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Sports The ‘Pride of the Mountains’ brings the noise to WCU

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Western Carolina’s marching band plays twice at every home football game — once at halftime and again following the game.

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Hurricane Florence breaks 28 streamflow records Raleigh A federal report shows Hurricane Florence broke records in a key flooding measure at more than twodozen stream gauges in the Carolinas. The U.S. Geological Survey released a report Tuesday on streamflow, which measures how much water passes a fixed point at a river or stream. Records were broken at 18 gauges in North Carolina and 10 in South Carolina. All had more than a decade of data, some more than 70 years.

Nielsen may leave post with Trump administration Washington, D.C. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is expected to leave her job, perhaps as soon as this week, according to two sources close to the administration. Trump is reportedly concerned that Nielsen has not done more to address illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Nielsen had planned to complete one year in the job and leave in December.

90 cases of mysterious paralyzing illness strike Atlanta More children have been diagnosed with a mysterious paralyzing illness in recent weeks, and U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they don’t know what’s causing it.

This year, there have been 90 cases of acute flaccid myelitis among 27 states, including three in N.C. It’s not clear what’s causing some children to lose the ability to move their face, neck, back, arms or legs. The symptoms occur about a week after a fever and respiratory illness. No one has died, but officials say half the patients do not recover from the paralysis and some have serious complications.

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Military spouses have business in the bag

By Donna King North State Journal WEST END — Military families move on average every two or three years. That kind of mobility makes it very difficult for the spouses of military members to find employment. For Cameron Cruse and Lisa Bradley, their husbands’ time at Ranger School in Georgia in 2011 was a turning point in their careers and their friendship.

“We both had masters degrees, much like our military spouse counterparts, and we just could not find a job. We decided right then and there that we were not going to be part of the problem there, and we were going to have to make our own solutions,” said Cruse.

The pair started R. Riveter, named after the iconic Rosie the Riveter. Their company makes bags and other goods, all manu-

factured by military spouses from wherever they live and then assembled in a factory outside of Fort Bragg.

“We started R.Rivter to provide mobile income not just for ourselves but also for all the military spouses around us and in our community,” said Cruse. “The coolest thing about R.Riveter is that military spouses make pieces wherever the military takes them… They can take their job along with them and since they move every two to three years, we can be part of that solution.”

Cruse and Bradley appeared on Shark Tank in 2016, securing a deal with Mark Cuban. Cruse calls the experience exciting, but terrifying.

“It sling-shot us from a baby company to fast-forward five years,” she said. The deal took them from five employees to See MILITARY, page A2

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Freshman House members learn the do’s and don’ts The 116th session of Congress doesn’t convene until Jan. 3, but new lawmakers are staking out their issues, and after Thanksgiving, Democrats face a vote on Nancy Pelosi’s leadership future

By Laurie Kellman The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Don’t hire someone you can’t fire, like the son of a campaign donor or the child of the mayor. No matter what you may have said during the campaign about changing Congress, hire enough Hill veterans to make the office run smoothly. And make sure the person answering the phone sounds like folks from back home.

That’s only some of the advice freshmen House members of both parties are receiving this week at an orientation on the nuts and bolts underpinning a job like no other.

Under tight security, new members and their staffs pulled up in front of a hotel about a mile from the Capitol on Tuesday. A bank of cameras and a table marked “luggage drop-off” awaited their arrivals in the morning chill.

“I’m just trying to figure out what’s going on,” said Rep.-elect Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a former member of the state legislature. “I figure that we’re the small fish in a very big pond right now.”

They are a younger generation of lawmakers — including a record number of women — arriving flush with victory and optimism.

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NC Democrats break GOP supermajorities Cooper’s newly effective veto pen gives Democrats hand in state’s governance

By David Larson For the North State Journal RALEIGH — Last week, the North Carolina Democratic Party broke a Republican supermajority in the General Assembly, giving them real power over state governance for the first time since the 2010 elections. A supermajority requires three-fifths of the members of a chamber, which Republicans held with a 75-45 majority in the House and a 35-15 majority in the Senate. Although the numbers haven’t been finalized, the returns suggest a 66-54 majority in the House and 29-21 majority in the Senate for Republicans.

Without the three-fifths supermajority in both chambers, Republicans will no longer be able to override vetoes from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Their options will be to either try to peel off some more conservative members from the Dem-

ocratic caucus to support their positions or to negotiate with the Democratic leadership. There will be pressure on the members of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses not to break ranks so they can make use of this potential power.

The loss of Republican seats came largely from losses in the growing Charlotte, Triad and Triangle areas. In the Charlotte area, Republicans lost two House seats, with Rep. Andy Dulin of the 104th District and Rep. Scott Stone of the 105th both falling, and one state Senate seat, with Sen. Jeff Tarte of District 41 losing. Rep. Bill Brawley, also a Republican from Mecklenburg County, is currently in a too-close-to-call race with Rachel Hunt, former Gov. Jim Hunt’s daughter.

Wake County also had some significant losses for the GOP, with the House’s powerful budget chair, Nelson Dollar, losing his seat and two of the six Senate pickups for Democrats also coming from the county.

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Volunteers at eight processing sites around the nation, including ones in Boone and Charlotte, processed 8.8 million shoebox donations filled with gifts in 2017.

Simple gifts mean the most for millions who get a Christmas shoebox Over the past 25 years, 157 million children have received a shoebox gift through the ministry of Operation Christmas Child

By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH — For Robin Pate, the coming Christmas season is busier than most. She has a hand in making Christmas a reality for millions of children every year.

Pate is the area coordinator of Operation Christmas Child, a mission of Samaritan’s Purse, and a cherished Christmas tradition, particularly in North Carolina churches. This week, Nov.12-19, is their collection week for thousands of shoeboxes packed by fam-

ilies across the country to be delivered to children in need around the world by Christian missionaries.

“The poverty in these areas is just overwhelming,” said Pate.

“When you see these children who have holes in their shirts and they open their box, and there is a shirt in their box, you don’t just make that child happy, the mom or the grandmom would just be smiling ear to ear because that is one less item she had to figure out how to buy.”

This is the 25th year of Operation Christmas Child, with millions of children having received a gift — and a prayer — through Samaritan’s Purse.

“We are really excited and thankful that over 25 years 157 million children have been blessed with Operation Christmas Child

shoebox gifts,” said Pate.

The program started in 1993 when Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham, of Montreat, worked to help get small gifts, just enough to fill a shoebox, to children in then-embattled Bosnia.

Franklin turned to the late Pastor Ross Rhoads and his wife, Carol, of Calvary Church in Charlotte to rally their congregation to pack boxes. That first year, they collected 11,000 shoebox gifts.

“When I agreed to send shoebox gifts to Bosnia in 1993, I never dreamed it would grow into the project it is today,” Graham said.

“We praise God for allowing us to touch the lives of so many children and their families with the Gospel of Jesus Christ over the past 25 years.”

This week, Operation Christmas Child kicks into full gear for

its 2018 season, with 5,000 dropoff points across the country, primarily at churches. In 2017, the project collected 8.8 million boxes in the United States and 11 million worldwide.

“I had the opportunity to go to Mali, Africa, in May to see children receive shoeboxes, and it is amazing to see the things that excite them … because the things that we take for granted are just thrilling and fill them with joy,” said Pate. “Soccer balls were the thing. All the boys love to get those, with a pump, they would just shout with joy, and anything pink or purple for the girls, just like girls here.”

The boxes are processed in one of eight cities across the nation, including Charlotte and Boone.

The gifts are slated to be delivered throughout the year in more than 140 countries.

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an agenda with some confidence that portions of it will be made law.

Democratic House leader Darren Jackson told the North State Journal that education funding and Medicaid expansion are their two main focuses. The governor’s office, in a post-election statement, also named specific policy areas they plan on pursuing.

“Governor Cooper is ready to work with Democrats and Republicans to invest more in education and clean water, to create better paying jobs, to expand access to health care and to help our state recover from the recent devastating hurricanes,” Cooper’s office printed in a press release.

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now employing 45 military spouses across the country. Earlier this month, second lady Karen Pence toured their West End factory with Congressman Richard Hudson. A military spouse herself, Pence said she was impressed with their business concept.

“The great thing about R. Riveter is that you can make whatever part of the bag from wherever you live.

And you just ship it to them, and they put the bag together. So when you move, you keep that same job,” said Pence.

With the Christmas shopping season kicking off, R.Riveter employees are hard at work filling the shelves of the retailer’s flagship store in Southern Pines, N.C. and online orders. It takes time. The business owners have remained committed to the original process, so each bag is touched by eight or more individual “riveters” around the country, many of whom stamp their corresponding number on the bag pieces.

“Military spouses tend to lose their identity when they are moving every 2-3 years and putting their dreams on hold while they follow their military spouses, and what we’ve seen is more and more of them say, well, if they can do it, I can do it,” said Cruse. “It’s been incredibly inspirational to see military spouses stand up and start small businesses and see that they can have something for themselves as well.”

The Democrats are ready to take on President Donald Trump in the biggest and most diverse class of new lawmakers since Watergate.

“I hope that we are ushering in a new era,” one of the class stars, Massachusetts Rep.-elect Ayanna Pressley, said Monday.

Perhaps the most famous member of the freshman class, self-proclaimed socialist and Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, jumped into the fray on Tuesday, kicking off her time in Washington by joining about 200 climate-change activists as they staged a protest at the office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Ocasio-Cortez, 29, who is set to become the youngest member of Congress in January, addressed the group briefly before arrests were made. Pelosi said in a statement that she welcomes the activists. She has pledged to reinstate a special committee on climate change after Democrats take control of the House.

Among the new Democrats, there’s an uncomfortable vote looming on whether Pelosi, former speaker of the House, should lead them. Rep.-elect Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., on Monday became the latest House Democrat newcomer to say she won’t vote for

ity in both chambers, so the power to create and pass legislation still lies largely in their hands. The Democrats’ breaking of the supermajority and presence in the Executive Mansion, however, gives them a seat at the table for all significant discussions.

“If Republicans want to get anything done, they will need to work out compromises with Democrats,” wrote Jackson in comments to the North State Journal. “If they do, we can make progress. If they continue with a ‘my way or the highway’ approach, nothing will get done.”

North Carolina Republican executive director Dallas Woodhouse saw no reason for GOP despair though, saying in a tweet, “@ ncgop holds strong majorities in both #ncga chambers. Holds all

Pelosi because she wants “new leadership.” Pelosi has said she expects to become speaker again.

Pressley and several of her classmates made their Washington debut on Monday in a packed news conference whose setting suggested as much about the new majority’s intentions as the agenda they described. Gathered in the atrium of the AFL-CIO down the street from the White House, they appeared as the newest members of the ascendant House Progressive Caucus, preaching universal health care and more aggressive climate policy.

For now, many newcomers are scrambling to stand up offices in the warren of Capitol Hill and back home in House districts that each represent more than 700,000 people. Every office has a budget. And every freshman who doesn’t already have a home in pricey Washington will have to figure out how to rent an apartment, or maybe just keep a rollaway bed in the office, on a $174,000 salary.

“We focus on getting them to appreciate that there are certain activities that they have to do in the next 90 days,” said Bradford Fitch, president and CEO of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Congressional Management Foundation, which is among those briefing new members.

The new crop of lawmakers includes a lot of firsts.

“I am hopeful that we can continue to collaborate with the executive branch like we have on Hurricane Florence recovery. I’m sure we will have disagreements, but it’s important that we work through them in good faith.”

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“I figure that we’re the small fish in a very big pond right now.”

Rep.-elect Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.

Among them is Capitol Hill-newcomer Mark Harris (R-N.C.) who won the seat to represent the ninth district in North Carolina, besting well-funded Democrat Dan McCready. Harris said that even though he is joining a Republican minority in Congress he believes that his constituents want him to look beyond party labels.

“I find wherever I go, that it doesn’t matter the person’s political perspective most of the time, doesn’t matter the perspective from which they’ve come, and their background even growing up, we all want the best for our children and our grandchildren.

And I’ve committed throughout this campaign, that I want to do what is right,” Harris told WBTV in Charlotte. “That’s what I’m going to Washington believing, and I’ve had a lot of people say you better come back from Washington with that intact, don’t let it change you, and that’s my prayer, that it won’t change me.”

at all. Wins 95 of 170 Legislative seats.”

In a statement to the North State Journal, Senate leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) struck a similar tone, pointing to recent Republican policy successes and the remaining majorities in both chambers, but ended with acknowledgement of the new dynamic.

“I am hopeful that we can continue to collaborate with the executive branch like we have on Hurricane Florence recovery,” Berger wrote. “I’m sure we will have disagreements, but it’s important that we work through them in good faith.”

The legislature is scheduled to convene on Nov. 27 before the new legislature is installed after the first of the year.

Harris is scheduled to attend the freshman orientation at the Capitol this week, and is reportedly considering joining the House Freedom Caucus, led by fellow-North Carolinian, Congressman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.).

In other firsts, two Native American women are headed to the House, in addition to two Muslim congresswomen-elect.

Massachusetts and Connecticut also will send black women to Congress as firsts for their states.

But not every freshman is new to Washington.

Rep.-elect Donna Shalala of Florida was Health and Human Services secretary to President Bill Clinton. Former NFL linebacker Colin Allred of Texas is a civil rights lawyer who worked in President Barack Obama’s housing department. Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, is an Obama administration alumnus who served as a civilian adviser in Iraq.

Whatever their background, every newly elected member is heading for a job as one of 435 colleagues in Washington juggling what can sometimes be a seven-day-a-week job of votes, constituent requests and committee meetings. All the while, those who intend to return are already thinking about — and soon will be fundraising for — their 2020 re-election campaigns.

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U.S. analysts ID 13 secret North Korean missile sites Washington, D.C. U.S. analysts say they have located more than half of an estimated 20 secret North Korean missile development sites. The findings come as the Trump administration’s denuclearization talks with the North appear to have stalled.

And they highlight the challenge the U.S. faces in ensuring that North Korea complies with any eventual agreement that covers its nuclear and missile programs. The report released Monday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies draws on commercial satellite imagery. The authors say their analysis identifies 13 of the secret facilities used to produce missiles and related technology. Although the sites are not launch facilities, the authors say they must be declared by North Korea and inspected in any credible, verifiable deal.

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Crowd of protestors gather outside the Broward County of Supervisor Elections Office as the statewide election recount is underway.

Ballots for governor, Senate and Agricultural Commission were run through scanning machines in Broward for a second time under the watchful eye of representatives and of both parties and the campaigns on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018.

Trump calls on Fla. Democrat to concede, implies fraud Palm Beach said it won’t finish its recount by deadline, and in Broward County, police were sent to guard ballots and voting machines

By Terry Spencer The Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President Donald Trump again weighed in on Florida’s election recount Tuesday, calling for the state’s Democratic senator to admit he lost and again implied two counties’ election officials are trying to steal the election.

Trump tweeted out Tuesday morning, “When will Bill Nelson concede in Florida? The characters running Broward and Palm Beach voting will not be able to ‘find’ enough votes, too much spotlight on them now!” Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson is narrowly losing his re-election bid to Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who has also accused Broward and Palm Beach of fraud.

Both the state elections department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which are run by Republican appointees, have said they have seen no evidence of voter fraud anywhere in the state and a Broward judge

challenged anyone who has evidence of fraud to file a report.

But there have been problems.

Palm Beach said it won’t finish its recount by the Thursday deadline. And in oft-criticized Broward County, additional sheriff’s deputies were sent to guard ballots and voting machines, a compromise aimed at alleviating concerns.

White House spokeswoman Mercedes Schlapp said Tuesday the president “obviously has his opinion” on the recount. Trump on Monday tweeted that “An honest vote count is no longer possible” in Florida, without elaborating, and said “new ballots showed up out of nowhere.” It was unclear what he was referring to. He demanded that the election night results — which showed the Republicans leading based upon incomplete ballot counts — be used to determine the winner.

“It’s been incredibly frustrating to watch. You have a 12,000-vote gap and the other candidate refuses to concede,” Schlapp said, referring to Nelson. “So I think at this point that it’s going to go through the process of the manual recount and the machine recount and we’ll see what happens, but we’re confident that Rick Scott will be the next senator of Florida.”

State law requires a machine recount in races where the margin is less than 0.5 percentage points. In

Bishops will delay votes on steps to combat sex abuse crisis

By David McFadden and David Crary The Associated Press BALTIMORE — In an abrupt change of plans, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened the group’s national meeting Monday by announcing it will delay for at least several months any votes on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis that is rocking the church.

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, of Galveston-Houston, said the delay was requested by the Vatican, which asked that the U.S. bishops wait until after a Vatican-convened global meeting on sex abuse in February.

DiNardo expressed disappointment but told the U.S. bishops, “I remain hopeful that this additional consultation will ultimately improve our response to the crisis we face.”

The bishops are meeting through Wednesday in Baltimore and had been expected to consider several steps to combat abuse, including a new code of conduct for themselves and the creation of a special commission to review complaints against the bishops.

At their meeting, which continues through Wednesday, the bishops may proceed with discussions of these proposals, which were drafted in September by the bishops’ Administrative Committee. But there will be no immediate vote.

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, of Chicago, suggested that the bishops hold a special assembly in March to vote on the measures after considering the results of the global meeting in February.

Abuse scandals have roiled the Roman Catholic Church worldwide for decades, but there have been major developments this year in the U.S.

the Senate race, Scott’s lead over Nelson was 0.14 percentage points.

In the governor’s contest, unofficial results showed Republican former Rep. Ron DeSantis ahead of Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum by 0.41 percentage points.

Once the recount is complete, if the differences in any of the races are 0.25 percentage points or less, a hand recount will be ordered. All 67 counties face a state-ordered deadline of Thursday to finish their recounts.

Broward Chief Circuit Judge Jack Tuter held an emergency hearing Monday on a request by Scott’s lawyers that deputies be put in charge of ballots and voting machines that aren’t being used until the recount is over.

An attorney for election supervisor Brenda Snipes described layers of security including keycard and password access to rooms where ballots are kept, secured by deputies and monitored by security cameras and representatives of both campaigns and parties.

Scott’s lawyers had alleged in court documents that Snipes was engaging in “suspect and unlawful vote counting practices” that violate state law and that she might “destroy evidence of any errors, accidents or unlawful conduct.”

The judge said he could see no evidence of any violations and said, “I am urging because of the highly

In July, Pope Francis removed U.S. church leader Theodore McCarrick as a cardinal after church investigators said an allegation that he groped a teenage altar boy in the 1970s was credible. Subsequently, several former seminarians and priests reported that they too had been abused or harassed by McCarrick as adults, triggering debate over who might have known and covered up McCarrick’s misconduct.

In August, a grand jury report in Pennsylvania detailed decades of abuse and cover-up in six dioceses, alleging that more than 1,000 children had been abused over the years by about 300 priests. Since then, a federal prosecutor in Philadelphia has begun working on a federal criminal case centered on child exploitation, and attorneys general in several other states have launched investigations.

DiNardo, in his address opening the bishops’ assembly, told survivors of clergy abuse that he was “deeply sorry.”

The church, he said, should not revictimize survivors “by demanding they heal on our timeline.”

Announcement of a delay in the voting drew skeptical reactions.

“We had this agenda, we were moving forward on these documents, this was our goal,” said Bish-

public nature of this case to ramp down the rhetoric.

“If someone in this lawsuit or someone in this county has evidence of voter fraud or irregularities at the supervisor’s office, they should report it to their local law enforcement officer,” Tuter added.

“If the lawyers are aware of it, they should swear out an affidavit, but everything the lawyers are saying out there in front of the elections office is being beamed all over the country. We need to be careful of what we say. Words mean things these days.”

Meanwhile, elections supervisor Mark Andersen in heavily Republican Bay County told the Miami Herald on Monday that he allowed about 150 people to cast ballots by email, which is illegal under state law. The county was devastated by a Category 4 hurricane in October, and Scott ordered some special provisions for early voting there.

Manatee County, south of Tampa Bay, had to restart its recount Monday because a needed button on the machine wasn’t pushed.

The error was caught after about a quarter of the county’s nearly 165,000 votes had been recounted, said Michael Bennett, the county’s Republican elections supervisor. It shouldn’t affect the county’s ability to meet Thursday’s deadline.

In Palm Beach, elections supervisor Susan Bucher said the county’s 11-year-old tallying machines aren’t fast enough to complete the recount by Thursday. The county is doing the Senate race first and will then do the governor. If the deadline is not met in a race, the results it reported last Saturday will stand.

“The Vatican just made a big mistake in asking US bishops to delay their votes on clergy abuse protocols.”

Tweeted by John Gehring, the Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life op Christopher Coyne, of the Vermont diocese of Burlington, and the communications chair for the three-day conference. “And now ... it will look like we don’t have to come up with much.”

Coyne said he believed there were “no machinations” leading to the delay, but he had concerns about how it would be perceived outside the assembly hall.

“The Vatican just made a big mistake in asking US bishops to delay their votes on clergy abuse protocols,” tweeted John Gehring, the Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life, a Washington-based clergy network. “The optics are terrible, and it sends a message, intended or not, that Rome doesn’t recognize the urgency of the moment.”

Israel vows tough response to Gaza rocket fire Jerusalem Israel’s military says it is prepared to step up its efforts against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip if rocket fire at Israel continues. Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a military spokesman, said Monday that Israel has boosted forces near the Gaza border with additional infantry troops, defensive systems and intelligence units.

Conricus told reporters that the army has so far struck more than 30 targets belonging to the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. He says some 200 rockets struck Israel on Monday. He says Hamas is “bringing destruction upon the Gaza Strip.”

Gun shop owners see sales increase after rifle initiative Seattle Washington gun shop owners say there is an increase in sales after state voters approved an initiative that adds restrictions to the purchase of semiautomatic rifles. Voters passed Initiative 1639, which will raise the purchase age for semi-automatic rifles to 21.

Starting next year, buyers will be required to pass an enhanced background check and prove they have taken a firearms-training course. They must wait 10 business days to take possession of the gun.

The initiative also authorizes the state to require gun sellers to add $25 to sales of semiautomatic rifles to pay for new regulations. Under a “safe storage” provision, gun owners could face criminal penalties if someone not legally allowed to have the rifles, such as a child or felon, gains access to them and fires the gun or uses it in a crime.

Avett Brothers perform in hurricane relief concert Greenville The Avett Brothers headlined a Hurricane Florence benefit concert Tuesday evening at Minges Coliseum in Greenville.

The “Concert for Hurricane Florence Relief” raised funds to help those affected by September’s storm. Scott Avett graduated from East Carolina University and plays in the band with his brother, Seth Avett, and Bob Crawford, who plays bass. The other members of the band include Joe Kwon on cello, Bonnie Avett Rini on piano and Mike Marsh on drums. Future Islands and Valient Thorr also performed in the benefit show organized by Inner Banks Media, East Carolina University, The City of Greenville and Uptown Greenville.

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wrote checks to herself from the school account. Each check was written for an amount slightly less than $500, the amount that would require a second signature. She also used a school credit card to buy herself prepaid gift cards.

Walker was fired in January.

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in Statesville, was arrested for injuring a 22-month-old boy she was caring for.

The boy’s mother found injuries to his leg after picking him up from day care.

Fisher was charged with simple assault on a child under age 12 and given a $1,000 bond. The day care fired Fisher following her arrest.

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Mudslide damage still being repaired after six months Polk County The North Carolina Department of Transportation has closed part of the Green River Cove Road in Polk County to perform repairs to damage that resulted from mudslides in May. The DOT expects the work to take two weeks. There is one other area where they’re still working six months after the mudslides. The DOT expects all repairs to be done in the next four to six weeks. Residents in the area also just recently got back power and water.

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Man shuts down crime alert page after losing sheriff election

Avery County Dahmad Heath was arrested on rape charges in Evansville, Indiana, ending a north-bound crime spree that passed through Linville. Heath was wanted for a shooting in April in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Later that month, he broke into several cars at Cannon Hospital in Linville and stole a credit card he attempted to use in Elk Park. Police connected Heath to the crimes through DNA from a blood sample left in one of the cars.

Randolph County Eric Hicks created the Randolph County Crime Alerts Facebook page six years ago, allowing its 19,000 followers, most of them area residents, to report suspicious activity and recover stolen property. Last week, Hicks’ campaign for Randolph County sheriff ended with a loss to Greg Seabolt. Shortly afterward, Hicks shut down the site saying he wants to see what the new sheriff “can do for this county.”

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An active shooter warning was issued at schools in Hampstead after there were reports of gunshots coming from the roof of Topsail High School. A police search found no evidence of a shooter or gunshots, and the noise was traced to a damaged water heater after school maintenance workers were able to recreate the noise.

Camden County The State of North Carolina Rural Ready Sites Grant Fund awarded a $1.58 million grant to Camden to improve infrastructure at Camden Commerce Park. The hope is that the improvements will help to lure new industries to the area, leading to job growth. The program was created last spring, and Camden’s grant is the largest one issued to that area of the state, according to a representative from the N.C. Department of Commerce.

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Catawba County Several babies have been admitted to Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory after they were diagnosed with RSV, a highly-contagious respiratory virus. Normally, RSV cases don’t start until after Thanksgiving, but the season got an early start with infants taken to the neonatal intensive care unit suffering from a lack of oxygen.

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Tobacco company restructures, cutting 565 jobs Pitt County Pyxus International Inc. filed a report with the state last week, clearing the way to lay off 565 workers at the Farmville plant. Pyxus buys, processes and sells leaf tobacco to cigarette companies. It plans to move all of its processing operations to the Wilson plant and will cut the Farmville workers by Jan. 7. The Farmville plant will remain open, but the company didn’t elaborate on how it would be used.

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RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to convene Nov. 27, the last days of a Republican supermajority. On Nov. 6, voters elected to keep Republicans in charge of the state legislature but broke the veto-proof majority in the state House and Senate.

Lawmakers are expected to hammer out details of the voter ID constitutional amendment that voter approved 5544 percent. At issue is what kind of IDs would be acceptable and a timeline for implementation that would avoid raising concerns by the courts.

Voter ID was one of four amendments approved by voters in the midterms.

According to a report filed with state regulators, a pro-voter ID political committee reported raising more than $900,000 for ads that linked the voter ID question to state Senate candidates. Nearly all of “NC Voter ID” group money came from the Republican State Leadership Committee, which backs GOP candidates in the states. The RSLC reveals its nationwide donors, which includes scores of corporations.

While the four amendments passed voter approval, two others were defeated.

Those two were the focus of a group called “Stop Deceptive Amendments” which filed a fundraising report that does not list its primary donors.

A pre-election fundraising report was required to be filed with the state by Oct.

Inmate who shot neighbor stabbed in neck Columbus County Gregory Adams Jr. was stabbed in the neck and killed at Columbus Correctional Institution in Whiteville.

Adams was serving an 18-year sentence for the shooting death of his 15-yearold neighbor. Prison officials wouldn’t say whether they had a suspect in custody, had recovered the weapon or found a motive, but the investigation was ongoing.

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29. According to state regulators, the reports show that campaign organizations that helped defeat the two constitutional amendments received multimillion-dollar contributions from liberal-leaning groups that aren’t required to reveal who funds them. The groups were reportedly formed under federal tax law as social-welfare groups, so they don’t have to disclose the identities of donors.

According to the report, Stop Deceptive Amendments raised nearly $7.8 million for television commercials and other ads. That figure is two-thirds of the total $20 million raised on both sides of the referendum battle in the midterms.

The two that failed would have swung power over judicial vacancy and election board appointments from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in the executive branch to the legislature.

According to The Associated Press, the fundraising report from Stop Deceptive Amendments arrived in the offices of state regulators in an envelope with postage originated from Ocracoke — an Outer Banks island accessible only by boat and several hours away from Raleigh, where the committee is based.

Michael Weisel, an attorney for Stop Deceptive Amendments, said Friday the group is in “full compliance with all state and federal laws and regulations.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

NC high court weighs if tracking sex offenders reasonable

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RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Supreme Court is re-evaluating whether forcing sex offenders to be perpetually tracked by GPS-linked devices, sometimes for the rest of their lives, is justified or a Constitution-violating unreasonable search.

The state’s highest court next month takes up the case of repeat sex offender Torrey Grady. It comes three years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his case that mandating GPS ankle monitors for ex-cons is a serious privacy concern.

“There’s different possible outcomes of the case. One is that it’s never reasonable at all. Another is that it’s reasonable, maybe while the person is still on postrelease supervision” for five years after prison release, said James Markham, a professor who focuses on criminal law at the University of North Carolina’s School of Government. “Another possibility is that it’s reasonable for the rest of their life.”

Grady took his case to the nation’s top court arguing that having his movements forever monitored violated his constitutional protection against unreasonable searches. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that attaching a

device to a person’s body in order to track their movements qualifies as a “search” and a question of constitutional rights.

But the decision left it up to states to decide whether imposed monitoring is reasonable, and for how long.

North Carolina’s Supreme Court will consider Grady’s case on Dec. 3 as well as a second challenging the GPS tracking ordered for Darren Gentle. The combination would give the justices “an opportunity to compare and contrast those different situations,” Markham said.

Gentile was convicted in Randolph County in 2016 of violently raping a 25-year-old woman who was seven months’ pregnant and with whom he’d been taking drugs, according to state attorneys. He is serving a 41-year prison sentence but is arguing he shouldn’t have been ordered into post-release GPS monitoring because the trial judge didn’t review whether that was reasonable.

Grady, 40, returned to prison in April after failing to register as a sex offender, according to state prison records.

He was convicted of a sexual offense in 1997 when he was 17, and he was convicted in 2007 of taking indecent liberties with a minor who was 15, according to the state sex offender registry.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

What’s next?

Aristotle said that legislation should not be passed unless it helps make each citizen “more virtuous.”

DEMOCRATS take back Congress. Republicans add a couple of seats to their majority in the U.S. Senate.

Donald Trump stays in the White House.

What happens next for 2019 and 2020?

We have seen divided government before. Fifteen of the past 37 Congresses since 1945 have been unified government with one party control of the White House, Congress and Senate.

Twenty-two have not. The American people intuitively understand precisely what the Framers of the Constitution, specifically James Madison, were worried about most which was the concentration of power in a few select hands.

Plus, no matter who is in the White House, many voters just don’t like what they have seen for the first two years of any presidency, so they vote heavily against his party in control for Congress.

Will 2019-2020 be a period of total acrimony and 100 percent gridlock where nothing gets done? Or will we see adults in both parties in the Senate and Congress come together and pass bipartisan legislation for the good of this country?

Aristotle said that legislation should not be passed unless it helps make each citizen “more virtuous.” He didn’t say, “Pass only legislation that is easy to do and won’t hurt you and your party in the next election.

“Gridlock” is not all that bad. Speaker Joe Cannon, a crusty old guy from Illinois at the turn of the 19th century to the 20th, said the best Congress was one that didn’t pass any legislation.

What if, by some meteoric rise in maturity, statesmanship and leadership, adults in both chambers decide: “Why don’t we do something great for the country since we are elected to do that anyway?”

A lot of folks in both parties will have to buck their leadership and wingnut extremes and vote in the best interests of the nation first, not their party or even their re-election chances in the next election.

At the 1988 GOP Convention, then Vice-President George H.W. Bush 41 promised the delegates: “Read My Lips. No New Taxes!”

In 1990, because the annual budget deficits of $340 billion and $3 trillion national debt were considered “dangerous,” “intolerable” and “unsustainable,” President Bush 41 signed the Budget Enforcement Act (BEA), passed by Congress and the Senate with heavy Democratic majorities. It included cigarette tax hikes of 4 cents/pack, excise taxes on yachts and elimination of the salary cap on Medicare payroll taxes.

No Republican likes higher taxes. However, budget spending hawks in 1990 got discretionary spending caps and the PAYGO budget enforcement mechanism in return for voting for BEA. That single bill set the predicate for the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 which led to the only four balanced budgets we have seen in our lifetimes.

If enough brave members in each party in each house rise up and band together to get to 50%+1 and pass a comprehensive spending control bill that has at its core fundamental reforms to entitlement programs, we might one day look back at the 2018 elections and say: “Thank you to our great American leaders of 2019!” as if they were George Washington, Henry Clay and Sam Rayburn of the past.

Even if the Democrats, as expected, unleash two years of hell for President Trump in terms of investigations and impeachment proceedings against him, his Cabinet, Brett Kavanaugh and his family, they all fall apart when they cross over to the Republicancontrolled Senate chamber.

The only thing that could get done in Washington would be judicial confirmations and treaties. If Republicans hold 53 seats in the Senate, President Trump can nominate the next Supreme Court Justice and easily pass them on to the Court almost overnight. The House has nothing to do with that.

You can start holding your breath waiting for “The Grand Compromise of 2019” bill right now. We will tell you when a deal is cut and you can exhale.

GUEST OPINION | RHONDA DILLINGHAM

Somewhere to learn Finding and financing adequate school buildings is one of the biggest challenges to opening charter schools, and keeping them open.

WHEN YOU THINK of a school, strip malls and corporate office buildings aren’t the first images that come to mind. Yet for many public charter schools in North Carolina, that’s the only choice for facilities they are left with. Believe it or not, the majority of charter schools are renting or leasing space from a non-profit or commercial entity.

Taxpayers own public school buildings, and these buildings should be available to all public school students, but they’re not.

Finding and financing adequate school buildings is one of the biggest challenges to opening charter schools, and keeping them open.

Charter schools don’t have an inventory of buildings to choose from the way school districts do. In addition to having access to buildings, school districts can also count on a variety of options for financing the renovation or construction of school buildings.

These include state funds, capital improvement bonds and local mill levy taxes — all options that charter schools do not have.

Without equal facilities funding from the state, nearly one in five charter schools delay their opening date by a year or more due to facilities-related issues. And until charter schools have equal facilities funding, they will continue to face this challenge.

Case in point: Monroe Charter Academy.

Monroe received their charter in June 2017 and started the search for the school’s location to open in the fall of 2018. In quick succession, school administrators cycled through a myriad of different locations including churches, private schools, tracts of land and portable classrooms to open the school, with each falling through because of funding, leasing or other contract conflicts. By April of 2018, the school knew they would not be able to open in time. With no classrooms for students, they were forced to ask the State Board of Education for a one-year extension. Instead of serving students, the school became a statistic.

Because they did not open, students who had planned to start

school at Monroe in the fall had to find other options. And the principal that was hired moved from New York only to find out she was no longer going to have a job. Fortunately, the school’s board has finally found an appropriate facility and plans to open in fall of 2019.

We cannot allow this to keep happening. Charter schools desperately need access to school facilities that meet the needs of their students. That’s why one of our main legislative priorities at the North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools is to ensure charter schools have parity in funding opportunities.

Adding a simple zero or low interest loan to the facilities’ funding toolbox could be the difference between a new public charter school getting off the ground or not.

We know that parent demand for charter schools is increasing, but facilities constraints are restricting supply. All students — including students who attend public charter schools — deserve access to welcoming and safe learning environments that are conducive to growth and success. But in fact, nearly half of charter schools are located in buildings that weren’t originally intended to be a school, which means they don’t have gyms, cafeterias, auditoriums and playgrounds.

Improved mechanisms for charter school facilities access can create the circumstances for student equity by providing educational entrepreneurs the resources needed to open schools in their communities. Legislators must take the opportunity to pursue facilities funding in their legislative priorities. Students deserve the best high-quality education we can give them in a classroom that fosters imagination, exploration and community.

Rhonda Dillingham is the executive director of the NC Association for Public Charter Schools, which seeks to advance quality educational opportunities for all North Carolina children by supporting and expanding successful charter schools.

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GUEST OPINION | THOMAS W. SPOEHR

Postelection, rebuilding the U.S. military just became that much harder Many people are surprised to learn that the Army, Navy and Air Force are the smallest they have been since 1950.

WITH DEMOCRATS regaining control of the House of Representatives, the path to rebuilding America’s military just became more challenging.

For the past two years, Pentagon officials have laid out in stark detail how the military had deteriorated over the past decade, owing to underfunding and overuse in two protracted conflicts.

Shortly after he arrived at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense James Mattis testified that he was shocked at the poor state of the military’s readiness.

Many people are surprised to learn that the Army, Navy and Air Force are the smallest they have been since 1950. Some recall how capable our military was during the first Gulf War in 1991 but don’t realize that the military that so ably ejected Saddam Hussein from Kuwait is now two-thirds the size it was then.

The modernization of our nuclear deterrent — missiles, submarines and bombers — has been continually postponed and delayed to the point now where our service members are often using equipment, such as 8-inch floppy drives, that rightfully belongs in museums, not on the front lines of our defenses.

Crippling budget cuts related to the Budget Control Act essentially delayed an entire new generation of military equipment.

The Heritage Foundation’s 2019 Index of U.S. Military Strength describes a military currently crippled by shortages of pilots, low readiness rates of aircraft and substandard training for sailors.

None of these facts is in real dispute. It’s how the nation chooses to deal with this reality that is now in question.

The Trump administration released a new national defense strategy in January, the first real defense strategy the country has had for 10 years. The strategy makes a clean break from the past by clearly identifying China and Russia as the U.S.’ primary strategic competitors for the foreseeable future.

Iran, North Korea and terrorism are also mentioned but take a back seat to the other two.

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This Aug. 31, 2018, photo released by U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, front, and the guided-missile destroyer USS Milius, center, conduct an exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships off South China Sea. The implications for the U.S. military are profound, and the armed forces must now quickly reorient themselves to be able to counter the two most formidable adversaries in the world.

When releasing the strategy, Mattis was careful to caution that in order to implement it, the Defense Department would need “sustained and predictable investment to restore readiness and modernize our military.”

Without that investment, he said, “We will rapidly lose our military advantage, resulting in a joint force that has legacy systems irrelevant to the defense of our people.”

That brings us to the situation in Congress. Both the House and Senate with strong bipartisan support voted to approve the president’s requests to add desperately needed additional funding to the military for 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Tens of billions of dollars have been added to the defense budget, which is already having a visible effect toward increasing the readiness of our forces. More jet fighters, Navy ships and quantities of munitions are now flowing into the force.

It’s a beginning. But the military did not get into this situation overnight, and it’s going to take many years to rebuild it to the point where it’s able to implement the new defense strategy.

That’s why continued and sustained congressional support is crucial to the military’s rebuilding, and that in turn is why recent remarks on defense issues by the presumptive new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., are so concerning.

Smith has gone on record opposing increased defense spending, stating that the 2019 budget of $716 billion is “too high” and that he would like to see it lowered. He also has expressed his opposition to modernizing our nuclear deterrent or increasing the size of our Navy to the number of ships the Pentagon has said is needed.

Providing for the common defense of the nation should be a bipartisan priority. Our nation’s defenses have deteriorated to the point where they are unequal to the tasks we have given them.

Hopefully, in the coming months, the administration and both houses of Congress can work together to address this issue. As Mattis likes to say, “America can afford survival.”

Thomas W. Spoehr, a retired Army lieutenant general, is director of the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation. This article was originally published on dailysignal.com.

NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN

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Keynote speaker Jorge Luis Rodriguez, second from right, salutes the American flag at Triangle Park on Veteran’s Day in Hialeah, Fla., on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018.

18.2 million living veterans

THERE ARE 18.2 million living military veterans in the United States.

That total includes 6.5 million who served in the Vietnam era, 3.8 million who served in the first Gulf War, and 3.5 million who have served since 9/11. Going back in time, there are also 614,532 World War II veterans still with us.

Half (50 percent) of all living veterans are over the age of 65 while just 9 percent are under 35. Twelve percent (12 percent) are black and 7 percent Hispanic. There are 1.6 million female veterans.

This Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. A year later, Armistice Day was celebrated for the first time.

In 1954, the name of the annual observance was changed to Veterans Day in honor of those who served in all American wars.

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.

WALTER E. WILLIAMS

We have an identity problem ACCORDING to a recent report in The New York Times, Health and Human Services Department officials have been circulating a proposal to define sex. Their memo says, “Sex means a person’s status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth.” They add, “The sex listed on a person’s birth certificate, as originally issued, shall constitute definitive proof of a person’s sex unless rebutted by reliable genetic evidence.” I think the latter statement lacks complete rigor.

It’s chromosomes, not what’s on a birth certificate, that determine one’s sex.

Therefore, if a fetus has XX chromosomes, a female is born, and if a fetus has XY chromosomes, a male is born.

What’s an open-and-shut case in biology can become confused in the political/social arena, particularly when one’s sex is referred to as one’s gender. By the way, before modern times, the term gender was used solely when referring to the grammar of some languages, such as French, in which nouns and pronouns are masculine, feminine or neuter and require words syntactically associated with them. Gender has become completely disassociated with biological reasoning.

For example, in the past when a person signed up for a Facebook account, “male” and “female” were the only options. In 2014, Facebook introduced 50 gender options, including intersex, gender nonconforming, non-binary and androgynous.

In addition to the muddying of waters about one’s sex, race has become muddied.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has long claimed that she has Native American heritage.

Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania saw her as making a contribution to their law schools’ racial diversity agenda by being on their faculties. Recently, many doubted her heritage and lampooned and harangued the Massachusetts Democrat as “Pocahontas.” (She also has been dubbed Lieawatha.) Warren’s recent effort to settle the issue through DNA analysis blew up in her face. She is only between 1/64th and 1/1,024th Native American.

In addition to the muddying of waters about one’s sex, race has become muddied.

This new liberal agenda allowing flexibility in determining one’s identity was used by Rachel Dolezal to land a job as president of the Spokane, Wash., office of the NAACP and to become a professor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University. Dolezal was born Caucasian but chose to be a black person; she was outed by her white parents. The NAACP defended Dolezal, saying, “One’s racial identity is not a qualifying criteria (sic) or disqualifying standard for NAACP leadership.” By the way, as far as Dolezal is concerned, she’s still a black person.

She has a new legal name, Nkechi Amare Diallo, which means “gift of God” in Ibo. You might ask, “Williams, what’s the problem? This is America, and people are whomever they say they are.” Here’s something for you to consider: For males between the ages of 17 and 21 to pass the Army’s fitness test, they must do 35 pushups, do 47 situps and run 2 miles in 16 minutes, 36 seconds. Females in the same age group pass the fitness test by doing 13 pushups, doing 47 situps and running 2 miles in 19 minutes, 42 seconds. Would it be OK for males who cannot meet the male requirement to claim that they are females?

Suppose a man is convicted and sentenced to a 10-year term at California State Prison, Corcoran. Should he be able to claim that he is a woman and be allowed to serve out his sentence at the California Institution for Women?

Before the U.S. Supreme Court is the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

The plaintiffs allege that the university’s admissions office discriminates against those of Asian descent. Those Asian students, with off-the-charts SAT scores, could have easily avoided anti-Asian discrimination simply by claiming that they were black or Hispanic. Who at Harvard would have dared challenge their racial claim? After all, it’s politically incorrect on college campuses to suggest that one’s skin color, one’s eye shape or the sound of one’s voice indicates his or her race.

With privileges being determined by race and sex, we need something like South Africa’s apartheid-era Population Registration Act of 1950 to define in clear terms who belongs to what race and what sex and thereby prevent race and sex fraud.

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

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Elon opened the new Schar Center with a men’s basketball game against the visiting North Carolina Tar Heels.

Elon unveils Schar Center, its new arena

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Duke moves to No. 1 after dominant start Durham Duke jumped from fourth to first Monday in the first regular-season poll, leapfrogging Kansas at the top with 48 first-place votes after a blowout win against then-No. 2 Kentucky last week. That allowed Duke to set a record with its 135th week at No. 1, breaking a tie with UCLA for the most top rankings in poll history. The 34-point win against the Wildcats in the Champions Classic to open the season marked the program’s most lopsided win against a top5 opponent. North Carolina also moved past Kentucky, climbing one spot to No. 7. In all, seven ACC teams are in the Top 25.

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Panthers release C.J. Anderson Charlotte The Carolina Panthers waived running back C.J. Anderson on Monday, leaving littleused Cameron Artis-Payne to back up workhorse Christian McCaffrey at running back.

Anderson had 24 carries for 104 yards and one reception, a 24-yard touchdown, with Carolina this season after playing five years with the Denver Broncos. McCaffrey has shouldered most of the load in the Panthers’ backfield, playing a league-high 96.3 percent of his team’s snaps through nine games.

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Duke safety Singleton out with broken ankle Durham Duke says safety Dylan Singleton is out indefinitely with a broken left ankle. The school announced Singleton had surgery Sunday to repair the injury suffered a day earlier in a 42-35 victory over North Carolina. He’s the 15th player with starting experience to miss at least one game this season due to injury.

The junior had started all 10 games and had 73 tackles, and had four games with at least 10 tackles.

Tar Heels travel west to play in opening night event

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Pitt and one of the two seven-win Coastal teams, Duke.

There’s also not likely to be a safety net for Wake. The Deacs, like Duke in recent years when they’ve been close to the six-win mark, could take advantage of a bowl selection loophole. If there aren’t enough six-win teams to fill all the spots in scheduled bowl games, five-win teams are chosen based on their Academic Progress Rate (APR) — a calculation of how well a team’s athletes have made progress toward degrees over the last several years.

Wake’s most recent APR of 979 (out of a possible 1,000) is well above the FBS average of 964 and is 36th overall. However, of the 35 teams in front of Wake, 22 already have the necessary six wins, and five can’t reach five wins to take a spot from a five-win Wake team.

That leaves Minnesota, Maryland and Baylor, who already have five wins, four-win Air Force, Vanderbilt, Illinois and Kansas State, and three-win Nebraska.

It doesn’t seem likely that the good-grades loophole will be needed this year, however. Already, there are enough six-win teams to fill 64 of the 78 bowl slots, and 21 other teams are in the same position as Wake, needing one win in their final two games to reach the six-win plateau. Eight of them — Toledo, Tulane, Baylor, Miami, Texas Tech, USC, Louisiana and BYU — play teams with a losing record this week, and a ninth — South Carolina — plays FCS team Chattanooga.

ELON — The last time North Carolina traveled to Elon, Dean Smith was a freshman at the University of Kansas. UNC’s basketball team was known as the White Phantoms, and the team hadn’t won a title in the 11-year history of the NCAA Tournament.

The date was Dec. 2, 1950, and Elon was dedicating its brand-new basketball home, Alumni Gym. That building would house the program for one month shy of 68 years.

Last Friday, Elon basketball officially opened its new home, and North Carolina again made the trip west to help christen the building.

Just as the Tar Heels’ program has grown in status to dwarf the 1950 edition, Elon’s new arena far surpasses the one the team left behind.

Covering 20 acres, the Schar Center’s basketball facility is the centerpiece of the new convocation center. It’s a 160,000-square-foot building that seats 5,100 for basketball — nearly 5,300 packed the building for the opener against the Tar Heels.

Visitors enter the building through a grand atrium and have an immediate view of the court below.

The open floor plan is a departure from the normal concourse/seating bowl layout of most sports arenas and is intended to foster the community feeling the school wanted when it began planning the new building.

While a giant bronze bird statue greets visitors in front of the main entrance, the Phoenix logo used by the school’s sports teams is rarely seen around the building. Instead, the school’s monogram E is used to emphasize the fact that this is a school building with uses far beyond hosting home games in men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball.

That community spirit was evident in the opening game.

“Alumni was definitely a special place,” said senior guard Steven Santa Ana, “but playing in here is a totally different atmosphere. The support tonight was great. We loved seeing all the students and the people from the community. It was a lot of fun.”

“We hit some shots early, and the roof was ready to blow off the student section,” said Elon coach Matt Matheny. “It was alive. I can’t say enough about not only how beautiful this building is, but how conducive it is for a great basketball environment.”

Schar also offers plenty of benefits that aren’t immediately visible upon entering the building. Behind the scenes are large men’s and women’s locker rooms, training rooms, a weight room and hydrotherapy room, as well as lounges for coaches, players and visitors.

“This facility surprises me every day,” Matheny said. “I underestimated what it would be like living in it. I underestimated just how great it would be to be in the locker room, practice gym, weight room, the proximity of everything. I walked out today, and to see it full, I thought, ‘It’s gonna be great,’ but it’s better. It continues to surprise me and amaze me.”

The practice facility, which includes two fullsize courts, side-by-side, is part of the building as well and visible through a large window on the far

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Dave Clawson and Wake Forest need a win in one of their two remaining games to become bowl eligible.

Demon Deacons face rocky path to bowl eligibility Wake Forest is one win away but faces two tough foes

By Shawn Krest North State Journal WAKE FOREST’S PATH to a bowl game became much clearer with last Thursday’s upset win at NC State. The Deacs improved to 5-5, one win away from becoming eligible for their third straight bowl game, something Wake Forest has only done one other time in school history — the Orange Bowl season and its aftermath, from 2006 to 2008.

It’s an impressive accomplishment for the Deacs to get this close to a bowl, given the number of injuries the team has suffered this season, including losing starting quarterback Sam Hartman for the rest of the season just before the State game.

“Every time this season has been on the verge of getting away, our guys step up and find a way,” coach Dave Clawson said. “I’m incredibly proud of them. We didn’t have the lead at all (against State) except for 30 seconds. That is a really good football team we played, an excellent football team. We’re very fortunate, but we just made the plays, and our kids hung in there and scrapped and fought and found a way.”

Now they need to find a way to take the final step to reach the postseason.

There are still two sizeable hurdles standing in Wake’s way in current Coastal Division leader

“I can’t say enough about not only how beautiful this building is, but how conducive it is for a great basketball environment.”

Matt Matheny, Elon basketball coach

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TRENDING

Teryl Austin: The Bengals fired their defensive coordinator after the team’s 5114 home loss to the Saints on Sunday.

Austin lasted just nine games on the job after Cincinnati gave up 288 points in its first nine games (32 points per game). Austin, 53, played collegiately at Pitt and landed his first full-time coaching job at Wake Forest in 1993, serving three years as the Deacons’ defensive backs coach under Jim Caldwell.

Jimmy Butler: The four-time All-Star forward is now officially a member of the 76ers, after Philadelphia and the Minnesota received approval from the league office Monday on the terms of the trade that was agreed to over the weekend.

Butler and Justin Patton were traded to the Sixers for Robert Covington, Dario Saric and Jerryd Bayless, along with a 2022 second-round draft pick.

Joe Mauer: The former first overall pick is retiring after 15 major league seasons, six All-Star games, three Gold Glove awards, three batting titles and 2,123 career hits, all with his hometown Minnesota Twins. Mauer’s eightyear, $184 million contract expired the day after the World Series ended, creating a natural parting from the game he grew up with in St. Paul, less than 10 miles from the downtown Minneapolis ballparks he called home with the Twins. The top pick in the 2001 draft out of Cretin-Derham Hall High School made his debut at the Metrodome on April 5, 2004, two weeks before his 21st birthday.

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Louisville fired Bobby Petrino on Sunday morning with two games left in a spiraling season that includes five blowout losses in which the Cardinals allowed at least 50 points. Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm, a former Louisville quarterback who later became an assistant under Petrino, has frequently been mentioned as the top candidate to replace him.

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Combined points through two games for Duke freshmen RJ Barrett (56), Zion Williamson (55) and Cam Reddish (47) after the Blue Devils defeated Army 94-72 Sunday in Durham. Williamson starred in his Cameron Indoor Stadium debut, scoring 27 points with 16 rebounds, four rebounds and six blocks.

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A week after their signing of Dez Bryant backfired when the receiver tore his Achilles tendon in his second practice, the Saints added veteran Brandon Marshall. Marshall had 11 catches for 136 yards and a touchdown in seven games with Seattle before being released Oct. 30. The Saints lead the NFL in scoring with 36.7 points per game.

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Tony Parker scored 24 points — the most he’s had in a regularseason game since he scored 25 with the Spurs on Feb. 19, 2016 — to lead the Hornets to a 125-113 home win Sunday over Miami. Parker added 11 assists, marking the 56th time in his career he had at least 20 points and 10 assists.

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Big Four women’s teams look to move up in top-heavy ACC

North Carolina Last year: 15-16 (4-12 ACC). Preseason polls: Eighth in ACC media poll, seventh in ACC coaches poll.

The Tar Heels have struggled in recent years, feeling the pain from the school’s multisport NCAA investigation into paper classes. Last year’s 15-16 record was a near miss for a team that hasn’t had a winning season since 2015. Now that UNC has been cleared, head coach Sylvia Hatchell is restocking the team with talent.

Senior point guard Paris Kea is the team leader and best player. A preseason All-ACC selection, she averaged 18.8 points and 4.9 assists last year. She’ll be joined by 2018 ACC Freshman of the Year Janelle Bailey. Like Kea, she was voted preseason All-ACC, making the Heels one of two teams with multiple players on the team — national champion Notre Dame is the other.

The Heels will also get back junior guards Stephanie Watts (16.8 points in 2016-17) and Destinee Walker (12.4 points in 2016-17), who both missed all of last season with knee injuries.

The conference is still ruled by power houses Notre Dame and Louisville, but Duke, NC State, North Carolina and Wake Forest look to made headway

By Shawn Krest North State Journal MUCH LIKE their counterparts on the men’s side, women’s basketball teams in the ACC face a daunting challenge to reach the top tier.

The ACC should once again be a top-heavy league, with defending national champion Notre Dame and tournament and regular-season champion Louisville both returning strong teams. Syracuse and Miami should also be contenders for league and national honors.

That leaves North Carolina’s Big Four fighting to break through and join the elite company. All four teams are in transition this year.

Two of them — NC State and Duke — start the year in the same spot as they ended last season, near the bottom of the top 25. The other two — Wake Forest and UNC — look to bounce back from tough years.

Here’s a look at the prospects for the Big Four women this season: NC State Last year: 26-9 (11-5 ACC). Preseason polls: 17th in AP national poll, fourth in ACC media and coaches polls.

The Wolfpack is finally getting some respect in the preseason poll. In the previous five seasons, State has been picked ninth or 10th four times and never higher than seventh. Over that same span, the Pack has finished fourth three years and has outperformed their preseason prediction four of the five seasons.

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NC State guard Kiara Leslie will be a key to the Wolfpack’s efforts to join the upper echelon of the ACC. The Pack is coming off back-toback NCAA appearances for the first time since 2006-07 and has won a tourney game in two straight years for the first time in two decades. They’ll need to replace Chelsea Nelson (12.9 points, 9.4 rebounds) and center Akela Maize (10 points, 5.5 rebounds).

State will be led by guards Kiara Leslie (12.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists) and Aislinn Konig (10.3 points, 2.4 rebounds) but were dealt a crushing loss just prior to the season when Kaila Ealey (8.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists)

suffered a season-ending knee injury.

Duke Last year: 24-9 (11-5 ACC). Preseason polls: 21st in AP national poll, fifth in ACC media poll, sixth in ACC coaches poll.

The Blue Devils advanced to the NCAA regionals for the 17th time in school history, but Duke will need to replace two four-year stars in Lexie Brown (19.4 points) and Rebecca Greenwell (15.1 points).

The Blue Devils will turn to

a pair of juniors to pick up the slack in guard Haley Gorecki (11.0 points) and Leaonna Odom (9.6 points). Odom led the team with 21 points per game in the tournament and is a preseason Player of the Year candidate. Gorecki is an explosive scorer who sat out the year before last with a hip injury.

Another hip injury caused her to miss the last 10 games last season, but she’ll be back scoring this year.

Guard Kyra Lambert (7.8 points in 2016-17) reinjured the knee that cost her all of last season and will miss 2018-19.

NC’s mid-majors tip off 2018-19 season Here’s an up-close look of nine of the state’s teams

Coach: Levelle Moton 2017-18 record: 19-16 (9-7 MEAC) Top returners: Raasean Davis, R-Sr. (15.1 points, 8.1 rebounds); Reggie Gardner, Soph.

(10.8 points, 1.8 rebounds); Jordan Perkins, Soph. (5.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists).

Top newcomers: Randy Miller, Jr. (Moberly Area CC).

Unlike its in-state rival A&T, NCCU returns most of the important pieces — including all-MEAC big man Raasean Davis and guard Reggie Gardner Jr. — from a team that came on strong late to win the conference tournament and earn its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014.

Over the past few weeks, the North State Journal sports staff has previewed some of the highest profile college basketball teams in our state.

Here is a look at the best of the rest, including a few with conference championship aspirations, two that have new coaches with familiar names and one with a player that could lead the nation in scoring: Campbell

Davidson Coach: Bob McKillop 2017-18 record: 21-12 (13-5 Atlantic 10) Top returners: Kellan Grady, Soph. (18.0 points, 3.3 rebounds); Jon Ax Gudmundsson, Jr. (13.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.1 assists); KiShawn Pritchett, Jr. (5.9 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists).

Top newcomers: Luka Brajkovic, Fr. (Austria); Luke Frampton, R-Fr. (Poca, W.Va.).

The Wildcats continued their tradition of excellence by winning their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and putting a scare into Kentucky in the first round of last year’s NCAA tournament. Coach Bob McKillop’s 2018-19 team was picked to finish third in the conference and could be just as good as last season despite the loss of leading scorer Peyton Aldridge.

tion of graduate transfers, a junior college transfer and a true freshman to build on last year’s 20-win season.

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Coach: Kevin McGeehan 2017-18 record: 18-16 (10-8 Big South) Top returners: Chris Clemons, Sr. (24.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists); Andrew Eudy, Sr. (9.1 points, 4.9 rebounds); Cory Gensler, Jr. (7.3 points, 4.4 rebounds).

Top newcomers: Trey Spencer, Jr. (Holmes CC).

Clemons returns for his senior season as Campbell’s all-time leading scorer. His 23.0 career scoring average ranks first among active Division I players coming into the season, and his 44-point effort in an opening night win against UNCW got him off to a fast start in 2018-19. As good as the 5-foot9 dynamo is — he’s also the team leader in assists — the Camels will only go as far as his supporting cast will allow.

Last year: 14-17 (5-11 ACC). Preseason polls: 12th in ACC media and coaches polls.

The Deacs welcome five new freshmen to a team that needs to replace point guard Amber Campbell (10.5 points), who graduated, and senior Ariel Stephenson (8.9 points), who was ruled out for the year in October with a shoulder injury.

The team will be led by preseason All-ACC selection forward Elisa Penna (15.8 points). The senior is also a candidate for the Cheryl Miller award, given to the country’s best small forward.

Sophomore Gina Conte replaces Campbell at the point and has scored 20 points with 12 assists in the season’s first three games.

Forward Ona Udoh is also making strides this year. After averaging just 4.0 points last season with two double-figure scoring games in her career, she’s hit double digits in each of her first three contests.

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NC Central’s Raasean Davis (32) is among the key returning players for coach Levelle Moton’s Eagles.

Elon Coach: Matt Matheny 2017-18 record: 14-18 (6-12 CAA) Top returners: Tyler Sebring, Jr. (15.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists); Dainan Swoope, Jr. (12.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists); Steven Santa Ana, Sr. (9.7 points, 4.4 rebounds).

Top newcomers: Fredrico Poser, Fr. (Italy); Kris Wooten, Fr. (Kinston); Chuck Hannah, Fr. (Boston) The Phoenix — which opened its new arena, the Schar Center, against UNC last Friday — looks to regroup after last season with a veteran nucleus led by 6-foot-8 junior Tyler Sebring, point guard Dainan Swoope and shooting guard Steven Santa Ana, whose main claim to fame to this point in his career is being on the receiving end of a Grayson Allen trip.

Gardner-Webb Coach: Tim Craft 2017-18 record: 14-18 (9-9 Big South)

Top returners: David Efianayi, Sr. (17.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists); D.J. Laster, Sr. (13.8 points, 5.4 rebounds), Jaheam Cornwall, Soph. (7.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists).

Top newcomers: Jose Perez, Fr. (Bronx, N.Y.); Ludovic Dufeal, Fr. (Martinique).

The Bulldogs return three of their top four scorers as they look to move up the Big South standings. Enhancing their chances is the return of redshirt sophomore Nate Johnson, who missed the final 19 games last season, and the addition of freshmen Jose Perez and Ludovic Dufeal.

High Point Coach: Tubby Smith 2017-18 record: 18-16 (10-8 Big South) Top returners: Jahaad Proctor, Jr. (16.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists); Brandon Kamga, Jr. (10.9 points, 3.4 rebounds); Jordan Whitehead, R-Sr. (5.2 points, 4.5 rebounds).

The Panthers return an expe-

rienced roster, with all but top scorer Andre Fox back from last year. The most significant newcomer isn’t a freshman, but rather new coach Tubby Smith. Yes, that Tubby Smith. The 67-yearold, who led Kentucky to a national championship in 1998, returns to his alma mater for what figures to be his final career chapter.

NC A&T Coach: Jay Joyner 2017-18 record: 20-14 (11-5, MEAC) Top returners: Aaren Edmead, Sr. (9.6 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists); Kameron Langley, Soph. (7.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists).

Top newcomers: Andre Jackson, Jr. (Manatee-Sarasota CC); Terry Harris, R-Sr. (Eastern Michigan); Qua Copeland, Jr. (Middle Tennessee State).

With only two returning regulars back — guards Kameron Langley and Aaren Edmead — the Aggies will rely on a collec-

Coach: Mike Morrell 2017-18 record: 21-13 (13-5 Big South) Top returners: Jalen Seegars, Soph. (2.5 points, 1.2 rebounds).

Top newcomers: Devon Baker, Fr. (Dayton, Ohio); Tajion Jones, Fr. (Oak Ridge, Tenn.); Coty Jude, Fr. (Fort Gay, W.Va.).

The Bulldogs have one of the nation’s youngest coaches in former Texas assistant Mike Morrell, who took over after the departure of Nick McDevitt. Since most of last year’s team left with him, UNCA will also have one of the youngest rosters in the country with six freshmen and only one returner of significance.

Western Carolina Coach: Mark Prosser 2017-18 record: 13-19 (8-10 Southern) Top returners: Marc Gosselin, Sr. (8.8 points, 6.5 rebounds); Matt Halvorsen, Soph. (8.5 points, 1.1 rebounds); Onno Steger, Jr. (2.1 points, 0.9 rebounds).

Top newcomers: Carlos Dotson, Jr. (Central Florida CC); Kameron Gibson, Fr. (Cincinnati, Ohio); D.J. Myers, Fr. (Raleigh); Josh Cottrell, 6-2, Fr. (Hayesville).

The Catamounts were picked to finish 10th in the Southern Conference, but with the addition of high-energy big man Carlos Dotson, a talented freshman class and sophomore sharpshooter Matt Halvorsen, WCU has the potential to surprise under first-year coach Mark Prosser.

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‘The Baddest Band in the Land’ Western Carolina will need a big game from quarterback Tyrie Adams to pull off an upset in Chapel Hill this Saturday against the Tar Heels.

Catamounts travel to UNC for battle of struggling teams Western Carolina looks to halt seven-game skid against 1-8 Tar Heels

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The Western Carolina marching band, called “Pride of the Mountains,” has nearly 500 members and plans to march in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2019.

Western Carolina band, “Pride of the Mountains,” is as big a part of football Saturdays as the teams on the field

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal CULLOWHEE — Halftime isn’t usually the best time to visit the concession stand or restroom at a college football game.

Unless you’re at Western Carolina.

In that case, you can zip right through the line without much of a wait.

It’s not that there’s an abundance of facilities at E.J. Whitmire Stadium or that the crowds are that small. Rather, it’s because the show is only just beginning when the first half ends.

Officially, the 490 musicians that entertain at every Catamounts home football game are known by the title of “Pride of

the Mountains Band.” But they like to refer to themselves as the “Baddest Band in the Land,” and they put on a performance that keeps most fans in their seats long after the teams leave the field for the locker room.

“You’ll see people won’t get up for halftime,” said drum major Holly Thomas, a senior from Jacksonville. “They’ll wait until after we’re done to get up to get snacks and go to the bathroom.

It’s like no one leaves and then all of a sudden everyone gets up for like the last two minutes of halftime.”

The roots for that tradition were first planted more than two decades ago with halftime shows designed by innovative director Bob Buckner. Current leader David Starnes has pushed the limits of creativity even further since taking over upon Buckner’s retirement in 2011.

Though the WCU band might not look like anything out of the ordinary as it enters the stadium with its traditional style

uniforms and marching style, its unique personality becomes evident from the first notes of its game day performance.

The show, titled “Now is the Time,” is a musical plea for world peace using songs from several different generations of artists, infused with numerous multimedia enhancements.

It begins with dramatic sound effects and a recorded version of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time after Time” piped over the stadium’s PA system. Then, as the band converges from the four corners of the field into one large formation in the middle, it turns toward the stands and blasts out the Styx standard “The Best of Times” with a solid wall of sound.

The program continues with selections from Louis Armstrong, Chicago, The Fifth Dimension, Coldplay and others before coming to a climax with the band members throwing their fists into the air at the end of the Beatles’ “Let it Be.” “With all the electronics, it

feels more like a rock concert than a marching band,” Starnes said. “It’s just a new identity, and a lot of colleges are starting to infuse that kind of entertainment value into their production.

“As technology has advanced, what it has done with outdoor pageantry, now we’re able to bring in more layers of that.

There’s a lot of wattage out here.

There’s a lot of software and a lot of samples and things that you don’t usually see and hear with a marching band.”

Another unique feature at WCU is that in addition to the usual halftime show, the band also returns to the field after the game is over for an encore performance.

It’s a tradition that began because of the way Whitmire Stadium is situated. With most of the games starting at 3:30 p.m., the glare of the setting sun around halftime makes it difficult for those on the far side of the field to get a good look at the show.

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The postgame performance gives those fans an opportunity to see what they missed. And very few people leave until the final note is played. Many of them will have their cellphones and other devices out recording the performance.

As much as the audience gets into the show, the performers have even more invested in it.

“When I first saw it, it was crazier than any marching band that I’ve ever seen,” cymbals section leader Terence Holmes, a senior from Hickory, said. “When I saw all the cool stuff they were doing, how innovative they are, I just wanted to be a part of it.”

The uniqueness of the band’s presentation, combined with its tradition and reputation around the state through performances at numerous high school contests and festivals, is the reason so many young musicians gravitate to Cullowhee — despite WCU’s relatively small size and off-the-beaten-path location.

Junior drum major Spencer Childress said the Catamounts’

trumpet section when he first arrived had more members than his entire high school band in Charlotte.

Another reason for WCU’s appeal is the fact that the Pride of the Mountains performs only one show a year rather than doing a new one every week as do most other college bands.

“My sister was a drum major in Chapel Hill back in 2016 and they march a different show every week,” Childress said. “She comes to a lot of the games here and just speaking to her, I think she really enjoys the one-showa-year thing. It’s very satisfying to work up one show, learn to love your show and do everything you can with it.”

That doesn’t mean band members have it easy.

The show they do is so intricate that it’s installed in increments over several weeks early in the season. Then once the entire 10-minute production is on the field, the band practices three times a week working to get everything just right.

“It’s like a skeleton in the beginning,” Emma Schaefer, a senior drum major and clarinet player from Brevard, said. “Once you learn the show you get to produce it more. You get to add different elements. Like the fist stuff that we do in the third movement got added only about a month ago.

“It was a new thing that makes the theme more apparent as we go on. It’s really cool because it gives us the opportunity to push what we’re trying to portray through the entire season.”

The process of developing the idea for the show, designing its movements and incorporating the audio and visual effects actually begins long before the first game. It’s a collaborative effort that involves both administrative staff and students.

“Something that is important about what we do is that we have a commercial electronic music degree here,” Starnes said.

“All the kids we have running this electronics stuff are mixing video and sound in the stu-

dio throughout the entire week.

Then as a part of their curriculum, they’re doing the marching band as an ensemble, but not playing. They’re doing what their gig is going to be.”

Although WCU has a school of music, only about a fourth of the nearly 500 band members are music majors. That, said band parent Eric Josephson, speaks to the leadership and dedication of Starnes and his staff.

“David Starnes is a superstar,” said Josephson, whose son Silas is one of 21 sousaphone players on the field for last Saturday’s season finale against Wofford.

“He knows every kid out there.

His ability to find small flaws, but to fix them without embarrassing or offending is next level. The kids are out there out of their own passion.”

And there figures to be even more than ever next year. That’s because the band is scheduled to make a trip to New York to march in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

“When we went to Macy’s my freshman year in 2014, we had a lot more people in the band,” drum major Thomas said. “So we’ll probably have even more next year, too.

“It was a really humbling experience because you’re on national television and you know millions of people are watching.

We actually got to lead the parade. I’ve got the little participant pin that’s on my corkboard at home, and I’ll probably frame it with my band plaques someday.”

It will take around $750,000 to take the band to New York for the parade. A campaign to offset at least some of that cost through the university’s fundraising arm kicked off last Saturday.

Starnes said he is confident WCU’s fans and alumni will come through in a big way — not only because of the band’s popularity, but perhaps because of all the money they’ve saved from not having time to visit the concession stands at halftime.

CULLOWHEE — It’s been a season of contrasts for the Western Carolina football team.

The Catamounts began 2018 with three straight wins for their best start since 1976. But just when it looked as though they were ready to build on last year’s seven-win season and make a push for an FCS playoff berth, they suddenly forgot how to win.

Saturday’s 38-23 Senior Day setback to Southern Conference rival Wofford at E.J. Whitmire Stadium was WCU’s seventh in a row, its longest skid since dropping 10 straight in 2011.

And things don’t promise to get better soon with a trip to Chapel Hill against victory-starved FBS opponent North Carolina coming up in next week’s season finale.

“This team knows we can be good,” a frustrated coach Mark Speir said afterward. “We can play with anybody. We’ve just got to learn to make the plays.

“That’s part of growing up. If we didn’t learn anything in these last three hours, we’re wasting a whole lot of time. This is something that’s going to propel us into next year, learning to make those plays.”

In that respect, they’re almost a mirror image of this week’s opponent, UNC. It’s not as if the Catamounts (3-7, 1-6) have been playing that badly. Among the losses in their current streak are a three-overtime heartbreaker against East Tennessee State and a six-point defeat at the hands of Furman.

They battled until the bitter end against the 14th-ranked Terriers last Saturday as well, jumping out to a 20-7 lead late in the first half on the passing and run-

ning of quarterback Tyrie Adams. He finished with 167 yards and a touchdown on the ground while going 23 of 36 for 229 yards through the air Saturday.

“I wasn’t really thinking about how many yards I had or how many completions I had,” Adams said. “I was just trying to do what I needed to do to keep drives alive and put points on the board.”

A 6-foot-2, 185-pound junior, Adams became just the fourth opposing player in the last 62 games to rush for more than 100 yards against a Wofford defense ranked second in the SoCon and 13th nationally. For the season, he leads the Southern Conference in rushing and ranks third in passing efficiency.

“Ty is a tremendous player and we’re glad he’s on our team,” Speir said. “He may not win (SoCon Player of the Year). Sometimes the best player doesn’t win because he’s not on a winning team. But if you ask any coach in this league if they had to pick one guy to be on their team, I think it would be Tyre Adams.”

Adams and his teammates will have their hands full in their season finale in Chapel Hill.

Despite their similarities, the teams have faced vastly different levels of competition and are stocked with a vastly different caliber of players. The disparity is best illustrated by the first ever meeting between the Tar Heels and Catamounts — last year at Kenan Stadium.

WCU came into the game at 7-4 while UNC was 2-8. But the game was never close. The Tar Heels scored on six of their first seven possessions on the way to a 65-10 rout.

“We’re going to get ready, we’re going to prepare to go down there and play well,” Speir said of Saturday’s rematch. “We’re going to keep fighting for these seniors and for the future of our program. If we continue to get better and grow, I think we’ve got a lot of promise.”

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Cup racing’s final four set for finale

ELON from page B1 side of the court. Fans can look down on the practice courts, which, on Friday night, hosted the postgame press conferences.

The practice facility is named after Maurice Koury, a familiar name to anyone who has been on UNC’s campus. The founder of Carolina Hosiery Mills, Koury was a Burlington resident and UNC alumnus.

Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano and defending champion Martin Truex Jr. will compete for the title at Homestead-Miami

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal THE MONSTER Energy NASCAR Cup Series will conclude Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and four drivers are in the running to become the 2018 champion.

“The Big Three” of defending champion Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick have seemed destined since the spring to be in the mix at this weekend’s Ford EcoBoost 400, combining for 20 wins in 35 races. The fourth competitor, Joey Logano, earned his spot with a win at Martinsville two weeks ago.

Here’s a closer look at the four drivers competing for the title at the 1.5-mile track.

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Kyle Busch No. 18 • Joe Gibbs Racing

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“I would predict this is the best four, the closest four that have been in our sport in a long time.”

Kyle Busch (, left) and Kevin Harvick (4, right) have dominated much of the 2018 NASCAR Cup season and will comprise half of the drivers competing for the championship on Sunday.

The 2015 champion has eight wins, including last week’s victory at Phoenix. He is tied for the series lead in poles with five (with brother Kurt) and has 21 top-fives. Busch won his only title by holding off Harvick for the win at Homestead three years ago, but that is his only victory in the Cup series at the track. Busch has two other top-fives and six total top-10s in 13 visits to Miami. Joe Gibbs Racing has won four titles in all: Bobby Labonte in 2000 and twice with Tony Stewart (2002, 2005).

ch for the most by any driver, and his 22 top-fives and 28 top10s were both tops in the series.

Like Busch, Harvick got his only Homestead win in his championship season, but he has 15 top10s in 17 appearances at the track and has been in the top four each of the last four years — coinciding with his time with Stewart Haas Racing. The team is looking for its third title (Tony Stewart, 2011).

Kevin Harvick No. 4 • Stewart Haas Racing

“You know what, I think we’re the favorite now to win.”

“I think we have a shot every time we show up.”

Logano’s best series finish was a second in 2016, when he lost out to Jimmie Johnson. With just two race wins this season, Logano is considered the underdog to “The Big Three.” But the No. 22 car has been hot down the stretch, bumping past Truex for the win at Mar-

Busch spoiled Harvick’s chance at back-to-back titles in 2015, but the 2014 champion has gone winfor-win with the No. 18 this season. His eight wins matched Bus-

Joey Logano No. 22 • Team Penske

tinsville on Oct. 28 and finishing in the top eight for five straight races before Sunday’s 37th-place finish at Phoenix. Homestead wasn’t kind to Logano early in his career, but he has two fourths and a sixth in the past three races there. Team Penske has one championship (Brad Keselowski, 2012) and is looking for its first win at Homestead.

4 Consecutive winners at Homestead-Miami Speedway who then won the NASCAR Cup championship with their victory. Three of those drivers will race for the title Sunday.

Martin Truex Jr. No. 78 • Furniture Row Racing “It’s been an amazing, amazing ride together, and hopefully we can get down there next week and make our owners proud and just live up to our potential.”

With his team closing its doors at the end of the season, Truex is looking to go out on a high note with a second straight title. Truex has four wins in 2018 — half of the eight he had last season — but

won the title with his victory at Homestead in 2017 and has four career top-fives and eight top-10s at the track in 13 visits. But this isn’t last year’s No. 78 — which led 2,253 laps compared to just 996 this season — and Truex has, at times, seemed like a third wheel to the back and forth between Busch and Harvick.

Koury led the fundraising drive that financed the construction of the Smith Center — home to the Tar Heels. He and other members of his family have their names on five campus buildings, including the Koury Natorium — home to UNC’s swim team and connected to the Smith Center.

“Walking in here and seeing Maurice Koury’s name on the practice facility is something that’s important to me,” said North Carolina coach Roy Williams.

The Hall of Fame coach’s presence in the building, with his team, was a key factor in making opening night a community celebration. A top-10 team like UNC can afford to pick and choose its games, and most tend to avoid raucous new arenas, especially on significant nights like the building’s first game.

It was a choice that Elon players, coaches and administration appreciated, even if the Heels put a damper on the celebration by winning, 116-67.

“He did not have to play this game,” said Matheny. “He’s pretty special, to make the decision to do that.”

“It was a nice night for us,” Williams said. “Nice night, I hope, for Elon, with the exception of the score. A beautiful facility. … Hopefully their fans got comfortable new seats, and they’ll come back and give them this kind of support every game.”

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Preview: While the Wolfpack (6-3, 3-3 ACC) try to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Wake Forest on Thursday, the Cardinals (2-8, 0-7) are in turmoil after Sunday’s firing of coach Bobby Petrino.

Preview: The 49ers (4-6, 3-3 CUSA) need a win to keep their chances at earning the first bowl bid in school history alive. The Panthers (7-3, 5-1) are tied for the lead in the CUSA East Division.

Preview: App hopes to catch first-place Troy for the Sun Belt East lead and improve its bowl positioning with an eighth win. Georgia State is looking to get out of the East basement and win its third.

Players to watch: Sophomore QB Jawon Pass led Louisville in both passing (196 yards) and rushing (80 yards) in last week’s loss to Syracuse. Cardinals’ DB Rodjay Burns ranks second in the ACC in punt return average at 16.4 yards per try with a touchdown.

State WRs Kelvin Harmon (15) and Jakobi Meyers (10) combined for 25 catches and 251 yards, but no TDs, in the loss to the Deacons. PK Christopher Dunn made all three of his FG attempts and has converted seven in his last two games.

Players to watch: Charlotte RB Benny LeMay is just 104 yards away from becoming the second running back in school history to reach 1,000-yard mark in a season. DB Juwan Foggie leads CUSA with six interceptions, two of which he’s returned for TDs. FIU QB James Morgan leads the league in both passing efficiency and TDs with 24. LB Sage Lewis is the top tackler in CUSA with 106.

Players to watch: App QB Zac Thomas returned after missing most of the last two games with injury to pass for 247 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for another 76 yards. Georgia State RB Tra Barnett has averaged 75.8 rushing yards per game the last six weeks, averaging 6 yards per carry and scoring seven touchdowns.

Fast fact: Safeties coach Lorenzo Ward will be the Cardinals interim coach for the remainder of the regular season.

What to expect: The Wolfpack figures to put up a big number against a Louisville defense that has allowed 50 or more points five times, including the past three games.

Fast fact: Former UNC coach Butch Davis is 15-8 since arriving at FIU and has his team bowl eligible for the second straight year.

What to expect: The 49ers’ defense, which leads CUSA against the run, will be severely tested against a Panthers’ offense that ranks third in rushing and second in scoring at 34.8 points per game.

— Brett Friedlander

Fast fact: Kidd Brewer, namesake of App’s stadium, was an All-American fullback and quarterback at Duke before becoming a legendary coach at App State. His son was a professional diver who appeared in several James Cameron movies.

What to expect: It’s a trap game for the Mountaineers, who play Troy the following week with first place likely on the line. App should be able to avoid getting caught, however.

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— Brett Friedlander

North Carolina vs. Western Carolina

East Carolina vs. Connecticut

Duke at Clemson

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Preview: The Tar Heels (1-8) have lost six straight and the Catamounts (3-7) are riding a seven-game skid, so someone is going to earn their first win since September.

Preview: Something has to give. Both ECU and UConn are winless in AAC play at 0-6. Winner gets a conference win. Loser likely gets last place in the East Division.

Players to watch: WCU has the second-highest scoring offense in the Southern Conference behind dual-threat QB Tyrie Adams, who rushed for 167 yards and threw for 229 in last week’s loss to Wofford. LB Mitchell Chauncey is the team’s leading tackler with 120 in 10 games. UNC will look for ways to get the ball into the hands of sophomore WR Dazz Newsome, who had six catches and an 84-yard TD run in Saturday’s loss at Duke. LB Cole Holcomb has had double-digit tackles in each of his last three games.

Players to watch: UConn QB David Pindell passed for four touchdowns last week. The dual threat has rushed for 1,115 yards and passed for 1,706. ECU WR Trevon Brown had his fourth straight 100-yard game, catching eight passes for 161 yards and two scores, one an 80-yarder.

Fast fact: This is only the second time these teams have ever met in football. The Tar Heels won the first game, played last year, by a 65-10 margin.

What to expect: It’s Senior Day and ECU’s best remaining chance to post another win this year. They should be ready to play against the Huskies.

What to expect: UNC has better players and more of them and should be able to work off some frustration against the overmatched Catamounts.

— Brett Friedlander

Fast fact: Last week, ECU played a road game for the first time in 35 days, the longest such stretch since 2011. That started a 22-day span during which the Pirates play three road games. This game against UConn is their only home contest remaining.

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Preview: The Blue Devils moved to 7-3 with a wild win over North Carolina, while Clemson clinched the Atlantic Division with a road win at Boston College.

Players to watch: Duke QB Daniel Jones set a school record with 547 yards of total offense last week, including runs of 68 and 61 yards as well as a 52-yard pass. Despite not starting the first four games of the year and leaving another game early with an injury, Clemson freshman QB Trevor Lawrence leads the ACC with 19 touchdown passes. His 158.6 passer rating also leads the league.

Fast fact: Since the turn of the century, this is just the seventh regular-season game where a bowleligible Duke team plays another bowl-eligible team.

It’s Clemson’s 28th, including at least one each of the last 14 years. Bowl-eligible Duke last played bowleligible Clemson in 2012.

What to expect: Duke is on a roll, but playing in Death Valley is a challenge for even the best teams.

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Cam Ward’s return to Carolina reminder of glory, struggles

Panthers coach Ron Rivera called his team’s 52-21 loss in Pittsburgh last Thursday “humbling.”

The longtime Hurricanes goaltender, honored for his part in team history, lost in his first start at PNC Arena as a member of the opposition

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Panthers try to rebound from embarrassing loss Carolina has been able to bounce back in recent years

By Shawn Krest North State Journal THE CAROLINA Panthers are in a relatively unfamiliar position — coming off of a blowout loss.

The Panthers lost in Pittsburgh on Thursday Night Football by an embarrassing 52-21 final score. The Steelers dominated the game almost from the outset, leaving the Panthers with nowhere to look but forward.

“We just got whupped, man,” said quarterback Cam Newton.

“It happens. You have those kind of games in this league. It’s going to be about how we rebound and get ready for the next opponent. We’ve just got to be better next time.”

Getting beaten so soundly has been a rare occurrence for the Panthers, at least in recent seasons, and the team has done a good job bouncing back.

Last year, the Panthers lost at home to the Saints, 34-13. The following week, they traveled to New England and toppled Tom Brady and the Patriots. Newton was 22-of-29 for 316 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for a score.

Following a 40-7 loss in Seattle in 2016, the Panthers returned east to beat San Diego, 28-16, at Bank of America Stadium. Newton didn’t star in that game, passing 10-for-27 for 160 yards.

Obviously, there have been other Panther losses, but those are the only times since Carolina’s Super Bowl run that the team laid an egg.

Carolina has been able to avoid stringing together bad performances in recent years. The team won both weeks following losses this year and are 5-2 following

DEACONS from page B1 So Wake’s best bet is to notch its sixth win.

The Deacs likely won’t be favored in either game. Of course, they weren’t favored against NC State either.

Pitt has two running backs who are in the ACC’s top five rushers in Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall.

Ollison has 1,054 rushing yards — second-most in the conference — and 10 rushing touchdowns — which is fourth.

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losses over the last two seasons — they dropped consecutive games to Philadelphia and Chicago last October and lost their playoff opener in New Orleans after losing in Atlanta to close the regular season.

That has much to do with the team’s level-headed approach to losses, which starts with head coach Ron Rivera.

The message from the head coach following losses is not to call for major changes, but rather to remind the team of what each player should be doing.

“Guys trying to do things that they don’t need to try to do,” he said of the reasons behind the Pittsburgh loss. “There were a couple situations early on where guys tried to do more. That just cost us. Stick to fundamentals.”

The loss was disappointing to Rivera, but the fact that the team lost by 31 could actually help refocus the locker room.

“It was important for the entire team,” he said. “This was a humbling learning experience. A lot of good things happened for our three-game streak. Then we had some mistakes.

“At the end of the day,” he added, “sometimes you’ve got to take your medicine.”

Feeling the pain and embarrassment of the loss can also drive the players.

“I hope they’re upset,” Rivera said. “I do. Probably a better word is disappointed. I’m disappointed we didn’t play better.”

Rivera’s quarterback is on the same page.

“I’ll tell you what,” he said.

“It sure enough was a humbling piece of pie. Not only that, it was a learning experience for a lot of guys. If we expect us to be as good as we expect us to be, we have to find a way to win games like these. Your nose is bleeding early on. You’ve just got to stop it.”

Hall has gained 844 yards, and his 8.8 yards-per-carry average is best among the ACC’s top rushers. He’s found the end zone eight times.

Over Pitt’s three-game winning streak, the Panthers have averaged 410 yards on the ground and are averaging 256.9 yards on the season, second-best in the conference and 10th in the nation.

It’s the team’s best run production since the Tony Dorsett-led 1976 national champions.

It’s also a big-play run offense, which should trouble Wake fans

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Wake Forest will need to slow Pittsburgh running back Qadree Ollison, left, and the Panthers’ rushing attack.

“It sure enough was a humbling piece of pie.”

Cam Newton on the Panthers’ 52-12 loss at Pittsburgh

Over the last two years, Newton has improved his play following a loss, but following Rivera’s directive, it’s not a huge step forward, just a refocusing and upgrade to his performance.

In losses, Newton has a 70.9 passer rating. That improves to 87.1 the following week. His yards per pass improve from 5.4 to 6.8, yards per completion from 8.6 to 10.9. In losses over the last two years, he’s thrown eight touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The following week, that improves to 9 scores and six picks.

Again, it’s nothing major. He throws fewer passes and runs a little more. It’s just a matter of doing his job, not trying to do too much.

This week, Rivera has another tool available to him — time.

With the Panthers playing on Thursday, they have 10 days between games.

“I told them to get away from football,” he said. “It’s a very humbling experience to be beat the way we were. I’ve been in the league 30 years. I’ve been on both sides of it. It happens. The best medicine is to get away from it, forget about it and come back ready to roll.”

Now, after feeling the loss, learning a lesson, and getting away for a while, the Panthers head to Detroit this week.

“It happens sometimes, and I’m OK with that,” Newton said.

“What I’m not OK with is people not learning from it.”

RALEIGH — Cam Ward’s return to Raleigh for Monday’s Hurricanes-Blackhawks game started off incredibly well, had adversity in the middle for the Chicago goalie and, ultimately, ended in loss.

In a nutshell, it was a microcosm of Ward’s time with the Hurricanes.

But unlike the Hurricanes’ overtime win at PNC Arena that will enter the statistical annals as a 3-2 OTL for Ward, the 34-yearold’s time with the franchise will be remembered by him, the organization and its fans for the good times and, in time, a forgiving gesture of the bad ones.

“It was emotional coming home,” Ward said following the game. “Obviously, you know, I have a lot to be thankful for my 13 years here and wanted to put forth a strong effort. Unfortunately, (we) came to win and it just slipped away in overtime. Almost made it happen.”

There’s no denying Ward’s place in franchise history. The pages in the Hurricanes’ record book dedicated to goalies might as well be earmarked with a CW tab: 668 regular season games, 318 wins and 27 shutouts. His 74 starts played in 2010-11 in aren’t a franchise record — that one is held by Arturs Irbe with 76 a decade earlier — but is still tied for the 16thmost by a goalie in one season in NHL history.

Ward’s greatest accomplishment, however, was also his biggest curse.

The Hurricanes’ 2006 Stanley Cup win — and Ward’s accompanying Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP — set a bar for his career which was impossible to vault over a second time.

But it was still enough to make him a franchise icon.

“To me, he’ll always be special,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said Monday night.

“He helped me realize one of the dreams I’ve had my whole life — you know, it was to win a Stanley Cup. He was part of that. So I know what he put in to this organization.”

Hurricanes captain Justin Williams, who won his first of three Cups in 2006, has expressed how important it is in the twilight of his career to restore the franchise to greatness — once reached with

Ward in between the pipes.

“He’s a guy that obviously I have a real soft spot for,” Williams said of Ward. “You win together, you always remember together, and you hold that bond together. And that will never go away.”

It became clear in recent years that the Ward era in Raleigh was ready to come to a close, and there is plenty of blame to go around for the franchise’s futility during much of his tenure with the team.

Ward reached the postseason just twice, going all the way in 2006 and carrying the Hurricanes to the Eastern Conference Final in 2009, losing to eventual champion Pittsburgh.

He’s played for every coach in Hurricanes’ history but one, and that coach — the current one — was the veteran captain the rookie goaltender looked up to in 2005‑06 and beyond.

At times brilliant, other times overworked, and often overmatched, Ward and his Hurricanes career is akin to a teenager’s first romance. Ward, the organization and its fans will always look back fondly on that first kiss, but also remember that it was often a marriage of convenience — two sides hoping to rekindle that spark that seemed so powerful and essential, yet faded in time.

“Obviously, I care about those guys and wish them the best.”

Cam Ward Ward had made clear he wanted to finish his career in Raleigh, but the team’s reboot — a new owner and front office desperate to not make the same mistakes past regimes made — didn’t include him.

He’s not guaranteed an NHL job following this year — Chicago’s two-game series with Carolina over — and Monday’s game could very well be his last as a player at PNC Arena.

“I realize that you never know how much time you have left in your career, and who knows if I’ll be playing another game here down the road,” Ward said. “But that’s something that’s in the future and you can’t really control the future, you just kind of take care of the present, and I’m trying to do that.

As for his past in Raleigh, the place he and his family call home, Ward seemed pretty steadfast.

“You feel blessed and fortunate for all the good things that happened.”

13-7 Combined record of Wake Forest’s final two opponents, Pitt and Duke. that remember the long runs Clemson broke off against the depleted Deacs defense in last month’s blowout in Winston-Salem.

Ollison’s 10 touchdowns have averaged 27.2 yards and include runs of 97 and 69 yards, the former breaking a school record set by Hall last year. Hall’s eight scores have averaged 33.9 yards.

His last two scores were 75- and 73-yard runs.

If Wake doesn’t get its sixth win this week, it will have to get it on the road, at Duke. The Blue Devils also have a quick-strike run game. Running back Deon Jackson scored on a 75-yard run on the first play at Miami, and quarterback Daniel Jones had two runs over 60 yards last week.

So the road ahead is rough, but no rougher than what the team has already traveled.

“We’ve got a lot of football left,” Clawson said, “and we’ve got a lot of goals left for us to accomplish.

We’ve got two tough opponents coming up.”

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Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Cam Ward watches the video board as the Hurricanes play a tribute video to their former longtime goaltender during the first period of Carolina’s 3-2 overtime win Monday at PNC Arena.

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Amazon announces two “HQ2” locations: similar basics but different vibes After a year of speculation and fierce competition among cities across the country, Seattle-based retail giant chooses to divide operations among two East Coast cities

By Jennifer Peltz and Matthew Barakat The Associated Press LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK/ARLINGTON, VA — Amazon confirmed Tuesday that it will split its much-anticipated second headquarters between New York City and Arlington, Virginia.

Its New York location will be in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, while its Arlington offices will be located in an area an area of Arlington that most people know as Crystal City, which Amazon is said to be re-branding as “National Landing.” Each site will get 25,000 jobs.

In addition, the online retailer said it will open an operations hub in Nashville, creating 5,000 jobs.

The decision ends an intense competition between North American cities to become “HQ2”for Seattle-based Amazon and reap the promise of 50,000 new jobs. Some locations tried to stand out with stunts, but Amazon made clear that it really wanted incentives, like tax breaks and grants. The company received 238 proposals before narrowing the list to 20 in January.

The communities to become homes to a pair of big, new East Coast bases for Amazon are both riverfront stretches of major met-

ropolitan areas with ample transportation and space for workers.

But there are plenty of differences between New York’s Long Island City and Arlington in northern Virginia.

Set within eyeshot of the nation’s capital, the eastern edge of Arlington is a thicket of 1980s-era office towers trying to plug into new economic energy after thousands of federal jobs moved elsewhere.

Rapidly growing Long Island City is an old manufacturing area already being reinvented as a hub for 21st-century industry, creativity and urbane living.

A look at two communities that beat out the fierce competition on Amazon’s list.

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dress Long Island City’s packed schools, street design and a sewage system that groans in heavy rain. But those projects will just catch up with current needs, says area City Councilman Jimmy van Bramer.

“I know that there are a lot of people cheerleading for this, but HQ2 has to work for Queens and the people of Queens. It can’t just be good for Amazon,” says van Bramer, a Democrat.

Once a bustling factory and freight-moving area, Long Island City saw many of its plants and warehouses closed as manufacturing shriveled in New York City.

The neighborhood’s rebirth began in the 1980s, when officials broached redeveloping a swath of the waterfront, while artists were drawn by warehouse spaces, affordable rents and a building that is now the MoMA PS1 museum.

Silvercup Studios — where such TV shows as “Sex and the City,” ‘’30 Rock” and “The Sopranos” have been filmed — opened in 1983.

Long Island City gained a new commercial stature, and the start of a high-rise skyline, when the banking giant now called Citi opened an office tower there in 1989. But the area’s growth lately has been driven by residential building.

Some 9,150 new apartments and homes have been built since 2010, more than in any other New York City neighborhood, according to the city Planning Department . Thousands more units are in the works.

New York has striven for nearly a decade to position itself as a tech hotspot.

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It’s already the fastest-developing neighborhood in the nation’s most populous city, and Amazon could pump up the volume in this buzzy part of Queens.

The neighborhood stands to burnish New York City’s reputation as a tech capital. Landing Amazon could also cement Long Island City’s transformation from a faded manufacturing zone to a vibrant, of-the-moment enclave of waterfront skyscrapers, modernized warehouses and artsy-tech ambience across the East River from midtown Manhattan.

“I joke that we’re experiencing explosive growth 30 years in the making,” says Elizabeth Lusskin, president of the Long Island City Partnership, a neighborhood development group.

But Long Island City also has been straining to handle its growth.

Days before the Amazon news emerged, the city announced a $180 million plan to ad- See AMAZON, page C2

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Walmart announced Monday the start of the Military Spouse Career Connection, an effort to recruit and hire military spouses. Walmart says the initiative complements an effort it launched in 2013 to hire 250,000 military veterans by 2020, a goal the company says it’s on track to surpass next year.

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Global theme park industry has smallest growth in 5 years Orlando, Fla. An industry group says the global theme park market grew 5 percent last year, but it was the smallest growth in the past five years. A report produced for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions says the global theme park business was a $45 billion industry in 2017. The report says there has been slowing expansion in the Americas and Asian markets. Most of the global gains in revenue will come from attendance gains, which the report says is expected to grow 3.8 percent a year over the next several years. The report says the Asia-Pacific region will account for almost two-thirds of the global growth in attendance. The report was released at the trade group’s annual convention in Orlando, Florida on Monday.

Amazon plans flights, package-sorting operation at airport Wilmington, Ohio Amazon says it will open an operation at an Ohio airport that will include daily flights and a package-sorting facility.

Amazon’s statement Monday said the operation to open in 2019 at Wilmington Air Park in southwest Ohio will provide more capacity as the company continues to build out its central air hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

An Amazon spokeswoman says the company leases space at existing airports for its Amazon Air planes and for operations that include loading and unloading customer packages to and from planes and trucks and sorting packages based on destination.

The company isn’t releasing details yet on the number of jobs or flights involved. JobsOhio President John Minor said in Amazon’s statement that the operation will boost Wilmington Air Park’s value for future job creation.

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Dr. Gary L. LeRoy, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, left, presents Dr. Kendall Campbell, interim senior associate dean for academic affairs at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, an award celebrating Brody’s track record of producing family physicians.

ECU’s Brody School of Medicine recognized nationally for family physician program In the midst of a primary care physician shortage in the U.S., ECU takes the lead in training family physicians to treat underserved populations across the state

By Emily Roberson North State Journal GREENVILLE, N.C. — No other medical school in North Carolina – and only one other in the nation – has produced a higher percentage of family physicians in the last decade than the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, according to officials from two prestigious organizations.

Officials from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP) announced and celebrated this achievement during a visit to Brody last week.

“Brody has a wonderful track record of not only recruiting young people who are interested in practicing medicine, especially in underserved and rural areas, but also leading the nation in the percentage of ECU graduates who are actually going to go into primary care,” said Dr. Gary L. LeRoy, president-elect of the AAFP. According to the AAFP, the United States is struggling with a shortage of primary care physicians that is expected to worsen to a deficit of more than 33,000 primary care physicians by 2035.

In North Carolina, experts project the state’s population will grow by 2.1 million new residents

by 2035, while the rising number of physicians reaching retirement age and an uneven distribution of doctors across the state could create a dire health care shortage in many areas.

Over the last 10 years, however, 18.8 percent of Brody graduates entered family medicine residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). AAFP officials said only one other allopathic medical school in the U.S. – the University of North Dakota, at 18.9 percent – had a higher percentage during that time.

ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton said the recognition from the AAFP and the NCAFP further emphasizes the successes of both the university and Brody in meeting a shared mission to serve the residents of North Carolina.

“Brody is committed to recruiting and training future physicians who are passionate about improving the health of North Carolinians, particularly those in rural and underserved areas,” Staton said. “Not only are we meeting this mission, this recognition from such distinguished organizations is proof that Brody is a model for others to follow.”

Approximately 50 percent of Brody graduates are currently practicing in North Carolina, which is a much higher percentage than graduates from any of the state’s other medical schools.

The school consistently ranks in the top 10 percent of U.S. medical schools for graduating physicians who practice in-state, practice primary care and practice in rural and underserved areas.

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“Brody is committed to recruiting and training future physicians who are passionate about improving the health of North Carolinians, particularly those in rural and underserved areas.”

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example of how you recruit these young people to the specialty of family medicine,” LeRoy said.

“ECU recruits from North Carolina, and these are individuals who are actually going to stay in North Carolina. They know what the needs are of this state and they are really excited about serving their state.”

LeRoy presented Dr. Kendall Campbell, Brody’s interim senior associate dean for academic affairs and associate dean for diversity and inclusion, an award celebrating Brody’s track record of producing primary care physicians. The award included the following message from current AAFP President Dr. John Cullen: “This achievement reflects your dedication to your mission to increase the supply of primary care physicians for the state, to improve the health of citizens in eastern North Carolina and to enhance the access of minority and disadvantaged students to a medical education,” Cullen wrote.

AMAZON from page C1 $5.8 billion into New York-area startups last quarter, more than any other region except the San Francisco area, according to the consulting and accounting firm PwC . Established tech giants, including Google and Facebook, have been expanding their New York footprints.

Still, landing HQ2 represents “incredible validation of just how far New York has come,” says Jonathan Bowles, executive director of the Center for an Urban Future think tank.

Waiting for a subway, Long Island City community board chairwoman Denise Keehan-Smith could envision Amazon benefiting the neighborhood.

“But I think we have to be careful about it,” she said.

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This Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, photo shows a view of Washington from a revolving restaurant in Crystal City, Va. If any place in the U.S. is well positioned to absorb 25,000 Amazon jobs, it may well be Crystal City which has lost nearly that many jobs over the last 15 years.

If any place in America can absorb 25,000 Amazon jobs without disruption, it may well be Arlington, Virginia, where nearly that many jobs have vanished over the last 15 years.

The Crystal City/National Landing neighborhood in Arlington County is bounded by the Potomac River and the nation’s capital on one side, by the Pentagon on another and Reagan National Airport on a third.

Despite its prime location and abundant transportation options, the neighborhood has been hit by a massive outflow of jobs. The

Patent and Trademark Office began moving more than 7,000 jobs out of the area in 2003. In 2005, the Defense Department announced plans to move roughly 17,000 jobs elsewhere as part of a base realignment.

Arlington County has worked hard to bring in new employers, and had some success. The Public Broadcasting Service moved its headquarters to Crystal City in 2006.

Still, large swaths of the neighborhood remain vacant. Among other challenges, the area has

fought to overcome a reputation for outdated architecture.

This part of the Arlington community is populated by ‘70s and ‘80s-era office buildings. The buildings are connected by a network of tunnels populated with food-court style dining options, hair salons and newsstands. The tunnels leave the ground-level outdoor streetscape sometimes looking empty.

Brookings Institution urban planner Jenny Schuetz suggested the buildings may require an upgrade, or even replacement.

This recognition from AAFP and NCAFP officials was a significant honor for the entire Brody community, Campbell said.

“We believe that Brody is setting the stage for primary care and family medicine,” Campbell said. “I think this recognition is a message to our community, students and faculty that we are about the business of mission.

We are improving health care for the citizens of North Carolina, and this is evidence of our success.”

Campbell said Brody is providing physicians to meet the needs of patients, families and communities throughout eastern North Carolina while remedying health disparities in the region.

“We’re talking about improved health outcomes, and that can be translated into dollars saved. It can be translated into healthier people at work and healthier people in our communities,” he said.

Hannah Smith, a second-year medical student from Mount Pleasant, said she chose to attend Brody because she has always wanted to be a family physician and she knew the school’s mission was to prepare primary care physicians to serve in North Carolina.

The recognition from the AAFP and NCAFP is a source of pride for Brody’s students, Smith said.

“At Brody we want to train physicians to give the best care that they can for all the populations in North Carolina,” she said. “To have a national organization here saying we’re doing an excellent job and we’re excelling means a lot and lets us know that we’re doing something right.”

But she noted that while people often associate tech companies with converted lofts or state-ofthe art workspaces, many big Silicon Valley tech companies actually work out of ‘80s-era office buildings.

For all the talk about antiquated architecture, people who’ve actually worked in this almost-D.C. neighborhood appreciate its convenience and its worker-friendly features, including the tunnels.

“I loved it here,” said Christine Gentry of Greenbelt, Maryland, as she ate breakfast in a largely empty food court. She works for the Patent and Trademark Office and preferred the days when her office was in Crystal City.

“Everything is accessible here,” she said. “When it was raining or snowing or sleeting, I never had to go out.”

Perhaps no place better illustrates the vibe of an official Amazon hub than the region’s only revolving restaurant, the Skydome atop the Doubletree Crystal City.

Diners enjoy a panoramic view of the D.C. skyline, completing a full rotation every 47 minutes.

Sam Getachew, the hotel’s food and beverage manager, said the restaurant fits the neighborhood’s retro atmosphere.

“It’s huge draw,” Getachew said. “People come for the curiosity of it.”

The only downside, he said, is that “when customers get up to go to the restroom, they don’t know where they are when they come back.”

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entertainment

UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIA AP

This file image released by Universal Pictures shows the characters Cindy-Lou Who, voiced by Cameron Seely, left, and Grinch, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, in a scene from “The Grinch.” “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” made off with $66 million for Universal Pictures to top the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates Sunday, Nov 11, 2018.

‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ makes off with $66M at box office

By Andrew Dalton The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — You’re a mean one — and you’re No. 1 — Mr. Grinch.

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” sledded past mixed reviews and made off with $66 million for Universal Pictures to top the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Last week’s top film — Queen

biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” — dropped to second for 20th Century Fox with a $30.8 million weekend that brings its overall take to $100 million.

Illumination, the Universal-owned animators behind the “Despicable Me” franchise, produced the latest interpretation of Seuss’ 1957 book that led to a 1966 TV special and first came to the big screen as a live-action feature starring Jim Carrey in 2000.

Paramount Pictures’ war-zom-

After musical courtship, Mumford & Sons net perfect producer

By Mesfin Fekadu The Associated Press NEW YORK — Ever been on a blind date with a rock star? How about four of them?

That was Grammy-winning producer Paul Epworth’s experience when he initially met up with Mumford & Sons to see if he and the four rockers could vibe, and possibly create not just music, but magic together.

“It was all a bit like a series of blind dates to see how we hit it off. It took us a couple of sessions before we found out what the best method was. The chemistry felt really good all throughout the process,” Epworth said.

“We went on a couple of dates,” said band leader Marcus Mumford. “We did sessions before Christmas, which led to pretty much the final version of the song called ‘Slip Away,’ which is on the record. And we just felt like he was exactly the person we needed to help steer this ship for this fourth record. And we’ve never enjoyed recording more.”

The result is the 14-track “Delta,” to be released Friday.

The band started writing new music after the album “Wilder Mind” was released in 2015, even though one of the “Delta” songs is six years old. Mumford said they tried to rework the old track “about 400 times.”

“It’s called ‘Forever’ — ironically,” he said.

“It wasn’t called ‘Forever’ before. After the 600th time,” chimed in Winston Marshall, who plays banjo and electric guitar.

Epworth was part of the solution. The band says when they didn’t know what to do, he did.

“They were open to giving me a bit of space to run with stuff (and) try out what I had in mind,” Epworth said. “It definitely made me feel like I was essentially a fifth member of the band.”

The London group said they were familiar with Epworth’s work — the producer is best known for crafting Adele’s monster hit “Rolling in the Deep” and also winning an Oscar with the British vocalist for the James Bond theme song, “Skyfall.” Epworth’s credits also include songs with Coldplay, Florence + the Machine, U2, and Foster the People as well as lesser known acts such as Glass Animals, Bloc Party and Plan B. Markus Dravs produced the band’s 2009 debut, “Sigh No More,” and its follow-up, 2012’s “Babel,” which won the album of the year Grammy. Both records reached multi-platinum status and launched hits on the pop and rock charts. “Wilder Mind,” produced by James Ford, still had rock hits but only went gold.

Epworth’s fifth member status proved invaluable for “Delta,” mainly recorded at Epworth’s The Church Studios in London. “(Paul) would just come back one day and be like, ‘That is not your upbeat rock song. That is your downbeat piano ballad. We’d be kind of just blindsided by the moments of sheer visionary,” said Marshall.

“Especially for a band of four collaborators — to have that person to help, decision-tie-breaker, those sort of moments (are important),” Marshall added. “If it were to be that we kind of fell out with our producer, it would be fine because we could leave the situation. If we fall out with each other, we’ve got a major problem.

Luckily that’s been something we’ve been able to avoid.”

The songwriting process for each track varies — each of the band members work on songs individually and then bring them to the group.

Mumford said over the years he’s learned how to be a better team player and let everyone’s voice be heard.

bie hybrid “Overlord” was third in its first weekend with $10.1 million. Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” brought in $9.5 million and finished fourth in its second week. The weekend’s other major debut, “The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” made just $8 million and finished fifth.

Illumination’s “Grinch,” narrated by Pharrell Williams, gives the title character, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, a backstory in an orphanage and fills out the

“In the old days there was a sliver of immediacy and I think a slight immaturity, creatively. ... If someone else had a different idea, I personally had less patience for it than I do now,” he said. “Now, I trust these guys’ creative instincts so much. If they’ve got a different idea (and) it doesn’t chime with me straight away, I’m intrigued to see where it goes.”

One of the ideas that came from multi-instrumentalist Ben Lovett was “If I Stay,” a beautiful, building rock song, where the string arrangement and orchestra shine brightly. Lovett said he wrote the song “in a dream that I had whilst I was going through a bunch of stuff.”

“I was halfway between grappling with a divorce but also being in a new relationship,” he continued. “The song questions a lot about commitment and about the power of commitment.”

Personal experiences are what drove the overall songwriting behind the album, bassist Ted Dwane said.

“We write autobiographically.

A lot has happened to us in our personal lives in the past few years and the overriding theme felt like entering the world,” Dwane explained. “It felt like leaving the security of youth and innocence and manning up, basically.”

Mumford & Sons, who formed in 2007 and started out as a live band, will get a chance to showcase the new songs on their 60date “Delta” Tour, which kicks off in Dublin on Nov. 16 and lands in the U.S. on Dec. 7 in Philadelphia.

They said another way they were inspired to write new songs came from listening to other artists’ music in the studio.

“We’ll constantly be introducing each other to new music like, ‘Listen to this song here’ and we’ll turn it up loud,” Mumford said.

“Wins and I once had a very late, quite drunken night in London, demoing for the previous album where we listened to (Don Henley’s) the ‘Boys of Summer’ about five times really loud and then tried to record our own. We called it ‘Lads of Summer.’ It’s a monstrosity. We should have put it on the record though.”

“Maybe on the next one,” Marshall said. “By the way, I (expletive) love that song.”

story of his foil Cindy Lou Who. It’s the second Seuss adaptation for Illumination. Its version of “The Lorax” opened with a comparable $70 million weekend and went on to gross $348.8 million worldwide.

“The Grinch” was widely expected to be No. 1 with few other major openings this weekend, but it surpassed projections that had it bringing in closer to $60 million, continuing what’s become a trend in 2018. “‘The Grinch’ is just the latest in a string of over-performers,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. “‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was bigger than expected, ‘A Star Is Born’ was bigger than expected. It’s fueling a box-office surge.”

The industry has reached a cu-

mulative box office total of $10 billion faster than in any other year, Dergarabedian said.

The Christmas theme of “The Grinch” could sustain it through the holidays and Universal hopes it has a longer life than that.

“With Thanksgiving coming, we’re poised to have a great run through that,” said Jim Orr, president of domestic distribution for Universal. “Illumination’s created such a classic take on this beloved character that audiences will be enjoying it for a really long time.”

But big rivals loom soon, including “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” next week and “Ralph Breaks The Internet” on Nov. 21.

“We’ve got a lot of competition coming up for family audiences,” Dergarabedian said.

Trump says 7 to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump has announced his first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and they include the wife of a major Republican Party donor, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth.

Trump will also posthumously recognize the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Medals are going to Miriam Adelson, a doctor and wife of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a Republican donor; Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, who is retiring after more than 41 years in the U.S. Senate; former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach and Alan Page, who began a legal career after leaving the NFL. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest honor for a civilian.

STEVE KARNOWSKI | AP PHOTO | FILE

In this Jan. 11, 2018 photo, Alan Page, NFL Hall of Famer and retired Minnesota Supreme Court justice, stands in Minneapolis, by a photo of black babies labeled “Alligator Bait.”

Aerosmith’s Perry hospitalized after jamming with Billy Joel The Associated Press NEW YORK — Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has been hospitalized with breathing problems that began after a guest performance with Billy Joel in New York.

Perry’s publicists said in a statement Sunday that the musician is alert and responsive in the hospital and is expected to return to the road later this month.

The statement says Perry felt

short of breath after the performance at Madison Square Garden. It adds paramedics backstage gave Perry oxygen and used a tracheal tube to clear his airway before taking him to the hospital.

Perry had to cancel a Sunday appearance at a rock fantasy camp in Florida.

The 68-year-old Perry had joined the 69-year-old Joel on stage for a rendition of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way.”

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TAKE NOTICE 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 28, 2018 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 25, THE MILLS, Phase 1, Map 8, according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 68, Pages 9-12, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, 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 2142 Grist Mill Drive Southwest, Concord, NC 28025.

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 Lawi Langat and wife, Prudensia I. Zamora.

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.

sales, at 12:00 PM on November 19, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 112 of Hallstead, Phase 1, Map 2 as the same is shown on a map thereof, recorded in map book 54, page 6, (sheet 1 of 2), Cabarrus County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 752 Bartram Avenue, Concord, 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.

cation designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 19, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 138 of SOUTHERN CHASE, Phase 3A, as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 33 at Page 81 in the Cabarrus County, NC Public Registry; reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description thereof. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2998 Champion Lane, Concord, 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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uated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in the City of Concord, Number Twelve (12) Township of Cabarrus County, North Carolina on the West side of Ann Street, Northeast, and BEING all of Lot Number NINE (9) of the R.W. Allison Property, as surveyed and platted, a copy of which plat is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, in Map Book 1, Page 60. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 347 Ann Street, Northwest, Concord, 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: 1243434 (FC.FAY)

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following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in Number 4 Township, Cabarraus County, North Carolina, on the north side of Raintree Circle (formerly Rainbow Circle) and being Lot Number 81 in the subdivision of SPRING VALLEY as surveyed and platted a copy of which plat is filed in the office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County in Map Book 14, page 48, to which reference is hereby made for a complete description by metes and bounds; subject to the right-of-way for Raintree Circle as shown on said recorded plat; and subject to protective covenants dated December 27, 1971 and recorded in Deed Book 426, page 497. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6107 Raintree Circle, Concord, North Carolina.

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.

BEGINNING at a nail in the centerline of Lambert Road (said Beginning point being North 34 East 413.0 feet from a number 6 rebar) and runs thence North 34 East 25.34 feet to a new iron pipe in the Northeastern edge of the right of way of Lambert Road, a corner of Johnsie H. Byrd, and runs with the line of Byrd, North 34 East 281.35 feet to a new iron pipe (said iron pipe being South 34 West 65.13 feet from an existing number 5 rebar); thence South 56 East 154.89 feet to a new iron pipe; thence South 34 West (passing a new iron stake in the Northeastern edge of Lambert Road at 285.77 feet) 311.64 feet to a new iron pipe near the centerline of Lambert Road; thence with Lambert Road North 54-10-01 West 154.97 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 1.10 acre, more or less, as surveyed and platted by Rodrick Allen Sutton, R.L.S., December 13, 1996; Subject to the Right of Way for Lambert Road. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3015 Lambert Road, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina.

For back reference, see Book 8361, Page 217, Cabarrus 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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ed 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 28, 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 2313, Bldg. One in a subdivision known as WOODLAND VILLAGE TOWNHOMES OF BUILDING ONE AND TWO and the same being duly recorded in Book 121, Page 90, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2313 Bentridge Lane, Fayetteville, NC 28304.

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 expira-

tion 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 Thomas M. Gonzales.

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.

tion and as shown on the Plat(s) and Plan(s) recorded August 25, 2011 in Condominium Book 0008, Pages 0086 through 0126, inclusive, in the Cumberland County Registry [including but not limited to any Limited Common Elements appurtenant to such Unit] (hereinafter referred to as “Unit 2-48”); and

21.23.

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

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

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

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that

the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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CABARRUS 18 SP 543 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 Lawi Langat and Prudensia I. Zamora a/k/a Prudensia Zamora to Purser & Glenn, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated November 22, 2016 and recorded on November 22, 2016 in Book 12239 at Page 0075, 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 substi-

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jason Bavord Franklin and Rhotarus Olitia Rice Franklin to McMillan & Terry, P.A. - Shannon Proctor, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of January, 2013, and recorded in Book 10359, Page 360, in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Charlene M. Boyce and Mario A. Gittens, (Mario A. Gittens, deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Charlene M. Boyce) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of May, 2008, and recorded in Book 08259, Page 0330, and Modification in Book 11918, Page 0085, in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary lo-

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lyle Therriault to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of November, 2007, and recorded in Book 7940, Page 236, in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 19, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate sit-

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Donald D. Wiser, Charlene Wiser, Dale A. Wiser and Clara Jo Wiser, (Dale A. Wiser, Deceased) to Forquer & Green, Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of October, 2001, and recorded in Book 3482, Page 161, in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 19, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by William L. Barnes aka William Barnes and Cheryl L. Barnes aka Cheryl Barnes (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): William L. Barnes and Cheryl L. Barnes) to Howard S. Irvin, PA, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of February, 2009, and recorded in Book 8572, Page 43, in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 19, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described

CUMBERLAND 18 SP 1225 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 Thomas M. Gonzales to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), which was dated June 13, 2008 and recorded on June 18, 2008 in Book 07917 at Page 0573, 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 direct-

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael V. Rudden to Louis W. Jennings, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of June, 2003, and recorded in Book 6151, Page 552, and Hypothecation Agreement in Book 8762, Page 288, 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 November 26, 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: First: Being all of Unit 2-48 of CLIFFDALE COTTAGES CONDOMINIUM established by the Declara-

For back reference see Deed Book 765, page 306.

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

as follows: Lying and Being in Number Eight (8) Township of Cabarrus County, North Carolina on the Northeast side of Lambert Road, adjoining the property of Johnsie H. Byrd and others, and being more fully described as follows: OLD DESCRIPTION

Second: That certain Allocated Common Element Interest appurtenant to the above described Unit 2-48 in the Common Elements of CLIFFDALE COTTAGES CONDOMINIUM, including the Buildings and Improvements on the Property, said Common Elements, Buildings and Improvements being described in the Declaration and on the Plat(s) and Plan(s), subject however to the rights set forth and reserved unto the Declarant in the Declaration, together with a right of ingress to and egress from Unit 2-48 and the right to use, for all purposes, in common with any and all other Owners and occupants from time to time, any and all portions of CLIFFDALE COTTAGES CONDOMINIUM, designated by the Declaration or the Plat(s) and Plan(s) as “Common Elements,” (hereinafter the “Allocated Common Element Interest”) Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 3108 Wisteria Lane, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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

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TAKE NOTICE 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on November 20, 2018, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 4, in the Subdivision Southland Pines Section 1, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 81 Page 71, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 409 Southland Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28311. Tax ID: 0530-32-1451 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 frac-

tional 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 Jonathan A. Weir and Gaeun Weir.

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 purchas-

er 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 21, 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 11, in a subdivision known as DEERFIELD, SECTION 4 and the same being duly recorded in book 54, page 41, Cumberland, county registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1301 Koinonia Drive, Spring Lake, NC 28390.

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 Andrew Dice.

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.

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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 265 Summerhill Subdivision Section 6 Part I and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 41 Page 62 Cumberland County Registry North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7114 Fillyaw Road, 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.

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berland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain parcel of land in Pearces Mill Township, Cumberland County, State of NC, as more fully described in Book 3935, Page 0317 ID#0425-34-9695, Being known and designated as Lot 30 on revised Plat of Lots 29-31 of Woodcroft Subdivision, filed in Book of Plats 81 at Page 189. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3362 Legion Road, Hope Mills, North Carolina.

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 no-

tice 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.

an iron pipe thence with the northern line of said Deed Book 3817, Page 556 South 75 degrees 36 minutes 22 seconds East 101.53 feet to an iron pipe, thence South 11 degrees 45 minutes 09 seconds West 494.87 feet to the point and place of beginning. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1235 Tom Starling Road, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

.55 acres, Rockfish Township. Beginning at an iron pipe on the northern right-of-way margin of Tom Starling Road (S.R. 2220), said iron pipe being the southeast corner of the land conveyed to William Luther Davis and wife, Susan Windsor Davis as recorded in Deed Book 2968, Page 577 Cumberland County Registry, and running thence North 69 degrees 42 minutes 23 seconds West 20.22 feet to an iron pipe, thence North 11 degrees 45 minutes 09 seconds East 326.27 feet to an iron pipe, thence North 78 degrees 14 minutes 51 seconds West 79.07 feet to an iron pipe, thence North 11 degrees 39 minutes 43 seconds East 105.87 feet to an iron pipe in the Southern line of the land conveyed to William Luther Davis and wife, Susan Windsor Davis as recorded in Deed Book 3817, Page 556, Cumberland County Registry, thence North 69 degrees 49 minutes 33 seconds West 28.98 feet to an iron pipe, the southwest corner of said Deed Book 3817, Page 556, thence with the Western line of said Deed Book 3817, Page 556 North 35 degrees 30 minutes 12 seconds East 65.72 feet to

Containing 0.55 acres more or less and being all of the land conveyed to William Luther Davis and wife, Susan Windsor Davis as recorded in Deed Book 3817, Page 556 Cumberland County Registry and a portion of the land conveyed to William Luther Davis and wife, Susan Windsor Davis as recorded in Deed Book 2968J, Page 577 Cumberland 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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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 23, in a subdivision known as DEVONWOOD WEST, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 45, Page 43, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 150 Bunker Hill Road, 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 offi-

cers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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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 30, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: LYING and being in Randolph County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: BEING Lots 82, 84 and 86 and described and contained in a certain map, made by Trogdon CE which map is registered in the Register of Deeds of Randolph County in Book 1, Page 11, reference to which is hereby made for further description. Being part of the Hasty Property Division.

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

Said property is commonly known as 828 Powhatan Avenue, Asheboro, NC 27203.

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 Christina Perez and Alfonso Perez.

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

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

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

chaser will have no further remedy.

2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of that 1.166 acre tract being shown on survey entitled “Tammy Macon” and being recorded in Plat Book 112, Page 39, Randolph County Register of Deeds.

Manufactured Home: Serial Number: NCFL641AB8559-VO13 / Model: Vogue / Make: Fleetwood / Year: 2007 / Size 30 x 62 / Label/Seal No.: PFS-985724 & PFS-985725.

Being the same property conveyed to Tammy D. Macon and Ronald W. Macon, wife and husband, from Mandy Jane Gordon, unmarried, by General Warranty Deed dated August 3, 2007, of record in Book 2041, Page 1443 in the records for Randolph County, NC. Being a portion of the same property conveyed to Mandy Jane Swaney, from Gerta B. Cox, (Widow), by Deed dated May 21, 1981, of record in Book 1127, Page 136, in the records for Randolph County, NC. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 6648 Carl Cox Road, Bennett, NC 27208.

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 Tammy D. Macon and Ronald W. Macon.

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 pos-

session 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.

CUMBERLAND 18 SP 1268 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 Jonathan A. Weir and Jennifer Lynn Weir in the original amount of $118,000.00, payable to Secretary of Veterans Affairs, an Officer of the United States of America, dated March 15, 2012 and recorded on March 19, 2012 in Book 8855, Page 837, Cumberland 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

18 SP 1126 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 Andrew Dice to Jennifer Grant, Trustee(s), which was dated January 20, 2015 and recorded on January 22, 2015 in Book 09581 at Page 0023, 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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Homewood Properties, LLC to Susan R. Benoit, Trustee(s), dated the 11th day of July, 2016, and recorded in Book 9898, Page 495, 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 November 19, 2018

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Larry D. Edwards and Lovernia J. Edwards to KD Smith, Trustee(s), dated the 28th day of August, 2008, and recorded in Book 7976, Page 0214, 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 November 19, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cum-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1257

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sandra S. Morris and Alfred J. Morris, (Alfred J. Morris and Sandra S. Morris, deceased)(Heirs of Sandra S. Morris: Terrie Lynn Ammons, Annette Marie Morris aka Annette Morris, Alfred Lee Morris, Lisa Renee Morris aka Lisa R. Morris aka Lisa R. Young, and Connie Sue Adams aka Connie Adams) to Shapiro & Kreisman, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of July, 2007, and recorded in Book 7654, Page 0268, 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 November 19, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Rockfish, in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Land referred to in this commitment is described as

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1271

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Benjamin Lawson and Savannah Nowling to Francis B. Simkins, III, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of November, 2015, and recorded in Book 9764, Page 251, 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 November 19, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder

RANDOLPH 18 SP 161 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Christina Medina a/k/a Christina Perez and Alfonso Perez to Lawyers Title Realty Service, Trustee(s), which was dated March 24, 2008 and recorded on March 24, 2008 in Book 2070 at Page 526, Randolph County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 273 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ronald W. Macon a/k/a Ronald Macon and Tammy D. Macon to Heritage Title Services, Trustee(s), which was dated July 14, 2009 and recorded on December 4, 2015 in Book 2470 at Page 1347 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on July 27, 2009 in Book 01473, Page 0387, Randolph County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of 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 30,

Being the same fee simple property conveyed by Warranty Deed from Cumberland Building Company by J. Duane Gilliam, President to Larry D. Edward and Lovernia J. Edwards husband and wife, dated 03/09/1993 recorded on 04/02/1993 in Book 3935 Page 317 in Cumberland County Records, State of NC 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

all that certain property situated in the County of Cumberland, and State of NC and being described in a deed dated 05/30/1996 and recorded 06/05/1996 in Book 4502 Page 510 among the land records of the County and State set forth above, and referenced as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Fayetteville, Rockfish Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 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

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.: 18-07912-FC01

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: 1242303 (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.: 18-04746-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.: 16-10447-FC02

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TAKE NOTICE RANDOLPH AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 81

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ethel Jeanne Doring, (Ethel Jeanne Doring, deceased) (Heirs of Ethel Jeanne Doring: Michael Neil Doring, Mark John Doring, Mitchell Doring, Michelle Leigh White, Kathleen Nicole Doring and Unknown Heirs of Ethel Jeanne Doring) (Mitchell Doring, deceased) (Heirs of Mitchell Doring: Unknown Heirs of Mitchell Doring) to Atlantis National Services, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of December, 2012, and recorded in Book RE 2320, Page 1363, in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 27, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in

UNION 18 SP 112 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 Tomilayo Kadiri and husband, Greg A. Phillips to Trustee Services of Carolina, Trustee(s), which was dated July 30, 2007 and recorded on August 3, 2007 in Book 04646 at Page 381, 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

14 SP 897 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 James W. Martin and Erin Marie Martin to Adelita A. Shubert, Trustee(s), which was dated July 7, 2011 and recorded on July 8, 2011 in Book 05560 at Page 0783, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

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

17 SP 474 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 Joann P. Bartlett a/k/a Jo Ann Bartlett to Jovetta Woodard and Patricia Robinson, Trustee(s), which was dated June 27, 2006 and recorded on August 29, 2006 in Book 04281 at Page 0688 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on November 1, 2016 in Book 06809, Page 0826, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

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

17 SP 585 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 Wanda Chong Phillips and David A Phillips to David B. Craig, Trustee(s), which was dated December 14, 2005 and recorded on January 12, 2006 in Book 4039 at Page 023, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 426 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY

the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Grant Township, Randolph County, North Carolina and more particularly as follows:

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.

Assessor’s Parcel Number: 7698344151 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

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

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

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

Being the identical property as conveyed to Tommy G. Holevas and wife, Jerri K. Holevas on 9/20/2002 in Book 1921, Page 589 in the Union County Public Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1605 Seattle Slew Court, 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 Tomilayo F. Kadiri.

the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 30, 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 7 of Eastwood Subdivision, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet H, File 290A291, a revision of Plat Cabinet H, File 78-79, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1102 Eastwood Drive, Wingate, NC 28174.

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 James W. Martin and Erin Marie Martin.

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.

for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT REAL PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF UNION, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA:

rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Jo Ann Bartlett.

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.

BEGINNING at a point as evidenced by an iron at the junction of the northern side of Engleside Street with the eastern side of Spring Street (formerly Haywood Street); runs thence with the eastern edge of said Spring Street North 20 degrees West 100 feet to a point as evidenced by an iron; runs thence a common line with Henry S. Hall property North 78 degrees 38 minutes East 163.84 feet to a point in the centerline of Westwood Street as evidenced by a nail; runs thence with the centerline of said Westwood Street South 6 degrees 30 minutes West 82.8 feet to a point as evidenced by a nail; runs thence with the Northern edge of En-

gleside Street South 69 degrees 24 minutes West 125.05 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING and containing 0.29 acres as shown upon map of survey dated January 12, 1977, by Walter L. Gordon, R.L.S. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 514 Engleside Street, Monroe, NC 28110.

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,

house for conducting the sale on November 30, 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 33 IN BLOCK OF BRAXTON AT BRANDON OAKS MAP 3 AS THE SAME IS SHOWN ON A MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT CABINET D, FILE 634, UNION COUNTY REGISTRY. WHICH IS IN THE COUNTY OF UNION AND IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 117 Aylesbury Lane, Indian Trail, NC 28079.

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 David A. Phillips and wife, Wanda Chong Phillips.

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.

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: Land Situated in the City of Monroe in the County of Union in the State of NC

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

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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BEGINNING at an existing Iron rod in the Eastern right of way line of Osborn Mill Road (NCSR No. 2904) located 2,570 feet South of the centerline intersection of Osborn Mill Road and NCSR No. 2845, and being a common corner with Gary D. Goss as described in Book 1333, Page 1034, Randolph County Registry; thence from said beginning point along Goss: North 66 degrees 55 minutes 14 seconds East 61.23 feet to an existing Iron rod, North 27 degrees 57 minutes 41 seconds East 402.93 feet to an existing Iron rod and North 28 degrees 05 minutes 61 seconds East 74.93 feet to an existing Iron rod; thence along Roscoe B. McDonald as described in Book 1158, Page 175, Randolph County Registry by, and along the Centerline of a branch: North 62 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 39.74 feet, North 35 degrees 35 minutes 53 seconds East 101.15 feet, North 62 degrees 44 minutes 58 seconds East 65.17 feet, South 76 degrees 22 minutes 15 seconds East 35.80 feet, South 48 degrees 20 minutes 46 seconds East 61.26 feet, South 27 degrees 30 minutes 14 seconds East 84.84 feet, South 66 degrees 24 minutes 44 seconds East 73.37 feet, South 78 degrees 31 minutes 14 seconds East 109.72 feet, North 82 degrees 58 minutes 50 seconds East 43.51 feet, South 80 degrees 43 minutes 22 seconds East 148.75 feet, North 12 degrees 44 minutes 15 seconds West 106.55 feet, North 69 degrees 49 minutes 46 sec-

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 27, 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 203 in Providence Downs, Phase 3, Map 1, as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet G at File 459 in the Union County Public Registry.

Being the identical property as conveyed to Tomilayo F. Kadiri on 10/10/2005, in Book 3944, Page 457 in the Union County Public Registry.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THE GRANTOR BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 293, PAGE 724 UNION COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH DEED REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROPERTY. And being more scribed by metes and

particularly debounds as follows:

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kenneth R. Bowman, Jr. and Wanda Parker-Bowman to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), which was dated March 4, 2016 and recorded on March 8, 2016 in Book 06628 at Page 0645, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 30,

BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 129, COLONIAL VILLAGE, PHASE II, SECTION 1, AS SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT CABINET F, FILE 632, UNION COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION.

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particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situate in the County of Union, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Juanita K. Ellison to Genie Zebron, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of November, 2014, and recorded in Book 06338, Page 0759, 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 29, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more

THE PROPERTY ADDRESS AND TAX PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER LISTED ARE PROVIDED SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1504 Winthrop Lane, Monroe, NC 28110.

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

Being all of Lot 111 of Colonial Village, Phase Two, as the same is shown on a plat thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet F at File 632, in the Union County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1613 Sumpter 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

onds East 135.63 feet, and North 64 degrees 09 minutes 24 seconds East 146.51 feet; thence South 05 degrees 12 minutes 56 seconds West 1,211.05 feet to new iron rod; thence North 87 degrees 05 minutes 22 seconds West 1,089.80 feet to a new iron rod in the Eastern right of way of Osborn Mill Road; thence along said right of way line; North 02 degrees 54 minutes 38 seconds East 207.00 feet , North 05 degrees 00 minutes 59 seconds East 159.00 feet, and North 09 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds East 184.29 feet of the BEGINNING. Containing 25.00 acre and being the Northwest portion of that 126.160 acre tract described in Book 1631, Page 1535, Randolph County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3789 Osborn Mill Road, Asheboro, North Carolina.

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Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Aaron B. Anderson Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5710 Oleander Drive, Ste. 204 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 202-2940 Fax: (910) 202 2941 File No.: 18-01697-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.: 16-05483-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-10528-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-11037-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.: 18-07224-FC01

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TAKE NOTICE 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 19, 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 125, Westlake Village II Subdivision, Section 3, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1987, Page 758, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 7600 Pebblestone Court, 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 Robert J Mahlum.

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 usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 26, 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 379, PRINCETON MANOR SUBDIVISION, SECTION III, AS RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2004, PAGES 2145-2146, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1004 Cambridge River Court, 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 or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Kimithi L. Davis and Windy Davis.

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 no-

tice 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 November 27, 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 5 as shown on plat entitled, “Boundary Plat, Lots 4A and 5A, North Hills Subdivision,” recorded in Book of Maps 2006, Page 728, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 4833 North Hills Drive, Raleigh, NC 27612.

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 Croswell Roberson III and wife, Nina A. Roberson.

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 usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 26, 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 188A, Villages of Apex Subdivision, as shown on plat entitled “Villages of Apex PUD, Lots 184A & 184B - 190A & 190B”, as recorded in Book of Maps 2012, Page 562, Wake County Registry.

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

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

the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

Said property is commonly known as 980 Shoofly Path, Apex, NC 27502.

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 William Ray Godfrey, III and wife, Dawn Denise Gower-Godfrey.

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

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November 26, 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 3, Block 16, North Hills, as recorded in Book of Maps 1964, Page 31, Wake County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 517 Northbrook Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/se-

curity agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1399

tomary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 26, 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 3, Section 2, of Rangewood Subdivision, as depicted in Map Book 1964, beginning at or including Page 6. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 613 Maple 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.

customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 19, 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 16 Ansleigh Subdivision, Phase 2 as shown on plat thereof recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 1174, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4612 Silverdene Street, 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.

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WAKE 15 SP 2556 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 Robert J. Mahlum and Joanne H. Mahlum to Craig A. Williamson, Trustee(s), which was dated February 24, 2000 and recorded on March 1, 2000 in Book 008531 at Page 01830, 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-

10 SP 1512 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 Kimithi L Davis And Windy Davis to William R Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated February 28, 2006 and recorded on March 1, 2006 in Book 011839 at Page 02047, 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

17 SP 466 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 Croswell Roberson, III and Nina B. Roberson to Michael Lee Frazier, Trustee(s), which was dated September 7, 2007 and recorded on September 12, 2007 in Book 012747 at Page 02758 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on June 10, 2016 in Book 016416, Page 01379, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 2142 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 William R. Godfrey III And Dawn D. Gower-Godfrey to Karen Mawyer, Trustee(s), which was dated February 27, 2013 and recorded on February 27, 2013 in Book 015162 at Page 00037, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert W. LeMay Jr. and Taylor LeMay Jones, (Robert W. LeMay, Jr., deceased) to Robert T. Hedrick, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of November, 2014, and recorded in Book 015841, Page 01993, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Anthony J. Cromartie (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Sugar Tree Holdings, LLC) to Calder & McWilliam PLLC, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of May, 2006, and recorded in Book 11976, Page 2755, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the cus-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2043

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mikhail Palchey and Yelena Palchey (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Silverwood Capital, LLC) to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of June, 2003, and recorded in Book 010244, Page 00173, 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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Aaron B. Anderson Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5710 Oleander Drive, Ste. 204 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 202-2940 Fax: (910) 202 2941 File No.: 16-20474-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.: 10-04082-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Aaron B. Anderson Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5710 Oleander Drive, Ste. 204 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 202-2940 Fax: (910) 202 2941 File No.: 14-16852-FC02

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-09924-FC01

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