield nuclear weapons in its arsenal

for decades, and their existence has not lowered the threshold for nuclear warfare.

Additionally, the United States currently must rely on aircraft to deliver low-yield weapons. Diversifying the delivery method is important for scenarios in which these specialized aircraft are unavailable or don’t have an ability to penetrate an adversary’s airspace.

Few would advocate relying on a single leg of the nuclear triad, owing to concerns over survivability. Similarly, few ought to support relying only on-air delivery of low-yield nuclear warheads.

Converting a W76 warhead to provide for a low-yield option is not technologically challenging, nor is it particularly costly either.

British submarines reportedly carry low-yield nuclear warheads.

Insofar as Moscow wouldn’t be able to distinguish a British launch from an American one, adding a low-yield option seemingly should not increase the risk of a miscalculation and could conceivably decrease it.

The complexity of nuclear threats has increased since the end of the Cold War, yet the United States has decreased the variety of nuclear warheads in its arsenal.

A strong and diverse nuclear arsenal deters other nations from using their nuclear weapons and provides security for both the United States and its allies that rely of U.S. nuclear guarantees for their own security.

Any policy precluding such a diversity for years to come is just plain wrongheaded.

Michaela Dodge specializes in missile defense, nuclear weapons modernization and arms control as policy analyst for defense and strategic policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies. This article was first published in The Daily Signal.

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COLUMN | L. BRENT BOZELL III AND TIM GRAHAM

Literary taste vs. Stormy Daniels You can see why they love this book: their deeply felt and eternal hope that this porn star will ruin Donald Trump’s presidency.

IT’S FASCINATING when the national media’s literary tastemakers make room for the transparently tasteless. Time magazine offered its picks for “The Best New Books to Read Fall 2018,” and two ticks down from former first lady Michelle Obama’s memoir was “Full Disclosure” by anti-Trump porn star/stripper Stormy Daniels.

She “promises to divulge plenty — from her alleged relationship with the President to her muchcontested NDA.” St. Martin’s Press is promoting its Daniels memoir with blurbs from The New York Times (“The latest and perhaps juiciest Trump tell-all to land this year”) and New York Magazine (“Due to land in October like a late tropical storm, and could affect the midterm elections”). You can see why they love this book: their deeply felt and eternal hope that this porn star will ruin Donald Trump’s presidency.

Vogue magazine, run by Democrat fundraiser Anna Wintour, has a splashy, big story in the latest issue called “Stormy Daniels, Resister-in-Chief,” complete with photos of dolled-up Daniels in a swanky blue gown. Wintour glamorized Hillary Clinton on the cover but would have never, ever nudged her photographers to put a glossy touch on Bill Clinton accusers like Gennifer Flowers or Paula Jones.

Vogue’s puff piece was penned by Amy Chozick, who covered Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign for The New York Times. Chozick gushed: “She is blunt, foulmouthed, funny. I ask her for more details on her alleged 2006 affair with Trump.” Daniels quipped: “How many details can you really give about two minutes? ... Maybe. I’m being generous.”

Chozick also labored to paint Daniels as another suburban mom, saying, “friends think of Daniels as Hannah Montana, the pretty girl with the double life.” Someone should tell her that was a kiddie show on the Disney Channel, not on Penthouse TV. The Washington Post also promoted Daniels’ book with a review on the front page of its Sunday Outlook section on Sept. 23. The Post has been absolutely allergic to reviewing substantive bestsellers by conservative authors like Mark Levin, yet it rolled out the red carpet to promote a memoir by a surgically enhanced sexpot who sells T-shirts of herself dressed in lingerie with the words “Don’t make me spank you.”

The Post claims to be all about facts, but book reviewer Jill Filipovic insisted on denying obvious facts in her review: “Stormy Daniels would like to set the record straight. ... She’s not a gold digger or an attention seeker or a bimbo looking for her 15 minutes. And she’s definitely not a liar.”

Forget she was offered $15,000 from a sister publication of In Touch magazine, plus $130,000 for the nondisclosure agreement she later broke, plus her take from the “Make America Horny Again” tour.

Post readers were “treated” to the porn star’s

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Racial disparities in school discipline

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claims about the presidential genital area: “She is vulgar and candid in the way lovably brassy women always are, sharing the farcical and just-too-much, from descriptions of Trump’s genitals and personal grooming habits (Pert Plus up top, not enough attention down below).”

Then came the book blurb. Filipovic approvingly concluded: “Her book is not exactly a gripping read or a remarkable piece of literature, but it’s blunt, funny and authentic. She is all the things women are not supposed to be. And yet you like her — not in spite of her rule-breaking but for it. Perhaps more important, when you read her story, you believe her.”

Naturally, the publisher skipped the “not a remarkable piece of literature” half. No one’s going to write, “Move over, Maya Angelou.” It’s OK; the book advance has been cashed. For the media, good taste won’t be back in vogue until a Democrat sits in the White House again.

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

Faced with threats from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, schools have instituted new disciplinary policies.

NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN

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In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

59 The net number of House seats the Democrats could pick up in November

A RACE-BY-RACE analysis at ScottRasmussen. com shows that if everything breaks their way between now and November, Democrats could pick up a total of 59 seats in the House of Representatives.

Currently, 208 House races are rated as at least tilting in the Democratic direction. Winning those races would reflect a net gain of 13, more than half of the 23 needed to gain majority control. They could win the majority simply by taking 10 of the 19 toss-ups currently in play.

If they won all the toss-ups, there are 12 more races barely tilting in the GOP direction now.

With a good Democratic turnout in November, they could flip as well. With a very good night for Nancy Pelosi’s party, another 15 Republican seats might be at risk. Add it all up, and it gives the Democrats a potential upside of gaining 59 seats on Election Day. That would give them a 254-181 majority.

For the Republican Party to keep its majority

PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s first education secretary, Arne Duncan, gave a speech on the 45th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., where, in 1965, state troopers beat and tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful civil rights marchers who were demanding voting rights. Later that year, as a result of widespread support across the nation, the U.S. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. Secretary Duncan titled his speech “Crossing the Next Bridge.” Duncan told the crowd that black students “are more than three times as likely to be expelled as their white peers,” adding that Martin Luther King would be “dismayed.”

Gail Heriot, a law professor at the University of San Diego and a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and her special assistant and counselor, Alison Somin, have written an important article in the Texas Review of Law & Politics, titled “The Department of Education’s Obama-Era Initiative on Racial Disparities in School Discipline” (Spring 2018).

The article is about the departments of Education and Justice’s “disparate impact” vision, wherein they see racial discrimination as the factor that explains why black male students face suspension and expulsion more often than other students.

Faced with threats from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, schools have instituted new disciplinary policies. For example, after the public school district in Oklahoma City was investigated by the OCR, there was a 42.5 percent decrease in the number of suspensions. According to an article in The Oklahoman, one teacher said, “Students are yelling, cursing, hitting and screaming at teachers and nothing is being done but teachers are being told to teach and ignore the behaviors.” According to Chalkbeat, new high school teachers left one school because they didn’t feel safe. There have been cases in which students have assaulted teachers and returned to school the next day.

would require winning at least 10 of the 19 tossup races and successfully defending the 27 seats potentially at risk.

Currently, the ScottRasmussen.com Generic Ballot Poll shows Democrats with a nine-point advantage (up from six a week ago). Other polling shows similar results. If that’s the margin on Election Day, the Democrats would almost certainly win control of the House.

Despite that, 77 percent of Republican voters still expect their team to retain control of the House following November’s elections. That level of confidence concerns GOP strategists who believe it might lead some Republican voters to stay home rather than vote.

Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology and is published by Ballotpedia, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Encyclopedia of American Politics.

Many of the complaints about black student behavior are coming from black teachers. I doubt whether they could be accused of racial discrimination against black students. The first vice president of the St. Paul, Minn., chapter of the NAACP said it’s “very disturbing” that the school district would retaliate against a black teacher “for simply voicing the concern” that when black students are not held accountable for misbehaving, they are set up for failure in life.

An article in Education Week earlier this year titled “When Students Assault Teachers, Effects Can Be Lasting” discusses the widespread assaults of teachers across the country: “In the 2015-16 school year, 5.8 percent of the nation’s 3.8 million teachers were physically attacked by a student.

Almost 10 percent were threatened with injury, according to federal education data”.

Measures that propose harsh punishment for students who assault teachers have not been successful. In North Carolina, a bill was introduced that proposed that students 16 or older could be charged with a felony if they assaulted a teacher. It was opposed by children’s advocacy and disability rights groups. In Minnesota, a 2016 bill would have required school boards to automatically expel a student who threatened or inflicted bodily harm on a teacher for up to a year. It, too, was opposed, even in light of the fact that teachers have suffered serious bodily harm, such as the case in which a high school student slammed a teacher into a concrete wall and then squeezed his throat. That teacher ended up with a traumatic brain injury.

There are plenty of visuals of assaults on teachers. Here’s a tiny sample: Florida’s Seminole Middle School, Pennsylvania’s Cheltenham High School, Illinois’ Rich Central High School. Byongook Moon, a professor in the criminal justice department at the University of Texas at San Antonio, says that according to his study of 1,600 teachers, about 44 percent of teachers who had been victims of physical assault said that being attacked had a negative impact on their job performance.

Nearly 30 percent said they could no longer trust the student who had attacked them, and 27 percent said they thought of quitting their teaching career afterward.

My question is: Is there any reason whatsoever for adults to tolerate this kind of behavior from our young people?

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

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Victims of Las Vegas shooting remembered on the year anniversary Las Vegas On Monday, survivors, victims’ family members, first responders and elected officials gathered in Las Vegas to mark the anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Fiftyeight people were killed when a gunman in the Mandalay Bay Hotel rained gunfire into a crowd of 22,000 attending an open-air country music concert.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo spoke at a daybreak memorial featuring the release of a flock of doves to honor the 58 people who were killed on Oct. 1, 2017.

Hundreds of guns stolen from UPS facility in Tennessee Memphis, Tenn.

About 400 guns have been stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Memphis, Tenn., and authorities are concerned about the theft’s potential effect on public safety. Two people driving a U-Haul truck stole the weapons from a UPS facility in Memphis on Sunday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday. The agency is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Obama backs more than 200 Democrats ahead of midterms Washington, D.C. Former President Barack Obama is expanding his influence ahead of November’s midterm elections. On Monday, he released a second slate of endorsements for Democrats running for offices ranging from local to national, bringing the total to more than 200. Among the most prominent candidates to win Obama’s support are self-proclaimed socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic congressional candidate who won an upset primary victory this summer in New York; Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor who is running for governor in Florida; and Kyrsten Sinema, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Arizona.

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nation & world Trump hails NAFTA revamp, Congress has 60 days to act

By Ken Thomas and Rob Gillies The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just ahead of a midnight deadline on Sunday, the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached a trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.

President Donald Trump hailed his revamped North American trade deal and vowed to sign it by late November. But a lengthy path remains to congressional approval on an issue that has served for two decades as a political football for U.S. industrial policy and the loss of manufacturing jobs.

Embracing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement during a Rose Garden ceremony, Trump branded the trade deal the “USMCA,” a moniker he said would replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. But Trump noted that the deal would need to be ratified by Congress, a step that could be affected by the outcome of the fall congressional elections as Democrats seek to regain majorities in the House and Senate. When told that he seemed confident of congressional approval after his announcement, he said he was “not at all confident” — but not because of the deal’s merits or defects.

“Anything you submit to Congress is trouble no matter what,” Trump said, predicting that Democrats would say, “Trump likes it so we’re not going to approve it.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had opposed the deal un-

PALU, Indonesia — Brightly colored body bags were placed side-by-side in a freshly dug mass grave Monday, as a hard-hit Indonesian city began burying its dead from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 1,200 people and left thousands homeless.

The death toll, largely from the city of Palu, is expected to keep rising as areas cut off by the damage are reached. The magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck at dusk Friday and generated a tsunami said to have been as high as 20 feet in places.

Local army commander Tiopan Aritonang said 545 bodies would be brought to the grave from one hospital alone. The trench dug in Palu was 33 feet by 330 feet and can be enlarged if needed, said Willem Rampangilei, chief of Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

ry hotel in Palu where voices had been heard in the rubble.

People suffering from a lack of food and supplies were also becoming more desperate. Local television said around 3,000 residents had flocked to the Palu airport trying to get out. Footage showed some people screaming in anger because they were not able to board departing military aircraft. The airport has resumed only some commercial flights.

“We have not eaten for three days!” one woman yelled. “We just want to be safe!”

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo authorized the acceptance of international help, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, adding that generators, heavy equipment and tents were among the items needed. He said the European Union and 10 countries have offered assistance, including the United States, Australia and China.

“We will send food today, as much as possible with several aircraft,” Widodo told reporters in the capital, Jakarta, adding that a supply of fuel was also set to arrive.

Nugroho said conditions in the Balaroa section of Palu were particularly bad because the earth-

quake caused the ground to violently heave up and sink down in places, trapping many people under destroyed houses. In Petobo, another area of the city, the temblor caused loose, wet soil to liquefy, creating a thick, heavy mud that caused massive damage.

“In Petobo, it is estimated that there are still hundreds of victims buried in mud material,” Nugroho said.

Villagers who pulled out loved ones — alive and dead — over the weekend expressed frustration that it took rescue teams until Monday to reach Petobo.

Edi Setiawan, 32, said he and fellow villagers were able to rescue five children and four adults, including a pregnant woman. However, his sister and father were not among them.

“My sister was found embracing her father,” he said. “My mother was able to survive after struggling against the mud and being rescued by villagers.”

Another villager, 52-year-old Idrus, who uses one name, said that “up to Saturday we still saw many people screaming for help from the roofs. But we could not do anything to help them. Now their cries are no longer heard.”

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President Donald Trump is applauded as he walks out of the Oval Office to announce a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. til very recently, but he said Monday that his country was in a more stable place now that it had completed the negotiations. He said the deal needed to be fair since one trading partner is 10 times larger. He said Canada did not simply accept “any deal.”

“We got the right deal. We got a win-win-win for all three countries,” Trudeau said.

The agreement gives U.S. farmers greater access to the Canadian dairy market. But it keeps the former North American Free Trade Agreement dispute-resolution process that the U.S. wanted to jettison. It offers Canada protection if Trump goes ahead with plans to impose tariffs on cars, trucks and

Hard-hit Indonesian city buries its dead as toll tops 1,200

By Niniek Karmini and Rob Gillies The Associated Press

auto parts imported into the United States.

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) came out in support of the deal on Monday evening.

“We are especially appreciative for the administration’s efforts to address market access challenges with Canada for dairy, wheat and wine. NASDA has been pressing since 2014 for solutions to these challenges,” said NASDA President and New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte.

North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (N.C.-5) voiced her support for the deal and the president.

“Congratulations to President

Trump and his administration on this victory for America’s interests and groundbreaking achievement in securing digital trade, intellectual property and new agricultural markets. I look forward to Congress’s exertion of its authority over this agreement in the coming months,” she said in a statement.

NAFTA reduced most trade barriers in North America, leading to a surge in trade between the three countries. But Trump and other critics said it encouraged manufacturers to move south of the border to take advantage of cheaper Mexican wages, costing American jobs.

Trump had threatened to go ahead with a revamped NAFTA, with or without Canada. It was unclear, however, whether he had authority from Congress to pursue a revamped NAFTA with only Mexico.

Flanked by Cabinet members on a sunny morning at the White House, Trump said the pact was the “most important deal we’ve ever made by far,” covering $1.2 trillion in trade.

For Trump, the agreement offered vindication for his hardline trade policies that have roiled relations with China, the European Union and America’s North American neighbors while causing concerns among Midwest farmers and manufacturers worried about retaliation. Trump’s advisers view the trade pact as a political winner in battleground states critical to the president’s 2016 victory and home to tens of thousands of auto workers and manufacturers who could benefit from the changes.

“This must be done as soon as possible for health and religious reasons,” he said. Indonesia is majority Muslim, and religious custom calls for burials soon after death, typically within one day.

Local military spokesman Mohammad Thorir said the area adjacent to a public cemetery can hold 1,000 bodies. All of the victims, coming from local hospitals, have been photographed to help families locate where their relatives were buried. Video footage showed residents walking from body bag to body bag, opening the tops to check if they could identify faces.

Around midday, teams of workers, their mouths covered by masks, carried 18 bodies and laid them in the trench. A backhoe waited to push soil on top of the dead. More burials were expected to follow.

Military and commercial aircraft were delivering some aid and supplies. But there was a need for heavy equipment to reach possible survivors buried in collapsed buildings, including an eight-sto-

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The Hornets’ Marvin Williams — who played collegiately at UNC — guards the Celtics’ Kyrie Irving during last Friday’s exhibition at the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill.

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NC State, ECU will play Dec. 1 pending conference title games Raleigh It’s official: NC State will not be playing West Virginia this year. The Wolfpack had the nonconference game against the Mountaineers canceled due to Hurricane Florence last month. In its place, NC State will host East Carolina—which had a game at Virginia Tech scrapped the same weekend— on Dec. 1. The game is contingent on State and ECU not making the championship game of their respective conferences, which are both scheduled for that same day.

Season tickets for the West Virginia game will be honored.

The teams are also scheduled to open next season against each other.

Wolfpack joins AP poll, Duke falls out after loss New York NC State was one of five new teams to join The Associated Press college football poll this week after a 35-21 win over Virginia. The 4-0 Wolfpack are No. 23 in this week’s rankings, the first time NC State reached the Top 25 since ending last season ranked.

Virginia Tech rejoined the rankings by beating Duke on Saturday, sending the Blue Devils out of the poll after just one week. Alabama retained its hold on No. 1, followed by SEC rival Georgia.

Ohio State’s comeback win over Penn State vaulted the Buckeyes past Clemson for the third spot, while LSU stood firm at No. 5.

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4-star guard Lecgue picks the Pack Wolfeboro, N.H. NC State received its first commitment from the class of 2019 on Tuesday when fourstar combination guard Jalen Lecque announced he’d join Kevin Keatts’ program. The 6-foot-4, 190-pounder from New Hampshire’s Brewster Academy chose the Pack over Tennessee, Louisville, UCLA, Oregon, TCU and Texas Tech.

Lecque is the 29th-rated player in the senior class.

The Celtics point guard and former Duke star, who missed the Blue Devils’ game at UNC during his one year in Durham, played against the Hornets in a preseason game in Chapel Hill WOODY MARSHALL | AP PHOTO

Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson was happier with his defense’s performance against Rice.

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal

New-look Wake defense shows improvement with Clemson looming Clawson was more encouraged by what he saw on the field than the stat sheet. Wake’s defensive players did their assignments — the true meaning behind his “lined up” comment — and executed the game plan.

“I just liked the way that, when we gave up plays today, it was a physical mistake, not a mental mistake,” he said. “If we missed a tackle, we missed a tackle. If we didn’t cover something, we didn’t cover something. It wasn’t because we weren’t in the right coverage or we weren’t in the right alignment.

There were a lot less of those mistakes.”

In addition to the coaching change, Wake made some personnel moves on defense to get faster.

Sophomore Ja’Cquez Williams, a 210-pounder who had been playing the rover spot — a hybrid linebacker/safety position — was moved to the buck — a linebacker/defensive end role. That meant playing closer to the line and exchanging licks with bigger opponents. He responded with four tackles, double his total in the previous two weeks combined, and his first tackle-for-loss since the Tulane game.

Clawson also went all hands on deck in the secondary, playing a number of younger players to improve Wake’s depth in pass coverage.

“We made a commitment to roll guys in there,” he said. “Luke Masterson and Cameron Glenn kind of

CHAPEL HILL — Kyrie Irving didn’t get the chance to play at the Smith Center while he was at Duke because of an injury that cost him most of his one-and-done season with the Blue Devils.

So when the opportunity finally presented itself on Friday when his Boston Celtics played the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA preseason opener for both teams, he made it a point to rep his school by wearing a Duke basketball T-shirt in the locker room before the game.

“It is what it is,” the five-time All-Star said with a mischievous smile.

Irving might not have been able to help himself when it came to throwing a little shade at an old rival. At the same time, though, he admitted that it was something of a bucket list item to finally take the court at one of college basketball’s most iconic venues.

“There’s a lot of history here, a lot of tradition,” Irving said before scoring nine points with three assists in 22 minutes of Boston’s 104-97 loss to the Hornets. “Obviously any chance you get to play where (Michael Jordan) played, there’s nothing but respect that I have for the great UNC Tar Heels that came through here. Obviously, Duke and the rivalry, it’s awesome to finally get a chance to get a game in at the Dean Dome.”

Whether it was because of that respect or the fact that he never played against the Tar Heels either in Chapel Hill or Durham, Irving was greeted with mostly cheers from the crowd of 18,081 in attendance at the first NBA game in the Smith Center since 2006.

The same can’t be said for the other former Blue Devil on the Celtics’ roster.

Second-year forward Jayson Tatum heard mostly boos when he was introduced, but jokingly suggested that the UNC fans in the stands probably should have been more sympathetic to him.

“I only played one game here and we lost,” Tatum said. “And I played pretty bad, too. I only had like eight points and four fouls. It wasn’t my best game.”

Tatum had exactly eight points and four fouls again Friday. Only this time, it was just a warmup for a season in which his team harbors realistic championship hopes.

One reason for the Celtics’ optimism is the departure of LeBron James, who left eastern rival Cleveland for the Western Conference and Los Angeles this summer. Another is the return of injured stars Gordon Hayward and Irving, who missed the final 15 games of the 2017-18 regular season and all of the playoffs because of surgery on his left knee.

“Kyrie is terrific,” Boston general manag-

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The Demon Deacons bounced back from consecutive defensive meltdowns to top Rice

By Shawn Krest North State Journal THE BAR was low, but Wake Forest’s defense cleared it against Rice.

“We got lined up,” coach Dave Clawson said of his new-look defense, “and that was the goal this week.”

While it may sound like Clawson was happy that his maligned defenders simply found the field on Saturday, things weren’t quite that dire. After getting lit up in back-to-back games by Boston College —who scored 41 points — and Notre Dame — who put up 56 — Clawson made a change on his coaching staff.

Defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel was relieved of his duties the day after the Notre Dame game. Clawson shuffled duties on his defensive staff and brought former Holy Cross head coach Tom Gilmore on as a full-time assistant.

For one week, at least, the move paid dividends. After giving up 1,090 yards in back-to-back games, Rice managed just 370 — a season low for a Wake opponent.

“I’ll be the first to admit, Rice isn’t Notre Dame,” Clawson said.

“So regardless, there should have been improvement.”

“Obviously, Duke and the rivalry, it’s awesome to finally get a chance to get a game in at the Dean Dome.”

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TRENDING

Trevor Lawrence: The Clemson freshman quarterback — who was named the starter prior to Saturday’s game against Syracuse, leading to senior Kelly Bryant leaving the team and deciding to transfer — was hurt in the second quarter, leaving untested redshirt freshman Chase Brice, who had just eight career passes coming into the game, to run the offense in its biggest moments. Trailing by 10 points, Brice led two TD drives in the final 13 minutes to lead the Tigers’ comeback.

James Winston: The 2015 first overall pick, who missed the first three games of the season while serving a suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, will start Tampa Bay’s next game — at Atlanta — on Oct. 14, coach Dirk Koetter announced Monday. Ryan Fitzpatrick became the first player in league history to throw for more than 400 yards in three consecutive games while leading the Bucs to a 2-2 start in Winston’s absence, but Tampa Bay fell behind Chicago by 35 points Sunday against Chicago and Winston played the entire second half of the 48-10 loss.

Julian Edelman: The veteran receiver returned from his fourgame suspension for PEDs and is eligible to play Thursday when the Patriots host the Colts. There is no guarantee Edelman, who missed all last season after suffering a torn ACL in an August 2017 preseason game, will play, but he did suit up in three of the Pats’ four preseason games before having to leave the team. He has missed the past 23 meaningful New England games.

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

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Opening statements in a criminal trial stemming from a scandal over college basketball recruiting began Tuesday. The trial in Manhattan federal court surrounds charges brought against an aspiring sports agent, an AAU coach and an Adidas executive. All have pleaded not guilty. Four former assistant basketball coaches at major college basketball programs who were charged in the case are awaiting trial before other judges. The scandal brought down coaching legend Rick Pitino of Louisville, who was not charged.

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“At the time, I was like huge into conspiracies.”

Celtics guard and former Duke star Kyrie Irving apologizing for claiming the Earth was flat in February 2017.

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“I will keep speaking for my people.’’

New Panthers safety Eric Reid on continuing to be outspoken on race relations.

PRIME NUMBER

15 Wins for Ford through 29 NASCAR Cup Series races this season after High Point’s Ryan Blaney won Sunday on Charlotte’s new “roval.”

It was also the sixth win in the last seven races for Ford. Toyota is second with 12 wins — 11 of which have come from either Kyle Busch or Martin Truex Jr. — while Chevrolet has won just twice: the seasonopening Daytona 500 victory by Austin Dillon and Chase Elliott’s August win at Watkins Glen.

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Europe won the Ryder Cup in dominant fashion, 17½ to 10½, for the most lopsided victory since consecutive 18½ to 9½ victories by Europe more than a decade ago when the Americans looked utterly lost.

Tiger Woods (0-4) and Phil Mickelson (0-2) were winless for the U.S.

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Seahawks safety Earl Thomas broke his left leg in the fourth quarter while defending Arizona’s Chad Williams, who caught a tying touchdown pass.

Thomas, who wanted contract security beyond this season or a trade, made an obscene gesture toward the Seattle side of the field as he was being carted off.

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Mike Scioscia stepped down as manager of the Los Angeles Angels after 19 seasons on Sunday, ending the longest current tenure in the majors.

Scioscia guided the Angels to the franchise’s only World Series title in 2002, starting a stretch of six playoff appearances and five AL West titles in eight years. He finished with a 1,650-1,428 record.

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B3 Ryan Blaney (12) drives past the wrecked cars of Jimmie Johnson (48) and Martin Truex Jr. (78) to win the NASCAR Cup series race Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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Charlotte ‘roval’ race a smashing success for all except Johnson Speedway Motorsports’ Marcus Smith took a gamble on the first-time course — and it paid off

By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press CONCORD — Wherever NASCAR is headed these next few years, Marcus Smith proved he deserves a seat at the head negotiating table.

The head of Speedway Motorsports Inc. has been pushing for innovative changes in the sport, and he actually put his money where his ideas are by renovating Charlotte Motor Speedway into a combination oval and road course that made for one of the most exciting races of the season. There were so many unknowns surrounding Smith’s “roval” that fans were genuinely excited for Sunday’s playoff race (it helped that the word “roval” was a draw all its own, prompting casual fans to give a curious look at NASCAR for the first time in forever).

When the smoke from the postrace fireworks finally cleared Sunday, and N.C.’s own Ryan Blaney had washed down his playoff victory with a champagne toast led

by Smith and Charlotte’s loyal fans, NASCAR was able to sit back and celebrate a successful weekend.

It’s been a while since everything went this well — with Jimmie Johnson a prominent exception.

There won’t be a record eighth championship, at least not this year, because the most accomplished driver of his generation refused to play follow the leader across the finish line. Winless and losing the only sponsor he’s ever had in NASCAR, Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports team have not appeared to

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Charlotte Motor Speedway introduced its roval configuration to the NASCAR Cup series last weekend in Concord. be a contender this season. Had Johnson advanced to the second round of the playoffs it would have been a welcome victory, small as it may be since he entered the race a candidate for elimination.

Instead, Johnson found himself running inside the top 10 for a large chunk of the race, and after a late crash knocked out some of the most dominant cars, Johnson was second to Martin Truex Jr. over the final three laps.

Had Johnson stayed in line, he would have moved on to the playoffs. But he hasn’t won in over a year and the race was at Charlotte, where Johnson won eight points races on the oval and was once unbeatable. He made his move on the final lap and it was a spectacular disaster. First Johnson wheel-hopped as he tried to pass Truex, then his car slid through grass and shot back out, clipping Truex as Blaney slipped by both for the victory.

It’s hard to criticize Johnson for going for a drought-ending win.

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East Carolina at Temple Lincoln Financial Field Saturday, noon ESPNews

Preview: This AAC game matches two teams struggling to get above water. ECU (2-2) is trying to get above .500 for just the second time in the Scottie Montgomery era and first since they won the first two games of 2016. Temple (2-3) won its bowl game last year to move above .500 for the only time in the last two seasons.

Players to watch: Temple RB Ryquell Armstead is 13th in the country in rushing and has four straight 100-yard games — the first Owl to do so since 2002.

ECU’s Holton Ahlers leads all FBS true freshmen passers in rushing touchdowns (4) and is third in yardage (147).

Fast fact: Temple must lead all of college football in job titles. The Owls staff includes a Chief of Staff and a S.W.A.G. Coordinator (which stands for Specialist With Advanced Graphics).

What to expect: A balanced game between two teams that really need a victory at this point in the season.

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Where he truly messed up was in missing the final corner on the roval. Under the rules, Johnson was forced to stop his car and self-penalize himself for the whiff. When he drove off, he’d fallen from second to eighth, lost his cushion in the standings and ended up in a three-way tie for the final transfer spot in the playoffs — and he lost on a tie-breaker.

Had Johnson not stopped after the spin and let all those cars past him, he wouldn’t have finished eighth. He also would have forced NASCAR to decide whether to penalize him post-race for missing the turn.

That wasn’t one of the second guesses Johnson had on Monday.

He said on social media he would have only changed front brake bias as he headed into the braking zone because he believes that would have put him in a door-to-door race with Truex across the finish line.

He will never know. And his losing streak continues as he heads

this weekend to Dover International Raceway, site of his last victory nearly 17 months ago.

On the flip side, the first round of the playoffs could not have gone any better for Team Penske, which got a Brad Keselowski win in the opener, a Blaney win in the closer and all three of its drivers avoided elimination as the field was cut to 12.

That might not have been the case for Blaney had he not kept his car clean when Keselowski missed the entrance to the first turn on a restart with six laps remaining.

Keselowski led the front line into the tire barrier and knocked himself out of the race and ruined Kyle Larson’s chances at the win.

Blaney was in that mess but backed out of it unscathed.

His shot at advancing into the next round was intact, so he was content where he was in the running order on the final lap. Then came the gift from Johnson and he pounced, with mixed feelings after.

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high school, it was easy to see he was going to be a pro. He’s continued to develop and got the unbelievable opportunity to become a leader on our team going to the playoffs. He showed on the biggest stage what he could do.”

As much as the two former Blue Devils enjoyed playing in Chapel Hill, they used some of their free time on Thursday to make the short drive up U.S. 15501 to visit their old stomping grounds.

Although they didn’t get to see coach Mike Krzyzewski, who was out of town recruiting, Irving and Tatum did get to spend some time with this year’s crop of Duke one-and-done freshmen.

And they came away impressed.

“I’m excited to see the guys they have. They’re a very talented group,” Irving said of R.J. Barrett, Zion Williamson, Cam Reddish, Trey Jones and Joey Baker.

“Five freshmen coming in is pretty tough, but Coach K is pretty special about doing things like that. To get the No. 1, 2 and 3 player in the country to commit to your school just adds to the lineage of great players coming through.”

er Danny Ainge said of his veteran point guard. “He plays against all kinds of defenses, he can make people better, he takes responsibility loads off other players and he’s a great finisher of games.

We’re very fortunate to have him.”

Irving said he feels equally fortunate to be healthy and able to contribute again after the disappointing way his season ended last spring.

“Anytime anything you love is taken away from you, you’ve got to figure out a way to deal with it,” he said. “In this case, basketball was taken away from me. I did my best to rehab this summer and be supportive as I could with the guys. Now I’m looking forward to start this season.”

He’s especially anxious to play beside Tatum, an NBA all-rookie selection who emerged as an up-and-coming star by averaging more than 18 points per game in Irving’s absence during the postseason.

“He’s really special,” Irving said of Tatum, who also went the one-and-done route at Duke in 2016-17. “From the first time I saw him play when he was still in

“I don’t want people to look at it as, ‘Oh, you just won because the two guys wrecked,’” Blaney said.

“That’s what it was, and you don’t want to be kind of overjoyed about it. You have to have some pride in it, I guess, it’s a weird feeling. I hate using that ‘undeserved’ word because we deserved it because we put ourselves in that spot. But it’s just a different. I’ve never won a race like that before.”

It had to be equally weird for Blaney, the son of sprint car star Dave Blaney and a native of nearby High Point, who woke up Monday and found his local paper celebrating the win by none other than “Dave Blaney.” Ryan Blaney wasn’t complaining; his dad was at the track for the first time in nearly two months and the entire family celebrated Ryan Blaney’s first victory of the season.

Racing has become stagnant on 1.5-mile ovals and the lack of ontrack action has made selling tickets a challenge for race promoters.

Smith and his SMI group spent almost three years pushing for the roval race, which came the same season NASCAR used an experimental rules package in the AllStar race at Charlotte that Smith favored if for no other reason than it was something different.

Fans loved the All-Star rules (drivers did not), but Smith has focused mostly on what his customers are clamoring for. The roval provided something fresh and new, and Smith isn’t done pushing for more innovation.

He said after the checkered flag that he felt as if he himself had just won the race.

“I wanted there to be an opportunity to pass for the lead, for the win on that last lap,” Smith said.

“What happened is not what I had imagined or necessarily hoped for.

I think it was incredibly exciting.

The roar from the fans was all I needed to know that that was the moment that everybody will remember for a long time.”

If Smith’s ideas can create more moments like Sunday’s finish, then everyone should be listening to him.

“I only played one game here and we lost. ... And I played pretty bad, too. I only had like eight points and four fouls. It wasn’t my best game.”

Second-year forward Jayson Tatum

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App State preps for Tuesday game The Mountaineers will play at Arkansas State in a matchup of Sun Belt powers

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal APPALACHIAN State’s Scott Satterfield, like every other college football coach in America, would prefer to play all his team’s games on Saturdays.

But that’s not possible anymore, especially when you play in a non-Power 5 conference looking for creative ways to gain some national exposure.

So instead of playing their next game on a Saturday — or even the semi-traditional Thursday or Friday nights — Satterfield will take his Mountaineers to Jonesboro, Ark., next Tuesday for a rare midweek matchup against Sun Belt Conference rival Arkansas State.

The game will be televised in prime time by ESPN2.

“We don’t have any say on when the games are going to get played,” Satterfield said Monday on the conference’s weekly coaches teleconference. “It’s through the conference office. They pretty much tell you when you’re going to play.

The league office brings down the schedule and all we can do is go off of that.”

The odd scheduling is a product of a contractual agreement that gives ESPN exclusive access to Sun Belt football games.

Most of that content is offered to viewers via the network’s digital platform. In an effort to increase viewership, some of the games that are selected to be shown on traditional broadcast television are played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays — nights on which no other football is on.

“We regularly work with our league partners on ways to expand the distribution of content across our various platforms,” ESPN programming director Brent Colborne told Sports Pro Media. “The incremental events added from the expansion with the Sun Belt is a great complement to our current longterm agreement with the conference.”

That eight-year deal, signed in June, will increase the amount of money received by each league school from the reported $100,000 per school was getting under the previous contract.

While the increased revenue will undoubtedly benefit App State’s bottom line, it won’t do anything to help Satterfield prepare his team

for what could potentially be a Sun Belt Championship Game preview.

“It’s very odd to be playing midweek, particularly on a Tuesday like this,” the veteran coach said.

“You’re not playing (this) Saturday, so basically you just go out six days ahead and do a normal type game week, which will (start) on Wednesday. That will be like Sunday for us and we’ll go through our normal periods.”

The Mountaineers (3-1, 1-0) beat South Alabama 52-7 in their Sun Belt opener last weekend. They won’t play on either of the next two Saturdays in order to allow them to get back into a normal routine following the game at Arkansas State on Tuesday.

“It comes at a unique time for us, but you basically have a bye both before and after, really,” Satterfield said. “It really gives you a little bit of time off. So we get a couple of extra days right now, then you get a few days on the back half of it.

“It’s not traditional. We just try to take this little bit of time we have to maybe heal up some bruises and go forward.”

Tuesday’s game will be a showdown between the teams picked to win their respective divisions in the Sun Belt’s preseason poll.

While Arkansas State (3-2, 0-1) has already suffered a stumble, losing 28-20 last week to conference foe Georgia Southern, the Mountaineers are off to a fast start.

They’ve won three straight since losing in overtime to Penn State over Labor Day weekend and rank third nationally — behind only Alabama and Houston — with an average of 51.8 points per game.

That productivity has been something of a revelation, considering that the team lost record-setting four-year starting quarterback Taylor Lamb to graduation after last season.

As good as Lamb was, his replacement Zac Thomas has been even better. He’s completing nearly 70 percent of his passes for 896 yards and nine touchdowns.

“Zac’s played well throughout the first four games,” Satterfield said. “Our receiving corps has played well, our backs, our offensive line. I mean, all positions have had a good season so far. We feel like we can continue to get better, and that’s what we should be able to do heading through conference play.”

Unorthodox schedule and all.

“Later down the season we play a Saturday and then a Thursday game and get a five-day turnaround,” Satterfield said. “It is some odd scheduling, but you just have to make the best of it.”

Appalachian State’s offense ranks third in FBS in scoring at 51.8 points per game.

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Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins is pressured by NC State’s Brock Miller (12) and Darian Roseboro (45) during the Wolfpack’s win Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium.

NC State defense exceeding expectations After losing several players to the NFL, the Wolfpack are again shutting down the opposition

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal RALEIGH — NC State’s entire defensive line from last season — Bradley Chubb, B.J. Hill, Justin Jones and Kentavius Street — is in the NFL now.

But according to one of their replacements, the influence of those players is still being felt by this year’s team.

“Having those superstars in front of us, showing us how to do it, showing us the right way and not cutting corners, that was definitely great for all of us to see,” defensive tackle Larrell Murchison, a junior college transfer who redshirted in 2017 while waiting his turn, said after recording three sacks in Saturday’s 35-21 win against Virginia.

“They were great, but we have great coaches and the developmental program here is awesome.

So we know we have to step it up and can’t fall off at all.”

Because of the loss of those four draft picks, along with three other starters, it was generally accepted that the defense would be the Wolfpack’s weak link this season.

That hasn’t been the case so far. At least statistically, there has been little to no drop-off in its defensive performance through the first four games this season. State currently leads the ACC in scoring defense at just 15.3 points allowed and is fourth in total defense with 347.3 yards allowed per game heading into Saturday’s Atlantic Division showdown against Boston College at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Although the names don’t roll off the tongue as easily as those of first-round pick Chubb and the other departed stars, the Wolfpack’s new breed of defenders has been just as important to their

team’s 4-0 start and No. 23 national ranking as high-profile quarterback Ryan Finley and his explosive offensive unit.

Not that many outside the program have noticed.

“In my career, the unit that gets the least talk is the one that’s the most hungry,” Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said Monday at his regular weekly press conference.

“I think that happened with our defense.

“I think they listened to everybody talk about the other side of the ball all summer and it made them mad. They wanted to prove something. All they heard about was who’s leaving instead of who’s back.”

Among the most motivated of those returning players are linebacker Germaine Pratt, end Darian Roseboro and tackle Eurndraus Bryant, veterans finally getting their opportunity to shine after spending most of their careers as backups.

Pratt, in particular, has been a force as a leader in both the locker room and on the stat sheet, where his 36 tackles are 11 more than anyone else on the team. Holdovers Jarius Morehead, Nick McCloud, Dexter Wright and Tim Kidd-Glass — all of whom play in the secondary — have made significant contributions as well.

But it’s the emergence of newcomers such as Murchison, end James Smith-Williams, linebacker Isaiah Moore and true freshman nickel back Tanner Ingram that has helped State’s rebuilt defense mesh as a unit much faster than anyone expected.

Including, perhaps, its own coach.

“You never know how fast things are going to come together, but coach (Dave Huxtable) and the defensive staff worked really hard schematically to do some things differently and help some guys and our defensive front,” Doeren said. “We just have to continue to do that and focus on our fundamentals.”

Fundamentals such as tackling,

“In my career, the unit that gets the least talk is the one that’s the most hungry.

I think that happened with our defense.”

Dave Doeren, NC State coach which, in Doeren’s estimation, is vastly improved this season.

State tackled well enough last week to limit Virginia’s Jordan Ellis, the ACC’s second-leading rusher coming into the game, to just 30 yards on 13 carries (an average of less than three yards per run). It also sacked dynamic quarterback Bryce Perkins four times and severely limited his effectiveness in the passing game until the game was out of reach.

The Wolfpack will face an even greater challenge this week against BC, even if preseason conference Player of the Year A.J. Dillion isn’t 100 percent after injuring his left ankle in last week’s win against Temple.

The Eagles (4-1, 1-0 ACC) have already scored 216 points this season with an up-tempo attack that ran a school-record 105 plays against Temple. And while Dillion remains the focal point of the offense, improved quarterback Anthony Brown has added the element of a downfield passing game, which torched Wake Forest for five touchdowns of 27 yards or more earlier this season.

“This team will be the best team we’ve played, there is no doubt,” Doeren said of BC. “Statistically, they are a very impressive team and they have great players.

They have the nation’s best running back.

“They are scoring 45 points per game and are very physical. They have a lot of experience. It’s going to be a great game (with) two really good football teams that are hungry and playing well.”

IF THERE’S ONE LESSON to take from the brief history of the USFL, it’s this: Always perform due diligence.

Time and again in Jeff Pearman’s wildly entertaining account of the early 1980s competitor to the NFL, “Football for a Buck,” the upstart league runs into trouble when it fails to confirm identities and check facts.

There was Albert C. Lynch, the self-proclaimed linebacker who showed up at an open tryout for the Chicago Blitz. He was small, slow and had no experience playing football at any level, but he managed to figure out where the coaches were sending the players that earned a spot. He reported there, identified himself, and earned a spot on the team’s earliest roster, before his scam was figured out.

There was Dave Rimington, the standout offensive lineman at Nebraska and the player for whom the trophy given to the top center in college football is now named.

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Masterson responded with a team-high eight tackles and his first career interception. Glenn added four stops.

The other corner was a revolving door.

“We rolled Ja’Sir (Taylor), Amari (Henderson) and Essang (Bassey) all in at corner,” Clawson said.

The trio combined for 10 tackles, seven solo stops, an interception and a pass breakup. More importantly, Rice managed just 103 yards through the air, Wake’s lowest total surrendered since playing Georgia Tech’s triple-option running attack 11 games ago. The previous low for Wake’s defense this year was 281 passing yards.

“We just tried to play more guys and keep them fresh,” Clawson said. “We mixed more guys in there. Our goal was to prevent the mental fatigue. If guys play (fewer) plays, they can focus more when they’re in there. A lot of those mental breakdowns for us against Boston College came in the third and fourth quarter. Even against Notre Dame, they were late in the game.

I thought when they got physically tired, they got mentally tired.”

So Clawson went younger, faster and deeper.

“At a lot of those positions, we’re

After prolonged phone negotiations, he agreed to a contract with the Boston Breakers, becoming one of the first college stars to choose the new league over the established NFL. Or so they thought. At the huge media event at Logan Airport to welcome his arrival to Boston, the team found out that they’d been negotiating with an imposter all along, and the real Rimington had no intention of choosing the USFL. And there was John Barron.

Identifying himself as the publicist for the New York/New Jersey Generals, Barron called New York newspapers to tell them that Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor was negotiating a contract with the team and planned to jump ship from the NFL Giants.

As it turned out, John Barron didn’t exist and the person on the phone, doing his best to disguise his voice, was actually the team’s owner, Donald Trump.

The current president of the United States casts a long shadow over Pearlman’s work. The first page of the book, coming even before the title page, is a copy of a letter sent to Trump by an owner of another USFL team, John F. Bassett of the Tampa Bay Bandits.

Bassett admonished Trump for his “personal abuse” of the league commissioner and other owners,

young,” he said. “We’re down six guys this year on defense (due to injury). Three of them are linebackers and two are in the secondary. We’re going to have to make a commitment to play younger guys, live through their mistakes and just let them play.”

The Deacs seemed to respond to the commitment, playing with an increased level of intensity.

Rice had three straight threeand-out possession to open the game, gaining a total of three yards on the drives. Wake then got an interception on Rice’s fourth possession.

“To me, it looked like they were having fun,” Clawson said. “They were playing with emotion. They were flying around. The blitzes looked faster. I think they got some confidence from those first few drives. That’s a unit that for the eight quarters before had it handed to them pretty good. The Boston College game and the Notre Dame game, there wasn’t a lot of success in those games. I thought it was really important that we start fast today. Kids were smiling. It’s a game. When they have fun playing it, they’re going to play better.”

Of course, Wake won’t play Rice every week.

“We made progress,” Clawson said, “and (this) week, with Clemson coming to town, we’ve got to continue that progress.”

Then-New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Herschel Walker at a March 8, 1984, press conference in New York, after Walker agreed to a four-year contract with the USFL football team.

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when they don’t agree with him at meetings.

“While others may be able to let your insensitive and denigrating comments pass,” Bassett wrote, “I no longer will.” The owner then threatened to “punch you right in the mouth” the next time he does it.

Indeed, Trump’s presence as the league’s most notorious owner and, as Pearlman readily admits, one of the key reasons for the USFL’s demise, is the main reason the book saw the light of day. A passion project for Pearlman, the meticulously researched history is one that he had to fight to get published.

“My agent told me nobody wants a USFL book,” Pearlman tweeted. “Publishers told me nobody wanted a USFL book. But I wanted a USFL book — so I took v-e-r-y little money and did it.”

Pearlman’s research for the book coincided with the 2016 cam-

paign, making the task of digging up anecdotes from the 30-yearsgone league that much more difficult.

“Maybe the strangest thing I’ve experienced as a journalist,” Pearlman said upon the book’s release. “Here I am, simultaneously going back in time to watch Donald Trump enter — then ruin — a football league as he’s campaigning for the presidency. I mean, super weird. And hard.”

Trump comes off as the clearcut villain in the book. He came close to torpedoing the league before it had ever played the game, backing out of a commitment to be one of the league’s charter owners, by speaker phone, at a meeting scheduled for the sole purpose of introducing him as the owner of the keystone New York franchise.

After the first season, Trump did buy into the league and immediately began stepping on toes and pushing his own agenda.

“If we’re being honest, Trump was a poisonous snake when it came to the USFL,” Pearlman said. “He never showed an ounce of concern for its long-term success. He wanted an NFL team and saw this as the easiest route.

He stomped on heads, crushed dreams, lied about 100 times a day, and, when the USFL died, he ultimately referred to it as ‘small potatoes.’”

Despite Trump’s off-field drama, the story of the USFL sings most loudly when Pearlman discusses the players themselves. A collection of college superstars and NFL has-beens, the league was a quirky mishmash of personalities and talent levels, leading to some crazy stories.

“First, fun,” Pearlman says of the underlying message of his history. “Lots and lots and lots of fun.”

Even if a certain ambitious owner never got his promised punch in the mouth.

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New captain Justin Williams (14) will likely start on a line with Jordan Staal (11) and Brock McGinn (center), while newcomer Dougie Hamilton (19) will be featured on defense.

Hurricanes eye return to the postseason Carolina, under new coach Rod Brind’Amour, hopes for a rebirth — and an end to its nine-season playoff drought

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes finished the preseason with their best record since relocating to North Carolina, wrapping up the exhibition campaign with a 5-4 overtime loss Sunday against Nashville.

But as the team learned last year — when it went 5-2 in exhibitions — the preseason means nothing.

On Thursday, Rod Brind’Amour gets his first real test behind the bench when the New York Islanders visit to open the 2018-19 season.

The first-year coach leads a roster featuring five rookie forwards, seven defenseman who played full time in the NHL last season, and two veteran goalies who will be battling for time in net.

The goal? Brind’Amour will tell you it’s the Stanley Cup. But a return to the playoffs — and with that, not having the distinction of going a decade without reaching the postseason — would probably make owner Tom Dundon and the team’s long-suffering fans happy.

Here’s a look at how the Hurricanes will start the year.

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Rod Brind’Amour takes the reins as the Carolina Hurricanes’ head coach after nearly two decades as a coach and player with the team.

DEFENSE

4 • Haydn Fleury

57 • Trevor van Riemsdyk

Last season: In his first NHL season, Fleury finished with eight assists in 67 games in a third-pairing role.

Last season: Van Riemsdyk was steady is his first season in Carolina, finishing plus-9 in a third-pairing role with the Hurricanes.

What to expect in 2018-19: Carolina has been patient with Fleury, and he came to camp lighter and faster. He may be the odd-man out for now, but don’t count out a trade to make room for him in the top six.

19 • Dougie Hamilton Last season: Hamilton tied for the league lead in goals by a defenseman with 17 and topped Flames defensemen with 44 points.

What to expect in 2018-19: Hamilton, acquired from Calgary, should get the time on the top power play he didn’t see in Calgary and brings more size to the Carolina back end. He will likely play with Slavin on the top pairing.

22 • Brett Pesce Last season: Pesce played the fewest games (65) of his three-year career but was just one point shy of matching his career-best output of 20 points from 2016-17.

What to expect in 2018-19: Pesce battled some offseason respiratory issues that slowed him at the start of camp, but he should be his normal, steady self. With Slavin likely paired with Hamilton, Pesce seems destined for the third pairing.

27 • Justin Faulk Last season: Faulk had his most trying pro season, finishing with just eight goals and 31 points and struggling in his own end.

What to expect in 2018-19: Faulk, the subject of trade rumors all offseason, seems rejuvenated by the coaching change and pointed toward a bounce-back campaign. He will pair with de Haan on the second pairing and start on the top power play unit.

44 • Calvin de Haan Last season: De Haan played just 33 games last season and underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. The Islanders’ season fell apart once he was knocked out.

What to expect in 2018-19: Signed as a free agent, de Haan brings a calming veteran influence to the Carolina defense. He should be a regular on the penalty kill, good for 15-20 points and rack up close to 200 blocked shots.

What to expect in 2018-19: The addition of de Haan makes the Carolina blue line crowded, and van Riemsdyk will have to fend off Fleury for the No. 6 job. As one of four right-handed defensemen, van Riemsdyk could be forced to play on his off side.

74 • Jaccob Slavin Last season: Slavin quietly continued to earn respect as one of the league’s best shutdown defenders, but also scored a career-best eight goals.

What to expect in 2018-19: Slavin had a great preseason and, if paired with Hamilton, could see his point total jump from the 30s to 40 or even 50 points.

He’s also penciled in to get power play time on the second unit.

GOALIES

33 • Scott Darling^ Last season: It was a disastrous first season in Carolina for Darling, who was roundly considered the worst starter in the league.

What to expect in 2018-19: Darling worked out in Raleigh all offseason and says he dropped 25 pounds. His preseason performance points to redemption, but he will miss the start of the season with a lower body injury.

34 • Petr Mrazek Last season: Mrazek finally lost the four-season battle for the No. 1 job in Detroit to Jimmy Howard, then struggled after a trade to Philadelphia.

What to expect in 2018-19: Signed to a one-year free agent deal, Mrazek hopes to prove he can be an NHL starter again. He will start the opener with Darling hurt.

Curtis McElhinney Last season: The 35-year-old journeyman played 18 games with the Maple Leafs.

What to expect in 2018-19: Claimed on waivers from Toronto on Monday, McElhinney will likely be in Raleigh only until Darling recovers.

PRIME NUMBERS

5 Rookie forwards on Carolina’s opening night roster: former first-round picks Martin Necas and Andrei Svechnikov, and AHL standouts Warren Foegele, Lucas Wallmark and Valentin Zykov.

24.87 Average age of the 23 Hurricanes players on the roster (including injured Victor Rask) for Thursday’s season opener. Captain Justin Williams, the oldest player on the team, turns 38 that night, while 18-yearold Svechnikov will make his NHL debut. Svechnikov wasn’t yet 7 months old when Williams plauyed in his first NHL game, a onegoal, two-assist effort in a 6-3 win for the Flyers over Vancouver.

2009 The last time Carolina made the playoffs. The Hurricanes advanced to the Eastern Conference Final, but were swept by eventual champion Pittsburgh.

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FORWARDS

7 • Phil Di Giuseppe Last season: Di Giuseppe earned a recall in November and stuck with the team the rest of the way, finishing with 13 points in 49 games.

What to expect in 2018-19: Di Giuseppe is the likely 13th forward. He’ll be available if needed, but if everyone’s healthy and producing, it makes more sense to sit a guy in his mid-20s versus one of the teenagers.

11 • Jordan Staal (A) Last season: Staal had 46 points and played all but three games — right around his average over the last three years. He remains a top shutdown center.

What to expect in 2018-19: Staal and Williams have found chemistry in the preseason. With McGinn on the other wing, Carolina has the makings of a hard-to-handle checking line.

13 • Warren Foegele* Last season: Foegele had 28 goals — including four shorthanded — in his first professional season with the Checkers, plus scored twice in two games with Carolina.

What to expect in 2018-19: The 22-year-old has been the story of camp, fighting his way onto the roster with his energy and penalty killing. Foegele has the potential to have an Erik Cole-like impact as a rookie.

14 • Justin Williams (C) Last season: In his first year back in Carolina, Williams had 51 points in 82 games but failed to lead the team — without a letter — back to the postseason.

What to expect in 2018-19: Now rightfully the captain, the three-time Cup winner should have enough left in the tank to be effective on the ice while leading off it. Carolina will need his steady hand to guide its young roster.

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The Hurricanes are hoping Scott Darling can shake off a terrible first season in Raleigh and become a top-notch starter. If not, Petr Mrazek is waiting in the wings to try and claim the No. 1 job.

20 • Sebastian Aho

71 • Lucas Wallmark*

Last season: Aho led the Hurricanes in goals (29) and points (65) last season in his second year, emerging as the team’s top offensive weapon.

Last season: Wallmark led the Checkers in scoring with 55 points despite playing just 45 games. His 1.22 points per game were the best in the AHL.

What to expect in 2018-19: Aho will get a shot at center, likely flanked by Teravainen at most times. It’s a big year for Aho — he can prove he’s capable of playing center and up his value with a new contract coming.

What to expect in 2018-19: The injury to Rask opened up a center spot, and Wallmark fits the bill. He should anchor the fourth line but will need to battle to stay in the lineup with Martinook capable of playing center, too.

23 • Brock McGinn

73 • Valentin Zykov*

Last season: McGinn was a full-time NHLer for the first time, finishing with 30 points that could have been more if not for the 12 hit posts that were second most in the league.

Last season: Zykov bested former Hurricanes winger Chris Terry for the AHL goal title, scoring 33 times — including a league-best 17 on the power play — for Charlotte.

What to expect in 2018-19: McGinn won’t have the burden of being the lone physical winger anymore, and starting the season with Staal and Williams should — along with a little puck luck — boost his numbers.

What to expect in 2018-19: Zykov is now on a one-way deal, so he’s going to be in the NHL. He’s a dominant netfront presence on the power play, but will need to earn his spot there — and into the lineup — with consistent play.

37 • Andrei Svechnikov*

79 • Micheal Ferland

Last season: Svechnikov led all OHL rookies with 40 goals and 72 points despite playing just 44 games, earning the right to be the first forward picked at the draft.

Last season: Ferland set career marks in goals (21), assists (20) and points (41) with Calgary last year, and he led the Flames with 171 hits.

What to expect in 2018-19: Svechnikov already has an NHL body and shot, but there will be growing pains. He will likely be eased into a bigger role as the season goes on, but he should be a power play fixture from the get-go.

What to expect in 2018-19: He brings the snarl Carolina has lacked for a decade. The 26-year-old, acquired from Calgary along with Hamilton, will likely be on the wing with some of the Hurricanes’ younger players to bring both experience and to be a deterrent against any rough stuff.

48 • Jordan Martinook

86 • Teuvo Teravainen

Last season: Martinook had just 15 points in Arizona last year after managing 25 and 24 the previous two seasons.

He was second among Coyotes forwards with 128 hits.

Last season: Teravainen had a breakthrough campaign, leading Carolina in assists (41) and finishing second on the team in scoring (64).

What to expect in 2018-19: Martinook, acquired in a trade from Arizona, is probably best-suited for the wing where he can get in on the forecheck and hit people. He has shown early penalty-killing chemistry with Foegele.

What to expect in 2018-19: Teravainen should again be Aho’s running mate — this time with the latter at center — and the two Finns could reach point-per-game status if things go as planned.

49 • Victor Rask^

88 • Martin Necas*

Last season: Rask had his toughest pro season in 2017‑18, finishing with just 31 points and even being a healthy scratch in November.

Last season: Necas was again solid in the men’s Czech league, but it was on the international stage where he shined — both at the World Juniors and World Championships.

What to expect in 2018-19: Recovered from a shoulder surgery, Rask was hoping to re-establish himself as a top-nine center. Instead, Rask required surgery on his right hand after cutting it slicing a sweet potato in mid‑September. He is out indefinitely.

What to expect in 2018-19: Necas is arguably the fastest skater to wear a Hurricanes’ sweater since Sami Kapanen. Playing the middle in the NHL will be a big adjustment, but Necas is a good sleeper pick for the Calder Trophy.

* indicates rookie; ^ indicates injured player

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The Hurricanes will rely heavily on rookies, including Andrei Svechnikov (right) and Valentin Zykov (left), to score goals in 2018-19.

CAROLINA HURRICANES 2018-19 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Oct. 4 N.Y. Islanders 7 p.m.

Oct. 5 at Columbus 7 p.m.

Oct. 7 N.Y. Rangers 5 p.m.

Oct. 9 Vancouver 7 p.m.

Oct. 13 at Minnesota 6 p.m.

Oct. 14 at Winnipeg 7 p.m.

Oct. 16 at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 20 Colorado 1 p.m.

Oct. 22 at Detroit 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 26 San Jose 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 28 N.Y. Islanders 5 p.m.

Oct. 30 Boston 7 p.m.

Nov. 2 at Arizona 10 p.m.

Nov. 3 at Vegas 10 p.m.

Nov. 6 at St. Louis 8 p.m.

Nov. 8 at Chicago 8:30 p.m.

Nov. 10 Detroit 7 p.m.

Nov. 12 Chicago 7 p.m.

Nov. 17 Columbus 7 p.m.

Nov. 18 New Jersey 5 p.m.

Nov. 21 Toronto 7 p.m.

Nov. 23 Florida 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 24 at N.Y. Islanders 7 p.m.

Nov. 27 at Montreal 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 30 Anaheim 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 2 at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m.

Dec. 5 at San Jose 10:30 p.m.

Dec. 7 at Anaheim 10 p.m.

Dec. 11 Toronto 7 p.m.

Dec. 13 at Montreal 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 14 Washington 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 16 Arizona 1 p.m.

Dec. 20 Detroit 7 p.m.

Dec. 22 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.

Dec. 23 Boston 5 p.m.

Dec. 27 at Washington 7 p.m.

Dec. 29 at New Jersey 1 p.m.

Dec. 31 Philadelphia 6 p.m.

Jan. 3 at Philadelphia 7 p.m.

Jan. 4 Columbus 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 6 at Ottawa 1 p.m.

Jan. 8 at N.Y. Islanders 7 p.m.

Jan. 10 at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 11 Buffalo 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 13 Nashville 12:30 p.m.

Jan. 15 at N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.

Jan. 18 Ottawa 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 20 at Edmonton 9:30 p.m.

Jan. 22 at Calgary 9 p.m.

Jan. 23 at Vancouver 10:30 p.m.

Jan. 25-26 NHL All-Star Weekend Feb. 1 Vegas 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 3 Calgary 2 p.m.

Feb. 5 at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.

Feb. 7 at Buffalo 7 p.m.

Feb. 8 at N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.

Feb. 10 at New Jersey 3 p.m.

Feb. 12 at Ottawa 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 Edmonton 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 16 Dallas 8 p.m.

Feb. 19 N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.

Feb. 21 at Florida 7 p.m.

Feb. 23 at Dallas 5 p.m.

Feb. 26 Los Angeles 7 p.m.

Mar. 1 St. Louis 7:30 p.m.

Mar. 2 at Florida 7 p.m.

Mar. 5 at Boston 7 p.m.

Mar. 8 Winnipeg 7:30 p.m.

Mar. 9 at Nashville 8 p.m.

Mar. 11 at Colorado 9 p.m.

Mar. 15 at Columbus 7 p.m.

Mar. 16 Buffalo 7 p.m.

Mar. 19 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.

Mar. 21 Tampa Bay 7 p.m.

Mar. 23 Minnesota 7 p.m.

Mar. 24 Montreal 7 p.m.

Mar. 26 at Washington 7 p.m.

Mar. 28 Washington 7 p.m.

Mar. 30 Philadelphia 1:30 p.m.

Mar. 31 at Pittsburgh 5 p.m.

April 2 at Toronto 7:30 p.m.

April 4 New Jersey 7 p.m.

April 6 at Philadelphia 7 p.m.

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McGuckin & Pyle, Inc., a manufacturer of custom lamination and processing equipment, chose Craven County for its new plant, creating 33 new jobs and investing $2.25 million, Secretary of Commerce Anthony M. Copeland announced last week. The company will bring mechanical and electrical control system assembly and machinery services to New Bern.

“Much of our state is hurting after Hurricane Florence. As we continue to support each other and start to recover and rebuild, McGuckin & Pyle’s choice to move to New Bern and belief in this community underscores North Carolina’s resilience,” said Secretary Copeland. “This is a company that picked North Carolina because of our people, and they are committed to rebuilding together with all of us in North Carolina.”

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By Emily Roberson North State Journal THE N.C. Rural Center, along with the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina are two of several leading statewide industry-support organizations that have banded together to take calls and provide assistance to small- to mid-size businesses needing immediate help in recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Florence.

Collaboration is critical to providing a more streamlined and efficient recovery response to help businesses and communities get up and running, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), a federal partner in this recovery effort.

“The U.S. Small Business Administration is strongly committed to providing North Carolina residents with the most effective response possible to assist businesses, homeowners and renters with federal disaster loans,” SBA Administrator Linda McMahon said.

The SBA, operating out of the N.C. Rural Center in Raleigh, is deploying its reservists to affected areas to help accept SBA loan applications.

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C2 US factories grew at slower pace in September Washington, D.C. U.S. factories grew at a slower pace in September as manufacturers continued to cope with supply disruptions stemming from trade disputes with China, Europe, Mexico and Canada. The disruptions forced manufacturers to make a larger draw on their inventories. Overall the country’s industry continues to show strength, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday. The trade group of purchasing managers said its manufacturing index fell last month to 59.8 from 61.3 in August. Anything over 50 signals growth, and U.S. manufacturing is on a 25-month winning streak. Fifteen of 18 manufacturing industries expanded in September, led by makers of textiles, plastics and rubber products, and computers and electronics. Growth in new orders slowed in September, but production and hiring grew faster. Uncertainty over U.S. trade policy and tariffs continues to dominate industry concerns, with executives responding to the survey citing chaotic market conditions.

Amazon ups hourly wage to $15, will advocate for higher pay Seattle, Wash.

Amazon, which has faced political and economic pressure to raise pay for thousands of employees, is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month and said it will push for an increase in the federally mandated minimum wage, which now stands at $7.25 per hour.

The wage hike will go into effect as Amazon hires more than 100,000 holiday workers to pack and ship goods in its warehouses. Employers are facing the tightest job market in nearly two decades, making it more difficult to lure workers who have a lot more choices about taking a job than just a year ago. Amazon said Tuesday that the wage hike will benefit more than 350,000 workers, which includes full-time, parttime, temporary and seasonal positions. Employees at Whole Foods, the grocery chain Amazon now owns, will get the same pay hike.

Kroger and Walgreens partner on sales pilot Cincinnati, OH The nation’s biggest grocery and drugstore chains are testing a plan to work together, trying to keep pace with Americans who increasingly shop with the click of a button or a swipe on an iPad. Walgreens will begin selling Kroger products in 13 stores near Cincinnati, where Kroger is based, and allow customers to use its locations to pick up Kroger groceries ordered online.

Drugstores have shifted product lineups in recent years, adding food and health and wellness items, potentially luring more shoppers who want to cut down on trips to multiple stores. CVS Health Corp. is already running pharmacies and clinics inside of Target stores.

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General Electric ousted its CEO, took a $23 billion charge and said it would fall short of profit forecasts this year, further signs that the century-old industrial conglomerate is struggling to turn around its vastly shrunken business. H. Lawrence Culp Jr. will take over immediately as chairman and CEO from John Flannery, who had been on the job for just over a year. Flannery began a restructuring of GE in August 2017, when he replaced Jeffrey Immelt, whose efforts to create a higher-tech version of GE proved unsuccessful.

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By Mae Anderson The Associated Press NEW YORK — Cellular companies such as Verizon are looking to challenge traditional cable companies with residential internet service that promises to be ultra-fast, affordable and wireless.

Using an emerging wireless technology known as 5G, Verizon’s 5G Home service provides an alternative to cable for connecting laptops, phones, TVs and other devices over Wi-Fi. It launches in four U.S. cities on Monday.

Verizon won’t be matching cable companies on packages that also come with TV channels and home phone service. But fewer people have been subscribing to such bundles anyway, as they embrace streaming services such as Netflix for video and cellphone services instead of landline.

“That’s the trend that cable has been having problems with for several years, and a trend that phone companies can take advantage of,” Gartner analyst Bill Menezes said.

That’s if the wireless companies can offer a service that proves affordable and effective.

T-Mobile and Sprint are also planning a residential 5G service as part of their merger proposal,

though few details are known.

Verizon’s broadband-only service will cost $70 a month, with a $20 discount for Verizon cellular customers. According to Leichtman Research Group, the average price for broadband internet is about $60, meaning only some customers will be saving money.

Even so, Verizon can try to win over some customers with promises of reliability.

Verizon says its service will be much faster than cable. That means downloading a two-hour movie in high definition in two minutes rather than 21. The service promises to let families play data-intensive games and watch video on multiple devices at once, with little or no lag.

“The things that really matter to a customer are how fast it is and how reliable it is,” longtime telecom analyst Dave Burstein said. In tests of Verizon’s 5G so far, he said, “reliability is proving out quite nicely.”

Verizon could also capitalize on many people’s frustration with their cable companies. Consumer Reports magazine says customers have long been unhappy with perceived weak customer service, high prices and hidden fees.

The residential 5G service is part of a broader upgrade in wireless technology.

Verizon has spent billions of dollars for rights to previously unused radio waves at the high end of the frequency spectrum. It’s a shortrange signal, ideal for city blocks and apartment buildings, but less

so for sprawling suburbs or rural communities. That’s why Verizon is pushing residential service first, while AT&T is building a more traditional cellular network for people on the go, using radio waves at the lower end.

AT&T is aiming to launch its 5G mobile network this year in 12 cities, including Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina. Dish also has plans for a 5G network, but it’s focused on connecting the so-called “Internet of Things,” everything from laundry machines to parking meters, rather than cellphones or residential broadband.

Sprint tried to introduce residential wireless service before, using a technology called WiMax, but it failed to gain many subscribers as LTE trumped WiMax as the dominant cellular technology. This time, Verizon is using the same 5G technology that will eventually make its way into 5G cellular networks.

The Verizon service will start in parts of Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, California.

“These are small areas but significant,” said Ronan Dunne, president of Verizon Wireless. “Tens of thousands of homes, not hundreds of thousands of homes.” Eventually, Verizon projects 30 million homes in the U.S. will be eligible, though there’s no timeline.

For now, Verizon isn’t planning to hit markets where it already has its cable-like Fios service. Verizon stopped expanding Fios around 2010, in part because it was ex-

Fed Chair Powell says gradual rate hikes best approach In much anticipated remarks, Fed Chair favors continued vigilance and incremental increases to avoid recession

By Martin Crutsinger and Steve Leblanc The Associated Press BOSTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that he sees no need to drop the central bank’s current gradual approach to raising interest rates.

Powell said the combination of steady, low inflation and very low unemployment shows the country is going through “extraordinary times.”

The central bank is trying to make sure it doesn’t raise rates too quickly and push the country into a recession, or move too slowly and set off higher inflation, he said. He added that the Fed’s goal of gradual increases in interest rates is an effort to balance those risks and extend the current expansion, now the second longest in U.S. history.

Powell’s comments, delivered to the annual conference of the Na-

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In this July 17, 2018, file photo Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” at Capitol Hill in Washington. tional Association of Business Economics, came a week after the central bank approved a third quarter-point hike in its benchmark policy rate, pushing it to a level of 2 percent to 2.25 percent.

It marked the third rate hike this year and the eighth increase. The Fed began gradually raising rates in December 2015 after a period of

seven years in which it kept its policy rate at a record low near zero to try to lift the economy out of a deep recession.

Powell noted in his speech that the unemployment rate stands near a 20-year low of 3.9 percent, while inflation has risen close to the Fed’s 2 percent target for annual increases in inflation.

pensive to dig up streets and lay fiber-optic lines. Verizon can build 5G more cheaply because it can use the same towers available for cellular service.

That said, Verizon might not recoup its costs if it ends up drawing only customers who stand to save money over cable, said John Horrigan, a broadband expert at the Technology Policy Institute.

And while Verizon says the new network will be able to handle lots of devices at once, anyone who’s tried to use a phone during concerts and conferences will know that the airwaves can get congested quickly.

What Verizon’s service won’t do is extend high-speed internet access to rural America, where many households can’t get broadband at all, let alone competition. Cable and other companies haven’t found it profitable to extend wires to remote parts of the country. But Verizon will face the same problem, given that its short-range signal will require several wireless towers closer together. That’s feasible only in densely populated areas.

That’s not good enough, said Harold Feld, senior vice president of the advocacy group Public Knowledge. He said internet service at reasonable prices is “fundamental” for all Americans — not just those who live in populated areas.

T-Mobile and Sprint want to jointly create a 5G network that would also offer residential wireless broadband, but not for a few years. In seeking regulatory approval, the companies say 20 percent to 25 percent of subscribers will be in rural areas that have limited access to broadband. But the companies offered no details on how they would do so. T-Mobile and Sprint declined to comment.

The Fed’s economic forecast is in line with many others that show unemployment remaining below 4 percent through the end of 2020, with inflation staying near the 2 percent target over the same period, he said.

He was asked by a reporter at his press conference last week whether this forecast was too good to be true. He called that “a reasonable question” given that since 1950, the country has never experienced such a long period of low, stable inflation and very low unemployment for such an extended period.

He said it runs counter to an economic theory known as the “Phillips curve,” which argues that low unemployment forces employers to push up wages to compete for scarce workers, triggering more inflation.

Powell said he did not think the Phillips curve is dead. But various changes in the economy, including better conduct of monetary policy by the Fed, had “greatly reduced, but not eliminated, the effects that tight labor markets have on inflation,” he said.

He said these developments support the Fed’s current cautious approach in raising interest rates even as unemployment keeps moving to lows not seen in 50 years. But he said there were risks to the Fed’s current gradual approach to raising rate hikes. For that reason, central bank officials will be prepared quickly to change policy if conditions warrant such a change.

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UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIA AP

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Kevin Hart in a scene from “Night School.”

‘Night School’ is No. 1 at the box office The Associated Press NEW YORK — Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish’s “Night School” opened with $27.3 million in North American ticket sales, making it the first straight-up comedy to debut No. 1 at the box office since Melissa McCarthy’s “The Boss” in April 2016.

In what was expected to be a close race, Universal’s “Night School” easily bested the Warner Bros. animated release “Smallfoot,” according to final box-office figures Monday. “Smallfoot,” which cost about $80 million to make, came in second with $23 million.

In limited release, David Lowery’s heist movie “The Old Man & the Gun” — featuring what Robert Redford has said will be his final performance — opened in four theaters for a strong per-screen average of $30,000. “Free Solo,” National Geographic’s documentary about rock climber Alex Honnold’s ropeless ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan, grossed an impressive $300,804 in four theaters, good for the best screen-average opening ever for a documentary.

The top five movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore: 1. “Night School,” Universal, $27,257,615, 3,010 locations, $9,056 average, $27,257,615, 1 Week.

2. “Smallfoot,” Warner Bros., $23,045,635, 4,131 locations, $5,579 average, $23,045,635, 1 Week.

3. “The House With a Clock In Its Walls,” Universal, $12,605,120, 3,592 locations, $3,509 average, $44,858,345, 2 Weeks.

4. “A Simple Favor,” Lionsgate, $6,540,666, 3,073 locations, $2,128 average, $43,007,474, 3 Weeks.

5. “The Nun,” Warner Bros., $5,428,875, 3,331 locations, $1,630 average, $109,011,923, 4 Weeks.

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Beatles’ process for making ‘White Album’ taxed producer The Associated Press NEW YORK — Giles Martin says his father, producer George Martin, would wince whenever a fan would say that the “White Album” was their favorite Beatles’ record.

The late George Martin would recall how tough it was to make the sprawling double album, titled “The Beatles” but given its familiar nickname because of

the all-white cover. His son is in charge of a 50th anniversary repackaging that is due out Nov. 9.

“He liked things to be organized, and the ‘White Album’ wasn’t organized,” Giles Martin said recently.

The Beatles worked through the summer of 1968, often in exhausting all-night sessions. As evidence of the time spent, the new package includes the 102nd take of “Not Guilty,” a Harrison song

that wasn’t even included among the 30 cuts of the original album.

The recording sessions were said to be rocky, and Ringo Starr quit and walked out for an 11-day period. But Martin said he believed some of those reports to be exaggerated, based on the tapes that he waded through.

“I looked for the arguments, I looked for the stress,” he said.

“And there really wasn’t any.”

Besides punchier, remixed versions of songs on the original album, the anniversary package includes 27 acoustic demos of material the Beatles made at Harrison’s house before recording sessions began, and 50 studio outtakes.

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ERIC ZACHANOWICH | FOX SEARCHLIGHT VIA AP

This image released by Fox Searchlight shows Robert Redford in a scene from the film, “The Old Man & The Gun.” Redford stars as an aged bank robber in David Lowery’s film based-on-a-true-story heist.

Review: Redford is wry, charming in his (maybe?) swan song

By Jocelyn Noveck The Associated Press IF YOU’RE GOING to pick someone to play a man who moves through the world with grace, style and a slight, wry smile, you could hardly do better than Robert Redford.

As an actor, Redford broke hearts for decades with his blond good looks, sure, but even more by conveying just a tinge of other-worldliness, no matter if his character was a criminal or a mere cad. When Barbra Streisand touched his face at the end of “The Way We Were,” she seemed almost to be encountering a wondrous alien.

Well, now Redford is 82, an Oscar-winning director and an elder statesman of American cinema,

and he’s said “The Old Man & The Gun,” in which he plays real-life bank robber Forrest Tucker, is likely his last acting role. Who knows, but if so, how apt that he’s playing a man who achieved his goals with a gentle demeanor and panache.

“You’ve got to hand it to the guy — he’s got style,” said one juror who helped convict Tucker.

That last quote is from David Grann’s noted 2003 New Yorker piece on Tucker, upon which “The Old Man & The Gun,” written and directed by David Lowery, is based. A disclaimer at the beginning says the story is “mostly true,” giving Lowery some narrative leeway, especially with the ending and with secondary characters including Tucker’s love interest, played by a sweetly moving Sissy Spacek.

But the basics are the same.

Tucker not only robbed banks across the country in a decades-long career that began at 15; he also escaped from prison some 17 or 18 times, including a spectacular 1979 escape from San Quentin — in full view of prison guards — in a kayak stenciled with the name: “Rub-a-Dub-Dub.” He finally died in prison in 2004, at age 83.

The film follows a series of 1981 heists across Texas and nearby states. The modus operandi is nearly always the same: Dressed in a proper suit and hat, Tucker strides into a bank, tells a manager or teller he wants to open an account, and when asked what kind, says: “This kind,” opening his coat and flashing the gun he carries, but doesn’t need to touch.

When one nervous young teller cries, he comforts her; “Chin up,” he says. “You’re doing a great job.”

When police arrive, bank workers inevitably recount that he was exceedingly polite, even “happy.”

Enter a determined John Hunt, a real-life Texas police sergeant (that’s his true name, proving that sometimes you really can’t make this stuff up). Hunt, played by an excellent Casey Affleck, is the one who manages to link the crimes together, and to a unique geriatric team that includes accomplices Teddy (Danny Glover) and Waller (Tom Waits), a combination of real and composite characters.

On the road one day, Tucker stops to help a woman with engine trouble. Jewel (Spacek), a widow who raises horses, has an unassuming charm, just like the dapper man who comes to her aid even while admitting he knows nothing about cars.

He gives her a lift, they get coffee, he tells her he’s in sales. She thinks he’s wearing a hearing aid; it’s really earphones connected to a police scanner. They get to know

each other slowly. Meanwhile, the law closes in.

One of the more memorable moments comes late in the film, when Jewel visits Tucker in prison. He hands her a list of all his escapes — the successful ones. As he describes them, the screen turns to flashbacks, and we get a glimpse of a young Redford’s face, popping up cleverly to remind us of HIS long career.

There’s a blank spot — for his next escape, he says. Jewel counsels him: “Maybe you should just stay put.”

Were it not for Redford, the film would be — well, why even ask, because Redford is the point. He chose the role, optioned the New Yorker article, chose the director.

It’s a perfect role for his swan song.

But hey, Mr. Redford? We won’t hold you to that.

Maybe you should just stay put.

“The Old Man & The Gun,” a 20th Century Fox release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America “for brief strong language.” Running time: 93 minutes. Three stars out of four.

TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS 18-SP-538 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Bonnie Clark, Dennis Gardner and Cherylan Gardner, in the original amount of $32,200.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. d/b/a Sun America Mortgage, dated January 30, 2006 and recorded on January 30, 2006 in Book 6515 at Page 61, Cabarrus County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds

18 SP 340 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY

of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on October 10, 2018 at 2:00 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Lying and being in the City if Concord, Number Eleven (11) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina and being all of Lot Number Eighty-Three (83) of Brittany Woods, Phase III, as surveyed and platted, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, North Carolina in Map Book 21, Page 90, to which map book and page reference is hereby made for a complete description thereof by metes and bound.

Tax ID: 5539 18 1805 0000 Said Property is commonly known as 687 Crab Tree Court SW, Concord, NC 28025 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents

Lying and Being in Number Ten (10) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina and adjoining the property of Thomas O. Turner and wife Gale J. Turner (502-741), Robert Gray (480-493), Anderson Creek and John E. Morgan and being more particularly described as follows:

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Paul Nash a/k/a Paul H. Nash to William R. Echols,, Trustee(s), which was dated August 20, 2001 and recorded on August 22, 2001 in Book 3385 at Page 102, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 10, 2018 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit:

BEGINNING at an existing iron, old corner common to Gray and Turner in the southern edge of a 50 foot right of way leading from Highway 601 (said point being N. 7701-52 E. 343.77 feet from an existing iron in the western edge of Highway 601); thence running with the southern edge of said 50 foot right of way and the line of Gray, S. 77-01-52 E. 140.0 feet to a new iron; thence a new line across Turner, N. 1-35-32 E. 210.0 feet (passing on line an iron at 191.62 feet to another new iron); thence another new line, N. 77-01-52 W. 140.0 feet to a new iron in the old property line of Morgan and Turner; thence with Morgan, S. 22-16-12 W. 445.44 feet to a point on the northern bank of Anderson Creek; thence with the northern bank of said creek two (2) lines as follows: (1) S. 13-26-36 E. 119.07 feet to a gum tree; (2) N. 81-50-27 E. 128.26 feet to an existing iron, corner of Gray; thence N. 1-35-32 E. 300.01 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 1.757 acres, more or less, as surveyed by T. W. Harris and Associates, Inc., dated November 9, 1992.

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usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 10, 2018 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 6 of CAMBROOK SUBDIVISION as shown on recorded plat in Map Book 33, Page 70, Cabarrus County Registry, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Leslie J. Steele, IV a/k/a Leslie Jasper Steele, IV to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated June 28, 2001 and recorded on June 29, 2001 in Book 3306 at Page 46, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the

BEING the same property conveyed to the grantor herein by deed from Charles M. Deason and Lori A. Deason filed contemporaneously herewith.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1053 Cambrook Court, Concord, NC 28027.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at

(0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owners of the property are Bonnie Clark, Cherylan Gardner, and Dennis Gardner.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

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

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

ALONG WITH a right of way and SUBJECT TO same right of way as follows: BEGINNING at an existing iron on the western edge of Highway 601 and corner of Robert Gray and running with Gray, N. 77-01-52 W. 418.91 feet to a point in the line of Morgan; thence with the Morgan line, N. 22-16-12 E. 50.67 feet to a point; thence S. 77-01-52 W. 410.79 feet to the western edge of Highway 601; thence with the western edge of Highway 601, S. 13-03-03 W. 50.0 feet to the point of BEGINNING. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 10830 US Highway 601 South, Midland, NC 28107.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of war-

ranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Paul Nash.

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

effective date of the termination.

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

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

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

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

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

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ____________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 462-5006 (803) 929-0830

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-04893-FC04

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 08-11207-FC03

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 232 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Patricia A. McClure to Dawn W. O’Dell, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of June, 1999, and recorded in Book 2584, Page 111, in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on October 15, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in

RANDOLPH 16 SP 48 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Timothy G. Harvey and William F. Martin to Angela Greenberg, Trustee(s), which was dated June 17, 2008 and recorded on June 26, 2008 in Book RE2083 at Page 1462 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on June 3, 2013 in Book RE2340, Page 0250 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on March 31, 2015 in Book 2435, Page 0741, Randolph County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of

STANLY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 54 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kelly H. Boger, (Kelly H. Boger, deceased) (Heirs of Kelly H. Boger aka Kelly Huneycutt Boger: Cory Lane Boger and Colby Jamison Boger) to Chicago Title Ins Co., Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of March, 2008, and recorded in Book 1227, Page 760, in Stanly County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Stanly County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute

18 SP 75 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, STANLY COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kelly H. Boger to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated July 10, 2003 and recorded on July 17, 2003 in Book 0942 at Page 0508, Stanly County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 19, 2018 at 10:00AM,

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 201 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Wanda M. Phillips and David A. Phillips (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Wanda Chong Phillips and David A. Phillips) to Constance R. Stienstra, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of November, 2004, and recorded in Book 3624, Page 310, and Modification in Book 6577, Page 72, in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on October 11, 2018 and will sell to the highest

UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 201 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Wanda M. Phillips and David A. Phillips (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Wanda Chong Phillips and David A. Phillips) to Constance R. Stienstra, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of November, 2004, and recorded in Book 3624, Page 310, and Modification in Book 6577, Page 72, in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed

18 SP 487 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Buddy E. Turner and Jana W. Turner to E. Ned Stafford, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated September 8, 2004 and recorded on September 14, 2004 in Book 3557 at Page 103, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 19, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following

17 SP 565 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Charles Faulkner and Brandi Emory to Laurel A. Meyer, Trustee(s), which was dated January 3, 2013 and recorded on January 4, 2013 in Book 05908 at Page 0722, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the

the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being 0.244 acres, lying at the southwest corner of the intersection of Reid Street and Crowell Street adjoining Jeffrey K. McClure, the following description being taken from a physical survey of the subject property dated June 2, 1999, by Rodrick A. Sutton, RLS: BEGINNING at an existing railroad spike in the southwest corner of the intersection of Reid and Crowell Street and runs thence S. 16-48-01 West 105.02 feet with Crowell Street to a point; thence N. 79-13-16 West 95.60 feet (passing over an existing disturbed 1/2” iron pipe on line at 5.31 feet) with the Northern line of Jones to a existing 1/2” Rebar; thence N. 17-06-07 East 120.00 feet (passing over an existing 1/2” Rebar on line at 98.80 feet) with the eastern line of Moore to a point; thence S. 70-11-59 East 94.57 feet with the northern edge of the right of way of Reid Street to the point of BEGINNING. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1530 Crowell Street, Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina. For back reference see Deed Book 2066, page 145, Cabarrus County Registry.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party,

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the

the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 19, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land situate in the County of Randolph, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are William F. Martin and Timothy G. Harvey.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability

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

Being the same property conveyed by deed dated April 20, 2007 from Phoenix Housing Group, Inc. to William F. Martin and Timothy G. Harvey and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Randolph County on June 4,

2007 at Book 2028, Page 262.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 2560 Staleys Farm Road, Asheboro, NC 27205.

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

Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on October 10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain parcel of land situated in the County of Stanly, State of North Carolina being known and designated as Lots Numbers 44 and 45 of Sunset Estates, as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 5 at Page 178 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description of said lots by metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 118 Eastway Drive, Oakboro, North Carolina.

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

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to con-

vey 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 mortgag-

or 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.

and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Stanly County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lots Numbers 44 and 45 of SUNSET ESTATES, as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 5 at Page 178, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description of said lots by metes and bounds.

transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Kelly H. Boger.

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

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

LESS AND EXCEPT that certain Permanent Drainage Easement as conveyed from Kelly H. Boger to the De-

partment of Transportation, an agency of the State of North Carolina, by that certain deed in Book 943 at Page 977 of the Stanly County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 118 Eastway Drive, Oakboro, NC 28129.

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

bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land with improvements thereon, situated in the County of Union, State of North Carolina,andbeingmoreparticularlydescribedasfollows: BEING all of Lot 33 in Block of BRAXTON AT BRANDON OAKS Map 3 as the same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet D, File #634, Union County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 117 Aylesbury Lane, Indian Trail, North Carolina.

This is the same property conveyed to Wanda M. Chong (unmarried) and David A. Phillips (unmarried) by deed of Pulte Home Corporation, dated August 31, 1995 and recorded September 5, 1995 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Union County in Book 808, Page 448.

Parcel Number: 07-117-115 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 Hun-

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a

date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on October 11, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land with improvements thereon, situated in the County of Union, State of North Carolina,andbeingmoreparticularlydescribedasfollows: BEING all of Lot 33 in Block of BRAXTON AT BRANDON OAKS Map 3 as the same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet D, File #634, Union County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 117 Aylesbury Lane, Indian Trail, North Carolina.

This is the same property conveyed to Wanda M. Chong (unmarried) and David A. Phillips (unmarried) by deed of Pulte Home Corporation, dated August 31, 1995 and recorded September 5, 1995 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Union County in Book 808, Page 448.

Parcel Number: 07-117-115

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at a point located in the centerline of Smith Town Road, S. 21-57-06 E. 47.5 feet from the common corner between the Southwestern most corner of that property belonging to Edwin B. Rowell as recorded In Deed Book 301, page 679, Union County Registry and a common corner with the Carroll Smith property as recorded in Deed Book 372, Page 376, Union County Registry; thence from this beginning point as follows: continuing along the centerline of Smith Town Road S. 17-4234 E. 74.07 feet to a point in the centerline of Smith Town Road thence a new line N. 65-39-25 E. 121.46 feet to a set iron; thence a new line S. 22-45-2 E 113.33 feet to a set iron; thence a new line S. 75-58-42 W, 147.18 feet to a point in the centerline of Smith Town Road designated by a set nail and a cap; thence continuing along the centerline of Smith Town Road, S. 06-34-34 W. 69.35 feet to a set nail and cap in the centerline of Smith Town Road; thence continuing along said centerline S. 18-44-40 W. 71.19 feet to a set nail and cap also in the centerline of Smith Town Road; thence a new line S. 89-40-10 W. 259.01 feet, passing an iron set on line at approximately 28.8 feet, and

continuing to a set iron; thence a new line N. 19-23-10 W. 121.33 feet to a set iron; thence a new line N. 54-07-11 E. 348.41 to the point and place of beginning, containing approximately 1.803 acres, more or less.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 5912 Smith Town Road, Marshville, NC 28103.

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

transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Jana W. Turner.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property

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

usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 19, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN UNION COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

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

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

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

Being known and designated as all of Lot 12 containing 5.00 acres, more or less, as shown on plat of survey entitled “Nance Place Subdivision” recorded in Plat Book 98, Page 3, Randolph County Registry, to which reference is herein incorporated.

This conveyance is made subject to the protective covenants relating to Sunset Estates as set forth in instrument dated October 15, 1965 and recorded in Deed Book 215 at Page 440, Stanly County Registry.

Being the identical property conveyed by Deed to KELLY H. BOGER, legally separated, recorded on 08/14/2001 in Book 0809 at Page 0955 in the Stanly County Public Registry North Carolina.

BEING ALL OF LOT 12, TIMBER HILLS SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT CABINET H, FILE 53, UNION COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIPTION. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 4411 Allibrook Way, Wingate, NC 28174.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-

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 pro-

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

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Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-05063-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-11563-FC01

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 18-SP-872 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Tanaua Lamont, in the original amount of $118,050.00, payable to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. , dated August 25, 2003 and recorded on August 27, 2003 in Book 010400 at Page 00943, Wake County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted 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

18 SP 1418 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joseph Hunter, an unmarried man to National Title Insurance of New York, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated May 16, 2012 and recorded on May 24, 2012 in Book 014776 at Page 01015, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the

18 SP 1762 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael R. Scott and Kalyn Scott to James A. Dinkel, Trustee(s), which was dated July 17, 2015 and recorded on July 17, 2015 in Book 016089 at Page 00985, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the

17 SP 993 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kenneth A. Sherman and Leslie Smith Sherman to Constance R. Stienstra, Trustee(s), which was dated August 12, 2008 and recorded on September 15, 2008 in Book 013243 at Page 01410 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on September 24, 2008 in Book 013251, Page 02294; rerecorded/modified/corrected on December 11, 2013 in Book 015527, Page 01900 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on March 18, 2015 in Book 015951, Page 00037, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 3388

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Dwayne B. Greene and Kimberly H. Greene to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 16th day of March, 2007, and recorded in Book 012453, Page 00427, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 8, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 712 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Antwan J. Moody and Jacqueline S. Moody aka Jacqueline S. Taylor (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Antwan J. Moody) to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of December, 2007, and recorded in Book 012871, Page 00418, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 1642 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Barry A. Brewer aka Barry Alan Brewer (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Barry Alan Brewer) to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of October, 2013, and recorded in Book 15483, Page 1488, and Modification in Book 15897, Page 2268, and Modification in Book 16702, Page 2655, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the cus-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 822

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christine M. Thompson to National Corporate Research, Ltd., Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of June, 2007, and recorded in Book 12632, Page 1926, and Modification in Book 16273, Page 425, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 8, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of

the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Wake County, North Carolina, on October 5, 2018 at 1:30 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being known and designated as Unit No. 7739, Building No. 34, as shown on a plat or plats entitled “ Cottages of Stonehenge Condominiums”, a Condominium recorded in Condominium File No. 2003-328 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina, which is incorporated herein by this reference and reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

Together with all rights and easements appurtenant to said Unit as specifically enumerated in the “ DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM FOR COTTAGES OF STONEHENGE” and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County in Book 10265, Page 1140, and re-recorded in Book 10273, Page 249 et seq. (the “Declaration”), and pursuant thereto membership in Cottages of Stonehenge Condominium Homeowners Association, Inc., a North Carolina Non-Profit.

Tax ID: 0797592794 Said Property is commonly known as 7739 Falcon Rest Cir, Raleigh, NC 27615

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner of the property is

Tanaua Lamont.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

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

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

usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 10, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: The following described property:

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

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

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

Being all of Lot 38, Recombination Survey Property of A.L. Hatcher Jr., as depicted in Book of Maps 2007, Page 2657, Wake County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 4411 Green Spring Drive, Garner, NC 27529.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 10, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 25, BLOCK 18, BRENTWOOD ESTATES, SECTION 9, PART C, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1966, PAGE 66, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 3321 Huntleigh Drive, Raleigh, NC 27604.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORD-

ING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Michael R. Scott and wife, Kalyn Scott.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or

after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to

declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 10, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the Wake County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:

Said property is commonly known as 840 Lusterleaf Place, Wendell, NC 27591.

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

An Order for possession of the property may be

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

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

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

Being all of Lot 24, Block C, of the Apollo Heights Subdivision as shown in Book of Maps 1969, Page 167 Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 728 Lunar Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/se-

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

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

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

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

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

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

nation 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: 1171439 (FC.FAY)

location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 8, 2018 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 172, Hunter’s Mark, Phase 3A, as shown on maps thereof recorded in Book of Maps 2004, Pages 1493-1494 (Lot 172 being shown specifically on Page 1494), Wake County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 104 Longbay Street, Garner, North Carolina.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10

days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

tomary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 8, 2018 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 195, Mine Valley according to plat entitled “Section 7, Mine Valley, Raleigh, North Carolina, Key Homes, Inc., Owner-Developer” dated August, 1980 by Evans Engineering, Greensboro, North Carolina and recorded in Book of Maps 1980, Page 874, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 500 Sawmill Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. Property Address: 500 Sawmill Road, Raleigh, NC 27615 Parcel ID: 0119147 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-

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

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

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

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor

has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron in the southern right of way of Dubose Street at the corner of Edgebrook Drive; thence running along the right of way of Dubose Street South 47 degrees 20’ East 105.50 feet to an iron; thence continuing South 42 degrees 40’ West 163.89 feet to an iron; thence North 33 degrees 32’ 43” West 108.63 feet to an iron; thence North 42 degrees 40’ East 138.00 feet to an iron, according to a survey by Vernon Wayne Johnson, R.L.S., dated June 9, 2000, and being all of Lot 94 and a portion of Lot 93, Edgebrook Subdivision, as depicted in Map Book 1969, Page 315, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1211 Dubose Street, Garner, North Carolina.

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

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

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

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

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 BY: Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. 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: 1236739 (FC.FAY)

All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Garner, Wake County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

Being all of Lot 111 of Holly Pointe Subdivision, Phase III, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 2000, Page 77, Wake County Registry.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Kenneth A Sherman and Wife Leslie Smith Sherman

by Johnny Watson Builders, Inc. in a General Warranty Deed executed 10/27/2000 and recorded 10/31/2000 in Book 008723, Page 00714 of the Wake County, North Carolina Land Records.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Wake County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ______________Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC Christopher J. Culp #13466 David R. DiMatteo #35254 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 929-0760 (803) 929-0830

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-04998-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-07326-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 11-21774-FC03

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: 1202433 (FC.FAY)

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TAKE NOTICE the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 17, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 26, PHASE 1, JONES LANDING SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1999, PAGE 213, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 26 Jones Wood Court, Wendell, NC 27591.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

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

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

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

Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 17, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 9, Ridge Haven Subdivision, Section IV as recorded in Book of Maps 1971, Page 95, Wake County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1200 Damascus Drive, Wendell, NC 27591.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS

MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Keano Wade Denton.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed

on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to

declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 17, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 104 of Wallridge Subdivision, Phase Three-B, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 1907, Wake County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 804 Naxos Drive, Wake Forest, NC 27587.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING

COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Armando Figueroa and wife, Olga Maria Figueroa and All Lawful Heirs of Demetrice R. Dickerson.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursu-

ant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

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

highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in theCounty of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tax Id Number(s) 1795852182 Land Situated in the Town of Zebulon in the County of Wake in the State of NC Being all of Lot 21 of Wedgwood Annex, as is shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1983, page 1474, WakeCounty Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 513 Yates Place,Zebulon, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the courtcosts 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/securi-

ty agreement,or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative ofeither 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 anyand all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances ofrecord 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 isgreater, 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 thereturn of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bank-

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

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 thepurchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which theproperty is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or afterOctober 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providingwritten notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days butnot more than 90 days, after the sale date con-

tained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not curedthe default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, thetenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1992

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 29, Robinfield Estates, Section 2, as recorded in Book of Maps 1985, Page 731, Wake County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for greater certainty of description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1025 Robinfield Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the offi-

cers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1314

PM on October 15, 2018 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 17 Britt Estates Subdivision, Section One as per recombination map recorded in Book of Maps 2005, Page 117, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 320 Hunters Farm Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/se-

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

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

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

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that

the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1243741 (FC.FAY)

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1883

Book 10173, Page 1527, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 15, 2018 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: All that certain parcel of land situate in the City of Raleigh, County or Wake, and State of North Carolina, being known and designated as follows: Being all of Lot 224 of Evian at Neuse Crossing, Phase #9, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1992, Pages 1388, 1389 and 1390 of the Wake County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3501 Limber Lane, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Tax ID: 0000198708 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including 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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following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 22 as shown on map entitled “Final Subdivision Plat Glenwood Station Townhomes, Phase Two” as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 2009, Pages 107-109, Wake County Registry. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 8154 Primanti Boulevard, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the offi-

cers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1250410 (FC.FAY)

WAKE 18 SP 461 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Harris Pickett and Laveta Pickett to Joseph W. Dean, Trustee(s), which was dated August 25, 2003 and recorded on August 29, 2003 in Book 010411 at Page 01006, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of

18 SP 165 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Keano Wade Denton to Investor Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated February 6, 2015 and recorded on February 6, 2015 in Book 015912 at Page 02762 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on June 15, 2017 in Book 016813, Page 02654, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute

18 SP 1510 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Demetrice R. Dickerson and Alfonso Figueroa and Armando Figueroa and Olga M. Figueroa to Timothy J. Colgan, Trustee(s), which was dated October 22, 2002 and recorded on October 29, 2002 in Book 009692 at Page 00669, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 2911 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lisa A. York to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of November, 2014, and recorded in Book 15836, Page 1548, in WakeCounty Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the saidDeed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in saidDeed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolinaand the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, theundersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at1:30 PM on October 15, 2018 and will sell to the

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Nicholas William Ditchko to Getter Law Offices, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of March, 2015, and recorded in Book 015954, Page 01508, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 15, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Steven Paul John and Amber L. John (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Steve John and Amber John) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of August, 2007, and recorded in Book 12700, Page 771, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Myrtice O. Becoat, (Myrtice Becoat aka Myrtice O. Becoat, deceased) (Heirs of Myrtice Becoat aka Myrtice O. Becoat: Constance B. Evans, Patricia Becoat-Williams, Nathan Becoat, Jr., Rufus Becoat, Sr., Phillip Becoat, Sr., Willie Becoat and Unknown Heirs of Myrtice Becoat aka Myrtice O. Becoat) (Nathan Becoat, Jr., deceased) (Heirs of Nathan Becoat, Jr.: Kim Becoat, Joy Becoat, Erica Becoat, Nathan Becoat, III, Warren Becoat and Unknown Heirs of Nathan Becoat, Jr.) (Rufus Becoat, Sr., deceased) (Heirs of Rufus Becoat, Sr.: Lela Becoat, Stephanie Elaine Becoat, Deirdre Walker, Rufus Becoat, Jr. and Unknown Heirs of Rufus Becoat, Sr.) (Phillip Becoat, Sr., deceased) (Heirs of Phillip Becoat, Sr.: Venita Nixon, Brandy Becoat, Phillip Becoat, Jr., Christopher Becoat, Reginald Becoat, Adrian Becoat, Nathan Becoat, Jason Becoat, Brian Becoat and Unknown Heirs of Phillip Becoat, Sr.) (Willie Becoat, deceased) (Heirs of Willie Becoat: Constance Becoat, Cassandra Black and Unknown Heirs of Willie Becoat) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Myrtice Becoat) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of May, 2003, and recorded in

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2026

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cynthia G. Foley to Harold Russell, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of December, 2009, and recorded in Book 13803, Page 875, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 15, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

Subject to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Neuse Crossing Subdivision recorded in Book 4718, Page 146 and Book 5696, Page 787 of the Wake County Registry.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-00823-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-18203-FC02

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-04227-FC02

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: 1228183 (FC.FAY)

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