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George Thorogood, left, and saxophonist Buddy Leach performed in Wilmington at Cape Fear Community College’s Wilson Center on October 9, bringing rich tunes, and a sense of relief to the post-Florence port city.

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Judges: All election board laws struck down to stay in place Raleigh N.C. judges have agreed to delay enforcing their entire ruling striking down several parts of the state’s election administration laws until fall election results are certified.

Members of the three-judge panel on Monday signed an order sought jointly by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders involved in litigation challenging the latest iteration of the state election board.

A majority of the panel ruled last week that the current ninemember board structure was unconstitutional because it failed to give Cooper adequate control over the agency. Cooper has strong influence over only four board members. The order keeps the status quo through Dec. 3.

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Despite delay, NC State Fair flirts with attendance of 1M Raleigh The 2018 N.C. State Fair overcame a one-day delay and nearly topped 1 million in attendance. The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said in a news release the 10-day event attracted 977,256 people, including record attendance on Friday and Sunday.

On Friday, the fair set an attendance day record of 109,396. On Sunday, the final day, the fair set a record for the day with 130,319 patrons.

The annual Junior Livestock Sale of Champions brought in a record $284,000 for the youth showing the animals and for livestock scholarship programs.

Actor Kelsey Grammer weighs in on proposed N.C. Constitutional Amendment.

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Ivanka Trump hugs Lisa Cummings at a disaster relief site on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, at Hyde Park Baptist Church in Lumberton. Cummings was in line for meals at the disaster relief site.

Early voting turnout spikes in midterm election With the midterms two weeks away, President Donald Trump will be in Charlotte this week campaigning for Congressional Republicans

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RALEIGH — As North Carolina enters its second full week of early voting on Wednesday, Republicans are surprising the poll watchers. The number of registered Republicans who have cast early votes has jumped 44 percent compared with the same early voting period in the 2014 midterm election, and Democrats have increased early voting by 26 percent.

According to an analysis by Democracy NC, 80 of N.C.’s

100 counties report an increase in early voting, and more than twice the number of voters under 26 have cast ballots early when compared to the same weekend in to 2014.

The figures come as the Nov. 6 midterm elections looms. With just two weeks to go, candidates at the state and national level are stumping at a furious pace. President Donald Trump is on a nationwide tour with Friday’s stop being Charlotte to campaign for District 9 congressional candidate Mark Harris and incumbent Congressman Ted Budd (NC-13). He also stopped in the state in August for Budd and Harris.

His daughter, Ivanka Trump, was in Lumberton earlier this month handing out meals and visiting with Hurricane Florence See MIDTERMS, page A8

Normalcy returns to Wilmington after Florence How Cape Fear Community College’s Wilson Center brought live music back to the city

By Shawn Krest North State Journal WILMINGTON — In the last week of September, fans looking to buy a ticket to George Thorogood’s upcoming show were out of luck.

A message on the website for Cape Fear Community College’s Wilson Center, the four-year-old state of the art auditorium, somberly announced that the box office was still closed, due to Hurricane Florence, with no estimated return date.

Florence’s impact on Wilmington has been chronicled in detail. After making landfall on North Carolina’s Coast on Sept. 14, the storm stayed in place, burying the eastern part of the state with torrential rainfall.

In the immediate aftermath, the city of Wilmington was virtually unreachable by existing roadways and was described as “an island” by first responders.

Daily press conferences described what impacted residents needed — bottled water, easy-to-prepare meals, household goods to replace what was swept away by the floods.

At some point, however, the community’s needs became less about survival and recovery, and more about resuming life. They needed to feel normal again.

By the time Thorogood took the stage, on Oct. 9, the Wilson Center box office was back up and running on the web. Cape Fear Community College had resumed classes the day before, and live music had returned to

“Hi, Wilmington.

May I be the first to say you people pulled through the hurricane.

You were bad to the bone.”

Musician George Thorogood in a recorded message on the Wilson Center’s Facebook page

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State health leaders gather to discuss ‘broken’ system

By David Larson For the North State Journal RALEIGH — Legislative, insurance, provider and policy leaders in health care gathered Monday in the State Ballroom at the Raleigh Marriott City Center for a symposium to discuss the current state of medicine in North Carolina. The North Carolina Association of Health Plans, an organization representing health insurers in the state, hosted the meeting, and Becky Gray of the John Locke Foundation moderated the three panel discussions.

The event began with a keynote address by Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Spruce Pine) who co-chairs the Senate’s health policy and health appropriation committees. Hise remembered when he first came to chair health eight years before and the budget had a $750 million

“I couldn’t agree more with what our friend from Blue Cross said earlier — ‘Sometimes you just need the government to stop.’”

Cody Hand, NC Healthcare Association shortfall.

He directed blame for the notoriously unpredictable and expensive health budgets on government regulation that made care confusing and inefficient. Rural health is especially affected as doctors do not have incentive to take patients in these areas despite ready markets.

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“We were the first facility in the entire area to return to performances,” said Wilson Center Director Shane Fernando. “There had not been anything in the area—all the stages were dark since before the storm.”

Close to a month of performances had been cancelled or rescheduled, including an appearance by 60s pop icon Frankie Valli and a concert by the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.

The Orchestra was one of the first events to return to the building.

“People were weeping in the audience,” recalled Fernando.

This is a story of one building, withstanding the storm and giving Wilmington back a bit of normalcy.

Storm prep When it became clear that Wilmington was in the likely path of the storm, Fernando and his team leapt into action.

“Because this is a normal occurrence for us, in terms of storms, we have protocols we put into place,” he said. “One of the first things that was written before we opened was our coastal storm prep protocol.”

When the warning was issued and the college made the decision to close, everyone on the Wilson Center staff dropped what they were doing to go into storm prep

By Liz Fabian The Telegraph of Macon MACON, Ga. — More than a week ago, a basset hound mix with a white muzzle scratched at the front gate of a northeast Macon home.

With three rescue dogs of their own, Jim Waters’ family opened their door to the reddish-brown female with short, whitish legs.

“We took Sadie in and found her to be well taken care of, well trained, obviously an indoor dog, and with a sweet disposition,” Waters said.

His grown daughters made signs and posted them in the neighborhoods around Upper River Road and Shirley Hills.

They heard nothing.

Early this week, they took the dog to Piedmont Animal Hospital in Gray, Ga., and discovered she had an unregistered identifica-

tion chip embedded under her fur.

The veterinarian gave them a list of five ID chip manufacturers to check, and the last one they contacted traced the chip back to a veterinarian in Camp Lejeune.

The area was hit hard by Hurricane Florence in mid-September.

Due to privacy concerns, the North Carolina vet’s office would not give the Waters family contact information but promised to call them about the dog, who they learned was a 7-year-old named Sadie.

Although the pieces of the puzzle were falling into place, the Waters family still wondered how in the world she got to Macon.

“Was Sadie brought here by a family evacuating the area? Was she brought here to stay with family or friends and was lost?” they wondered.

A few more days passed, but the Waters family heard nothing.

On Wednesday, Jim Waters’ daughter, Anna Waters, posted another picture on Facebook, and the social media lost pet detectives went to work sharing and re-

“At our house, she just lives on the couch and makes herself home.”

Jim Waters, who found Sadie and took her in posting the photo.

A North Carolina woman recognized Sadie and said she used to pet sit for the dog and the family’s other Basset mix, Sarge.

She texted the owners.

Wednesday evening the Waters family learned Sadie belongs to a young military family with four children who fled Hurricane Florence.

The evacuees were staying in McDonough and realized they needed to rehome the dogs before they traveled halfway across the country seeking temporary shelter.

Anna Waters made contact with the evacuee family and dis-

covered they put out an ad and found a Macon family willing to help, Jim Waters said.

“We were just tickled pink last night when Anna said, ‘We found the family,’” Jim Waters said Thursday morning.

The North Carolina man, who has the contact information for the Macon family that took the dogs, is on a mission in south Florida and will come through next week to pick up Sadie.

The family now is concerned for their 3-year-old male Basset mix named Sarge, who also was left in Macon.

They wonder if he is still safe and secure with the foster family until they can return.

In the meantime, Sadie will stay with the Waterses.

“At our house, she just lives on the couch and makes herself home,” said Jim Waters, who brought her into work at Subaru of Macon.

She chewed on a stuffed blue Ascent SUV toy that came from the “barking garage” display in the showroom.

Sadie made her way through the dealership with her tail wagging Thursday morning, visiting all the sales associates and service center.

“She’s great,” Jim Waters said.

“When I was showing pictures around yesterday, I had three or four people say they’d take her.”

600 Florence-displaced families listed for temporary housing

By Marth Waggoner The Associated Press RALEIGH — Some North Carolina families left homeless by Hurricane Florence have received temporary housing from the federal government. Hundreds of other families are on a waiting list for travel trailers and mobile homes, officials say.

Ten travel trailers have been set up for nine families in Duplin, Onslow and Pender counties with one family needing two of trailers, said Keith Acree, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. Two mobile homes were expected to be set up Friday, he said.

The temporary housing is available to people in the 10 counties where the Federal Emergency Management Agency has determined there isn’t enough rental housing. Including three that already have trailers, they are: Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Jones, New Hanover, and Robeson counties.

“They come completely furnished and what we call a livability kit, brooms, dustpans, bedding and things like that, just to get them started back to living someplace that’s clean and safe,” said Mike Wade of FEMA’s External Affairs division in an interview Tuesday on WPTF radio in Raleigh.

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14 in North Carolina, and people were still being rescued from their homes on Sept. 26, said Albie Lewis, the FEMA coordinator in North Carolina. Sixteen days later, the first families are getting temporary housing, he said.

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mode.

“We did electronic backups for all of our servers and also did double or triple backups for our more important documents,” Fernando said.

Once the data was safe, the equipment needed to be protected as well.

“We took all our electronics and wrapped them,” he said. All our stage equipment got wrapped. Because of the strength of this storm, we moved all of our furnishings into more secure areas—away from windows, even moving them higher (to avoid flooding). There is one section of the building that has a concrete roof, so that’s where we took all our archives and our most valuable equipment.”

There was one thing that couldn’t be moved and had Fernando worried.

“As long as the stage is dry,” he said, “we’re in good shape. That’s all I prayed for is keep the stage dry.

That’s the most important thing for a theater. That had the potential of shutting us down for six months to a year.”

If the wood floor is damaged in a storm, it needs to be replaced, which also means extensive work on everything the audience doesn’t see: “The orchestra shell, and the rigging, the fly system, the electric panels and the dimmers,” Fernando said. “It’s almost like the brain of the building. If that gets damaged or wet, you’re talking about some serious down time. I can get

Interior of a travel trailer which is part of FEMA’s Direct Temporary Housing Assistance available to eligible registered Hurricane Florence survivors in Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Duplin, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and Robeson counties.

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fast on that,” Lewis said at a news conference Friday.

Most families will receive travel trailers, although some, such as people with special needs, will get mobile homes, he said. Most of the units will be placed at the victims’ homes, while a few will be placed elsewhere, he said.

“These housing units are temporary,” Lewis said. “They’re not meant for long-term. They are a step toward that longer-term recovery.”

People can stay in the mobile units for up to 18 months, he said.

“We have them sign a leasing agreement which goes over the rules for what they have to do to stay in that unit,” said Wade. “In addition, we contact them every

30 days and make sure that they are making repairs to their home and moving along in their recovery process.”

The government isn’t setting up trailer parks with hundreds of units as it did after Hurricane Floyd inundated North Carolina in 1999, Acree said. And while people refer to the units as “FEMA trailers,” they’re actually units FEMA buys from commercial vendors, just as any individual would do, Lewis said.

“Ideally, we would like to place them on their property, but they have to meet local ordinances and floodplain ordnances,” said Wade.

“If for whatever reason, say there is not a water or power hookup, then, if it’s not suitable, then at

that point we would put them in a mobile home park.”

“If someone is living somewhere where their home is not inhabitable, they can apply through FEMA. Now that doesn’t mean they are going to get a housing unit; we have other programs. For instance, we have provided over $103 million dollars in individual household grants to homeowners and renters,” said Wade. “Our first goal is to get people into rental assistance near their homes.”

The Small Business Administration has also approved almost $200 million in loans for homeowners and businesses and the National Flood Insurance Program has paid out $214 million in claims.

test, and she pulled through with flying colors.”

The stage, Fernando was relieved to see, remained dry.

So the shows must go on.

The return

WILSON CENTER

George Thorogood performed in Wilmington at Cape Fear Community College’s Wilson Center on October 9, bringing rich tunes, and a sense of relief to the post-Florence port city. the building going quickly if there’s a leak anywhere, as long as it’s not on the stage.”

The aftermath The building took damage from the storm, of course. The roof remained intact but took a serious blow.

“The roof will need to be replaced on the front of the building,” Fernando said. “The wind went underneath it and pulled up the roof from around the drains.”

That meant that water wasn’t directed away from the building as

intended, which caused it to flood inside the lobby and other areas of the Wilson Center.

That’s where all the pre-storm work paid off.

“We had some substantial water breaches in the building,” Fernando said, “but the equipment, electronics and furnishings were not present.”

The depressing scene at the front of the building was not a foreshadowing of what happened farther inside.

“Actually, I was pretty delighted,” Fernando said. “She did very well. This was kind of our first big

Cape Fear CC brought in a water mitigation team to repair the damage, and the roof got a patch-up until it can be fully replaced in the future.

The box office reopened—online and in person—on Thursday, Sept.

27.

A few days later, two and a half weeks after Florence arrived, the curtain was raised in front of an audience of grateful community members.

“It was a powerful moment,” Fernando recalled. “It was pretty amazing, people were walking in and thanking our volunteers. ‘Thank you so much for being open. It’s so good to go out and do something and talk to people about something that’s not storm-related.’ They were able to escape and come together as a community for something beautiful.”

The first week feature the symphony, a dance performance, and, of course, rock and roll from Thorogood.

“Hi, Wilmington,” Thorogood said in a recorded message on the Wilson Center’s Facebook page.

“May I be the first to say you people pulled through the hurricane. You were bad to the bone.”

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nation & world Key Virginia permit takes effect for Atlantic Coast Pipeline Work is already underway in West Virginia, where the natural gas pipeline begins, and in North Carolina

fossil fuels when it should be in-

“Thousands of hardworking Virginians and local businesses across the state will soon be hard at work building this transformational project.”

By Sarah Rankin The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia environmental regulators approved engineering plans for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline on Friday, a move that means the project has the state’s permission to begin construction.

Developers will now ask the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for authorization to start construction in Virginia, pipeline spokesman Aaron Ruby said.

Work is already underway in West Virginia, where the natural gas pipeline begins, and in North Carolina.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality announced late Friday afternoon it had approved the project’s erosion and sediment control, stormwater management and karst protection plans, which outline engineering designs intended to protect water quality during and after construction.

The signoff on the plans, which had been under review for more than a year, means a water quality permit takes effect and the project has Virginia’s permission to start construction along the 300 miles it will cross in the state, the de-

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Surveyors study the Virginia land designated for pipeline construction. partment said in a statement. The terrain it will cross includes steep slopes and hundreds of water bodies.

Environmental groups have argued the plans should not be approved, and they have filed legal challenges against a number of other permits, which have led to project delays.

Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Matthew Strickler acknowledged in a statement that the Atlantic Coast and similar Mountain Valley pipeline have “raised concerns.”

He said the plans had been carefully reviewed, modified and “intensified” before being approved.

“We remain dedicated to holding them to the highest environ-

mental standards possible pursuant to state authorities,” Strickler said.

Ruby called the approvals a “major step forward.”

“Thousands of hardworking Virginians and local businesses across the state will soon be hard at work building this transformational project,” he said in a statement.

Richmond-based Dominion Energy is the lead developer of the pipeline, which supporters say will create jobs, lure new manufacturers to the area, lower energy costs and help utilities transition away from coal.

Opponents say it will degrade water quality, trample on property rights and delay the region from

vesting in renewable energy instead.

“We simply don’t need hundreds of miles of costly and environmentally destructive gas infrastructure to keep the lights on in Virginia, but sadly, this approval is a step toward marrying Virginia to a future of higher energy costs and volatile fossil fuels for years to come while Dominion Energy profits handsomely at our expense,” Lee Francis, deputy director of the Virginia League of Conservation Voters, said in a statement.

Developers have previously said they were aiming to have the pipeline in service during the fourth quarter of 2019. Ruby said Friday they are evaluating whether legal challenges that have led to halts in construction have had any longterm impact on that timeline.

Bolton says Russia hurt itself by meddling in U.S. vote Putin pokes at the Great Seal of the United States in meetings with President Trump’s national security adviser

“That’s a huge loss to both countries, but particularly to Russia. So it’s a lesson I think: Don’t mess with American elections.”

By Jim Heintz The Associated Press MOSCOW — U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that he told Russian officials that the Kremlin has hurt itself by meddling in the U.S. election.

Wrapping up two days of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top lieutenants, Bolton said he told Moscow that meddling has been “particularly harmful for Russian-American relations without providing anything for them in return.”

He emphasized that the Russian interference has caused “distress and animosity” across the U.S., effectively blocking the possibility of improving Russia-U.S. ties.

“That’s a huge loss to both countries, but particularly to Russia,” Bolton said. “So it’s a lesson I think: Don’t mess with American elections.”

Russia denied any state-sponsored meddling, although Putin has suggested that some “patriotic” individual hackers could have been involved.

The U.S. has accused a group of agents of the Russian GRU military intelligence of a damaging hack of Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.

Special investigator Robert Mueller indicted 12 people identified as GRU officers in July. In addition, Mueller indicted 13 Russians working for a so-called troll fac-

HEALTHCARE from page A1 Hise also spoke about his mother’s fight with cancer.

“Her medical bills were more than she made in her entire life,” he said. “She taught in public schools for 30 years, director of the Chamber of Commerce for about 14 years after that. If you compare it to her Social Security, this one disease has cost more than she made.”

One problem identified by Hise and the panelists was what they called “surprise billing.” This happens when a patient goes to an in-network provider expecting to get in-network prices, but they find out after the procedure that one or more of the practitioners were out of network. Hise said

Mexico City The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Willa has grown into a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm on a track toward the Mexican coast south of Mazatlan. Willa has maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, though it’s projected to weaken somewhat before hitting land late Tuesday. It is still likely to be an extremely dangerous hurricane when it hits. It was located about 135 miles southsouthwest of Cabo Corrientes and is heading north at 7 mph on Monday.

Walker says Democrats are bringing in ‘muscle’ Milwaukee Republican Gov. Scott Walker says Democrats are “bringing in all the muscle” this week as the election draws close.

Walker commented hours before independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was holding a rally with Wisconsin Democratic candidates on the University of WisconsinMilwaukee campus. On Friday, former President Barack Obama plans a similar early voting rally in Milwaukee.

Walker commented during a radio town hall broadcast on WISN-AM in Milwaukee.

Walker says Democrats have “got people worked up and pumped up and we cannot take it for granted.” Walker says his top concern is Republican complacency. Walker says “the left is angry and their rhetoric is full of hatred.” Walker plans to join President Donald Trump at a rally Wednesday near Wausau. Trump will be in Charlotte on Friday.

NYPD suspends use of body camera model after one explodes New York The New York City Police Department has suspended use of a model of body camera after one exploded. The NYPD says an officer noticed smoke coming from the Vievu LE-5 body camera on Saturday night.

The officer removed it and the device exploded. No one was injured.

The NYPD says that the explosion revealed a potential for the battery to ignite, and that the force’s 2,990 LE-5 cameras are being removed out of an abundance of caution.

In a statement, Axon, Vievu’s parent company, says it will do whatever is necessary to quickly and safely resolve the situation.

The NYPD says more than 15,000 body cameras are deployed throughout the department. Officers using other models will continue to wear them.

tory suspected of spreading disinformation and manipulating U.S. voters online during the 2016 campaign.

Russian President Vladimir Putin poked fun at the official seal of the United States while hosting Bolton on Tuesday, saying he wondered if the American eagle had plucked all the olives from the branch in its talon.

While sitting down with John Bolton at the Kremlin, Putin mentioned Trump’s stated intent to pull the U.S. out of a pivotal arms control treaty. He said Moscow also was aware of Washington’s doubts about extending another landmark nuclear treaty and its plans to deploy elements of missile defense in space.

The Russian leader then referred to the Great Seal of the United States, which includes a bald eagle holding a bundle of 13 arrows in one talon and an olive

branch with 13 olives in another.

“I have a question: Has your eagle picked all the olives and only has arrows left?” Putin asked with a laugh.

But while underlining the differences between Russia and the U.S., Putin also emphasized the need to maintain a dialogue, saying he would be ready to meet with Trump in Paris during centenary commemorations next month marking the end of World War I. Putin said his last meeting with Trump in Helsinki in July was useful despite their tough discussion, adding that he would be open to meet with Trump in France “if the U.S. side is interested in such contacts.”

Bolton responded that Trump would look forward to seeing Putin in Paris on the sideline of events marking 100 years since Armistice Day. “Despite our differences which

one of his constituents worked out the math for his hip replacement down to the dollar, but when the anesthesiologist turned out to be one of these “surprise” out-of-network doctors, he ended up paying an extra $4,000.

Mark Hall, a Wake Forest University health policy expert who was on the panel, said surprise billing “unites everyone” from all sides of the aisle. They are all against it, but then they can’t agree on “who is responsible for that payment.” Hall says it’s not so simple once you get into those questions.

Something the panelists and speakers seemed to agree on was that the system as constituted is dysfunctional and needs a major overhaul.

“I’m an emergency medicine

physician by training, so at this point in my career I’ve actually owned my own business, I’ve worked for health systems, and about three years ago, I came to Blue Cross North Carolina,” Leslie McKinney of Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC said. “As a physician leader, I know that health care is basically broken. It’s expensive, and we really aren’t getting a lot for what we pay for.”

McKinney said they were working to get providers and insurers on the same page on payment models. She especially targeted the way primary care doctors are paid. McKinney said that moving from a per unit cost to a “total cost of care” focus would create a more outcome-based model that was measuring results rather than

how many tests and services were provided.

Another area of agreement between insurers and providers was that changes need to be given time to work.

“I couldn’t agree more with what our friend from Blue Cross said earlier — ‘Sometimes you just need the government to stop,’” Cody Hand of the NC Healthcare Association said of the government interventions.

“While there are things that we would like to keep in the law and things we would like to change, sometimes as providers, in order to work with payers, in order to work with patients, we really just need the government to stop and let us adjust to what we have,” Hand added.

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton, left, gestures while speaking to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, back to a camera, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018.

Willa becomes Category 5 storm off Mexico

John Bolton, U.S. National Security Adviser exist because of our different national interests, it’s still important to work in areas where there is a possibility of mutual cooperation,” Bolton said.

Bolton’s Kremlin meeting with Putin followed two days of talks with top Russian foreign policy and security officials.

“Hopefully, I will have some answers for you,” he said. “But I didn’t bring any more olives.”

“That’s what I thought,” Putin quipped.

Speaking at a news conference after the talks with Putin, Bolton emphasized that the U.S. has been confident that Russia has violated the treaty by testing and deploying a ground-based cruise missile.

He emphasized that the danger to Europe isn’t the prospective U.S. withdrawal from the pact but “the threat is the Russian missiles already deployed.”

The treaty was signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It prohibited the U.S. and Russia from possessing, producing or test-flying ground-launched nuclear cruise and ballistic missiles with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu lauded Bolton and said that “even small steps will benefit our relations and help restore trust” between the two countries.

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Lawmakers mull new state park at downsized Grand Staircase Salt Lake City Some Utah legislators are proposing creating a state park within the downsized Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reported Sunday that lawmakers could petition the U.S. Department of Interior to set aside land for recreation.

Under the federal Recreation and Public Purposes Act, the state could potentially ask for up to 25,600 acres of land a year. Republican Rep. Mike Noel, of Kanab, says the state could make requests over a three-year period and end up with a state park the size of Arches National Park.

U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart is also proposing the creation of a sixth national park called Escalante Canyons. Critics say such legislation validates President Donald Trump’s decision last year to shrink two Utah national monuments, resulting in a pending lawsuit.

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Nicholas Reese Masters of Concord was struck and killed by a police deputy in Rockingham County last Thursday. The 19-year-old Masters was walking in the right lane of U.S. 29 close to 8 p.m., wearing blue jeans, a dark vest and a black backpack.

The deputy was responding to a call and struck Masters. He stopped and performed CPR, but Masters was pronounced dead at the scene.

Beaufort County A police officer shot and killed a man during a traffic stop in Washington on Sunday. Police confirmed that the officer attempted a stop at approximately 4:00 p.m., near the Washington Housing Authority Complex. The State Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation, and the officer has been placed on administrative leave.

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in Greenville over the weekend, ordering two glasses of water. He then left server Alaina Custer, an ECU student, a note thanking her for “the delicious water” and a tip of $10,000 cash. Two people at another table filmed her reaction. Custer kept $800 and shared the rest with her coworkers.

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Western NC gets POWER grant to create outdoor jobs

Community college gets money to fight opioid problem

Graham County The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded a $940,000 grant to help spur job development in the outdoor industry. The money will be issued to Graham County Economic Development, Western Carolina University, the Outdoor Gear Builders of WNC and several other groups to start 35 new outdoor businesses, train 125 students in outdoor degrees, create at least 150 new jobs and attract $10 million in investment.

Mitchell County Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine received a $100,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to develop two strategic plans that are expected to help the community. One plan will map out a way to provide entrepreneurial training for residents of communities impacted by the coal industry. The other will look at ways to address the opioid problem that has ravaged many coal communities.

Man jumps from ambulance to escape arrest

Man feeding squirrels shot by own booby trap

Lincoln County David Arnold leapt from an ambulance en route to the hospital in order to escape arrest. The convicted felon was taken into custody, along with John Wayne Goins, following a traffic stop, after police found marijuana, methamphetamine and a gun in the car. Goins was arrested, but Arnold reported that he felt ill after attempting to swallow the meth.

Cleveland County A 68-year-old man was shot by his own booby trap earlier this month. The man, whose name wasn’t immediately released, had set up several traps around his property, including a shotgun rigged up to fire at his back door. He went outside to feed squirrels in his yard and accidentally triggered the trap when he opened the door. The man called 911 and reported that he’d shot his arm off. He was taken to the hospital in Shelby and was expected to later be transferred to a facility in Charlotte.

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Absentee rules eased to help Florence’s displaced residents

Woman pleads guilty to $2.5M Medicaid fraud

Raleigh North Carolina election officials are providing more leeway to the voters living in the counties hardest hit by Hurricane Florence and filling out mail-in absentee ballots.

State Elections Board Executive Director Kim Strach issued an emergency order to let 28 eastern counties accept these absentee ballots through the mail a week longer than they normally would — Nov. 15 instead of Nov. 8.

Last Friday’s order also allows people to turn in their absentee ballots in person at any early voting site or county election board in the state before 5 p.m. on Election Day. This is designed to help residents living far away from their damaged homes.

The legislature already extended traditional voter registration in the counties declared federal disaster areas by three additional days this month.

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A former Connecticut businesswoman living in Wake Forest has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid of $2.5 million.

Federal prosecutors say 49-yearold Juliet Jacob waived her right to be indicted Thursday and entered her plea to a charge of health care fraud.

Jacob and another person operated two social and psychotherapy businesses in Bridgeport. The U.S. Attorney for Connecticut says the pair billed Medicaid for services that were never provided from as early as January 2012.

Jacob acknowledged her role in a separate scheme to defraud Medicaid of more than $200,000 through fraudulent billing as part of her guilty plea.

She has agreed to pay $2.7 million in restitution and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.

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Educator helps save Indian artifacts from hurricane

Prosecutors: 2nd person arrested in trooper’s death

Robeson County Connie Locklear, the director of the Public Schools of Robeson County Indian Education Program, helped save several rare Native American artifacts last month. When Hurricane Florence damaged the roof of the Indian Education Program Museum, Locklear rushed to the building to salvage as much as she could. Some yearbooks from the 1940s and Native American writing from the 1800s were damaged, but the rest was protected.

Wilson County Prosecutors say a second person has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper Kevin Conner. Conner, an 11-year veteran of the patrol, stopped a pickup truck last week on suspicion of speeding on a highway in rural Columbus County southwest of Whiteville. Patrol First Sgt. Michael Baker said the driver shot Conner as he approached. Raheem Cole Dashanell Davis, a 20-year-old from Chadbourn, was later apprehended. He’s charged with first-degree murder.

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Raleigh “Frasier” actor Kelsey Grammer is seeking to give a boost to a crime victims amendment on North Carolina ballots by appearing in a television commercial.

The pro-amendment group “Marsy’s Law for North Carolina” announced an ad Monday featuring Grammer is now airing on TV stations. Voters will decide on the referendum, which, if approved, would expand crime victims’ language already in the state constitution.

The Emmy-winning Grammer says his father was shot and killed, and he found out about his killer’s release through a tabloid. He also says his sister was raped and murdered. He says the amendment gives crime victims “the equal rights they deserve.”

Grammer is appearing on Georgia airwaves for a similar amendment there.

Kentucky, Florida, Oklahoma and Nevada also have crime victims amendment referendums this fall.

New charges filed against NC investment adviser Raleigh Federal prosecutors say new charges have been filed against a North Carolina investment adviser already accused of fraud and other offenses connected with a Ponzi scheme.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday the new charges filed against 45-year-old Stephen Condon Peters of Raleigh include aggravated identity theft and concealing documents during an examination by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Prosecutors said Peters orchestrated the sale of promissory notes in exchange for investor funds and an annual return of 8 or 9 percent over five years. Instead, the prosecutors say he took large sums of investor money and carried out a Ponzi scheme.

Peters was originally indicted last December on multiple charges. A superseding indictment was announced Thursday, and arraignment is scheduled for December.

NC Chamber of Commerce lead to retire Raleigh North Carolina Chamber of Commerce Chair David Fountain announced Monday that Lew Ebert, the organization’s president and CEO, has informed the executive committee of his intention to retire effective Nov. 30.

“I am thankful for the opportunity to lead the North Carolina Chamber for the past 12 years. Growing up in Pennsylvania and working in Kansas prior to our family moving here, I’ve come to appreciate North Carolina as a wonderful place to live, work and raise our family,” said Ebert in a press release from the organization. “The North Carolina Chamber has a bright future.

Thanks to our staff and volunteers we have established strong foundations to garner a globally competitive workforce and boost an enviable business climate that fuels statewide economic prosperity, and I believe now is the right time for me to make this decision.”

Gary Salamido, current vice president of government affairs, has been named the chief operating officer and acting president.

“It’s been exciting to watch North Carolina move up the list, from nearly the bottom to the top, in rankings for business climate and I thank Lew for bringing me on the team to lead the government affairs efforts,” said Salamido.

“The challenges that are still ahead are only outweighed by our opportunities, and I’m grateful to be given the opportunity to lead the NC Chamber at this time.”

Led by Ward Nye, CEO of Martin Marietta, the board and executive committee will now begin the process of a thorough search both internally and externally to identify a successor.

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The Silent Majority, Chicago 1968 and mob rule

Boomers would rather be proven ‘right’ on every issue rather than compromise on any common solution for the good of the nation.

“THE GREAT MAJORITY of Americans are neither radicals nor reactionaries. They are middle-of-the-road folks who own their own homes and work hard and would like to have the government get back to its old habits of meddling with their lives as little as possible. … It sometimes seems as if this great ‘silent majority’ had no spokesman. But (he) belongs with that crowd; he lives like them, he works like them, and understands.”

In 1968, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago erupted when student protesters against the Vietnam War clashed with older mainstream Democratic delegates on the convention floor and then with police outside as protests turned violent.

Middle-of-the-road American voters nationwide watched the riots in the streets of Chicago on the evening news and reacted with horror and disgust.

Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon called on this Silent Majority of voters to vote for him to bring law and order back to the streets of America. Nixon soundly defeated Democrat Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey and third-party candidate Alabama Gov. George Wallace to win the White House in the fall.

Fifty years ago, the national Democratic Party forgot the Silent Majority. They apparently have forgotten them again in 2018.

Democrats win when they have candidates such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama appealing to the basic common interests of all Americans regardless of race or class. Jobs.

Security. Education. Opportunity.

Just as Republicans do when they do the same.

The current Democratic Party offers voters none of those. They embrace mob rule;

denying opponents of their right to free speech; willfully disdain of national immigration law; establishment of sanctuary cities and “free everything” from education to health care regardless of cost to the taxpayer, tens of millions of whom are part of the “silent majority.”

Democratic mobs harass Republicans when they go to restaurants (Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife); wail primal screams in the gallery during confirmations of Supreme Court nominees (Brett Kavanaugh); they even tried to shout down 95-year old former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at NYU last week while yelling “Rot in Hell! Rot in Hell!”

Those are not winning arguments to get the silent majority on your side. Any competent political consultant on either side will tell you that.

More In Common, an international public education nonprofit organization, published a report last week, “Hidden Tribes,” which concluded our current extremely polarized environment is not universal but a battle between 8 percent of rich white radical liberal extremists on the left and 6 percent of rich white conservative extremists on the right.

The other 80 percent voters are the Exhausted Majority. All they want is the government to work together to get things done and stop blaming everyone but themselves for their failure to do so.

Just like the Silent Majority voters of years gone by. The same bell curve of voters who have existed since the beginning of the American Democratic Republic.

Older idealistic Boomers who grew up in the tumultuous ’60s are now on both extremes running our national politics. In many ways, our idealism has proven to be a disaster, the national

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debt being a prime example. Boomers would rather be proven “right” on every issue rather than compromise on any common solution for the good of the nation.

The report confirmed what many seasoned veterans of campaigns have been saying for the past 20 years: Republican and Democratic candidates are not speaking directly to the interests of the independent, unaffiliated voters or any moderate registered Democratic, Republican or Libertarian voter.

Was Bruce Barton talking about Richard Nixon or Donald Trump in the opening quote above? No. He was talking about Massachusetts Gov. Calvin Coolidge. In 1919.

Maybe history really is repeating itself. Every 50 years or so, the silent exhausted majority is ignored. Until they rise up at the polls.

GUEST COLUMN | KRISTIANA BOLZMAN

A better way to spend our education dollars

Of these 10 countries, only two — Norway and Luxembourg — spend more than the United States.

WITH THE RECENT RELEASE of a study on education spending, many are reiterating a hackneyed conclusion: that the U.S. needs to funnel more money into schools.

The study, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, compared human capital, or the quality of a country’s workforce, in different developed countries. Human capital is important, the study explains, because countries with greater human capital experience faster economic growth per capita — meaning more jobs, better wages, and more affordable goods and services.

The researchers determined the quality of a country’s human capital by looking at years of educational attainment, student performance on tests, and health factors. Based on these indicators, the study found that the U.S. dropped from a 6th place international human capital ranking in 1990 to a 27th place ranking today.

“The decline of human capital in the United States was one of the biggest surprises in our study,” said Dr. Christopher Murray writes.

“Our findings show the association between investments in education and health and improved human capital and GDP — which policymakers here in the U.S. ignore at their own peril.”

In response to the study, some media outlets are now calling on the U.S. to spend more on education. But they’re mistaken: The issue isn’t how much we’re spending, it’s how we’re spending. So before we run to our checkbooks, let’s remember that investment doesn’t always mean spending more — it often means spending better.

The study offers some insight into how the U.S. can be smarter in its spending. The 10 countries found to have the greatest human capital were Finland, Iceland, Denmark, the

Netherlands, Taiwan, South Korea, Norway, Luxembourg, France, and Belgium.

If spending is America’s problem, then these top-performing countries should be the biggest education spenders out there. But they’re not.

Of these 10 countries, only two — Norway and Luxembourg — spend more than the United States on education, according to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. For example, Finland, the study’s top performer in terms of human capital, spends $2,425 less than the U.S. on primary education, $2,602 less on secondary education, and $16,426 less on tertiary education per student. So if spending is not the problem with education, what is?

The report reveals that, in terms of human capital, the best performing countries are not investing more than the United States — they’re investing in different education programs.

Finland, for example, provides advanced vocational training programs, where students can complete core curriculum coursework while participating in publicly-financed, on-the-job training programs of their choice. Today, 45 percent of Finnish high school age students are enrolled in such programs, one of the highest vocational education enrollment rates among member countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Iceland, the number two country in human capital, also offers a vocational education track for students, as do Denmark, the Netherlands, and other top-performing countries.

The United States would do well to learn from our friends abroad who are making vocational training accessible to students. Introducing education savings accounts in states across the country would offer students needed professional learning opportunities without increasing the price tag for U.S. taxpayers. Education savings

accounts increase access to vocational training by making public funding portable.

Today, to fund elementary and secondary education, the United States spends $11,762 per student annually. This funding is largely directed to public schools. In 2017, for example, only 0.3 percent of U.S. education spending went to vocational training.

But with education savings accounts, parents could spend the $11,762 that the government budgets for their child’s education on learning programs of their choice. At parents’ requests, participating states would direct public funding into a verified education savings account. Parents could then access the funds with a government-issued debit card to cover authorized education costs, such as vocational learning programs.

Students using education savings accounts to pay for skills training would benefit from greatly-improved employment opportunities.

After all, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that technical occupations will account for onefifth of all new jobs by 2026. And the Finnish example suggests that successfully incorporating vocational training programs could increase student educational attainment and training, improving human capital and per capita economic growth — making the U.S. richer and more productive in the process.

The United States must stop pouring more tax dollars into a failing education system without improving the system itself. Taking a cue from international leaders in encouraging vocational training through the use of education savings accounts would help us do just that.

Kristiana Bolzman is development manager at the Independent Institute, a non-partisan think tank in the San Francisco Bay Area. This article was first published on dailysignal.com.

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Burying Gosnell all over again WALTER E. WILLIAMS

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Dean Cain as Detective James Woods in Hat Tip Films LLC’s “Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer.”

When the national media really hate a story, they try to bury it, and if it has the audacity to resurface, they try to bury it all over again.

NEWS IS WHATEVER the press wants it to be. When the national media really hate a story, they try to bury it, and if it has the audacity to resurface, they try to bury it all over again. In 2013, Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted of first-degree murder for the death of three babies whose necks he snipped after they were born alive. He was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Karnamaya Mongar, a refugee from Nepal who was overanesthetized, and faced hundreds of lesser counts. He was sentenced to life without parole.

To read the police report on this man is to understand — and be horrified by — pure evil. Yet over the 56-day trial, the TV network newscasts ignored it, despite a roiling controversy over their flagrant omissions of this monster’s terrible and unsanitary clinic. Only when the convictions were announced did the three networks really acknowledge the story, and only with a yawn. CBS offered 33 bland words.

The networks simply do not want to tell the truth about abortion.

Last year, Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney wrote a book called “Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer,” and that was also ignored by the national “news” organs. Now they have completed a dramatic movie with a similar name, relying heavily on actual trial transcripts, and the same shameful routine is on display. The pro-abortion media want Kermit Gosnell to just ... go away.

The movie debuted in 673 theaters on Oct. 12 and grossed $1.2 million in its first weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. But the Washington Post offered no review for its debut, even though it was showing in 28 Virginia theaters and 12 in Maryland. The paper carried only a tiny brief in its “Also Opening” section. But it did find space for a 485-word review of a documentary airing in one Washington, D.C., theatre on the late street photographer Garry Winogrand, whoever he was.

The New York Times offered reviews of 15 new movies that day, not counting a “Rewind” review of a remastered 1973 Brian De Palma flick showing at

one theater in Manhattan. Did “Gosnell” not show in enough movie theatres? The Times reviewed “The Oath” (debuting in 10 theaters nationwide), “Beautiful Boy” (four theaters) and “Over the Limit” (one solitary screen). Film critic A.O. Scott raved over a four-hour “Watergate” documentary showing at one art house in Greenwich Village and one in Los Angeles (and coming soon to the History Channel).

There was only one “Gosnell” review in a major newspaper, in the Los Angeles Times. Michael Rechtshaffen began: “You can say one thing for ‘Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer’ — it will never be mistaken for having a liberal bias. ... the film adopts a sanctimonious tone that’s anything but subtle.”

But when the left makes a “sanctimonious” film, that’s good. A month ago, Michael Abele of the same newspaper glowed over “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Michael Moore’s latest, saying, “Moore’s movie may not have the ferocious artistry of (Spike) Lee’s — or really, any artistry — but it’s a powerfully blunt instrument nonetheless, designed to awaken more than inflict bruises.”

Four years ago, when the so-called abortion comedy “Obvious Child” came out, the critics were thrilled. A.O. Scott slammed conservatives in The New York Times, saying, “People with nothing better to do than dream up anti-Lena Dunham think pieces will have a field day with this movie, and also miss the point.” Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday called it a “cultural watershed” and obscenely deemed it “the most pro-life movie of the year.”

In short, the cultural elites who decry how conservatives live in a “post-truth era” have sought to bury the truth about the abortion industry. Those factories of death are an important part of the liberal base, and for them, protecting abortion on demand is defending the essence of their cultural movement.

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.

NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN

65% Of Google News links point to leftleaning news sources

SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT of Google News links point to left-leaning news sources. A report from AllSides.com shows that 20 percent point to centrist news sources and another 16 percent to sources on the political right.

“There are many different ways to measure and rate the bias of any news source or service,” note the report’s authors. “Simple adjustments will alter the percentages so that left media can be considered as more or less dominant in Google News than our 65 percent figure.”

While the specific numbers might shift a bit, “the numbers are so significantly strong and consistent in favor of news media sources from the left that the overall conclusion of a leftward bias is well justified.”

However, the bias of its results does not mean that Google is intentionally rigging its ratings to suppress right-of-center perspectives. It may simply be that the online audience itself leans further left than the population at large. Also, there are more left-leaning news outlets. As a result, simply ranking stories by popularity might easily generate a left-leaning set of results on Google News.

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.

THIRTEEN STATES — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia — have enacted laws to combat what is seen as price gouging in the wake of natural disasters. Price gouging is legally defined as charging 10 to 25 percent more for something than you charged for it during the month before an emergency. Sellers convicted of price gouging face prison terms and fines.

Price gouging in the wake of natural disasters is often seen as evil exploitation by sellers to rip off desperate customers.

Let’s hold off on that conclusion until after you give thought to some very important questions. First let’s see what we can agree upon.

When a natural disaster occurs or is anticipated, supply conditions change.

There is going to be less of what people want and need. Under such conditions, what actions are consistent with the public good? My answer is that people should voluntarily use less of everything and waste nothing. That would include economizing on water, gasoline, food and anything else necessary for survival. How about an example?

Price gouging in the wake of natural disasters is often seen as evil exploitation by sellers to rip off desperate customers.

Take the case of a hurricane like Florence. Let’s assume that evacuation 200 miles or so inland would guarantee safety for North Carolinians. Say the Jones family’s car has three-quarters of a tank of gas, more than enough to drive to safety. The Smith family’s car has less than a quarter-tank of gas, which is not enough to drive away from danger. We can multiply this scenario by tens of thousands of families in the Joneses’ condition and thousands of families in the Smiths’ predicament.

Here’s my question: Who should forgo purchasing gas in the storm-threatened area? My answer would be all those people who have enough gas to drive to safety — people such as the Joneses. By not purchasing gas, they’d make more gas available for those who really need the gas in order to drive to safety, such as the Smiths. We might also ask how considerate and caring it would be to their fellow North Carolinians who desperately need gas for people who have enough to evacuate to purchase gas just to top off their tanks.

If people such as the Joneses won’t consider the needs of their fellow man voluntarily, the North Carolina attorney general could station government officials at each gasoline station to determine who should be permitted to purchase gas. You say, “Williams, it would be sheer lunacy for scarce state resources to be used that way, especially in the face of a natural disaster!”

I think you’re right.

Another method would be for the governor, mayors and church and community leaders to admonish North Carolinians to purchase gasoline only if they really need it. That way, plenty of gas would be available for those with nearly empty tanks. You might say, “Come on, Williams. Aren’t you being a bit naive thinking that would work?” You’re probably right again.

What I think would make gas available to those who really need it are rising prices. Suppose the pre-hurricane price of gas was $2.60 a gallon. As the hurricane approaches, dealers could let the price rise to $4 a gallon. That would give families who have enough gas to evacuate incentive to voluntarily forgo purchasing gasoline.

Their voluntary decision would make more gas available for people who desperately need it. By the way, gas available at $4 a gallon seems more preferable than gas stations shut down because they have sold out of gas at $2.60 a gallon.

You might reluctantly agree that allowing prices to rise during a natural disaster helps allocate resources, but that’s not the intention of sellers who raise prices. They are in it for windfall profit.

I say: So what? It’s what their actions accomplish that’s important — namely, getting people to conserve during a natural disaster. Also, higher prices create incentives for suppliers of all kinds of goods — such as plywood, bottled water, generators and repair services — to pitch in to help to restore people’s lives.

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

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An Afghan woman shows her inked finger after casting her vote at a polling station during the parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Tens of thousands of Afghan forces fanned out across the country as voting began Saturday in the elections that followed a campaign marred by relentless violence.

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Archaeologists clean the clay masks of wooden idols that protect the entrance to a ceremonial center in the preColombian adobe city of Chan Chan, near Trujillo, Peru, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Peru’s Ministry of Culture presented on Monday the wooden idols as part of a series of important archaeological discoveries in the Chan Chan citadel belonging to the ancient Chimu empire who were conquered by the Incas in the late 15th century.

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Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander bends down to kiss Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as she greets him upon his arrival to inspect an honour guard during a Ceremonial welcome on Horse Guards Parade in London, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima are on a state visit to Britain.

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Mexicans from religious organizations hand out small bags containing water, toilet paper, diapers and medicine to Central American migrants who got a free ride from a motorist, in Xochiltepec, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018.

Motorists in pickups and other vehicles have been offering the Central American migrants rides, often in overloaded truck beds, as the group of about 7,000 people heads to the U.S. border.

“It boggles our minds why the NCAA — plagued by accusations that it is simply a billion-dollar corporation masquerading with the charitable bona fides of a churchyard bake sale — would not jump at the chance to serve this country for once.”

Sen. John Alexander (R-Wake) and Sen. Rick Gunn (R-Alamance) in a letter responding to the NCAA President Mark Emmert’s denial of a waiver request that would have allowed a charity basketball game between UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of South Carolina to benefit communities destroyed by Hurricane Florence.

Lawmakers blast the NCAA after second waiver denial

By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH — Two N.C. lawmakers are blasting the NCAA this week after NCAA President Mark Emmert denied a second request for a waiver to allow UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of South Carolina to play a charity basketball game to benefit victims of Hurricane Florence.

“We confess to finding your response rather disappointing,” wrote Senators John Alexander (R-Wake) Rick Gunn (Alamance) after getting a second denial from Emmert. “Indeed, the letter was filled with so much sanitized corporate double-speak that we probably would have received the same response even if we’d simply challenged you to a game of H-O-R-S-E (or perhaps “W-A-I-V-E-R”) in a Kansas City

parking lot.”

Emmert cited NCAA policy in denying the charity game to move forward saying that schools are allowed to change one of their two preseason games to a charity exhibition game and encouraged the two schools to take that route. However, UNC had already committed to playing preseason games, one against Villanova in a rematch from the 2016 National Championship, and the other against Mount Olive, as a way to raise funding for the smaller school’s program.

UNC-Chapel Hill Coach Roy Williams and UCS Gamecocks Head Coach Frank Martin have both expressed strong support for a charity game and encouraged the NCAA to grant a limited waiver to allow the game within a certain period after the disaster. Emmert and the NCAA committee denied the request.

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On Monday, Trump had a large rally in Houston, Ted Cruz’s hometown, to help the Texas senator and former 2016 presidential rival fend off a tough challenge from Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke.

During the 2016 primaries, Trump mocked Cruz as “Lyin’ Ted,” insulted his wife’s appearance and suggested Cruz’s father played a role in the Kennedy assassination. Cruz assailed Trump as a “sniveling coward” and told Trump to leave his wife alone. But campaigns have a way of letting bygones be bygones, especially when the majority party in power on Capitol Hill hangs in the balance.

Democrats are trying to flip nearly two dozen House seats to regain control of that chamber. Republicans are trying to maintain their slim Senate majority.

The president said he now gets along “very well” with Cruz after their 2016 primary feud. Trump said Cruz has “become a really good friend of mine.” Speaking before Trump took the stage, Cruz also made clear that the conflict was behind them and that the two were working together. His biggest applause came when he predicted that “in 2020, Donald Trump will be overwhelming re-elected.”

Democrats are pulling out all the stops too. The DCCC dispatched former President Barack Obama to Las Vegas to help Nevada Democrats while former Vice President Joe Biden was barnstorming Florida.

In his Las Vegas stop, Obama tried to energize voters, taking credit for the current economy.

Obama said by the time he had left office, wages were rising and poverty was falling “and that’s what I handed off to the next guy. So when you hear all this talk about ‘economic miracles’ right now — remember who started it,” he said.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who tried to wrestle the 2016 Democratic nomination from Hillary Clinton, was in Wisconsin, one of the states that propelled Trump to

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), after addressing them at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Saudi officials murdered Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Erdogan said, contradicting Saudi Arabia’s explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He demanded that the kingdom reveal the identities of all involved, regardless of rank.

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his stunning upset.

Sanders stumped for U.S. Senate incumbent Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) who is trying to fend off Republican Leah Vukmir, and for Democrat Tony Evers, who is in a dead heat for governor with incumbent Scott Walker.

“Let’s tell Trump and his friends — let’s tell Trump and Walker and all of these guys — that we want a government and an economy based on justice. We want a government and an economy that represents all of us and not the 1 percent,” Sanders said alongside Baldwin.

Insiders on Capitol Hill say that once the November election is over, the political maneuvering will get even more heated as lawmakers position themselves for leadership roles. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants to return as speaker if Democrats win a House majority; many in her party want new leadership.

Asked if she believes House Democrats will elect her speaker again if they regain the majority, Pelosi says, “It’s up to them to make that decision, but I feel pretty comfortable where I am on it.”

On the other side of the aisle, Congressman Mark Meadows (RNC) has proven his mettle to many in the party in leading the Freedom Caucus. He is will likely wield an influential position in what is expected to be a messy battle for leadership in the House.

The party lacks a clear heir apparent to take the place of House Speaker Paul Ryan. President

Donald Trump has signaled he’d be happy with next-in-line Kevin McCarthy, the majority leader, a longtime ally. But Trump is also saying kind words about the No. 3 Republican, GOP Whip Steve Scalise, whom he calls the “legend from Louisiana.” Scalise survived life-threatening injuries after he was shot at a congressional baseball practice in 2017.

“There’s going to be a contest, for sure,” said GOP Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, a veteran of leadership battles who said he’s never seen anything like the “high drama” that’s about to unfold. “Usually the election settles all the issues.

This one won’t.”

If Republicans retain the House majority, Cole said he would be hard pressed to see Republicans walking away from McCarthy after all he’s doing to keep the party in power. But if Republicans lose big, especially in the late-breaking California races, McCarthy’s clout could diminish. The population of suburban Orange County, a longtime GOP stronghold, is shifting like the rest of the state.

“They said it was impossible for the House Freedom Caucus to oust Boehner,” said Noah Wall, a vice president at FreedomWorks, the conservative advocacy group that is rallying for Jordan. “We don’t claim there’s anything but a longshot, but we see several paths.”

But first, Republicans want to hold onto Congress. Trump’s Friday night stop at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte for incumbent Republican Rep. Ted Budd and GOP candidate Mark Harris is expected to ring of the same themes; immigration, tax cuts and economic prosperity.

Harris, who unseated incumbent Congressman Robert Pittenger in the Republican primary, faces Democrat Dan McCready in November in the race to represent a district stretching from the Charlotte area toward Fayetteville.

Budd faces Democrat Kathy Manning in the race for a district that includes suburban and rural areas south and west of Winston-Salem and Greensboro.

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Appalachian State redshirt sophomore quarterback Zac Thomas has guided the Mountaineers to 44.8 points per game, good for fifth in all of FBS.

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App State, ranked for the first time, not satisfied

NFL

Carruth released after 18 years for plotting girlfriend’s shooting Clinton Rae Carruth, the former Carolina Panthers receiver who was convicted in 2001 of orchestrating the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend, was released from Sampson Correctional Institution on Monday after serving 18 years in prison.

Carruth was convicted of planning the Nov. 19, 1999, shooting in which Cherica Adams was shot four times.

She died less than a month later, but implicated Carruth to police. The baby, Chancellor Lee Adams, survived the shooting but suffers from both brain damage and cerebral palsy caused by the attack.

Carruth, now 44, was a firstround pick of the Panthers in 1997. He has said he was like custody of 18-yearold Chancellor, who has been raised by his maternal grandmother, Saundra Adams.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Duke 4th, UNC 8th in AP preseason basketball poll New York Duke received four firstplace votes — one of seven different schools to be placed atop a ballot — and is ranked No. 4 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college basketball poll, four spots ahead of rival North Carolina, which comes in at No. 8.

Kansas (37 first-place votes) and Kentucky (19) are Nos. 1 and 2, with Gonzaga ranked third and Virginia at No. 5.

Seven ACC teams are ranked and four more received votes, including NC State with one.

NHL

Hurricanes recall Roy, assign Bishop to AHL Raleigh The Hurricanes swapped centers with their minor league affiliate Tuesday, recalling Nicolas Roy and reassigning Clark Bishop to Charlotte. Roy, who made his NHL debut last season, has five goals and two assists in six games with the Checkers this season.

The Mountaineers, No. 25 is the AP college football poll, travel to Georgia State for a Thursday night matchup for control in the Sun Belt Conference

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tackles and end Julius Peppers.

Even if Williamson is only 270 — which coach Mike Krzyzewski has said is his likely playing weight for the season — he’s heavier than all but 10 NBA players and outweighs 38 7-footers.

“Zion is a unique player,” Krzyzewski said. “Not only is he position-less, his body type — you can’t say, ‘Well, he’s like somebody.’”

So, seriously, why isn’t Williamson wearing a helmet and pads, instead of joining freshman stars R.J. Barrett, Tre Jones and Cam Reddish on the hardwood for Duke?

“I didn’t get this size until my junior year of high school,” Williamson explained, “and my high school doesn’t have a football team.”

Football’s loss will be the Blue Devils’ gain, at least for one season.

While Williamson’s size is impressive and nearly unprecedented, he’s far from a gravity-bound big man. In Duke’s Canada exhibitions and the season-opening Countdown to Craziness scrimmage, Williamson drove the lane, dove for loose balls and, most

THE APPALACHIAN STATE football team may have reached new heights by earning its first national ranking as an FBS program.

But that doesn’t mean the Mountaineers are ready to stop climbing.

“We talk about it all the time,” said coach Scott Satterfield, whose team is No. 25 in this week’s Associated Press poll after Saturday’s 27-17 win against Louisiana-Lafayette. “What we’ve done in the past has nothing to do with right now.

“Every day we’re refocused on having the best day we can have. That’s why we’ve been successful.

Anytime you relish in what you’ve done, you’re not going to do anything in the future.”

Even though Satterfield has already turned his attention to the Mountaineers’ next game, which is coming up quickly on Thursday at Georgia Southern, the significance of what they’ve accomplished isn’t lost on him.

The national ranking is just another in a growing list of firsts for App State since the program made the transition from FCS power to FBS newcomer three-plus seasons ago.

In that short time, the Mountaineers have won their first Sun Belt Conference championship, became the first conference team to win 11 games in a season, hosted a Power 5 opponent for the first time at Kidd Brewer Stadium and became the first team in college football history to win bowl games in each of its first three seasons of eligibility.

This year’s team began gaining national attention on opening day by taking Penn State to overtime before dropping a close decision. Since then, the Mountaineers have won five straight while outscoring their opponents 231-49 along the way.

“Obviously, it’s great recognition for the work we’ve been doing here,” Satterfield said of the national ranking. “I’m really happy for our school, our alumni and all the people that have helped make this happen. To be recognized like this is pretty awesome.

“Having said that, it doesn’t win you any football games. It’s not going to beat Georgia Southern. We told our team that it’s great recognition and they’re to be commended for that, but it has nothing to do with our mission this week. And that is to win a football game.”

Thursday’s trip to Statesboro, Ga., promises to be the most challenging thus far for the Mountaineers since their trip to Penn State.

Georgia Southern is a familiar rival, dating back to the days when both schools were dominating the small college ranks. Although the Eagles had a more difficult time transitioning from FCS than App State, they’re back on the winning track in the first full season of Chad Lunsford’s tenure as head coach.

At 6-1 overall (3-0 Sun Belt), Georgia Southern is potentially the Mountaineers’ biggest roadblock in their quest to win their division title and host the conference championship game on Dec. 1.

As if that wasn’t enough of a challenge, Satter-

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Zion Williamson leads a star-studded freshman class that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski hopes will bring a sixth title to Durham.

Duke’s Williamson breaks the mold Big as an NFL player and as athletic the NBA’s best, Duke’s freshman phenom is unlike any player in college basketball

By Shawn Krest North State Journal DURHAM — It didn’t take long into Zion Williamson’s Duke career for the obvious question to be asked.

“Why are you on a basketball court?”

Listed at 6-foot-7, 285 pounds, Williamson certainly looks more like an NFL tight end than a future NBA star.

Consider: There is currently only one player on an NBA roster who weighs as much as the Duke freshman — Clippers center Boban Marjanovic, who outweighs Williamson by five pounds, and is 7-foot-3.

Even more incredibly, Williamson weighs more than 43 s7-footers currently playing in the NBA. He’s an inch taller and 15 pounds heavier than Rob Gronkowski.

There are only 14 Carolina Panthers heavier than him: Nine offensive linemen, four defensive

“Anytime you relish in what you’ve done, you’re not going to do anything in the future.”

Scott Satterfield, App State coach

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TRENDING

Braxton Beverly: The NC State sophomore guard broke his left hand in practice Friday and was set to have surgery Tuesday, the school announced.

Beverly averaged 9.5 points and 3.9 assists in 31 games last season, but he made headlines by winning an appeal with the NCAA regarding his eligibility.

Beverly had enrolled at Ohio State last summer but transferred to NC State after Buckeyes coach Thad Matta was forced to resign. The NCAA originally ruled Beverly would have to sit out a full year despite never playing or practicing with the Buckeyes because he had taken summer classes at OSU, but it reversed course and ruled him eligible on Nov. 14, 2017.

Brandon Ingram: The Lakers forward and former Duke standout was suspended four games for his part in an altercation Saturday with Houston point guard and former Wake Forest star Chris Paul.

Paul received a twogame suspension, and Ingram’s teammate Rajon Rondo was handed three games.

The skirmish occurred during LeBron James’ home debut with the Lakers, which the Rockets won 124-115.

Paul Kariya: The Hockey Hall of Famer had his No. 9 retired by the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

Kariya was the first ever pick by the thenMighty Ducks, who took the Hobey Baker Award winner fourth overall in 1993. He spent his first nine seasons in Anaheim and scored 300 of his 402 career goals with the franchise.

Kariya also played for Colorado, Nashville and St. Louis before retiring 2010 due to concussions.

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

MLB

The Red Sox and Dodgers meet in the World Series for the first time, with Game 1 scheduled for Tuesday after press time. It’s the second straight year in the World Series for Los Angeles, which lost to Houston in seven games last season.

The Dodgers are in their 20th Fall Classic and are tied with the Yankees (27-13) for the most series losses with 13. Boston is 8-4 in its 12 previous World Series appearances, winning its last three (2013, 2007, 2004).

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“He’s a sellout.”

Panthers safety Eric Reid on Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins, head of The Players’ Coalition that agreed to stop anthem protests in return for $90 million from the NFL to player-supported groups.

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NBA

NASCAR

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“I thought we were going to play a heck of a game and we didn’t, and it just didn’t go our way.”

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Four drivers were eliminated from the NASCAR Cup Playoffs after Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas: High Point’s Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Larson. That leaves eight drivers racing for the title: Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Chase Elliott, Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch, Joey Logano and Aric Almirola.

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NHL

NC State coach Dave Doeren after NC State lost 41-7 Saturday at Clemson.

Time it took the Panthers to score Sunday in their game at Philadelphia. Carolina had touchdowns with 10:41, 4:08 (which included a two-point conversion) and 1:22 remaining in the game to rally from a 17-0 deficit and beat the defending Super Bowl champions to improve to 4-2 on the season.

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The Charlotte Hornets are off to a 2-2 start under new coach James Borrego, and, unsurprisingly, they’re being led by star guard Kemba Walker. Walker is averaging 33 points through four games and has led Charlotte in scoring in each of its outings, scoring 41, 26, 39 and 26 points. He also has a team-best 5.3 assists per game and has made 46.7 percent of his 3-point attempts.

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Hurricanes goalie Scott Darling, who has missed the start of the NHL season due a hamstring injury suffered in the preseason finale on Sept. 30, is close to returning. Darling is set to play for the Charlotte Checkers, Carolina’s AHL affiliate, in Wednesday’s game in Utica, N.Y., as part of a conditioning stint.

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Wolfpack look to reclaim identity NC State suffered its first loss of the season at Clemson

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal RALEIGH — “This is Us” is the title of one of the most popular shows on television these days. It’s also the theme of the week for the NC State football team as it looks to bounce back from its first loss of the season.

The Wolfpack stepped out of character in several key areas during its 41-7 defeat at Clemson on Saturday.

In order to get back on the winning track, coach Dave Doeren is stressing a return to the things his team does best in preparation for this week’s game against Syracuse.

“I told the whole team let’s get back to being us,” Doeren said at his regular weekly press conference Monday. “As much as we wanted to win that football game, we didn’t play well enough to win and they did. Everybody has to own that and move on and not let it beat us again.”

The most frustrating aspects of Saturday’s loss were the Wolfpack’s problems on third down, ill-timed turnovers and the inability of receivers to make catches they usually make.

State (5-1, 2-1 ACC) came into the game leading the ACC in third-down conversions at a rate of 60.9 percent. But against the Tigers, they were just 2 of 12 on possession plays.

The Wolfpack wasted an opportunity to get back in the game when the usually sure-handed Kelvin Harmon dropped what might have been a momentum-swinging touchdown pass after getting a step on his defender late in the first quarter.

Even with those mistakes, State was still within striking distance until the final two minutes of the half.

That’s when a bad snap and an interception thrown by quarterback Ryan Finley turned into 10 quick Clemson points just before halftime to all but decide the outcome.

“As bad as we were playing early in the game, with two min-

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NC State running back Reggie Gallaspy Jr. and the Wolfpack are determined to not let Saturday’s blowout loss at Clemson bleed over into the team’s trip to Syracuse. utes left in the half we’re down 14-0 and have the ball, moving across the 50 and we had backto-back turnover drives,” Doeren said. “That’s not us, really, which is probably the most disappointing part of the game to me.

“Win or lose, we all expected to go in there and play the way we’ve been playing — not beating ourselves, playing hard, playing tough and giving ourselves a chance. We just didn’t get that done.”

The task now is to figure out why, something safety Jarius Morehead and his teammates were already talking about doing before they even left Death Valley.

“We can’t take anything back,” Morehead said. “We’ve just got to go in watch film, see what we did wrong, see why we got beat so bad and just fix it.”

One thing the 22nd-ranked Wolfpack can’t fix is the dam-

age the loss at Clemson did to its hopes of winning the ACC’s Atlantic Division.

Although State isn’t mathematically eliminated from contention, its chance of earning a shot at its first conference title since 1979 now depends on the second-ranked Tigers losing twice in their final four league games.

And that’s only if the Wolfpack win out.

It’s a longshot at best, considering that Clemson has only lost two ACC games in an entire season once in the last seven years.

But that doesn’t mean Doeren is ready to start reassessing his team’s goals.

“The only thing we’ve lost at this point is the right to control our own destiny,” the coach said. “We control everything else.

We’ve got six games on our schedule and we need to approach it the same way we did the first five,

one at a time.”

It’s a process that begins Saturday indoors at the Carrier Dome against Syracuse, a motivated team one win away from gaining bowl eligibility for the first time since 2013. Unlike the Wolfpack, the Orange (5-2, 2-2) are coming into the game on a high after rallying from behind late to beat North Carolina in double overtime last Saturday.

According to Finley, the key to getting back on the right track is having a short memory and not letting the Clemson game beat his team twice.

“It was a bad loss and we are a better football team,” Finley said.

“We’ve got a lot of football ahead of us.

“We are going to get right. We are going to bounce back. I’m confident in our guys. We are great players and have a good offense. This is just a bump in the road.”

‘No question’ UNC’s freshmen are special The Tar Heels’ three first-year players aren’t as celebrated as the rookie class up the road at Duke, but Roy Williams is excited about his group’s potential

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal DUKE FRESHMEN R.J. Barrett, Zion Williamson, Cam Reddish, Tre Jones and Joey Baker have received a lot of attention heading into the rapidly approaching college basketball season.

And for good reason, since they’re the consensus top-rated recruiting class in the country.

But they’re not the only newcomers of note in the Triangle.

Though they’ve arrived with much less fanfare, at least for their talents on the court, the trio of Nassir Little, Coby White and Rechon “Leaky” Black has a chance to make just as significant an impact on a North Carolina team with its own championship aspirations.

“The first thing you love is that they are talented,” Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said at his team’s preseason media day recently.

“They are gifted, there is no question about that.

“Their talent, their work ethic, mental preparation … they did a great job in summer school, got very good grades. So I don’t worry about that. That put me at ease.

And I know they are going to be able to step up and play for us.

There are no negatives whatsoever.”

Little, a 6-foot-7 wing already being projected as a top-10 pick in next spring’s NBA Draft, is the crown jewel of Williams’ first post-NCAA investigation class.

He may be best known, at least for the time being, as a player whose name was prominently mentioned in the ongoing Adidas corruption trial — though he was eventually exonerated by evidence presented in the case.

A preseason Julius Erving Award candidate, Little is expect-

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UNC freshman Nassir Little practices during the Tar Heels’ media day on Oct. 9 in Chapel Hill. ed to step right in and give the Tar Heels the kind of explosive, athletic presence they’ve been lacking at least since Harrison Barnes wore Carolina Blue, if not longer.

White is a 6-4 combo guard from Goldsboro who will eventually be the team’s primary ballhandler after a high school career in which he was the most prolific scorer in state high school history while Black is a still improving 6-7 jack-of-all-trades with a skill set similar to that of the recently

graduated Theo Pinson.

All three are expected to play major roles in their rookie seasons. But unlike their freshman counterparts at Duke, they won’t be under as much pressure to carry their team thanks to a roster featuring three senior starters and numerous other returning veterans.

“You know in the back of your mind that you have three seniors who have played a lot of basketball, averaged in double figures,

you’ve asked them to play in big moments. So they know what that is,” Williams said of All-American Luke Maye, forward Cam Johnson and shooting guard Kenny Williams.

“You’ve got three freshmen who are very gifted and give you the new enthusiasm that I always talk about. And the guys in between, you hope that they have gotten better. It’s a good mix.”

Almost as important as the way their basketball skills mesh together with the core of returning talent is the chemistry the freshmen develop with their older teammates.

UNC fans are all too familiar with how dysfunctional a team can become when a group of brash youngsters doesn’t get along with a team full of established veterans already set in their roles. It’s the kind of situation that plagued the Tar Heels throughout the 1993-94 season.

So far, though, it appears as though the newcomers have made a smooth transition both in the locker room and on the court.

They’ve already made a positive impression through their performance in UNC’s two exhibition games in the Bahamas this summer and the early portion of preseason camp.

“They are definitely moving a lot faster than we were as freshmen, being able to pick up things, like Coby at the point guard position,” sophomore big man Sterling Manley said. “Playing point guard for coach (Williams) can be tough because he likes to get up and down. But at the same time, you have to be able to run the team. So Coby being able to pick things up quickly and go on the flow.

“Leaky will be able to play one through four, that is very versatile.

It is almost like he is a little Theo.

Once he gets his passes like Theo, he will be unstoppable. And then Nas, just his athleticism and just being that slasher guy. He is kind of that betweener-guy, he can play this position, he can play that position. He plays above the rim.

They are a good class and they are great to play around.”

B3 APP STATE from page B1 field and his team will have less time than usual to prepare because of the midweek scheduling.

“It’s just compressed everything into a short week for us, having to go down to Statesboro on Wednesday and play Georgia Southern on Thursday night,” Satterfield said.

“It’s been very busy since the end of that (Louisiana-Lafayette) game.”

If there’s one thing the Mountaineers have going for them, it’s that they’ve already played one midweek game on the road this season, having beaten Arkansas State on a Tuesday night.

They’ve also shown that they can maintain their focus and poise in the face of adversity after losing leading rusher Jalin Moore to a season-ending injury.

Even without Moore, who rushed for 3,570 yards and 33 touchdowns in his career, App State’s powerful offense hasn’t missed a beat. His replacement has rushed for 115 or more yards in each of the past two games and is averaging better than seven yards per carry.

“It goes back to recruiting and continuing to recruit high-level talent every year,” Satterfield said.

“Darrynton Evans had a great game this past game.

“We try to play a lot of different players at a lot of positions in case something happens throughout the season, which it will. The next guy in there needs to be able to make plays, and we have confidence in our guys to do that.”

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“What he does with his body is remarkable,” Krzyzewski said.

Twice in the Countdown scrimmage, play had to be stopped after a Williamson dunk because he turned the net inside out with the power generated by the slam.

“It’s like a fun game, and you just get people excited for the season,” he said afterward. “It’s probably the only time I’m going to have the luxury of doing that, because in the games (that count), it’s all serious and you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to get the two points.”

Williamson conducted his postgame interviews with Duke’s weight-room title belt — given to the hardest worker during offseason conditioning — draped over his shoulder. He also had five construction helmets arrayed on the floor around him, which were awarded for being tops on the team in various combine tests, including vertical leap, standing jump and bench press.

“The main thing for me is that he never takes a play off,” Krzyzewski said. “He’s in unbelievable shape. His lateral quickness is off the charts along with his jumping.

He’s really a guard. He can handle the ball and he’s one of our best passers. He can drive the basketball. He gets the ball real low and when he’s up in the air, he can maneuver. He’s got great body control, and he finishes. He’s a very special player.”

That’s assuming that Williamson is able to take the floor for the Blue Devils once the season starts.

Last week, during one of the trials spurred by the FBI’s investigation into college basketball, Williamson was connected to shoe-company corruption. According to wiretapped conversations, his father allegedly demanded money, housing and a job from the University of Kansas. (The taped conversation was between Kansas coaches and shoe company employees, not Williamson’s father.)

Duke immediately released a statement expressing confidence that Williamson would remain eligible.

When asked about it, Krzyzewski said, “We’re not (concerned).

We’ve done exhaustive things as far as with the NCAA in the summer. They have an eligibility center now. It’s an exhaustive process where these kids and their parents go through everything. We feel very comfortable with not only him but all our freshmen.”

For his part, Williamson didn’t seem worried.

“Honestly, I didn’t pay any attention to it,” he said. “I was just happy it was Countdown week.

I’m very excited for it, since I came for my visit last year. … I’m just a college kid out here having fun with my classmates. You only get one chance at the college experience, so I’m trying to enjoy it while I have it.”

The fun on the court will be watching him break the mold for basketball stars.

“You can’t say he’s like somebody,” Krzyzewski said, “because he’s not like anybody. He’s like Zion, and he’s got to figure out who’s Zion going to be, and he’s in the process of doing that.”

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Carolina Hurricanes preach patience with special teams “You’re not always going to get the bounces, but if we stick to the process of how we’re playing then I think good results will be there in the end.”

Rod Brind’Amour, Hurricanes coach

Carolina bounces back with a near-perfect night on the power play and penalty kill Monday

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — If the theme of Carolina Hurricanes’ training camp and first week of the NHL season was “it’s OK to make mistakes,” the handbook for second, less successful week that exposed the team’s special teams woes could just as easily be found in the pages of the sci-fi comedy book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

Don’t panic.

“You don’t want to panic too much on that stuff, because the overall game’s been pretty good,” coach Rod Brind’Amour said after the Hurricanes snapped a threegame losing streak with a 3-1 win in Detroit on Monday. “I just give the guys credit for not letting that part of blend into our 5-on-5 game.”

It would have been easy for a team that dominated at even strength to be down on itself after losing three in a row mostly because its special teams could not get the job done. But to Brind’Amour and his team’s credit, the Hurricanes stuck with their plan and got the results they knew would eventually come around.

“It is about getting a couple little bounces. Right now the little bounces aren’t going our way,” forward Jordan Martinook said Sunday with Carolina still mired in the losing streak after opening the season 4-0-1.

Martinook was speaking mostly about the Hurricanes’ penalty kill, which had allowed nine goals in 26 chances (65.4 percent) heading into Monday’s game in Detroit.

But the statement held true for not only the struggling PK, but also the team’s even-worse power play — 2 for 30 (6.7 percent) through eight games, with one of those coming into an empty net — and its overall results the previous three games.

But as Martinook said, a bounce here, a touch of luck there can make a big difference.

Monday’s game in Motown proved just that.

While Carolina was piling up shots but not scoring on Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard at even strength, it was the much-maligned power play that finally broke through.

Justin Faulk — who hadn’t scored on the power play since mid-February — got his first goal of the season with a slap shot from the point. Then Micheal Ferland finished a tic-tac-toe passing play with Sebastian Aho and Valentin Zykov for a second power play goal.

In one night, the Hurricanes went from the league’s worst power play to a more acceptable 12.1 percent.

“It’s just small sample size right now,” defenseman Calvin de Haan accurately deduced Sunday.

De Haan and the penalty kill also had a perfect night, going 4-for-4 and getting a shorthanded goal on Martinook’s empty-netter in final minute.

The PK got back to a less cringy 70 percent and, most importantly, the losing streak was snapped with a 3-1 win.

“You’re not always going to get

the bounces, but if we stick to the process of how we’re playing then I think good results will be there in the end,” Brind’Amour said after the win.

The team as a whole thought the recent power play goals it allowed were more the result of bad luck — like Gabriel Landeskog’s power play goal Saturday that was scored after Martinook blocked a pass and it went right back to the Avalanche captain for an easy tap-in — than a needed change in game plan or deployment.

The power play, however, saw some personnel shuffling.

The most notable move was taking Teuvo Teravainen off the top unit with usual running mate Aho into less of a quarterbacking role on the second group with defensemen Jaccob Slavin and Dougie Hamilton joining him on the umbrella.

That left Aho as the main puck distributor on the No. 1 unit. The move paid off on the second power play goal when Aho fed Zykov the puck below the goal line and the Russian winger one-touched a pass back into the slot for Ferland’s one-timer.

If Carolina’s special teams can be respectable, the Hurricanes can focus on making their dominant 5-on-5 play translate into more even-strength goals.

Carolina has outshoot its opponents in all nine of its games — and in overwhelming fashion.

The Hurricanes are averaging an NHL best 41.8 shots per game through Monday’s games while allowing just 24.4 against — only one-tenth more than Vegas, the league’s best shot-suppressing team.

With a shooting percentage of 7.7 percent (27th in the league through Monday) compared to a league average of 9.9 percent — it was 9.2 percent last year — there’s still room for improvement.

There’s always something that needs to get better. The key is to not panic.

Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk scored his first power play goal since February, helping Carolina to a 3-1 win Monday in Detroit.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEWS

Wake Forest at Louisville Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Ky. Saturday, Noon | Fox Sports Carolinas Preview: Someone is going to win their first conference game when the Deacons (3-4, 0-3 ACC) take on the Cardinals (2-5, 0-4) in a battle to escape the Atlantic Division cellar.

Players to watch: QB Jawon Pass has thrown for 775 yards and four TDs in three games since returning to Louisville’s starting lineup. LB C.J. Avery had 15 tackles in the Cardinals’ loss to Boston College last Saturday. Wake RBs Matt Colburn and Cade Carney should get plenty of work against a defense allowing 268.2 yards on the ground in the last four games. Conversely, leading tackler Justin Strnad and the Deacons’ defense could get healthy against an offense averaging only 85.2 yards on the ground over the same span.

Fast fact: Wake and Louisville played one another in the 2006 Orange Bowl, a game won by the Cardinals 24-13.

What to expect: The Deacons might not have to try hard to beat their division rival. With 15 turnovers in seven games, there’s a good chance the Cardinals will beat themselves.

— Brett Friedlander

North Carolina at Virginia Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Va. Saturday, 12:20 p.m. | Raycom Sports Preview: The Tar Heels (1-5, 1-3 ACC) have come close in the past two weeks, losing in the final minute of regulation to Virginia Tech and in double overtime to Syracuse. The Cavaliers (5-2, 3-1), meanwhile, are rising after back-to-back wins against Miami and Duke.

Players to watch: UVa WR Olamide Zaccheaus became the 23rd player in ACC history to reach 200 career receptions during last week’s win against the Blue Devils. CB Bryce Hall leads the conference with 14 pass breakups while Cavaliers teammate Juan Thornhill has three interceptions.

UNC’s Antonio Williams is the ACC’s Running Back of the Week after rushing for a career-high 116 yards against Syracuse on Saturday. LB Cole Holcomb leads the Tar Heels in tackles with 7.7 per game.

Fast fact: This is the 123rd renewal of “The South’s Oldest Rivalry,” a series that was first played in 1892.

What to expect: UNC had a seven-game winning streak against the Cavaliers broken last season.

The Tar Heels have won their last four visits to Charlottesville, including a 35-14 victory in 2016.

— Brett Friedlander

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Newton demands the ball at crunch time “I think the success he has in fourthquarter comebacks is a lot about his desire — just wanting to win.”

Ron Rivera on quarterback Cam Newton

passes out of 21 attempts for 187 Panthers quarterback not shy about deciding the game yards and two touchdowns.

By Shawn Krest North State Journal RON RIVERA KNOWS a little bit about competitors.

The former Chicago Bears linebacker got to know another Windy City icon during his time there in the mid-’80s.

“This is a little something I learned from Michael Jordan, when we were in Chicago,” Rivera said the day after his Carolina Panthers rallied to beat the Eagles. “He used to say, ‘Certain guys want the ball when its crunch time. Other people don’t seem to come off the picks the way they’re supposed to.’”

Rivera was reminded of the 30plus year-old quote while watching quarterback Cam Newton lead the comeback over Philadelphia.

“I told that to Cam,” he said.

“Cam always wants the ball.”

With the Panthers trailing 17-0 at the start of the fourth quarter, Newton approached his coach on the sideline.

“Coach,” Newton said, “put it in my hands. Coach, trust me.”

“He just wants the ball,” Rivera said.

When he got it, the Panthers were suddenly an offense transformed.

Newton, who was 10-of-18 for 82 yards up until that point in the game, ran a no-huddle offense implemented by coordinator Norv Turner at halftime, completed his first five passes. Later, he completed seven in a row.

When the dust cleared, Newton had completed 15 fourth-quarter

The outburst included a 16-yard completion to D.J. Moore on one third down, a 22-yarder to Christian McCaffery on another, and a 35-yard pass to Torrey Smith on fourth-and-10 just before the two-minute warning. With the game in the balance on that play, Newton took a hit on the play as he released the ball.

“To create a little more time for Torrey to make the cut,” Rivera said. “For him to stand tall, take the hit and finish the delivery, that’s an outstanding play. It harkens back to 2013, when he stood tall in the pocket as New Orleans was running a blitz against him, he throws a touchdown to win the game. That play is etched in my mind — just the fact that he’s standing tall. As their safety is just about to hit him, he releases it.”

It was Newton’s 15th career fourth-quarter comeback, more than current stars Aaron Rodgers and Andrew Luck, as well as Hall of Famers Steve Young, Jack Kemp and Otto Graham.

“He gets overlooked because of his style of play,” Rivera said. “It’s not a prolific style. He runs the ball extremely well. He’s not a pure, pure pocket passer, although there are elements of his game where he plays well from the pocket. I think the success he has in fourth-quarter comebacks is a lot about his desire — just wanting to win.”

His desire met a perfect match in Turner’s up-tempo style.

“Going in at halftime, we talked about some of the things we needed to correct on the offensive side,” Rivera said. “Norv came in and talked about the things he wanted to do, sticking with some of the things he had on the game

plan and changing a couple things — going to the hurry-up offense — things he decided were things that could bring some energy.”

It brought energy, and also a rhythm that’s been missing from the Panthers’ offense.

“Once they started, he as a play caller just rolled it off. Cam as quarterback out there handled it very, very well,” Rivera said.

“When you get into a rhythm, it really helps the offensive movement.

Ball control is a rhythm. A lot of play callers will tell you that. Once you get in rhythm, get into the flow, you can rattle it off.”

Despite turning up the tempo, Newton didn’t feel pressure. After all, the ball was where it belonged — in his hands.

“Being in hurry-up doesn’t mean panic. It doesn’t mean rushing. It doesn’t mean mayhem,” he said. “It’s just controlled tempo.

We’re in control of that.”

Newton was also driven by the loss to Washington a week before, when a potential game-winning drive was stopped just short of the end zone.

“Last week — well, I don’t always do good at losing — I just took that one personally. Extremely personally,” he said. “We had the opportunity to win. I told myself preparing all week, if we ever get in that position again, I’d better hold up my end of the bargain. There’s a lot of guys trusting me in that locker room — a lot of people depending on me to put this team in the best situation. I could’ve done better last week. This week, we were in the same situation. I didn’t want to let them down.”

And when it came time to win or lose, Newton was ready to get the ball, just like Jordan described.

Preview: Charlotte looks to match its best season ever by recording a fourth win. The 49ers also will try to get revenge against a team that put up 66 against them in a humiliating season-ending rout last year.

Players to watch: Southern Miss QB Jack Abraham has thrown for 200 yards in each of his six starts. He completed 84.8 percent of his passes last week. In his first career start, former Miami backup QB Evan Shirreffs went 20 of 40 for Charlotte for 209 yards and a score.

Fast fact: This was supposed to be Southern Miss’ second visit to North Carolina this year, but a September game at App State was canceled due to Hurricane Florence. It was the first time a hurricane impacted a Southern Miss game since 2005, when two games were moved due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, forcing the Golden Eagles to play three games in 12 days and play on five different days of the week during the season.

What to expect: An improved Charlotte team should be able to keep it closer than last year’s game, but the 49ers are still the underdogs.

— Shawn Krest

Duke at Pittsburgh Heinz Field, Pittsburgh Saturday, 3:30 p.m. | Raycom Sports Preview: Both teams likely need a win to remain in the hunt for a Coastal Division title. Duke (5-2, 1-2) lost to UVa last week, while Pitt (3-4, 2-1) had an off week.

Players to watch: Pitt KR Maurice Ffrench leads the ACC and is second nationally with a 33.8-yard kickoff return average. Duke redshirt freshman DE Chris Rumph II leads the team with 7.5 TFL and 3 sacks.

Fast fact: Duke and Pitt have only met 23 times, but when they play, history is often made. The first meeting ever, in 1929, was the first game ever played at Wallace Wade Stadium, then known as Duke Outdoor Stadium. Their 1938 game was the final Pitt game for legendary coach Jock Sutherland. And in 1951, they played in the first game ever telecast nationwide, when it aired on NBC. What to expect: Duke is 3-0 on the road this year and will look to continue its success away from home by snapping a three-year losing streak against the Panthers.

— Shawn Krest

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American Made New Volvo S60 is first off the line for S.C. plan

Oct. 25-28 Benson Mule Days Festival Benson A Southern tradition for 69 years, this four-day festival is packed full of mule events that celebrate the “beast of burden” and the role of mules in rural farming. Other activities include rodeos, arts and crafts, carnival, vendors, music, dance and a parade.

New this year are tours of the last standing mule stable in Benson and tours of historic Benson in horse-drawn wagons.

Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Ocracoke Chart your course to Ocracoke to commemorate the 300th Anniversary of Blackbeard’s historic last battle directly off the shores of Ocracoke Island.

Step back in time with the sights and sounds of 17th- and 18th-century pirate life as Ocracoke Island comes alive with pirate re-enactment crews as they invade by land and sea.

Enjoy musical entertainment, magic shows, history, period encampments, vendors and a live battle with cannons on Silver Lake.

Oct. 26-27 Ghost Train Blowing Rock

By Jordan Golson For the North State Journal I DROVE the new 2019 Volvo S60 the other day and it really annoyed me. Let me explain.

The new S60 sedan, along with its near-twin, the V60 wagon, is the final vehicle in the decade-long reinvention of Volvo.

Ford sold the Swedish carmaker to Chinese auto conglomerate Geely 2010, and the Volvo team was promptly given billions of dollars to reinvent itself — without meddling from the parent company.

By starting from scratch and designing a brand-new chassis, a totally new powertrain, and planning everything for the future, Volvo has released some amazing new cars and seen record growth as a result. Without exception, I have liked everything they’ve done since the current-generation Volvo XC90 SUV was released in 2015, including this new S60.

It is built upon the same Scalable Product Architecture platform and the same clever turboand supercharged engines that debuted in the XC90. The design has been tweaked a bit from the larger SUV sibling, but it’s un-

mistakably a Volvo.

It has Thor’s Hammer headlamps and a sporty, taught exterior and a stunning, cleanly Scandinavian interior that is easy on the eyes. It has some of the most comfortable seats you’ll find in an automobile, a standard panoramic sunroof, a giant center touchscreen that’s easy to use and faster than prior Volvos, an exquisite steering wheel, and I could go on and on.

Best of all? It’s built in America, in a brand-new factory outside of Charleston, S.C. The first Volvo to be built in America, the Charleston facility will be the only one building the S60 — and that means South Carolina-built Volvos will be on boats to China before you know it.

There are three engine options, all based on a two-liter, four-cylinder engine. Don’t worry about the tiny engine, though — they all have plenty of power thanks to some Swedish engineering wizardry.

The base T5, starting at $35,800, is a turbocharged FWD variant that makes 250 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. Bump up to the T6 for $40,300 and you gain all-wheel drive and the engine is now tur-

The design has been tweaked a bit from the larger SUV sibling, but it’s unmistakably a Volvo. bo- and supercharged, moving to 316 horsepower and 295 lb-ft.

At the top of the heap is the T8 “twin engine” plug-in hybrid for $55,400 (and eligible for electric vehicle tax credits) that combines the T6 engine driving the front wheels with an electric motor driving the rear, for an AWD, 400 horsepower and 472 lbft experience that lets you stay greener while giving a little more oomph.

Volvo safety tech abounds, with the City Safety system able to automatically brake to avoid potential collisions with large animals and pedestrians, in addition to vehicles. It can even automatically brake to reduce the severity of oncoming collisions.

Pilot Assist is available, which (while not an autonomous driving system by any means) helps the driver with steering, acceleration and braking. It’s not a

hands-off system, but it does make driving your morning commute a lot less stressful.

One of the most interesting aspects of the S60 is the new Care

by Volvo ownership service. It’s a no down payment subscription service that combines the car, maintenance, tires,and insurance into one monthly payment — with a 15,000 yearly mile allotment. The car can be traded in for a new model after a year or kept for 24 months total.

A S60 T6 AWD Momentum starts at $775 per month, with the R-Design trim level starting at $850. The cars are available through traditional purchase or lease programs, but the subscription service is an interesting twist on the purchase model and demand has far exceeded Volvo’s expectations.

Now I just spent 600 words telling you about how wonderful the S60 is, but I’m still annoyed by it. It’s not because the front opening feels a little too tight or because the rear lights just look a little fiddly.

I’m annoyed because I own a 2016 V60 wagon and the new 2019 S60 is so good that I’m finding it difficult not to pull the trigger on one for myself.

It’s safe, scary fun for the whole family. Kids will enjoy the Halloween shows and trick-or-treating. Then take a chilling journey into the night on the Ghost Train. Advance tickets are required as there are a limited number of guests allowed each night. More information at tweetsie.com.

Oct. 27 Lexington Barbecue Festival Lexington Celebrating its 35th anniversary, this festival has become an annual that honors the unique style of barbecue known as “Lexington Style.”

In addition to the festival, the City of Lexington and Davidson County has officially declared October as “Barbecue” month.

A full calendar of events is listed at barbecuefestival.com.

Transylvania Halloweenfest Brevard Transylvania’s Halloweenfest is a regional favorite. With a cash prize costume contest, a pet costume contest, pumpkin rolling, food, trick-ortreating and kids rides, there is something for everyone.

This year, Halloweenfest welcomes some very special guests from Sesame Street in Communities. More information at brevardnc.org.

North Carolina Yam Festival Tabor City Food and craft vendors, a parade and entertainment to celebrate one of North Carolina’s most famous crops.

Full details at ncyamfestival.com.

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NeCessities! turn the page history marked John Grisham takes readers on journey to Deep South in new novel

By Jeff Ayers The Associated Press “The Reckoning” (Doubleday) Author John Grisham takes readers on a journey to the Deep South in 1946 in “The Reckoning.” The main character, Pete Banning, was a prisoner of war in World War II. He was presumed dead at one point, so when he came home, the entire town celebrated. That makes it all the more shocking when he heads to his church one morning and kills the Rev. Dexter Bell. He does nothing to hide the murder, so it isn’t a surprise when he’s arrested.

Banning’s defense attorney demands answers as to why he shot Bell, but he refuses to talk. He

doesn’t want to plead insanity, and he replies to every question with, “I have nothing to say.” His family has no idea what happened to prompt such drastic action, but he won’t even talk to his wife and children. There’s a suspicion that Bell might have been a little too friendly to Banning’s wife while Pete was overseas.

The quest for justice is only the beginning in this Southern-family saga. Readers expecting Grisham’s usual themes of justice and corrupt lawyers won’t be disappointed, but he does so much more this time around. Grisham takes a snapshot of a chaotic time and showcases the world of law and the lack of equality for everyone and wraps it in a family-saga package.

October 24, 1911 Orville Wright set a world soaring record of nine minutes and 45 seconds of unpowered flight on the Outer Banks. Famous for the first powered flight in a heavierthan-air craft with his brother Wilbur in 1903, Orville Wright returned to Kitty Hawk after nearly eight years to conduct more experiments with flight. This time he was accompanied by one of his other brothers, Lorin; his nephew, Horace; and a friend who also served as the pilot during the experiments.

The 1911 attempts were different from the more famous 1903 ones in that they were with a nonpowered glider. Since the Wrights had already shown that powered flight was possible, the tests were more focused on safety and were designed to try out new equipment; the new equipment ultimately had to stay under wraps because newspaper reporters came out to watch the experiments every day they were conducted.

Between Oct. 16 and 26, Wright made nearly 100 glides. Most of them were made into winds 35 miles per hour or faster. The record-breaking, nearly 10-minute glide was into 50 mile-per-hour winds and did not reach the 120foot distance that the powered flight had made earlier. The record would stand internationally until 1921.

October 26, 1895 UNC fullback Joel Whitaker threw the first forward pass in football to his teammate George Stephens.

The history-making throw happened in Atlanta where the Tar

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A football game in the early 1900s.

Heels were playing the University of Georgia Bulldogs. Whitaker was punting from the Carolina end zone and, to avoid the Georgia players charging him, tossed the ball forward. As luck would have it, Stephens was the one to catch the toss. It probably looked to many in the audience like the ball was knocked out of Whitaker’s hands and that the whole situation was an accident.

After catching the pass, Stephens sprinted 70 yards down the field, scoring a touchdown and stunning his opponents. The pass was then illegal, but despite Georgia coach Glenn Warner’s best efforts to get it thrown out, the touchdown stood since the referee hadn’t seen the pass.

Legendary athlete and coach John Heisman happened to be in

the audience that day and, after he saw the fateful throw, spent years lobbying the predecessor organization to the NCAA to change the rules. That didn’t happen until 1906 when the forward pass was legalized as part of an overhaul of college football’s rules.

October 26, 1993 NFL owners chose the site of the 29th NFL franchise, and the Carolina Panthers were born.

October 27, 1864 The Confederate ram CSS Albemarle was sunk. The Albemarle was commissioned and launched in April 1864, departing directly for Union-occupied Plymouth.

DPAC announces Hamilton lottery Producer Jeffrey Seller and DPAC announced a digital lottery for “Hamilton” tickets will begin in conjunction with the show’s first performance on Nov. 6 in Durham at DPAC. Forty tickets will be sold for every performance for $10 each. The digital lottery will open at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, Nov. 4 for tickets to the Tuesday, Nov. 6 performance.

Subsequent digital lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance.

How to enter

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Actor and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, right, takes his final performance curtain call.

Use the official app for “Hamilton” available at hamiltonmusical.com/app or visit hamiltonmusical.com/lottery to register.

The lottery will open at 11 a.m. Eastern Time two days prior to the performance date and will close for entry at 9 a.m. the day prior to the performance.

“Hamilton” is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury secretary. The performance features a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway. The musical is produced by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater.

Asheboro Church celebrates 140 years

By Courtney Burnett For the North State Journal ASHEBORO — High Pine Wesleyan Church celebrated its 140th anniversary last week with a homecoming lunch, several gospel concerts and the installation of a new pastor. The church, which is situated in southwestern Randolph County, is one of the oldest Wesleyan churches in N.C. and the South.

The Wesleyan Methodist Church dates to 1843 and was founded after a schism within the Methodist Episcopal Church over slavery and church politics. The Wesleyans opposed slavery. The first missionaries from the church came to Alamance County in 1848. The first Wesleyan church was established in 1871 and High Pine Wesleyan Methodist was founded in 1878.

The name was selected after the initial congregation of 51 took several votes on a name but failed to gain a majority vote. According to church records, an exasperated congregant looked at a lone, tall pine and suggested High Pine as the name — and it passed unanimously.

At the celebration, Pastor Justin LaBarre was installed as the

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The Shiloh Creek Girls. new pastor of the church by Eastern District Superintendent Pastor Jonathan Lewis. The day-long celebration featured a mix of traditional hymns, contemporary praise songs and bluegrass gospel. In the latter category, the local all-female act Shiloh Creek Girls brought their

harmonies and instrumental talents to open a day of praise and worship. A day after performing at the State Fair, the mother and daughters (four) played a mix of modern and traditional bluegrass gospel.

The Flint Hill Bluegrass Band, also based in Randolph County,

performed. Banjo and piano player Chance Parrish said the group enjoys playing special events like a milestone anniversary.

“A lot of time, gigs are just gigs,” said Parrish. “But, events like this are different. Being a part of special events is a blessing to us.”

Nashville recording artist Brooke McBride, a member of the church, and brother-and-sister duo Tanner and Julia Callicutt also performed sets during the event, which drew approximately 200 people to the country church that has less than 200 members.

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Ricky Skaggs accepts his plaque at the 2018 Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn.

Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West enter Country Music Hall of Fame

By Kristin M. Hall The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bluegrass and country star Ricky Skaggs, singer Dottie West and fiddler Johnny Gimble are the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The three artists were inducted Sunday at the Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn., in a ceremony featuring performances from Garth Brooks, Chris Stapleton, Connie Smith and Dierks Bentley.

It was a night devoted mostly to musicianship in the form of Skaggs, who started his career

as a child prodigy on mandolin, and Gimble, who played Western swing fiddle on numerous iconic country records. West was recognized as a trailblazing female singer who helped many others succeed in Nashville.

Fellow Hall of Famer Brenda Lee invited several women on stage to help induct West, including Trisha Yearwood and Emmylou Harris.

“We’ve waited a long time for this to happen,” Lee said.

West was the first woman to receive a Grammy for best female country performance in 1965 for her song “Here Comes My Baby.” The McMinnville, Tennes-

see-born singer was best known for hits like “Country Sunshine,” which became a popular advertising jingle for Coca-Cola, and her duets with Kenny Rogers, including “Every Time Two Fools Collide.”

West and Rogers won two CMA Awards for duo of the year in the 1970s. She was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and was on her way to a performance there when she was injured in a car wreck in 1991. She later died of her injuries at the age of 58.

The Cordell, Kentucky-born Skaggs first played Bill Monroe’s famed and priceless Gibson F-5 mandolin when Skaggs was just 6

years old. He wowed audiences as a child on a syndicated television show hosted by bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.

Along with Keith Whitley, he learned under the tutelage of bluegrass patriarch Ralph Stanley. He became a country music star in the 1980s, with several No. 1 hits that mixed his bluegrass influences with Telecasters and steel guitars, including “Heartbroke” ‘‘Highway 40 Blues” and “Country Boy.” He was named entertainer of the year at the CMA Awards in 1985. By the ’90s he rededicated himself to bluegrass through his band, Kentucky Thunder, and has earned more than a dozen Grammy Awards.

Skaggs said that he learned about bluegrass from the originators of the genre, artists like Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs and Stanley.

“I am thankful to be a carrier of that original seed,” Skaggs said.

MoviePass to be jettisoned by parent company The Associated Press NEW YORK — MoviePass, the struggling discount movie ticket subscription service, is being spun off by the company that owns it.

Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. did not try to obscure the reasons why on Tuesday. MoviePass has become a burden.

MoviePass drew in millions of subscribers, luring them with a $10 monthly rate. But that proved costly. Because MoviePass typically pays theaters the full cost of

tickets — $15 or more in big cities — a single movie can put the service in the red. At one point, Helios and Matheson had to take out a $5 million emergency loan to pay its payment processors after missed payments resulted in service outages.

Then last week, the company acknowledged that it is being investigated by the New York Attorney General on allegations that it misled investors.

Helios and Matheson, based in New York, says it does not believe

In a rare moment, Skaggs was reunited with Monroe’s mandolin, an instrument more than 90 years old that is normally kept under glass at the museum. Skaggs kissed the mandolin and played “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”

Gimble, of Tyler, Texas, was a celebrated sideman who played with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in the 1950s before coming to Nashville to become an in-demand studio musician.

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by Chet Akins, toured with Willie Nelson, and played on records for George Strait, Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty and many more.

He was named instrumentalist of the year five times at the CMA Awards and was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1994. He died in 2015 at the age of 88.

His widow, Barbara Gimble, said it was “a shock and a surprise that they remembered Johnny.”

it has misled anyone, and has filed all public disclosures in a timely and truthful manner.

“Since we acquired control of MoviePass in December 2017, HMNY largely has become synonymous with MoviePass in the public’s eye, leading us to believe that our shareholders and the market perception of HMNY might benefit from separating our movie-related assets from the rest of our company,” said Chairman and CEO Ted Farnsworth in a prepared statement.

Shares of Helios and Matheson, which is a data company, have been punished all year long.

MoviePass Entertainment is expected to list on the Nasdaq or an alternate trading market.

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This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Gal Gadot in a scene from “Wonder Woman.”

‘Wonder Woman’ sequel pushed back to summer 2020 The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The world will have to wait a little longer for the “Wonder Woman” sequel, which will now arrive in theaters in summer 2020.

Warner Bros. announced Monday that “Wonder Woman 1984” will now open on June 5, 2020.

The film starring Gal Gadot as the Amazonian superhero had been slated for a November 2019 release.

Patty Jenkins is returning as

director and has teased fans with tidbits about the series’ time jump to the 1980s.

The first “Wonder Woman” was a major blockbuster for Warner Bros.’ DC Comics franchise. The film earned more than $800 million globally. The original became the most successful live-action film directed by a woman.

The sequel would have been released a month after “Joker,” a standalone film about the DC villain which is scheduled to open on Oct. 4, 2019.

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A week after a meeting with cabinet members and workers called “Cutting the Red Tape, Unleashing Economic Freedom,” President Trump announced the roll out of new options for small employers to use tax-free accounts for providing health coverage to workers. The idea is to expand so-called “health reimbursement arrangements” to allow employees to buy their own individual health insurance policies. Employers could also pair the accounts with workplace health plans, allowing workers to use the money for additional benefits such as dental care.

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Wilmington — The Office of Senator Richard Burr, the Office of Senator Thom Tillis and the North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC) announced this week the 2018 Southeast Region Federal Construction, Infrastructure & Environmental Summit at the Wilmington Convention Center on October 24-25, 2018. The Summit will be the first major convention at the Wilmington Convention Center since Hurricane Florence occurred in September 2018.

The “Summit” brings together over 650 representatives of: five Districts of the US Army Corps of Engineers; Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Fort Bragg; Marine Corps Installations East/Camp Lejeune; Seymour Johnson AFB; Forts Gordon (GA), Fort Lee (VA); US Coast Guard; Department of Veterans Affairs; General Services Administration; other federal agencies; and general and specialty contractors, designers and construction suppliers from throughout the Southeast US. “The Summit is the premier, best-established and most-recognized federal infrastructure event in the Southeast,” said Scott Dorney, Executive Director of the NCMBC. “The Summit networking and trade show activities allow businesses to market their services and products directly to over 650 military, federal and industry participants. Businesses that are already engaged or that want to perform in the federal market need to be at the Summit.”

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts from Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk and Baltimore, as well as the USACE Headquarters in Washington D.C. and Naval Facilities Engineering Command offices from Norfolk and Jacksonville, FL will participate.

For more information on the Summit or to register, visit: http://www.ncmbc. us/2018summit/.

Rural communities receive state grants and more than $554M in private investment North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority awards almost $7 million in grants to support rural economic development projects

By Emily Roberson North State Journal RALEIGH — The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 21 grant requests totaling $6,935,250, N.C. Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland announced last week.

The requests include commitments to create a total of 616 jobs, 304 of which were previously announced. The public investment in these projects will attract more than $594 million in private investment.

“Rural communities across North Carolina need support to make smart investments in infrastructure in order to boost economic development,” said Secretary Copeland. “The new grants approved by the Rural Infrastructure Authority will lead to the creation of good jobs, greater prosperity and, in some cases, improved access to health care.”

The North Carolina Department of Commerce’s team of rural economic development professionals supports the Authority’s work.

Authority members review and approve funding requests from local communities.

Funding comes from a variety of specialized grant and loan programs offered and managed by N.C. Commerce’s Rural Economic Development Division, led by Deputy Sec-

retary for Rural Economic Development and Workforce Solutions Napoleon Wallace and Assistant Secretary for Rural Development Kenny Flowers. Grants can support a variety of activities, including infrastructure development, building renovation, expansion and demolition, and site improvements.

“Local governments will gain greater capacity to help businesses locate and expand in rural North Carolina, thanks to the projects approved today,” said Assistant Secretary Flowers. “The Rural Economic Development Division at Commerce and the Rural Infrastructure Authority board are pleased to be able to partner with these communities to help them attract hundreds of new job opportunities.”

The RIA approved 18 grants under the state’s Building Reuse Program in three categories, Rural Health, Vacant Building and Existing building. Among the projects are: • City of Lenoir (Caldwell County) received a $500,000 grant that will support the new construction of a 16,400-square-foot health facility. Caldwell UNC Health Care will expand their operations to include psychiatric services with the new Dorothea Dix Inpatient Adult Psychiatric Unit of Caldwell Memorial Hospital.

• City of Asheboro (Randolph County) was awarded a $250,000 grant that will support the expansion of a building where PEMMCO Manufacturing, a precision machining company offering a variety of services from con-

“The new grants approved by the Rural Infrastructure Authority will lead to the creation of good jobs, greater prosperity and, in some cases, improved access to health care.”

N.C. Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland cept design to final assembly, plans to add 15,000 square feet to their existing facility. The project is expected to create 20 jobs, with an investment of $553,000 by the company.

• Forsyth County also received a $200,000 grant that will support the expansion of a building in Kernersville occupied by Grass America, a manufacturer of functional hardware and accessories for kitchen, bath and office facilities. The company will add 74,000 square feet to their facility, with plans to create 23 jobs and invest $29,002,395 in this project.

Wayne County was awarded $500,000 toward the renovation of a building in Dudley, where Case Farms, a poultry farming and processing company, is set to add 147,000 square feet to their existing facility. The expansion is expected to result in the creation of 44 jobs and private investment totaling $48,885,350.

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To that end, as part of its ongoing efforts to stimulate interest in tech entrepreneurship, the City of Wilson is hosting its third annual Gig East convention. This innovation and technology summit is a meeting of the minds of tech leaders from the eastern areas of the state. It highlights how micropolitan cities, which are defined as urban areas with a population of at least 10,000 – but less than 50,000, are embracing digital transformation and making an impact in the IT world in their own unique way.

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Medtronic co-founder who created wearable pacemaker dies Minneapolis, Minn.

Earl Bakken, an electronics repairman who created the first wearable external pacemaker and co-founded one of the world’s largest medical device companies, Medtronic, has died. He was 94.

Bakken, who also commercialized the first implantable pacemaker in 1960, died Sunday at his home in Hawaii, Medtronic said in a statement. It didn’t give a cause of death. Bakken and his brother-inlaw, Palmer Hermundslie, formed Medtronic in 1949 and turned it from a struggling company they ran out of the Hermundlie family’s Minneapolis garage into a multinational medical technology powerhouse.

“The contributions Earl made to the field of medical technology simply cannot be overstated,” said Medtronic’s chairman and CEO, Omar Ishrak. “His spirit will live on with us as we work to fulfill the mission he wrote nearly 60 years ago — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.” Bakken, who led the company for 40 years, was fitted for his own pacemaker in 2001 and a replacement in 2009.

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Elon Musk says his transit test tunnel close to completion

A Saudi employee prints badges of participants of the Future Investment Initiative conference, which kicked off Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is moving ahead with plans to hold the glitzy investment forum despite some of its most important speakers pulling out in the global outcry over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Elon Musk says he’s planning to offer the public free rides through a tunnel he bored under a Los Angeles suburb to test a new type of transportation system. In a series of tweets Sunday, Musk said the tunnel is almost complete and there will be an opening event on the night of Dec. 10 and free rides for the public the next day.

The tunnel runs about 2 miles (3.2-kilometers) under the streets of Hawthorne, where Musk’s SpaceX headquarters is located.

Musk has described a system in which vehicles or people pods are moved on electrically powered platforms called skates at speeds up to 155 mph (250 kph). Musk wants to build a tunnel across western Los Angeles and another between a Metro subway line and Dodger Stadium.

Saudi prince’s future put to the test at investment forum

BB&T to build business center in Whiteville, donate to area community colleges Winston-Salem/Whiteville BB&T Corporation announced last week it will build an approximately 100,000-squarefoot office facility at 301 S. James K. Powell Blvd. in downtown Whiteville, North Carolina. The new approximately $20 million building will consolidate the 500 BB&T associates who currently work in nine locations in the Whiteville area including one of its primary Client Care Centers on James B. White Highway. BB&T expects to begin site work on the project during the first quarter of 2019 with an opening date yet to be determined. In addition, the BB&T Charitable fund announced grants totaling $1 million to Southeastern Community College, Whiteville; Robeson Community College, Lumberton; Bladen Community College, Dublin; and Sampson Community College, Clinton. Working together with leadership teams at the four area community colleges, the grants will assist in developing a technology curriculum to train and prepare students to be workforce ready, potentially for BB&T’s Client Care Center, and other businesses requiring these skill sets. “This is a very exciting day for Whiteville and Columbus County. Our partnerships with the four community colleges represent a long-term commitment to the future of our region,” said BB&T Southeastern Regional President Phil Marion.

“This new facility is a major commitment for BB&T and we are delighted to build it in the heart of downtown Whiteville,” said BB&T Chief Client Experience Officer Dontá Wilson. “Our Client Care Centers are one of our primary virtual channels we use to create a distinctive experience for our clients. With this stateof- the-art workplace we have the opportunity to provide our associates a place to learn, grow and be fulfilled in their work.

We know that more engaged associates will enhance our ability to fulfill our clients’ financial hopes and dreams.”

In the wake of alleged murder of Saudi journalist at the hands of Saudi operatives, global investors offer mixed reactions and cautious support of Crown Prince bin Salman

By Aya Batrawy The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia is moving ahead with plans to hold a glitzy investment forum despite some of its most important speakers pulling out in the global outcry over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The Future Investment Initiative, which kicks off Tuesday, was intended to draw leading investors who could help underwrite Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitious plans to revamp the economy. But after the wave of cancellations, it could instead highlight the kingdom’s growing isolation and the damage inflicted on the prince’s reputation — as well as potentially his political future.

The forum is the brainchild of the crown prince, whose lofty vision for the Saudi economy hinges on his ability to attract foreign investments and create enough jobs for the millions of young Saudis who will be entering the workforce in the coming years.

The prince, who is set to inherit the throne from his father, faces steep challenges. More than 4.5 million new working-age Saudis will be searching for jobs by 2030.

One estimate from consultancy McKinsey and Co. says the kingdom needs some $4 trillion in investment to create as many

GRANTS from page C1 gram provides grants to local governments to renovate vacant buildings, renovate and/or expand buildings occupied by existing North Carolina companies, and renovate, expand or construct health care facilities that will lead to the creation of new jobs in Tier 1 and Tier 2 counties and in rural census tracts of Tier 3 counties.

The RIA approved one request under the state’s federally-funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) — Economic Development program that will go to Person County in the form of a $1 million grant to support the upfitting of a vacant, 400,000-square-foot industrial building for use by Polywood. The company is a leader in eco-friendly patio furniture, producing outdoor products made

as 6 million new Saudi jobs by then. That’s almost three times as many jobs as Saudi Arabia created in the decade leading up to 2013, when oil prices soared.

Without a comprehensive economic overhaul underpinned by trillions of dollars in investments, the unemployment rate for Saudi nationals could exceed 20 percent, McKinsey has warned.

As unemployment rises, household income would fall— two key triggers that contributed to public fury and revolts in other Arab countries nearly eight years ago.

Unemployment in Saudi Arabia has edged up this year to 12.8 percent. Currently, a third of Saudis seeking employment are between 25 and 29 years old. That number is expected to grow in coming years with half the population under 25.

The crown prince’s ability to shepherd the Saudi economy is now in peril after the killing of Khashoggi — a Washington Post columnist who had been critical of the crown prince — in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.

After insisting for weeks that Khashoggi had safely left the consulate on his own despite mounting evidence from Turkish authorities that he was killed

by Saudi agents, Saudi authorities acknowledged his death last weekend, saying he had died in a “fistfight” with officials sent to convince him to return to the kingdom.

Even that explanation has failed to silence critics, who suspect the powerful crown prince ordered the killing or at the least had knowledge of it.

The Riyadh investment forum, which is meant to raise the kingdom’s profile and attract global investors, has seen numerous executives cancel their participation,

including the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Uber and Blackrock, as well as Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and the chiefs of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

All Western news outlets that had agreed to sponsor the Riyadh forum — The New York Times, CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, the Financial Times and the Fox Business Network— have withdrawn their sponsorship in response to Khashoggi’s death.

On Monday, hackers appeared to have taken down the main website of the conference.

Prince Mohammed has sought to distance himself from the killing, but international skepticism over the Saudi account of how the journalist died continues to mar his standing and has thrown into question whether Western executives will continue business as usual with the crown prince, who as King Salman’s favored son is the second most powerful man in the kingdom.

That could lead the prince to turn to Russia, China and other Asian nations still eager to do business with the oil-rich kingdom.

“This is not going to be end of the Saudi economy. It is an important economy. It is a major oil exporter. It has other relationships across the globe,” Ayham Kamel of the Eurasia Group said.

“I think we somehow underestimate the importance of Asian businesses.”

Last year, the investment forum debuted with Prince Mohammed announcing plans to build a $500 billion futuristic city in the desert called “Neom” and wowing the crowd of global business titans with pledges to lead the ultraconservative kingdom toward “moderate Islam.”

But just days after the forum,

from recycled plastic lumber. The upgrades to the facility are expected to allow for the creation of 230 jobs and attract $35 million in private investment.

The Community Development Block Grant program is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program administered in part by N.C. Commerce. CDBG’s economic development funds provide grants to local governments for creating and retaining jobs.

Project funding is based on the number of jobs to be created and the level of economic distress of applicant communities.

The RIA approved two requests under the state’s Industrial Development Fund — Utility Account program: City of Greensboro (Guilford County): A $1.5 million grant request that will provide new sewer infrastructure to support Publix

as the supermarket chain locates a new regional distribution center in Greensboro that will include over 1.8 million square feet in refrigerated and dry goods space. The company is investing $300 million in the project.

Transylvania County: An $880,750 grant request that will support the extension of the Town of Rosman’s sewer infrastructure to serve Gaia Herbs, an herbal supplement manufacturer that is one of the county’s largest private-sector employers. The project will allow the company to expand its operations, adding 33 jobs and investing $55,487,457.

The Industrial Development Fund — Utility Account provides grants to local governments located in the 80 most economically distressed counties of the state, which are classified as either Tier 1 or Tier 2. Funds may be used for publicly-owned infrastruc-

“This is not going to be end of the Saudi economy. It is an important economy.

It is a major oil exporter.

It has other relationships across the globe. I think we somehow underestimate the importance of Asian businesses.”

Ayham Kamel. the Eurasia Group the emboldened prince launched a sweeping shakedown of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest businessmen and top princes for alleged corruption, transforming the same Ritz-Carlton hotel that had earlier hosted the investment forum into a prison for the country’s elite.

More than 200 people were rounded up, with many forced to hand over significant sums of their wealth in exchange for their freedom. An estimated 1,700 individual bank accounts were frozen.

The crackdown rattled investors.

In columns Khashoggi wrote for the Washington Post from his self-imposed exile abroad, he lauded the crown prince’s efforts to reform the kingdom, but sharply criticized his parallel crackdown on activists, critics and even some clerics whose only apparent crime was not publicly cheering the prince’s risky moves to consolidate power.

“We Saudis deserve more than the spectacle of royals and officials interred at the Ritz Carlton,” wrote Khashoggi in a column shortly after last year’s investment forum.

“We also should have the right to speak about these important and impactful changes — and the many more needed to achieve the crown prince’s vision for our country,” he added, before concluding: “We are a kingdom of silence no longer.”

ture projects that are reasonably expected to result in new job creation. The IDF – Utility Account is funded through a process tied to the state’s signature Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) program. When JDIG-awarded companies choose to locate or expand in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 county, a portion of that JDIG award is channeled into the Utility Account.

In addition to reviewing and approving funding requests, the N.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority formulates policies and priorities for grant and loan programs administered by N.C. Commerce’s Rural Economic Development team. Its 16 voting members are appointed by the Governor, speaker of the House and Senate president pro tem.

The North Carolina secretary of Commerce serves as a non-voting member of the Authority.

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Trump wants to push middle-income tax cut through Congress President touting new tax plan as he campaigns across the country in last weeks of mid-term election cycle

By Jill Colvin and Marcy Gordon The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he wants to push a new middle-income tax cut through Congress after the midterm elections, though he’s not offering specifics on the plan.

Trump said Monday he’s looking to cut taxes by about 10 percent for middle-income people.

The proposal follows the massive tax law that Republicans muscled through Congress late last year and Trump signed as his major legislative achievement.

With the midterm elections in two weeks, polls have shown only tepid support among voters for that package of individual and corporate tax cuts that took effect Jan. 1. It provides steep tax cuts

for corporations and the wealthiest Americans, and more modest reductions for middle- and low-income individuals and families.

Trump, leaving the White House for a campaign rally in Texas, told reporters, “We’re doing it now for middle-income people.

This is not for business. This is for the middle.”

Coming so close to critical elections, the proposal appeared to be a tacit acknowledgement by the Trump administration that the $1.5 trillion package of tax cuts failed to deliver the political traction that Republicans had hoped for.

“This is just a political exercise,” said Steven Rosenthal, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

“Republicans are realizing they have to do more to help the middle class.”

The lukewarm response to the tax law prompted Republican lawmakers to speed new legislation through the House in September, as they rushed out of town to face

voters, to expand the tax law. The new bill would make permanent the individual and small-business tax cuts in the law. Prospects in the Senate for the legislation were weak.

Trump said over the weekend that he hoped to move forward with the plan “sometime around” or before Nov. 1. But Congress is currently out of session as lawmakers campaign for the Nov. 6 elections.

“We’re putting in a resolution sometime in the next week or a week and a half, two weeks,” Trump said Monday.

The tax cut proposal could be included in a continuing resolution to fund the government on a short-term basis. Around 25 percent of federal spending hasn’t yet been approved for the rest of the fiscal year, so in theory it would be possible to put in new tax cuts in the lame-duck session. Lawmakers, however, already have a heavy agenda for the session.

Some Republican lawmakers hope to pass a budget resolution during the session — enabling leg-

islation to be passed by a simple majority in the House and Senate, as happened with the tax legislation last year.

Details of the new plan are said to be coming later. It was not immediately clear, for example, how the administration proposed to offset the loss of revenue from a broad tax cut.

“It is not clear to me if there are going to be ‘pay-fors’ for this,” said Mark Mazur, director of the Tax Policy Center. “With the federal budget deficit nearing $1 trillion per year, there may be some concern about adding to it indefinitely.”

If there are “pay-fors,” that could make congressional passage more difficult, Mazur said.

Nicole Kaeding, director of federal projects at the conservative Tax Foundation, noted there have been major tax cuts put through in lame-duck sessions. Tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush’s tenure were extended in 2012 during Barack Obama’s administration, for example.

Without details of the new

“We’re doing it now for middle-income people. This is not for business. This is for the middle.”

President Donald Trump plan, “It’s hard to know what exactly the president has in mind,” Kaeding said.

Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the senior Democrat on the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, called Trump’s statements “empty rhetoric” and “an admission ... that his tax law only helps corporations and the donor class.”

“The middle class will see straight through this scam just like they did with Trump’s broken promise to deliver $4,000 wage increases” under the tax law, Wyden said in a statement.

Associated Press writer Matthew Daly contributed to this report.

Hurricane Michael could sour Florida’s tupelo honey harvest Among the destruction left in Michael’s path, hundreds of prized local beehives were lost, along with hundreds of thousands of bees

By Jennifer Kay The Associated Press MIAMI — Hurricane Michael toppled beehives and stripped flowering plants across Florida’s Panhandle, threatening tupelo honey production in a tiny community that is the primary source of the sweet delicacy.

Tanker trucks of corn syrup and tens of thousands of pounds of synthetic pollen are being rushed to beekeepers from the Gulf of Mexico to the Georgia state line to feed surviving bee colonies that also pollinate crops such as watermelons, cantaloupes and blueberries.

“Just feeding my bees is the biggest concern,” said Gary Adkison, a Wewahitchka beekeeper. “There’s no nectar.”

Adkison, who named his BlueEyed Girl Honey for his granddaughter, lost about 50 of his 150 hives to the storm, each containing 30,000 to 40,000 bees. Unlike other beekeepers who move their colonies to pollinate crops as far away as California, Adkison keeps his hives local year-round.

“To be honest, I didn’t expect this much damage,” he said.

About 500 beekeepers are registered in Florida’s Panhandle, with more than 1.2 billion bees in their colonies, according to the University of Florida’s Institute of Food

and Agricultural Sciences. They range from hobbyists to momand-pop businesses to large commercial operations.

Although Florida also produces honey from orange blossoms, gallberries and wildflowers, the honey from white tupelo gum trees ranks highest in price and flavor.

The trees grow in remote swamps in northwestern Florida and southern Georgia, but are most profuse along the Apalachicola River in Florida’s Gulf County.

The heart of tupelo honey production is Wewahitchka, a one-stoplight town about 15 miles (25 kilometers) inland from where Michael made landfall Oct. 10 with 155-mph (250-kph) winds.

“Everybody has a jar of it on their kitchen table,” Adkison said.

Now, he added, everyone worries how Michael would affect the star of the annual Tupelo Honey Festival, which draws thousands of people in May. Van Morrison’s song about a girl “as sweet as tupelo honey, just like honey from the bee” captures its distinct nature: True tupelo honey is bottled more or less straight from the hive, without heating or blending with other honeys. It does not crystalize, remaining a smooth, golden liquid.

“It’s got a fruity, floral burst of flavor,” said Brian Bertonneau, owner of Wewahitchka-based Smiley Honey. “It’s just a happy dance in your mouth.”

The trees bloom for only three weeks starting in mid-April.

Beekeepers and business owners like Bertonneau, whose operations shut down without electrici-

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In this Friday Oct. 12, 2018 photo, Ben Lanier, left, and Justin Sours inspect a beehive after several trees were knocked down by winds from Hurricane Michael in Wewahitchka, Fla Michael’s devastation could threaten the tupelo honey production in the tiny community that is the main source of the sweet delicacy. ty or internet access after Michael, are anxious to find out what kind of spring harvest they should expect.

“The blossoms are so fragile, they’re like little snowballs,” Bertonneau said. “A heavy wind or rain will knock them off the tree.”

Michael’s toll on tupelos is as yet unclear because the trees are difficult to reach except by barge and considerable debris remains to be cleared.

David Westervelt, a state apiary inspection supervisor, said damaged trees might take two or three years to start blooming again.

“We haven’t ever had a storm hit

like that, so we don’t really know,” Westervelt said.

The 2018 harvest was especially rich in flavor, though not particularly high in volume, beekeepers said. Westervelt estimated not quite 1 million pounds (0.45 million kilograms) of tupelo honey were produced last year, selling for about $6 and up per pound.

Two days after Michael made landfall, an Associated Press photographer found Ben Lanier tending to his hives in spite of fallen trees and other debris in Wewahitchka bee yards kept in his family for three generations.

L.L. Lanier and Sons Tupelo

Honey has been in business since the 1890s, and in a Facebook post Thursday, Lanier and his wife said the hurricane would not shut them down.

“The bees were all over the place and our house is almost a total loss,” the post said. “It has been very hard to get generators and gas, but one way or the other we will get back in business.”

Adkison said all he could do was focus on feeding his surviving bees.

“We are small-time,” he said. “If we have a bad year, I’ll just have to take care of my bees and wait until the next year.”

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TAKE NOTICE 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 Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on November 7, 2018 at 2:00 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 85 of Stonewyck Subdivision as shown on map thereof recorded in the Cabarrus County Registry in Map Book 25 at Page 59, reference to said map being hereby made for a more particular description.

Tax ID: 04-099C-0085.000 Said Property is commonly known as 2125 Norwich Ct, Kannapolis, NC 28081 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents

(0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the 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 owner of the property is Elizabeth P. McMahan and Jerry D. McMahan.

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 purchas-

er 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.

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 31, 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 LOT 40, TREYBURN AS SHOWN ON BOOK OF MAPS 30 PAGE 23 AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CABARRUS COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS. AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 1733, PAGE 349, RECORDED 10/15/95.

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

Said property is commonly known as 10584 Red Oaks Court, 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 statu-

tory 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 William R. Cox, Sr. and Marie M. Cox. 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 31, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Unit 12, SECTION 1, PHASE SIX, THE CROSSINGS AT MORGANTON CONDOMINIUMS, as recorded Condominium Book 4, Page 150, Cumberland County Registry, with ownership interests, privileges, appurtenances, conditions and Restrictions contained and described in the Declaration of THE CROSSINGS AT MORGANTON CONDOMINIUMS Recorded in Book 3885, Page 0738, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 216 Waterdown Drive, Unit 12, Fayetteville, NC 28314.

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 The Crossings at Morganton Condominium Association, Inc. An Order for possession of the property may be is-

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

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

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

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 31, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 3 of Summer Hill, Section 1, as shown on a plat thereof recorded in Book of Plats 29, Page 20, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, and the eastern one-half of Lot No. 4 Summer Hill Subdivision, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 29, Page 20, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. The eastern one-half of Lot No. 4 being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a stake at the southwest corner of Lot No. 3 of Summer Hill Subdivision, said Lot No. 3 being owned (now or formerly) by Eugene Fletcher, and running thence with the dividing lines between Lots Nos. 3 and 4 North 43 degrees 16 minutes West 150 feet to the northwest corner of Lot No. 3; thence South 46 degrees 44 minutes West

50 feet to a stake; thence (a new line) South 43 degrees 16 minutes East 150 feet to the northern margin of Summer Hill Road; thence North 46 degrees 44 minutes East 50 feet to the beginning.

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

Said property is commonly known as 393 Summer Hill Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303.

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

subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Delilah K. Brown.

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 31, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 69 in a Subdivision known as HUNTERS CROSSING, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 94, Page 56, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 921 Old Hunt Place, Fayetteville, NC 28314.

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 im-

mediately 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 Silas A. Palance and wife, Terese R. Palance.

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 31, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 25, IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS UPCHURCH SANDS, SECTION 4, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF THE SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 94, PAGE 190, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 4805 Desert Ridge Road, Parkton, NC 28371.

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 Sandra Haley.

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

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

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

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

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29, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 100 of Green Valley Estates, Section Three, Part 2, as shown on a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 42, Page 11, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1527 Trevino Drive, Fayetteville, 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 land-

lord, 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: 1116299 (FC.FAY)

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Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on October 29, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Unit 102 in a subdivision known as SHEFFIELD, a CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT, PHASE SEVENTEEN and the same being duly recorded in Condominium Book 7 at Page 2, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 1841 Balmoral Drive, Apt. 102, Fayetteville, 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 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: 1225608 (FC.FAY)

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sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1252891 (FC.FAY)

CABARRUS 17-SP-183 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 Jerry D. McMahan and Elizabeth P. McMahan, in the original amount of $182,557.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Flagstar Bank, FSB, dated July 14, 2008 and recorded on July 15, 2008 in Book 08340 at Page 0265, and modified by Loan Modification dated December 28, 2015 and recorded on February 1, 2016 in Book 11769 at Page 0133, 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

17 SP 744 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 William R. Cox, Sr. and Marie M. Cox to Doug Dixon, Trustee(s), which was dated July 14, 2000 and recorded on July 27, 2001 in Book 3347 at Page 5, 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

18 SP 1190 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Selah Montgomery, II to F. Stuart Clarke, Trustee(s), which was dated July 16, 2010 and recorded on July 20, 2010 in Book 8437 at Page 0512, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

CUMBERLAND 18 SP 1188 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Scott J. Brown and Delilah K. Brown to David W. Allred, Trustee(s), which was dated July 15, 2005 and recorded on July 20, 2005 in Book 6947 at Page 319, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 1168 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Silas A. Palance and Teresa R. Palance to Andrew Valentine, Esq., Trustee(s), which was dated May 15, 2003 and recorded on May 20, 2003 in Book 6102 at Page 606, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

17 SP 71 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Sandra B. Haley to H. C. Stevens, Trustee(s), which was dated August 14, 2002 and recorded on August 21, 2002 in Book 5821 at Page 615 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on April 9, 2018 in Book 10283, Page 0535, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Valeria A. Sheppard to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 28th day of February, 2008, and recorded in Book 7826, Page 134, in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on October

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Oscar Randall, Jr., and Shari Patrice Henderson, (Oscar Randall, Jr., deceased) (Heir of Oscar Randall, Jr.: Kataya Renea Randall aka Kataya R. Baldwin) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Oscar Randall, Jr.) to *Cumberland* Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of April, 2006, and recorded in Book 7219, Page 730, in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cole Dustin Dewald to Vantage Point Title, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of March, 2017, and recorded in Book 10059, Page 0238, in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on October 29, 2018 and will

Being all of Lot No. 57, in a subdivision known as Beaver Creek South, Section 2, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 76, Page 56, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5564 Pepperbush Drive, Fayetteville, 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).

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.: 17-18766-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.: 18-10343-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.: 18-10231-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.: 18-10244-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.: 16-21054-FC01

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American Made New Volvo S60 is first off the line for S.C. plant

Oct. 25-28 Benson Mule Days Festival Benson A Southern tradition for 69 years, this four-day festival is packed full of mule events that celebrate the “beast of burden” and the role of mules in rural farming. Other activities include rodeos, arts and crafts, carnival, vendors, music, dance and a parade.

New this year are tours of the last standing mule stable in Benson and tours of historic Benson in horse-drawn wagons.

Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Ocracoke Chart your course to Ocracoke to commemorate the 300th Anniversary of Blackbeard’s historic last battle directly off the shores of Ocracoke Island.

Step back in time with the sights and sounds of 17th- and 18th-century pirate life as Ocracoke Island comes alive with pirate re-enactment crews as they invade by land and sea.

Enjoy musical entertainment, magic shows, history, period encampments, vendors and a live battle with cannons on Silver Lake.

Oct. 26-27 Ghost Train Blowing Rock

By Jordan Golson For the North State Journal I DROVE the new 2019 Volvo S60 the other day and it really annoyed me. Let me explain.

The new S60 sedan, along with its near-twin, the V60 wagon, is the final vehicle in the decade-long reinvention of Volvo.

Ford sold the Swedish carmaker to Chinese auto conglomerate Geely 2010, and the Volvo team was promptly given billions of dollars to reinvent itself — without meddling from the parent company.

By starting from scratch and designing a brand-new chassis, a totally new powertrain, and planning everything for the future, Volvo has released some amazing new cars and seen record growth as a result. Without exception, I have liked everything they’ve done since the current-generation Volvo XC90 SUV was released in 2015, including this new S60.

It is built upon the same Scalable Product Architecture platform and the same clever turboand supercharged engines that debuted in the XC90. The design has been tweaked a bit from the larger SUV sibling, but it’s

unmistakably a Volvo.

It has Thor’s Hammer headlamps and a sporty, taught exterior and a stunning, cleanly Scandinavian interior that is easy on the eyes. It has some of the most comfortable seats you’ll find in an automobile, a standard panoramic sunroof, a giant center touchscreen that’s easy to use and faster than prior Volvos, an exquisite steering wheel, and I could go on and on.

Best of all? It’s built in America, in a brand-new factory outside of Charleston, S.C. The first Volvo to be built in America, the Charleston facility will be the only one building the S60 — and that means South Carolina-built Volvos will be on boats to China before you know it.

There are three engine options, all based on a two-liter, four-cylinder engine. Don’t worry about the tiny engine, though — they all have plenty of power thanks to some Swedish engineering wizardry.

The base T5, starting at $35,800, is a turbocharged FWD variant that makes 250 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. Bump up to the T6 for $40,300 and you gain all-wheel drive and the engine is now tur-

The design has been tweaked a bit from the larger SUV sibling, but it’s unmistakably a Volvo. bo- and supercharged, moving to 316 horsepower and 295 lb-ft.

At the top of the heap is the T8 “twin engine” plug-in hybrid for $55,400 (and eligible for electric vehicle tax credits) that combines the T6 engine driving the front wheels with an electric motor driving the rear, for an AWD, 400 horsepower and 472 lbft experience that lets you stay greener while giving a little more oomph.

Volvo safety tech abounds, with the City Safety system able to automatically brake to avoid potential collisions with large animals and pedestrians, in addition to vehicles. It can even automatically brake to reduce the severity of oncoming collisions.

Pilot Assist is available, which (while not an autonomous driving system by any means) helps the driver with steering, acceleration and braking. It’s not a

hands-off system, but it does make driving your morning commute a lot less stressful.

One of the most interesting aspects of the S60 is the new Care

by Volvo ownership service. It’s a no down payment subscription service that combines the car, maintenance, tires,and insurance into one monthly payment — with a 15,000 yearly mile allotment. The car can be traded in for a new model after a year or kept for 24 months total.

A S60 T6 AWD Momentum starts at $775 per month, with the R-Design trim level starting at $850. The cars are available through traditional purchase or lease programs, but the subscription service is an interesting twist on the purchase model and demand has far exceeded Volvo’s expectations.

Now I just spent 600 words telling you about how wonderful the S60 is, but I’m still annoyed by it. It’s not because the front opening feels a little too tight or because the rear lights just look a little fiddly.

I’m annoyed because I own a 2016 V60 wagon and the new 2019 S60 is so good that I’m finding it difficult not to pull the trigger on one for myself.

It’s safe, scary fun for the whole family. Kids will enjoy the Halloween shows and trick-or-treating. Then take a chilling journey into the night on the Ghost Train. Advance tickets are required as there are a limited number of guests allowed each night. More information at tweetsie.com.

Oct. 27 Lexington Barbecue Festival Lexington Celebrating its 35th anniversary, this festival has become an annual that honors the unique style of barbecue known as “Lexington Style.”

In addition to the festival, the City of Lexington and Davidson County has officially declared October as “Barbecue” month.

A full calendar of events is listed at barbecuefestival.com.

Transylvania Halloweenfest Brevard Transylvania’s Halloweenfest is a regional favorite. With a cash prize costume contest, a pet costume contest, pumpkin rolling, food, trick-ortreating and kids rides, there is something for everyone.

This year, Halloweenfest welcomes some very special guests from Sesame Street in Communities. More information at brevardnc.org.

North Carolina Yam Festival Tabor City Food and craft vendors, a parade and entertainment to celebrate one of North Carolina’s most famous crops.

Full details at ncyamfestival.com.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF VOLVO

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TAKE NOTICE RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 305

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael Lee Cooke and Anna Marie Cooke to Alie Yates Brown, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of November, 2014, and recorded in Book RE2415, Page 1151, in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 30, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina,

STANLY 18 SP 105 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 Henry Hough and Willie Annette Hough in the original amount of $48,000.00, payable to The Money Centre, Inc., dated March 10, 1997 and recorded on March 18, 1997 in Book 625, Page 58, Stanly County Registry.

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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 139

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Helena Gayle Cook aka Helena Necaise and Chad Steven Necaise (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Chad Steven Necaise and Helena Gayle Necaise) to Richard H. Lester or G. Robert Turner, III, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of June, 2003, and recorded in Book 932, Page 413, in Stanly County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Stanly County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on October 31, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of North Albemarle, in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more par-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 113

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Stephen J. Ritch and Ethel M. Ritch to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of February, 2003, and recorded in Book 909, Page 281, in Stanly County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Stanly County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on October 31, 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: Parcel 1: Beginning at a point, the northwest corner of the parcel of land conveyed to W.C. Hatley by deed recorded in Deed Book 277, page 1, Stanly County Registry, said point being the center of State Road 1234; thence from said beginning point with the center of State Road 1234 North 30-20 East 122 feet to a point; thence a line leaving said highway South 62-01 East 322.4 feet to a stake;

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 118

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lottie M. Parker, a married woman and Raynard Parker, her spouse (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Lottie Mae Parker) to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of June, 2005, and recorded in Book 1064, Page 285, in Stanly County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Stanly County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on November 7, 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

UNION 17-SP-772 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 Barry Michael Greene, husband and wife and Sandra B. Greene, in the original amount of $140,000.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Solely as Nominee for America`s Wholesale Lender, dated January 26, 2007 and recorded on January 31, 2007 in Book 04445 at Page 0178, Union County Registry.

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 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 courthouse door in Union County, North Carolina, on November 2, 2018 at 2:00 pm, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

18 SP 396 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 Douglas L. Balazs and Jeanette M. Balazs to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee(s), which was dated June 20, 2008 and recorded on June 20, 2008 in Book 04920 at Page 0401, 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

and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pin in the East right-ofway line of N.C. Secondary Road No. 2610 at the southwest corner of Lot No. 10 of Piedmont Pines Subdivision, as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 59, in the Randolph County Registry; thence from said beginning point, North 9 degrees 02 minutes East 283.77 feet along the East rightof-way line of N.C. Secondary Road No. 2610 to an iron pipe; thence South 83 degrees 07 minutes East 211.20 feet to an iron pipe in the East line of Lot No. 8 of said subdivision; thence South 5 degrees 33 minutes West 283.65 feet along the East line of a portion of Lot No. 8 and all of Lots Nos 9 and 10 of said subdivision to an iron pipe marking the southeast corner of Lot No. 10; thence North 83 degrees 07 minutes West 228.43 feet along the South line of Lot No. 10 to the Beginning. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 531 Chaney Road, Asheboro, North Carolina.

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 pro-

vides 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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Being all of Lots Nos. 9 and 10 and a portion of Lot No. 8 of Piedmont Pines Subdivision as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 59, in the Randolph County Registry.

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

Should the property be purchased by

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

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

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this

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 Stanly County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on October 29, 2018, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: BEING all of Lot #1 as shown on a plat of the redivision of CROWELL HEIGHTS as recorded in Plat Book 4 at Page 19 in the Stanly County Registry.

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 1433 Freeman Avenue, Albermarle, NC 28001 Tax ID: 654802956992 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 §7A308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars

($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

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 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 (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 pur-

chaser will have no further remedy.

ticularly described as follows: Lying an being in North Albemarle Township, Stanly County, North Carolina, and being all of Lot TEN (10) of ROSS FARM SUBDIVISION, as surveyed and platted

by Henry M. Webster, R.L.S. of Raleigh, North Carolina, said plat dated January 16, 1993 and recorded in Map Book 15, Page 62, Stanly County Registry, to which subdivision plat reference is hereby made for a complete description by metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 812 Concord Road, Albemarle, North Carolina.

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 prop-

erty 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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1975, by D. F. Ritchie, containing 0.98 acre, more or less.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 36274 Finger Road, Albemarle, 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.

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Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 407 Coggins Avenue, Albemarle, North Carolina.

For reference see deed duly recorded in Deed Book 331, Page 154, Stanly 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 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 described property, to wit: All that certain parcel of land lying and being situated in the County of UNION, State of NC, to-wit: Beginning at a point as evidenced by an iron stake, said beginning point being a common corner with Roger Mark Simpson (Deed book 364, Page 194) and Jeff E. Simpson (Deed Book 354, Page 391) Properties; thence from the beginning point North 24 Degrees 46 minutes 53 seconds West 219.67 feet to a point as evidenced by an iron stake on the Southernmost margin of a 30-footwide easement; thence North 24 degrees 46 minutes 53 seconds west 16.83 feet to a point in the center of a 3-foot right of way; thence north 46 degrees 12 minutes 39 seconds west 15.07 feet to a point on Huntley Line ( Deed Book 365, Page 602); thence along Huntley line north 46 degrees 12 minutes 39 seconds west 341.33 feet to a point as evidenced by an iron stake on the southerly line of Pear Hill, Jr., lot; thence with said Hill lot line North 73 degrees 27 minutes 51 seconds East 318.75 feet to a point as evidenced by an iron stake on Bartlett line ( Deed Book 363, Page 239); thence with Bartlett line South 01 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds west 65.0 feet ; thence south 46 degrees 37 minutes 26 seconds East 238.0 feet to a point as evidenced by an iron stake, common corner with Jeff Simpson Property ( Deed book 354, Page 391);thence with Jeff Simpson line, south 22 degrees 30 minutes 16 seconds west 33.83 feet to the point and place of beginning, and containing 2.410 acres as shown upon map of survey dated

June 23, 1984, by William H. King, N.C.R.L.S. Subject to and together with the rights and privileges of that right of way described in the right of way agreement dated July 11, 1984, and recorded in Book 381, Page 232, Union County Registry.

Less and Except Being all of Lot 2, containing 1.000 acre, of the property of Barry Michael Green and wife, Sandra B. Green as shown on map of survey prepared by Carroll L. Rushing, NCPLS, dated January 30, 2004, recorded in Plat Cabinet H File 975, Union County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular metes and bounds description.

Tax ID: 08012016 Said Property is commonly known as 8401 Morgan Mill Rd, Monroe, NC 28110 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 peri-

od, 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 Barry Michael Greene and Sandra B Greene.

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.

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 2, 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: BEING ALL of Lot 44 of SOUTHBROOK SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2, as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet F, File 816 and File 817, Union County Registry, to which plats reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 201 Summerwood Place, Waxhaw, NC 28173.

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 statu-

tory 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 Douglas L Balazs and wife, Jeanette M. Balazs.

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 above property is subject to Protective Covenants and Restrictions dated February 24, 1993 and recorded in Record Book 519, Page 73, Stanly County Registry. The above described property is also subject to all setback lines, rights-of-way and other encumbrances as described on the above mentioned subdivision plat.

For back title reference see deed from Jerry Michael Parker and wife, Linda P. Parker to Chad Steven Necaise and Helena Gayle Cook, recorded contemporaneously herewith, Stanly County Registry.

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

thence South 27-23 West 152.6 feet to an iron pin, the northeast corner of the parcel of land described in Deed Book 277, page 1, Stanly County Registry; thence with the north line of said parcel North 56 West 324.2 feet, passing an iron pin in the east right-of-way line of State Road 1234, to a point in the center of said road, the point of beginning, being Lot 1 as shown on a plat of the Nan H. Lowder land in Ridenhour Township, surveyed September 13, 1973, revised December 3, 1975, by D. F. Ritchie, Surveyor, and containing 1.10 acres, more or less.

The above-described parcel is part of the greater tract described as the Second Tract in the deed to the grantor herein, recorded in Deed Book 156, page 291, Stanly County Registry.

Parcel 2: Beginning at a point in the centerline of State Road #1234, the northwest corner of the 1.10-acre tract described in Deed Book 291, page 568, Stanly County Registry, and run s thence with the center line of State Road #1234 North 30-20 East 114 feet to a point where the center line of said road intersects the center line of a 20-foot private soil road known as the Sides Road; thence with the center line of said private road South 6833 East 311.6 feet to a point; thence South 27-23 West 152.6 feet to a point, the northeast corner of the 1.10acre tract described in Deed Book 291, page 568, Stanly County Registry; thence with the north line of said tract North 62-01 West 322.4 feet to the point of beginning, being Lot 2 as shown on a plat of the Nan H. Lowder land surveyed September 13, 1973, revised December 3,

particularly described as follows: FIRST TRACT: Beginning at an iron pin on the East side of Coggins Avenue and runs thence S. 73-18 E. 165.6 feet to an iron pin; thence N. 16-42 E. 80 feet to an iron pin, thence N. 73-18 W. 186.46 feet to an iron pin on the East side of Coggins Avenue; thence S. 2-00 W; with the East side of Coggins Avenue 82.68 feet to the point of Beginning, the same being a part of Lot No. 48 of what is known as Stanly Heights, as shown on a map of said property as recorded in Plat Book No. 1, pages 78 and 79, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, North Carolina.

SECOND TRACT: All right, title and interest that the parties of the first part may have in and to any land or premises that lies between the property conveyed in Deed Book 244, page 132, Stanly County Registry, and deeded to the grantors herein and the present location of Coggins Avenue, as shown by a map of Stokesdale, which map is duly recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County in Map Book 2, page 108.

The above-described parcel is a part of a greater tract conveyed to the grantor herein by deed recorded in Deed Book 156, page 291, Stanly County Registry.

This conveyance is made subject to the following restrictions: 1. No mobile home, tent, or trailer shall be placed, erected, kept, or allowed to exist on said land for use as a residence.

2. No junkyard or other noxious activity shall be permitted on said land, nor shall any activity or condition amounting to a nuisance be carried on or maintained thereon or therein.

3. No abandoned automobile, trash, garbage, ashes, or other refuse shall be permitted, thrown, or dumped on the land.

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: _____________________ January N. Taylor, Bar #33512 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 5555 Glenridge Connector Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30342 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) jtaylor@mtglaw.com

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: _______________ Sarah Elizabeth Banks #44023 David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 Attorney for Stone Trustee Services, LLC Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 Phone: (803) 929-0760 Fax: (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.: 16-17153-FC02

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TAKE NOTICE 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 November 2, 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: BEING known and designated as all of Lot 27 of that subdivision known CAMBERLEY, Phase 1, Map 2, as shown on a map thereof recorded in the UNION County Public Registry in Plat Cabinet G, File No. 603; reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2145 Majestic Poplar Drive, Waxhaw, NC 28173.

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 Joseph Zumbo and wife, Patricia Ryan-Zumbo.

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.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 532

North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 32 of Serenity Hills Subdivision as same is shown on Map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet D at File 57 in the Union County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 308 Honeywood Lane, Monroe, North Carolina.

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

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

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

any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1248943 (FC.FAY)

18 SP 291 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on November 8, 2018, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: BEING all of Lot 99 of Glen Eagles II, as shown on that plat recorded in Plat Cabinet C, File 433, Union County Register of Deeds, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description.

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 2509 Hopewood Lane, Monroe, NC 28110. Tax ID: 09345160 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105228.30, 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 pe-

riod, 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 Boyce Alexander Duncan.

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 §4521.16A(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.

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

closed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 31, 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 23, COLDWATER SPRINGS SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2005, PAGE 1030, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 3012 Slippery Creek Drive, Raleigh, NC 27616.

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

ing. 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 Frank Crenshaw and wife, Tracey Crenshaw.

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 purchas-

er will have no further remedy.

usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 31, 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: A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WAKE, CURRENTLY OWNED BY JOSEPH ROGERS AND LOLA V ROGERS AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN BOOK/PAGE OR DOCUMENT NUMBER 10336-638 DATED 7/28/2003 AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AS L034 UJAMAA SUB PH2 BM1998-258.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1313 Ujamaa Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the

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

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 oc-

cupies 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.

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 31, 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 14 Olde Creedmoor Subdivision Phase Three as the same is shown on plat thereof recorded in Book of Maps 1996 Pages 1262 and 1264, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 5232 Wildmarsh Drive, Raleigh, NC 27613.

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 Dwayne B. Greene and Kimberly H. Greene.

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.

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 1641

at 1:30 PM on October 29, 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 12, Lochaven Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1965, Page 240, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 804 Pamlico Drive, Cary, North Carolina.

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

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

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

of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

ment prorated to the effective date of the termination.

18 SP 1152 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 7, 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 95, Heritage Manor Subdivision, Phase 2, as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 2002, Page 2001, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1538 Eva Mae Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610.

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

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007,

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

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

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

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

UNION 18 SP 399 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 Joseph Zumbo and Patricia Ryan-Zumbo a/k/a Patricia Ryan Zumbo to Ralph R. McMillan, Trustee(s), which was dated February 27, 2006 and recorded on March 8, 2006 in Book 04089 at Page 0492, 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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Doreen Dotalo to Morris & Schneider, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of February, 2003, and recorded in Book 2081, Page 163, 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 November 1, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union,

NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Boyce Alexander Duncan and Darcy Elaine Demart Duncan in the original amount of $147,600.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for IndyMac Bank, F.S.B, dated October 4, 2007 and recorded on October 12, 2007 in Book 4710, Page 105, Union County Registry.

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

WAKE 18 SP 522 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 Frank Crenshaw and Tracey Crenshaw to Horsley Law Firm, P.A., Trustee(s), which was dated December 22, 2006 and recorded on December 22, 2006 in Book 012327 at Page 01928, 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 fore-

18 SP 1969 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 B. Rogers a/k/a Joseph R. Rogers and Lola V. Rogers to Cindy Roberts & Amy E. Johnson, Trustee(s), which was dated June 23, 2007 and recorded on July 23, 2007 in Book 012666 at Page 01282, 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

15 SP 3232 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 Dwayne B. Greene and Kimberly H. Greene to George W. Kane, Trustee(s), which was dated January 25, 2006 and recorded on January 30, 2006 in Book 11795 at Page 159 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on May 21, 2009 in Book 13542, Page 312, 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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Thomas Scott Cooper and Rebecca Jones Cooper (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Thomas Scott Cooper and Rebecca Jones Cooper) to Alie Yates, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of December, 2006, and recorded in Book 12300, Page 1326, 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,

NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Freddie Perry and Judy M. Clark to Timothy M. Bartosh or William B. Naryka, Trustee(s), which was dated December 21, 2007 and recorded on December 27, 2007 in Book 012890 at Page 01872, 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

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.: 16-21460-FC01

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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.: 18-01546-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.: 18-04939-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-15195-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: 1212962 (FC.FAY)

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 11-06566-FC02

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 18 SP 2033 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 Werner Scheck to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated December 8, 2003 and recorded on December 12, 2003 in Book 010586 at Page 00469, 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 substi-

18 SP 959 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 Christopher McElroy to Anthony Warden, Trustee(s), which was dated September 26, 2014 and recorded on September 26, 2014 in Book 015792 at Page 00592, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 7, 2018 at

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2153 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Charles Edward Ziegler, III and Erika Kiper Ziegler to Kathryn S. Drake, Attorney at Law, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of June, 2016, and recorded in Book 16416, Page 690, 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

tuted 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 November 7, 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 10, Woodway Subdivision, as recorded in Book of Maps 1985, Page 1994, Wake County Registry Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 7612 Trudy Lane, 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 Werner Scheck.

An Order for possession of the property may be is-

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

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

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

10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying on the West side of Second Avenue and beginning at a point where west line of Second Avenue Intersects northern line of Oakwood Street, thence in northern direction with west line of Second Avenue 150 feet to the corner of lot No. 3 in block 9; thence in western direction with the line of lot No. 3, 150 feet to a 12 foot alley; thence with the eastern line of said alley southern direction 150 feet to northern line of Oakwood Street; thence with northern line of Oakwood Street in eastern direction 150 feet to the point of beginning being lots being No. 1 and 2 as shown on map of Knightdale, N.C. made

by Gaston W. Rogers, C.B., said lots being in Block 9.

or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Christopher McElroy and Sandra L. Cook.

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 prop-

erty 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.

SAVE AND EXCEPT that property described in that deed recorded in Book 1098, Page 99, Wake County

Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 401 2nd Avenue, Knightdale, NC 27545.

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

sales, at 1:30 PM on November 5, 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 55 in Landings at Neuse Crossing, Phase 2, as shown on a plat which is recorded in Book of Maps 2006, Pages 412-413, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2928 Landing Falls Lane, 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 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 land-

lord, 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: 1253516 (FC.FAY)

And being that same property conveyed by Henry R. Knight & wife, Alwayne A. at als to J.F. Keith by deed recorded in Book 1044, Page 476, 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.: 18-10174-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.: 18-04166-FC01