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The Bush family walks past the casket of former President George H.W. Bush as he lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

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GOP campaign committee reports ‘cyber intrusion’ Washington, D.C. The National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee says it was hit with a “cyber intrusion” during the 2018 midterm campaign and the breach has been reported to the FBI. In March, NRCC Chairman Steve Stivers said the committee has hired multiple cybersecurity staffers to work with its candidates and promised to do more.

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N.C. man pleads guilty murder-for-hire plot Matthews A North Carolina man could face a life sentence after admitting he tried to buy radioactive material in a murder-for-hire plot.

Authorities say 27-yearold Bryant Riyanto Budi of Matthews pleaded guilty Friday in federal court after hatching a plot to sprinkle a radioactive substance in an unidentified man’s food. Budi said the intended target had been extorting from him.

Court documents show Budi unwittingly contacted a covert FBI employee online while trying to buy radioactive material.

‘Walking Dead’ actor to adopt bonded donkey, emu Charlotte A North Carolina animal rescue group says that thanks to “The Walking Dead” actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, a donkey and an emu who’ve bonded with each other can stay together. Morgan plays the villainous Negan on the TV zombie thriller and adopted the pair, named Jack and Diane, on Tuesday. The donkey and emu were rescued together and become frantic when they are separated. They will roam free on Morgan’s Hudson Valley, N.Y., farm.

INSIDE NC elections board has a new chair, ahead of District 9 evidentiary hearing.

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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers watches the installation of a menorah outside the Tree of Life Synagogue before holding a celebration on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Holocaust survivors gathering for global Hanukkah ceremonies Ceremonies across the state, nation and world celebrate the Festival of Lights, while still honoring those lost

By David Rising The Associated Press ISRAEL — Hundreds of Holocaust survivors around the world marked the third night of Hanukkah on Tuesday, with menorah-lighting ceremonies paying tribute to them and the 6 million other Jews who were killed by the Nazis.

Initiated last year by the New York-based organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews persecuted by the Nazis, International Holocaust Survivors Night was expanded this year to include

Moscow, a nod to the large number of survivors who live in Russia and other former Soviet countries.

“The sense of Hanukkah is in our dear veterans who are present here today,” Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar said at the ceremony in the Jewish Community Center and Synagogue in Moscow. “These people have seen war, but never gave up.”

Other ceremonies were held in Berlin and Jerusalem, and planned later for South Orange, N.J., outside New York City.

Greg Schneider, executive vice president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, said that more than seven decades after the end of World War II it is more critical than ever to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive.

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A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING

Remembering President George H.W. Bush

By Donna King North State Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. — The youngest fighter pilot in the Navy at 18 years old, a decorated war hero, the son of a senator, the father of a president, CIA director, UN ambassador, vice president, and the 41st president of the United States…

The life of George H.W. Bush will be honored Wednesday in his funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Since his death Friday at age 94, Bush has been remembered by friends, family, political foes, colleagues and international leaders.

Queen Elizabeth, who knighted Bush in 1993 and was reportedly a distant cousin to the late president, called him “a patriot, serving his country with honor and distinction in office and during the Second World War.” “Here lies a great man,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is remarks at the Capitol on Tuesday. “A gentle soul. ... His legacy is grace perfected.”

His remains were transported from his adopted hometown of Houston on Monday by the Air Force One plane normally used by current President Donald Trump,

its name temporarily changed to Mission 41. He was carried to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until Wednesday morning. Americans lined up through the night on Monday and Tuesday to pay their last respects.

His family, led by former President George W. Bush, attended a service at the Capitol surrounded by mourners from Congress and the Trumps. Donald Trump saluted the casket of his commander-in-chief predecessor. On Tuesday, former Majority Leader Bob Dole, 95, was helped to stand from his wheelchair to offer a salute to Bush’s casket.

The younger Bush will deliver the eulogy at his father’s Wednesday funeral, as will Canada’s former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Among the many dignitaries expected to be in attendance with the Bush family Wednesday are the Trumps, former President Bill Clinton with his wife Hillary Clinton, Prince Charles and Michelle Obama.

In 1942, 18-year-old George Herbert Walker Bush was so moved by the attack on Pearl Harbor that he decided to quit college and enlist in the Navy, over See BUSH, page A2

NC GOP proposes bill to split elections and ethics into two boards Senate passes voter ID bill filling in amendment rules, sends to House

By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — Continuing the session started last week, the North Carolina legislature is considering major changes to elections laws.

One bill, proposed by House Rules Chairman David Lewis, will offer an alternative to resolve a longstanding legal battle with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper over the state elections board. Another, that was passed by the Senate Tuesday, will create rules for how the voter ID constitutional amendment, recently passed by voters, will be implemented.

A House bill filed late Monday would separate duties of the elections panel between a five-member board administering state elections and an eight-member board handling lobbying, ethics and campaign finance matters. Lewis (R-Harnett) told the North State Journal that it was necessary in light of recent accusations of blatant partisanship by the board chairman, referring to Andy Penry’s resignation after partisan social media postings.

“I believe in fair, independent and impartial Elections Board and Ethics Board,” said Lewis. “Due to the governor’s previous handpicked Elections Board chairman’s conduct while serving, I believe that we must strive to eliminate partisanship on the board and enSee ELECTIONS, page A2

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In this Aug. 20, 2018, file photo, police stand guard after the confederate statue known as Silent Sam was toppled by protesters on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Leaders of North Carolina’s flagship university are meeting to decide the fate of a Confederate monument torn down by protesters. The chancellor and trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were finalizing a plan Monday, Dec. 3, for the century-old bronze statue known as “Silent Sam.”

UNC proposes building for Confederate statue at campus edge ees, though at least one voted no.

The separate Board of Governors that oversees the statewide university system will have final say over the plan for the statue known as “Silent Sam.” The statewide board is expected to consider it at a meeting Dec. 14.

Folt proposed a site south of the university’s hospital and west of its basketball stadium to build a new history and education center that would house the statue that was torn down by protesters in August. Folt said the new building in the Odum Village area of campus would cost about $5 million. She said it was too early in the planning to discuss a timeta-

ble for construction.

The chancellor and several of the trustees said they would have preferred moving the statue off campus entirely, but they were restricted by state laws on Confederate statues and other monuments. That law sets strict criteria for moving such objects of remembrance, including that they are somewhere that’s similarly prominent and accessible to their original location.

“Silent Sam” had stood on a main campus quad from the time it was erected in 1913 until it was torn down by protesters who decried what they described as its racist origins.

The new building would also have room to hold classes and display other historical exhibits to contextualize the university’s history, Folt said.

The site was previously home to housing for graduate students and students with family. The university has been tearing down buildings there to prepare it for new phases of campus. The “Si-

lent Sam” plan identifies it as a growth area for the campus.

The proposal comes as Duke University announced that a building on its campus will be stripped of benefactor Julian Carr’s name. The university said its Board of Trustees on Saturday voted to approve removing Carr’s name from a building where the history department is located.

Carr was a Confederate veteran and tobacco magnate who gave land where part of Duke was built, helping facilitate the university’s move to Durham. He gave a speech at the 1913 dedication of the Silent Sam confederate memorial during which he spoke of whipping a black woman.

The school’s history professors filed a formal request to remove Carr’s name earlier this year. A special committee and President Vincent E. Price both recommended removing Carr’s name.

Duke said the trustees had chosen to restore the building to its original name, the Classroom Building.

survived 4½ years in the Nazis’ Gross Rosen concentration camp, said even though it was good to be among people with whom she had so much in common, the event was “not easy” for her.

She told The Associated Press it brought back memories of her parents, killed in Treblinka, a sister who was shot by the Germans and another sister who simply vanished.

“I was just a child then, 13 years old, I knew nothing of the world and I’d never been away from my parents,” said Bilas-Tenenberg, who turned 91 on Tuesday and has lived in Germany since 1961.

“I miss my mother always and even though I’m now old, I need my mother.”

At Jerusalem’s Western Wall,

the holiest place where Jews can pray, more than 250 survivors from across Israel lit candles at sunset after feasting on sweet Hanukkah treats and dancing to traditional Hebrew folk songs.

Colette Avital, chair of the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, said her own trauma hiding from the Germans as her family members were killed inspired her to promote Holocaust commemoration, a task she said grows in urgency every year as survivors advance in age.

“The people here are old and ailing and getting sicker,” she said.

“We have to celebrate them while we can.”

Shlomo Gewirtz, the vice president of the Claims Conference in Is-

rael, said that in the wake of reports of rising anti-Semitism in Europe, the international nature of the ceremony has taken on increased importance.

“We need to make sure more and more people remember,” Gewirtz said. “This event gives us hope — it’s an expression of overcoming the tragedy, bringing people from darkness into light.”

In Berlin, Charlotte Knobloch, a survivor and former head of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, also condemned the increasing anti-Semitism, pledging to those who perished in the Holocaust: “We are here and we are staying.”

“Many of you will never see the light of Hanukkah again,” she said.

“It is you who we remember.”

in his column. He was the man who sought a “kinder and gentler nation” and was the popular leader of a mighty coalition that dislodged Iraq from Kuwait.

The Persian Gulf War — dubbed “Operation Desert Storm” — was his greatest mark on history. In a January 2011 interview marking the war’s 20th anniversary, he said the mission sent a message that “the United States was willing to use force way across the world, even in that part of the world where those countries over there thought we never would intervene.

“I think it was a signature historical event,” he added. “And I think it will always be.”

After Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, Bush quickly began building an international military coalition that included other Arab states. After freeing Kuwait, he rejected suggestions that the U.S. carry the offensive to Baghdad, choosing to end the hostilities a mere 100 hours after the start of the ground offensive.

“That wasn’t our objective,” he said. “The good thing about it is there was so much less loss of human life than had been predicted, and indeed than we might have feared.”

But the decisive military defeat did not lead to the regime’s downfall, as many in the administration had hoped. He was de-

feated in his bid for re-election in 1993 by Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton.

History has marked Bush as a work-hard, play-hard leader with humanitarian vision. He held more news conferences in most months than his predecessor Reagan did in most years.

He called on Americans to volunteer their time for good causes — an effort he said would create “a thousand points of light.”

He became only the second president to see his son elected to the White House, when George W. was elected as the 43rd president of the United States.

Bush met his wife, Barbara, at a Christmas dance when they were teenagers. They were married for 73 years, becoming the longest-married couple in presidential history. He will be buried on Thursday beside her at his Presidential Library at Texas A&M University with their daughter, Robin, who died of leukemia in 1953 at age 3.

After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, when George W. Bush was president, Bush 41 wrote a letter of support to Bush 43, signing it, “Remember Robin’s words ‘I love you more than tongue can tell,’” he wrote. “Well, I do.”

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ELECTIONS from page A1 sure impartiality where possible.”

The governor’s party likely would hold three of the five positions on the proposed elections board. No party could hold more than half the seats on the lobbying, ethics and campaign finance board.

Judges in October struck down the latest version of a nine-member combined elections panel, saying the governor lacked the control warranted to him over an executive agency.

The bill also would repeal a commission that describes proposed constitutional amendments in writing.

In addition to this bill, H.B. 1117, the legislature is also considering a bill to fill in the rules around the newly approved voter ID law. The Senate introduced this bill, S.B. 824, last week and then passed it on Tuesday with a 32-11 vote on second reading. Three Democrats, Sens. Ben Clark, Don Davis and Joel Ford, voted with the majority.

The House received the bill and quickly assigned it to the House Elections and Ethics Law Committee, where it was amended and debated. In spite of adoption of amendments from both parties, there were some tense moments, especially around accusations of voter suppression.

Rep. Mickey Michaux

By Jonathan Drew The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL — Protesters blocked Franklin Street in demonstrations Monday night after the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees proposed moving the toppled Silent Sam monument into a new $5 million building on the outskirts of campus. Administration presented the proposal was an effort to balance security with strict state historical laws at a site a mile south of where the statue previously stood.

Chancellor Carol Folt presented it saying it was overwhelmingly approved by the campus trust-

HANUKKAH from page A1 “We owe it to you, to show you that we will not forget,” he told the group of several dozen survivors and relatives in Moscow. “The Hanukkah candles will serve as a reminder from here forward of the importance of preserving memory.

We have rebuilt many times in the past; we will never forget those lessons.”

In Berlin, several hundred survivors and relatives packed the German capital’s biggest Jewish community center for a dinner of turkey and rice, washed down with Manischewitz red, before lighting a menorah on stage.

Sara Bialas-Tenenberg, a native of Czestochowa, Poland, who

(D-Durham) said during the committee that, “The reason you are passing this bill is simply for voter suppression. There’s no doubt about it.” Michaux then mentioned the Three-Fifths Compromise and literacy testing as legal provisions that were illegitimate and were struck down like he believed this bill would be.

Multiple Republicans got up after Michaux to challenge his characterization of the bill. Rep. Michael Speciale (R-Craven) said, “I take offense when race is brought up and suppression is brought up, because that is the refuge of scoundrels when they have no debate.”

Rep. Jimmy Dixon (R-Duplin) assured his constituents that voter suppression had “zero effect” on his vote.

Rep. John Blust (R-Guilford) said he would be voting for the bill, but he agreed with a citizen during the public comments that it had been watered down and that the college ID portion was a weakness. Under the bill as amended, IDs from private colleges and UNC system schools would be accepted.

Blust said students should just say, “Hey, Siri. Where is the board of elections?” and then get one of the “free IDs” the state is offering.

After passing from the House Elections and Ethics Law Committee, the bill will likely be heard on the House floor at their 11 a.m. session on Wednesday.

BUSH from page A1 the objections of his parents Prescott and Dorothy Walker Bush. He moved quickly through the ranks, eventually being selected to be an officer. In September 1944, at age 20, he was shot down over the Pacific Ocean while completing a bombing run against a Japanese radio tower. Eight others who were shot down in that mission were captured and executed. Flying 58 missions, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery.

After the war, he resumed his education at Yale and married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Pierce.

When he returned from World War II, he found success in Texas oil fields, where he had settled down with his wife and first child, George W. They raised five children. His humanitarian work and political savvy helped change the landscape of Texas politics.

He won a seat in the U.S. House in 1966, and was appointed to be U.N. ambassador under President Richard Nixon, and later to head the Central Intelligence Agency under President Gerald Ford in 1975.

Elected vice president with President Ronald Regan in 1980, Bush won the White House by a landslide in 1988 with 40 states

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Demonstrators push charred car during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. Protesters angry about rising taxes clashed with French police for a third straight weekend and over 100 were arrested after pockets of demonstrators built barricades in the middle of streets in central Paris, lit fires and threw rocks at officers Saturday.

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France suspends fuel tax, but protesters vow to fight on Reversal comes after violent protests over the weekend lead to more than 400 arrests and 100 injuries in Paris

By Samuel Petrequin The Associated Press PARIS — The French government’s decision to suspend fuel tax and utility hikes Tuesday did little to appease protesters, who called the move a “first step” and vowed to fight on after large-scale rioting in Paris last weekend.

In a major U-turn for the government, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced in a live televised address that the planned increases, which were set to be introduced in January, would be postponed until summer.

The backpedaling by President

Emmanuel Macron’s government tried to calm the nation, coming three days after the worst unrest on the streets of Paris in decades.

“No tax is worth putting the nation’s unity in danger,” Philippe said, just three weeks after insisting that the government wouldn’t change course in its determination to wean French consumers off polluting fossil fuels.

But demonstrations continued around the country Tuesday.

Protesters wearing their signature fluorescent yellow vests kept blocking several fuel depots.

In the southern city of Marseille, students clashed with police outside a high school. And on a highway near the southern city of Aubagne, protesters took over a toll booth to let vehicles pass for free.

They put up a sign by the side of the road reading “Macron dictator.”

More protests were expected

this weekend in Paris.

“It’s a first step, but we will not settle for a crumb,” said Benjamin Cauchy, a protest leader.

Last weekend, more than 130 people were injured and 412 arrested in the French capital. Shops were looted and cars torched in plush neighborhoods around the famed Champs-Elysees Avenue.

The Arc de Triomphe, which is home to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and was visited by world leaders last month to mark the centenary of the end of World War I, was sprayed with graffiti and vandalized.

“This violence must end,” Philippe said.

Philippe held crisis talks with representatives of major political parties on Monday, and met with Macron, who canceled a two-day trip to Serbia amid the most serious challenge to his presidency since his election in May 2017.

On Tuesday, Philippe announced a freeze in electricity and natural gas prices until May 2019, and warned protesters against more disruptions.

“If another day of protests takes place on Saturday, it should be authorized and should take place in calm,” he said. “The interior minister will use all means to ensure order is respected.”

A soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Montpellier, scheduled for Saturday in Paris, was postponed after police said they couldn’t guarantee security there and at protests simultaneously.

The protests began last month with motorists upset over the fuel tax hike, but have grown to encompass a range of complaints, with protesters claiming that Macron’s government doesn’t care about the problems of ordinary people.

In all, four people have been killed and hundreds injured in clashes or accidents stemming from the protests.

Political opponents of the government called Philippe’s announcement Tuesday too little, too late.

“This decision should have been taken from the start, as soon as the conflict emerged,” said prominent Socialist figure Segolene Royal, a former candidate for president, adding: “The more you let a conflict fester, the more you eventually have to concede.”

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen tweeted that the delay in price rises was “obviously not up to the expectations of the French people struggling with precariousness,” and noted sarcastically that it is “surely a coincidence” that the price hikes will now come into effect a few days after EU elections.

Trump and Xi agreement buys time in trade war A trade agreement is announced between the U.S. and China to postpone or end tariffs while negotiators keep talking, but details remain unclear

By Paul Wiseman The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The dinner table diplomacy that Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping of China conducted over the weekend produced something as vague as it was valuable: an agreement to keep talking.

Forged over grilled sirloin at the Group of 20 summit Saturday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the economic ceasefire Trump and Xi agreed to Saturday night illustrated that the leaders of the world’s two largest economies can at least find some common ground, however tentative and ill-defined it might be. The truce pulled the United States and China back from an escalating trade war that was threatening world economic growth and had set global investors on edge.

However, a lack of detail on the agreement set markets into a dip Tuesday.

White House officials have struggled to explain whether China has really agreed to drop its 40 percent tariffs on U.S. autos. Trea-

sury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday on the Fox Business Network that China agreed to buy $1.2 trillion of U.S. products, but added, “if that’s real” it would close the trade deficit with China and said “we have to have a negotiated agreement and have this on paper.”

Still, analysts believe that what Trump and Xi achieved was the gift of additional time — 90 days, at least — to try to resolve the thorny and complicated issues that divide them. Most important among them, and perhaps the most intractable, is the U.S. argument that Beijing has deployed predatory tactics in a headlong drive to overtake America’s global supremacy in high technology.

Yet reaching a permanent peace will hardly be easy. The Trump administration asserts, and many experts agree, that China systematically steals trade secrets and forces the U.S. and other foreign countries to hand over sensitive technology as the price of admission to the vast Chinese market.

This year, Trump imposed an import tax of 25 percent on $50 billion in products, then hit an additional $200 billion worth of goods with 10 percent tariffs. Those 10 percent tariffs were scheduled to ratchet up to 25 percent on Jan. 1 if the United States and China failed to reach an agreement to at least postpone

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Trader Dudley Devine works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018.

Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street, following gains in overseas markets after the U.S. and China struck a 90-day truce in their trade dispute. that move.

In Buenos Aires, they did reach such an accord. Trump agreed to delay the scheduled U.S. tariff increase for 90 days while the two sides negotiate over the administration’s technology-related complaints. In return, China agreed to buy what the U.S. products mentioned by Mnuchin, to help narrow America’s gaping trade deficit with China. If the Chinese did eventually increase such purchases, it would be warmly welcomed in the U.S. Farm Belt, where producers of soybeans and other crops have been hurt by Beijing’s retaliatory tariffs.

Beijing cut import duties on foreign autos to 15 percent in July but added a 25 percent penalty for U.S.-made vehicles the following month in response to Trump’s tariff hikes.

But can China be trusted? Its contentious tech policies lie at the heart of its economic vision, and Beijing could prove reluctant to sacrifice its ambition, no matter what longer-term agreement with the United States it eventually reaches.

“Make no mistake about it: The issues that we have with China are deep structural issues, and you’re not going to resolve all of them in

90 days or even 180 days,” said Dean Pinkert, a former commissioner on the U.S. International Trade Commission and now a partner at the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed. The Trump administration is “going to have to decide how much progress they need in order to define it as a win.”

Even so, the Buenos Aires breakthrough may calm investors who worried about financial damage from the trade hostilities. Caterpillar, Ford and other U.S. corporate giants have complained that the higher Trump tariffs, if kept in place, would guarantee higher costs and lower profits.

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WEST TINT OF CORN: COUNTY NAMES: Facebook group working to give C: 0 outbreak spreads Benton Bold, Chickenpox every childSans a holiday gift from school to community M: 12 12pt.

Wilkes County More than 25,000 Facebook members Buncombe County have joined the group Wilkes Road The largest outbreak of chickenpox Y: 59.4 Alerts, which is being used to promote in North Carolina since a vaccine for a charitable idea by Wilkesboro’s the disease was introduced in 1995 K: 6 Eric Duncan. Local businesses and continues to spread in Asheville. The breakout began at Asheville Waldorf School, where at least 32 students came down with the disease. More than 100 of the school’s 152 students were not vaccinated. Four members of the community have now come down with chickenpox as well.

community members have joined Duncan, with the goal of making sure that every child in the county receives a Christmas gift this year. The program gave gifts to dozens of children last year, and already the group has gotten hundreds of toys donated this year.

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Rockingham County Kevin Scott Heffner entered a guilty plea to charges of inappropriate sex acts and sending nude photos to underage girls. The 48-year-old was sentenced to a minimum of 26 years in prison. Heffner was a pastor and principal of Victory Baptist Academy in Wentworth. He pled guilty to a total of 14 felony counts.

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Woman suffers severe burns after saving grandchildren

Jackson County Daniel Gregory Whelan led police on a four-county chase after he stole a bucket truck from Asheville’s MB Haynes Corporation. The 31-year-old Whelan led police on a chase through Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson and Swain counties, including a high-speed chase through at least one school zone, before finally crashing the truck, which at that point was running on rims, a mile from the Macon County line.

Caldwell County Julie Coots suffered second-degree burns to her arms and legs after she rescued her two grandchildren from a house fire in Hudson. The fire started when a spray can was punctured, igniting gas logs nearby. The fire destroyed the house, but not before Coots braved the flames to get her grandchildren to safety. A local pizza restaurant is donating 10 percent of sales to help the family recover.

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Wake County Sam Jones, a fourth-generation barbecue pitmaster, is opening a restaurant in Raleigh sometime next fall. Jones, who was a semifinalist for the James Beard award, presented to the nation’s top chef, has operated Sam Jones BBQ near Greenville since 2015.

The Raleigh restaurant will be his second location. Jones’ family opened the Skylight Inn in Eastern North Carolina in 1947, specializing in whole hog chopped barbecue.

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Duke removes Confederate vet’s name from campus building Durham County Duke University is renaming a building on campus to remove the name of a Confederate veteran and white supremacist. The building, which currently houses Duke’s history department, was previously known as the Julian Carr Building, named after the tobacco magnate who donated land and money to the school. The change came after the history professors filed a formal request. The building will now be known by its original name: The Classroom Building.

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Scotland County Brianna Nicole Stanley was arrested last week and charged with several felonies related to an illegal sexual relationship with a 12-year-old student.

The 23-year-old Stanley taught at Carver Middle School. The Scotland County public school district stated that she is no longer employed there.

A parent contacted the school with concerns over the relationship, leading to Stanley’s arrest on 14 felony charges.

Joshua Morris was arrested in La Grange last week in relation to an incident that caused a lockdown at North Lenoir High School. Morris was suspected of stealing an ATV from the school. Police found the vehicle in a nearby ditch, but during their search, found an abandoned car with a homemade explosive device inside.

Morris was charged with six felonies and two misdemeanors related to the theft, but it’s not clear if he was responsible for the explosive.

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Men arrested for robbing hurricane-damaged homes Duplin County Three people were arrested for breaking into homes damaged by Hurricane Florence in Kenansville.

Pink Hill’s Donald R. Page III and Ashley S. Dawson were charged with breaking and entering, while Benjamin Page was arrested on firearm, breaking and entering and larceny charges. The three were suspected in numerous break-ins at damaged homes. Police found stolen property in their vehicles and home.

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School gets $16K to replace storm-damaged band equipment Jones County Jones County Middle School received $16,000 to replace equipment for the school marching band that was destroyed in Hurricane Florence. A GoFundMe campaign raised $15,000, and the N.C. Foundation for Public School Children gave a $1,000 grant to cover the rest. The school just received new band equipment last year for the first time in 15 years. The entire building was damaged in the storm, forcing the students to temporarily relocate to the high school.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Governor Roy Cooper promoted the vice-chairman of the N.C. Board of Elections to chairman on Monday, in the wake of the resignation of its chairman and amid an investigation into ninth district absentee ballots.

Democrat Joshua Malcom, who initiated the ballot investigation, now leads the board, after last week calling to stop certification of the ninth district election results that placed Republican Mark Harris as the victor over Democrat Dan McCready.

The ninth congressional race was one of the most closely watched in the nation as donors from outside and inside the state poured millions into both campaign coffers, and Harris was named the winner in November by 905 votes.

Malcom takes the helm of the board when the previous chairman Andy Penry, appointed by Cooper in March, was forced to resign after making inflammatory comments about Trump on social media.

State law prohibits any member of the N.C. Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement from endorsing or denigrating a political candidate or referendum.

Under Malcom’s chairmanship the board will hold an evidentiary hearing on or before Dec. 21 about absentee ballots in the south-central 9th District.

The hearing will examine voting totals in other races in Bladen and Robeson counties, two of eight counties within the district.

In a statement, Cooper said Malcolm’s “leadership and experience will help ensure fair and honest elections.”

The governor also appointed another Democrat Monday to fill a vacancy on the nine-member board.

Bladen was also the only county in the

district where Harris won a majority of the mail-in absentee ballots in the general election. In the primary, Harris also won 96 percent of the mail-in ballots in Bladen on the way to his narrow victory over incumbent Robert Pettinger. A state board investigator took mail-in absentee ballot applications and envelopes from Bladen County the day after Election Day. Malcolm, a Democrat from Robeson County, which adjoins Bladen, said he was aware of “unfortunate activities that have been happening down in my part of the state, and I am not going to turn a blind eye to what took place to the best of my understanding.”

State Republican Party Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse said in a press conference on Saturday that there’s been no evidence made public that illegal conduct occurred. And Harris said late Friday that to date there was “absolutely no public evidence that there are enough ballots in question to affect the outcome of this race.”

In the meantime, the state Democratic Party is gathering affidavits from Bladen County residents, including one who said a woman came to their homes in September and October seeking to collect their absentee ballots.

“From what we’ve seen from these sworn affidavits, and we will learn more as the hearing is held, there appears to be election tampering, election rigging, election stealing,” Democratic Party Chair Wayne Goodwin told reporters.

Amid the controversy, the N.C. General Assembly is considering legislation to redesign the appointment process of the state board of elections after voters rejected the current plan in a constitutional amendment in November.

If lawmakers approve legislation currently in committee, Malcom may lose the board chairmanship to new appointees. See Elections Bill on page A1.

Cannabis Caucus starts discussions for a new year NSJ Staff RALEIGH — In Raleigh, a group of legislators formed what is being called a “Cannabis Caucus,” to push legislative ideas for loosening cannabis laws. The group, led by Rep. Kelly Alexander (D-Mecklenburg), reportedly held a meeting Nov. 26, but no legislators were able to attend. Still, Alexander says scheduling conflicts aren’t stopping their discussions.

Alexander has filed a bill in the state legislature to legalize medical marijuana and called for a “teach-in” on its use. He is drawing some support from Democrats in the House.

“Mostly we were talking about medical marijuana, but I am happy to keep hearing from people, I want to be representative of what my constituents were thinking,” Sen. Terry Van Duyn, representing Buncombe County,

told WLOS in Asheville.

Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medical use. Ten states also allow it for recreational use. However, marijuana remains illegal at the federal level and remains a Schedule I classification according to the Controlled Substances Act. North Carolina is among 16 states to have rejected medical marijuana but to allow CBD oil, which is derived from cannabis, for select ailments. It differs from THC in that it does not produce the “high” effect.

“I’m very much in favor of decriminalizing marijuana,” said Rep. John Ager (D-Buncombe), also in an interview with WLOS. In January when the new state legislature is sworn in, Republicans will remain the majority party, but did lose vetoproof majority in November elections.

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VISUAL VOICES

EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

Compromise and Public Service: President George H.W. Bush

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ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS about running for Congress even if you don’t know what you are doing, is you get to take pictures with the president of the United States and his vice-president if they are of your same party.

In 1984, I was running for Congress from NC-2, so every Republican candidate from across the country went to Washington for some training and briefing on the issues, whether you had a chance of winning or not, which I didn’t. NC-2 was a 91 percent Democrat and 9 percent Republican gerrymandered district.

They line you up and then announce you as “So-and-So from the Second Congressional District of North Carolina!” as if you are entering the king’s court, which you sort of are since it is the White House.

I first sat next to President Ronald Reagan who nodded his head as our picture was taken and said in exactly the same velvety voice you have heard a million times: “Weeeelllll, good luck to you, young man!”

I went around the corner where about 30 seconds later I found myself seated next to Vice President George H.W. Bush.

I told him I worked for a company called “Zapata Ind....” before he cut me off with a laugh and said: “That is a great company! Glad I started it!” thinking I was working for Zapata Offshore, an oil firm he started, not the bottling industry concern I was working for, Zapata Industries.

That is why he is seen in this picture slapping me on my knee.

Little did I know that I was getting photos of myself with two American presidents in the span of two minutes. George H.W. Bush went on to be the first sitting vice-president to directly succeed a president in the next election, rather than by death or resignation, since Martin van Buren succeeded President Andrew Jackson in 1836.

George H.W. Bush exemplified selfless servant-leadership at his very essence. He could have avoided service in World War II. He grew up in a family of privilege and pedigree in a patrician New England family.

He enrolled at age 18 to be the youngest aviator in the Navy.

For the same reasons, he “didn’t have to run” for public office. But he did; he ran for the U.S. Senate, served in Congress, was the Ambassador to China, was Ronald Reagan’s vice-president and then was elected President in 1988.

People say they want “compromise” and “leadership.” They got both in President Bush 41.

At the 1988 GOP Convention in New Orleans, then-Vice President Bush said these unforgettable words: “Read My Lips. No New Taxes.”

In 1989, OMB Director Richard Darman gave him the facts about the “alarming” and “looming” dangers of the then-unbelievable

$152 billion deficits “for as far as the eye can see.” Our annual federal budgets were roughly $1.2 trillion and our national debt held by the public was the “unmanageable” sum of $2.1 trillion.

We have $1 trillion annual budget deficits building on top of a $16 trillion national debt held by the public 30 years later — both of which are glaring testaments to the collective failures by everyone who has occupied the White House, Congress and the U.S. Senate since 2001.

President Bush 41 signed the 1990 Budget Enforcement Act (BEA) when he knew it would hurt his chances for re-election in 1992 because it violated his 1988 campaign pledge. The BEA established spending control for the 1990s and laid the foundation for the 1997 Budget Act. We had budget surpluses in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 and paid down $600 billion of national debt while the internet-fueled economy continued to grow.

Voters voted President Bush out of the White House in 1992. But he did the right thing and he knew it.

I miss the statesmanship and guts of leaders like President George H.W. Bush.

Sad to see such leaders go.

GUEST OPINION | NICOLAS LORIS

Unplug electric vehicle subsidies and let consumers decide

Congress is considering a larger package to revive and extend special tax breaks that use the tax code to pick winners and losers.

FRUSTRATED with General Motors Co.’s recent announcement of plant closures and layoffs, President Donald Trump said the administration is now looking at cutting at subsidies to the automaker, including for electric vehicles.

Good. Families should be empowered to purchase the car they want without nudging from Washington and the financial help of their fellow taxpayers.

Electric vehicle handouts subsidize the wealthiest Americans, and, despite their being advertised as a more “climate-friendly” option, they produce next to no climate benefit for the planet.

Trump does not quite have the power to cut GM’s current electric vehicles subsidies full stop. But he could play an important role in the future of the targeted tax subsidy.

Both federal and state governments have generous handouts for electric vehicles. The federal tax credit extends up to $7,500 and applies to the first 200,000 electric vehicles per manufacturer, and then a phaseout of the credit begins.

Tesla is in the phaseout period now, and General Motors Co. is close to hitting the 200,000 mark.

Congress is considering a larger package to revive and extend special tax breaks that use the tax code to pick winners and losers.

Some members want to include a permanent extension of the $7,500 tax credit and to lift the 200,000 cap. An unlimited subsidy would be a massively expensive bill for taxpayers and a win for cronyism that awards money based on preferential treatment, rather than the competitive process.

Furthermore, extending the subsidy would continue to take decision rights away from car buyers and leave them in the hands of the federal government.

The federal government uses a number of policy

levers to nudge (or force) consumers to use the technology or fuel source of its choice. Whether it’s a mandate to blend corn into our fuel supply or a government-backed loan for an electric vehicle company, each time the government presses its thumbs on the scales to direct investment, it disempowers consumers and impedes innovation.

Rather than extend the tax credit for electric vehicles, Congress should eliminate preferential treatment for all energy sources and technologies.

That way, innovative companies will be chasing after the preferences of consumers rather than the next handout from Washington.

Car buyers have a number of different reasons for purchasing a specific car or truck and may have different reason for purchasing alternative-fuel vehicles.

Families will be better served when Washington isn’t telling consumers what type of vehicle to buy and why, especially when politicians, bureaucrats, and other so-called “experts” get those justifications for switching to alternative vehicles flat-out wrong.

For instance, one alleged justification for switching from gasoline-powered vehicles to electric ones is the climate benefit. Earlier this year, The Guardian wrote, “Switching to electric cars is key to fixing America’s ‘critically insufficient’ climate policies.” The Obama administration included the adoption of electric vehicles as a way it was responsibly combating climate change.

But the numbers tell a different story. Jonathan Lesser, an economist and the president of Continental Resources, calculated the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from increased adoption of electric vehicles in a May 2018 study for the Manhattan Institute.

Lesser found that “electric vehicles will reduce them, compared to new internal-combustion

vehicles. But based on the [Energy Information Administration’s] projection of the number of new electric vehicles, the net reduction in carbon dioxide emissions between 2018 and 2050 would be only about one-half of 1 percent of total forecast U.S. energy-related carbon emissions. Such a small change will have no impact whatsoever on climate … .”

Similarly, according to recent data compiled by analysts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, “an electric vehicle in Germany would take more than 10 years to break even with an efficient combustion engine’s emissions.” Mining of materials for, and the manufacturing of, lithium-ion batteries is quite carbon dioxide intensive. Plugging into an electric grid powered by coal doesn’t help, either.

The fact that the emissions output is close to a toss-up goes to show how meaningless the climate abatement of switching to electric vehicles is.

January 2019 will bring a divided Congress and plenty of time for disagreement. But one issue that unites the far left and the far right is opposition to corporate cronyism. Electric vehicle subsidies are just that.

The subsidies accrue to carmakers and America’s wealthiest households, which can also afford an electric vehicle without any help from other taxpayers.

A good New Year’s resolution for the outgoing Congress and the new members should be a commitment to end corporate welfare. Not extending bad policies that pick winners and losers is a good place to start.

Nicolas Loris, an economist, focuses on energy, environmental and regulatory issues as the Herbert and Joyce Morgan fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

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COLUMN | L. BRENT BOZELL III AND TIM GRAHAM

Hollywood seeks revenge for Gary Hart He was expected to be the Democratic nominee in 1988 before those photos surfaced of him on the yacht Monkey Business with Donna Rice sitting on his lap.

HOLLYWOOD’S A BIT INCONSISTENT when the topic is the press. It was a righteous guardian of the truth against the Catholic Church in “Spotlight” and against Richard Nixon in “The Post.” But now, in the new movie “The Front Runner,” it is painted as the villain — when its target was Gary Hart.

He was expected to be the Democratic nominee in 1988 before those photos surfaced of him on the yacht Monkey Business with Donna Rice sitting on his lap. They surfaced after he challenged reporters to tail him and see he wasn’t cheating on his wife.

No matter. They still shouldn’t have blown the whistle on him.

The New York Times movie review explained that the film’s director, Jason Reitman, “depicts his hero as a man struggling to protect his privacy and that of his family against the predatory prurience of the news media.”

Was it “predatory prurience” when The Times and others pursued President Trump’s accusers? Or is that just for accusers of Democrats?

The journalist villains in the movie are based on real people who caused Hart’s 1987 collapse, like Miami Herald reporter Tom Fiedler. But one is a fictional, composite Washington Post reporter, instead of the “true” villain of legend, Post reporter Paul Taylor, who was roundly condemned for asking Hart, “Have you ever committed adultery?”

In Taylor’s 1990 book “See How They Run,” he quoted an anonymous “pen pal” who perfectly captured the Hollywood left’s mindset: “To have destroyed Richard Nixon, I applauded you. ... For what you did to Gary Hart, I damn you all to hell.”

The movie is based on a 2014 book by left-wing former New York Times Magazine political writer Matt Bai titled “All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid.” The Boston Globe book review summarized the theme: “Bai says what is obvious — that the Donna Rice furor irreparably hurt Hart — but he also says what is less obvious, and very wise: that it hurt us all.”

America was deprived of Hart, the brainy visionary, and was left instead with George H.W. Bush.

But there’s an enormous historical flaw in this logic. If caring about adultery was going to limit the talent pool in presidential politics, how do you explain these same media outlets straining to avoid causing any harm to Bill Clinton in 1992, lecturing the American people (as Time magazine did) to “grow up about sex”? Clinton was much more shameless than Hart.

To accompany this movie, the CBS program “Sunday Morning” interviewed Gary Hart, now 82 years old. Rita Braver polished the apple fiercely.

Hart became the front-runner “because of his visionary ideas.” Hart claimed, “I saw as early as anyone else the shift of the economic base of America from manufacturing to information and technology.”

Braver added: “You were actually worried that we were heading toward a war in the Persian Gulf and that nobody was trying to diffuse the situation, especially vis-a-vis terrorism ... Hart was considered brilliant but also a bit aloof.”

Hart lectured that forcing him out of the race in 1987 meant we would “get the kind of leaders we deserve,” adding, “You can’t have rules that were applied to me, applied to American politics, and get people of quality.” Braver didn’t ask if he thinks Clinton and former President Barack Obama were “people of quality.”

These sentiments were a strange posture for CBS, the network that aired the “60 Minutes” episode with Bill Clinton in 1992 in which he was questioned about “causing pain” in his marriage, and that recently aired Anderson Cooper’s sensationalistic interview with Trump-bashing porn actress Stormy Daniels.

One more thing: Who the hell cares about Gary Hart at this point anyway? Answer: some old leftists in Hollywood who didn’t get Camelot 2.0, and CBS, which just doesn’t get it, period.

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

Hugh Jackman stars in Columbia Pictures’ “The Front Runner.”

NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN

of voters nationwide believe that legal immigration is good for the U.S. but illegal immigration is bad

Miseducated or Stupid?

A RECENT Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51 percent of American millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country. Only 42 percent prefer the latter. Twenty-five percent of millennials who know who Vladimir Lenin was view him favorably. Lenin was the first premier of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Half of millennials have never heard of Communist Mao Zedong, who ruled China from 1949 to 1959 and was responsible for the deaths of 45 million Chinese people.

The number of people who died at the hands of Josef Stalin may be as high as 62 million. However, almost one-third of millennials think former President George W. Bush is responsible for more killings than Stalin. By the way, Adolf Hitler, head of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, was responsible for the deaths of about 20 million people. The Nazis come in as a poor third in terms of history’s most prolific mass murderers. According to professor Rudolph Rummel’s research, the 20th century, mankind’s most brutal century, saw 262 million people’s lives destroyed at the hands of their own governments.

Young people who weren’t alive during World War II and its Cold War aftermath might be forgiven for not knowing the horrors of socialism. Some of their beliefs represent their having been indoctrinated by their K-12 teachers and college professors.

There was such leftist hate for former President George W. Bush that it’s not out of the question that those 32 percent of millennials were taught by their teachers and professors that Bush murdered more people than Stalin.

Young people who weren’t alive during World War II and its Cold War aftermath might be forgiven for not knowing the horrors of socialism.

FRANK MASI | COLUMBIA PICTURES.

62%

WALTER E. WILLIAMS

EIGHTY-ONE PERCENT (81%) of voters nationwide believe that legal immigration is good for America. However, a ScottRasmussen.com national survey also found that 80% believe illegal immigration is bad.

When you put the numbers together, you find that 62% see a clear distinction between legal and illegal immigration. This majority perspective is often left out of the public debate when people are portrayed simply as pro-immigration or antiimmigration.

Eighty-three percent (83%) of Republicans believe legal immigration is good along with 81% of

Democrats and 80% of independents.

The gap is a bit larger on the topic of illegal immigration, but there is still broad agreement across party lines. Eighty-nine percent (89%) of Republicans believe illegal immigration is bad for the nation. That view is shared by 82% of independents and 70% of Democrats.

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.

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Migrants hitch rides on passing truck as they continue on their journey after Mexican police briefly blockaded the road to keep them from advancing, outside the town of Arriaga, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.

America’s communists, socialists and Marxists have little knowledge of socialist history. Bradley Birzer, a professor of history at Hillsdale College, explains this in an article for The American Conservative titled “Socialists and Fascists Have Always Been Kissing Cousins.” Joseph Goebbels wrote in 1925, “It would be better for us to end our existence under Bolshevism than to endure slavery under capitalism.” This Nazi sentiment might be shared by Sen. Bernie Sanders and his comrade Rep.elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Goebbels added, “I think it is terrible that we and the Communists are bashing in each other’s heads.”

When the tragedies of socialist regimes — such as those in Venezuela, the USSR, China, Cuba and many others — are pointed out to America’s leftists, they hold up Sweden as their socialist role model. But they are absolutely wrong about Sweden. Johan Norberg points this out in his documentary “Sweden: Lessons for America?” Americans might be surprised to learn that Sweden’s experiment with socialism was a relatively brief flirtation, lasting about 20 years and ending in disillusionment and reform.

Reason magazine reports: “Sweden began rolling back government in the early 1990s, recapturing the entrepreneurial spirit that made it a wealthy country to begin with.

High taxation and a generous array of government benefits are still around. But now it’s also a nation of school vouchers, free trade, open immigration, light business regulation, and no minimum wage laws.”

School vouchers, light business regulation and no minimum wage laws are practices deeply offensive to America’s leftists.

Our young people are not the first Americans to admire tyrants and cutthroats.

W.E.B. Du Bois, writing in the National Guardian in 1953, said, “Stalin was a great man; few other men of the 20th century approach his stature.” Walter Duranty called Stalin “the greatest living statesman” and “a quiet, unobtrusive man.” There was even leftist admiration for Hitler and fellow fascist Benito Mussolini. When Hitler came to power in January 1933, George Bernard Shaw described him as “a very remarkable man, a very able man.” President Franklin Roosevelt called Mussolini “admirable,” and he was “deeply impressed by what he (had) accomplished.” In 1972, John Kenneth Galbraith visited Communist China and praised Mao and the Chinese economic system. His Harvard University colleague John K. Fairbank believed that America could learn much from the Cultural Revolution, saying, “Americans may find in China’s collective life today an ingredient of personal moral concern for one’s neighbor that has a lesson for us all.”

Are Americans who admire the world’s most brutal regimes miseducated or stupid?

Or do they have some kind of devious agenda?

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

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SPORTS

Brown could find success at UNC tougher this time around, B3

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New Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo coached the Durham Bulls for eight seasons, winning two Governors’ Cups.

Durham Bulls’ tradition of success extends to the dugout

the Wednesday SIDELINE REPORT NFL

Rivera takes over defensive play calling, fires two assistants Charlotte Panthers coach Ron Rivera announced Monday he is taking over defensive playing calling duties from first-year defensive coordinator Eric Washington. Carolina also fired defensive line coach Brady Hoke and assistant secondary/cornerbacks coach Jeff Imamura. The moves were announced after Rivera met with owner David Tepper and general manager Marty Hurney on Monday morning.

Washington will remain defensive coordinator and have some input on the game plan for Sunday’s game at Cleveland, but will oversee the front seven instead of the entire defense.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Duke men still 3rd in poll, UNC slides to 14th New York The top four, led by Gonzaga with 43-first-place votes, stayed intact in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll.

Kansas was atop 19 ballots and ranked second, with Duke and Virginia, at third and fourth, respectively, each received one first-place vote.

Michigan climbed to fifth after its convincing 84-67 win over North Carolina — who fell from 11th to No. 14 — last Wednesday. NC State received 14 votes, while Davidson received one vote for the fifth straight week.

NC State women enter top 10 New York UConn flip-flopped with former No. 1 Notre Dame after the Huskies beat the Irish 89‑71 on Sunday, claiming all 31 first-place votes in the latest Associated Press women’s basketball poll.

NC State climbed three spots to No. 10 after earning doubledigit wins over Michigan and Old Dominion last week.

North Carolina received one vote in the poll despite being in the midst of three-game losing streak that saw the Tar Heels lose twice last week.

Five former Bulls will manage MLB teams in 2019 DANIEL LIN | DAILY NEWS-RECORD VIA AP, FILE

East Carolina hired James Madison’s Mike Houston as its next football coach, replacing Scottie Montgomery.

Football coaching changes aplenty for NC colleges ECU hires a new AD and coach, Charlotte zeroes in on a candidate, and App State needs to replace Scott Satterfield

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal A WEEK AFTER North Carolina got it spinning with the hiring of Mack Brown, the college football coaching carousel is still spinning at full speed at state schools.

Over the past six days, East Carolina has fired and hired a coach, Charlotte has finally filled its vacancy, and Appalachian State has been forced to seek a new leader now that Louisville has officially snatched Scott Satterfield away from his alma mater.

It’s a whirlwind that began last Thursday with the announcement that Scottie Montgomery had been relieved of his duties at ECU just 48 hours before he was supposed to lead the Pirates into their season finale at NC State.

The reason for his abrupt dismissal was assumed to be the announcement that ECU’s primary target to replace Montgomery — James Madison’s Mike Houston — was close to becoming the next coach at Charlotte.

Apparently, Houston was as interested in the Pirates as they were in him, because within hours of Montgomery’s firing, Charlotte issued a statement saying that it had withdrawn its offer to the 2016 FCS national coach of the year.

It took until Monday for all See FOOTBALL, page B4

By Shawn Krest North State Journal The Durham Bulls have been one of the most successful minor league franchises in history, winning 14 division titles and six Governors’ Cups in their 21 years in the International League.

When Charlie Montoyo was the manager, however, he didn’t want to hear talk of wins and losses. Visitors to his office who brought up his record — he won seven of those division titles and two cups in his eight years in Durham, departing as the winningest manager in Bulls history — were quickly shut down.

“At this level,” Montoyo would say, “it’s all about player development.”

The Bulls have done an equally impressive job on that front.

When utility player Andrew Velazquez was called up to Tampa Bay and made his MLB debut late in the 2018 season, he became the 800th player to go from the Bulls to the major leagues.

This year’s American League Cy Young winner (Blake Snell, 2015-17) and the Most Improved Player in both leagues (David Price, 2008-09, and Jonny Venters, 2017-18) were all former Bulls.

Now, however, the team appears to be adding another area of expertise. In addition to twin histories of winning and producing big-league talent, the Bulls

are also becoming the cradle of major league managers.

In 2019, no fewer than five of the 30 MLB managers will be former Bulls. This list includes the 2018 National League Manager of the Year, a finalist for the same award in the American League, and Montoyo, who got his long-awaited shot at running the show in the bigs.

Here’s a look at the Bulls-tobigs skippers: Charlie Montoyo, Toronto Blue Jays Bulls Manager, 2007-14 The even-keeled Montoyo was a favorite of players during his time in Durham and has spent the last four seasons as a coach in Tampa Bay. Montoyo didn’t forget where he came from. At his introductory press conference, he gave a message to minor league managers.

Pointing out that he spent 18 years in the minors, “but who’s counting,” Montoyo said, “I remember in 2003, Jim Leyland had just won the World Series. I was in the instructional leagues at the time, and he looked into the camera and said, ‘To all those guys in instructional league that are watching me right now, just keep doing your job. You never know. Dreams come true.’ So I want to tell the same thing to all those minor league guys that are grinding it out right now. Just keep doing your job and teaching those players.”

See BULLS, page B3

North Carolina schools are going bowling Five teams from the state, including three ACC schools, earn bowl bids

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal NC STATE FOOTBALL coach Dave Doeren spent a good portion of his postgame press conference Saturday politicking for his Wolfpack to be selected to “an elite bowl” and earn a spot in the na-

tional rankings.

Though he didn’t get the latter — the Wolfpack placed third among teams also receiving votes on this week’s AP Top 25 — he and his players will have the opportunity to play a name-brand opponent in a highly regarded postseason game.

State will take on Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., on New Year’s Eve, where it will attempt to reach the 10-win mark in a season for only the second time in school history. Kickoff

for the first meeting between the teams is at 7:30 p.m. with television coverage on ESPN. The rest of the state’s bowl lineup includes Wake Forest playing Memphis in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 22, Duke playing Temple at the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., on Dec. 27, and newly crowned Sun Belt Conference champion Appalachian State playing Middle Tennessee State in the New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 15.

Also on Dec. 15, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion NC

A&T will take on Southwestern Athletic Conference champion Alcorn State in the Celebration Bowl at Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium for a shot at its second straight HBCU national championship.

“We had a lot of conversations with different people through the week, and we’re excited to be in the Gator Bowl,” Doeren said on a teleconference Sunday night.

“That was one of the ones we were all hoping we would get.

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TRENDING

Urban Meyer: Ohio State says its coach will retire after the Rose Bowl and assistant Ryan Day will take over the Buckeyes. After seven years and a national championship at Ohio State, the 54-year-old Meyer will formally announce his departure Tuesday at a news conference.

The university didn’t say why he was retiring, but Meyer has said he suffers from debilitating headaches caused by an arachnoid cyst in his brain.

Mike McCarthy: The Packers fired their coach after a stunning 20-17 loss on Sunday to the Arizona Cardinals, dropping Green Bay to 4-7-1, team president Mark Murphy announced.

Murphy said the process of hiring the next head coach would begin immediately.

McCarthy had coached the Packers since 2006, winning Super Bowl XLV in 2011. But McCarthy was just 1-3 in NFC Championship Games — most recently in 2016 — and Green Bay missed the playoffs last season.

Bill Snyder: The legendary Kansas State coach is retiring, ending his threedecade relationship with the program that included 27 years on the sideline interrupted by a brief retirement.

The 79-year-old Snyder decided to step away Sunday, a day after the Wildcats finished a 5-7 season with a disheartening loss to Iowa State that eliminated them from bowl eligibility. He finishes his career with a record of 215117-1, trips to 19 bowl games, two Big 12 championships and a spot in college football’s Hall of Fame.

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

SOCCER

Former North Carolina player Gregg Berhalter has been hired to coach the U.S. men’s national team, making him the first person to run the team after playing for the Americans at the World Cup. The 45-year-old Berhalter, who spent the past five seasons as coach of the Columbus Crew of the MLS, is the second youngest coach for the Americans in four decades.

PAUL SANCYA | AP PHOTO

“Right now, we stink. …

My coaching stinks.”

UNC coach Roy Williams following the Tar Heels’ 84-67 road loss to Michigan.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

BOXING

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“Everyone walks by and gives me that (Pirate hook) … and I want to break it off. So I did that today.”

NC State football coach Dave Doeren on avenging his team’s two previous losses to ECU. PRIME NUMBER

34 Combined points for Hornets guard Kemba Walker in home losses to Utah and New Orleans.

Walker, who is averaging 26.5 points per game this season, had 21 points in Charlotte’s 119111 loss to the Jazz on Friday and then had a season-low 13 on Sunday in the Pelicans’ 119-109 win. Since scoring 103 points in back-to-back wins in mid-November, Walker has averaged just 19.6 points in the past seven games.

MARK J. TERRILL | AP PHOTO

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury fought to a split draw Saturday night, with Wilder retaining his WBC heavyweight title after knocking down the challenging former champion twice.

Wilder (40-0-1) floored Fury (27-01) in the ninth and 12th rounds, yet Fury clearly outboxed Wilder for large portions of the showdown.

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Oklahoma is in the College Football Playoff, moving into the fourth spot after winning the Big 12 championship.

The Sooners (12-1) will face No. 1 Alabama (13-0) in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 29 and No. 2 Clemson (13-0) plays No. 3 Notre Dame (12-0) in the Cotton Bowl on the same day. Georgia and Ohio State were fifth and sixth.

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Zac Thomas had two long touchdown runs, Darrynton Evans set up another score with a 97yard kickoff return and Appalachian State defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 30-19 in the Sun Belt Conference championship game on Saturday. The victory earns the 10-2 Mountaineers a berth in the New Orleans bowl on Dec. 15 against Middle Tennessee State.

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Hitting the ground running: A busy first week for Mack Brown How UNC’s returning coach is making progress on recruiting, hiring and re-energizing the Tar Heels

By Shawn Krest North State Journal NEW NORTH Carolina head coach Mack Brown had an eventful first week on the job. Returning to the school he coached from 1988 to 1997, Brown began familiarizing himself with the current roster, assembling a staff and getting caught up on the recruiting picture almost immediately following his introductory press conference last Tuesday.

Here’s an early progress report on how Brown is doing on all three fronts: Current players Starting with the area that Brown appears to be having the most success — or at least the fewest glaring problems. Brown met with the current team immediately after his press conference and later told ESPN that it went well.

“Meeting the players today was so much fun,” he said on the onehour Q-and-A session. “We had a blast.”

Brown then met with many of the players individually, saying that some were considering leaving for the NFL. In addition to junior Anthony Ratliff-Williams, who declared for the draft on Tuesday, that group likely includes receiver/return man, defensive linemen Jason Strowbridge and Aaron Crawford, running back Antonio Williams, tackle Charlie Heck and defensive back Myles Dorn.

While Ratliff-Williams was a likely candidate to leave early, the best news for next year’s team is that no one else has announced

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North Carolina running back Michael Carter was among the players on social media who were positive following the team’s first meeting with new coach Mack Brown. their plans to enter the draft yet.

There also hasn’t been the mass exodus of transfers that might be expected after a coaching change.

While the players have been relatively quiet, their reaction on social media has been encouraging.

Quarterback Jace Ruder tweeted, “Welcome to the show” with a popcorn emoji after meeting with Brown, later adding, “Time to work.”

Running back Michael Carter chimed in with, “Championship mindset.”

Defensive back K.J. Sails said, “Let’s get this thang rollin ! Either you wit us or you ain’t !” and Antonio Williams said, “I’m truly blessed man. As I sit and think, I realize that I’ve had the opportunity to play under Urban Meyer, Larry Fedora, and now Mack Brown.”

That doesn’t mean the Heels and Brown will avoid any roster attrition, but the early returns are encouraging.

conference. “I don’t know who they are.”

Well, there are now only eight.

Carolina had four decommits in the first week — fully one-third of the class, with two weeks to go until early signing day. It’s not clear whether they were all defections following the coaching change or if some were encouraged to look elsewhere as Brown tries to free up room for his own recruits.

Brown has reportedly been out hitting the trail hard and appears to be trying to shake loose some commitments from other ACC programs. Since UNC’s recruiting came under fire at the end of Fedora’s term, the decision to focus on other prospects at the expense of the current commitments is understandable.

Brown also continued UNC’s pursuit of Clemson grad transfer Kelly Bryant, who was scheduled to make his college announcement Tuesday night.

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The area where Brown admitted he was farthest behind has resulted in a flurry of activity in the first seven days of his tenure. On paper, the early returns were not encouraging: “I heard there’s 12 recruits,” Brown said at the press

If anything could have knocked the shine off of Brown’s outstanding press conference performance, it was the early news on his assembly of a coaching staff.

While Brown refused to name any prospective coordinators or

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assistants at his press conference, former defensive coordinator Gene Chizik was rumored to be returning in that role, and former Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury was mentioned as a possible offensive coordinator.

Neither rumor panned out. At press time, Kingsbury was about to accept the same role at USC, and Chizik wasn’t either of the first two men introduced as defensive coordinator.

Greg Robinson, Brown’s DC his final season Texas who has been in retirement the last three years, was reported to be the choice as UNC’s defensive coordinator, sparking an outcry among fans online and, reportedly, players.

The school quickly backed away from Robinson and announced that Tommy Thigpen — a former player for Brown and an assistant for Fedora this past season, was introduced as co-defensive coordinator, although the other co-coordinator has yet to be named.

Former Western Kentucky head coach Mike Sanford and Mississippi State defensive coordinator Bob Shoop are the latest names being mentioned for OC and DC, respectively.

Below the top level, however, the staff is taking shape.

In addition to retaining Thigpen, Brown announced three new hires. Former UNC All-American Dre Bly will return to the school to coach defensive backs.

Brown’s former assistant Tim Brewster will coach tight ends and coordinate recruiting. At FSU, Brewster was responsible for bringing in Dalvin Cook, Ermon Lane and Ryan Izzo. Combined with Thigpen, another highly regarded recruiter, the duo gives Brown a strong pair to get caught up on the recruiting front.

Tim Cross was also brought in to coach the defensive line after holding the same position at Air Force.

Rocco Baldelli, Minnesota Twins Bulls player, 2002, 2006-07, 2010 The talented outfielder turned down a scholarship from Wake Forest to sign with the Rays and became a member of Durham’s first Governors’ Cup championship team.

He’s spent the last eight years working for the Rays minor and major league teams in a variety of roles.

One of Baldelli’s first hires to his coaching staff was former Bulls manager Bill Evers, who (along with Montoyo) has his number retired at the DBAP. Evers was the first Triple-A skipper in Bulls history and won five divisions and two Governors’ Cups in his eight years on the job.

Kevin Cash, Tampa Bay Rays Bulls player, 2005-06 The former catcher is in his fourth year at the helm of the Bulls’ parent club. This season was his most successful, as he led a young Rays team to a 9072 record. The third-place finish, behind the powerhouse Red Sox and Yankees, earned Cash a third-place finish in the American League Manager of the Year voting as well.

Brian Snitker, Atlanta Braves Bulls manager, 1983-84, 1987

History against Brown repeating his previous success at North Carolina

A Bulls manager in the team’s Single-A days as a Braves affiliate, Snitker took over the Braves in mid-2016 as an interim before earning the full-time job. At the time, he’d spent 20 years as a minor league manager, all with the Braves organization. “Shoot,” he said. “I had five extra players the first game I managed here.

I had a full bullpen. I’m used to having two relievers and maybe one guy extra on the bench.”

This year, the Braves shocked baseball by winning the NL East and earning Snitker the NL Manager of the Year Award.

The returning North Carolina coach won his introductory press conference, but the odds of him succeeding on the field are much tougher

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal MACK BROWN’S formal introduction as North Carolina new/old football coach last week wasn’t exactly a press conference.

It was more like a pep rally.

The only things missing were the cheerleaders and marching band.

Brown hyped up the assembled crowd of dignitaries, former players and media members — along with those following on social media — by saying all the right things and promising to “fix” the Tar Heels program the way he did during his first time in Chapel Hill from 198897.

It was an inspiring performance that should come as no surprise considering Brown’s engaging personality and the fact there is no one quite as popular in sports as an undefeated new coach. And it will likely sell a lot of tickets, which is undoubtedly one of the reasons UNC hired the 67-year-old Hall of Famer after a five-year coaching hiatus.

But here’s the reality of the situation now that the balloons have been deflated, the donors have written their checks and the task of building a winning football team has begun: There’s a better than 50-50 chance that Brown’s triumphant return to the Tar Heels won’t have a happy ending.

That’s not just an opinion. There are any number of college football examples to prove that UNC’s own Thomas Wolfe was right on the money when he penned the immortal words “You can’t go home again.”

Johnny Majors won a national championship by going 12-0 at Pittsburgh before leaving for the greener pastures of Tennessee. Sixteen years later, after being pushed into “retirement” by the Vols, he made a triumphant return to Pitt — only to win just 12 games over the next four years combined.

John Robinson also claimed a national title the first time he was

Watching from afar, the Bulls organization was full of pride for its former manager.

“I have been telling Charlie for years this day would come,” Bulls GM Mike Birling said, “and to see it a reality is special. He has meant so much to the Bulls organization and our amazing fans. Obviously, the success we had on the field was important, but Charlie’s impact transcended wins and losses. He is a part of our Bulls family and we are so proud today.”

Montoyo added former Bulls players Matt Buschmann and Shelley Duncan to his coaching staff in Toronto.

Mickey Callaway, New York Mets Bulls player, 1998-2001

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Mack Brown, right, reportedly tried to lure former Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury to North Carolina to be his offensive coordinator, but Kingsbury took the same position at Southern California. at Southern Cal in 1978 before heading to the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams, only to finish at or barely above .500 in the final two seasons of his return to the Trojans a decade later.

It’s a trend not limited to the college game, as Joe Gibbs learned in his encore with the Washington Redskins and Jon Gruden is currently experiencing with the Oakland Raiders.

Despite those and other examples, UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham decided to buck history and go Mack to the future less than 48 hours after showing former coach Larry Fedora the door.

His reasoning was that “Mack is unique and the University of North Carolina is unique.” Brown also referred to “the fit” while asserting that he has “made it everywhere we’ve been,” saying that “we know how to win, how to make it work.”

That might be the case. But as they say on those late-night infomercials touting some random getrich-quick scheme, past performance does not guarantee future results.

Five years might not seem like much in the great scheme of things.

But it’s a long time to be away from coaching in a game that is constantly evolving, even for someone

“There’s a better than 50-50 chance that Brown’s triumphant return to the Tar Heels won’t have a happy ending.” that has spent his time as a television analyst.

Brown’s separation from Chapel Hill has been even longer.

It’s clear that the once and future coach is anxious to make amends for the hard feelings he caused with his abrupt departure from the Tar Heels the first time around.

UNC, however, isn’t the same place as it was two decades ago.

Neither is the ACC, which has also grown and gotten more competitive.

Even if the relationships Brown made with high school coaches around the state all those years ago are still as strong as he says they are, recruiting isn’t going to be as easy with teenage recruits that weren’t born when he built UNC into a top-10 program and barely remember his national title at Texas in 2005.

It should also be noted that while Brown left the Tar Heels in a much better place than when he got there, it took him four years — including back-to-back 1-10 seasons — for his team to earn its first bowl bid.

With only a five-year contract and anxious to prove to the world that Texas was wrong for putting him out to pasture before he was ready, Brown isn’t in this for the long haul. He’s here to win right away.

But already the task of doing so has gotten more complicated.

At least four of the 12 prospects that had already committed to UNC with Fedora have decided to reopen their recruitment. And the “super staff” Brown was rumored to be forming didn’t exactly pan out, with prospective offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury going to Southern Cal and defensive guru Gene Chizik deciding he wasn’t interested.

Chizik, who was UNC’s defensive coordinator during its Coastal Division championship season of 2015, didn’t give a reason for turning down a return engagement with the Tar Heels. Perhaps he’s just a better student of history than those being distracted by the balloons, marching bands and visions of a nostalgic past.

The former pitcher had an up-and-down year as a rookie manager in 2018. The Mets opened the season by winning 11 of their first 12 games, then won just five games the entire month of June. Callaway’s status was in jeopardy as the losing year wound down, but he received a vote of confidence from the organization and will be back next season.

“I’ve said this from the beginning, I know I am going to get fired someday,” he told the New York papers after the season. “Until then, I am doing to do the best job I can. …Whatever you can experience in one year, I’ve experienced it. 11-1 and 5-21 the same year? Really?”

The quintet will give Bulls fans plenty of teams to track in the upcoming season and provide plenty of inspiration for the guys in uniform in Durham.

“You never know,” Montoyo said. “If a guy like me got here, it could be you, too. Don’t think ahead. Don’t think about moving up. Just think about your job at hand. Who knows, you might be a big-league manager one day.”

“He is a part of our Bulls family and we are so proud today.”

Bulls GM Mike Birling on the Blue Jays hiring Charlie Montoyo

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Florida State’s Yujie Zhao and North Carolina’s Brianna Pinto battle for the ball during the Seminoles’ 1-0 win Sunday in the NCAA women’s soccer championship game in Cary.

UNC women come up short at College Cup After topping unbeaten Georgetown in the semifinals, the Tar Heels dropped the title game to Florida State

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal CARY — Dominance doesn’t even begin to describe the success the North Carolina women’s soccer team achieved since the sport was officially recognized by the NCAA in 1982.

In the first 32 years that a national championship was awarded, the Tar Heels won it 21 times.

There was a time in which those titles came so frequently for coach Anson Dorrance and players that anything less would be considered a failure.

Not anymore.

Dorrance acknowledged as much Sunday after UNC dropped a 1-0 decision to ACC rival Florida State in the NCAA College Cup final at WakeMed Soccer Park.

“I really feel like this has been a tremendous season,” Dorrance said after the hard-fought match in which the Seminoles scored the decisive goal midway through the second half, “even by our standards.”

It’s not that that UNC’s program has dropped off dramatically or that expectations have been lowered since its most recent title in 2012. Rather, it’s that the depth of talent and quality of competition have improved so much in recent years as the popularity of the women’s game continues to grow.

Winning the championship has become a lot harder than it once was.

That doesn’t lessen the Tar Heels’ desire or the pressure they feel to bring the trophy back to Chapel Hill.

“We’re so grateful for the path that they’ve created for us, the legacy they’ve left and that we have the ability to be a part of it,” sophomore midfielder Taylor Otto said of a UNC bloodline that includes the likes of Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, April Heinrichs and Carla Overbeck. “But since it’s been a few years since we’ve been on top, we’ve been trying to pave our own path for Carolina and make sure we carry that legacy on. I think that’s really important to us.”

That “want to,” as UNC basketball coach Roy Williams likes to describe it, was vividly illustrated by the actions of senior leader Julia Ashley just before the start of the second overtime in Friday’s national semifinal matchup against unbeaten Georgetown.

With the Tar Heels facing the potential of a hit-or-miss penalty kick shootout despite having dominated play throughout the second half, Ashley told her teammates that “someone’s going to finish this off for us in the next 10 minutes.”

As it turned it, she was the one that came through with the winning goal, completing a heroic run down the middle of the field with a picture-perfect give-andgo with teammate Rachael Dorwart to give UNC a 1-0 victory and a spot in Sunday’s final.

The Tar Heels were just as determined against Florida State.

But a combination of their own tired legs and the Seminoles’ ability to play keep-away with the ball after taking the lead on a sliding redirect by Dallas Dorosy in the 60th minute prevented them from fashioning another happy ending.

“We’re pretty much devastated right now,” Ashley said Sunday. “Going into today we really thought it was our day. We thought that the entire game, right up until the last 10 sec-

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Houston was formally introduced in Greenville on Tuesday.

“As soon as I was contacted by East Carolina University, there was no doubt what my desire was and that was to be the head football coach here,” said the 47-year-old western N.C. native, who signed a five-year contract.

“This is a job that I identified, in my past, as being somewhere that I would pursue trying to have this opportunity.

“Last year, in 2017, when my team at JMU had the opportunity to come here and open up the season, it just was incredible seeing a jam-packed stadium that was rocking at the beginning of the ball game. I look forward to being back in this stadium and conducting itself that way at the beginning of this fall. That’s how this stuff played out. I’m glad it played out the way it did to this end because this is where I want to be.”

And as he mentioned, he’s already experienced what it’s like to have won at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

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Appalachian State coach Scott Satterfield left his alma mater to take over at Louisville.

A year after leading his team to the FCS national championship, Houston brought the Dukes to Greenville and put a 34-14 beating on the Pirates, a game in which they rolled up more than 600 yards in total offense and intercepted three passes.

JMU went on to play for the FCS national championship again that season, losing in the final to North Dakota State.

In three years with the Dukes, Houston compiled a 37-6 record.

“Going into today we really thought it was our day. We thought that the entire game, right up until the last 10 seconds.”

Julia Ashley, UNC senior onds.”

It was the second one-goal loss to FSU in a month for UNC, which lost 3-2 in the ACC Tournament final at the same WakeMed Soccer Park complex.

“They’re a great team and they have a lot of great players, as we do,” Otto said. “Against a team like that, it’s just whoever can grind out a goal and whoever can get it done. Unfortunately, the last two times we played them, we weren’t able to do it.”

With Otto and fellow All-ACC underclassmen Brianna Pinto, Emily Fox and Alessia Russo returning and another start-studded recruiting class set to arrive, the Tar Heels figure to have another realistic shot at ending their championship “drought” again next year.

But while that’s always the goal for a program that remains the gold standard of women’s college soccer, Dorrance said he’ll be happy and satisfied if it’s able to match the most important accomplishment of his 2018 national runner-up.

“When you look at your team, from a coach’s perspective, the thing you’re always interested in is evolution, getting better,” the Hall of Fame coach said. “We got so much better from the first game of the season to where we are now.

“That’s as much as we can ask.

I’m proud of my kids because they really did leave it all out there.”

His overall career record is 8025 with six conference championships in eight seasons, including previous stops at The Citadel and Lenoir-Rhyne.

“He left Division II Lenoir-Rhyne and went onto The Citadel, had a successful career there, went on to James Madison, won a national championship there and had a great career track record. He hasn’t skipped a step,” newly hired AD Gilbert said.

“That’s one of the things that really impressed me about Coach Houston and his tenure.

“He’s been a high school coach.

He’s been a Division II coach. He’s been a I-AA coach and now he’s moving onto the East Carolina Pirates. I think that is really one of the most impressive things about his track record. I know that he places a high value on culture, as do I. I know that he will bring a great culture to our football program.”

While filled the void at ECU, his decision sent Charlotte back to square one in its search for a candidate to replace Brad Lambert, the only coach its six-year-old program has ever had.

According to published reports, the 49ers have settled on Austin Peay’s Will Healy. He takes on a program that rebounded to 5-7 this season, a year after losing 11

“The state of Florida is important to us in recruiting, and we have a ton if alumni that are in the area or are in drivable distance of Jacksonville.”

A&M (8-4) has had an eventful season, highlighted by a narrow 28-26 loss to Clemson on Sept. 8 and a marathon 74-72 win against LSU that took seven overtimes to decide in the regular season finale two weeks ago.

This will be the fourth trip to the Gator Bowl for State, but the first since Jan. 1, 2003, when Philip Rivers led the Wolfpack to a 28-6 win against Notre Dame and a school-record 11th win of the season. The game against A&M will also mark a reunion of sorts, now that the Aggies are led by former Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher.

“We competed against each other when Jimbo was at Florida State and our staff hasn’t changed,” said Doeren, whose 9-3 team closed out its regular season with a 58-3 rout of East Carolina on Saturday. “It will be probably both of us looking at what we do different than we used to and to the players that are doing it matchup-wise.”

For Duke, the Independence Bowl will be its sixth bowl trip in the past seven years. The Blue Devils (7-5) will be seeking a third straight postseason victory after beating Indiana in the 2016 Pinstripe Bowl and Northern Illinois last year at the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit.

While this will be Duke’s first trip to Shreveport, it’s a familiar venue for coach David Cutcliffe — who led Ole Miss to three Independence Bowl wins in a fiveyear stretch from 1998-2002. His success helped him earn induction into the Independence Bowl Hall of Honor.

Kickoff for the matchup against the 8-4 Owls of the American Athletic Conference is 1:30 p.m. on ESPN. “Obviously, we have a great deal of history in Shreveport in association with this bowl game,” Cutcliffe said. “I’m excited for our players to have another opportunity to practice together and play in a 13th game of this season. This group has earned the opportunity to win the program’s third bowl game in a row.”

Wake Forest (6-6) qualified for

the postseason by winning its final regular season game at Duke two weeks ago, but it still had some nervous moments before finally learning its bowl destination Sunday.

Most projections had the Deacons slotted in the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa, Fla., but after that bid went to Marshall, coach Dave Clawson’s team faced the possibility of getting shut out of the bowl lineup, since the ACC had more teams qualify than it had automatic bids.

But everything turned out for the best when Wake was selected to play AAC runner-up Memphis (8-5) at historic Legion Field. The Tigers, who lost to unbeaten Central Florida in their conference championship game last week, are led by running back Darrell Henderson — who ranks second in the nation with 1,909 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns.

Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. with television coverage on ESPN. “This is as strange of a bowl selection as I’ve been a part of,” Clawson said. “We really didn’t know until 30 seconds before it became public where we were going. Usually with bowl games you know a couple hours before it was announced. We found out 30 seconds before it was announced.”

Unlike the Deacons, there was no suspense in Appalachian State’s postseason destination.

The Mountaineers earned the Sun Belt Conference’s automatic bid to the New Orleans Bowl at the Superdome by beating Louisiana-Lafayette in the league’s inaugural championship game on Saturday. App State (10-2) will face Middle Tennessee (8-5) in the 9 p.m. kickoff on ESPN. “Once our guys found out, if you win the championship this year, you’re going to New Orleans, that fired everybody up,” said Mountaineers coach Scott Satterfield, who likely won’t coach the bowl game after being named Louisville’s new coach on Tuesday.

“You’re playing in a primetime slot on ESPN, so everybody is excited and pumped about going to a different city.

“We’ll face a great opponent in Middle Tennessee. When you are fortunate to play in a bowl game, you know that the other team is going to be a quality opponent that will also be fired up about playing one more time.”

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Senior running back Reggie Gallaspy II and the Wolfpack will face Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Eve.

of 12 games in 2017.

At age 33, Healy is one of the youngest coaches in college football and while his resume isn’t all that impressive at first glance, he is considered a rising star in the profession.

A former quarterback who led Richmond to the FCS national championship in 2008, Healy was an assistant at Chattanooga before getting the job at Austin Peay.

Although his record was just 13-21 in three seasons, including a 5-6 mark this year, the Governors had won just once in 46 games before his arrival.

He was named the winner of the Eddie Robinson Award as the FCS Coach of the Year for leading Austin Peay to eight wins in 2017.

Satterfield, meanwhile, is the current Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Mountaineers to their third straight league title and fourth consecutive bowl appearance since making the transition to FBS status.

A former starting quarterback at App State, Satterfield’s name has been mentioned for several prominent openings this year, including UNC. He emerged as the leading candidate to replace Bobby Petrino at Louisville after former Cardinals’ quarterback Jeff Brohm decided to keep his current

“I’m glad it played out the way it did to this end because this is where I want to be.”

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job at Purdue.

Satterfield’s record in six seasons with the Mountaineers was 51-24.

“It’s been a great ride,” Satterfield said Saturday after his team beat Louisiana-Lafayette in the inaugural Sun Belt championship game. “It’s been unbelievable to win all these games.”

Among the names being mentioned as possible successors are current App State staff members Bryan Brown (defensive coordinator), Shawn Clark (co-offensive coordinator) and Mark Ivey (assistant head coach and defensive line coach), Georgia State coach Shawn Elliott, NC State offensive line coach Dwayne Ledford and former Mountaineers running back and current Wisconsin assistant coach John Settle.

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The NYSE also said it will display the U.S. flag that flies above the New York Stock Exchange at halfstaff in honor of the former president.

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Counties moving to a less distressed tier ranking include Alleghany, Ashe, Camden, Cherokee, Clay, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Montgomery, Person, Yadkin, and Yancey (from Tier 1 to Tier 2); and Currituck and Davie (from Tier 2 to Tier 3).

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By Emily Roberson North State Journal ASHEVILLE - Skip the costly electronic games and flashy digital gizmos. Pediatricians say the best toys for tots are old-fashioned hands-on playthings that young children can enjoy with parents — things like blocks, puzzles — even throwaway cardboard boxes — that spark imagination and creativity.

“A cardboard box can be used to draw on, or made into a house,” said Dr. Alan Mendelsohn, co-author of a new report on selecting toys for young children, up to around age 5.

Many parents feel pressured by ads promoting tablet-based toys and games as educational and brain-stimulating but there’s not much science to back up those claims, Mendelsohn said. Their main misconception: “The toy that is best is the one that is the most expensive or has the most bells and whistles or is the most technologically sophisticated.”

Simpler hands-on toys that parents and young children can play with together are preferable for healthy development, said Mendelsohn, a pediatrician at NYU Langone Health in New York.

The report published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics cites studies suggesting that heavy use of electronic media may interfere with children’s speech and language development, replace important playtime

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In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 photo, toys sit on the shelves at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston. Pediatricians say the best toys for young children are simple, old-fashioned toys like blocks and puzzles rather than costly electronic games or the latest high-tech gadgets. The advice is in a new report on selecting toys for young children in the digital era. It was published Monday, Dec. 3 by the American Academy of Pediatrics. with parents and lead to obesity.

Studies also have found that more than 90 percent of U.S. kids have used mobile devices and most started using them before age 1.

The pediatricians’ group recommends no screen time for children up to age 2, and says total screen time including TV and computer use should be less than one hour daily for ages 2 and older.

“A little bit of screen time here and there is unlikely to have much harm if a child otherwise has other activity,” Mendelsohn said. But he added that screen time can overwhelm young children and is difficult to limit and control.

The academy’s website offers suggestions on ideal toys for young children, including balls, puzzles, coloring books and card games.

Shopping recently at Dancing Bear Toys in Asheville, N.C., a store that doesn’t sell electronic

toys, Leah Graham Stewart said she supports the academy’s advice even if avoiding digital toys and games is tough.

She said she’s noticed her two young boys tend to misbehave after playing on an iPad she typically reserves for long airplane rides.

“We try to keep it as minimal as possible,” Graham Stewart said.

“I just tell them to go outside and play.”

Erika Evers, Dancing Bear’s co-owner, said the store’s mission is to give kids an alternative to tech toys.

“Not that video games and electronic toys don’t have their place — in moderation, in our opinion,” she said. “But we feel like kids really need opportunities to socialize and interact with their environment in a way that is hands-on and tangible.”

AP Medical Writer Lindsay Tanner contributed to this report.

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The holiday spirit is alive and well in the public power community of Southport. This enchanting seaside city gets the holiday season started off on a high note during the Southport WINTERFEST 2018, November 30, through December 9.

This 10-day festival is chock full of exciting events and activities for adults and children alike. The fun begins with Christmas At The Amuzu 2018 Friday, November 30. This uplifting musical performance features traditional and contemporary holiday music from numerous genres including classical sacred, rock and roll, pop, rhythm and blues, gospel and old-time favorites.

Songs include “White Christmas”, “O Holy Night”, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”, “Joy to the World”, “Do You Hear What I Hear”, and many more.

Audience members are encouraged to sing along with the cast.

Other events include the Southport Winterfest Tea, the State Port Pilot Annual Cookie Contest, Supper with Santa’s Elves, a special Holiday History Tour of the NC Maritime Museum at Southport, Winter Craft Festival, Historic Home Tours, the Southport Christmas Flotilla, an outdoor showing of Christmas favorite, “Polar Express” on the Fort Johnston-Southport Museum Garrison lawn, and more.

Visit www.downtownsouthport.com/ winterfest/ for more information.

North State Journal for Wednesday, December 5, 2018

C2 Fortune 100 Honeywell to bring headquarters to Charlotte Charlotte Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company providing software-oriented solutions for many of the world’s most complex industries, will locate its headquarters in Mecklenburg County, creating 750 well-paying jobs, Governor Roy Cooper has announced. The move was contingent upon Monday’s ratification and signing of legislation that has already passed the General Assembly along with approval of state incentives. The company’s move would bring more than $248 million in investment.

“With our strong talent, robust infrastructure and unmatched quality of life, including our commitment to education and our low cost of living, North Carolina is the ideal headquarters choice for an elite company like Honeywell,” said Governor Cooper. “Charlotte is perfectly positioned to provide the education and training, infrastructure and amenities to attract and retain Honeywell’s top talent.” With this project, Honeywell plans to relocate the company’s extended senior management team along with its Safety and Productivity Solutions business group headquarters.

Survey: US manufacturing grew in November Washington U.S. manufacturers expanded at a faster pace in November as new orders surged, a positive sign for domestic economic growth heading into 2019. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday its manufacturing index rose to 59.3 last month from 57.7 in October. Readings above 50 point to growth and manufacturers have expanded for the past 27 months. New orders jumped in November, while production and employment also saw gains. Out of 18 industries, 13 reported growth last month, including computer and electronic products, textiles, food and beverages and transportation equipment.

The gains suggest solid growth for factories during the first quarter of 2019.

“It says Q1 should be pretty good, especially January and February,” said Timothy Fiore, chair of the ISM manufacturing business survey committee.

Reports: Nexstar snags $4.1B deal to buy Tribune Media Irving, Texas Media outlets are reporting that Nexstar Media Group, whose stations reach nearly 39 percent of all U.S. television households, has reached an agreement to buy Tribune Media for around $4.1 billion. The deal would make Texasbased Nexstar the biggest operator of local TV stations in the U.S. The agreement was reported Sunday by Reuters and Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the deal.

Tribune’s deal to sell itself to Sinclair Broadcast Group for $3.9 billion collapsed about three months ago.

Sinclair is currently the largest local TV operator.

Chicago-based Tribune Media owns or operates 42 local TV stations reaching about 50 million households and national entertainment network WGN. It also has a stake in the TV Food Network.

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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin talks with reporters about trade negotiations with China, at the White House, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Washington.

China gets US tariff delay but movement on tech unclear

By Joe McDonald The Associated Press BEIJING — Buy more U.S. exports? Done. Tinker with technology tactics that irk Washington and other trading partners? Maybe. But scrap those plans, seen by Beijing as a path to prosperity and influence?

Probably never.

The agreement by President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on a cease fire on tariffs postpones the threat of more disruption for China’s exporters and their Asian suppliers.

Some economists said Xi might be ready to negotiate in earnest.

Still, Beijing gave no sign of a changed stance on technology ambitions that Washington says violate Chinese market-opening obligations and might threaten U.S. industrial leadership.

Trump’s complaints strike at the heart of the ruling Communist Party’s state-led economic model and plans to restore China to its rightful place as a political and culture leader by creating global champions in robotics and other fields.

“It’s impossible for China to cancel its industry policies or major industry and technology development plans,” said economist Cui Fan of the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

At his weekend meeting with Xi in Argentina, Trump agreed to postpone planned U.S. tariff hikes on Chinese imports by 90 days while the two sides negotiate. Xi revived promises to narrow China’s multibillion-dollar trade surplus with the United States by purchasing more American exports.

The outcome was “as good as we could have expected,” the chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, William Zarit, said in a statement.

Also late Sunday, Trump said on Twitter that Beijing agreed to cut import duties on U.S. autos. There was no Chinese confirmation of the move, which would have little impact on trade because most American vehicles sold in China are made here.

Treasury Secretary Steven

PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS | AP PHOTO | FILE

In this Dec. 1, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, second right, and China’s President Xi Jinping, second left, attend their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mnuchin told reporters at the White House Monday that there was an “an immediate focus on reducing auto tariffs,” though he did not provide details or timing. Asked if there was a specific agreement to remove the tariffs, he said: “yes, there was.”

Mnuchin stressed that the two leaders had detailed conversations on 142 items and said the goal now was to turn the talks into a “real agreement.” He said both leaders had extended invitations to visit their respective countries and said he expects them to meet in the “near future.”

At the opening bell Monday, the first day of trading since the truce was announced, the Dow Jones industrial average surged 400 points, following global markets sharply higher.

Trump’s promise gives Xi political room to negotiate after Beijing said earlier talks were impossible while Washington “holds a knife” of tariff threats to China’s throat.

But both leaders face a mix of economic nationalists, free trade advocates and other conflicting forces at home.

The outcome wasn’t the result of a “significant change” by China, Louis Kuijs of Oxford Economics said in a report. Washington instead chose to see Beijing’s argument that it already is making changes “in a more

positive light.”

One sign of how far apart the two sides are: China’s foreign minister announced in Buenos Aires that Trump agreed to stop raising tariffs, rather than that he promised a 90-day suspension. Wang Yi failed to mention industrial policy or Trump’s demand that Beijing make progress toward changing it or face renewed increases.

Those omissions suggest Beijing doesn’t recognize how important those demands are to Trump, said Nick Marro of the Economist Intelligence Unit.

“As a result we expect trade hostilities to resume in 2019,” Marro said in a report.

Trump imposed a tariff hike of 25 percent on $50 billion of Chinese imports in July over complaints Beijing steals or pressures companies to hand over technology. Trump hit an additional $200 billion of Chinese goods with a 10 percent tariff that had been due to rise to 25 percent on Jan. 1.

China retaliated by raising its own charges on U.S. imports.

Beijing has tried without success to recruit France, Germany, Japan and other government as allies against Trump. They dislike the American president’s tactics but echo U.S. complaints about market barriers.

Business economists: Solid growth ahead but risks from trade

By Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A group of business economists foresee U.S. economic growth remaining solid next year, with unemployment falling further and only a slight chance of a recession. But they express concern about potential risks, notably from trade conflicts.

In its latest forecast being released Monday, the National Association for Business Economics predicts that the economy will grow 2.7% next year, only slightly below the 2.9% that they expect for all of 2018 as measured by the gross domestic product.

The 2.9% predicted growth for this year would be up significantly

from meager gains of 1.6% in 2016 and 2.2% in 2017. But it would still fall shy of the pace that President Donald Trump has pledged to achieve with his program of tax cuts and deregulation.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump vowed to double the lackluster 2% average annual growth that has prevailed since the Great Recession ended. The current expansion, in its 10th year, is the second-longest on record but is also the weakest in the post-World War II period. If the expansion continues through mid-June, it will become the longest on record in the United States, surpassing the one that ended in 2001.

The NABE forecasting panel of 53 economists foresees only a small

risk that the expansion will end next year, putting the risk of a recession in the second half of 2019 at 20%. The economists see the risk reaching 30% in the second half of 2020, a presidential election year, and 50% in 2021 and later.

Among the threats to the economy, 40% of the NABE panel ranked trade policy as the greatest risk, followed by interest rates (21% of the panel) and political or geopolitical events (13.

For 2019, 80% of the NABE economists said they had downgraded their forecasts because of the trade disputes. The Trump administration has imposed punitive tariffs on China and other nations that it accuses of engaging in unfair trade practices. The increased

Xi’s government has offered to alter details but rejects pressure to discard blueprints such as “Made in China 2025,” which calls for creation of champions in artificial intelligence, electric cars and other industries.

Those are “central to Xi’s core agenda of making China an innovation superpower” and linked to “geopolitical competition” with Washington, said Michael Hirson, Jeffrey Wright and Paul Triolo of Eurasia Group in a report.

Still, Kuijs said Chinese leaders might have hinted to the Americans of possible concessions.

China has its own grievances.

Beijing is unhappy with U.S. limits on exports of “dual use” technology with possible military applications.

Xi’s government complains Chinese companies are treated unfairly in American security reviews of proposed corporate acquisitions, even though nearly all deals are approved unchanged.

“China hopes the United States will treat Chinese companies equally,” said Song Lifan, an economist at Renmin University in Beijing.

Cui put the odds of an agreement at “higher than 50 percent” but said he had no idea how long that might take.

The tariffs battle has overshadowed changes Xi’s government has announced this year.

While Beijing retaliated for U.S. tariff hikes by imposing penalty charges on American soybeans, autos and other goods, it cut duties on factory machinery and other imports from other countries.

The government also has promised to ease limits on foreign ownership of automakers, insurance ventures and other companies.

Business groups have welcomed those changes but say they don’t address more important complaints about a thicket of rules limiting access to China’s finance, logistics and other industries.

Companies want a genuine response with measurable goals, said Kenneth Jarrett, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, in an email.

A measure of progress will be whether Beijing offers “meaningful concessions” on technology, said Hirson, Wright and Triolo of Eurasia Group.

Without that, hardliners in Washington “will urge Trump to resume escalation,” they said.

U.S. import taxes have triggered retaliatory tariffs on a range of U.S. exports.

In addition to scaling back their GDP forecasts for 2019, nearly twothirds of the economists said they had lowered their expectations for business investment because of the trade conflicts. And two-thirds said they had raised their inflation forecasts moderately because of a belief that the tariffs will increase prices.

The new NABE outlook projects that job growth will remain strong in 2019. The economists foresee monthly employment gains averaging 166,000, down slightly from an expected average of 207,000 for this year. And they predict that the unemployment rate, already at a 49-year low of 3.7%, will dip to an average 3.6% in 2019.

Inflation is expected to remain tame, with prices rising 2.1% next year, the same as the forecast for this year and in line with the Federal Reserve’s 2% annual inflation target.

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entertainment Drake dominates Apple Music as most-streamed artist in 2018 The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Drake was a dominant force on Apple Music as the platform’s most-streamed artist of the year globally.

Apple released its “Best of 2018” list Tuesday that Drake’s “Scorpion” was the top album, while his hit “God’s Plan” was the most popular single. The rapper’s song “Nice for What” came in second and “In My Feelings” is at No. 4.

Drake’s fifth studio album had

four other songs in the top 100, including “Nonstop,” ‘‘I’m Upset,” ‘‘Mob Ties” and “Don’t Matter To Me,” featuring Michael Jackson.

He was also featured on Lil Baby’s “Yes Indeed,” Migos’ “Walk It Talk It” and BlockBoy JB’s “Look Alive.”

Post Malone’s songs “Rockstar” and “Psycho” were in the top five. His album “Beerbongs & Bentleys” was the second-most streamed followed by Cardi B, the late XXXTentacion and Travis Scott.

In this June 26, 2017, file photo, Canadian rapper Drake arrives for the NBA Awards in New York.

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Larson packs punch in ‘Captain Marvel’ trailer The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Brie Larson packs a punch in the first female-led “Captain Marvel” film.

Marvel Studios unveiled the second trailer for the upcoming superhero film during “Monday Night Football.” And it wasn’t long before Larson’s Carol Danvers’ character brings some hurt.

Samuel L. Jackson, in his role as Nick Fury, explains the difference between Skrulls and Krees. Annette Bening appears as the Kree who rescued Danvers so she could live “longer, stronger, superior.”

Danvers has memories of her previous life.

The film, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, is due in theaters in March.

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In this June 13, 2018, file photo, Brie Larson arrives at the Women In Film Crystal and Lucy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Morganton librarian wins national prize

In this Oct. 17, 2018, file photo Kid Rock performs during a rally for Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James in Pontiac, Mich.

NSJ Staff NEW YORK — A Pittsburgh librarian who advocates for immigrants and refugees and a librarian from rural North Carolina who helps patrons navigate the internet are among 10 winners of the I Love My Librarian Award.

The awards were announced Tuesday by the American Library Association. Winners, each of whom receive $5,000, are nominated by local library users.

Winners include Nancy Daniel of Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton, N.C., and Paula Kelly of Pittsburgh’s Whitehall Public Library. Also cited were Ginny Blackson from Ellensburg, Wash.; Joy Bridwell of Box Elder, Mont.; and Tamara Cox of Piedmont, S.C. Daniel’s nominator said, “She evokes the spirit of the library,” and that “her leadership is one of the many threads that bind our campus community together.”

Daniel has promoted events at the library that seek to engage the community. The library has hosted events like Constitution Day, Welcome Back Students Pizza

Daniel’s nominator said, “She evokes the spirit of the library,” and that “her leadership is one of the many threads that bind our campus community together.”

Day, Puppy Therapy Day and Student Resource Day. “I hope and strive to help our students, faculty, staff and community find what they need, whether it is research material, a movie, some fun reading material, or a shoulder to cry on,” said Daniel. “Graduation is always such an uplifting time, to see students that you have helped out make it across the stage with that diploma.”

The other winners were Baltimore City College’s Jennifer Berg Gaither, Stephanie Hartwell-Mandella of Bedford, N.Y., and Linda Robinson of Mansfield, Conn.

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Parade donor irked by Kid Rock’s ouster won’t sue for refund The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Nashville Christmas parade sponsor who was irked when organizers booted Kid Rock as grand marshal says he won’t sue to reclaim his $250,000 donation.

In Monday’s statement, Toot-

sies Orchid Lounge owner Steve Smith said he’s happy the money is benefiting a great cause in the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and hopes to keep supporting the hospital and parade.

His attorney previously said the lawsuit was under consideration.

Kid Rock was ousted from Saturday’s parade after calling Joy Behar an expletive during a “Fox & Friends” interview Friday.

Some parade organizers, Piedmont Natural Gas, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and Tennessee Holiday Productions, announced Kid Rock’s removal and his replacement, Waffle House shooting hero James Shaw Jr. Smith owns several bars that were sponsors, including an establishment where Kid Rock is a partner.

TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS 18 SP 149 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 Matthew Bost and Kathryn Stephens a/k/a Kathryn Stephens Bost a/k/a Kathryn M. Stephens-Bost to Ron Morrison, Trustee(s), which was dated May 11, 2006 and recorded on May 22, 2006 in Book 6751 at Page 193, 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-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 629

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Emily Claire Bamberg and Brandon A. Bamberg to Chicago Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of September, 2017, and recorded in Book 12672, Page 263, 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 December 10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in

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 December 12, 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 10 of THE GROVE AT OAK PARK, PHASE 1, as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 30, Page 030, in the Cabarrus County Public Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1191 Tufton Place Northwest, Concord, NC 28027.

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

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

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 proper-

ty 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 County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 785 as shown on Subdivision Plat of the Mills, Phase 5, Map 1, recorded in Book 66 at Pages 39-40 in the Cabarrus County, North Carolina Public Records.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7372 Dover Mill Drive, Southwest, Concord, North Carolina.

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: 1255731 (FC.FAY)

A.P.N. 5527-72-6100-0000 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys,

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.: 16-19129-FC02

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 499

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by William Jonathan Henry to Ellen Tom, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of December, 1997, and recorded in Book 2065, Page 114, 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 December 17, 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:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 621

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kenneth W. Shade and Kathy L. Shade, (Kenneth W. Shade and Kathy L. Shade, both deceased) (Heir of Kenneth W. Shade: Sarah Shade and Unknown Heirs) to John C. MacNeill, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of April, 2003, and recorded in Book 4573, Page 107, 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 December 17, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 653

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Janet M. Forrest (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Janet Forrest) to Angela Greenberg, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of December, 2007, and recorded in Book 07962, Page 0249, 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 December 17, 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

CUMBERLAND 18 SP 39 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Andrew Jackson Stauffenberg and Stephanie Stauffenberg to Bagwell, Holt, Smith, P.A., Trustee(s), which was dated October 28, 2013 and recorded on October 28, 2013 in Book 09319 at Page 0230, 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

JOHNSTON AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 449

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Henry Lowry and Vivian E. Lowry to NETCO, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of March, 2015, and recorded in Book 4577, Page 451, in Johnston 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 Johnston 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina,

RANDOLPH 18-SP-343 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 Larry J. Phillips and Teresa Lynn Phillips , in the original amount of $112,633.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Solely as Nominee for Carrington Mortgage Services LLC , dated January 24, 2013 and recorded on January 29, 2013 in Book RE 2322 at Page 787, Randolph County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of 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 Randolph County, North Carolina, on December 12, 2018 at 2:00 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Lying on the south side of Jones Street Extension (NCSR 2616) adjoining the lands of Anna T. Pugh the bal-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 270

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christopher A. Brown and Theresa M. Brown to W.J. Kellam, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 28th day of March, 2007, and recorded in Book RE 2019, Page 390, and Modification in Book RE 2408, Page 409, 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 December 11, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: TRACT NO. 1: BEGINNING at a stake at the northeast

BEING Lots 1 & 2 of Block 5, South Kannapolis, as recorded in Map Book 1, Page 33, and being more particularly described as follows:

improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1001 South Ridge Avenue, Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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BEGINNING at a new iron pin in the eastern right of way of South Ridge Avenue, said pin being the Northwest corner of Lot 3, Block 5, South Kannapolis, common corner with Lot 2; thence with the right of way of South Ridge Avenue North 11 deg. 45 min. 00 sec. West 62.43 feet to a new iron pin in the northwest corner of Lot 1 at the intersection of the right of way of Plymouth Avenue and South Ridge Avenue; thence with the right of way of Plymouth Avenue, North 78 deg. 15 min. 00 sec East 155.00 feet to a new iron in the line of a 10 foot alley; thence with the alley South 11 deg. 45 min. 00 sec. East 62.43 feet to a computed point, said point being the Northeast corner of Lot 3; thence with Lot 3 South 78 deg. 15 min. 00 sec. West 155.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Being and containing 0.222 acres, more or less, as shown upon the map and survey prepared

by Ruby A. Nicholson, RLS, and dated June 17, 1994.

George Beaver died in 1951 leaving a life estate to said property to Vivian Minnie Mae Bost Beaver with remainder to his four children, Elizabeth, Mary Ellen, Harold, and Wilemina. Elizabeth passed away leaving one issue William Henry. Harold died having three sons, Mike Gary, and Tony. Tony passed away leaving two children, Brandon and Heather. All parties hereby conveying any and all rights that they may have or acquire in said property. Together with

estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 21 of GOVERNOR’S POINTE AT COPPERFIELD, as shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 28 at Page 98 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2564 Governors Pointe Court, Concord, North Carolina.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 December 12, 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 49, Section Four, Part Two, Crosswinds Subdivision, recorded in Plat Book 127, Page 55, Cumberland County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2537 Spinnaker Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348.

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 PURCHAS-

ERS 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 Andrew Jackson Stauffenberg.

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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or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on December 18, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 3, Sunset Ridge Subdivision, as shown on a map recorded in Plat Book 78, Page 170-171, Johnston County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 62 Ryland Drive, Clayton, North Carolina.

chase 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.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the

sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the pur-

ance of the Margaret A. Phillips property and Hilda Trogdon and possible others and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point located in the center of NCSR #2616 (Jones Street Extension being the former Northeast corner of the Margaret A. Phillips property as described in Deed Book 1320, Page 1920 Randolph County Registry, and being a common corner with Anna T. Pugh property as described in Deed 1113, Page 461 Randolph County Registry; and running thence from said beginning and with the Pugh property line South 01 deg.

00 min. 44 sec. West 334.35 feet to a new iron rod, a new corner with the balance of the Margaret A. Phillips property; thence a new line with the balance of the Margaret A. Phillips Property North 85 deg. 47 min. 53 sec. West 365.31 feet to an existing iron pipe located in the Hilda Trogdon property line; thence with the Trogdon eastern line North 14 deg. 18 min. 42 sec. East 366.66 feet to a point in the center of NCSR #2616; thence with the center of said State Road South 80 deg.

18 min. 29 sec. East 283.64 feet to the point and place of beginning and containing 2.589 acre.

This conveyance is made subject to that certain 20 foot wide access easement along the existing drive and described as follows: Beginning at a point located in the northern property line of the 2.589 acre tract, said point being in the center of NCSR #2616 said point being located South 80 deg. 18 min. 29 sec. East 6.76 feet from the point which is the northwest corner of the 2.589 acre property and running thence, South 03 deg. 42 min. 17 sec. West 138.00 feet to a point; thence South 02 deg. 41 min. 36 sec. West 223.71 feet to a point in the Southern proper-

ty line of the 2.589 acre tract, said easement being located ten (10) feet on either side of the above described line.

This description was taken from a map or plat entitled “Survey for Larry J. Phillips and Tammy A. Phillips, Columbia Township, Randolph County, NC dated October 3, 1995 and drawn by or under the direction of Roland D. Ward, RLS L-2728, Asheboro, NC. Tax ID: 71788 Parcel #: 8702102132 Said Property is commonly known as 4266 Jones Street Extension, Ramseur, NC 27316 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance

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

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

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

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

intersection of Park Street with Sunset Drive, the original southwest corner of the lot described in deed recorded in Book 158, Page 215, Randolph County Registry; running thence North 5-1/2 degrees East along the east side of Park Street 120 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 5-1/2 degrees West 120 feet to a stake on the north side of Sunset Drive; thence North 84 degrees West along the north side of Sunset Drive 150 feet to the BEGINNING, and being the westerly one-half of the lot described in deed recorded in Book 400, Page 331, Randolph County Registry, to which reference is made for title.

property being located at 414 Park Street, Randleman, 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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Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

follows: Being a lot in No. 11 Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina in the City of Concord on Main Street, House No. 37, shown as Lot No. 20 on map of CANNON HOLDING CORPORATION, Map 5, a copy of said map being on file in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County in Map Book 19, Page 55, specific reference thereto being hereby made for a more complete description thereof by metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 691 Main Street, Concord, North Carolina.

Being the same property or a portion of the same property conveyed to Henry Lowry and wife Vivian E. Lowry by Instrument dated June 30, 2014 from Darryl D. Evans, Inc. filed on July 03, 2014 as Document Number 2014424082 and in Book 4469 at Page 557 in the Johnston County records.

Commonlyknownas: 62RylandDrive,Clayton,NC27520 Parcel Number: 06G05029N

TRACT NO. 2: BEGINNING at an iron rod on the east side of Park Street at a point North 7 degrees 00 minute East 136.00 feet from the center of Sunset Street, corner of Methodist Church Parsonage; running thence North 7 degrees 00 minute East along the east side of Park Street 80.00 feet to an iron rod, corner of Barber and Coble; thence South 83 degrees 15 minutes East along the Barber and Coble line 150.00 feet to the Lowe corner; thence South 7 degrees 00 minute West along a new line 80.00 feet to an iron pipe in the parsonage line; thence North 83 degrees 15 minutes West along the parsonage line 150.00 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 12,000 square feet, more or less.

Together with improvements located thereon; said

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Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ______________Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 5970 Fairview Road Suite 126 Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 879-2777 (803) 929-0830

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TAKE NOTICE RANDOLPH

18 SP 127 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Myra M. Rich to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated June 10, 2010 and recorded on June 15, 2010 in Book RE2186 at Page 407, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 342

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James E. Caudle and Blanche S. Caudle to J. Phil Cox, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of November, 2000, and recorded in Book 1685, Page 0688, 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 December 11, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

UNION AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 793

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James L. Dugger and Melissa L. Dugger to Richard H. Lester or G. Robert Turner, III, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of June, 2006, and recorded in Book 04195, Page 0092, 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 December 13, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 249

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Maureen A. Bannon and John M. Bannon, (John M. Bannon, deceased) to David Brown, Trustee(s), dated the 28th day of August, 2006, and recorded in Book 04285, Page 0040, and Modification in Book 05800, Page 0760, and Modification in Book 7011, Page 283, 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 December 13, 2018 and will sell to

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Bradley Franklin Williams and Catherine Elizabeth Williams (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Catherine Elizabeth Williams) to Scott A. Korbin, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of May, 1995, and recorded in Book 785, Page 335, 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 December 20, 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

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Philip E. Eason aka Philip Eason and Tonia S. Eason aka Tonia Eason (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Philip E. Eason and Tonia S. Eason) to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of February, 2008, and recorded in Book 04809, Page 0003, 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 December 20, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Caro-

WAKE 18 SP 398 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 Kimberly BuggsHill to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee(s), which was dated October 30, 2007 and recorded on November 21, 2007 in Book 012844 at Page 01503, 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

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christopher Darnell Ferguson and Jessica Ann Fairchild to Stephen C. Skinner, Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of January, 2007, and recorded in Book 12367, Page 2443, 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 December 10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for

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 December 14, 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 lots Nos. 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138 and 139 as shown on map of Cedar Grove Park, said map will be found of record in Plat Book 7, Page 49, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina and said lots are further described as fronting 379.95 feet on the East side of Pinecroft Road, extends back from said road to a depth of 250.17 feet on their northern boundary line, to a depth of 195.39 feet on their southern boundary line and are 375.30 feet wide across the back or East end.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1507 Cedar

Grove Drive Extension, Asheboro, NC 27205.

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

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 bank-

ruptcy 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.

following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: ALL of Lots 126, 127, 128 and 129, Fairview Acres, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 10, page 102 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4935 Fairview Drive Extension, Trinity, North Carolina.

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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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.

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.

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this prop-

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

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

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

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

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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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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

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 December 12, 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 294, THE PRESERVE AT BRECKENRIDGE SUBDIVISION, PHASE ONE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT AND SURVEY THEREOF ON FILE IN BOOK OF MAPS 2001, PAGE 400, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 304 Bradson Road, Morrisville, NC 27560.

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 Kimberly Buggs-Hill.

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.

cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 184, Bentley Wood Subdivision, Section IV, as recorded in Book of Maps 1971, Page 341, Wake County Registry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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See Deed Book 1509 at page 761 for back reference and description.

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

cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL of Tract 2, containing 1.1 acres, as shown on map of survey titled “The Robert and Gloria Svatonsky Property” recorded in Plat Cabinet H, File 724, Union County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description. A revision of map of survey recorded in Plat Cabinet G, File 693, Union County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 522 West Sandy Ridge Road, Monroe, North Carolina.

TOGETHER WITH all of the Grantors right, title and interest in that certain perpetual, non-exclusive 20 foot wide private drive conveyed to Irving L. Myrick and wife, Doris A. Myrick by Deed of Easement for Access recorded in Book 1660, page 218, Union County Registry and as shown on map of survey prepared by Derick L. Miles, NCPLS, dated October 4, 2001 and recorded in Plat Cabinet G, File 693, Union County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 80 of LAWSON SUBDIVISION, as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet I, File No. 824/825, Union County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1105 Hoyle Lane, Waxhaw, North Carolina.

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

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

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

particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron set, said iron located as follows: Beginning at a nail in the center line of Potter Road and being a common corner with the Mark E. David property (Book 410, page 810) thence N. 89-3555 E. 367.11 feet from the center line of Potter Road to an iron set; thence from said Beginning point, N. 8934-55 E. 176.76 feet to an old iron’ thence S. 1-41-20 W. 245.96 feet to an old iron; thence S. 89-23-45 W. 182.73 feet to an old iron; thence S. 4-18-57 W. 154.02 feet to an old iron; thence S. 89-37-00 W. 31.50 feet to an iron set; thence N. 8-00-26 E. 404.23 feet to an iron set the point and place of Beginning and containing 1.17 acres, more or less, as shown on a survey by John R. Yarbrough dated 5-14-90. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4708 Springview Drive, Mineral Springs, North Carolina.

See Book 497, page 334, Union 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

lina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 8 Block N of Beacon Hills Section III, as shown in Map Book 6 at Page 151 of the Union Co., NC Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8406 Red Lantern Road, Indian Trail, North Carolina.

Restrictions recorded in Book 255 Page 355 in the Union Co. Registry. Rights of way and easements for roads and utilities that border or cross the subject property.

This is the same property conveyed to Philip E. Eason and wife, Tonia S. Eason by Deed of Joseph Earl Smith and wife, Gina Joy Smith filed 09/01/95 in Book 807 Page 725.

Together with improvements thereon said property located at 7309 Beaverwood Drive, Raleigh, NC 27616.

Parcel ID Number: 0058211 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-

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TAKE NOTICE

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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ber 10, 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 48 CHASTEAL TRAILS Cluster Subdivision, Phase 3, as shown on the plat recorded at Book of Maps 2007, Pages 1820-1821 (with said Lot being shown on Page 1820), Wake County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5612 Quiteman Trail, 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 prop-

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the 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.

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cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 1, Phase 1, RUSTIC COUNTY VILLAGE II SUBDIVISION, as depicted in Book of Maps 1997, Page 1789, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 10209 Fanny Brown Road, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

rized 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.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1917

Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 52, Taryn Meadows Subdivision, Phase 1, recorded in Book of Maps 2005, Pages 15591560, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8009 Spiderlily Court, Zebulon, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the 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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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 210, Granite Ridge Subdivision, as shown on Plat recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Page 1207-1208, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2001 Red Quartz Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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.

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 autho-

rized 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

in Wake County, North Carolina, on December 21, 2018 at 1:30 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Lying and being situate in Wake County, North Carolina and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 36, Rutledge Landing Subdivision, Phase One, as shown on Map recorded in Book of Maps 2001, Pages 1256-1258, Wake County Registry.

Tax ID: 1762072950 Said Property is commonly known as 5165 Julip Drive, Knightdale, NC 27545 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

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.

sales, at 1:30 PM on December 17, 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 33, Silvercreek Subdivision, Phase II, as recorded in Map Book 1995, Page 1314, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 404 Silvergrove Drive, Cary, North Carolina.

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.

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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WAKE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 3059

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jesse Lee Fowler and Khadija Fowler, (Jesse L. Fowler aka Jesse Lee Fowler, deceased) (Heirs of Jesse L. Fowler aka Jesse Lee Fowler: Khadija Fowler, Hebba Fowler, Mariam Fowler and Unknown Heirs of Jesse L. Fowler aka Jesse Lee Fowler) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Khadija Fowler) to Matthews Law Group P.C., Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of December, 2012, and recorded in Book 015059, Page 00478, 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2566

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Surena Johnson to CB Services Corp, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of August, 2008, and recorded in Book 13233, Page 1606, 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 Decem-

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Grenetta Legette (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): G&L Living Trust) to Western Wake Law Group, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of April, 2016, and recorded in Book 16357, Page 190, 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 December 10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by William F. Haire to Bagwell, Holt, Smith, P.A., Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of January, 2016, and recorded in Book 16262, Page 2671, 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 December 10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cynthia Ryles and Camonti Ryles (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Cynthia Ryles) to North Sate BNK, Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of April, 2005, and recorded in Book 11314, Page 1901, 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 December 17, 2018 and will sell to the highest

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18-SP-2396 NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Julien R. Touillet and Buzi A. Muki, in the original amount of $101,652.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Guaranty Residential Lending, Inc., dated April 29, 2002 and recorded on April 29, 2002 in Book 009395 at Page 1802, and modified by Loan Modification dated March 27, 2014 and recorded on April 28, 2014 in Book 015642 at Page 00648, Wake County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 381

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Prakash K. Dev and Sunita A. Dev fka Sunita Kumari Deo (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Sunita Kumari Deo and Prakash Kumar Dev) to Coastal Federal Financial Group, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of June, 2008, and recorded in Book 13161, Page 1019, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2516

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Precious V. Turner to Jeffrey Holiman, Trustee(s), dated the 4th day of December, 2015, and recorded in Book 016230, Page 01994, and Modification in Book 16994, Page 217, 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 December 17, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of

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 December 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 2, containing 0.881 acre, as shown on survey map dated July 7, 1997, entitled “ Property of William Ray Parker and wife, Faye A. Parker” and recorded in Book of Maps 1997, Page 1762, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4344 Rockside Hills Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

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

Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 587, Highland Creek Subdivison, Phase 14, as shown on the plat entitled “Highland Creek, Phase 13, Phase 14, Lot 5015 and Revised Lot 5050”, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book of Maps 2015, Page(s) 36-44, Wake County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4364 Prairie Creek Trail, 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

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: 1192506 (FC.FAY)

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: 1209624 (FC.FAY)

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: 1162400 (FC.FAY)

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

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: 1175449 (FC.FAY)

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