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UDO meeting brings questions, ideas for changes

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher With the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance in its final stages, residents and stakeholders in the Hampstead community met last week to review and discuss the document.

Pender County Commissioner David Williams, who represents Hampstead, expressed concer n over the document being too restrictive. “The primary issue I am hearing is the UDO severely restricts development by not allowing any development in the floodplains and other designated protection zones,� Williams said. “There is also concern about UDO requirements that seem to go way beyond or even conflict with some state and federal regulations and provisions that allow too much interpretation.�

Williams says if the UDO is enacted as proposed, there could be unintended consequences for growth and development for the county-both perceived and real. “I see this UDO having potential negative impacts for future economic development. It will be difficult to recover once the regulations are enacted, said Williams.

The UDO as proposed restricts development and community density in re-

Cause of Surf City fire ‘undetermined’

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source conservation areas (RCA) with the ultimate concer n for the impact on residential, commercial, and economic growth, which will impact tax base growth in the county.

The Planning Board meeting scheduled for Oct. 1 was postponed due to feedback received at the Hampstead meeting. Williams feels the document

“I think we need to pump the brakes a little bit and not rush it�

Commissioner David Williams

needs more review. “I think we need to pump the brakes a little bit and not rush it,� Williams said.

I’m listening to everyone on this. The residents and the developers both have my ear, but no extremists.�

Williams is making several suggestions regarding the adoption of the UDO: s$ELAY UPCOMING PUBLIC hearings with Planning Board and BOCC s!PPOINT A SMALL AS POSsible) UDO task force representing various stakeholders to collaborate with the planning staff to review the UDO draft in 90 days.

Stakeholders could include conservation groups, developers (commercial and residential), land owners (from rural area, coastal area, and urban area (like Hampstead), planning board representative, real

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Chris Nelson works one of three griddles frying bacon for hungry festival goers at the N.C. Bacon Festival in Rocky Point Saturday. See more photos of the festival on Facebook.

With the preliminary investigation complete, the cause of the fire that destroyed seven homes on Topsail Island is listed as “undetermined.� “Undeter mined is an official cause for a fire under investigation,� said Surf City Fire chief Allan Wilson. “That means they can’t pinpoint exactly what caused it, but the case is still open. Should new information come to light, the case can be revisited.�

Two Surf City homes, located on Atkinson Road, were reported on fire at 6 p.m. Sunday. When firefighters ar rived, three homes were already fully involved, and the windblown blaze quickly spread to neighboring houses.

Firefighters from a number of local departments battled the blaze and kept it from moving toward South Shore Drive.

The fire destroyed seven multi-story homes, including docks, boats, and cars in the waterside community.

Wind blew fire across the canal and started several small brushfires in the dry grass.

State Bureau of Investigation and federal ATF agents were on the scene Monday and completed the preliminary investigation late that afternoon.

Home values in the Peninsula at Topsail neighborhood range form $390,000 to $520,000.

Evicted by Florence, Pender Tourism back home in old jail offices ing and operates under an agreement with the county to provide office space. Louise Hesse has been a strong advocate of preservation of the old jail – which we appreciate.

In the year following Florence, we have worked in the Emergency Operations Center, thanks to our Emergency Manager and Pender EMS and Fire.

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More than a year ago, our office, 106 E. Wilmington St., was damaged during Hurricane Florence. The historic jail suffered water damage, mold, and lots of TLC. The county does not own the old jail. The Town of Burgaw owns the build-

By Tammy Proctor Pender County Tourism Director

One of my fond memories working there was finding Stephanie and Olivia searching the control iPad for Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel. I turned to Tom Collins, who hates Hallmark movies, and said, “Tom, the kids are playing with the remote.�

With a smile and slight outburst, he compromised and found Christmas music

for them.

In late winter, we moved to temporary offices in the central administration building. Olivia and Stephanie shared an office with make-shift desks (commonly known as folding tables). I have to say, Stephanie and Olivia were troopers through the whole ordeal. I had an office at the end of the hall, which re-

sembled more of a storage unit than an office. We had to replace 10,000 rack cards, 500 lbs. of maps, display advertising pieces, and every size envelope we commonly use. Most of those boxes encompassed my desk.

Finally, we are returning to our jail sweet jail. We’re organizing and awaiting the installation of telephones, computer lines,

and copiers this week.

The move has complicated Ghost Walk ticket sales. No one knows where to find us! After Oct. 1, we can be found at 106 E. Wilmington St. We are thrilled to be back on the square where we can watch the Christmas decorations go up after Ghost Walk.

It’s good to be “home� again.

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About 100 Topsail Beach residents turned out for the candidates forum, sponsored by the Post & Voice and the League of Women Voters of the Lower Cape Fear Monday night.

The Burgaw Candidate Forum is scheduled for Oct. 3 from 7-9 p.m. at the Depot.

Surf City’s forum will be Monday Oct. 7 from 7-9 p.m. in the Community Center gym.

All candidates are invited to attend and participate in their respective forums.

Members of the media are also welcome to attend.

The format will be identical to previous forums, with each candidate given an open statement of several minutes and closing statement of two minutes. Ques-

About 100 Topsail Beach residents attended Monday’s Candidates Forum held at the Assembly Building. Mayor Howard Braxton announced he was not a candidate, although his name will appear on the ballot.

Two candidates for mayor and three candidates seeking two open seats on the board answered a number of questions from residents.

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Pender County Arrest Report Will return to the Post & Voice next week Health fair planned in Moores Creek community

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Moores Creek Missionary Baptist Church will provide a health fair Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Four presentations will be offered throughout the event, entitled Mind, Body and Soul: A Holistic Approach to Healthcare Forum. The forum is free and open to the community, and a light healthy lunch will be provided.

Latasha Murray (RN, BSN) said that she and others who g rew up in Pender County decided to get together to provide this healthcare forum for the community.

“We’re all local. We all grew up there in Pender County, but have moved out of the area,” began Murray.

“We wanted to start coming back and doing some things

for the community, and we especially wanted to have a health fair. It’s just a way for us to give more health information to the people there in the area. With it being a rural community, sometimes we don’t get the best and most up-to-date education and information about our health. This is just something we thought of, and we decided to figure out how to do it.”

The Mind, Body and Soul healthcare forum will include four sessions. The first will be presented by Edward Squires, MSEd. He is an insurance agent with Elite Benefits Group who will present information about health insurance coverage and conduct onsite consults. He is expected to discuss changes in the Affordable Healthcare Act and answer questions about different healthcare op-

tions for the Pender County residents who attend.

Other speakers will include Shirena Smith and Lorenzo Hansley, who are both therapists and counselors.

“They will be doing a portion on how your physical health and different diseases can affect your mental health, and how to deal with that,” explained Murray.

Murray will be presenting information on high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol.

“I will talk about things we need to be asking our doctors about when we go, and what kind of testing we need to have done. We will discuss ways to better control those so that they don’t overtake your life and kill you. We’ll be going over things like taking your medicines, how to find

resources when you can’t afford your medicines and the importance of following up with your doctor.

It’s important to keep up with your own levels to make sure you’re being treated the best way,” said Murray.

Pastor Clifton Marshall, also born and raised in Pender County, will be discussing all of the issues from the spiritual sense. He will talk about how all of those things combined can affect your spiritual health, and ways to deal with those effects.

Moores Creek Missionary Baptist Church is located at 60 Minuteman Rd. in Currie. A break will be built into the schedule, with an hour for a light healthy lunch. The presenters will be out front to show everyone where to go.

Hampstead church to hold celebration after storm repairs to sanctuary

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Hampstead Baptist Church (HBC) will soon reopen its sanctuary after completing extensive repairs and renovations following Hurricane Florence.

The community is invited to attend HBC’s Restoration Day and Homecoming: Celebrating 70 years of God’s Faithfulness.

The special celebration will be held Oct. 13 beginning at 10:15 a.m. in the newly restored sanctuary.

Pastor Joey Canady will be speaking that day, and special guests who have helped with the recovery process will be invited to attend.

“It’s kind of a start-over for us,” began Canady. “We are celebrating our 70th anniversary on the same day we are celebrating the restoration. We’re just kicking everything up a notch, and this has just kind of prompted us to do that – as far as our greeting, and we have a brand-new state of the art sound system. We were struggling to do media ministries before, but now we’ll be able to do that much

better.”

Canady said that throughout the struggles faced by the church while working to recover from Florence, they have seen God’s faithfulness very clearly in numerous ways.

“From my perspective, you can see God’s hand in it so much in so many details.

Until just before the storm, I lived further away. We had been renting, but God just opened up a place for us to buy right over here on Hoover Rd. We hadn’t even made our first house payment when the storm hit.

Living here, I was able to zip back and forth to check on our people and the church building.”

When Canady first saw the building on Sept. 15 just after the storm, it was a mess. The east side had flooded, most of the ceiling had fallen out and even more would fall out in the following days. The back of the building had several inches of water from the rain. With construction experience from years past, he knew it would be a long road to recovery.

Pastor Canady decided

Pender EMS and Fire Report

Sept. 22-28 Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: 194 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 43 Sloop Point Station 14 24 Hampstead Station 16 32 Surf City Station 23 16 Topsail Beach Station 4 4 Union Station 5 18 Rocky Point Station 7 30 Atkinson Station 9 18 Maple Hill Station 13 5 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 Station 29 4 Type of Calls Cancelled: 24 Refusals: 47 Stand by: 1 Transported: 107 Treated/released: 15 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 4 Calls per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 7 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 0 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 16 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 8 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 0 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 12 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 South 1 EMS St. 4 Topsail Beach 0 Fire Call Type Summary Fire 11 Motor Vehicle Crash 6 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 21 Cancelled 6 Ocean Rescue 0

Pastor Joey Canady to do a Facebook video to let the church members see what they were dealing with. One of the members reached out with a contact for a restoration business.

Against all odds, they were able to get a team out to the church before the storm had even completely passed.

“If they would not have gotten here when they did, I don’t know what would have happened. It’s been a long road. You hear people say God used it, but He really did. Our folks had an opportunity to either let it really bother them or to use it for their good and God’s glory, and they used it for good,” said Canady.

While last year was a trying time for the com-

munity, Canady said that it provided the church a great opportunity for ministry.

They were able to reach out to hundreds of people who were displaced or suffered otherwise, and they are still in the process of doing hands-on work. As difficult as it has been, Florence has brought the people of HBC much closer.

“It’s tiring and it’s been difficult, but honestly it’s been a blessing - just to see God’s hand in it and see Him working in it. Scripture talks about suffering.

When we depend on and trust in Him, there’s no angst or anxiety. God is glorified when we depend on Him through difficulties. Our purpose in life is to give Him glory, and there’s not a better time to give Him glory than when we have suffered and can step back and say, ‘What a great God.’ Our people have done that well and we are proud of them. You see the real heart of community in something like this,” said Canady.

Hampstead Baptist Church is located at 67 Factory Rd. in Hampstead.

Attempted murder charged From Staff Reports Pender County Sheriff ’s deputies arrested a Maple Hill man Sept. 27 charged with attempted murder.

Barkym Lamar James, 28, is chared with one count of Attempted First-Degree Murder, one count of FirstDegree Kidnapping, one count of Attempted Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, one count of Possession of a Firearm by Felon and one count of Discharging a Weapon into Occupied Property Causing Serious Bodily Injury.

The incident occurred during the early morning hours of Sept. 24. James is accused of shooting the victim during an attempted robbery causing the severe life-threatening injuries.

The victim is currently receiving medical treatment.

James was taken into

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Welcome to my world

Regina Hill Post & Voice Columnist

Not mine to keep Jacob, my first born, turned 21 last week. That means 21 birthday parties, 21 years of milestones, doctor’s appointments, first days of school. Endless hours at a kitchen table reviewing homework, tears over lost pets and the anticipation of planning vacations have come down to this.

Twenty-one years of dinners, hurried breakfasts, football and basketball games have flown by and I wish so much that I could slow them down, revisiting those days at will. Twenty-one years of celebrations, tears, worries, disagreements and snuggles come down to one, irrefutable realization; he’s not mine to keep.

It seems horribly unfair that the tiny baby that I thought utterly breakable was never really mine to keep.

Jacob, a senior at UNCWilmington majoring in Computer Science, has come into his own. He’s independent, for the most part, and I’m not convinced that I’m okay with this truth. When I fight back tears over missing him one evening, friends remind me that Jacob’s successful departure into adulthood should be cause for celebration. I am a good parent and the result of good parenting is the raising of a well-adjusted grownup, adept at functioning in this world. I call foul.

I remember with vivid detail the first time I saw my son. The day had passed slowly as I lay in a hospital bed watching game shows and engaging in nervous small talk with family and friends. The induction had been followed by endless deals made with the anesthesiologist to keep my epidural meds flowing-a perk when the anesthesiologist was also a parent at the school where I worked as an assistant principal.

The reality that I would soon be responsible for a tiny human still had not registered. Later that afternoon, as I sat happy and pain free, several nurses entered my room with looks of panic. My chart must have screamed that I was anxiety prone, because they calmly informed me that I was on my way to the operating room for an emergency c-section in the same way that I might be offered chocolate chip pancakes. I was at the peak of a roller coaster, staring down a vast incline, and there was no hopping off. I squeezed my eyes tightly, hyperventilating, the response very different from the scenes of TLC’s A Baby Story.

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Forgotten yellow ribbons Buddy Myers would be 23 now.

I’d like to think he would have graduated high school, maybe playing football and baseball at Lakewood High School, a few miles from his home, living out the dreams under the Friday night lights. I expect he would have played offense, where speed is king, since he was a slight child, and likely would have been a slender, ropy young man with the same cockeyed grin you see in the photos of him as a little boy. Maybe he would even be good enough to play college ball.

Maybe Buddy would have shown a bright, quick grasp for learning; he had enough challenges as a little kid to make him strong. By now, he should have decided if he was going to be a teacher, a doctor, a scientist, or even (heaven forbid) a lawyer.

Perhaps Buddy would have followed the example set by many who lived near his home outside Roseboro, and joined the military. As a soldier he might have become a paratrooper, and occasionally flown over his hometown en route to a drop zone at Fort Bragg.

Maybe he would have followed in his great-uncle’s footsteps, becoming a long-distance truck driver. He might even have been on his way to becoming a driver in his beloved NASCAR. At 23, Buddy should have had the world at his feet.

Maybe he does.

We just don’t know.

On Oct. 5, 2000, a little boy named Tristen Myers, better known as Buddy, disappeared while he and his great-aunt were taking a nap. He was four years old. The family lived up a dusty lane called Microwave Tower Road, outside of Roseboro. Buddy had bounced between family members starting not long after

Jefferson Weaver his birth. His mom was a tragedy all her own, thanks to drugs and the monsters who prey on pretty teenaged girls. His grandmother couldn’t care for him, since she had cancer. His great-Aunt Donna and her husband, however, gave Buddy a home, stability, love. He was more of the age one would expect of a grandchild or even a great-grandchild, but he became their son in all respects.

He had two dogs; a warm, safe home in a good neighborhood, with neighbors close enough that he could visit their horses; good food; a clean bed, and a church.

All the things a little kid needs to grow up big and strong.

On the afternoon of Oct. 5, Buddy was asleep on the floor of the living room, surrounded by his toys, when Donna nodded off.

He somehow got past the locked door and disappeared on a golden afternoon with his dogs.

He has never been seen again.

Hours after he disappeared, my editor called and sent me to Microwave Tower Road, to the home from where his Great-Aunt

Donna had called 911 around 4 p.m. The long lane called Microwave Tower Road has a couple of rises one might charitably call hills. As we rolled up one of them, we could see flashlights spearing through the dust fogging the night sky. We heard people yelling “Bobby, Bobby!”

People didn’t know his name yet.

Miss Rhonda rode with me, and we spent a couple hours with two Wildlife officers, searching trails, pastures and fields in their four-wheel-drive truck. I filed what news I could, got a few hours sleep, and was back out the next day.

Those days became a blur as people from a dozen states turned out to help. It was church homecoming season, but it wouldn’t surprise me if many area churches had to order pizza for their dinners on the grounds, considering how much food they provided for the volunteers.

For the first time, I met Monica Caison of the CUE Center. At first I thought she was just a bossy woman harassing

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Online tools A good starting point to figuring out what you want to do in retirement is at LifeReimagined.aarp. org. This is an AARP website (you don’t have to be a member to use it) that can help you rediscover what truly matters to you and focus on what you really want to do. It offers a variety of online exercises and programs that will hopefully spark some ideas and give you inspiration.

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my friend, the chief deputy; later we became friends, a sad bond forged over folks who have gone missing.

In 2016, when Buddy should have been in college, finishing basic training or getting his commercial driver’s license, there were more than 650,000 people missing in just the United States.

Some were elderly people who wandered away, or homeless people who disappeared. Some were runaway kids, and some were runaway grownups who simply decide to cut all ties with everyone. Some were devoured by the demons of drug and alcohol abuse, some were just unlucky (although I don’t believe in luck) and some were victims of crimes.

But every single one, man or woman, boy or girl, old or young -- every single missing person is somebody’s child. Monica taught me that.

Each time I write this column, I find it hard to violate one of the primary rules of missing persons cases, namely the use of anything but the present, active verb tense. You never say “was”.

You say someone “is.” Sometimes that’s the only thread keeping a grieving parent or spouse or sibling together. After writing a column on Buddy since 2001, one year after he disappeared, I still find it hard to say “is.”

That’s a definite, direct verb.

It means you know the status, the condition, the location of someone or something. But with Buddy, as with thousands of other missing people, we simply don’t know.

Buddy became our child during that first week of October; I use the plural possessive because every person on that search had a stake in finding him safely. He

Lori’s Stories

Lori Kirkpatrick A few days ago, I spent the afternoon with Natalie Johnston and the Pender Food Project. I drove out to her home in Riverbend, where she showed me around. We made our way behind the house to an outdoor area that consists of a recently donated, relatively large grill, in addition to a couple of smaller grills and a smoker. Natalie likes cooking outside when she can because she can fit enough meat on the grill to feed about 75 people, and it also helps her cut back on her electricity bill.

Next she showed me the shed that houses a refrigerator and a freezer she uses to store the food until she is ready to use it to prepare the meals. She provides meals at least twice a week, and receives donations from other outreach organizations and individuals.

For those who are unfamiliar with Pender Food Project, it’s a small local disaster relief food outreach working with Pender County Long Term Recovery Group. It was originally known as Friendly Food Project, and it relies solely on donations and volunteers. This project is specifically and exclusively for Hurricane

Continued on page 9A Florence flood survivors in Pender County.

The project started in early October last year when a few disaster relief workers, including Natalie, realized that the only large remaining groups serving food to Pender County residents were packing up and heading to Florida to help Hurricane Michael victims. It was clear to Natalie that Pender County had a long road to recovery ahead of them, so she decided to continue providing meals for them.

The program has shifted over the months according to the needs of the community, and now it involves delivering prepared foods and groceries to families in need. Natalie is currently preparing the meals and delivering donated groceries to residents in Riverbend, Whitestocking, Croomsbridge, Stag Park and Shaw Highway.

What Natalie cooks on any given day depends on what has been donated, which makes it difficult to plan in advance. The afternoon I spent with her, we had eggs that had been donated by one of the families she delivers to - who happens to own chickens, ducks and geese. We chopped pickles that had been donated, we boiled the eggs and whipped up a nice egg salad. We divvied up chicken soup and chili that Natalie had prepared the day before, and loaded everything up into the back of her small SUV. Excited to have a special cool treat to deliver to her people, Natalie announced that today we had a bucket of chocolate ice cream donated by Lewis Farms Continued on page 4A

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Continued from page 3A was everybody’s baby.

And he just vanished.

One of the search crews found a shoeprint, but it could have been days, even weeks old. Someone else found a favorite dinosaur toy down a wooded path. A professional group of mantrackers found hints that Buddy had passed here or there, but nothing was solid enough to provide a trail. A helicopter with infrared cameras found hunting dogs, deer and livestock, but no one found a little boy.

Standing in what had been the service bay of the old Ford dealership, his eyes red and his shoulders sagging, Chief Deputy John Hayes called everyone together one last time.

A cold front was bringing rain and plunging temperatures to the area, with a chance of tornadoes. The search was being “scaled back,” the command post shut down. It was time for everyone to go home.

One stubborn pair of searchers from West Virginia hung on through

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Continued from page 3A to deliver for dessert.

First we visited a woman in her sixties who lives alone in a FEMA trailer. It’s situated in front of her mobile home that was flooded by Florence. Her home was just recently mucked out, and her belongings are mostly out in the open.

Some of her remaining possessions are covered with tarps to protect them from the weather, and she didn’t leave during Dorian because she was worried about thieves. She has a washer in her shed, but no working dryer. Debris is all around, as if the storm just recently passed. The woman became emotional as she tried to tell me how much Natalie’s help meant to her.

Then I met a couple, Anthony and Adrienne Atkinson. They were in their mobile home during Florence when they realized they were surrounded by water.

It quickly rose to four and a half feet, and they knew it was time to go when they started seeing snakes swimming by. They managed to get into their two-man canoe with their two dogs, two stray puppies, two cats and four backpacks with all the belongings they

the weekend, their tiny tent buffeted by the storms. Some firefighters, law enforcement officers, and a few other volunteers searched their way through the weekend.

At a press conference that Sunday, a few stubborn searchers gathered with Donna, Monica, and an official or two. Mother was filling in for me, and she happened to be the first person to see Buddy’s two dogs come trotting up the path to the home. They were clean, as if they were freshly groomed.

There was a moment of hope several years later, when a little boy closely matching Buddy’s description was found with a man who had known Buddy’s mom. I stood on the back porch of our home and shouted praises to God that he was safe – but the little boy wasn’t Buddy.

He was just another little kid who’d been dealt a bad hand, but at least he had been rescued and had a chance.

I’ve written a few dozen missing person cases, both from before and after since my editor sent me out on that October evening. I’ve been there a when there

were joyous reunions, and when there were tears as a body was found.

And I’ve been there when the search was called off, since there was no sign of why or how or when someone just disappeared.

On many of those cases, Monica has been there. I’ve seen her comforting families, questioning authorities, providing people and resources and skillsets far beyond what is usually available at the local level. The word “hero” gets abused a lot nowadays, but as far as I am concerned, Monica is a hero of the first order. She can be a diplomat, a mom, a sister, a friend, or a fierce warrior as needed. She can rattle off names, dates, and circumstances of missing people better than most of us can remember a grocery list. She lives with those voices and faces every single day, clinging to the ones where families had closure, and praying for those who still wait for that call.

For years, there were yellow ribbons around utility poles and signs on the doors of stores all around Roseboro. The last

time I went through that town, there was one fading poster on the door of a closed store. The yellow ribbons were gone, faded or blown away, worn out by time, frayed like the hearts of those who wait and hope and wonder and cry and pray for a missing loved one.

The yellow ribbons are gone now; we’ll never know if Buddy could have been a soldier, a truck driver, a doctor, a teacher or a football star. We will likely never know what happened to him, where he went, or when. We’ll never know if he could hear the searchers calling him Bobby. We’ll likely never know why his dogs came home without him.

We’ll never know a lot about Buddy, but even though the yellow ribbons are gone, and many people don’t remember his name, we will always know one thing: every missing person is somebody’s child.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Tristen “Buddy” Myers, please contact the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office at 910.592.4141 or the CUE Center for Missing Persons.

could carry. They told me stories of neighbors who had climbed to the tops of nearby pine trees, waiting to be rescued.

The Atkinsons’ place looked similar to the first woman’s home I had seen.

The FEMA trailer was in front of their irreparable mobile home. Personal belongings were outside all around and covered by tarps, and laundry was a problem for them, as well.

The couple explained that FEMA is planning to take the trailer. They tried to get a home loan, but didn’t qualify. As Natalie and I were leaving, Anthony handed a frozen ham to her. As much as these people have lost and as

little as they have to give, they all want to contribute something.

Another stop was at a farm. The owner wasn’t home, but we were able to visit with the friendliest bunch of farm animals I had ever met. The horses, pigs, chickens and goats all came over to the fence; eager to greet us and to be petted. Natalie has worked something out with this homeowner so that she can leave food for everyone on the street and the woman will deliver to her neighbors.

Funding for the program will end in December, and I have no idea how these Pender County residents are going to

recover. Many don’t have the means to haul away debris, much less rebuild their homes. It would take a community of people to step in and lend a collective hand to get them where they need to be.

As I left for the day, I was reminded of the couple I had met earlier, and these words that came from Anthony Atkinson.

He said “If it wasn’t for Natalie, we’d probably be in a bad space right now, honestly. She is a big help to us and a big help to Pender County. When she comes, it is definitely a morale booster because it reminds us that people do still remember us out here.”

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By Karen Sota Sea Turtle Hospital Special to the Post & Voice Hospital staff and patients had a “whale of a time” Sept. 22. But first a little background on some of the key players in that very special afternoon.

Of course there’s our hospital Director, Jean, who kept most of the details a secret until the very last minute. Only a few of us knew what was planned, and we spent the week prior running from our other volunteers who, for some reason, seemed convinced Oprah Winfrey was coming.

If only!

Next is Bonnie Monteleone, a Wilmington resident who is the Executive Director of Plastic Ocean Project (POP.) We’ve had a great relationship with Bonnie over the years and she is passionate in her mission “to educate through field research, implement progressive outreach initiatives, and incubate solutions to address the global plastic pollution problem, working with and for the next generation to create a more sustainable future.”

POP recently moved to a larger location next to the UNCW campus and had their grand opening the day before their visit with us. We are appreciative that Bonnie, a talented artist, found time in her busy schedule several years ago to create one of the most interesting exhibits at our hospital – our “trash turtle.”

Captain Charlie Moore, author of Plastic Ocean was also on-hand to talk about his latest trip to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, that huge gyre of mostly plastic trash swirling in a clockwise current in the North Pacific Ocean between the U.S. West Coast and Asia. It keeps sucking in everything we throw out and grows bigger by the minute. Bottom line is, it’s bad, and getting worse.

Last but certainly not least was Garth Stevenson, double bassist and composer who in 2010 spent a month aboard the icebreaker, Ushuaia, where he played his double bass among seals, penguins, and icebergs in Antarctica while composing the score and acting in Scott Cohen’s feature film, Red Knot. Also onboard was Roger Payne, the renowned whale researcher and first to record humpback whales in the 1960�s. Garth: “I spent a few weeks prior to the trip learning to adapt whale calls on my bass by playing along with Roger’s

By Alex Riley Pender County Schools Special to the Post & Voice Last year, the Pender County community banded together to persevere through the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. Generosity from groups and organizations around the state, region and nation helped area residents get back on their feet.

Following Hurricane Dorian, the Ocracoke community suffered similar hardships. Pender County Schools wanted to help, organizing the Pay It Forward, Pender fundraiser.

The community’s response was nothing short of incredible.

Pender County Schools will be sending the Ocracoke School $5,920.23 in money and gift cards to album, Songs Of The Humpback Whales.

One evening, in the middle of a four-day open sea crossing between South Georgia and Antarctica, I gave a concert at sunset on the bow of our ship. I was improvising and creating layers with my loop pedal then started imitating whale calls on the bass.

A few minutes later 12 sei whales came and swam next to our vessel!”

One of the things we’ve observed over our decades of interacting with sea turtles is that they appear to respond to music. We’ve been known to sing anything from Christmas carols, to Motown to Broadway show tunes to a turtle that’s having a bad day. Since sea turtles live in the ocean one might surmise that they would definitely respond to music that mimics whale sounds, right?

Garth was very enthusiastic about the opportunity to play for our turtles and set up in the big house, Sea Turtle Bay. Of course Snooki, the queen of the room immediately assumed he was there for a private concert for her and kept doing laps in her tank trying to get a good look at the man with the bass who was generating those deep and familiar yet exotic sounds.

Our volunteers filled the floor of Sea Turtle Bay, scattering among the tanks full of our recovering patients.

It was fascinating to watch the reaction of our turtles to the sound of Garth’s

bass. Those standing near Kemp’s Lennie’s tank described her as dancing the entire time. Loggerhead Monroe, in a tank nearest to Garth stationed himself as close as possible to where he could soak up the good vibrations.

After over an hour in Sea Turtle Bay Garth moved his bass into Sick Bay where he played for the turtles who are still undergoing daily treatments. I’ve never seen a group of such well-behaved little greens, who were out of their tanks and being held by our staff. Greens are the first species to act up if they’re not getting their way but on Sunday they were obviously enchanted by the music.

Our thanks to Jean, Bonnie, Capt. Charlie and of course Garth for a magical afternoon of music and fellowship. Flipper hugs.

We continue on our fall tour schedule, open only on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. This time of year the island is less crowded and visitors seem to be less concerned about rushing through their vacation.

The tour takes about 45 minutes once inside the doors so plan your schedule accordingly as our turtles can get tired from all the swimming and smiling and tend to nap more as the day gets later. Hope you take time to visit as the weather cools and the lines aren’t quite as long. We’ll be open until mid-December before closing until spring 2020.

Rev. James H. Faison, III District Court Judge Pender & New Hanover Counties

The Topsail High School Marching Pirates, 105 strong will be traveling to Chicago to appear in the 2019 Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade. The band was selected from many applicants from across the nation. The parade is nationally televised on WGN9 and can be live streamed on WGNTV.com. Topsail High School Music Boosters, a non-profit organization, along with the band members will be fund-raising to pay for the cost of the trip, with the primary fundraiser being the 2019 Pirate Classic band competition Oct. 19 at the Topsail High School football stadium.

While in the Windy City, band members will have the opportunity to experience a wide array of siteseeing adventures. In addition to marching in the parade on Thanksgiving Day, the students will visit the aquarium, the zoo, take several excursions around the city, and shop on the Miracle Mile.

The 2019 Pirate Classic, which will take place from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. Oct. 19, is an annual high school marching band competition and is the primary fund-raising event for the marching band each year.

The cost to attend is $8 and tickets can be purchased at the gate. The 2019 lineup includes 19 high school bands from the region that

will compete for awards and trophies in several different categories. It is anticipated that more than 3,000 people will attend.

The bands will perform throughout the day and concession stands will be open serving a variety of food including hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza and of course funnel cakes. Proceeds from the event will be applied to the cost of the Chicago trip, purchase of uniforms, music, instruments, etc., throughout the year to assist the music program.

“The goal of our music department is to enhance the learning experience of these students and increase their appreciation of the music as they work continually to improve their musical skills”, said Jake Wentzek, Band Director.

“These students put their heart and soul into their performances. They have a rigorous practice schedule, and we stress the importance of being responsible to yourself, your fellow band members and the mission of the band. These

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kids grow both musically and personally from being involved with the marching band family. I can’t even express how proud I am of the work and dedication these students exhibit day in and day out. Marching in the Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade is going to be an unforgettable experience for them.”

The Chicago Thanksgiving Day parade began in 1934 and has been a proud tradition ever since. The parade it the kick-off for the Holiday Season. Every year, more than 100 different groups, otherwise known as “units”, walk down the parade route.

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Pender County Schools would like to thank everyone who donated to this cause, proving that even the smallest gift can make a big impact. In addition, the district would like to thank the State Employees Credit Union in Burgaw for allowing the use of its coin-counting machine to tally up the total. Pender County Schools employees will hand deliver the check to Ocracoke School officials next week.

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“Last year was certainly one of the most difficult stretches in Pender County history, and for many the hardships are not over,” Pender County Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven Hill said. “We never forgot how much it meant to receive assistance as we tried to rebuild our lives.

Immediately after we saw what was happening with Ocracoke, we knew we wanted to repay a little portion of what was done to help us. The response from our community shows just how much everyone wanted to help.”

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Being aware of our prayers

By Dr. Ray W. Mendenhall Contributing Writer Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them‌ whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who sees in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will bless you.

Matthew 6: 1, 6 A student once came to a great master and said, “teach me to pray,� whereupon the master grabbed the student by the collar, stuck his head in a rain barrel, and held it under the water until the student nearly drowned. When the master let go the student came up sputtering, “Why did you do that?� The master answered, “When you need to pray as much as you needed to breathe, then I can teach you to pray.�

Contrary to popular belief, true prayer is not light work. It is in fact ardent effort.

Prayer is not easy or casual. Prayer is not frivolous. Prayer is not fancy or showy. In the passage today Jesus tells us not to make a spectacle of your prayer

to be seen by others and thought holy, don’t heap up empty phrases or think that many words make a better prayer. Pray quietly, pray privately in the quiet presence of God. Prayer calls for our undivided attention. It requires us to be intentional. It demands our deepest and heartfelt involvement. It requires our upmost focus.

Mother Teresa wrote a book entitled “Everything begins with prayer�. Her inspiration (and her practice of prayer) no doubt came from Jesus. Throughout His life, Jesus talked about prayer. Jesus taught about prayer, and He practiced it a lot. `Here are a few thoughts on prayer from Jesus. Jesus enjoins us to pray fervently, to give our prayers energy. He taught us to pray with our whole heart, to pray with our whole soul, to pray with our whole being.

Jesus taught us to pray simply, no fancy words or flowery talk, just a simple conversation with God. Jesus invited us to pray directly, to call God “Abba�, Father, to pray as we would talk to a good friend or a family member.

Jesus encouraged us to pray boldly, to pray passionately, to pray persistently. Jesus taught us to pray secretly, and to pray together publicly with others. Jesus demonstrated in his life the importance of prayer in the daily life of the individual and the company of believers.

Following Jesus’ example, what do we need to know, what do we need to do to be aware of our prayers as we lift them up to the Lord? `Firstly, Pray alone. Jesus modeled this in His own life. When He needed to be refocused, when he needed it be renewed, when he needed to be redirected; Jesus went off to a quiet place to pray. We all need alone time with God. We need the secret closet that Matthew is talking about.

We all need to spend alone time with God. Private prayer is like a private conversation. There is no one else there to distract us or intervene. We sit in quiet conversation with God. Notice I said conversation.

Prayer contrary to popular thought is not a monologue; it is a dialogue. It is not an opportunity for us to deliver our “to do� list to God. Prayer is conversation. We

talk and God listens, then we listen so God can speak into our hearts and souls.

Secondly, we are to engage in corporate prayer, praying together as a group.

We are to nurture the fellowship of prayer. When we pray in a group, we realize that our prayers are not the only prayers there are. Praying with others reminds us that millions of people around the globe are also praying.

Corporate prayer reminds us that we pray as a part of believing community, the body of Christ. Private prayer and corporate prayer are a kind of spiritual interplay.

Lastly, we are to pray the will of God‌ “not my will but thy will.â€? We don’t pray for what is only good for us and ours, we pray for what grows the kingdom of God and God’s Will for us and for the world.

`Everything begins with prayer, but everything ends with prayer too. God and God’s purpose is the focus of our prayers. A true prayer to the Father might go like this: I thank You, most gracious God for blessings undeserved and untold, Show me now how I may direct my words and my ways to serve You, Amen. Amen is another way of saying “give this prayer life.�

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Men’s Breakfast, 2nd Sunday of Each Month, 8-9 a.m.

CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP (CF2) Ladies’ Circle, 2nd Monday of Each Month, 6:30-8 p.m.

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Obituaries

Louis Andrew Leimone Louis Andrew Leimone was born July 15, 1943, to the late Juisto and Rose Leimone. Louis passed away peacefully Sept. 23, 2019, surrounded by his loving family.

Louis was bor n and raised in Burgaw. He graduated from North Carolina State University in 1965.

While attending the university in Raleigh he met his sweetheart, Linda. They married and moved to Durham, where they raised their family. Louis and Linda moved to their beautiful lake home in Gasburg, Va. on Lake Gaston in 1994, where he loved spending time with his family and friends on the water.

Louis was the owner of VIP Personnel, Inc for 32 years and a Realtor in North Carolina and Virginia for the last 18 years.

While residing in Durham, Louis was very involved with the Jaycees, serving as the Local Durham president and also as the North Carolina state chairman.

Louis found his passions to be things that he could share with both his family and his friends. Louis was active in several corvette and golf clubs and loved the opportunity to share his latest 18 Holes, shot by shot, or talk about the classic corvettes and other unique cars he let get away.

Louis brought his love for family to his other favorite

passion, which was watching his children and grandchildren playing sports. It did not matter what they chose to play he found a way to connect and be on the sidelines cheering them on.

Louis loved, and was loved by his wife of 52 years, his three sons, his five grandchildren and many family and friends.

Along with his wife Linda, he is survived by his Sons: Kenneth (wife Melinda) of Bahama, N.C., Greg (wife Christy) of High Point, and Charles “Chuck� (wife Kristen) of Midlothian, Va.. Grandchildren: Andrew, Kayla, Cole, Caleb and Harper.

Sisters: Julianne McCracken of Sanford, Rosem a r y S m i t h ( h u sband Steve) of Rougemont, N.C., Brothers: Robert (wife Pam) of Magnolia, Texas, and David (wife Linda) of Durham.

The Funeral service were held Thursday, Sept.

26, 2019 at 11a.m. at Pleasant Hill Christian Church, 175 Ankum Road, Gasburg, Va. The Leimone family visited family and friends with a reception following the service.

A graveside service was held Thursday Sept. 26, 2019 at 3 p.m. at Philadelphia Baptist Church, 6701 Taylors Store Road, Nashville, N.C. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Pleasant Hill Christian Church, P. O. Box 550, Gasburg, VA 23857 or your favorite charity in memory of Louis Leimone.

Williams Funeral Home in Lawrenceville is serving the family.

He was born Sept. 8, 1954 in Pender County, the son of the late David Daniel English and Faye Louise Brewer English. In addition to his parents Jerry was preceded in death by his son, William Dale English; sister, Jeanette English; brother, David Daniel “Danny Boy� English; and nephews, William and Thad English.

Jerry in survived by his wife, Betty Ann Hatcher English; grandson, Zander English; siblings, Patricia Evans, Bobby English, Mary Sue English, Tony English and Donna English; many nieces, nephews and extended family.

There will be no services held at this time.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by QuinnMcGowen Funeral Home of Burgaw.

Susan Wilkins Lanning WATHA -- Susan Wilkins Lanning, age 99, of Watha passed gently from her earthly life Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 after living a long and blessed life.

She was born July 24, 1920 in Onslow County, the daughter of the late James D. and Mary Rawls Wilkins.

Also remembered is her beloved husband, Carlton Dixon Lanning who died in 1993 and brothers, James and L.D. Wilkins all who preceded Susan in death.

Susan is survived by her son, Charles Dean Lanning and wife Terry; daughter, Susan Lynn McLendon and husband, Kenny; grandchildren, Christopher Lanning (Shannon), Tracy Browning (Mike), Sara Sanchez

(Eric) and Savanna McLendon; great grandchildren, Brianna Browning, Skylar Browning, Sydney Browning, Allie Lanning, Cooper Lanning, and Ariana Sanchez; and many extended family and friends.

The family received friends 6-8 p.m. Sept. 29, 2019 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home in Burgaw.

Funeral service was 11 a.m. Monday at QuinnMcGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel with the Rev. Timothy Cook conducting the service.

Burial followed in Riverview Memorial Park.

C a s ke t b e a re r s we re John Wilkins, Dalton Wells, Danny Cavanaugh, David Cavanaugh, Shaun Wells and Keith Wells.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by QuinnMcGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel.

Imogene Sinclair Owens ROCKY POINT -- Imogene Sinclair Owens, 78, of Rocky Point passed from her earthly life Saturday, SepT. 21, 2019 at her home.

She was born June 14, 1941 in Robeson County, the daughter of the late James Sinclair and Avis Collins Sinclair. Also remembered is her daughter, Paula Ro-

driguez who preceded Imogene in death and grandson, Clay Rivenbark.

Imogene is survived by her sons, Edwin West and wife, Elizabeth, Ricky West and wife, Kim and Dennis West and wife, Lucy; grandchildren, Adam West, Delanna West, Ricky West, Jr., Kirk Rivenbark, Brystal Murray (Brad), Bridget Deason, Jacoby McKeithan, Michael Hewlett, and Junior Rodriguez; sixteen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and many extended family.

The family received friends 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at QuinnMcGowen Funeral Home in Burgaw and at other times will be at the home of Ricky and Kim West, The Knolls at Turkey Creek community, 53 Slate Drive, Rocky Point.

Graveside service were 11 a.m. Thursday at Riverview Memorial Park with Pastor Bobby Wilson conducting the service.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by uinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel.

Jack Kenneth “Jocko�Shiver Mr. Jack Kenneth Shiver, age 75, fondly known

as “Jocko Shiver�, passed away on September 26, 2019, at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Lifecare Center. He was born in Pender County to the late Frederick and Hazel Moore Shiver, on Oct. 30, 1943.

After graduating from the former Rocky Point Training School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and honorably served until his discharge in 1965.

After he was honorably discharged from the Army, Jocko began employment with the Metropolitian District of Columbia Police Department, serving as a Detective.

Mr. Shiver is survived by his devoted wife, Dr. Reta Shiver of the home; daughter, Dr. Sheba L. Shiver of Fresno, Ca.; his grandson, Strafield T. Cromartie of the home; one brother, James Shiver of Wilmington; two sisters, Cherry Shiver of New York and Mary Shiver of Maryland; his son-inlaw, Michael Cromartie of Rocky Point.

A visitation with family and friends will be 5-7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at Mt. Moriah A.M.E.Church, Rocky Point. A memorial service in his honor will be 11a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 at Mt. Moriah A.M.E. Church.

In lieu of flowers, his family requests that donations in his memory be made to the American Cancer Society. The family was served by Dunn Funeral Home & Cremations Services, Inc.

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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Pender County

October 3, 2019

Agenda

MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council 1st Tuesday of the month Planning Board 2nd Thursday of the month ________________________________________________________

Applications are now available for vendors for the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. Please visit www.surfcitync.gov or call 910-328-4131 for more information.

The public will take notice that the Town Council of the Town of Surf City, North Carolina, has called a public hearing at 6:30 pm, or as soon thereafter as possible, on the 6th of November 2019, at Surf City Town Hall, 201 Community Center Drive; on:

Monday, October 7, 2019 @ 4:00 PM Agenda Board ofPender County Commissioners Meeting County Public Assembly Room Monday, October 7, 2019 @ 4:00 PM 805Public S. Walker Street, Pender County Assembly Room Burgaw, NC 1.

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ADOPTION OF AGENDA

ADOPTION OF AGENDA PUBLIC INFORMATION

Public Hearing #1. Consideration of amending a conditional use permit case # 2018-05-15-3229-73-1647 for condition #3, “ Applicant shall pave 5.2.

Recognition of County Manager Randell Woodruff for his dedicated service to Pender County. the area to the right of the building to the dumpster and it will be used for 5.1.

Pender County Safety Awards 5.3.

Update to Pender County Courthouse Remediation and Repairs off-street loading and unloading” and amending to a gravel lot to enable the 5.2.

Recognition of County Manager Randell Woodruff for his dedicated service 5.4.

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by Pender Land Holdings for donation of land to Parks Foundation of Pender County Inc to Pender County. storm water to be absorbed. The applicant petitioned the town for a conditional use permit for a “Restaurant, Full Service” use in the B-2 5.5.

Presentation by WMPO Staff on Alternative Funding Sources for Cape Fear Moving Forward 2045.

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Update to Pender County Courthouse Remediation and Repairs Highway Business zoning district to be located at 211 US Highway 117 PUBLIC COMMENT 5.4.

Presentation by Pender Land Holdings for donation of land to Parks Foundation of Pender County Inc 3229-73-1647-0000) within the Town of Burgaw corporate South (PIN CONSENT AGENDA limits.2045.

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Presentation WMPO3,Staff on September Alternative Funding Sources for Cape Fear Moving Forward 7.1.

Approval of Minutes:by September 2019 and 16, 2019.

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Pender County Safety Awards PUBLIC INFORMATION

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Approval of Tax Releases and Refunds PUBLIC COMMENT

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CONSENT AGENDA

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Approval of a Purchase Order to Courthouse Computer Systems for Recording Software FY 19/20

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Approval of Purchase Order for RSM US, LLP for Audit Services

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Approval of Amendments to Facility Use Policy for the Hampstead Annex

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Approval of Purchase Order for US,Order LLPforfor Services Consideration of the Budget Amendment andRSM Purchase the Audit purchase of real property located at 126 Industrial Drive in Burgaw and approval of loan/grant terms related to the purchase.

Approval of Amendments to Facility Use Policy for the Hampstead Annex

Approval Budget Amendment to Increase Health Department Approval of anof Appointment to the Pender County Parks and Recreation Board.

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owned by WLS Properties, Inc. located adjacent to and east of US Hwy 117 at its intersection with Ed Cowan Road consisting of 30.21 acres, more or less, named tracts 1 and 2, further identified as parcel ID numbers 3320-53383-0000 and 3320-50-6183-0000.

Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year

Approval of Appointments to the Pender County Tourism Development Authority.

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MAPLE HILL WATER SEWER DISTRICT APPROVALS ANDAND RESOLUTIONS 10.1.

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Public Hearing #2. Consideration of an amendment to the official Town of Burgaw Zoning Map rezoning a 19.12 and 11.09 acre tracts located along Hwy 117 N across from Ed Cowan Road from RA to R-12 – CZ1. The proposed R12-CZ district would cover 30.21 acres and further identified as parcel ID numbers 3320-5-3383-0000 and 3320-50-6183-0000.

Approval of a Purchase Order to Courthouse Computer Systems for Recording Software FY 19/20 Public Hearing #3. Consideration of voluntary annexation of property $40,000.00.

Approval of contract for Demolition Services - Hurricane Matthew Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

APPOINTMENTS

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Approval of Minutes: September 3, 2019 and September 16, 2019.

Approval of Tax Releases and Refunds Approval of Budget Amendment to Increase Health Department Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2019-2020: $2,721

APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS

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The following public hearings will be held on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 5:30PM (or thereabout) in the meeting room of the Burgaw Municipal Building located at 109 N Walker Street in Burgaw, NC. All interested parties are invited to attend, written and oral comments are welcome.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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• Non- Contiguous Satellite Annexation: One Day at A Time Now LLC / 3.7 +/- Acres on NC Hwy 210 Pender County Parcel# 4225-57-7163-0000 • Non- Contiguous Satellite Annexation: Anthony & Pamela Snodgrass / 8.1332 +/- Acres on Mill Creek Road Pender County Parcel# 4236-54-2793-0000 • Non- Contiguous Satellite Annexation: Ritter & Ward / 17.68 +/- Acres on Mill Creek Road Pender County Parcel# 4236-54-6666-0000

PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED

805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC

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Resolution Accepting Drinking Water State Reserve Loan and Grant

Approval of contract for Demolition Services - Hurricane Matthew Hazard Mitigation Grant Program October 8

ITEMS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY MANAGER, ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER, &

COUNTYConsideration COMMISSIONERSof the Budget Amendment and Purchase Order for the purchase of real property Octoberlocated 17 at 8.2.

CLOSED126 SESSION (IF APPLICABLE).

Industrial Drive in Burgaw and approval of loan/grant terms related to the purchase.October 19

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Approval of Appointments to the Pender County Tourism Development Authority.

MAPLE HILL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT 10.1.

TOWN OF BURGAW Phone 910.259.2151 Fax 910.259.6644 Email: mail@burgawnc.gov Web: www.townofburgaw.com

Resolution Accepting Drinking Water State Reserve Loan and Grant

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ITEMS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY MANAGER, ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER, & COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

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CLOSED SESSION (IF APPLICABLE).

PENDER COUNTY 13. ADJOURNMENT 10/3/2019 NOTICE THEfriendly VOTERS GOVERNMENT NEWS For full access to this agenda, please visit our newTO mobile site at:OF THE TOWN OF SURF CITY

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The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following within the Town of Surf City; your voting precinct for the November 5, 2019 Municipal has Boards/Commissions/Committees: temporarily been changed to the Surf City Fire department located at 200 Wilmington Ave. Surf # of City NC. Name of Board Vacancies Positions/Categories Russell Fawcett - Chair, Pender County Board of Elections ABC Board 1 District 1 Advisory Board of Health 3 Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist*** The Pender County Housing Authority will stop accepting special placement Disaster Relief Board of Adjustment 3 District 1, District 2, District 4 Housing Assistance Applications for Hurricane Florence affected families on after Friday Board of Equalization & Review 2 At-Large, Alternate November 1, 2019.

Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Parks and Recreation Board 3 District 2, District 3, At-Large Income eligible families who can provide proof of displacement due to Hurricane Florence and who need Planning Board 1 Technical rental assistance to secure permanent housing have two (2) more opportunities to receive an expedited Southeastern Community & Family Services Board 1 At-Large review of their application.

Southeastern Economic Development Commission 1 Citizen Representative Applications are accepted on the first business day each month. Disaster relief applications will be Tourism Development Authority 1 District 2 st accepted on Tuesday, October 1 , and Friday, November 1st.

District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek

District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 5 = Burgaw; Holly

Beginning Monday, December 2, 2019, all eligible applicants will be placed on our waiting list(s) using our normal operating procedures.

If you have questions, please call us at 910.259.1208.

*** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed. Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov or write or call Melissa Long, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.

The Pender County Housing Authority is changing its Waiting List Policy for Project-based Applications. Beginning November 1, 2019, PCHA will accept project-based program applications on the first business day of the month ONLY.

NOTICE OF 2019 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS The 2019 Municipal Elections will be held on Tuesday November 5, 2019 for the Towns of Atkinson, Burgaw, Surf City, Topsail Beach, and the Village of St. Helena all located in Pender County, North Carolina to elect the following offices: Town of Atkinson – Mayor and three Commissioners (Includes one unexpired term) Town of Burgaw - Three Commissioners Village of St Helena - Mayor and three Councilmen Town of Surf City – Mayor and three Councilmen Town of Topsail Beach – Mayor and two Commissioners

The waiting lists for our project-based programs, Country Court Apartments and Seven Oaks Apartments, will be accepted on the first business day of the month only. The waiting Lists are closed to new applications the remainder of the month.

Applicants may pick up applications for any of our programs at our office or print applications from our website. Applications must be completed according to the instructions given on the cover sheet and on the application form. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

If you have questions, please call us at 910.259.1208.

Please note the following.

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Polls will be open from 6:30 am until 7:30 pm.

Voters who are already registered need not re-register. Residents of the Municipalities who are not registered must register by 5:00 pm on Friday October 11, 2019 to vote in this election.

Absentee ballots are allowed. Requests for an absentee ballot must be made in writing using a state approved form and be received in the Pender County Board of Elections office by 5:00 pm on October 29, 2019.

One-stop early voting will be held in the Board of Elections Office at 807 S Walker St. Burgaw.

Beginning on October 16, 2019 thru November 1, 2019. One-stop voting hours are Monday thru Friday 8:00 am until 5:00 pm. th nd th th The Board of Elections will meet on October 15 , 22 , 29 and November 4 at 5:00 pm and again at th 5:00 pm on November 5 , for the purpose of approving absentee ballot applications.

Supplemental absentee meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. and Canvass will be held at 11:00 am in the Board of Elections office in Burgaw, North Carolina on November 15, 2019.

For additional information contact the Pender County Board of Elections at 910-259-1220.

Russell Fawcett Chair, Pender County Board of Elections

DATE OF HEARINGS: TIME OF HEARINGS:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS:

10/16/2019 9:00 A.M.

LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, AT THE BURGAW MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 109 NORTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, NC 28425 TOPICS OF HEARING:

APPEAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION R. Stephen Crager, applicant, on behalf of Jack Broadbridge, owner, is requesting an Appeal of an Administrative Decision which found that the subject property was not part of the platted Master Development Plan for Phase 1 of Belvedere Plantation and is part of an open space area per Map Book 16, Page 20 and Map Book 23, Page 143 of the Pender County Register of Deeds. The subject property is zoned PD, Planned Development zoning district and contains approximately ±.1.23 acres. The property is located on Fairway Drive (SR 1699), approximately ±700’ north of the intersection of Fairway Drive and S. Belvedere Drive (SR 1699/1679). The property may be further identified by Pender County PIN 4203-76-5697-0000.

For Additional Information: Contact Pender County Planning Dept. 805 S Walker St Burgaw NC 28425 Phone 910-259-1202

Public Notice

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and North Carolina Emergency Management have received the following applications for Federal grant funding. Notice is hereby given of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s consideration to provide funding in the form of a Hazard Mitigation Grant.

Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), federal actions must be reviewed and evaluated for feasible alternatives for social, economic, historic, environmental, legal, and safety considerations. Under Executive Order (EO) 11988 and EO 11990, FEMA is required to consider alternatives to and provide public notices of any proposed actions in or affecting floodplains or wetlands. EO 12892 also requires FEMA to provide an opportunity for public participation in the planning process and to consider potential impacts to minority or low-income populations.

Funding for the proposed projects will be conditional upon compliance with all applicable federal, tribal, state and local laws, regulations, floodplain standards, permit requirements and conditions.

1. Applicant: Pender County, North Carolina Project Title: Pender County Acquisition Project Location of Proposed Work: The area affected by this project consists of potentially 151 properties located on the following streets in Pender County: Ashley Lane, Branch Drive, Daniel Road, Hot Ridge Road, Hoover Road, NC Hwy 210, Lizard Lick Trail, Buckle Road, River Bend Road, Lacers Way, Hickory Hill Lane, S Holly Shelter Estates Road, Shelter Creek Drive, Little Pond Road, US Hwy 117 N, Moore Town Road, Deerfield Court, Martinez Lane, George Washington Hales Drive, Honeysuckle Road, Sportsman Drive, Pinkney Road, Beaver Trail, Copperhead Lane, Heading Bluff Road, Lucilles Place, Red Hawk Lane, Melissa Lane, Canetuck Road, Whitestocking Road, Stag Park Road, Borough Road, Horseshoe Lane, Shelter Cove Road, Burgaw Creek Loop Road, Knollwood Drive, Chorley Road, Shane Pridgen Road, Oakmont Drive, Oxbow Landing, Rattlesnake Road, River Trail, River Birch Road, Bumpy Lane, Morgan Cove Road, Shaw Hwy, Broadwater Lane, Old River Acres Drive, W Huckleberry Way, Orchid Road, Battleground Road, Rhyne Road, Croomsbridge Road, NC Hwy 11, White Tail Lane, Thankful Road, Big Eagle Road, Northeast Drive, NC Hwy 53 E, Ivanhoe Road, Ballards Lane, Woodpecker Pkwy, US Hwy 117 S and Sandy Bend Road, Maps of the project areas associated with the grant applications can be reviewed by contacting Mr. Kyle Breuer at 910-259-1202.

Anticipated Delinquency Intervention Funds for Pender County Pender County anticipates allocation of funds from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Corrections & Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Community Programs section in an amount not to exceed $27,000 for programs to serve delinquent youth and youth most at risk to become delinquent.

The Pender County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council will be accepting proposals for the funding period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 from local government agencies and private non-profits with 501c-3 status for the following services: • Skill Building For a complete Request for Proposals and submission information, please contact Dee Turner, JCPC Chairman at 805 South Walker Street, P.O. Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425, (910) 663-3769 or dturner@pendercountync.gov The deadline for submitting proposals is October 20, 2019 by 5:00 p.m.

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Proposed Work and Purpose: This will be a voluntary acquisition program. For all property owners who decide to participate in this voluntary program, the properties will be acquired using HMGP grant funds. The properties will be deeded as open space in perpetuity and will be allowed to revert to their natural state.

Project Alternatives: Not taking a mitigation action is an option, but not an acceptable one. The reasoning for rejecting the No Action Alternative is that doing so will not mitigate any risks. The entire project area would remain in danger from future flood events. Without acquiring these structures, damages and the risk of potential loss of life will continue to be a threat.

The second alternative is to elevate the structures. However, the most effective mitigation action is to remove the structures completely from the high-risk area, thereby eliminating any future risk to the structure. These homeowners prefer acquisition and complete elimination of their risk, so elevation is considered a less preferable option.

2. Applicant: Pender County, North Carolina Project Title: Pender County Elevation Project Location of Proposed Work: The area affected by this project consists of potentially 82 properties located on the following streets in Pender County: Bumpy Lane, Lands End Court, NC Hwy 53 E, Shelter Creek Drive, Mallard Roost Drive, Ballards Lane, Big Eagle Road, Lizard Lick Trail, Hot Ridge Road, Moore Town Road, River Walk, Ivanhoe Road, River Bend Drive, Old Ramsey Road, Pinkney Road, Widow Moore Drive, Boyce Road, Croomsbridge Road, Estate Road, Watts Landing Road, Horseshoe Lane, Whitestocking Road, Broadwater Lane, Sea Manor Drive, Trixie Way, Little Kinston Road, NC Hwy 210, Fontanel Lake Drive, Knollwood Drive, Thankful Road, Cove Road, Shaw Hwy, Stag Park Road, Juniper Lane, Bowers Lane, Heading Bluff Road, Brown Moore Road, NC Hwy 50, Cape Fear Drive, George Washington Hales Drive, Old Maple Hill Road, Webbtown Road and US Hwy 117 N. Maps of the project areas associated with the grant applications can be reviewed by contacting Mr. Kyle Breuer at 910-259-1202.

Proposed Work and Purpose: This will be a voluntary elevation program. For all property owners who decide to participate in this voluntary program, the properties will be elevated using HMGP grant funds.

Project Alternatives: Not taking a mitigation action is an option, but not an acceptable one. The reasoning for rejecting the No Action Alternative is that doing so will not mitigate any risks. The entire project area would remain in danger from future flood events.

The second alternative is to elevate the structures. However, the most effective mitigation action is to remove the structures completely from the high-risk area, thereby eliminating any future risk to the structure. These homeowners prefer acquisition and complete elimination of their risk, so elevation is considered a less preferable option.

Comment Period: Comments are solicited from the public; local, state or federal agencies; and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of the proposed project. The comments should be made in writing and addressed to Pender County, Attn: Mr. Kyle Breuer, or emailed kbreuer@pendercountync.gov by November 3, 2019.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Robert Winston Bennett, Jr., deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Robert Winston Bennett, Jr., to present them to the undersigned on or before December 19, 2019 at 150 Sportsman Drive, Burgaw, NC 28425 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 12th day of September, 2019.

Pamela Bennett 150 Sportsman Drive Burgaw, NC 28425 #8827 9/12, 9/19, 9/26, 10/3/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-272 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

TERESA MASON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: ROBERT DOUGLAS MCDONALD Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 1.16 acres, Parcel ID Number 3313-78-9888-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than November 4, 2019.

This day, September 10, 2019.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-272 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

TERESA MASON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO DOUGLAS HUGH MCDONALD Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 1.16 acres, Parcel ID Number 3313-78-9888-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than November 4, 2019.

This day, September 10, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8839 9/19, 9/26, 10/3/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-272 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

TERESA MASON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ROBERT DOUGLAS MCDONALD Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 1.16 acres, Parcel ID Number 3313-78-9888-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than November 4, 2019.

This day, September 10, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8840 9/19, 9/26, 10/3/19 ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Jacqueline Alice Bourque, deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify that all persons having claims against the said estate to present such claims to the undersigned on or before the 20th day of December 2019, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment.

This 19th day of September, 2019.

Jack Patrick Shoemaker, Administrator 112 Bay Tree Circle Hampstead, NC 28443 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #8834 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10/19

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Marie L. Perkins, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Marie L. Perkins, to present them to the undersigned on or before December 26, 2019 at 226 Zonnie Lane, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the 19th day of September, 2019.

James L. Perkins 226 Zonnie Lane Hampstead, NC 28443 #8838 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, LISA ANN BELFINI having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of NANDO J. BUSI, Deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the Decedent to exhibit same to the said LISA ANN BELFINI at the address set out below, on or before December 19, 2019, or this notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said Decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.

This the12th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2019 LISA ANN BELFINI EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF NANDO J. BUSI c/o ROBERT H. HOCHULI, JR. 219 RACINE DR., SUITE A6 WILMINGTON, NC 28403 #8828 9/12, 9/19, 9/26, 10/3/19 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 184 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Wayne T. Byron and Tammy Byron (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Wayne T. Byron and Tammy S. Byron) to Anthony Warden, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of July, 2014, and recorded in Book 4440, Page 0276, in Pender 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 Pender 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 Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on October 8, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Pender, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 25, Section 2, Morgan Cove Plantation as shown on plat recorded in Map Book/Cabinet 26, Page 124, Pender County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 80 Morgan Cove Drive, Burgaw, North Carolina.

A.P.N.: 3247-63-0219-0000 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 §7A308(a)(1).

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

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

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the

purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1259206 (FC.FAY) #8833 9/26, 10/3/19 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 16SP115 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JOHN EARL ARCHIE, JR. AND JINILLE M. ARCHIE DATED DECEMBER 4, 2013 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4354 AT PAGE 68 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 3:00PM on October 11, 2019 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed John Earl Archie, Jr. and Jinille M. Archie, dated December 4, 2013 to secure the original principal amount of $219,622.00, and recorded in Book 4354 at Page 68 of the Pender County Public Registry.

The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record.

Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 112 Friendly Ln, Hampstead, NC 28443 Tax Parcel ID: 27432 Present Record Owners: John Earle Archie, Jr. and Jinille M. Archie And Being more commonly known as: 112 Friendly Ln, Hampstead, NC 28443 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are John Earle Archie, Jr. and Jinille M. Archie.

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, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid 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. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is September 12, 2019.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 16-080916 #8842 9/26, 10/3/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-924 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

DAVID AARON COFFEE, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO DORINE HOWARD COFFEE A/K/A DORINE C. LYNCH Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.50 acres, Parcel ID Number 2373-95-1713-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than November 18, 2019.

This day, September 23, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8843 10/3, 10/10, 10/17/19 NORTH CAROLINA NEW PENDER EXECUTOR NOTICE The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Daniel Vincent Meier, Sr., deceased, late of Wilmington, Pender County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 26th day of December, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This 26th day of September, 2019.

Michael T. Meier, Executor 224 Wye Avenue Easton, MD 21601 Steven F. Siegel, Attorney & Process Agent Siegel & Rhodenhiser, PLLC 1426 Commonwealth Drive #8844 10/3, 10/10, 10/17/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES Hampstead Cleaners, Inc., Hampstead, North Carolina, will cease to operate effective December 31, 2019. This is notice to all those who have delivered items to the business for cleaning or mending to redeem those items no later than December 15, 2019, and make payment for services rendered. Any entity that is a creditor of Hampstead Cleaners, Inc., should bring its claim to the attention of the undersigned on or before December 31, 2019, or that claim will be forever barred.

Patricia M. Homa Patricia M. Homa, P.C. P. O. Box 1310 Hampstead, NC 28443 #8845 10/3,/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Aubrey Treadway, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Aubrey Treadway, to present them to the undersigned on or before January 9, 2020 at 316 Electric Lane, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 3rd day of October, 2019.

Crystal Michelle Treadway 316 Electric Lane Hampstead, NC 28443 #8846 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24/19 NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE UNDERSIGNED, Teresa M. Pound and Karen M. Price, having qualified on the 26th day of September, 2019, as Co-Executors of the Estate of George E. Mills (2019-E-266), deceased, does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said Estate that they must present them to the undersigned at DAVID E. ANDERSON, PLLC, 9111 Market Street, Suite A, Wilmington, North Carolina, 28411, on or before the 6th day of January, 2020, or the claims will be forever barred thereafter, and this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make prompt payment to the undersigned at the above address.

This 26h day of September, 2019.

Teresa M. Pound and Karen M. Price Co-Executors ESTATE OF GEORGE E. MILLS David Anderson Attorney at Law 9111 Market St, Ste A Wilmington, NC 28411 #8847 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24/19

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Lady Pirates beat New Hanover to cap three-win week

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Madison Lofton racked up 10 kills and baked that up 15 with digs, Gia Marinelli was powerful up front with 12 kills and four blocked shots, and Julia Sullivan dished out 22 assists to go along with four kills and four digs as Topsail recorded a 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-18) win over New Hanover.

Topsail (10-2, 5-2) accumulated 41 kills, with Sullivan and Brooke Stenerson (14) combining for 36 of Topsail’s 41 assists, as compared to just 20 total kills for New Hanover. The instigators for those assists

and kills, however, comes from strong digs and good passes from the backline, and Topsail’s backline was equal to the task. Aiden McGuire’s 22 digs led an effort that produced 75 digs, with Lofton, Elizabeth Fonvielle (14) and Stenerson all stepping up to stymie the hard-hitting Lady Wildcats.

“I am pleased with how well we played on the net (blocking), and with the intensity the girls brought to the game,” Topsail Coach Hill Pearsall said. “We touched a lot of balls and kept plays alive.

Aiden played great on the backline, and Bella (Sorace) had a big game on the front line.”

One of the keys to winning volleyball are serving runs, and New Hanover was unable to capitalize on that. A 3-0 Lady Wildcat run tied the game early at 5-5 but by the next they got more than one serve they were down 16-9. A kill by Sorace (nine kills, three blocks) ended the affair.

Game two saw the same pattern as New Hanover recorded six two-point runs and six single-pointers on its way to 18 points. That was far from enough to offset the pair of four-point surges and a trio of three-pointers that led to Topsail’s winning 25 points.

The third game was deadlocked twice, the second tie coming after New Hanover erased an 11-7 deficit.

But kills from Lofton and Addison Clark, along with a strong combination block from Marinelli and Chelsea Brown gave Topsail a 14-11 lead.

“I thought we came out ready to play, and we played really well together as a team,” Lofton said. “They are our biggest competitor from a 3A standpoint, and we knew the importance of the game. “Now we just have to stay focused for next week when at New Hanover (Tuesday).

Thursday was a struggle as the three matches in three days caught up with the Lady Pirates, but they still found enough

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Laney 26-Topsail 21

Pirates find ways to snatch defeat from jaws of victory

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The record will show that the Laney High School football team defeated Topsail last Friday night in the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference opener for both teams.

And while a “W” will go up in the lefthand column of the standings for Laney – and an “L” will go on the right side of Topsail’s ledger – the bottom line is Laney didn’t beat Topsail as much as Topsail beat Topsail.

Buccaneer senior quarterback Jordan Cole scored twice and threw a 49yard touchdown pass to classmate Kweli Canady for what turned out to be the game-winner with 6:23 left in the game as Laney went home to Wilmington with a 26-21 win over Laney in Hampstead.

Cole completed just 6-of-11 passes for Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew 149 yards – 49 coming on the decisive pass Pirate linebackers James Visconti (21) play, and 52 on an earlier connection – and Jose Orellana (20) give Laney no and ran for 21 yards, and the Buccaneers room to run.

(1-3, 1-0), managed just 274 yards of total offense against the Pirate defense, but but we did not play very well as a team,” Laney reaped the benefits of the win Topsail Coach Wayne Inman said. “When courtesy of two fumbles and an intercep- you don’t play very well against teams in tion – two turnovers in the red zone – by this conference, you get beat.

Topsail to go along with seven penalties “As a coaching staff, as players, and by the Pirates, several of which served to as a program, we have to do some soul curtail promising drives. searching why didn’t we play well, where “The way they were playing, defensive- did we go wrong with our preparation. ly, was crazy and I felt we had opportunities to put a lot more points on the board, Continued on page 3B

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Topsail’s Tristen Bagley breaks up a Laney pass to deny the Bucs a touchdown.

Lady Titans earn split in conference play

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last week the Heide Trask Lady Titan volleyball team earned a split in Coastal 8 Conference play. The win over Southwest Onslow was welcomed by all, but it was how the Lady Titans played in their loss to a very strong Dixon team that told the story of a program on the rise under

veteran coach Cathy Claris. The Lady Titans may have lost to the Lady Bulldogs in three sets, but two of the three sets went into overtime. The Lady Bulldogs were on the ropes.

“I am so proud of my girls. The fact we hung with Dixon, point for point, we were in the entire match, in fact, that we could

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Pender volleyball takes control of 1A conference spot

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Life in a split conference can be very complicated. On one hand you have to fight for the spot in your classification while on the other hand you have to keep an eye on the overall conference champi-

onship. The Pender lady Patriots along with veteran coach Matt Davis have become accustomed to splitting their attention between the two. Last week the Lady Pats fell to first place Croatan in three games but beat both 1A combatants East Carteret and Lejeune.

Pender traveled to the first place Croa-

tan Cougars early in the week and came back with a 3-0 loss. The scores were 25-7, 25-13 and 25-9. Although the Cougars beat the Patriots convincingly, Coach Davis saw some positive things in the loss.

“Croatan is definitely the best team that we’ve played this year and is currently undefeated in conference after playing

everyone once. The good thing I noticed coming out of the Croatan game was even though we got beat, we didn’t have any of the chemistry issues that often accompany that type of performance. Our girls played hard and did what they could

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Kaitlyn Obremski wins, Topsail girls take second, boys third at Bo Run

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Another weekend major cross-country meet, and another impressive victory for Topsail High School freshman Kaitlyn Obremski as the Pirate girls’ and boys’ teams traveled to Winterville for the Bo Run that encompassed total 650 runners and over 80 teams last Saturday.

Kaitlyn Obremski crossed the finish line in 18:25.46 to finish first in the girls’ Championship Race, which included 121 runners and 14 full teams, 23.09 seconds ahead of runner-up Jenna Reiter (18:48.65) of West Carteret. Kaitlyn’s sister, Lady Pirate junior Makayla Obremski, was third behind Reiter in 19:38.52.

Bailey Wells (21:23.73) was 11th, and Skylar Libretto (21:42.29) was 15th -giving the Lady Pirates four runners in the top 15 finishers.

Topsail’s Emma Martin (22:49.31) was 33rd overall, but 30th in the team scoring as individual runners not with a full contingent of five-to-seven runners is dropped from team scoring. Topsail amassed 68 points to finish second behind Heritage (47 points),

with perennial 3A West Carteret third (69).

Lady Pirate Alexus Rollins (23:16.95) finished 34th followed by Stephanie Simmons (44th; 23:32.01), Lexi Carnelley (49th; 23:38.31), Lauren Pagans (51st; 23:50.60), and Helen Rooks (66th; 24:21.29).

In the boys’ championship race, Topsail was third (115) behind victorious First Flight (35) and runner-up D. H. Conley (48). Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference foes New Hanover (340) and North Brunswick (440) were 13th and 17th, respectively out of 18 teams. Scorers for Topsail were Travis Souza (10th; 17:12.28), Brendon Parrella (20th; 17:43.63), Brandon Hayes (32nd; 18:31.67), Hayden Rogerson (40th; 18:52.13), and Shane Johnson (42nd; 18:52.35).

Pirate Caiden Jenkins was 47th (18:58.32), Case Cooper was 54th (19:07.23), and Tyler Nelson was 86yth (20:01.98) in the race consisting of 152 runners.

In the girls’ championship race, Topsail was fourth (146 points). Scoring for the Lady Pirates were Emma Garland (13th; 25:26.60), Elizabeth Betts (20th; 26:15.29), Ellen Edgy

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Lady Pirates girls golf tops Lady Bucs

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer It took 64 days from the start of the fall season, and six Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference matches, but someone finally knocked the powerful, talented, five-time winning Lady Buccaneers of Laney off their golf throne – and the good news from Pine Valley in Wilmington is it was our hometown Topsail High School Lady Pirates.

Girls’ Golf: Laney’s Grace Holcomb shot an 83 on the Par-72, 6,490-yard Pine Valley Golf Course, but she was the only Lady Buccaneer to crack the 90stroke mark as Laney shot a combined 287 to fall 10 strokes short of first-place Topsail (277) Monday.

The remainder of the teams pretty much followed previous protocol as Hoggard finished third (331), followed by South Brunswick (333), Ashley (361), West Brunswick (379), New Hanover (407), and North Brunswick (415.

Freshman Eliza Fogelman led Topsail with an 89, just six strokes off Holcomb’s medalist pace, followed by Jessica Townsend (92), and Lindley Cox (96) to account for

Gorham works hard for the Trask Titans

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer A high school athlete is often times know for the sport he plays. He may be the muscular football player of the tall and lanky basketball player. He may even be the baseball player that always has a cap on his head. Then there are those that are known for their work ethic and quiet and friendly nature. Heide Trask senior multi-sport student-athlete Khamari Gorham is a little bit of all of the above.

Khamari is one of those athletes that has put in his time in the weight room.

He is fit and muscular. He has a great work ethic and never gives off a negative attitude.

Mr. Gorham plays both sides of the ball. During the winter months he transitions to the basketball court and shows the same type of work ethic. Throughout it all, Khamari Gorham works hard for the Titans.

the Lady Pirates’ 277. Ashley Garrett came in at 108 and Emily Green finished at 115.

Laney’s top three scorers were Holcomb (83), junior Reagan Creasy (94), and Haley Goldberg (110).

Monday’s conference meet was hosted by Ashley.

Girls’ Tennis: A tough 5-4 loss at Laney Monday night opened play for the Lady Pirates last week.

The teams split the six single’ matches with No. 1 Kylee Edwards winning 6-0, 6-3, No. 2 Marci LaRowe prevailing 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10), and No. 6 Abrielle Herbert grabbing a 6-2, 6-2 decision. No. 5 Amanda O’Brien dropped a close 2-6, 6-1 1-0 (10-8) decision, setting up the deciding doubles’ competition.

LaRowe and Duckworth secured an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles, but Summer Guderian and O’Brien fell 8-5 at No. 2, with Herbert and Grace Breeden losing a heartbreaking 9-8 (10-4) loss at No. 3.

Tuesday the Topsail girls bounced back with 9-0 with at home against North Brunswick. Edwards and LaRowe each won 6-0-6-1, while Guderi-

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(24th; 26:55.29), Lily Boyle (37th; 28:14.79), and Casey Adkins (52nd; 31:42.57.

There were 10 girls and 10 teams in the race.

The boys’ invitational race had 199runners and 24 teams with the Pirate boys finishing seventh (221).

Scoring for Topsail were Jace Bean (24th; 20:06.86), Zachary Holt (43rd; 20:59.49), Bailey MacVaugh (44th; 21:05.44), Camron Barras (50th; 21:14.82), and Thomas Ferry (63rd; 21:58.71). Tyler McDaniel was 79th (22:10.23) and Thomas Mowrey was 112th (23:09.28).

Two Pirates were in the boys’ junior-varsity race, Robert Royse (2nd; 22:10.6) and Joshua Martin (12th; 25:02.32). No Lady Pirates ran in the girls’ JV race.

There were boys’ and girls’ middle-school 3K races, with Topsail Middle School finishing fourth in both races. The girls amassed 117 points behind the efforts of Ana Edgy (16th; 15:45.00), Jayden Trigg (23rd; 16:54.58), Abigail O’Reilly (24th; 17:12.26) Graycin Goessweir (26th; 17:40.88), and Ashley Espinosa (28th; 18:51.36), while the boys totaled 100 points behind Campbell Zak (8th; 13:01.86), Riley Godwin (18th; 13:29.54), Noah Rutter (20th; 14:09.07), Braiden Campbell (35th; 16:19.80), Jack Cocrum

(41st; 17:28.97), Joseph Page (43rd; 18:26.06), and Vincent Selph (69th; 19:37.45). There were 74 runners in the boys’ race, and 46 runners in the girls’ race.

In a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference meet at Hugh McRae Park on Thursday, the Pirate coaches opted to rest some runners in anticipation of Saturday’s meet, but Obremski wasn’t one of them and she did her thing by running away from the competition and winning in 18:29.41 – a full 1:04.23 ahead of runnerup Paxton Chitty. Also scoring for Topsail, which was fourth (102) in the race won by Laney (32) were Lexi Carmelley (22nd; 23:32.31), Alexis Walsh (24th; 24:01.02), Lauren Pagans (27th; 24:13.64), and Stephanie Simmons (28th; 24:21.30).

The Topsail boys were fourth (109) in the race won

by Hoggard (24). Scoring for the Pirates were James Campbell (10th; 17:38.49), Brendon Parrella (15th; 18:11.42), Calden Jenkins (26th; 19:08.45), Shane Johnson (27th; 19:14.52), and Brad Kimmel (31st; 19:29.08).

Topsail is now off until Monday (Oct. 7) when the teams participate in the MidEastern 3A/4A Conference Championships at Hugh McRae Park.

Top Performers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last week the high school sports action was fast and furious. The Trask soccer team split conference matches. Justin Eaves scored three goals and had an assist on a fourth in the Titans win over Southwest Onslow.

Topsails volleyball team won three conference matches. Gia Marinelli had six kills while Julia Sullivan had five kills and three blocks in the Pirates win over North Brunswick. Cherish Brown had eight kills against Laney and seven kills against North Brunswick. Madison Lofton had 10 kills and 15 digs against New Hanover. Aiden McGuire had an astounding 48 kills against Laney. Marinelli had 36 kills in three matches last week.

Trask split conference matches last week. Emily Thomas had nine aces and eight kills along with five blocks to pace the Titans.

Lanie Barnhill had eight kills and seven digs while Brayden Smith had 18 digs in the win over South-

Brown finds niche with the Lady Pirates

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail High Lady Pirate varsity volleyball team is full of great talent. The team’s second and third string players could start for most of the area volleyball teams without a doubt.

In fact, it seems that veteran coach Hill Pearsall has began to rotate his players frequently. One of the players that seems to be showing up in the box score more frequently is senior middle hitter Cherish Brown.

Miss Brown gets more opportunity to play as the season progresses. She has made the most of those opportunities. In the last three matches she has 17 kills.

Miss Brown plays within Coach Pearsall’s system. She is a team player and does what is necessary when it comes to her teammates. She has found her niche for the Lady Pirates.

west Onslow. Thomas had 10 kills with Barnhill contributing eight kills in the loss to Dixon.

Kaitlyn Obremski finished first in the Bo Run at Wintersville girls’ Championship Race, while her sister Makayla Obremski, was third. Kaitlyn also won the Mideastern Conference event at Hugh McRae park to end the week.

Cody Wallis was 21for-31 for 281 yards and two touchdown passes in the Pirates loss to Laney.

Bernie Burns had a fouryard touchdown run in the contest.

Tyon Myles and Dylan East led the Trask football team with seven and six tackles respectively in their loss to Richlands. David Newkirk had 94 yards rushing and a touchdown.

Pender lost a tough one to East Carteret last week. Seth Pyland had a long run on a fake punt while Josh Barnhill had a touchdown run. Jadon Lee rushed for 164 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Patriots. He is this week’s top performer.

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On the high school athletic front, leaders are hard to come by. Often times a talented player is looking out for themselves with an eye to the next level. Often times a good leader is not a great athlete. They are the type of athlete that has had to work harder than most to become merely average or efficient.

These type of athletes are the ones that most coaches hope to have on their respective teams.

Then there is the talented athlete that has zero leadership ability. We all know the type, they don’t come to practice like they should or never seems to go hard in practice. The prima donna. That is the one I would like to speak to directly.

This ain’t your team.

The world does not revolve around you. Do you realize how good you could be if you worked as hard as the rest of the team? Do you realize that the poor work ethic that you display resonates to the younger players?

These younger players are picking up bad work

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

habits from you. They begin to think like you. He is the best player on the team and he don’t come to practice, why should I? You see, leaders lead by example. They set a good example for their teammates. A good leader should be the first one on the field and the last one to leave. He should spend extra time teaching and helping other players.

I have been fortunate in that I have known some great leaders at the high school level. Heck, I have even saw good leaders at the youth level. In fact, there is one little fella that plays on my Granddaughters u12 soccer team. He plays goal keeper. He instructs and cheers his teammates on. He wants to win and wants to work. That is exactly what I am looking for in a leader. Maybe Max can give some of these high school superstars a lesson or two.

Kickers Corner

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last week was the final week of the first round of the conference schedule and all three county high school soccer teams were jockeying for position at the turn.

Topsail is struggling through another tough Mideastern Conference circuit. They dropped two conference matches last week and find themselves just one game out of the cellar in the conference standings.

They opened the week with a 5-0 loss to a muchimproved Ashley Screaming Eagle team. Two days later they fell 3-0 to a 5-7 Laney Buccaneer team.

The Pirates are now 2-5 overall and 1-3 in conference standings. They engaged West Brunswick on Tuesday and Laney on Thursday.

The Pender Patriots are in the midst of a makeover under Jack Bradshaw. Last week they split conference

Future is bright for Spencer at Pender High

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot varsity football is struggling when it comes to winning football games. The team’s depth is a concern and the coaching staff has been forced to keep several young players up on the varsity in order to have the numbers to play.

Some of the young players may not be physically ready to play and take a beating in the process.

However, one of those young players that more than holds his own is sophomore lineman Chris Spencer.

Mr. Spencer is a mountain of a young man. He stands 6’4’’ and weighs in at 245 pounds. He is very strong and agile and moves well for a player of his size and stature.

The Patriots may take their lumps this year Chris Spencer is one of those young men that will make a difference in the future.

matches. They fell 2-0 to a very good Richlands team early in the week before dropping a 2-1 decision to Southwest Onslow. Jared Bautista scored the only goal for the week against the Stallions.

Pender was scheduled to play East Columbus later in the week. No results were available. The Pats are now 2-7-1 overall and 1-3 in Conference play.

The Patriots hosted first place Dixon on Monday and was at Croatan on Wednesday.

The Heide Trask Titans may be the class of the county right now. They are tied for fourth in the Coastal 8 Conference standings with Southwest Onslow at the turn.

Last week the Titans earned a split in conference tilts., beating East Carteret 4-2 and falling to Croatan 6-0.

In the win over the Mariners, Justin Eaves had a hat trick for the second

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Pender County Football Preview

Topsail, Pender at home; Trask hits the road

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The biggest county rivalry is schedued for this week when Pender travels to Trask. The Pirates will head to Wilmington to play New Hanover.

Trask hosts Pender There is good news and bad news when taking about these two Pender County schools. The good news is that after this game takes place, one of them will have earned their first win of the season. The bad news is that the other team may well be looking at a winless season.

Pender handed East Carteret the win last week, plain and simple. It was not one person or one group.

Everybody had a hand in this loss. Trask was just plain outmanned at Richlands.

Pender unveiled a form of the option against the Mariners and it paid dividends. Josh Barnhill is built for the option. He is smart and tough. Sophomore Jadon Lee showed speed and toughness. He ran the ball

Lady Pirates

Continued from page 1B energy to emerge victorious in a tough 3-2 (27-25, 2125, 26-24, 20-25, 15-8) match.

Laney tied the first game at 16-16 before jumping out to a 20-18 lead. After exchanging serves, Topsail tied the game at 24-24. Laney went up 25-2 but a kill by Sorace (13 kills, five blocks) tied it a 25-25, and a kill by Lofton (eight kills, 16 digs) ended the set.

Nine ties highlighted game two but Laney parlayed a four-point spurt into a 21-17 advantage, and used an ace to tie the match.

Back came Topsail in a third game that featured 11 ties, the final one at 24-24.

A kill by Lofton and an ace

by Stenerson (eight digs, 14 assists) put Topsail (10-2, 5-2) up, 2-1.

Laney (7-4, 3-4) wasn’t

Topsail

Continued from page 1B “My hat is off to Laney, they played hard, they did some things well and forced us to do some things, but I can’t be concerned about Laney, I can only be concerned about us, and we did not play very well at all as a team.”

Things looked good at the start as Topsail forced a Laney fumble on the Buccaneers’ second possession and, after a false start penalty, grabbed a 7-0 on a pass from Cody Wallis to J. J. Armstrong and Jose Orellano’s extra-point conversion with 4:41 left in the first quarter.

A 22-yard punt return

by Noah Schielfelbein set Topsail up at the Laney 39-yard line on their next possession, and a 19-yard pass from Wallis to Armstrong would have put the

Lady Titans Continued from page 1B have won the match, speaks volumes of where our program has come the last few years. Overall, we hit the ball well, served well, talked, covered. We needed “lady luck” on our side in the first and third games and I’d be talking about our biggest win ever.”

The week started ominously against Southwest

Lady Patriots Continued from page 1B without any attitudes or discouraging comments.

That helped us to bounce back strong on Wednesday

well inside despite his 125pound frame. The key was Barnhill and Lee making good decisions.

Trask lost junior quarterback Dominique Campbell for the year and inserted sophomore Will Berry in at quarterback. The experiment did not work well against the Wildcats.

The Titans are a walking mash unit. The Patriots are in a similar situation.

Pe n d e r s h o u l d s t ay with the option offense.

Barnhill makes good decisions and Lee hits the hole hard. Throw in a couple of screen passes here and there and let it roll. Seth Pyland needs the ball in his hands. Barnhill is capable of throwing the screen. Let him do it.

The Titans have a couple of players that need to buy in or go home. If you are an upperclassman, you need to act like it. Here’s how I see it.

Pender has the edge up front. Barnhill and company will run the ball right at Trask. Lee will have another huge night provided they go with the option.

Josh Bar nhill is a very good option QB and he will get better.

Berry will air it out against the Patriots. A few screen passes to Khamari Gorham will pay dividends.

There was one player missing on offense last week. If he shows up for practice and plays hard, he is a difference maker.

This game is always tough to call. It will be close in the early going but one team will pull away late.

The score: not happening!

Topsail at New Hanover Topsail comes into this game with a loss on its record that should not be there. The Pirates did everything but beat Laney on the scoreboard last week, which is the only statistic that counts. New Hanover is, well New Hanover.

The Wildcats are built to beat teams like Topsail.

They are big and strong and fast. They can hit you in the mouth or run away from you. It makes no difference to them as long as they win.

Topsail Coach Wayne Inman is a veteran of many

wars on the gridiron. He was clearly disappointed in his teams play last week and will make that known during practice this week.

Look for a very different Pirate team this Friday night.

They will be focused.

New Hanover rushes for over 223 yards a game and has four solid backs. Mikai Stewart has rushed for nearly 450 yards and has six touchdowns. He averages 12.2 yards a carry. This is a normal New Hanover style of offense.

Topsail throws the ball.

Cody Wallis is the best quarterback in the conference. The problem is that everyone knows it now.

The Pirates showed just how much they miss Naoh Lavalle last week. This is the way I see it.

New Hanover pounds the ball inside against the Pirates. Wallis and company respond well in the beginning. However, the lack of an inside running game will hurt the Hampstead crew. This game is close until late in the third quarter. The score: New Hanover 41 Topsail 28.

done, erasing a 7-4 deficit and turning it into a 9-7 lead before a four-point Topsail run ties things at 15-15 in game four. A 17-15 Laney lead became 22-18 before Topsail closed to within 2220. A kill, an unforced Lady Pirate error, and an ace tied the match at 2-2.

That set up the alwaysdreaded 15-point game and Topsail quickly took charge with Fonvielle (three aces, 25 digs) on serve in a 1-1 tie. Six points later –with Marinelli slamming two kills, Lofton added two more, and Fonvielle dropping in an ace – it was 7-2, and Topsail never looked back. Brown (eight kills, two blocks, six digs) and Sorace had kills in a three point run, Marinelli added a kill in a two-pointer, and Sorace ended the night with a block sandwiched by a pair of kills.

“Laney played out of their minds, they played

with a lot of intensity,” Pearsall said. “That first game was the same as when we played them before, going extra innings, and we ended up winning. I think we were a little tired, having played three days in a row, but we were able to put it into another gear when we needed it. I think Bella has played great in the last two or three matches, Julia stepped up her game, and Aiden has been making some incredible digs and doing a great job, she really has.”

Sullivan had a magnificent all-around night with two kills, three aces, 15 digs, and 36 assists, and McGuire recorded an amazing and acrobatic 43 digs.

The week started with an easy 3-0 (25-8, 25-13, 2518) win over visiting North Brunswick. The tone of the evening was set early as the Lady Pirates erased an early 2-1 deficit with a

Clark-fueled five-point run that included two aces and kills by Marinelli (six kills, two blocks), Brown (seven kills), and Lofton (four kills, seven digs, five aces) producing a never-to-berelinquished 6-2 lead.

Game two was tied at 7-7 before Lofton took over the serve and two kills by Clark (four kills, two aces, two blocks), along with a kill and a block by Sorace (three kills, block) and two kills from Sullivan (five kills, block, five digs, 15 assists) ignited a 9-0 run that produced a 16-7 lead.

Pearsall used the 2-0 advantage to rest most of his starters in the third game but the Lady Scorpions could not capitalize. Rachel Hobson (five kills) and Fonvielle (five digs) helped keep North Brunswick at bay. McGuire (three aces) led the backline once again with 21 digs.

ball just inside the Laney 20-yard line, but a Laney defender batted the ball away from Armstrong and the threat died.

Laney then traveled 80 yards on 10 plays – a 24yard pass from Cole to Allen Huff keeping the drive alive – with Huff bursting in from 15-yards out for the score. Junior kicker Natalie Gislason tied the game at 7-7.

An interception by Buccaneer Zeke Frank at the Laney 20-yard line put the quash on a promising Topsail drive that went from their own 30-yard line to the Laney 22, and the Buccaneers made the turnover costly by diving 70-yards on six plays, a 52-yard pass from Cole to Connor Powe setting up Cole’s six-yard touchdown run. Gilsason made it 14-7 – a lead that endured until halftime.

Laney took the secondhalf kickoff 56 yards on seven plays, with Cole scor-

ing on a three-yard burst, to make it 20-7 just 1:59 into the second half.

But Topsail responded with a 10-play, 70-yard drive, overcoming another falsestart penalty, to close to within 20-14 on a 12-yard pass from Wallis (21-for-31, 281 yards, two TDs) to Landry Horne and Orellano’s PAT with 6:41 to go in the third period.

Topsail took a 21-20 lead on its next possession with a 55-yard, 11-play drive, culminated by a four-yard scoring jaunt by Bernie Burns and another Orellano PAT. But on third-and-six at the Topsail 49-yard line, Cole dumped a short pass to the left to Canady who outran the Pirate defenders to the end zone. The two-point conversion was no good, but Laney led 2621 with 6:32 remaining in the game.

A two-yard run by Burns preceded a 23-yard pass

from Wallis to Gavin Ellis (12 catches, 214 yards) that put the ball in Laney territory, but a Buccaneer defender batted the ball away and Laney recovered.

The Pirate defense stood tall, and a fourth-down Cole pass ended up short of a first down, and Topsail had another chance with 3:04 remaining. A Wallis pass on first down was dropped, but the senior quarterback found Ellis for 30-yards to put the ball on the Laney 17-yard line.

A seven-yard run moved the ball to the 10, but a mishandled snap made it fourth-and-10. Wallis then threw the ball on a crossing pattern to Ellis, who was clearly interfered with right in front of an official, but no flag dropped – and the ball did, ending the game after two kneel-down plays by Cole.

Topsail (4-1, 0-1) travels to New Hanover (4-1, 1-0) Friday.

Onslow. The Stallions tip most of the time and the Titan defense did not cover.

Once Coach Claris instructed and reminded the team, the team responded.

Game one went to Southwest 25-27. From there it was all Trask. The final three set scores were 25-9, 25-14 and 25-23.

Emily Thomas had nine aces and eight kills along with five blocks to pace the Titans. Lanie Barnhill had eight kills and seven digs

while Brayden Smith had 18 digs.

Against Dixon, the first game set the tone for the evening. The score was tied at 23-23 and 24-24. The Lady Titans were up in overtime on two occasions but could not finish. Dixon won the first game 28-26. Dixon took the next two sets and earned the win. The scores of the final two sets were 19-25 and 27-29.

“Those two games could have easily gone in our

favor rather than the visitor’s, “said Claris. “Both games were ours to win or lose. A net call and tipped block not passed up and that’s the game or games in this case.”

Thomas had 10 kills with Barnhill contributing eight kills.

The Lady Titans are now 6-4 overall and 3-4 in Coastal 8 play. They hosted Richlands on Tuesday and is at Pender on Thursday.

vs 1A East Carteret.”

The Lady Patriots did in fact bonce back strong against fellow 1A team East Carteret, earning a 3-1 win.

The scores were 25-8, 22-25, 25-8 and 25-16.

The final match of the

week involved the other 1A school in the conference in Lejeune. The Devil Pups were no match for the Patriots, falling 3-0.

The two wins over the 1A schools gave the Pats the edge going into the second

phase of the conference schedule. The top 1A and 2A schools in the Coastal 8 Conference receive automatic bids into the playoffs.

Pender was at East Carteret on Tuesday and at Trask on Thursday.

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ettin’ a Line with The Post & Voice

Pender County’s weekly look at what’s biting and where

Hooked on spots

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic Well, the spots are star ting to show up, which means that the area piers are bracing for the annual run of anglers from abroad. That’s right, the spots have begun to migrate to the area. The big ole yellow bellies are not here yet, but there have been some good sized fish caught.

Blood worms and shrimp will work here.

There have been some pompano and sea mullet caught in the surf. Cut bait and shrimp will do the trick here.

Inland anglers are raving about some good sized red fish being caught on Carolina rigs baited with cut baits and live mullet.

Some anglers are using soft plastic lures as well.

A few flounder have been caught as well, but they are on the small side.

The piers are reporting some spots along with a few croaker and puffer fish. They are all hitting bottom rigged blood worms and shrimp

along with cut baits.

The freshwater guys are catching some panfish with a few fishing for cats. The usual baits are working here.

This week’s fishing tip The area piers are beginning to see the creature that many of us locals hate to see. The dreaded touristed spotimus hookemus, otherwise known as tourist looking for a cooler of spots. These guys can be recognized by their trucker style cap with the hook in the bill. They will usually staple their pier pass on the bill as well.

Most will have enough gear to outfit an army.

These guys give no quarter nor do they take any. They will step up between two folks fishing with a cigarette hanging out of their mouth and never give it a second thought.

There is no repellent for these pesky varmints.

You can only hope to outlast them. Remember, they have to go home sooner or later. Until then, just grin and bear it.

Richlands hangs big loss on Trask

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan varsity football team hoped to get off to a fast start against the Richlands Wildcats in both teams Coastal 8 Conference opener. The Rocky Point squad was looking for its first win of the season.

H oweve r, R i ch l a n d s would have none of that.

The Cat’s retur ned the opening kickoff 68 yards and promptly scored to take the early lead. They would score on three of their first four possessions to take a 27-0 lead into the halftime break.

The Titans lost starting quarterback Dominique Campbell to a knee injury in the second game of the

Roundup

Continued from page 2B an, Duckworth, O’Brien, and Herbert blanked their opponents 6-0, 6-0. The doubles matches ended 8-5, 8-0, and 8-0.

Revenge certainly was sweet for Topsail (7-4, 7-4) on Thursday when the Lady Pirates reversed Monday’s scored and defeated the Lady Buccaneers (7-3, 7-3) 5-4 at home on Thursday. Edwards got the ball rolling with a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 1, and O’Brien won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5, but Topsail trailed 4-2 entering the doubles’ competition.

Duckworth and LaRowe got Topsail closer with an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles, before Guderian and O’Brien tied things up at 4-4 with an 8-2 victory at No. 2.

Up stepped Breeden and Herbert at No. 3, and their hard-fought 8-6 victory pro-

Kickers

Continued from page 2B time in as many weeks, scoring three goals verse the Mariners. He also had the assist on the fourth goal.

The Titans are tied for fourth in the conference

year and have struggled to find a replacement. In this game they started junior Will Berry. While the team did not score until the final minutes of the game, Berry did do some good things.

The Titans scored their lone touchdown of the game with just over five minutes to play on a 67-yard jaunt by David Newkirk.

He ended the night with 94 yards rushing. Trask had just less than 100 yards of offense in the contest while Richlands rushed for 255 yards. Tyon Myles led the defense with seven tackles while Dylan East had eight stops.

The Titans are now 0-5 on the year including a 0-1 Coastal 8 Conference mark.

They host Pender Friday night. vided the match-winner.

Topsail was at unbeaten New Hanover on Tuesday before playing host to South Brunswick on Thursday.

J. V. Volleyball: The week started off on a positive note Tuesday when Coach Tracey Shugarts got the opportunity to play her entire bench in a 2-0 (25-9, 25-21) win over visiting North Brunswick.

We d n e s d ay N ew Hanover ventured into Hampstead and took a 2-0 (25-21, 25-8) loss with them back to Wilmington.

P l ay i n g t h e i r t h i rd match in three days, the young Lady Pirates (9-4, 4-4) wilted Thursday in a 2-0 (16-25, 20-25) loss to visiting Laney – their second loss of the season to the Lady Buccaneers.

Topsail was at New Hanover on Tuesday and back home against South Brunswick on Thursday.

standings with Southwest Onslow. The top of the Coastal 8 Conference is very good with Dixon and Richlands both undefeated in conference play. Trask hosts Lejeune on Monday and at Southwest Onslow on Wednesday in what is a very important match for the Titans.

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Heritage Happenings

By Jennifer Mathews Pender Adult Services October will be a busy month here at Heritage Place! We are having a flu clinic Thursday, Oct. 10 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Bring your insurance cards with you. The Pender County Health Department will be administering the shots. Adults without insurance expect to pay $45 for a regular dose; for adults ages 50-64 the FLUBLOK, is available

to $75; High Dose shots are available for ages 65 and older for $75. If you cannot make this day you may call the Health Department at 910-259-1230 for information about other possible dates.

We will be traveling to the North Carolina State Fair for Senior’s day. We still have space if you would like to go. Cost is $25 for transportation and seniors get in free at the fair.

Our big event is our an-

nual Silent Auction. Beautiful items are coming in and will soon be on display.

You may drop by and preshop. We will have a wonderful dinner with dancing.

You may get your tickets now at Heritage Place.

Open Enrollment for Medicare Part D begins Oct. 15. Please call (910)259-9119 to make an appointment to review your medication costs. We have appointments at Heritage Place and the Topsail Senior Center.

Medicare open enrollment Are you paying too much for your prescriptions? It’s time to evaluate your plan and see what’s new for 2020.

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Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Period is Oct. 15 through Dec 7. Changes will be effective Jan. 1,

2020. Call to schedule an appointment with a trained SHIIP counselor soon For Burgaw appointments call Heritage Place at 910-2599119 or Hampstead appointments call Topsail Senior Center at 910-270-0708.

ual is entitled to an exclusion for burial expenses) Qualifying seniors will pay no more than $8.80 for covered name brand drugs and no more than $3.30 for generic medications.

You will also be eligible for a plan with no monthly premium or a reduced premium determined by Social Security or the State.

If you are uncertain that you meet the qualifications, please call and set up an appointment. SHIIP volunteers can assist you with an application.

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•Limit alcohol So this October, enjoy the cooler weather, cheer for your favorite team and think pink.

Topsail Center News

By Donna Murphrey Pender Adult Services Crisp morning temperatures let us know that fall is on the way so come for a hot lunch. We serve a hot lunch Monday through Thursday from 11:40 until noon. On Wednesdays and Thursdays we are serving lunch that is not prepackaged but served on a plate.

Please come try our lunch and let us know what you think.

For Seniors 60 and older, lunch is free, donations only (suggested donation $2.50). All you need to do is complete a for m and let us know a day in advance so we can prepare enough meals. Please stop by and pick up a form, and a monthly menu.

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Oct. 22. Cost for bus is $25, fair entrance fee is on your own; however, if you are a senior 65 years or older, entrance to fair is free.

Our Zumba and Basket Weaving classes have started back and we have room for you to join us. We have many exercise classes as well to help you stay fit as the weather outside cools.

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Call 910-270-0708 to make an appointment Topsail Senior Center Hwy 17, Hampstead,

Please bring your insurance cards No insurance: Regular dose $45 (50 and younger) FluBlok, $75(50-64) High Dose $75 (65 yr +) Can’t make this day? Please call the PENDER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT At 910-259-1230 Administered by Pender County Health Department

Medicare Open Enrollment is NOW Make an appointment to see a SHIIP counselor To review your Medicare Part D plan Appointments available October 15 – December 7

INFORMATION PLEASE – WE ARE HERE TO HELP Please call Heritage Place at 259-9119 X 309 (Or Topsail 270-0708) if you need information, referral or assistance with any of the following services:

PC Health Department will offer Flu Shots Oct. 8 (Topsail) and Oct. 10 (Burgaw) 11:00 – 3:00 pm – Please make an appointment at the front

Health Screenings Insurance Counseling Legal Services Caregivers Classes Housing Home Repair/Modification In-home Aide Services Social Security Benefits Adult Day Care/Day Health Disaster Services Hospice Care Rehabilitation Services Respite Telephone Reassurance Energy Assistance Volunteer Opportunities

Monday Morning Painting Class at Heritage Place 901 S Walker Street, Burgaw Mondays 9:30-11:30 a.m.

6 classes/$50 Begins October 7 Bring your own supplies For registration and/or supply list Contact Maureen McKenna SImplestrokesart@gmail.com Or 631-312-6102

Fitness & Health Promotion Tax Preparation/Counseling Transportation Medical/General Family Support Groups Reverse Mortgage Counseling Home Health Services Medicaid Benefits/Medicare Benefits Job Training/Placement Community Mental Health Durable Medical Equipment/Assistive Devices Long-term Care Facilities Report Suspected Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance) Congregate Meals/Home Delivered Meals Food Distribution Senior Games

Heritage Place Opportunities Tuesday

Monday 8:00—7:00

8:00—5:00

Wednesday

9:00 Crocheting 9:00 RSVP Perks (1st) 10:30 Group Walk 11:00 Geri-fit 12:00 Meals 12:30 Pinochle/ 1:00 Rummikub 1:00 Quilting Group 1:00 Knitting Group

9:30 Art Class 12:00 Meals 1:00 Bid Whist 1:00 Canasta 6:00 Line Dance

8:00—5:00 9:00 Basket Class 11:00 Bingo 12:00 Meals 1:00 Bid Whist 1:00 Bridge

Phone: 910-259-9119

Thursday

Friday

8:00—5:00

8:00—3:00

9:30 RSVP Card Class (2nd) 10:00 Jewelry 10:30 Group Walk 11:00 Geri-fit

1:00 Blind Support (2nd )

11:00 Bingo 12:00 Meals

11:30 Caregivers Group(4th) 11:30 Health Checks (4th)

12:00 Meals

Tuesday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Baskets /Cribbage 9:00 Geri-Fit 10:00 Senior Crafts & fun 12:00 Meals 2:00 Gentle YOGA 3:15 Advanced Tai Chi 6:00 Line Dancing

Wednesday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Quilting Bee 9:00 RSVP Perks (1st) 9:30 Knitting Group 10:00 Beginning Tai Chi 12:00 Meals 1:00 Canasta/Bridge 2:00 Rummikub

Pender Adult Services is committed to providing our community a safe, stable, environment in which individuals can maintain their independence, good health practices, and a healthy sense of self-esteem.

5:30 BODYPUMP

Tuesday Open 5:00—8:00 5:30 RPM Cycling 8:30 Cardio Fit *new 9:40 YOGA 10:45 FIT OVER 50 5:30 BODY ATTACK 6:30 RPM Cycling

Phone: 910-270-0708

Thursday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Geri-fit/Cribbage 10:00 YOGA 10:00 Bingo 11:15 Tai Chi

Friday 8:30 am—2:30 pm 11:00 Line Dance 12:00 Meals 12:00 Line dance 2 Caregivers Support ** **Call for info

1:00 Quilting 1:00 Bridge/ Mahjong

Saturday –Facility Available for rentals

12:00 Meals (BP Checks-3rd)

Fitness Fusion Group Fitness Classes Monday Open 5:00—8:00 5:30 RPM Cycling 8:30 BODYPUMP 9:40 YOGA 10:45 FIT OVER 50

Facility Available For Rentals

1:00 Rummikub 1:00 Mexican train (1st)

Topsail Senior Center Opportunities Monday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Art Class (group) 10:00 Modified PILATES 12:00 Meals 2:00 ZUMBA Gold 1:00 Tree Top Quilters(2nd) 3:00 Hospice Trg (2nd)

Saturday—closed

Wednesday Open 5:00—8:00 7:00 RPM Cycling 8:30 BODYPUMP 9:50 PILATES Massage by Appointment 5:30 BODYPUMP

Thursday Open 5:00—8:00 5:30 RPM Cycling 9:30 Gentle Yoga 10:45 FIT OVER 50

Phone: 910-259-0422 Friday Open 5:00—8:00 8:30 BODYPUMP 9:50 PILATES 5:30 BODY PUMP

Saturday 5:30 RPM Cycling

Open 8:00—2:30