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Apparent murdersuicide claims 2 From Staff Reports An apparent murder-suicide Nov. 16 claimed the life of a mother and her 14-year-old son.

Jennifer Craig, 43, was visiting with her son, Kameron Tyler Craig at 1661 Lake Road in the Willard community when she allegedly shot him before turning the gun on herself.

Craig died at the scene while Kameron was taken to Pender Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. He was then transported to UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He died Saturday afternoon.

Craig was reportedly visiting at her mother’s home where Kameron was living and had supervised visitation.

Pender County Department of Social Services had contacted the Sheriff ’s Department with concerns, prompting a visit by a deputy to the home.

The deputy visited the home at approximately 7 p.m. and reportedly found nothing of concern.

The shooting took place shor tly before midnight.

Pender County Sheriff ’s Deputies responed to the shooting call at 11:47 p.m. and arrived to find Craig dead and Kameron critically wounded.

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With cold weather expected soon, a local realtor is collecting winter coats for those in need. Read more on page 1B. High School football is ďŹ nished and the Pender All-County Football team is in this week’s Post & Voice. Read more in Sports on page 8A.

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The Wilmington Celebration Choir brings joy through music at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting at Soundside Park in Surf City Nov. 18 to open the holiday season in Pender County. Santa and Mrs. Claus were on hand to talk with the children.

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Middle School and North Top- and district staff put a lot sail Elementary School and of thought into the proposed Surf City Elementary School reassignment areas, considerThe Pender County Board feeding into Surf City Middle ing both current and future of Education moved to bring School. It also keeps neighbor- needs,� said Dr. Steven Hill, the reassignment recommen- hoods together, as neighbor- superintendent of Pender dation for the Topsail Area hoods share the same school County Schools. “Based on Schools to the community assignment throughout the current population growth for input at the Board’s Nov. elementary, middle and high and trends, the recommended 7 meeting. reassignment plan should reschool levels.

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Burgaw Christmas Tree lighting Nov. 24

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The Burgaw Events and Promotions Committee has made their list and checked it twice, and they are sure that this year’s lighting of Burgaw’s Christmas Tree is going to be oh-so-nice.

The public is invited to join them in kicking off the 2017 Christmas season with the annual tree lighting ceremony and a variety of festive activities for the whole family. The event will be held Nov. 24 with food available by the Christmas tree on the Courthouse Square starting at 5 p.m. The lighting of the tree will follow at 6.

Those who come out to join in the fun can enjoy lots of music and entertainment from

Burgaw Presbyterian Violinists, Creek Kidz, our Blueberry Queens and children from Mission Baptist Church.

Those who stick around to explore the town after the tree lighting ceremony will also be able to watch the Cripple Creek Cloggers perform, as well as peruse the creative Gingerbread House Competition entries, which will be on display at the Blueberry Festival Office.

Santa is scheduled to arrive at the Community House at 6:30. Activities will include cookie decorating and a children’s coloring contest at the The Arts of Burgaw Antiqueplace.

Visitors will also have an opportunity to check some items off of their Christmas list by shopping at Harrell’s

Department Store and at Fremont Antiques. Popcorn treats will be available at Carolina Sisters, and don’t forget to pick up some mistletoe from The Old Farm Shed.

Visitors can stop by Brown Dog for a hot cup of coffee, and Olde Carolina Eatery will also be open late to help light up Burgaw. They will be serving homemade hot chocolate, savory soups, grilled cheese and their delectable desserts. Harvey’s will be open for delicious food, as well as Bandana‘s with a prime rib special and more. Hot french fries, chili, and fresh donuts will also be available by the tree beginning at 5 p.m.

Entries for the Gingerbread House Competition will be accepted at the North Carolina Blueberry Festival office, lo-

cated at 106 E. Wilmington St. in Burgaw from 10 a.m. until noon the day of the event. Prizes will be awarded for each of the following age groups: Child Under 12, Family and Adult.

Houses may be constructed either from scratch or by using store-bought ingredients and assembling them. All entries should be placed securely on a foiled firm surface.

The Pender County Library in Burgaw will host a Gingerbread House Assembly Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. Limited supplies will be made available to participants, and the event will be held on a first come, first serve basis. All entries for the gingerbread house contest will be put on display Nov. 24 at the Tree Lighting Ceremony from 5 until 9 p.m.

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Several members of Cape Fear Chapter 3 United Daughters of the Confederacy and a guest visited Cape Fear Academy Nov. 16 to talk to the fifth graders. The group gave a program on Rose Greenhowe, who was a spy for the South during the War Between the States. Also talked about were the children during the era. The chapter offers a writing contest to fourth and fifth graders from Pender, New Hanover, and Brunswick. For more information, call Dale Spencer 799-6427.

Pender EMS & Fire Report Nov. 12-18

Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: 166 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 35 Sloop Point Station 14 25 Hampstead Station 16 23 Surf City Station 23 13 Top. Beach Station 4 5 Union Station 5 17 Rocky Point Station 7 27 Atkinson Station 9 15 Maple Hill Station 13 3 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 Station 29 3 Type of C alls Cancelled: 18 Refusals: 36 Stand By: 0 Transported: 103 Treated/released: 9 Fire Dep artme nt R ep orts Tot al Calls: 46 Calls pe r Stati on Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 7 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 3 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 9 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 10 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 4 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 5 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 8 EMS St. 4 Top. Beach 0 Fire Call Typ e Su mma ry Fire 11 Motor Vehicle Crash 7 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 21 Cancelled 7 Ocean Rescue 0

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It’s Black Friday at the Surf City Summer Market

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Surf City Summer Market (SCSM) will host its Black Friday Market featuring the same local vendors that have come to be associated with SCSM throughout the last four years.

Since circumstances beyond their control have caused the market to be unable to set up at Soundside Park in Surf City, the local artisans are happy to announce that they have found a new location in Hampstead for the Black Friday event.

The market will be held Nov. 24 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Cedar on the Green in Hampstead. Admission is free.

“We love Soundside Park and have enjoyed our market home for the summers past.

We are saddened, but assure you that we will have the same wonderful hand crafted gifts available by talented local crafters and artists,” said Surf Cityu Summer Market President Nicole Wynant. “We are also a designated Toys for Tots drop off spot. Please consider bringing a toy to make a child’s holiday brighter. Santa will be there for pictures. Pets are welcome.”

Wynant said that they expect to have about 25 local vendors on site with their hand crafted items. Items will include candles, wreaths and books by local author Carol Ann Ross. Photography, hand crafted jellies and jams, and a variety of other goodies will be available this year. Poor Piggy’s Barbecue truck will be available as well.

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Wynant. “There’s going to be lots of traffic going by. Santa will be there, and there will be free photos with him. We are asking for an unwrapped toy for a boy or girl, and we will have a box there where you can leave them. Santa will bring them to the kids. We are also going to be having raffles all day with gifts from the local vendors.”

Wynant said that she expects their third annual mar-

ket to be a great day.

“It’s always so much fun. I think it’s a great location and I think it’s going to work out really nice for us. I believe that with a lot of people out shopping, if they are heading to Wilmington or Jacksonville, that they are bound to pass us and be interested in what’s going on - and hopefully they will stop,” said Wynant. “It’s so great. We are with these people - we spend the whole

summer together, and then we reconnect back in the winter.

Many of the vendors are also going to be participating in the Kris Kringle event the next day at the Missiles and More Museum at the south end of the island, which is another fantastic event too.”

For more information and a list of vendors, visit surfcitysummermarket.org. Cedar on the Green is located at 17077 US Hwy 17 in Hampstead.

Making of the Greens

Master Gardeners brighten holidays for seniors

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer As in years past, the Pender County Master Gardener Volunteers will be brightening the holidays of many Pender senior citizens. The group will make around 200 decorations during their Making of the Greens event.

Every year, the Pender Master Gardener Volunteers create small Christmas arrangements by placing seasonal greenery in decorated yogurt cups. These are then distributed to area nursing homes and senior programs around Pender County.

The event will take place Dec. 12 from 9-11 a.m. at the Pender County Agricultural Extension Service auditorium in Burgaw. Nancy Neely, Chairperson for Making of the Greens, said that the project has been going on for many years. She has participated since 2009.

“We make little arrangements to go on people’s lunch trays at hospitals and nursing homes in Pender County.

We all bring g reens from our homes so we don’t have to buy any of them. We use little yogurt cups that we have saved to recycle, and we put the greens into floral foam. We cover it with a foil

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Then we deliver them that day and they go on people’s lunch trays,” said Neely.

The volunteers add decorations such as clay ornaments and miniature glass balls, topped with little bows and other finishing touches.

As the arrangements are completed, some of the group members and an extension agent load them into their cars and head out to deliver the holiday decorations.

Gary Mintier, President of the NC State Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Association in Pender County, has been involved in the project since he became a master gardener five or six years ago.

“We probably have 40 people working to make their own little decorations of different greenery. The things that we make, we take those to the hospital, the nursing homes, and to Meals on Wheels also. During the Christmas season, it’s just a little something extra to brighten up their lives. I’ve been with the others when we delivered them, and everybody seems to love them. It’s just to show all the shut-ins that they are not forgotten by the com-

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“It puts us in the Christmas mood, and some people are really creative with the arrangements; and with all the food that’s there, it’s like having Thanksgiving and a part of Christmas all at once,” said Mintier.

The Pender County Agricultural Extension Service auditorium is located at 801 S. Walker Street in Burgaw.

Pender Utilities to accept online payments beginning Dec. 1 From Staff Reports Pender County Utilities will offer online bill payments beginning Dec. 1.

“Pender County Utilities customers will have the option of paying their water bills online,” said Bryan McCabe, Pender County Utilities interim director. “Payments can be made by using a credit card or a debit card.”

“Offering online payments enhances the high level of customer service we provide,”

said Randell Woodruff, county manager.

McCabe said bill payment instructions are available on the county website, pendercountync.gov, beginning Dec. 1. “ To b e g i n , c u s t o m e r s should go to the county website,” McCabe explained.

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Thanksgiving is a time to express thanks Thanksgiving is almost lost among the craziness of the holidays.

It’s a wonderful time of reflecting and counting our blessings.

In our community, we have families who have not recovered from last year’s Hurricane Matthew. I’m sure for them it is a challenge to count blessings.

In August, the Burgaw Presbyterian Church spearheaded a fundraising effort to help local families impacted by the flooding in the Black River region. Churches and organizations came together to assist neighbors. It was an amazing event that is proof of what can happen when a community comes together.

And that’s what I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday – community.

We have wonderful communities in Pender County.

Each has their own personalities.

After candidates’ night in Topsail Beach, I returned home and told my husband I think the Topsail Beach community is as close to Heaven on Earth as a town can get.

While residents may disagree on speed limits, they share a love of their community and they truly desire the best for their Topsail Beach neighbors.

My poor husband gets to hear a lot of my thoughts – and he’s still sane!

So he wasn’t surprised when I told him how much I love Burgaw.

“It’s Heaven South,” I told him – and this was months before Brad Paisley released his new song.

Burgaw is charming. If you don’t believe me, walk to the Pender County Courthouse and look around. Look at the silver water tower.

Look at the Christmas lights and decorations. Observe the families pushing strollers for an evening walk. Listen to the church bells peel. Talk to your neighbors at The Pig. It’s community.

This hit home hard this fall. As many of you know, my assistant was setting up the Ghost Walk on Friday, Oct. 13, when a sports utility struck her. She sustained internal injuries and numer-

Tammy Proctor Pender County Tourism Director ous broken bones. She spent three days in ICU and will have months of home rehabilitation.

That’s when the community went into action. The Burgaw Police Department, the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department, the Burgaw Fire Department, and Pender EMS and Fire responded in less than three minutes.

On the town square, helping set up the Ghost Walk was Burgaw’s Parks and Rec Director Zach White. He heard the accident and the scream.

He rushed to the scene and stopped traffic. After the Ghost Walk, Zach stayed and cleaned up so I could get to the hospital to see my assistant. Zach might be new to Burgaw, but his attitude and passion for community and helping one another is something I will be thankful for this week.

I am thankful for the first responders – law enforcement and EMS. They were efficient and caring at the same time.

So this Thanksgiving, when we’re counting our blessings, I’m going to think of St. Helena and the good people at Saint Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church. I’m going to be thankful for Currie and the restored Rosenwald School as well as Moores Creek National Battlefield. I’m going to express thanks for Surf City and their willingness to take on joint-projects with our tourism office. I will be thankful for Watha, Atkinson, Rocky Point, and Hampstead – our Pender County communities who come together when neighbor helps neighbor.

Notes from the Field Part 2

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Bill Messer Art Miller was born during the dawn of aviation,

lived near Roosevelt Field, and went to work for Grumman Aircraft in. 1941 building the TBF Torpedo Bomber (the same type of plane that former President George H. W. Bush flew in WWII and is on display in my old ship, the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum in New Your City) and who would later assemble wing components for the Space Shuttle.

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Coffee, dogs, music and gratitude I regularly go back and check through some of my previously run columns, both to see what has changed, what hasn’t changed, what I’ve written about before and what I should never write about again.

Plundering through more than 16 years of offerings, I was struck again by how much for which I have to be thankful.

If some of these things are redundant, my friends, I apologize. There are things we all should treasure every day, but like everyone else, I often take them for granted.

In my own defense, there are a lot of things I do thank God for every single day, and He has given no indication of being tired of my gratitude, poor as it is.

I am thankful for my family; we aren’t as many as we once were, but there are still enough that I can’t begin to identify each and every face at my wife’s family get-togethers. Were we to manage to overcome the logistical challenges of having a similar gathering on my own side, I can guarantee you I would have the same problem. But we are family, and family, good or bad, is a gift from God. I am thankful for my wife, whom I consider to be the most patient and nurturing woman in the world. I ain’t an easy one to love, I can as-

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Jefferson Weaver sure you. She helps temper the bad side of me, and I know that whatever happens, she will be at my side.

I am thankful for salvation through Jesus Christ, and for the opportunity to share his word whenever and however I can. That’s getting harder and harder to do these days, but He told us that would someday be the case. He promised us something better, and I’m thankful he always keeps his word.

I’m thankful to live in a free country, where people are willing to put their lives on the line to keep us free.

I’m thankful we still have a system that allows every person’s vote to count the same as the next person’s, and I’m thankful that any American who so chooses can cast a vote as he or she

desires. I’m thankful that I can get help at the touch of a few buttons, but that I have the right to hold the fort til that help arrives.

I’m thankful for coffee, fresh hot biscuits, eggs laid by a chicken I know personally, meat gathered at the end of a rifle or shotgun or fishing rod, ripe persimmons, coconut pie or cake or anything, steak, fried chicken, mustard greens cooked in an iron pot and eaten the next day, cornbread of any kind, ugly old apples and pears from forgotten trees, volunteer grapes and blackberries eaten as they are picked, and always knowing that whether I like that menu or not, there is something in our house to eat. A lot of folks can’t say that.

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Financial assistance for elderly parents Dear Savvy Senior, Where can I go to locate financial assistance programs for seniors? I have been helping support my 70-year-old mother the past couple years and really can’t afford to do it any longer.

Feeling Overwhelmed Dear Overwhelmed, There are actually a wide variety of financial assistance programs and government benefits that can help seniors in need. But what’s available to your mom will depend on her income level and where she lives.

To find out what types of assistance your mom may be eligible for, just go to BenefitsCheckUp.org, a free, confidential Web tool designed for adults 55 and older and their families. It will help you locate federal, state and private benefits programs that can assist with paying for food, medications, utilities, health care, housing and other needs. This site – created by the National Council on Aging – contains more than 2,000 programs across the country.

To identify benefits, you’ll first need to fill out an online questionnaire that asks a series of questions like your mom’s date of birth, her ZIP code, expenses, income, assets, veteran status, the medications she takes and a few other factors. It takes about 15 minutes.

Once completed, you’ll get a report detailing all the programs and services she may qualify for, along with detailed information on how to apply.

Some programs can be applied for online, some have downloadable application forms that you can print and mail, fax or email in, and some require that you contact the program’s administrative office directly (they provide the necessary contact information).

If you don’t have Internet access, you can also get help in-person at any of the 47 Benefit Enrollment Centers located throughout the U.S. Call 888-268-6706 or visit NCOA.org/centerforbenefits/ becs to locate a center in your area. Some centers also offer assistance over the phone.

Types of b≠≠–enefits Depending on your mom’s income level and where she lives, here are some benefits that she may be eligible for: s&OOD ASSISTANCE Programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can help pay for groceries. The average monthly SNAP benefit is currently around $127 per person. Other programs that may be available include the Emergency Food Assistance Program, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. s(EALTHCARE Medicaid and Medicare Savings Programs can help or completely pay for out-of-pocket health care costs. And, there are special Medicaid waiver programs that provide in-home care and assistance.

s0RESCRIPTION DRUGS T h e re a re h u n d re d s o f programs offered through pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and charitable organizations that help lower or eliminate prescription drug costs, including the federal Low Income Subsidy known as “Extra Help” that pays premiums, deductibles and prescription copayments for Medicare Part D beneficiaries. s 5 T I L I T Y A S S I S T A N C E There’s the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), as well as local utility companies and charitable organizations that provide assistance in lowering home heating and cooling costs. s3UPPLEMENTAL 3ECURITY )NCOME 33) Administered by t h e S o c i a l S e c u r i t y Administration, SSI provides monthly payments to very low-income seniors, age 65 and older, as well as to those who are blind and disabled.

SSI pays up to $733 per month for a single person and up to $1,100 for couples.

In addition to these programs, there are numerous other benefits they can help you locate such as HUD housing, home weatherization assistance, tax relief, veteran’s benefits, senior transportation, respite care, free legal assistance, job training and employment and debt counseling.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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An Attitude of Gratitude I know, it sounds trite, as we approach Thanksgiving and the onset of Advent, but embracing an attitude of gratitude is a requisite for reaping all the rewards of the holiday season.

Gratitude is a gift we give ourselves, and a gracious tonic for soothing the soul.

When we take time to acknowledge and appreciate all that we have in our lives, we attract more of the same. It is the Law of Attraction, the universal Theory of Resonance; sound science rooted in quantum physics that consistently confirm that what we focus on expands.

One of the most encouraging and consistently documented findings in psychology over the past several decades is the fact that we have complete control over what we think, and those thoughts have a direct impact on our health, happiness, well-being and longevity. Norman Vincent Peale and Zig Ziglar called it the power of positive thinking.

More modern theorists, like Martin Seligman have coined the concepts Learned Optimism and Authentic Happiness. Regardless of the rhetoric, research reinforces the power of our thought process and its integrative impact on our minds, bodies and spirit.

The body only knows what the brain tells it, so why not send positive messages, focusing on what works well rather than what doesn’t?

It is not enough just to be grateful, it is equally important to express it. Gratitude is the grandfather of joy; unexpressed it is like a beautiful gift that goes ungiven.

Simple strategies, such as acknowledging efforts and accomplishments with words like ‘Thank You’ and ‘I appreciate you’ have a powerful impact on both the sender and the receiver. Like dropping a pebble in a pond, the ripple effect of gratitude goes beyond the initial interaction; it is contagious and like simple kindness, it has the power to change the world, one person at a time.

We were forced to write thank you notes as children and did so begrudgingly. I am grateful this is a habit I still embrace and enjoy. I have seen notes of thanks tacked to bulletin boards and computer screens, stuck in scrapbooks, and a plethora posted on Face Book.

People like and need to feel appreciated. They revel in words that reinforce the reality of what they contribute to the world. Encouragement, kindness and gratitude are the ultimate trifecta, and putting it in writing is powerful.

If you feel grateful for anything in your life, don’t be shy about sharing it. An attitude of gratitude is one of the greatest gifts you can give this season, to yourself and others.

It is totally cost effective and all begins within, so go ahead, embrace an attitude of gratitude and enjoy the bounty.

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My Spin

Tom Campbell

Talkin’Trash Every two months North Carolinians throw away enough trash to fill dumpsters, lined back to back, across the entire length of Interstate 40. Our 10 million residents generate some 12 million tons of trash each

year.

Cullen Browder, investigative journalist for WRALTV, produced an insightful half-hour documentary on our waste problems, reporting our state is getting buried under mounting piles of trash, taxing the life expectancy of our landfills and threatening serious trash troubles in the near future.

Like most states, we began a program of recycling years ago and it has reduced some of the burdens on landfills, but we must do more.

Here are some suggestions. Don’t bag recyclables.

Plastic bags, especially dark bags, make it difficult for landfill employees to know what’s in them. It is too labor intensive (and potentially dangerous) to open each bag, so most go into the dump and are not recycled.

Wake County officials esti-

mate that about 10 percent of the recyclables collected end up in the landfill because they are in plastic bags. The better way is to put them loose into recycle containers.

Mattresses and electronics also present problems.

Discarded mattresses are big, bulky and don’t break down. It is difficult to recycle mattresses, however there are some thrift stores that will accept them, clean and sanitize them and offer them for re-sale. The best advice is to hang on to your old mattress a little longer. Under state law computers, televisions and other electric devices with a cord must be recycled, but must be placed in specially designated sections of landfills.

The biggest, most troublesome and potentially hazardous threats come

from the plastic shopping bags so commonplace today.

They don’t decompose and most landfills have to pay workers to pluck them out of disposed materials before they fly away, creating litter and threatening our wildlife.

Many grocery and other stores offer bins where plastic bags can be recycled.

Sadly, manufacturers have increased the size and amount of product packaging, both to reduce the all too prevalent shoplifting, as well as damage resulting from shipping. In addition to the box, a new TV also is packed in lots of Styrofoam to avoid breakage in shipping. A lot of this packaging ends up in landfills or recycling.

City and county residents pay taxes to provide for landfills, but many dumps barely cover the costs to maintain them and our legislature

may have created further problems. Hidden deep within HB56, an environmental bill, was a provision declaring that we no longer are required to dispose of trash in the government landfill nearest us and may shop for lower disposal rates elsewhere. While everyone wants to save money, let’s not fool ourselves. If the government landfill site doesn’t generate enough money to cover costs how will they offset deficits? Taxpayers will pay one way or another.

The larger problem, however, is that citing, permitting and opening new land-

fills is virtually impossible, because few of us want the smell or unsightliness that accompanies such a facility.

We aren’t going to eliminate our need to dispose of trash and we cannot just dump it alongside a road or vacant lot, so it behooves us all to unite in efforts to help extend the life of our landfills.

And that’s no trash talk.

Tom Campbell is former assistant North Carolina State Treasurer and is creator/host of NC SPIN, a weekly statewide television discussion of NC issues. NC Spin airs Saturday at 8 a.m. on WILM-TV Wilmington.

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Burgaw Presbyterian Living Nativity Dec. 9 B u r g aw P r e s b y t e r i a n Church will hold its annual Outdoor Living Nativity Dec. 9 at 5:30 p.m. prior to the Burgaw Christmas parade.

It lasts about 30 minutes so everyone will have plenty of time to enjoy the nativity and enjoy the Christmas parade. There will be shepherds,

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Also, a donkey and several sheep.

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snowed-over farmfield unsullied by any tracks save my own and the animals.

I’m thankful for trees – the cathedral of much beloved longleaf pines, ancient cypress monarchs whose knees battle each other for sunlight and survival, the riot of tulip poplar, maple, oak and sweetgum along a country road after the first frost paints everything for its farewell tour before winter.

I’m thankful for good boots, a crisply ironed shirt, a good suit, and hats that fit.

I’m equally thankful for old flannel, thick wool, worn jeans, overalls and the bright red comfort of a union suit on a chill morning.

I’m thankful for my wife’s laughter, a little kid’s giggle, a child’s voice raised in song, the stern advice of a grumpy old man, the music of owls, and the sound of anyone saying thank you.

I’m thankful for a good chair, a warm bed, a reliable truck, a practical car, music of almost any kind, a good shotgun and a rifle or two that are like extensions of my own arms, my father’s fishing rod, manual typewrit-

ers, open fires under a starlit sky, the music of a river, the secret sighs of an old forest, and water straight from a well, never having had its soul and taste stolen by chemicals and filters that are required to make sure everyone has enough to drink.

I’m thankful for every sunrise and sunset, for every moonrise and every star, every cloud and every change in the season and the weather. Each is an individual work, a combination of things that can never be exactly duplicated by man, created and designed by God as just another example of his magnificence.

I could go on and on, but I won’t. That might bore my readers even more than these words have already done, and I wouldn’t want to do that – because I am thankful for folks who still buy and read newspapers. Without them, I couldn’t be thankful for the greatest job in the world.

Happy Thanksgiving, folks. – and thank you.

Jefferson Weaver is a columnist with the Post & Voice. Contact him at jeffersonweaver@ nrcolumbus.com.

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I’m thankful for old dogs, young kittens, friendly goats, patient horses, loving donkeys, and nervous chickens.

I’m thankful for doves rocketing pink-blue across a red September sky, hounds striking trail, the snort of a deer, the grunt of a bear, the chorus of Canada geese, the chitter of a squirrel, the yap of a fox, the hiss of a bobcat, an the howl of a coyote.

I’m thankful for just about every critter in God’s nature, from tiny chickadees and busy hummingbirds to roaring bull gators unseen in a twilit swamp. I’m thankful for the smell of beaver castor, the softness of a winterprime pelt, the battlecry of redtailed hawk, and the beauty of a thousand-acre

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Local DAR chapter presents Good Citizen Awards The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held a DAR Good Citizens Award ceremony Nov. 16 in Burgaw. The students representing their schools were recognized: Tykenya Holiday - Pender Early College High School; Alex McGowen - Pender High School; Fermin Chavez Ramos - Heidi Trask High School; Alleigh Wiggs Topsail High School.

Each high school made the selection based upon the qualities of good citizen in their school, home and community.

Each winner shows qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. DAR Good Citizen Chair of BMCB chapter is Jennifer Lenfestey She presented each student with a frame-able Certificate [signed by NSDAR President General Ann Turner Dillon] , a lapel pin, a wallet recognition card and $50 from the BMCB Chapter.

The students were given the opportunity to enter the DAR Good Citizen Scholarship Contest. The completed

scholarship entry includes Parts one and two. Part one consists of listing the student’s activities/projects, an explanation of how he/she has incorporated the four qualities of a DAR Good Citizen into his/her life, an official school transcript, and two letters of recommendation. Part two consists of an essay.

DAR Good Citizen Scholarship Judges were Lindsay Philips and Alexandra Sands. Congratulations Alleigh Wiggs of Topsail High School named the winner.

Miss Wiggs will advance to NCSDAR District VII competition. District VII winner to be announced in January 2018. BMCB Chapter Regent, Margaret F. Williams invited students, their families, Pender County Educators, chapter members, JoLynn Futch (prospective member) and guest to a lovely reception in honor of the Pender County High School Seniors named Daughter’s of the American Revolution Good Citizens 2017-18.

The Daughters of the American Revolution presented the chapter’s Good Citizen Awards at a ceremony Nov. 16 in Burgaw. Pictured left to right are Alleigh Wiggs Topsail High School; Tykenya Holiday, Pender Early College High School; Alex McGowen Pender :High School; and Jennifer Lenfestey, BMCB DAR Good Citizen Chair in the absence of Fermin Charvez Ramos Heide Trask High School.

Cape Fear Elementary participates in One Book, One School event Cape Fear Elementary School recently participated in the annual One Book, One School event put on by media specialist Mary Alice Hudson.

The book used, The Magician’s Hat, by pro football player Malcolm Mitchell, encourages students to follow their dreams. It was a time for the whole school and community to be “on the same page” reading the book.

Teachers at the school have

integrated the lessons learned from the book into daily activities. Parents came to the school Nov. 16 to celebrate the school wide event, which featured a wax museum, scavenger hunt, dress up booth, and a magician. In addition art teacher Ms. Kane had each student paint a rock with their dream job, which have all been placed out front in the Dreams Rock Garden.

All rocks were generously donated by the school’s PTO.

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David Brian Moore ROCKY POINT -- David Brian Moore, 41, of Rocky Point passed peacefully from his earthly life Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness of many years.

He was born June 7, 1976 in Burgaw the son of Douglas Rayford Moore and the late Linda Holly Moore.

In addition to his father, David is survived by his sisters, Melissa J. Padgett (Joey) and Kristy C. Moore; brother, Ray Moore, Jr.; grandmother, Gray Moore; and nephews, Brandon Padgett and Brent Padgett.

Throughout his 10 years of illness with Multiple Sclerosis, David showed great courage, never complaining about the cards dealt to him in life.

His kind and gentle nature, selflessness, and unconditional acceptance taught those of us who knew him about faith, hope and love. David and his family appreciate the love and all kindnesses shown to them during the past ten years.

A very special thank you to the staff at Woodbury Wellness Center for the loving and excellent care given to David during his years at Woodbury.

The family received friends at noon Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 at Riley’s Creek Baptist Church with service at 1 p.m.

The Rev. Jim Herchenhahn conducted the service. Burial followed in Riley’s Creek Memorial Cemetery.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com The family was served

by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home of Burgaw.

Lewis Henderson Rooks ROCKY POINT -- Lewis Henderson Rooks, 87, of Rocky Point passed from his earthly life Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center.

He was born April 5, 1930 in Pender County, one of seven children born to Major Allison Rooks and Sabrey Sikes Rooks. He was preceded in death by two sisters; three brothers, and son-in-law, Mike Lunsford.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Blanchard Rooks; daughters, Cammy Bloodworth (Kelly), Pam Rooks-Rothweiler (Kenny), Mary Ann Wells (Randy), Susan Lunsford and Penny Brown (Jason); stepdaughter, Rhonda Miller; step-son, Kevin Miller; eight grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; sisters, Irma Keith and Kathleen Lowery; and many nieces and nephews.

During the Korean Conflict, Lewis served his country honorably in the U.S. Army.

He was a faithful member of Northside Baptist Church.

Lewis, a true Souther n gentleman, was a man of faith who loved his Lord and his family. He was quite a talented writer of prose and stories of life interwoven with history. His love and knowledge of nature was well known throughout his many years of farming. He raised hogs, tobacco, farmed row crops and harvested corn and beans on his farm as well as for other farmers. The Lord has blessed Lewis with a long life and many bountiful harvests.

Lewis was a friend to many and his passing will leave an empty place in our hearts.

The family received friends 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 at Northside Baptist Church with service at 2 p.m. Pastor Rob Strickland and Pastor Kenny Chinn conducted the service. Burial followed in Riley’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

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

Jennifer Michelle Strickland Craig ROCKY POINT -- Jennifer Michelle Strickland Craig, 43, of Rocky Point died Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 in Pender County.

She was born April 22, 1974 in Wilmington. Jennifer is survived by her daughter, Allyson Paige Ramos; mother, Patricia Northcott and her husband, James; father, William “Billy” Judson Strickland; sister, Lynn Pruitt and her husband, Ricky; nieces, Leanna Pfeiffer, Khloe Sholar and Isabella Sholar; and many extended family and friends.

There will be a private gathering of family and close friends in the near future.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a gift in loving memory of Jennifer to help with cremation expenses to Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home, PO Box 1316, Burgaw, NC 28425.

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by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Burgaw.

Kamerson Tyler Craig Kameron Tyler Craig, age 14, has left this earth too soon.

Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 he went home to join the heavenly angels. Kameron was preceded in death by his mother, Jennifer Michelle Strickland Craig.

He was born April 21, 2003 in Jacksonville.

Kameron is survived by his sister, Allyson Paige Ramos; grandmother, Patricia Northcott and her husband, James; grandfather, William “Billy” Judson Strickland; aunt, Lynn Pruitt and her husband, Ricky; cousins, Leanna Pfeiffer, Khloe Sholar and Isabella Sholar; and many extended family and friends.

There will be a private gathering of family and close friends in the near future.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a gift in loving memory of Kameron to help with cremation expenses to Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home, PO Box 1316, Burgaw, NC 28425.

Please keep this dear family in your hearts and prayers.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen. com. The family was served

by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Burgaw.

Annie Grace Dennis Pridgen Annie Grace Dennis Pridgen, 71, beloved mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, sister, friend, and God’s faithful servant was called to her heavenly home by the Lord Nov. 18, 2017.

She was born Nov. 23, 1945 in Pender County, the daughter of the late Robert T. Dennis and Annie Jewel Wells Dennis. Annie was preceded in death by her son, Edward Ray Pridgen; and brothers, Lester Lee, Thomas Edward, and John Telmore Dennis.

Graveside service was 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 at Wells Cemetery, 2601 N. Hwy. 133, Rocky Point with visitation at the cemetery one hour prior to the service. The Rev. Butler Anderson conducted the service.

Condolences and shared memories may be sent to www.quinnmcgowen.com.

The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home. Burgaw.

Frank Gable Rivenbark CURRIE -- Frank Gable Rivenbark, 83, of Currie passed peacefully from his earthly life Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017 at The Laurels of Pender.

He was born April 19, 1934 in Pender County one of 12 children born to Scarnwall Lester and Eva Wells Rivenbark. Frank was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Merritt Rivenbark; sons, Douglas Wayne Rivenbark and Ricky Melvin Rivenbark; daughter, Rhonda Marie Rivenbark; step-sons, Edward Lee Moore and Calvin Moore; siblings, Luema Hig gins, Carolyn Teachey, Edna Rivenbark, Ivey Rivenbark, Woodley Rivenbark, Margaret Rivenbark and infant Rivenbark.

Frank is survived by his step-daughter, Loyce Flake Long; grandchildren, Patricia Thornton (Danny), Matthew Moore, and Leanne Cummings (David); great grandchildren, Michael Cummings, Thomas Moore, Brenlee Thor nton and Bryce Thornton; sisters, Maude Rivenbark and Evelyn Bloodworth; brothers, Morris Rivenbark (Julia) and Edgar Rivenbark (Helen); and many nieces and nephews.

The family received friends at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at Moores Creek Baptist Church with service beginning at 11 a.m. The Rev. Roger

Barnes and The Rev. Philip Eakins conducted the service.

Burial followed in Riverview Memorial Park.

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

kins; sister, Barbara Littleton; brothers, Joe Turner (Julie), Timothy Turner (Rene) and Robbie Turner; many nieces, nephews and extended family.

The family received friends at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel with service beginning at 3 p.m.

The Rev. Merrell McKoy conducted the service. Burial followed in Woodcock Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent to www.quinnmcgowen.com.

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Joan “Bimmie” Turner Woodcock WILLARD -- Joan “Bimmie” Turner Woodcock, 63, of Willard passed peacefully Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 at her home.

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Pender’s Brown county player of the year; Trask’s Taylor takes coach honors

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When the 2017 football season began there was a lot of talk about the running backs in the county. Topsail standout Noah Lavalle and Trask scat back B.J. Jordan were on everybody’s mind.

Pender senior Latrell Brown worked hard during the off-season and came into the season quietly. It did not take long for the senior standout to be noticed.

In the first game of the year he rushed for 159 yards against a very good Lakewood team. He tallied 196 yards in week two against Topsail.

The shifty halfback rushed for at least 100 yards in the first nine games of the season. He ended the year with 1,741 yards while finding the end zone 16 times.

Former Pender coach and current Southwest Onslow offensive coordinator Desmond Jordan has worked with Brown and was not surprised with his success.

“Trell has put the work in. He has worked hard to get bigger and stronger and it has paid off.”

Brown rushed for just under 1,000 yards as a junior, sharing time with fellow standout Justin Hooper. His senior year was one in which he was the focus of every defense that the Patriots faced.

Yet he persevered.

Defensively, Brown finished with 34 tackles in limited playing time. He also returned punts and kickoffs.

Latrell Brown did in fact put the work in. He led the Coastal 8 Conference in rushing and is the 2017 Post-Voice All County football player of the year.

Titan’s Taylor named coach of the year The Heide Trask Titans won a school record seven games in 2016. The rumor on the street was that they would not be able to replicate that in the newly formed Coastal 8 Conference. However, there were some benefits to being in the new conference. There were no Wallace-Rose Hill or Clinton waiting around the corner. However, replacing them was a stout Southwest Onslow team along with East Carteret and Croatan. In addition to the new conference the Titans would play 2017 as a 2A school.

Coach Johnathan Taylor and his staff never blinked.

File photos They worked hard and went Pender’s Latrell Brown (above) and Trask Titan Coach into the season optimistic.

Jonathan Taylor (below).

In the first game of the year the team was dealt a severe blow. Senior quarterback Tyrease Armstrong injured a knee and was lost for the season Taylor and company never wavered.

The Titans went on to win a school record eight football games and went into the final game of the year with a chance to earn a portion of the conference title. Trask lost their finale to conference champion Southwest Onslow.

They were subsequently left out of the playoffs in what can only be described as a miscarriage of justice.

In the last two seasons the Titans are a combined 15-7.

They have set the school record for wins and then broke it in back to back seasons.

The Post & Voice would like to recognize Coach Taylor and his staff.

For the second year in a row Johnathan Taylor is the 2017 Post & Voice Football Coach of the Year.

After a brief break the Top performers of our three county high schools are back in action. The Post-Voice newspaper will do our best to keep you informed as to who the best of the best is.

The Topsail Lady Pirates earned two wins last week to open the season 2-0. Lauren

Caveness scored 12 points in the win over Jacksonville Northside while Payton Little had seven points and 14 boards.

Caveness had 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win over Dixon. Little chipped in eight points and 12 boards while Julia Sullivan had four points and nine rebounds.

The Topsail boys dropped

their opener last week against Dixon. Sophomore guard Jamieson Long scored 12 points, senior Brandon Lofton added 10 points while cleaning the glass to the tune of 14 rebounds, while senior Greg Unger had nine points to lead the young Pirates.

The Heide Trask Titan wrestling team opened their season last week. The Titans went 1-3 after wresting in two

tri matches. Kolby Lanier went 4-0 for the week while Carlos Ruiz-Lopez, Gerardo Santiago-Garcia , and Eric Sanchez-Aparico each went 3-1.

The Topsail Grappling Pirates opened their season last week as well. Ethan Rivenbark won the 120 pound weight class against

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Post & Voice All-County Football

By Bobby Norris and Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writers The 2017 high school football season was one of both highs and lows. The Heide Trask Titan gridiron gladiators set a school record for wins for the second time in as many years while the Topsail Pirates struggled yet again in the tough Mid-Eastern Conference.

The Pender Patriots earned a playoff bid under first year coach Tim Smith.

Here is the best of the best of the counties football players as seen through the eyes of the Post & Voice sports staff.

All three coaching staffs were involved in nominating these players, but the final decision was ours.

Foster Williamson (Trask) Defensive player of the year.

This junior monster linebacker invokes memories of some of the best backers in county history. He led the county with 133 tackles, averaging 13.3 a game. He had 92 solo stops and two fumble recoveries. He called the shots for the Titan defense.

B.J. Jordan (Trask) Jordan had 875 yards rush-

ing including seven touchdowns. He had three touchdown runs called back including a 99-yard run. Just a junior, he will be a force to be reckoned with next year.

Tiyuan Ballard (Trask) Ballard was the best of the best in the Titan secondary.

He made several big plays in tight games. He had 89 tackles and five interceptions.

Another junior standout for the Titans.

Gavin Longley (Trask) Longley led the Titans and the county with 11.5 sacks.

He had 72 tackles.

Brian Sarvis (Trask) Sarvis was the best punter in the conference. He also played on both sides of the ball. He had 406 yards rushing with three touchdowns.

He also had 41 tackles and two interceptions.

Jacob Johnson (Trask) Johnson took over the quarterback slot when Tyrease Armstrong got hurt in the first game of the year.

He finished the season with 673 yards rushing including 13 touchdowns.

Noah Lavalle (Topsail) Lavalle missed quite a bit of time this year and still managed to rush for 1,097 yards rushing on 151 carries (7.3 yards-per-carry average).

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He had seven receptions for 56 yards. He scored 78 points and 13 touchdowns.

Hunter Hall (Topsail) This senior linebacker led the Pirates with 90 total tackles. He had two blocked punts and a fumble recovery.

Joshua Smith (Topsail) This senior standout played both sides of the ball.

He had 97 carries for 410 yards including two touchdowns. He tallied 47 tackles on defense. He stepped in wherever he was needed and is the consummate team player.

Andrew Jones (Topsail) This senior lineman was the best of the best on the offensive side of the ball. He had seven tackles on defense while anchoring the offensive line.

Jorge Lopez (Topsail) The standout place kicker had 40 points. He made 28-of31 PATS and 4-of-6 field goals.

He had 42 kickoffs, for 1,053 yards with 15 touchbacks.

Brandon Clayton (Topsail) This junior had 34 tackles including three sacks and one fumble recovery. Played both sides of the ball.

Chris Devane (Pender) Devane was the Patriots best Lineman. He had 43 tackles and led the county with 16

tackles for loss. He threw in two sacks for good measure.

Taiquan Jackson (Pender) Jackson was a force on the defensive line. He had 59 tackles with 12 tackles for loss.

Lavell Henry (Pender) This young man improved greatly throughout the year.

He had 32 tackles and one interception. He also rushed for 242 yards and two scores.

Makel Henry (Pender) Henry is the jack of all trades. He had 96-yards rushing and 62 yards receiving.

He also had 279 yards of kick returns and threw in 39 tackles on defense.

Tyrease Armstrong (Trask) Armstrong led the Titans to their first winning season in his junior year. He worked hard through the off-season and went into the 2017 season with high hopes. The senior’s season came crashing to an end on the first play from scrimmage in the first game of the year. A knee injury forced him to miss his senior season.

Except for the week he had surgery, Tyrease was on the sidelines of every game this year. He is worthy of being named to the Post & Voice All County team.

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

I have covered many athletic events for the newspapers of Pender County for many years. I have witnessed some great performances throughout the years and have been fortunate enough to have been able to meet some fine folks in the process.

I witnessed Desmond Jordan rush for more than 300 yards in a game and watched his brother win match after match on the wrestling mat. Yes sir, as the farmers insurance commercial says, I have seen some things. However, none of these athletes can hold a candle to one of the most ferocious and competitive athletes in the world; the Black Friday shopper.

I have witnessed little old ladies throwing 10pound DVD players over their shoulders with pin point precision to another old lady that catches it

with one hand while going through her pocket book with the other while all the time steering a shopping cart with her knee. By the way that shopping cart usually has about 200 pounds of stuff in it and she can wheel that thing through the isles like Richard Petty on the final lap at Daytona.

A few years back I was at a Black Friday event when it finally went down. Two ladies that looked to be in their 30s or early 40s started arguing about the last X Box video game console and the next thing you know they are throwing down.

Yep, there was hair pulling, punching, kicking and cussing. I swear if I didn’t know better I thought I could have been at a WWE event. Smack Down at Walmart 2013.

On year I watched in amazement as a little old fella reached into a woman’s buggy and took something out. She caught him in the act and he took off. I figured she would let him go. Not this lady. I was in Wallace and she kicked her shoes off and took off after this dude.

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday is here and the craziness will begin. My advice to you is to go ahead and purchase your popcorn and drink and sit back and watch. It’s going to be a blast!

Lady Pirates start season with wins

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer What a difference a year makes!

Just over a year (11/17/17) ago the Topsail girls’ basketball team took on the challenge of traveling to Jacksonville to face a Northside girls’ squad that finished the year 24-6 and advanced to the fourth round of the NCHSAACHSAA2A fourth round, and the results were ugly in a 63-22 loss. There were eight available Topsail players for that game.

The rematch was last Tuesday in the season opener for the Lady Pirates, and the good news is the results were drastically different, especially when you look at the box score and saw eight different Topsail girls scored.

Junior Lauren Caveness led the parade with 12 points, junior Payton Little had seven points and 14 rebounds, and four other Lady Pirates had six points each as Topsail opened its’ season with a 50-44 home win over Northside.

The Monarchs had a 10-9

lead with 3:55 left in the first quarter and, despite tying the contest five times in the second and third quarters, never led again as the Topsail girls found an answer for every Northside charge Northside.

“I told the girls all week, don’t worry about who is not there, worry about who is there,” Topsail Coach Andrew Ellington said. “They are still Northside and they’re going to come in here and play hard the entire time.

“They never stop, regardless of the lead or the situation, and I thought we handled that pretty well for the first game. We did a good job not turning the ball over but there were too many fouls.

But it was the first game and there will be growing pains.

We definitely have to clean that stuff up but a win is a win and we’ll take it.”

Every time Northside made a run, Topsail answered. A Little field goal curtailed a Lady Monarch run with 3:30 left in the third quarter and ignited an 8-4 Topsail surg. Northside

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Pirate cagers open with lackluster loss at Dixon

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Opening games is most sports are somewhat of an enigma as it is often hard to tell if one team is that good – or if the other one is that bad.

But one thing was certain when the final whistle blew after the Topsail boys’ opening basketball game at Dixon last Thursday – there is as ton of work to do if this team is going to be competitive, especially in the loaded MidEastern 3A/4A Conference.

Sophomore guard Jamieson Long scored 12 points, senior Brandon Lofton added 10 points while yanking down 14 rebounds, and senior Greg Unger had nine points but that was the extent of the Pirate offense as Topsail fell 47-37 at Dixon

Thursday in a non-conference basketball game.

If there is a defense for the 30.7% (16-for-53) shooting effort and the 13 turnovers it comes with the datum that it was the first game for the Pirates (0-1), while the Bulldogs (2-0) were fresh off a 6144 season-opening win over Swansboro Tuesday.

The Pirates also played without senior guard Caleb Bloodworth, who was recovering from a foot injury.

“It wasn’t good, that’s for sure,” Topsail Coach Jamie Rochelle said. “We’re certainly not there yet, offensively. We took a lot of bad shots and we took way too many bad three’s. Truthfully, it was bad all the way around. We just have to go to work the next few days in

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On the Mat

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

The sport of wrestling can be described as one on one competition with the best man winning. Rather it be by brute strength or by technique. The one constant is that once you step onto the mat there is no one to help.

Last week the high school wrestling season began for two of the three county high schools.

Topsail got started with a tri-match with Richlands and Havelock. The Pirates fell to Richlands 45-33 and to Havelock 43-30.

Ethan Rivenbark won the 120-pound weight class against Richlands while Nathan Martinez(145), and Noah Lavalle (182) also earned wins. Nathan Bray picked up a win as well.

The Pirates participated in the West Carteret Beach Brawl over the weekend.

Bray (113) and Lavalle won their respective weight classes while Tyler Dempsey (220) and Ethan Rivenbark fell in the finals.

The Trask Titan grapplers opened their season at home hosting Northside and North Brunswick. Kolby Lanier and Carlos Ruiz each won against North Brunswick while Eric Sanchez and Lanier earned wins over North Brunswick.

Trask traveled to Pamlico the next day. They participated in a tri match with the Hurricanes and West Craven. The Titans beat Pamlico 49-30 and fell to West Craven 48-33.

Zion Cruse and SanchezAparico each had wins over Pamlico as did Lanier. Jacob Johnson picked up his first win of the year over the West Craven wrestler.

Kolby Lanier leads the Titans early in the season with a 4-0 record while Gerardo Santiago-Garcia and Carlos Ruiz-Lopez each have 3-1 records. Sanchez-Aparico also has a 3-1 mark.

Titan grapplersin rebuilding mode The Heide Trask High school wrestling team has been very successful under the direction of a young but veteran coach Chris John-

son. Each year Coach Johnson talks about how weak his team is and what their deficiencies are going into the season. Each year they come out with a very good record and a few regional and state qualifiers. However, according to Johnson this may be his most inexperienced team since taking over the program. “We are so young, “said Johnson. “We have a lot of freshmen and sophomores. we are starting nine underclassmen with a year or less of experience, so we are going to take some lumps, but if we can progress each match and get better then we will be ok as the year goes along. We have a very tough schedule this year not just in conference but non-conference as well so we will take some lumps, but hopefully in the long run it will pay off.”

Leading the way will be senior Gerardo Santiago. He went to the regionals last year at 220 and hurt his knee in the final match. “He was a couple of minutes from going to the states, “said Johnson.

“If he stays busy on the mat

Topsail athletes wellrepresented on AllConference teams and works the way I know he can he will be pretty good this year, one of the beteer 220 wrestlers in the area.”

Kolby Lanier is off to a 4-0 start at 152 pounds. He is much improved and will only get better. Zion Cruse will also be a force to be reckoned with.

In the past couple of years the Titans have been strong in the middle and upper classes. This year they will struggle with an inexperienced heavyweight.

Although Johnson seems to think his team will struggle early on you can never count a Chris Johnson coached team out. For the first time the Titans will participate in a conference full of teams. Croatan, Southwest and Dixon appear to be the teams to beat.

Eight Pirate student-athletes sign college letters

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Most people look at wins and losses as the criteria in determining a successful athletic program. But another positive that defines success is when a student-athlete signs a Letter of Intent to continue their athletic and academic careers at the collegiate level, and recently eight Topsail student-athletes from

Lady Pirates Continued from page 8A got to within 37-34 with 6:15 to go in regulation but a 7-3 run subdued that rally.

It was 48-41 with 1:25 left but a three-point basket and free throw narrowed the Northside deficit to 48-44. Junior Dashaniq Sidbury (six points, nine rebounds) created the final tally with a pair of free throws with 15.1 ticks left on the game clock Seniors Karolina Woodward and Rachel Kapiko each had six points, and junior Madison Kita added five.

“I feel like we ran the offense very well, especially for the first game of the season, and we played good defense,”Caveness said.

“They (officials) were calling fouls like crazy (34 combined

Santiago-Garcia looks to take the next Titan step

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last year Gerardo Santiago-Garcia was learning on the job for Heide Trask Wrestling coach Chris Johnsons talented Titan grapplers.

He found himself right in the thick of things late in the year. He earned a right to wrestle in the regionals and was one match away from making it to the state 1A meet when he injured his knee.

That left a bad taste in the seniors mouth and he is back and hopefully better than ever.

Last week Santiago-Garcia got off to a good start.

He wrestled four times and brought home three wins.

Gerardo is looking to do more than win matches. He wants to set an example for the younger wrestlers on the team. “I want them to be able to look at me as an example.”

Santiago-Garcia looks to take the next step in the 2017-18 season.

five separate sports made that commitment. s3OFTBALL Three Lady Pirates – Christine McLean (Barton), Alyssa Randall (Campbell), and Tanesha Williams (Campbell) signed their Letters of Intent.

Mclean, who has a 3.2 GPA, was also considering Sweet Briar (Va.) and Winthrop but chose Barton because of the right combination of academics and softball.

“Barton has what I want, both academically and with softball,” said McLean, who is being projected as both a catcher and infielder. “It will be a transition if I don’t catch but I am sure I will be catching some. I never played infield in high school, and I don’t think I would be ready for the challenge if it wasn’t for the coaches here.”

McLean will major in Nursing as a precursor to be-

coming a Nurse Anesthetist.

Randall led the teams in hitting as a sophomore (.464 BA) but a severe hip problem held her to one at-bat (1-for-1) as a junior. She committed to Campbell, selecting the Camels over Duke, Virginia, and UNC-Wilmington.

“I committed to Campbell before my junior year so it was before I got hurt, and they

whistles resulting in 38 free throws) but we did play good shutdown defense most of the time.”

Thursday the Lady Pirates (2-0) traveled to Dixon and the hangover from the big, opening-day win over Northside was evident as the Topsail girls struggled early before pulling away in the second and third periods in a grindit-out 42-33 win over Dixon (0-2).

“I don’t know but our shooting percentage (17-for63, 27.9%) had to be awful tonight,” Ellington said. “But this says a lot about our integrity and the ability to play together that we can shoot that bad and still win. We don’t want to make that a habit, by any means.

“But we picked it up defensively (causing 19 turnovers) in the second half. We

had to make some adjustments. We played soft early but much better later. It also helps having a deeper bench.

I’m sure there were times last year when I looked down the bench, hoping people were there, but this year there are people that were there and everybody who played contributed in both games.”

Topsail trailed 9-6 after the first period but Caveness (14 points, six rebounds, four assists, four steals) found her range and knocked down two long three’s, accounting for eight of Topsail’s 14 secondperiod points on its way to a 20-18 halftime lead.

The Lady Pirates’ defense held Dixon to two field goals and a free throw in the third period with Little (eight points, 12 rebounds, four blocked shots) and Sullivan (four points, nine rebounds)

controlling the boards.

The Topsail defense stayed on track, yielding just two field goals and five free throws over the last eight minutes, and scoring 14 to close out the win.

“We really couldn’t get our footing in the first half,” Little said. “I think we got it together in the second half, though. Their post was really good at boxing everyone out so we can definitely learn from that. But, I think, in the second half we were able to put our legs down and get on the boards.

“We have 11 days off with the holiday break and know what we need to work on, free throws, shooting averages, and definitely working the ball inside more.”

Topsail travels to Swansboro Tuesday (11/29) and to Trask Friday (Dec. 1).

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Little ready to lead Lady Pirates to winning

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last year Payton Little started her sophomore year with high expectations. She was one of the young Lady Pirates with the word potential draped all over her.

The young lady used her skills and determination to become a very good basketball player. In fact she led a much improved Lady Pirate team in scoring and rebounding.

This year everyone in the Mid-Eastern Conference knows that the Pirates are a contender in the tough split conference.

One of Miss Littles biggest assets on the hardwood is her ability to play multiple positions. However, she is a rebounding machine. She wreaks havoc in the paint on both offense and defense.

The Topsail Lady Pirates will make a run for the top 3A spot in the conference and just might win the whole thing.

Payton Little will be ready for the Pirates.

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By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer When you are on a team that plays in the split MidEastern 3A/4A Conference, success comes in varying forms. While wins and losses are generally regarded as the criteria in determining success, having many of your talented athletes recognized on all-star teams is another – especially when you going up against four 4A teams.

For the four-year period from 2017-2021, 4A schools Ashley (1,915), Hoggard (1,799), and Laney (2,244), and 3A schools New Hanover (1,643) and West Brunswick (1,387) have a larger student population than Topsail (1,286) – giving them substantially more students from which to draw, athletically. Only South Brunswick (1,139) and North Brunswick (1,057) have less.

So seeing 15 of Topsail’s fall athletes on the various Mid-Eastern All-Conference teams speaks volumes about the program’s success.

The boys’ soccer team (5) and the girls’ cross-country team (4) led the way, with girls’ tennis (3), volleyball (2), and girls’ golf (1) all garnering All-Conference honors.

Coming off a school-record 19 win (19-5) season that included a trip to the fourth round of the NCHSAA 3A state playoffs before falling 2-0 to Lee County, the Pirates’ soccer team had senior goalkeeper Jorge Lopez (146 saves, 1,394 goals-against average) and senior midfielder Sam Hackett (11goals, eight assists, 30 points( selected on the conference’s first team.

Seniors Sam Bell (10 goals, 10 assists, 30 Points) and Blake Culig (16 goals, 21 assists, 53 points) were secondteam choices, and senior Roberto Vasquez (25 goals, seven assists, 57 points) was an Honorable-mention selectee.

Team championships in the Mid-Eastern Conference meet and 3A East regional –coupled with an 11th-place finish at the 3A state meet – saw four Lady Pirates make all-conference. Freshmen Phenom’s Makayla Obremski and Isabella Bufalini are on the first team, with senior Kersten Parrella and freshman Skylar Libretto on the second team.

The girls’ tennis team saw senior Caroline Harris (121 victories; 64-23 in singles, 57-12 in doubles), Kasey Pfaff (13-4 single; 12-4 doubles) was a second-team choice, and Taylor Ward made the third team.

The Topsail volleyball team didn’t have a banner year in the win/loss column (8-14, 3-11) but a pair of Lady Pirates were rewarded with spots on the third team, Junior Rena Marrotta (team-leading 458 digs, five kills, 25 aces, 23 assists, and team-leading 320 service returns) and sophomore Gia Marinelli (96 kills, team-leading 47 aces, team-leading 40 bocks, 40 digs, eight assists) were the girls honored.

Junior Angela Linehan (57.3 nine-hole stroke average, 108.3 18-hole average) made the girls’ golf second team.

Congratulations to the All-Conference selections and to all the fall-sports’ athletes on representing Topsail well.

Pirates Continued from page 8A practice. We have potential, we just need to put in more effort in just about evert aspect of the game.”

The Pirates actually led the game 12-8 at the end of the first period, and 22-18 at halftime. Lofton led the way with four field goals (two in first quarter and two in second), and Long threw down a pair of three-pointers to go along with a deuce, the duo accounting for 16 of Topsail’s 22 points at the intermission.

Unger scored five of his nine points in the third quarter, but that was all the points the Pirates could muster.

Meanwhile, 6-foot-3 senior Dixon center Lucas Lindsay (12 points, 12 boards) led a Bulldog charge that created a 27-27 deadlock heading into

Merritt ready for hoop season at Pender High

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The game of basketball can be one of the more physically demanding sports to play at the high school level. In most cases only the fittest studentathletes play the sport.

However, there is much more involved in playing the sport. It takes heart and intestinal fortitude. At Pender High school Ratavia Merritt has all of the above.

Miss Merritt can shoot the ball with the best of them.

She is a solid rebounder as well. However, her bread is buttered on the defensive end of the floor. She is a tenacious defender with speed and skill to burn.

The Lady Patriots will play in the Coastal 8 Conference this year under the direction of second year coach Andrienne Bannerman.

Coach Bannerman believes in playing defense and Ratavia Merritt will do just that.

the final eight minutes of the game.

Dixon freshman Logan Hubbard (eight points) drilled to long treys, junior Aaron Pearce scored five of his eight points, and the Bulldogs reaped the benefit of eight made free throws to outscore the Pirates 20-10 in the final period to account for the 10-point disparity.

Outside of the point production (31 combined points) from Lofton, Long, and Unger, Topsail had Jacob Floyd, Andrew Facciolini, and Jonathan Ward each get one field goal.

The Pirates had just one game this week, traveling to Burgaw to face cross-county rival Pender on Tuesday.

Topsail is at Swansboro the Wednesday after the Thanksgiving holiday, and travel to Rocky Point to face the Trask Titans Friday.

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Ratavia Merritt

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist Something bad happened.

Something really bad actually.

Once upon a time there was a gentleman that had an affinity for bowfishing. Where he lived, there happened to be an abundance, over-saturation honestly, of invasive carp that were taking over the river system. He thought it would be a good idea to begin guiding people on bowfishing expeditions in search of these carp.

The carp did something magical. When a boat motor would run in the vicinity of these carp, they would leap, often as high as 10-feet, from the surface of the water. While bowfishing for these airborne carp, it made an intriguing and eventful experience.

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Continued from page 9A have been very understanding about the injury,” said Randall, who hopes her 4.8 GPA and 1,280 SAT score will propel her to a major in Kinesiology and physical therapy.

“Campbell really felt like home, it felt like I belonged there. My operation was successful and I have been (medically) released, and I have started pitching and hitting, and I am looking forward to my senior year.”

Williams, who carries a 3.5 GPA, had an offer from Tennessee Tech but chose Campbell because of its proximity.

“I decided to stay close to home and go to Campbell,” said Williams, who hit .392 last year. “I really loved the coaches there, I loved the campus, it’s gorgeous, and the people were really nice. I want to be a Labor and Delivery doctor and they have a really good nursing program.” s"ASEBALL Pirate catcher Colby Emmertz (East Tennessee State) and pitcher Jake Luchansky (VMI) also signed their respective letters.

Emmertz, with a 3.9 GPA and a 1,150 SAT score, had several choices facing him, among them Presbyterian,

It was not long before word got out and the gentleman was asked to lead various well-known hunters on these carp shoots.

Chris Brackett had made a name for himself in the hunting industry.

Capitalizing even further on his bowfishing prowess, he later began chasing other water dwelling creatures, including at the time a world record shark taken with nothing but a bow, an arrow, and a string attached to the arrow.

Adding to the adventures, he began filming, which quickly drew in an audience.

Now, the common hunter that enjoyed watching hunting television knew who he was.

As Chris’ name continued to climb in the hunting world, he began traditional style bow hunts as well. It so happens where he lived also had an abundance of big deer. Again, Chris brought in trophy after trophy.

He hosted Arrow Affliction and later Fear No Evil hunting television shows. He also lost some of the humility he possessed in the beginning when he was known to encourage those that were unaware of bowfishing possibilities.

Now, his world and word

in the hunting industry has collapsed.

Anti-hunters often paint hunters as non-caring, soulless creatures who only seek the kill. That can be far from the truth for most.

To prove the point, Chris’ collapse is a direct reflection of how the majority of hunters see things. Chris was caught on video killing two bucks on the same hunt. He first took an eight-pointer.

Shortly afterwards, a larger buck appeared. Chris, under the pressures of a successful television show, then took the larger buck.

Not a big deal, correct?

Well, it is when the state he was hunting is a one antlered deer state. His thoughts on taking the big buck for a larger audience and to further prove his ability as a hunter turned an entire fan base against him.

And as such, his career, his love and his life, has just taken a big hit. It is akin to Major League Baseball’s problems with performance enhancing drugs, college basketball’s problems with paying recruits and their families to attend a certain school, and cheating in an election.

Chris will likely not give

Belmont-Abbey, Louisburg, High Point, and UNC-Wilmington, but chose East Tennessee State.

“I went there for camp there this fall and fell in love with the campus, and the coaches and their facilities and what they’re doing with the program,” said Emmertz, who hit .348 as a junior.”

Emmertz, who will major in Business with an eye on economics as a Buccaneer, attended Falmouth High (Maine) as a freshman. He said every coach ad experience along the way helped him become the player he is today.

Luchansky, who has a 4.91 GPA with a 1,260 score, will take his pitching talents to VMI after considering the U. S. Naval Academy and Merchant Marine Academy. Luchansky was, 8-1 as a junior with 65 strikeouts and a 1.13 ERA, and will major in Nuclear Engineering with a career in the U.S. Navy possibly on the horizon.

“After I go to school I want to go in the Navy and work in the submarine service,” said Luchansky, who credited his Grandfather with wanting to serve his country. “VMI was very caring and when I went up there I already felt like I was part of the family, and it

just kind of clicked.” s4ENNIS Caroline Harris, who has a 4.6 GPA and who scored 1,230 also had BelmontAbbey on her radar but chose Queens University. Harris finished her stellar Topsail career with 121 victories.

“I chose Queens because the coach was so generous in his attitude towards me,” said Harris, who will has a 4.6 GPA and scored 1,250 on the SAT, and who will major in Biology. “I just feel it is the right place, both academically and athletically.” s3WIMMING Drew Marshall is a three-time state qualifier, a member of the Lady Pirates’ school recordholding relay teams, and individual record holder in the 100 and 200 backstroke and 100 freestyle.

“My choices came down to Limestone and Campbell,” said Marshall, who has a 4.5 GPA and scored 1,120 on the SAT, and who will major in Sports’ Medicine. “I went to Campbell and fell in love with the campus and everything about the school. I went on an official recruiting trip to Campbell, which was an overnight stay, and I spent time with the team and got to talk to the coaches and the team was amazing. It was a great experience overall, and that’s

the hunting industry a black eye, as most anti-hunters probably have never heard of him.

But Chris did cause a lot of damage to his himself and his brand, that will likely never recover.

–Bill Howard is a lifelong North Carolina resident and hunter. He is a lifetime member of the North Carolina Bowhunters Association, an associate member of Pope and Young, and an official measurer of both. He is a certified hunter education (IHEA) instructor and bowhunter education (IBEP) instructor.

Please share your stories with Bill at BillHowardOutdoors@ gmail.com.

Performers

Continued from page 8A R i ch l a n d s wh i l e . A T H A N -ARTINEZ(145), and .OAH ,Avalle (182) also earned wins.

Nathan Bray picked up a win as well.

The Pirates participated in the West Carteret Beach Brawl over the weekend. .ATHAN Bray (113) and Noah Lavalle won their respective weight classes while Tyler Dempsey (220) and %THAN 2IVENBARK fell in the finals.

Topsail standout .OAH ,Avalle went from the gridiron to the mat with ease last week.

He was 4-0 for the week with the 182-pound title at the West Carteret Beach Brawl. He is this week’s top performer. when I decided.” s,ACROSSE Hannah Jones shared goal-scoring honors (29) last year and is riding a 4.13 GPA toward a degree in Exercise Science and Physical Therapy at Lenoir-Rhyne University. She chose becoming a Lady Bear over Limestone, Lynchburg, and Marymount.

“I just liked the school, and the campus, and the coach (Carlee Buck) said I was a dynamic player. There are no promises but she felt I could fit right in to ay position.”

Town of Burgaw Government News November 23, 2017

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING SCHEDULED The tenth annual Christmas Tree Lighting will be held on Friday, November 24, 2017 at 6:00PM on the courthouse square. Please come and join us for this annual event to start off the holidays.

THE POLAR EXPRESS IS COMING TO BURGAW! The Burgaw Parks and Recreation Department would like to invite you to a free showing of The Polar Express at the Burgaw Train Depot on December 16th. Come in your pajamas and bring your blankets for an afternoon of fun.

There will be cookies and hot chocolate available during the event. Doors will open at 2PM and the movie will begin at 3PM. Tickets are required and may be picked up at the Town Hall.

SPECIAL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING There will be a special closed session meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 1:00PM pursuant to GS 143-318.11 (a) (3) Attorney/Client Privilege.

The meeting will be held at the Burgaw Municipal Building located at 109 N Walker Street.

CALENDAR Nov 23-24 Town offices closed in observance of Thanksgiving TOWN OF BURGAW Phone 910.259.2151 Fax 910.259.6644 Email: townofburgaw@townofburgaw.com Web: www.townofburgaw.com

Town of Surf City Government News November 23rd, 2017 MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm Planning Board 2nd Thursday of the month at 5:30pm Parks & Rec. Advisory Committee 3rd Tuesday of the month at 3pm ________________________________________________________

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PENDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS WANTED! A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! VOLUNTEER! The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following boards/commissions/committees: # of Name of Board Vacancies Positions/Categories Advisory Board of Health 3 Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist*** Animal Shelter Advisory Committee 1 Veterinarian Board of Adjustment 2 District 4, Alternate Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: December 4, 2017 TIME OF HEARINGS: 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 145, 805 SOUTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, N.C. 28425 Zoning Text Amendment Trask Land Company, applicant, is requesting the approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance. Specifically, the request is to amend Section 8.3.2 ‘Interior Parking Islands’ to revise the current requirements for parking terminals and landscape strips. A detailed description of the proposed changes is available in the Pender County Planning and Community Development Department Offices.

Zoning Map Amendment Michael Nadeau, applicant, on behalf of Pratishtha Garg, owner, is requesting approval of a Zoning Map Amendment for one (1) tract totaling approximately ±3.52 acres from PD, Planned Development zoning district to OI, Office & Institutional zoning district. The subject property is located at 18676 US HWY 17, in the Topsail Township, along the east side of US HWY 17, approximately 200 feet north of the intersection of US HWY 17 and Long Leaf Drive (SR 1675) and may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 4204-41-2676-0000.

For Additional Information: Contact Pender County Planning & Community Development 805 S Walker St Burgaw, NC 28425 Phone 910 259-1202

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: December 5, 2017 TIME OF HEARINGS: 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 145, 805 SOUTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, N.C. 28425

Preliminary Plat Signature Top Sail NC, LTD, applicant and owner, is requesting the approval for Phase VI Preliminary Plat for the mixed-use development known as Wyndwater. Specifically, the request is to obtain approval for forty-six (46) single-family conventional lots. The subject property is zoned PD, Planned Development zoning district and is located to the north of Doral Drive (SR 1693), northwest of Sloop Point Loop Road (SR 1563), south of the existing Cardinal Acres Manufactured Home Park, and east of US HWY 17 in Hampstead. The properties may be further identified by Pender County PIN 4214-04-4540-0000.

Major Site Development Plan Trask Land Company, applicant, on behalf of Pender Farm Commercial, LLC; BFMF JV LLC; Blakes of Scotts Hill LLC; and OPV Development owners, is requesting the approval of a Major Site Development Plan for a portion of the mixed-use development known as Blake Farm. Specifically, the request is to construct two portions of the project with 1) being a non-residential section including retail Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores (NAICS 451), Full Service Restaurants (NAICS 7221), Drinking Places (NAICS 7224), Aquarium (NAICS 712) and other miscellaneous retail, and 2) being a multifamily development consisting of two hundred forty (240) units. The subject properties are zoned PD, Planned Development zoning district and are located to the west of US HWY 17 across from Scotts Hill Loop Road (SR 1571), and north of Sidbury Road (SR 1572) in the Topsail Township. The properties may be further identified by Pender County Pender County PINs: 3271-31-5757-0000, 3261-94-4447-0000, and 3271-32-4553-0000.

For Additional Information: Contact Pender County Planning & Community Development 805 S Walker St Burgaw, NC 28425 Phone 910-259-1202

N O TICE OF HO LI DA Y OFFICE CLOSU RES Pender County Government Offices will be closed on the following dates in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday: Wednesday, November 22 Thursday, November 23 Friday, November 24

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY OF PENDER SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 17 E 302 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Dorothy Hickey Scott of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said Dorothy Hickey Scott to present them to Lenny Basile233-08 Seward Avenue, Queen Village, New York 11427, Executor by February 9, 2018 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This the 3rd day of November, 2017.

R. V. Biberstein, Jr. Attorney for Lenny Basile, Executor P. O. Box 428 Burgaw, NC 28425 #7995 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Hollis Grayson Earley, Jr., deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Hollis Grayson Earley, Jr., to present them to the undersigned on or before February 8, 2018 at 8452 Lentic Ct., Raleigh, NC 27615 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 2nd day of November 2017.

Dawn Earley Leonard 8452 Lentic Ct. Raleigh, NC 27615 #7983 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/17 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 Phillip Gregory Stakely, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Phillip Gregory Stakely, to present them to the undersigned on or before February 8, 2018 at 139 Great Oak Drive, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 2nd day of November 2017.

Carol S. Stakely 139 Great Oak Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 #7984 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/17 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 Sara Rouse Fussell, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Sara Rouse Fussell, to present them to the undersigned on or before February 8, 2018 at 2504 Perrin Drive, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 2nd day of November 2017.

Frank Fussell 2504 Perrin Drive North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582 #7985 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/17 To all persons claiming an interest in: 1987-19’-BAYLINER-1950CX CAPRIBL4L05CXE787 ROBERT HERN will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803) 734-3858. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of intertest is made and the watercraft/outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title.

Case No. 20170929950744 #8002 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/17 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 Carl Jeffrey Lewis deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Carl Jeffrey Lewis, to present them to the undersigned on or before February 15, 2018 at 221 Oak Haven Road, Atkinson, NC 28421 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 9th day of November 2017.

Sherry B. Lewis 221 Oak Haven Road Atkinson, NC 28421 #8001 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30 17 SP 155 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Irene Wooten and James Wooten to Data Search, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated November 26, 1997 and recorded on December 3, 1997 in Book 1288 at Page 136, Pender County Registry,

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Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 28, 2017 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: The parcel of land situated in the Holly Township, Pender County, North Carolina, the “Premises” and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an existing I.P. in the northern Right of Way line of SR 1530, said point being 6-tenths of a mile from SR 1529 as measured along the centerline of SR 1530 in an easterly direction; said point also being the southeast corner of a tract of land recorded in Book 344, Page 214; thence North 76 degrees 07 minutes west along the northern right of way line of SR 1530 100 feet to an I.P.; thence North 16 degrees 30 minutes east 200 feet to an I.P.; thence South 76 degrees 7 minutes east 100 feet to I.P.; thence south 16 degrees 30 min. West 200 feet to the point of beginning.

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

Said property is commonly known as 595 Wooten Road, Maple Hill, NC 28454.

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

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

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

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-17929-FC01 #7994 11/16, 11/23/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of GAIL TURNER PFIEFFER, late of Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to Kenneth Ording, PC P.O. Box 2683, Surf City NC 28445, on or before February 8, 2018 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This 2nd day of November 2017.

GARY TURNER Executor of the Estate of GAIL TURNER PFEIFFER Kenneth Ording, P.C. Kenneth Ording Attorney at Law 14210 NC HWY 50 Surf City, NC 28445 #7988 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/17

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 John Joseph Tokoly deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, John Joseph Tokoly, to present them to the undersigned on or before February 22, 2018 at 251 Carmen Avenue, Apt. 1011, Jacksonville, NC 28540 or be barred from recovery.

All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 16th day of November 2017.

Ashley Tokoly Duvall 251 Carmen Avenue, Apt. 1011 Jacksonville, NC 28540 #8003 11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/7/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of MICHAEL C. OBUCH, Deceased, of Pender County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before February 8, 2018, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 2nd day of November, 2017.

JOSHUA OBUCH, EXECUTOR c/o TAMIKA JENKINS Boyles Law Firm, PLLC. 319 N. 4th Street Wilmington, NC 28401 #7989 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/17 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF LORETTA MAY LINDSEY 17 E 397 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Loretta May Lindsey, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Mark I. Nunalee, Resident Process Agent of the decedent’s estate, on or before February 10 2018 at Post Office Box 598, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Resident Process Agent.

Estate of Loretta May Lindsey c/o Mark I. Nunalee BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #7999 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF EUGENE PRIDGEN 17 E 405 Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of Eugene Pridgen, deceased, of 292 Long Bluff Road, Currie, NC 28435, Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before February 8, 2018, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Dated November 1, 2017.

Brion Scott Pridgen, Personal Representative Corbett & Fisler P. O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #7998 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Sylvia Nixon Hyman deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Sylvia Nixon Hyman, to present them to the undersigned on or before February 22, 2018 at 112 Montview Way, Knightdale, NC 27545 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 16th day of November 2017.

Armand Hyman 112 Montview Way Knightdale, NC 27545 #8004 11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/7/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JASPER PERCELL REED 17 E 63 Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of JASPER PERCELL REED, deceased, of 1600 NC HWY 53 W, Burgaw, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before February 23, 2018, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Dated November 13, 2017.

Marian Reed, Personal Representative Corbett & Fisler P. O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #8009 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14/2017

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 17SP131 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY WILLIAM KIRK WILSON, III DATED JANUARY 27, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3151 AT PAGE 76 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 12:00PM on December 1, 2017 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot No 54 of SANDY RUN, Section III, Revised, as shown on a map of same title, prepared by Cowen & Jones, P.A. of Burgaw, N.C. Said map is duly recorded in Map Book 29, at Page 51 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

And Being more commonly known as: 91 Beaver Dam Trl, Rocky Point, NC 28457 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are William Kirk Wilson, III. 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 August 15, 2017.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 17-088297 #7892 11/23, 11/30/2017 17 SP 200 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Darline B. Newton to Lawrence S . Boehling, Trustee(s), which was dated July 17, 2002 and recorded on July 18, 2002 in Book 1914 at Page 181, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 5, 2017 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot No. 16 of Sandy Run Subdivision, Section II, as shown on a map of same title, prepared by Cowan & Jones, P.A., of Burgaw, North Carolina. Said map is duly recorded in Map Book 25 at Page 72 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

Also included herewith is that

certain 1992 Sterling manufactured home bearing serial number SHNC0157A/B, which is permanently affixed to the real property described above.

ALSO BEING all of Lot No. 17-A of Sandy Run Subdivision, Section 2, revised as shown on map of same title, prepared by Cowan & Jones, P.A., of Burgaw, North Carolina. Said map is duly recorded in Map Book 29 at Page 103 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 351 Woodpecker Parkway and Lot 17A adjacent to 351 Woodpecker Parkway, Rocky Point, NC 28457.

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

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-11672-FC01 #8005 11/23, 11/30/2017 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 206 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Annie L. Eakins, (Annie L. Eakins, deceased) (Heirs of Annie L. Eakins: Unknown Heirs of Annie L. Eakins) to Pamela S. Cox, Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of March, 2009, and recorded in Book 3599, Page 224, 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 December 5, 2017 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: BEING all of Lot 4, of Village on Eighteen as shown on that certain map recorded in Map Book 35 at Page 21 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1006 Bally Bunion Lane, Burgaw, North Carolina.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1218491 (FC.FAY) #8007 11/23, 11/30/2017 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 17 CVS 786 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC Plaintiff, v.

James U. Carver; Haywood Elwood Garner a/k/a H. Elwood Garner; Stephanie Lynn Garner; North Carolina Department of Transportation - Motor Vehicle Division; Emilia Vinchiarello; Any Spouse of Emilia Vinchiarello; LVNV Funding, LLC Defendant(s).

To: Emilia Vinchiarello; Any Spouse of Emilia Vinchiarello Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: 1. That the Court determine that the Deed of Trust recorded in Book 3433 Page 053 was drafted and recorded in a manner sufficient to give a reasonable title searcher notice of the interest of the Plaintiff’s lien on the property located at 134 Woodhaven Drive, Rocky Point, North Carolina 28457.

2. That the Court reform the Deed of Trust recorded in Book 3433 Page 053 as if executed by Stephanie Lynn Garner and as if executed by H. Elwood Garner a/k/a Haywood Elwood Garner.

3. That the Court declare the Deed of Trust recorded in Book 3433 Page 053 is a valid first lien on the Property as drawn.

4. In the alternative, that the Court declares that Defendants James U. Carver and Haywood Elwood Garner a/k/a H. Elwood Garner and Stephanie Lynn Garner hold the Property described herein subject to equitable lien, constructive trust or purchase money resulting trust to the benefit of the Plaintiff.

5. That the Court declares Plaintiff is entitled to have Albert Vinchiarello and Emilia Vinchiarello removed from the Certificate of Title to the Manufactured Home identified as VIN # GAFLM05A18085CW and GAFLM05B18085CW and located at 134 Woodhaven Drive, Rocky Point, North Carolina 28457.

3. That the Court issue an Order directing the NCDMV to retire and cancel the Certificate of Title to said Manufactured Home.

4. For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than December 19, 2017 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This, the 1st day of November, 2017.

BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC Thomas McDonald NC Bar # 40498 Attorney for Plaintiff PO BOX 3004 Wilmington, NC 28406 Phone: (910) 392-4988 #7997 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/2017

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Continued from page 4A Art continues, “What I did after the war was over was, there were airplanes, too many. I told my wife I wasn’t so sure about staying in the aviation industry. I was in Hawaii. Pan Am said, “We’ll give you a job with a super amount of money.” I asked how long it would take for them to bring my wife over and they told me a minimum of six months. So, I turned that down and decided to come back home, but not go back into aviation.

“When I got back home, they, the Veterans Administration, had all sorts of training programs for returning GIs, they had programs on buses, cars, and planes, too. I said I would like to try farm equipment, which I did. It was a four year apprenticeship, and I got my Journeyman’s papers.”

“Well,” I laughed, “that would be entirely appropriate training for the ‘Grumman Iron Works’!”

Art laughed at the reference, as Grumman’s output was considered so strongly engineered and built the planes must have come off a forge. If you want a good example, go look at a Grumman canoe, a symphony of formed aluminum and flush rivets.

“So, after my apprenticeship, I was working in Hicksville, Long Island, and the Korean War started up, in 1950. The boss said to me, at the farm equipment place, “I see in the paper your old company is looking for people,” and I said, “Yeah, Tom, I might go down there and see what they got to say, so I went down to Grumman and told ‘em I was working for the farm equipment place, and they said, “We’d like to have you back,” and I asked, “Well,

how much will you pay me?” and they offered me $5 more a week, and I jumped at it. “$5 more for my family! And I had three children. And I told Tom, I have to go back to work for Grumman. Plus, they were working on the F9 Panther, great airplane! The F9F-5 had the straight wing, the -6 had the swept wing (The Cougar).”

Time was passing quickly, and I had to put my interest in old military jets aside and get back on track. “Tell me about the Space Shuttle.”

“Oh, yes,” he continued, “the space shuttle wing. We had the contract for it. And the doors, and the flaperons (combination control surface comprising ailerons and flaps).

“The shuttle wing, the way we made it, we started with a wooden mockup, there’s still one out in the garage . . .”

At this point, Irene, Art’s

daughter who was visiting was astonished to learn something new about her dad. “What?

Are you telling me that right now there’s a wooden mockup of a space shuttle wing out there in the garage!?”

“Yeah,” Art confir med, “it’s out there somewhere.”

As anyone our age knows, stuff accumulates over a life time, first in the house, then in the garage, stored, often in layers, like the bones on dinosaurs and ancient artifacts, stratified according to time periods.

I repeated a story Art had told me years earlier, “In fact, soon after the Challenger disaster, Grumman called Art to see if he remembered how some of it was put together because those details had disappeared from their archives.

“Really!” Irene exclaimed again.

“But really, Bill,” he continued, “the shuttle was a real interesting project. George Skurla, who was President of Grumman at the time, told us, ‘You better have this done by May’ and he would come down every day to see how we were coming along, ‘You guys get this done by May or else!’

“So we built this wing in the vertical, in a four story hangar, and the wing went all the way up to the top.

And I had one particular thing, the outer panel box, the tip cap. The tip cap is 15 or 20 machined parts (the rest was aluminum skin, formed stringers and extrusions), and I had to put all that together, had to walk all the way up four flights of stairs, carrying

these machined parts, and put that thing all together, the tip cap, and we mounted it on a wing, and sold it to the Rockwell and the Navy inspectors.

And now they take the whole wing out to California, and there’s a variation when they get out to the end of the wing.

The first thing they looked at was the tip cap, pulled it right off the wing and checked everything. It was right on the money. It was the rest of the wing that didn’t match up to the tip cap!

“It took ‘em a long time to figure that out, Bill,” he said, “That was not an easy problem. But that’s the way the shuttle wing went, it was a great job and a lot of fun to work on. Hundreds of struts in there, and members.”

We talked for a while about how Grumman came to be called ‘The Iron Works’ because of its reputation for building in strength, durability and reliability, heavy, sturdy aircraft.

And then I needed to wrap up our chat.

“When did you retire from Grumman?” I asked.

“I retired in 1984, but stayed on in the job shop until 1985.”

“What was the thing you enjoyed most during your time at Grumman?” I asked.

“I gotta’ tell you, I was blessed, I enjoyed going to work every day. My wife (Fran) even said, “I don’t understand how you can enjoy going to work every day.”

“Grumman always had something going on. For me, the most important thing

was Grumman was a family organization. Mr. Grumman was a family man. He believed that his family of workers, his sons and daughters, he cherished them, and wanted us to do the same thing. And, every Christmas he gave us a turkey to bring home. The first year, 1941, I brought my mother home a turkey. After that, I went into the service, and every year while I was in the service, Grumman delivered a turkey to my mother.

That’s the type of company he ran. You know it was always a pleasure to go to work. ““You keep your nose clean and you got a job here forever,” Mr. Skurla told me, “I’ll get you contracts.” They had moved out of Baldwin, Valley Stream and Farmingdale, they moved to Bethpage in about 1931. The first year there, they had an airshow on the field, and on that particular day the Northern Lights were over the field. It was unbelievable! All these little airplanes all around, and the Northern Lights, it was interesting as all heck.”

Reflecting on his work there, Art summed it up what he thought most significant, “Working on the LEM, the Lunar Excursion Module, how much the people who worked on it, how much was the ‘spinoff ’ from that.”

Art was present on the leading edge of this new ‘outer-space age’, converting engineering drawings and specs into the hardware astronauts used, the tools for exploration for the new universe.

Kilroy Hardin, PC Attorneys Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Surf City Mayor Doug Medlin welcomes the crowd at the Christmas Tree Lighting in Soundside Park Saturday night. Mayor Medlin is assisted by his granddaughter Airlie Jo Passingham, who serves as the Tiny Miss N.C. Shrimp Festival Queen. Airlie pokes a little fun at her grandfather, who introduced her as Alexis, which is her mother's name – a totally honest grandfather mistake.

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Must be at least 21 years of age and have a valid N.C. Driver’s License, and high school diploma or G.E.D. Acceptable driving record required with no moving violations or accident within last 3 years, no DWI or DUI convictions. Must be available Monday – Friday 4:00am to 6:00pm. Driver 100% ASSISTANT TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR Responsible for assisting the director in the general administration of the transportation program. The Assistant is also responsible for administrative program operation in the absence of the Director. The Assistant Director serves as the system Safety Officer and backup driver. Assistant Transportation Director/ Safety Officer 60%. Operations Backup driver 40%.

Close date December 15, 2017.

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Coat drive for local community

By Lori Kirkpatrick, Post & Voice Staff Writer

A local realtor is holding a coat drive for anyone in need of a winter coat. Nora Ruehle first came up with the idea four years ago when she recognized a need. In her business, she has many personal connections with a people from all walks of life; including real estate agents, attorneys, lenders, insurance people, subcontractors and builders, to name a few. She noticed that everyone, regardless of socioeconomic status, had taken quite a hit in the market. She could see that people needed things - they needed lots of things.

Coats are being accepted and distributed through the third of December at 61 Pap’s Point in Rocky Point.

Ruehle will be open both Saturday and Sunday Nov. 25-26 and Dec. 2-3. Arrangements can also be made to drop off or pick up items by contacting Ruehle at (910) 279-4865. Items that are left over at the end of the drive will be donated back to the community.

“When I saw the need, I just thought I’d have a coat drive,” said Ruehle. “As parents, we make sure that our kids have coats and whatever they need, if we can; but the parents don’t always have the coats they need. I have mounds that came in yesterday, and I have folding tables: one for boys, one for girls, one for men and one for women.”

Ruehle said that when she first decided to have a coat drive four years ago, she wanted to put the word out to everyday people. She advertised in newspapers and through social media that anyone who needed a coat or knew somebody who did could come pick something out with no questions asked. She continued the drive for a couple of weeks, not knowing if anyone would come out. If they had not shown up, she had planned to donate them all.

“The Post took a picture of me and wrote an article, and I had lots of people come. Individuals in need came from all over the county. There were church groups, and people who came who said they had not been to Hampstead in years. It really touched me, the generosity of people. They brought armfuls of new coats. At the end, I contacted Carson (Smith) and what was left I gave to him, and he in turn donated them to DSS. It was a great event, and I am excited to do it again this year,” said Ruehle.

Ruehle started this year’s coat drive at The Reserve at Island Creek for realtors, and will continue it from the weekend after Thanksgiving until Dec. 3 for the community. She held a realtor luncheon last week, during which she said she received a ton of coats. She has mounds of women’s and men’s, although not as many kids’ coats as the last time. She believes, however, that they will start coming in as soon as the word gets out. She plans to donate what is left to DSS and also to Share the Table.

“I hope people will come and drop off a coat, or if you need a coat you can grab one. Some people are donating food items, and those will be passed to Cape Fear Prowash owner Jared Chanowsky, who is collecting food items for the community. We have done donations and things with Dawn Ellis at Share the Table in the past, and I understand they are taking clothes now. I will just share them between the two,” said Ruehle.

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Balancing our prayers

By Dr. Ray W. Mendenhall Contributing Writer For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29: 11-13 What is prayer? How do we practice it rightly and well?

There are many examples of prayer in scripture, especially among the psalms. There is much advice about prayer as well. We are to “pray without ceasing,” though how exactly may present a challenge.

We are told to pray in simple words and “not heap up grandiose but empty phrases” to impress. We are told that the spirit will pray in us and for us when our words fail. But in the everyday, rough and tumble of life, how should we approach and practice prayer?

Prayer isn’t about gathering up eloquent thought, words and phrases but rather simple words straight from the heart. Prayer isn’t trying to impress God somehow but reaching out to God with our deepest needs and joys. Prayer isn’t about us and what we want but about God and His will for us and for the world.

Prayer is a conversation where listening for God’s direction is as important as sharing our Heart-felt yearnings and desire. Prayer is about coming into and being in the presents

4 C’s Food pantry open in Hampstead The Christian Community Caring Center distributed food locally to those in need. The food pantry is generously supported by local churches, businesses and individuals.

The 4C’s Food Pantry is open Monday, Wednesday, and

Thursday from 9 a.m. until noon. Additionally, the 4C’s pantry will be open the last Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. until noon. The 4C’s Food Pantry is located in the Jones Plaza, 15200 U.S. Hwy. 17 N. in Hampstead.

Bread giveaway at Herring’s Chapel UMC Herring’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 1697 Herring’s Chapel Rd. Burgaw, has a free bread giveaway every Saturday from 10 a.m

New Beginning Church

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of God. During my work in the certificate program for Spiritual Formation, I discovered and explored many ways to pray. One of my favorites is a form called contemplative prayer. Contemplative prayer is not words but only silence.

In Contemplative prayer, one strips away all the layers of the self and the world, empties themselves of all thoughts and distractions and simply sits quietly in the present of God. When you achieve the state of contemplative prayer you can sense the divine, feel the present, even draw upon God’s spirit and feel God’s strength.

At least that’s been my experience. Prayer, however we practice it, is about approaching God and entering God’s presence.

Some years ago, I learned about something called the ACTS approach to prayer.

ACTS is an acronym for the four basic parts of prayer: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication. These four parts for m what one might call a balanced prayer.

Praying this way in a sense covers all the bases, approaches God in four distinct and important ways.

Adoration points us to praise. We pray the prayer that adores God, praises God, that recognizes God’s greatness and glory. Confession is a prayer that acknowledges our shortcomings before God and expresses sorrow for our failures.

Thanksgiving is just that prayers of thanks to God for blessing and graces, for every

All are welcome! Pastor Bill Howell

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St. M ary’s Church

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Burgaw Presbyterian Church

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

Sunday School: Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

Riley’s Creek Baptist Church

19845 NC Hwy. 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 910-675-2127

Jim Herchenhahn / Pastor Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. & 10:50 a.m. Youth each Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6:00 p.m. / Study for all ages 7:00 p.m.

Westview United Methodist Church

5610 Hwy. 53 W • Burgaw, NC 28425 (Across from Pender High)

Pastor Fred Roberts Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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Most all types of bread from white to multigrain to hamburger and hotdog buns are available.

wondrous gift and thing God gives us. Supplication may not be a word in your vocabulary.

It is an old Biblical word for prayers for people and their needs. It includes petitions, which are prayers we pray for ourselves and intercession which are prayers we pray for others.

These four parts cover the terrain of prayer in a believer’s life, but in reality, we rarely pray a prayer that includes all four. Anne Lamott in her recent book “Help, Thanks, Wow” picks up on these kinds of prayers. She says that “help, thanks, wow” are the bedrock emotions of prayers. Sometime we need help for ourselves or maybe for others so we pray prayers of intercession or petition.

At other times we are overcome by a deep and joyous gratitude, a gratitude that wells up in us and comes out in prayers of thanksgiving. Sometimes we are just caught off guard by a wonder, a glorious sunset, a beautiful scene, a sudden, unexpected act of kindness we witness or receive and our response is wow, adoration and praise flow out of us as a response to the moment.

Confession is the element that seems left out here, but I think it could easily be a part of the “help” prayer. Help me, Lord, turn my life around, help me when I fumble and falter, help me when I fail

Donations Needed Pender County Christian Services is open Monday - Friday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Donations of canned food, clothing, household items, etc. can be left at 210 West Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC 28425

Centerville Baptist Church

18577 NC 53 E, Kelly, NC • 910-669-2488

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Discipleship Training: 6:00 p.m. Pastor Lamont Hemminger

Currie Community Baptist Church

28396 Hwy. 210 W. • Currie (1/2 mile from Moores Creek Battlefield) Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Children’s Church begins at 11:15 Community Bible Study, Wednesdays from 6-7:00 P.M.

Watha United Methodist Church

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

910-470-4436

Pastor John Fedoronko

Adult Bible Study: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Children’s Biblical Studies (ages 3-12) from 10:45-11:30 a.m.

Worship: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

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

Ladies’ Circle, 2nd Monday of Each Month, 6:30-8 p.m.

Choir Practice & Bible Study, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Youth Group Every Other Wed. 6-7:30 p.m.

Rocky Point United Methodist Church

located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210

Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

Pastor Mark Murphy

Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m.

www.RPUMC.org

Calvary Chapel Community Church

54 Camp Kirkwood Rd. • Watha, NC 28478 • 910-448-0919

Pastor: Tony Fontana Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sun. Worship: 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Bible Study: Wednesday 7 p.m. Youth Group: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and classes at 6:45 p.m.

Jordans Chapel United Methodist Church

Faith Harbor United Methodist Church

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

14201 Hwy. 50/210 • Surf City, NC 28445 • 910-328-4422 Services: 8 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. http://faithharborumc.org

4670 Stag Park Rd. • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-5735

The Church at Wilmington

110 E. Bridgers Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-2295

Bible Based Community Fellowship NEW Pender County Location 16660 Hwy 17 N. • Hampstead, NC 28443 (American Legion Building) 910-526-7890 Pastor: Monte Suggs

Barlow Vista Baptist Church

Burgaw Baptist Church

Burgaw United Methodist Church

Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

“The Church on the Hill” (910) 329-3761 22340 US Hwy 17 N Hampstead, NC 28443

Sunday School 9:45 a.m . • Worship Service at 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Youth & Young Adults Recharge Group - Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

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Mission Baptist Church

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

You, Lord; help me turn from disobedience and sin to obedience and faith.

As I said and as Lamott suggests, we don’t pray prayers that include all parts at the same time in the same prayer, so how do we practice balanced prayer, prayer that embraces all four. In our worship, you will notice that we do not pray any prayer that has all four of the ACTS elements in it, yet in the prayers and hymns of our service we do express all four. We don’t balance all four in any single prayer, but we embrace all four in ongoing prayer of worship and the church. ACTS calls us to a prayer life that embraces all four elements, not all together, but evident here and there throughout our ongoing prayer life.

As we pray for this and that, we remember at times to include one or two of the elements in a prayer and other elements in other prayers.

Balance prayer is a prayer life that embraces all four parts in our day to day prayers. In this God is honored and our cares are heard.

In this God is glorified and the world is prayed for. In this we lift up before God the sum total of our lives and we are blessed. In this way, we balance our prayers.

Services Sunday at 10 a.m. and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

100 E. Bridgers Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-4310 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m.

Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6 p.m. Prayer and Bible study for children, youth and adults 6:45 p.m. www.BurgawBaptistChurch.org

Moores Creek Baptist Church

3107 Union Chapel Rd. • Currie, NC 28435 Pastor Roger Barnes

Sunday School: 10 a.m. Worship Service: 11 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Service & Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 p.m.

St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church 1303 Hwy. 117 • Burgaw, NC • 910-259-2601

Rev. Roger Malonda Nyimi, Pastor Sunday: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Mass Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. Mass Thursday 8:30 a.m. Mass

Cape Fear Community Fellowship (CF2) 10509 US Hwy. 117 S., Rocky Point Business Park Rocky Point, NC • 910-232-7759 www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.

Wednesday Night, 6 p.m. Pastor: Dr. Ernie Sanchez

All Saints Catholic Church

18737 Hwy 17 North, Hampstead • 910-270-1477 Rev. John Durbin, Pastor

Weekend Mass Schedule: Hampstead - SAT 5 p.m., SUN 9 a.m.

Surf City - SAT 5 p.m., SUN 9 & 11 a.m. (through Labor Day) Daily Mass - Hampstead: TUES & WED 4p.m., THURS & FRI 9 a.m.

Confessions SAT 4-4:30 p.m. or by appt. www.allsaintsccnc.org

Chapel by the Bay in Lanier’s Campground 216 Michigan Avenue • Holly Ridge, N.C. 28445 910-328-6252 Pastor: Don Myers Associate Pastor: Nathan Swartz Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: Bible Study 5:45 p.m.

Children’s Church 6:15 p.m. Choir Practice 7:00 p.m.

Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

Blake’s Chapel Advent Christian Church 88 Blakes Chapel Road • Hampstead, NC 28443 910-270-2576 Rev. Steve Spearing, Pastor Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. www.blakeschapel.org Find Us on Facebook E-mail Prayer Requests to: shareinprayer@gmail.com

After Thanksgiving recipe ideas

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Hope’s Cooking Corner

By Hope Cusick Contributing Writer All the delicious dishes of food from Thanksgiving were fabulous and there are leftovers crowding your refrigerator. Now what to do with all those delicious leftovers from Thanksgiving. Here are a few recipes that might be a good choice for you.

Making turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sandwiches with a few crispy bacon slices is very tasty.

Enjoy!

Zucchini and yellow squash cheese casserole The Monterey Jack cheese in this recipe adds a little zip to the flavor, it may be omitted if desired. cups zucchini and yellow squash, about 2 medium of each one, sliced in ½ inch slices 1 m e d i u m sw e e t o n i o n , chopped 3 garlic cloves, crushed then smashed 2 tablespoons butter, melted 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour Pinch of salt 1 5-ounce can evaporated milk or cream ½ cup sour cream ½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded ¼ cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded In a large skillet sauté zucchini, squash, onion, and garlic in melted butter. Cook about 4-5 minutes or until vegetables are crisp tender.

Remove skillet from heat.

Sprinkle flour and salt over sautéed vegetables, gently tossing to combine.

Stir in evaporated milk or cream, sour cream, and cheeses.

Library Christmas Sale The Burgaw Friends of the Library will have an ongoing Gently Used Holiday Decoration Sale beginning Saturday morning Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. inside the library at 103 S Cowan Street, Burgaw.

This is an ongoing sale and will continue until all items are sold. We will be selling gently used donated holiday decorations. All proceeds

Spoon vegetable mixture into a casserole dish or a 10 x 13 – inch baking dish.

Bake in a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes or until cheese melts and mixture is hot and bubbly. Serve hot.

Enjoy!

Turkey tetrazzini The white wine melds the flavors, but is Optional.

1 8-ounce package vermicelli or thin spaghetti ½ cup butter ½ cup all-purpose flour 4 cups milk ½ cup dry white wine or chicken broth 2 chicken bouillon cubes, dissolved in ¼ cup hot water ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper 8 ounces Parmesan cheese, grated and divided 4 cups cooked turkey, cut into bite size pieces 1 package white button mushrooms, sliced 2 tablespoons butter In a skillet or a Dutch oven sauté mushroom slices in two tablespoons butter until just lightly browned, about five minutes. Remove from skillet or Dutch oven and put into a bowl, set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Prepare pasta according to package directions.

In a Dutch oven melt ½ cup butter over low heat; whisk in flour until smooth. Cook for one minute whisking constantly. Gradually whisk in milk and chicken bouillon and cook over medium heat whisking constantly about 8-10 minutes or until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Whisk in wine and pepper, then whisk in one cup Parmesan cheese or four ounces, mix well.

Remove from heat and stir in turkey, mushrooms and hot cooked pasta.

Spoon turkey mixture into a lightly greased 13x9-inch baking dish; sprinkle with remaining one cup or four ounces Parmesan cheese.

Bake in a 350-degree oven for 35 minutes or until bubbly.

Turkey hand pies 1½ cups cooked turkey, finely chopped 1 cup cooked mashed pota-

toes 4 ounces cream cheese, softened ½ cup cut cooked g reen beans Small onion, finely chopped 1 carrot, grated 2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste 1 14.1 ounce package of two refrigerated pie crusts 1 large egg, beaten Poppy seeds (optional) Turkey gravy, warmed

from the sale will benefit the Friend’s library projects.

The public can support the library in two ways. First, they may donate gently used decorations prior to the sale.

Second, they may shop for new to you treasures beginning Nov. 25.

Women’s Club Christmas Bazaar The Hampstead Women’s Club will hold its annual

Christmas bazaar Nov. 30 from noon until 6 p.m. Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., and Dec. 2 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The bazaar will be held at the Hampstead Women’s Club building at 14435 U.S. Hwy. 17.

Thousands of new and used items including trees, decorations, dishes, jewelry, clothing, gifts and much more will be on sale at great

Stir together in a bowl turkey, mashed potatoes, cream cheese, carrot, onion, and green beans. Add desired salt and pepper, to taste.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Unroll each piecrust. Lightly roll each into a 12-inch circle.

Cut each pie crust into six circles using a four-inch round cutter. Place about three tablespoons turkey mixture just below center of each pie crust circle edge. Fold dough over filling, pressing and folding edges to seal.

Arrange hand pies on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush with egg and sprinkle with poppy seeds (0ptional).

Bake at 400 degrees for 16-20 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve with warm gravy.

Helpful Hint: Unbaked hand pies may be frozen up to one month. Bake frozen pies 3035 minutes or until golden brown.

Thanksgiving soup from leftovers 2 quarts chicken broth 2 cups bite size pieces of cooked turkey 2 cups leftover green beans cut into 1-inch pieces Any leftover onions, if you have them 1-2 cups cooked stuffing, cut into thin slices 1-2 cups cranberry sauce 1 cup dry white wine 1-2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce In a large pot heat chicken broth, white wine, and Worcestershire sauce, bring to a boil.

Lower heat; add turkey and green beans, and leftover onions if you have them. Cook just to heat through. Serve in

soup bowls, top with stuffing slices, then topped with a slice of cranberry sauce.

Turkey and green apple salad 2 cups cooked turkey, cut into bite size pieces 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and thinly sliced ½ English seedless cucumber, thinly sliced 3 tablespoons orange juice 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Lettuce leaves Toss together in a large bowl turkey, orange juice, olive oil, and Worcestershire sauce, mix well. Stir in cucumber and apple slices.

On four dinner plates arrange two lettuce leaves and top with turkey mixture.

Turkey enchiladas 1 m e d i u m sw e e t o n i o n , chopped 1 cup chicken broth ½ teaspoon garlic powder 1 15-ounce can tomato sauce 3 cups cooked turkey, shredded 1 15-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained 12 6-inch tortillas Cooking spray 4 ounces Mexican blend cheese, shredde 1 medium tomato, chopped ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped 1 cup sour cream Preheat broiler.

In a large saucepan combine onion, chicken broth, flour, garlic powder, and tomato sauce, whisk and bring to a boil over medium high heat, cook for 2-3 minutes until thickened. Reserve 1½ cups sauce mixture. Add shredded turkey and beans to the pot, cook two minutes or until turkey is heated through.

Stack tortillas; wrap stack in damp paper towels and microwave on high for 20-25 seconds.

Spoon about 1/3 cup turkey mixture in center of each tortilla; roll up. Arrange tortillas, seam sides down, in bottom of a 13 x 9 inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

Top with reserved sauce and cheese. Broil three minutes.

Thursday, November 23 •The Kiwanis Club of Hampstead meets every Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead.

•Alcoholics Anonymous will meet from noon-1 p.m. at the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information.

•Pender County Museum is open to the public for free (donations are welcome) every Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are available at other times by contacting the Museum at 259-8543 by email at penderhist@hotmail.com.

•Women in Networking meeting every Thursday from 9:3010:30 a.m. at Olde Point Country Club.

•The Burgaw Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at Heritage Place in Burgaw.

Friday, November 24 •Pender County Museum open 1-4 p.m.

•The Marine Corps League, Detachment 1321 meets for breakfast at the Sawmill Grill in Hampstead at 8 a.m. each Friday.

•The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Commander Joe Henson, Pender County Grays Camp 2174 meets the third Friday of each month at the Pender County Library, 103 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, November 28 •AlAnon meets at Hampstead United Methodist Church every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Room 9. The meeting is for family and friends of alcoholics. Everyone is welcome.

•The Knights of Columbus, Council 12281 meets the second and fourth Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Building, 16660 U.S. Hwy. 17 in Hampstead.

Wednesday, November 29 •Alcoholics Anonymous will meet from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the Surf City Community Center, 201 Community Center Dr. Call 328.4887 for more information •The Coastal Pender Rotary Club meets each Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Belvedere Country Club, 2368 Country Club Drive in Hampstead.

Thursday, November 30 •The Kiwanis Club of Hampstead will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead.

•Alcoholics Anonymous will meet from noon-1 p.m. at the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information.

•Pender County Museum is open to the public for free (donations are welcome) every Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are available at other times by contacting the Museum at 259-8543 by email at penderhist@hotmail.com.

•Women in Networking meeting every Thursday from 9:3010:30 a.m. at Olde Point Country Club

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Community News & Events

The Surf City Beautification Committee Business of the Month (above) is On Shore Surf Shop at 409 Roland Ave. Pictured above are Mayor Doug Medlin, business owner George Howard, Councilwoman Teresa Batts and Matthew Pace.

The Home of the Month (left) is 1709 S. Shore Drive. Pictured are Medlin, homeowners Larry and Mary Bartholomew, Batts and Pace.

prices. Come get your Christmas shopping done early and support the Hampstead Women’s Club, which donates thousands of dollars to the community each year.

Hampstead Lion’s Club If you always wanted to see what the Hampstead Lion’s Club is all about but could not attend, here is your chance. The Lion’s Club will meet three times monthly to

accommodate the members busy schedules.

The first and third Thursday of the month will be held at Topsail Presbyterian Church on Highway 17 at noon. Please bring your brown bag lunch.

There will also be a night meeting on the second Wednesday of each month held at the Topsail Presbyterian Church on Highway 17

at 7 p.m.

Hopefully the new time will allow the members and any new members interested in belonging to the Lions a chance to participate. We are a growing organization which our motto is: “we serve” For more infor mation contact Val at 910-231-6003 or Elaine at 201-704-5604.

The North Carolina Blueberry Festival presented a donation to support the local home delivered ‘Meals on Wheels’ Program that serves Pender County through Pender Adult Services along with their Annual Gala that is a fundraising event for this program. Giving back and supporting our community where there is a need is a goal of the festival organization & its members.

Pictured above are Jan Johnson, Meals on Wheels Program and Olivia Dawson, N.C. Blueberry Festival.

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