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By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County Commissioners are set to approve the budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year at Monday’s meeting. The new budget includes a new tax rate. And the question is, does it include a tax increase? The answer is yes, but it could be a bit hard to understand. . The current property tax rate is 68.5 cents per $100 of tax value. The proposed tax rate is

64.5 cents – a full four cents less than the current rate. But that is not the whole picture.

The property revaluation has put a big twist in the county tax rate. Generally, property values have risen in Pender County since the last reval eight years ago. So in order to calculate a revenue neutral tax rate, the total value of all property in the county after the revaluation is determined.

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Surf City approves budget, sends plans back to developer in budgeting and finance, no member of the public expressed any concerns, and the budget passed unanimously.

The topic which brought most of the crowd to the council meeting was the Preliminary Site Plan approval for Surf City Crossing. Approved by the Surf City Planning Board, the concern of

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From Staff Reports The June meeting of the Surf City Town Council was conducted in front of a packed house of residents June 4.

While one might think that approval of a $17,086,892 budget for 2019-20 would be the catalyst that brought so many residents to the Tuesday night meeting, it was not. In clear recognition of Town Manager Ashley Loftis’ expertise

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Search warrant leads to three arrests From Staff Reports Three Pender County men were arrested June 5 in connection with an armed robbery May 24 in the Willard Community.

The Pender County Sheriff ’s Office and Burgaw Police Department executed a search warrant in the 100 block of Tealbrier Street in Burgaw As a result of the search warrant, Jakell Markese Newton, 18, of Burgaw was arrested and charged with two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and discharging a firearm into occupied property with serious bodily injury. He is currently in the

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Tyron Markel Allen 18, of Willard, was arrested and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, discharging a weapon into occupied property and assault with intent to kill. He is currently in the Pender County Jail under a

$250,000 secured bond.

Anthony Rasheen Allen, 21, of Willard was arrested and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon. He is in the Pender County Jail under a $200,000.00 secured bond.

D u r i n g t h e M ay 2 4 armed robbery, one victim

was shot and transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center with nonlife threatening injuries.

This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with infor mation related to these three individuals is asked to contact the Pender County Sheriff ’s Office at 910-259-1212.

From Staff Reports Multiple sex crime charges have been filed against an undocumented alien.

D e t e c t ive s w i t h t h e Pender County Sheriff ’s Office arrested Edis Donaldo Maldonado-Ortez, 40, from Honduras, who had been living and working in the Pender, New Hanover and Brunswick County areas.

Maldonado-Ortez has been charged with one

felony count of statutory rape of a child less that 15 years old, one felony count of indecent liberties with a child and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery.

These charges were the result of an investigation concer ning alle gations brought against Maldonado-Ortez by a 13-year-old girl.

Maldonado-Ortez also has an active and outstanding administrative war-

rant for an immigration violation issued in 2017 by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs. MaldonadoOrtez is currently being held in the Pender County Jail under a secured $300,000 bond.

The sheriff ’s office is requesting members of the public to call DetectiveSergeant Steve Clinard at 910-259-1437 if they have information regarding this investigation or Maldonado-Ortez.

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Residents of Dogwood Lakes, concerned about the increased cut through traffic generated by this project, and frustrated by the Planning Board’s unwillingness to consider the traffic issues, went to great lengths emailing council members regarding this issue, and ultimately prompted the items’s removal from the consent agenda.

Councilman Shugarts pointed out that property was available for sale which would allow the developers to construct an access to U.S. 17, and questioned why the Planning Board rubber stamped the site plan rather than require the developers to provide an access

directly from U.S.17, rather than through a residential development.

“You’re talking 2,300 additional cars. If only five percent cut through Dogwood Lakes that’s still 115 additional cars” said Shugarts. He went on to ask if anyone had driven through Dogwood Lakes and noted that two cars cannot pass simultaneously on the narrow streets, and that the streets are often filled with children playing.

Resident Jim Conway explained his concern with the access through Dogwood Lakes was for his daughter and the safety of the neighborhood children.

“This apartment complex wasn’t something we were against, it’s a wakeup call. A wakeup call that we could not sustain that kind of traffic,” said Conway.

C o n w ay we n t o n t o cite the extremely narrow streets in Dogwood Lakes, a fact which was repeated by speaker after speaker, and which is obvious to anyone who drives in that development. As difficult as it is for two average cars to pass each other, a school bus, trash truck, or delivery van totally obstruct the streets.

While the opinion of the narrow streets was unanimous among the many residents who addressed the council, the lone dissenter was Councilman Don Helms, a resident of Dogwood Lakes.

“I’m in disagreement with the folks who live in Dogwood Lakes for the simple reason I know for a fact that a school bus and a car can pass on that road,” Helms said.

He did, however, go on to cite the fact that should a fire truck ever be needed in these developments, entire roads could be blocked, trapping residents on either side of an incident. Additional access is a must, and Helms repeated a suggestion that the access shown on the site plan might be designated as emergency only and controlled by a barrier.

The council voted unanimously to reject the request to approve the preliminary site plan, and to request alternative proposals from the developer.

A zoning ordinance amendment intended to increase the square footage allowed for residential building mounted signs from the current eight square feet to a total of 24 square feet met with backlash. While the proposed amendment simply changed the specific language in the ordinance

pertaining to this one type of sign, discussion veered off to ground level signs, house number signs, and even private property signage along the beach.

Mike Dickson, presenting the amendments on behalf of the Community Development Department, was understandably unprepared to address every aspect of the sign ordinance, and the amendment was withdrawn pending further information. The type of sign involved was that commonly found on rental properties, often with a design and a house name, intended to make the property easily identifiable to the renter.

In other action, Police Chief Ron Shanahan next presented his proposal to ban low speed vehicles from the state roads in Surf City.

In his opinion these vehicles, street legal golf carts, often impede the flow of traffic on the major roads, and have the potential to cause accidents. At the suggestion of Councilman Jeremy Shugarts, Shanahan cited numerous national statistics on accidents and injuries, and reminded all of a serious 2014 accident here on Topsail Island.

“These vehicles are not crashworthy” said Shanahan, “I wouldn’t be doing my job if I weren’t looking out for highway safety”.

While residents universally praised the work of Shanahan and the Surf City Police Department, and thanked him for his heartfelt concern for public safety, most disagreed with this proposed ban.

Councilman Don Helms, a retired state patrol officer, said that in all his years he never investigated an accident with a golf cart. A common theme among the several residents who spoke – they made large investments in “street legal” golf carts, ranging from $8,000 to $12,000, based on guidance received from the town.

Surf City currently permits street legal, that is – registered, inspected, and insured, golf carts to operate throughout the town.

Non street legal vehicles may be operated on local streets, but not on the state roads.

Residents pointed out the inherent unfairness of a ban on these compliant vehicles, and explained that because they are electric they are environmentally friendly, and also require significantly less parking area than a traditional motor vehicle. The council voted unanimously to reject the resolution.

residents was safety in the surrounding developments, Surf City Crossing is a project expected to build 14 apartment buildings for a total of 334 rental units.

Located behind the Harris Teeter grocery store off Highway 210, the project was designed with two access points, one though Alston Blvd, and another through the existing Dogwood Lakes development, and the planned 76 home development, already approved by council, called The Terraces.

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Opinion Thursday, June 13, 2019, Page 3A

On Island Time

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Bridal bliss It feels like I have been a professional shopper for the last six months.

Planning, preparing, collecting, envisioning and orchestrating our wedding weekend extravaganza has been quite an adventure.

Complete with caterer, bartender, rented furniture and linens, plants, flowers, hand dipped chocolates, and the most beautiful wedding cake ever, it couldn’t have been more perfect.

I never realized all that is involved in planning such an event. Seems like the first time we picked a venue, a menu, signed a contract and showed up. This time we created magical moments and memories for ourselves, our families and our sacred circle of friends. We hosted not just one gathering, but several, of course.

Having friends and family in town all weekend (and week) from all corners of the country, it only made sense.

We were amazed and amused at how naturally our peeps connected. Talk about peas in a pod, birds of a feather, call it what you will but you could feel the kindred spirits collide from the get go; great minds drink alike. And what a special treat it was having my bestie, who performed our ceremony, and her daughters, (my Goddaughters) as my personal entourage both days of the big events.

Wow. It finally all came together and it was definitely a team effort. Cool Cuzins, family, friends and neighbors collaborated for hours to create a simple, yet stunning environment inside and out. From the driveway to the carport, down the pier and on the gazebo, every area was accented beautifully.

I was challenged at first, with so many folks trying to help me create a vision that did not quite exist in my mind yet. I collected stuff for months but hadn’t really given a lot of thought to what went where, but we had fun figuring it out.

We knew the week would go fast, as we discussed for months in anticipation of our big celebration. And here we are, wondering where the time went. We did our best to live in the moment every day, but like a roll of toilet paper, the closer to the end the week got, the faster it went.

Folks kept asking if we were going on a honeymoon, and the ones who really know us said it best; our life is a honeymoon.

We joke about living in LaLa Land here on the island, and love living among others who em-

Jefferson Weaver

Pufferfish, princesses and being polite After a particularly toe-stomping sermon

by Pastor Kincy a while back, I decided a while back that I could do better about helping folks.

I will preface all this by saying I am not trying to boast; I am neither the high priest crossing the road to avoid the victim in the ditch, nor am I the Good Samaritan. I have learned the hard way that we all need to be more generous to the less fortunate, and we all likely can reach out more than we do.

At the same time, I stress over stewardship. I realize we’re not responsible for what someone does with the help we provide, but we are responsible for doing the right thing. A while back, I was getting some gas when a couple approached me at the station. Both were pushing baby strollers loaded with bags. They had The Look. I mentally counted what I had in my pocket, and figured I could spare $5. Surprisingly, he didn’t ask for money, but for a ride.

He had a gift card from Walmart. The guy told me they need a fan for their house. I told him the truth, which was obvious: there was no way to fit two small children and three adults in a single

Jefferson Weaver cab truck. And besides, my predator-warning was going off.

The guy was polite and understanding. He and his wife had cold Pepsi-Colas, so they didn’t need drinks. The kids both had bottles (although the older one looked beyond bottle age, much less stroller-worthy, to me). He thanked me anyway – but then the woman reached into the diaper bag, pulled out a pack of Marlboros, and began a profane diatribe about their landlord being too cheap to provide air conditioning. Two box fans and ceiling fans weren’t enough. This, that and the other thing, etc. Whoa.

Yes, I smoke cigarettes.

I appreciate air conditioning, but in the past lived

without the blessed Cold Box more than I have with it. Above all else, however, I cannot conceive of smoking a cigarette over a child whilst venting about the heat to a stranger who is pumping gas. I asked if they had contacted any of the area churches, and they hastily bid me a good day and went after a couple on a motorcycle. I was curious how they were going to fit the entire family on a motorcycle, plus a fan, if the riders were willing to give them a hand.

Flash forward a few days later.

A younger couple, maybe 19 or 20, was standing beside their car in the grocery store parking lot, counting change.

Their body language

Incentive Trusts to motivate heirs Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about incentive trusts? I have two adult children that are financial disasters.

Before I die, I want to put some type of requirements in place that they will need to follow in order to receive their portion of my estate.

Otherwise, they’ll blow it all in the first year.

Troubled Parent Dear Parent, If you want to influence your family members even after you’re gone, an incentive trust is definitely an option to consider. Here’s how it works, along with some tips to help you create one.

Incentive trust?

An incentive trust is an estate-planning tool designed to help prod your heirs in a direction you desire when you’re no longer around.

With an incentive trust, some or all of your assets are passed to your trust when you die rather than directly to your heirs.

Your trustee is empowered to distribute funds from the trust only if and when your beneficiaries do whatever it is you have specified in the trust.

For example, an incentive trust might encourage a beneficiary to graduate from college, enter a particular profession, get married or even have children. They could also reward beneficiaries who do charitable work, or supplement the incomes of those who choose lowpaying, yet meaningful brace the same zest for life.

We continued the celebration on Oak Island with my college buddies at our annual ECU SigEp Memorial Day Beach Weekend.

Who could ask for more bridal bliss? Making memories, sharing experiences, celebrating love and life.Hope you do lots of the same this summer.

careers like teaching or social work. Or, they could penalize beneficiaries who don’t work by cutting off or decreasing distributions, or placing restrictions on heirs with addictions by requiring that payments go directly to rehab centers.

B u t b e aw a re t h at these types of trusts can also have drawbacks. A poorly constructed incentive trust can have a high risk of unintended consequences. For example, if your trust provides a financial incentive for your children to be employed full-time, but one of them gets sick or seriously injured in a car accident and can’t work, they would be punished unfairly.

You also need to know that incentive trusts aren’t cheap. You can expect to pay an attorney $2,500 to $5,000 to draft one.

There are also legal limits on what you can do with an incentive trust.

While state laws vary, incentive trusts that encourage a beneficiary to join or leave a particular religion, or leave a spouse or not marry at all, can be challenged in court and possibly struck down.

How to make one To create a solid incentive trust that accomplishes what you envision, tell your estate-planning at-

torney that you want to include precise instructions that clearly spells out your wishes, but you also want to include language granting your trustee the right to use his or her discretion and that the trustee’s decisions should be final and binding.

This allows your trustee to make common sense rulings, which will reduce or eliminate the chances of unintended and unfair consequences. It also makes it very difficult for beneficiaries to successfully challenge the trust or trustee in court. When a trust grants final decision-making authority to its trustee, it becomes almost impossible for beneficiaries to successfully argue that this trustee is not correctly implementing the trust’s terms.

The key is to select a trustee who’s smart enough to interpret your intent and has sufficient backbone to stand up to beneficiaries when necessary. You also need to select a successor trustee too if your first choice can no longer serve. Fees paid to a trustee vary widely depending on the state’s fee schedules, the size and complexity of the trust, and conditions laid out in the trust.

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showed both fear and embarrassment. I nodded toward them, and after a second’s consultation with the young lady, the young man came toward me.

“Sir,” he said, “could I ask you for a dollar for some gas? We almost have enough money for a gallon.”

He was either sincere, or a very skilled scammer. I dug out some bills, and told him that he needed more than a gallon, since even a Matchbox car like his wouldn’t go far on a half-gallon.

He thanked me profusely, but not obsequiously, and held out his hand. I shook, but held for a moment.

“You aren’t planning on buying anything illegal are you?’ I growled.

His eyes got wide, and he stammered a little.

“No, sir. We live right here in town. We’re just trying to get home. I tried calling my dad, but he’s at work.” I watched as they left, and sure enough, they went straight to the gas station across the road.

Most every one of us have had to depend on the kindness of others at times. I am not ashamed to admit I have done so,

Last week, I went to visit an old friend. Well, it was my friend’s father, Mr. Jerry. Mr. Jerry was my next door neighbor throughout most of my childhood, and over time he became my dad’s best friend. When they weren’t working, you could find the two of them at either our house or theirs, leaning on one of their trucks - an old red 70s GMC, or a slightly newer white Dodge Ram, positioning themselves to solve all the problems of the world. It didn’t seem to matter what the weather was like or what was going on, they didn’t stay away from each other for long.

Have you ever had that single thought lingering in the back of your mind - that thing you know you ought to do, but it was easy to rationalize that you don’t really have the time to spare at this par-

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My Spin

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Where should we move state government?

In 1788 the Hillsborough Convention convened to consider ratification of the U.S. Constitution and also to approve an “unalterable” seat of government. They did neither.

The Constitution, they determined, lacked assurances of personal rights delegates deemed essential and, after much debate, they deferred the decision to another meeting. The next year North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify, but only on condition that a declaration of rights and amendments be part of the document.

The Assembly had previously moved around, at various times meeting in Edenton, Wilmington, New Bern, Fayetteville and Hillsborough. It was increasingly obvious that a permanent location be selected for the new state.

Seven locations were formally nominated and a delegation was named to come back with a selection.

Isaac Hunter was a well-known tavern proprietor on the Cross Creek to Petersburg stage road.

The commission chosen to select the “unalterable” site met at Hunter’s tavern Mar. 22, 1792.

Hunter was famously known for serving Cherry Bounce, a popular alcoholic punch. Folk lore has it that Isaac liquored up

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Mr. Jerry

the committee during a night of revelry, they took a vote and determined the new capital had to be located within 10 miles of Hunter’s tavern. 1,000 acres of land, within that 10-mile boundary, was purchased from Joel Lane and the capital has been in Raleigh ever since.

Some would obviously like to change that. We aren’t sure what their motivations might be but, judging by the evidence, a determined stealth campaign is under way. Our first signal came when it was decided that Dorothea Dix Mental Hospital was beyond repair and a new hospital was necessary.

The state owned more than 1,000 acres at the site, but legislators opted instead to build a new mental facility in Butner, a decision that is still mystifying. Similarly, the headquarters for the Department of Motor Vehicles was determined unrepairable and a new headquarters was needed.

There the decision was to move it and some 400 employees to Rocky Mount.

Now our Senate wants to relocate the headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services, the largest agency of state government, with some 2,000 employees, to Granville County. They couldn’t build on the Dix site because the state entered into a sweetheart deal with Raleigh to sell the Dix property. But Granville County?

DHHS employs many highly skilled and credentialed people that interface all across state government. We can’t see Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen moving or commuting each day to Granville.

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Paranormal tours return to Poplar Grove Plantation

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Poplar Grove Plantation is once again offering paranormal tours through the Manor House and extending beyond the back courtyard to the tenant house and cemetery.

The tours are available on new moon and full moon nights between now and October 27.

Many believe that deceased members of the Foy family household still make their presence known in particular rooms of the house. The experiences of guests, volunteers and employees at

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Continued from page 3A ticular moment? That trip to the hospital to check on Mr. Jerry was that one thought for me. It has been a few years since I have talked to his daughter, Steph, who has been my lifelong friend since I was eight years old. We may not always stay in touch, but we are the kind of friends who can always pick back up where we left off without a hitch, no matter how much time has passed.

Steph called me unexpectedly one day a few weeks ago. Since her dad’s recent knee replacement surgery, there had been a series of complications involving an infection, which resulted in Mr. Jerry being bounced back and forth between the hospital and a rehab facility.

He was exhausted from

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Continued from page 3A albeit it’s happened more times than I like to admit.

I think overcoming need makes one more willing to help someone else, whether out of gratitude to God or wanting to “pay it forward.�

I do not share these things out of a desire to draw attention to myself.

Rather I just think we could all likely be a little more generous, but at the same time, be good stewards.

With all the stuff given away by the government nowadays, as well as a generation or two of people benefitting from their parents’ desire to make things better, too many folks have an attitude of being owed whatever they want, and that imagined debt is payable on demand.

I am reminded of a rather spoiled little girl who was the terror of her pre-K Sunday school class. She went through Sunday school teachers like goldfish snacks. The little darling consistently got whatever she wanted, when she wanted it, from the time she was born.

She was constantly told by her parents, grandparents and other kin that she was the prettiest little princess ever created.

When she didn’t get what she wanted, she would pout, then cry, then howl, then throw a tantrum. Her cries of torment would disrupt then entire wing of the church until her parents flew to the rescue.

When those tactics failed, she would hold her breath – sometimes until she passed out.

Then she got a new

the house as well. David had joined the Confederate Army against his parents’ wishes. He set out to fight for North Carolina, but ended up fighting for his life when he contracted typhus. He met his death in the back parlor shortly after that.

Then there are stories of Nora Foy, known for being a gracious hostess and for her enterprising nature (she ran a post office out of the house).

Aunt Nora, as she was known, lost all hope of raising a houseful of children after all four of

Poplar Grove have yielded an abundance of stories to share of how the Foy spirits have introduced themselves over the years.

Indications of the former slaves and tenant farmers are equally as apparent.

Tales of haunting memories recounted throughout the manor house tour leave visitors to wonder if spirits could be responsible for unexplained sounds, sightings and other experiences at the historic site. Mary Ann Simmons Foy, wife of Joseph Mumford Foy, had watched her previous home burn to the ground (1849) with all of its ef-

fects except for a family deed box.

Throughout the next few years, her husband and eight slaves built the current house where the couple raised their six

children. Some say that, today, Mary Ann follows guests through the halls to protect her family’s belongings.

Could the footsteps heard treading into the

the office be those of her husband, Joseph, who drew his last breath just before the Civil War began? Some suppose the presence of their oldest son, David, still lingers in

the same building. Was Cherry Bounce involved?

If de-centralization is the game, bring it on. We propose moving the Highway Patrol to Rockingham – we hear there’s a great test track nearby – and don’t you think the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court would love Blowing

Rock? The Department of Transportation could go to Lexington, Agriculture to Ocean Isle and what more ideal place for the Utilities Commission than Eden? Secretary of State Elaine Marshall would love to move her office to Buies Creek, and by all means let’s relocate

the legislature to their first home, Edenton.

Here’s a better idea.

Since “unalterable� obviously isn’t unalterable, let’s hold a big auction and let counties and cities bid on hosting various state agencies, with the highest bid winning the rights. The proceeds

could be used to start an impartial redistricting commission or even expand Medicaid. We will provide the Cherry Bounce.

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it all, and Steph seemed overwhelmed between work and doing her level best to care for her dad.

Somewhere in her conversation with her dad, Mr. Jerry had asked about me.

Steph realized how long it had been since we talked and decided to pick up the phone and call. We caught up on all that’s been going on in our lives, and she asked me if I would go see her dad. I explained my unusually busy schedule, but promised I would plan to go soon.

That Thursday morning, I had most of the day free. Thoughts of all the other things I would get accomplished at home, errands I should run and plans I could be making flooded my mind. But then I paused and reminded myself, oh, but you have plans to go see Mr. Jerry today. And so I did, even though it didn’t seem to be the most opportune time.

I made my way to the

hospital room and there he was in the bed, gazing straight ahead, at first.

His look changed to one of surprise when he noticed me enter. When he asked, “What are you doing here?� I recalled that he had always come across as a little on the grumpy side - it was something Steph had joked about for years.

Then when I asked how he was, he muttered one word, “Tired.â€? For a moment, I thought to myself, maybe I’m intruding‌. he probably needs to rest‌ this could be awkward.

Then Mr. Jerry’s eyes lit up as he sat up in his hospital bed and started talking. I remembered my dad and him at the truck, although my dad had been gone for more than 20 years. We talked about Mr. Jerry’s adventures in the hospital, about his grandson and my kids that he hadn’t seen in years. He told me about the old Kubota tractor that still

runs (my mom had given it to him when my dad died).

We revisited the legendary stories I had heard and recounted to others many times, but from a different perspective. I could hear in Mr. Jerry’s voice how treasured their friendship was, and how happy he was to share with me a piece of what he had shared with my dad. What I had planned to be a brief visit easily stretched into two hours.

Of all the things I could have accomplished that day, investing a few hours in a trip to see my neighbor was the best decision I could have made. All I did was set my own agenda aside for a bit, make myself available and just

show up for someone else.

Yet that visit became something just as meaningful to me, if not more, than it was to Mr. Jerry.

I’ve already made up my mind‌ I’m going back next week, and I’ve invited an old neighborhood friend to go with me.

teacher.

In the midst of one her classic fits, the young lady threatened to hold her breath, pass out “and die.� The new teacher calmly assured her that she wasn’t going to die, but that if passing out was what she wanted to do, that was fine. The rest of the class was going to go on learning their Bible story.

So with a big, dramatic deep breath, the little angel made her cheeks as big as those of a pufferfish, and set about turning herself blue. She made occasional whining noises until the teacher excused herself from the rest of the class and approached the air-hoarder.

Sensing victory, the spoiled brat tried to stare down the teacher – who got nose to nose with her, took a deep breath of her own, and blew into the princess’ nostrils.

The utter temerity of the teacher’s actions did not compute, and the princess exhaled, not knowing what to do next.

The teacher calmly took advantage of the confusion and led her over to the group.

I think some folks need to have their noses blown into sometimes in order to get the point.

A plea for assistance is not the same thing as a demand, and it likely won’t be treated that way.

I’ve known folks who were on the edge of hunger who would share what they had with a stranger who needed it more, and I’ve seen a woman in a thousand bucks worth of jewelry demand, with a string of colorful invectives, that she get an additional $20 from a church to pay her electric bill at Christmas.

We all can be more

generous to those in need – it’s the American way, and the biblical way – but at the same time, we need to be stewards on guard against the scavengers.

When the greedy get all they want, the needy are often left lacking.

I have been criticized for not blindly handing over everything to someone who says they have a need. I got over it.

We are called to be wise as serpents in addition to being innocent as lambs.

It doesn’t mean we have to give begrudgingly, nor does it mean we are to seek accolades for helping someone. It means we should give wisely as well as generously – and if necessary, be willing to blow air up somebody’s nose before they turn blue.

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By Rev. Ken smith Atkinson Baptist Church Contributing Writer Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.

Mark 9:35 Season two of The Andy Griffith Show we discover that Sheriff Taylor is accused of misconduct of the office he holds. Andy on Trial is an episode which originally aired April 23, 1962.

Andy faces questioning because his amusing deputy Barney Fife brags to a news reporter how he would do things different in Mayberry. Unknown to Barney, his very words would cause great harm to Andy.

In defending Andy at the trial Barney says “Sure, he was delivering groceries to Emma Watson because she was too sick to get down to the market. And that’s just one example of the thing’s Andy’s done for the folks in this town. I could give you a lot more. You gotta understand, this is a small

town. The Sheriff is more than just a Sheriff. He’s a friend. And the people in this town, they ain’t got a better friend than Andy Taylor.�

Barney testifies that Andy had a servant’s heart and always did what was best for others. Every time I watch this episode I think how every Christian should do what’s best for others. Did Andy have to pick up Emma Watson’s groceries, tear up jay walking tickets of an elderly person or be so understanding to the town drunk Otis? Andy demonstrated that to be a servant is more than having a title.

Jesus had just told His disciples that He was going to suffer and lay down His life for others. However, no sooner had He made the announcement that His followers began arguing with one another. “What are you arguing about?� Jesus asked, but they remained silent.

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Even after 2,000 years, this remains a revolutionary idea, because it violates the very premise under which the modern world operates.

When Jesus says we must become the servant of all, he doesn’t mean that we must not use our talents and abilities to the fullest.

Jesus means, rather, that we are not to dominate others or strive for superiority at their expense. Serving others is the essence of Christ’s ministry that we learn in Mark 10:45, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.�

Christ offered to His disciples and ultimately to all His followers a challenging way of life. We should examine our lives to see if we must change if we are not measuring

up to God’s mandate. Just as Jesus asked His disciples, so Jesus asks us to think about our goals in life. This is not a superficial principle or a matter of casual interest. Rather, it goes to the very heart of Christianity itself.

John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement in England, wrote, “One of the principal rules of religion is, to lose no

occasion of serving God. And, since he is invisible to our eyes, we are to serve him in our neighbor; whom he receives as if done to himself in person, standing visibly before us?�

Believers in Christ don’t have to look very far to find someone to minister too. The needs of this world are great, but God has given us the resources and spiritual gifts to min-

ister to more individuals than we can dream.

I encourage you today to be willing to be a servant of God, regardless of what others might do or say. Sheriff Andy Taylor might be a fictional character, but his action of servanthood is a genuine example to everyone.

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910-285-5707 910-231-0682 910-231-7068

BAPTIST CHURCH

1730 US Hwy.Cemetery 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 Rockfish Memorial Wallace, NC School 910-285-3395 Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11

910-259-3046

a.m., 6 p.m. www.facebook.com/downeastdisciples/

ST. MARY’S CHURCH

Church Directory

212 S. Dickerson St. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.2136 www.harrellsfh.com

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

HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

107 Deerfield Road Hampstead, NC 28443 • 910-270-4221 Holy Eucharist Sunday 10 am Tuesday Healing Service w/Eucharist 10 am

HolyTrinityhampstead.com email: holytrinityhampstead@yahoo.com Like us on Facebook

MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

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

CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

Sunday Worship Service with Holy Eucharist: 11 a.m. www.stmaryschurchburgawnc.org

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Children’s Church begins at 11:15 Community Bible Study, Wednesdays from 6-7:00 P.M.

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH

BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

An Episcopal - Lutheran Community 506 S. McNeil Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.5541

28396 Hwy. 210 W. • Currie (1/2 mile from Moores Creek Battlefield)

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

910-470-4436

Pastor John Fedoronko

1303 Hwy. 117 • Burgaw, NC • 910-259-2601

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

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

RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH 10509 US Hwy. 117 S., Rocky Point Business Park Choir Practice & Bible Study, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Youth Group Every Other Wed. 6-7:30 p.m.

19845 NC Hwy. 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 910-675-2127 Rocky Point, NC • 910-232-7759 Jim Herchenhahn / Pastor www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.

R OCKY P OINT U NITED M ETHODIST C HURCH Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. & 10:50 a.m. Youth each Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Night, 6 p.m. Pastor: Dr. Ernie Sanchez located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210 Pastor Mark Murphy Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6:00 p.m. / Study for all ages 7:00 p.m.

Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m. www.RPUMC.org ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 18737 Hwy 17 North, Hampstead • 910-270-1477 CALVARY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH 5610 Hwy. 53 W • Burgaw, NC 28425 (Across from Pender High) Monsignor Joseph Ntuwa, Pastor 54 Camp Kirkwood Rd. • Watha, NC 28478 • 910-448-0919 Pastor Fred Roberts Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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

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

Surf City - SAT 5 p.m., SUN 9 & 11 a.m. (Memorial Day - Labor Day) MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH Bible Study: Wednesday 7 p.m. Youth Group: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Daily Mass - Hampstead: TUES & WED 4p.m., THURS & FRI 9 a.m.

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 Confessions SAT 4-4:30 p.m. or by appt. www.allsaintsccnc.org JORDANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

4670 Stag Park Rd. • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-5735 Wednesday Evening Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and classes at 6:45 p.m.

CHAPEL BY THE BAY IN LANIER’S CAMPGROUND Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

216 Michigan Avenue • Holly Ridge, N.C. 28445 FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 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

BURGAW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

110 E. Bridgers Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-2295 Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

BARLOW VISTA BAPTIST CHURCH

“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. www.barlowvistabaptistchurch.com

THE CHURCH AT WILMINGTON

Pastor: Don Myers

910-328-6252 Associate Pastor: Nathan Swartz

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

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.

BURGAW BAPTIST CHURCH

BLAKE’S CHAPEL ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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

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

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

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New coffee shop in Hampstead

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Hampstead residents now have a new coffee shop to visit and shop at. Little House Hampstead is a tiny coffee house serving locally roasted coffee and espresso, local eggs and goodies from local farmers, organic ecofriendly kids toys, used books, and April Cornell clothing items. Owner Samantha Smith has also been the owner of Sugar Island Bakery since 2010, starting in Wilmington before moving to Pender County and Surf City.

With the inherent connection, Little House is able to offer baked goods and other items, such as Sugar Island’s house made pimento cheese and granola. “I have loved the Little House since I was in school at Topsail High a million years ago,” began owner Samantha Smith. “It’s important to us to use existing buildings and equipment rather than have everything ‘new, new, new.’ We try to reduce our footprint wherever possible.”

The Little House offers coffees, lattes and teas as well as candies and baked goods from around eastern North Carolina. They also sell ice cream sandwiches, local eggs and honey. Additionally, Smith wanted to fill a need she saw for beautiful, eco friendly, educational children’s toys.

They offer a variety of new, antique and collectible toys at the shop.

“We are also thrilled to

offer April Cornell clothing, a female owned company with delightful ethics, making wearable pieces of clothing (with pockets) that last forever and are universally flattering. They also make THE most charming and unique bridesmaids dresses you ever did see!

These clothes intermingled with a curated selection of vintage clothing give women the option of creating a new outfit head to toe, or working in a few key pieces to brighten and freshen up their entire wardrobe,” said Smith.

Smith continued, “All of our coffee is locally roasted at Java estates. Our hot chocolate is house made and we feature a huge assor tment of dairy-free milks. Our house motto is ‘Little houses make big friends.’ ” Sugar Island Bakery and

Supplies, Smith’s family owned and operated bakery located in Surf City, features baked goods that are all natural and made from scratch every day. Smith wants to be sure that people understand, when they say “scratch” or “homemade” they don’t mean that they defrosted it and baked it in the shop; or that they added water, stirred and baked.

Their treats are made fresh daily from just the basics using as many local North Carolina ingredients as possible. Sugar Island is also a commercial wholesaler to many retail estab-

lishments, restaurants and coffee houses.

Little House Hampstead is located at 17007 US Hwy 17 in Hampstead. The store is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.am. until 2 p.m. For more information, call (910) 541-2223 or look for them on Facebook and Instagram.

Sugar Island Bakery is located at 206 N. Topsail Dr. in Surf City. The bakery can be reached at (910) 2541110 or by visiting www. sugarislandnc.com.

Obituaries

Catherine Cayton Wynne SEBRING, FLA. -- Catherine Cayton Wynne, 91, of Sebring, Florida and formerly a lifelong resident of Burgaw passed peacefully Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Sebring, Florida.

After Catherine suffered a stroke she went to live with her daughter, Judy in Florida.

She was born July 7, 1927 in Washington, NC, the daughter of the late, Beron T. “BT” and Opal Jewell Cayton. In addition to her parents, Catherine was preceded in death by her husband of 62 loving years, John Hunter Wynne, Sr., who passed away in 2011, and brother, Linwood O. Cayton.

Catherine is survived by her daughters, Judy Wynne Beam and husband, Bob of Sebring, Florida and Jewell Anne Wynne Sikes of Wilmington; son, John Hunter Wynne, Jr. and wife, Joyce of Watha; granddaughter, Opal SikesSatrapa and spouse, Vance of Raleigh; great grandson, Xander Wade Satrapa of Raleigh; and niece, Malinda Cayton of Apex.

She was a long time faithful member of St. Mary’s Episcopal-Lutheran Church

in Burgaw. Catherine was a devoted mother, grandmother and friend who was a faithful, gracious Christian lady. Cooking, traveling, and clothes shopping were favorite pastimes of Catherine. She and John traveled extensively across the US in their motor home; spending winters in Florida and making many friends along the way. The twinkle in her eyes and Catherine’s delightful personality will be missed. The impact of Catherine’s presence will forever be deeply felt, especially by her children.

Graveside funeral service was 11 a.m. Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Riverview Memorial Park, 9332 US Hwy 117, Watha, with The Reverend Chris Hamby officiating. The family received friends following the service at the cemetery.

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

Pender NAACP plans banquet June 15 T h e Pe n d e r C o u n t y NAACP will have the Annual Freedom Fund and Membership Banquet June 15 at 10 a.m. The location of the event is the Middle District Missionary Baptist Association Headquarters, located at 1825 Highway 53, Burgaw.

Tickets are on sale for $50 and may be purchased as follows: ● Reserve your ticket purchase by calling or texting the Pender County Branch Secretary at 910540-0552 (M). ● Call or text the Branch President, Rev. Dante’ A. Murphy, at 704-300-7509 (M). ● You may also purchase tickets at various pickup locations that will be an-

nounced leading up to the event. A limited number of youth tickets are available for students and children age 17 and below. Youth tickets must be reserved in advance.

All checks and money orders are payable to the Pender County NAACP #5431.

The Keynote Speaker for the event is Judge Ashleigh Parker-Dunston, Wa ke C o u n t y D i s t r i c t Court Judge. Judge ParkerDunston is reserving time immediately following the event to speak with youth and take “selfies” with those in attendance.

Thank you for your continued support in the fight for freedom, equality, and justice for all America.

This Week’s CROSSWORD

June 30th Crossword Solution:

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist

The night can be a wondrous thing. Especially when the nighttime sky is unfiltered with artificial light.

I have written many times about dark skies and the glory that they can hold. From designated dark sky locations such as the Grand Canyon National Park where any hint of artificial light is designed to be limited and obscured from tainting the sky above to places that come close to achieving the dark sky status.

Why do I enjoy dark skies and sharing stories on it?

Because those natural star emblazoned locales are our last connection to the way the world used to be, when outdoors skills meant not only a way of life, but survival.

So much depends on being able to see the heavens.

Sure, when reading stars we often think of old sailors looking through strange contraptions marking different points on a map in order to find their way across the landless ocean blue. The science itself is actually pretty amazing, as they would locate stars and determine their location in reference to the horizon to not only tell their direction, but also a primitive GPS system that would tell them exactly where they are located from their destination.

Of course, ancient civilizations were mesmerized by the stars as well. The stars were as good a source for telling the time of year and day as the sunrise and sunset.

We don’t get to see the stars as a sailor in the middle of the Atlantic or an old tribe in the plains do or did.

Light pollution has taken that away from us, not only in large metropolitan cities, but even in mid-sized cities and small towns.

This time of year, as the weather warms and the mosquitoes lay claim to the thick humid air, something magical, or mystical, or whatever synonym you would like to use begins to happen.

A swath of stars and gases, coloring a band beginning at the horizon at sunset, begins to creep in a rotating pattern along our sky. The galaxy we live in, our home base in the vast universe, shows itself. Looking like a band of opaque white, the Milky Way derives a suitable name.

Many believe it is a myth.

Not the galaxy itself, but the vision of it. It can only be seen with high end NASA visioning equipment, or special filters. Not so. You just need the right skies.

Do you know where you can find those type of skies relatively close? One of our favorite destinations dur-

ing the summertime, the beach. Afterall, standing on sandy shores means half the sky is over the Atlantic Ocean where there is no city street lights or tall buildings. Maybe a trolley or two searching for sea life to sale to restaurants, but the light from those do not reach the upper atmosphere.

This set me off on a goal.

I wanted to photograph the newly rising Milky Way at one of my favorite coastal locales, Bodie Island Lighthouse. With a new moon, it meant the light pollution from the second brightest object in the sky would not be an issue (the brightest object in the sky is the sun

of course).

So, I did. Two cameras, my van, a hammock, and myself. Nothing special about the equipment other than knowing how to set my exposures manually. In fact, I set the camera to take the shot with an open shutter of 25 seconds, to capture the light I would need and to catch the flash of the lighthouse.

Seeing the sky as ships would have seen them two to three centuries ago. Seeing the sky as Virginia Dare, the first English born person in the United States, may have one island over in Manteo. It is a humbling experience.

Pender County

CALL TO ORDER

2.

INVOCATION

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

5.

PUBLIC HEARING 5.1.

PUBLIC COMMENT

7.

CONSENT AGENDA

9.

10.

7.1.

Approval of Minutes: May 13, May 16, May 20, and June 3, 2019.

7.2.

Budget Amendment for ROD reclassification's

7.3.

Budget Amendment for Inspections reclassification's

7.4.

Budget Amendment for Housing Admin Fees

7.5.

Budget Amendment for Fuel Sales

7.6.

Budget Amendment for additional taxes to Fire Departments

7.7.

Budget Amendment for additional taxes to Pender EMS & Fire

7.8.

East Fremont Street will be closed between Cowan Street and Campbell Street beginning Monday, June 17th until further notice. Access to and from businesses will remain open. We appreciate your patience as we continue to improve drainage issues throughout town.

VOLUNTEER NEEDED FOR THE PLANNING & ZONING BOARD The Town of Burgaw is accepting applications for the Planning & Zoning Board. There is currently one vacancy which requires an applicant that resides within the town limits or a qualified non-resident business or property owner. Applications may be downloaded on our website at www.townofburgaw.com. Applications should be submitted to the Town Clerk at Town Hall, 109 N. Walker Street or via email at kwells@townofburgaw.com.

Mosquito spraying will begin soon. If you have beehives in the town limits, please let Public Works know so we can add you to the list of ‘no-spray’ areas. Please email your name, address and phone number to cabbood@burgawnc.gov so we can keep a digital record of where you’re located. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Public Works Department at 910-259-2901.

TOWN CALENDAR June 14-15 June 20 June 20

NC Blueberry Festival Planning Board Meeting Summer on the Square Concert: The Imitations

5:30 PM 6:30 PM

Budget Amendment for Sheriff Insurance Proceeds

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

Town of Surf City Government News June 13th, 2019

APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS 8.1.

Resolution to Adopt the FY 19-20 Budget Ordinance for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2019.

8.2.

Approval to Execute a Lease Agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc. and Approval of a Purchase Order to Axon Enterprises, Inc. in the Amount of $45,000.00 for the Lease Purchase of the Tasers and Body Cameras.

8.3.

Approval of Purchase Order to WellPath for the Pender County Jail: $319,060.05.

8.4.

Consideration of Revisions to the Pender County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 32, Article X, Water Shortage Response Plan.

8.5.

Consideration to Earmark Funds for Engineering and Electrical Services and to Purchase and Install Generators at the Burgaw Fuel Depot and Agriculture Building.

8.6.

Consideration for Purchase of Tractor/Front End Loader Combination

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

APPOINTMENTS 9.1.

Approval of Appointments to the Pender County Advisory Board of Health.

9.2.

Approval of Appointment to the Pender EMS & Fire Board.

9.3.

Approval of Appointment to the Pender County Nursing/Adult Care Advisory Board.

9.4.

Approval of Appointment to the Southeastern Economic Development Commission (SEDC).

9.5.

Approval of Appointment to the Trillium Health Board.

MAPLE HILL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT 10.1.

Resolution to request approval for the Interlocal Agreement in between the Maple Hill District and Onslow Water and Sewer Authority

11.

PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH

12.

SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD

13.

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

14.

CLOSED SESSION (IF APPLICABLE).

15.

7PM PUBLIC HEARINGS: SPECIAL USE PERMITS/ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS/ RESOLUTIONS

16.

ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO THE OSGOOD CANAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Public Hearing on Economic Development and Economic Incentive Appropriations for FY 2018-19.

6.

8.

June 13, 2019

MOSQUITO SPRAYING

Agenda Board of County Commissioners Meeting Monday, June 17, 2019 @ 4:00 PM Pender County Public Assembly Room 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC

1.

Town of Burgaw Government News

The Town of Surf City Town Council has called a Special st Meeting on the 1 day of July 2019 at 5:30 pm at the Surf City Welcome Center, located at 102 North Shore Drive.

For the purpose of:

15.1.

Resolution Requesting Approval of a Special Use Permit for the construction and operation of a sand pit mine (NAICS 212321).

15.2.

Resolution Requesting Approval of a Special Use Permit for the construction and operation of an Artisan Manufacturing workshop.

ADJOURNMENT

For full access to this agenda, please visit our mobile friendly site at: https://pendercountync.civicweb.net/Portal/.

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 ABC Board 1 District 1 Advisory Board of Health 3 Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist*** Board of Adjustment 2 District 1, District 4 Board of Equalization & Review 2 At-Large, Alternate Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Parks and Recreation Board 1 District 3 Planning Board 1 Technical Southeastern Community & Family Services Board 1 At-Large Southeastern Economic Development Commission 1 Citizen Representative District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek District 5 = Burgaw; Holly *** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed. Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov or write or call Melissa Long, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: June 17, 2019 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 Special Use Permit JEAT Properties, LLC, applicant and owner, is requesting the approval of a Special Use Permit for the operation of a sand pit mine, or “Borrow Pit Sand Mining” (NAICS 212321). The subject property is zoned RP, Residential Performance zoning district and according to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance §5.2.3 Table of Permitted Uses; Borrow Pit Sand Mining (NAICS 212321) is permitted via Special Use Permit, with additional standards, when submitted in conjunction with a Master Development Plan in the RP, Residential Performance zoning district. There is one (1) tract associated with this request totaling approximately ±202.87 acres, with the total mining area encompassing approximately ±24.40 acres, or approximately 12% of the total property area. The subject property’s main access point is located approximately ±7,827 feet (±1.48 miles) north of the intersection of Shaw HWY (SR 1520) and NC HWY 210, across from Tylers Run (Private), in the Holly Township. The subject property may be further identified by Pender County PIN 3256-14-2674-0000.

Special Use Permit Jonathan McDow, applicant, on behalf of Kassa Kossa, LLC, owner, is requesting approval of a Special Use Permit for the construction and operation of a woodworking workshop, classified under ‘Artisan Manufacturing’ within the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance. The subject property is zoned RA, Rural Agriculture zoning district and according to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance, §5.2.3 ‘Table of Permitted Uses,’ ‘Artisan Manufacturing’ is a permitted use in this zoning district via Special Use Permit. There is one (1) ±1.81 acre tract associated with this request. The subject property is located at 1274 Croomsbridge Road (SR 1318) on the south side of the road approximately ±1.25 miles east of the intersection of Croomsbridge Road and US HWY 117 in the Union Township and may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 3332-06-6766-0000 For Additional Information: Contact Pender County Planning & Community Development 805 S Walker St Burgaw, NC 28425 Phone 910 259-1202

www.pendercountync.gov

Site Plan Approval: Surf City Crossing Apartments The public is urged to be present for this meeting. A copy of the site plan is on file with the Town’s Community Development Department for inspection by all interested citizens.

6/13/2019

THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019 AT 4:00 P.M. IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 145, 805 SOUTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT ON APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPEDITURES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS. THE PURPOSES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS ARE TO INCREASE THE POPULATION, TAXABLE PROPERTY, AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES, EMPLOYMENT, INDUSTIRAL OUTPUT OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR PENDER COUNTY. PENDER COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO APPROPRIATE THE FOLLOWING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/INCENTIVE EXPENDITURES AS PART OF THE FY 19-20 BUDGET: The Southeastern Partnership, $20,000, 1 payment, regional and targeted industry specific marketing; Wilmington Business Development, $110,000, 1 payment, recruitment/assistance for business expansion and/or relocation efforts; Cape Fear Council of Governments, $29,479, 1 payment, membership fee(s), local government services and transportation planning, workforce investment; Southeastern Economic Development Commission, $4,700, 1 payment, assist project development necessary for the solicitation of grant funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA); Town of Surf City, $180,000, 1 payment, beach re-nourishment; Town of Topsail Beach, $180,000, 1 payment, beach re-nourishment; Topsail Chamber, $1,500, 1 payment, local business investment; Burgaw Chamber of Commerce, $1,500, 1 payment local business investment; Wallace Airport, $50,000, 1 payment, economic driver for industry in Pender County; Cape Fear RC&D, $9,000, 1 payment, action-oriented projects to protect, enhance and balance natural and human resources while promoting economic development; Lower Cape Fear River Program, $4,000, 1 payment, large-scale water quality and environmental assessment program covering the Cape Fear River Estuary and a large portion of the lower Cape Fear River watershed; and Pender County Soil and Water Conservation, $84,399, 1 payment, protect and improve soil and water resources.

The source of funding for these appropriations and expenditures will be from the Pender County General Fund.

THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE AGREEMENTS AT THE ABOVE STATED TIME AND PLACE.

Melissa Long, Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners Pender County, North Carolina ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW

Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-322, the Pender County Board of Equalization and Review will meet as required by law.

PURPOSE OF MEETINGS To hear, upon request, any and all taxpayers who own or control taxable property assessed for taxation in Pender County, with respect to the valuation of such property, or the property of others, and to fulfill other duties and responsibilities as required by law.

TIME OF MEETINGS The Board will convene for its first meeting on Monday, May 6th, 2019.

The Board will adjourn for the purpose of accepting requests for hearing at its last meeting on Friday, June 28th, 2019.

Meetings will be held Monday May 6th The week of May 27th Monday – Friday The week of June 3rd Monday – Friday The week of June 10th Monday - Friday All meetings begin promptly at 9:00 AM In Tax Assessors Conference Room of the Howard Holly Building.

Requests for a hearing must be received no later than final adjournment which is scheduled for Friday, June 28th, 2019 at 3:00 PM. In the event of an earlier or a later adjournment, notice to that effect will be published in this newspaper.

The schedule for the hearing of appeals which were timely filed will be posted at the office of the Assessor, serving as Clerk to the Board, and will also be provided to individuals and organizations that have requested notice pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143318.12.

All requests for hearing should be made to: Justian Pound, Clerk to the Pender County Board of Equalization and Review Office of Tax Assessor PO Box 67 Burgaw, N. C. 28425 Telephone: (910) 910-1221

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Notice to Creditors Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Wilbur R. Hales (19-E-221), late of Pender County, Wilmington 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 at 701 Market Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401 on or before August 21, 2019 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 the 17th day of May, 2019.

Brenda Gail Boone c/o Craige & Fox, PLLC 701 Market Street Wilmington, NC 28401 #8681 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF WALTER ATKINSON WARREN All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Walter Atkinson Warren, late of Pender County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit them to Houston Meares, Jr. and Carolyn Ashe, Co-Administrators of the decedent’s estate, on or before August 28, 2019, c/o Samantha Reichle, Attorney at Law, 205 Providence Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, or be barred from their recovery.

Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Co-Administrators.

This the 30th day of May, 2019.

Houston Meares, Jr. and Carolyn Ashe, Co-Administrators c/o Samantha Reichle, Atty.

TrustCounsel 205 Providence Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514 #8695 5/30, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Yvonne J. Ley, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Yvonne J. Ley, to present them to the undersigned on or before September 5, 2019 at 1827 S. Shore Drive, Surf City, NC 28445 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 30th day of May, 2019.

Phillip E. Houser 1827 S. Shore Drive Surf City, NC 28445 #8689 5/30, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20/19

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF RICHARD KARL STOUGHTON All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Richard Karl Stoughton, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Valerie Kinsley, as Administrator of the decedent’s estate on or before September 1, 2019, at the Law Office of Pollock & Pollock, Attorneys at Law, PA, PO Drawer 999, Burgaw, NC 28425, or be barred from their recovery.

Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Administrator.

Harold Lee Pollock Attorney at Law PO Drawer 999 Burgaw, NC 28425 #8682 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jens B. Jensen, deceased, late of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 30th day of August, 2019 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

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

This the 16th day of May, 2019.

Donna Jensen Byrnes Executor of the Estate of Jens B. Jensen c/o Charles T. Busby Attorney at Law P.O. Box 818 Hampstead, NC 28443-818 #8686 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of David Allander Williams late of 7608 Old River Road, Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of David Allander Williams to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 90th day of this notice, August 28, 2019, 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.

Angela Pridgen, Administrator of the Estate of David Allander Williams (15 E 0189) c/o Jillian C.S. Blanchard Shipman & Wright, LLP. 575 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 106 Wilmington, North Carolina 28405 #8694 5/30, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20/19 PUBLIC NOTICE In accordance with NCGS 15812 the budget officer for the Village of St. Helena has submitted the annual 2019-2020 fiscal year budget to the governing board. The budget is available for public inspection by contacting the clerk of the Village Council at (336) 302-5890. A public hearing concerning the budget shall be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 20, 2019 at the Village of St. Helena Town Hall, St. Helena, NC at which time any persons who wish to be heard on the budget may appear.

Mary D. Bakan, Village Clerk #8701 6/6, 6/13/19

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Rosanne D’Avola Kennedy, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Rosanne D’Avola Kennedy, to present them to the undersigned on or before September 12, 2019 at 26478 Doverstone Street, Bonita Springs, Florida 34135 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 6th day of June, 2019.

Gina D’Avola Truax 26478 Doverstone Street Bonita Springs, FL 34135 #8696 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27/19

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Jordan Mordecai Jablons deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Jordan Mordecai Jablons, to present them to the undersigned on or before September 12, 2019 at P.O. Box 83, Flemington, NJ 08822 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 6th day of June, 2019.

Thomas F. DiBianca, Esq. P.O. Box 83 Flemington, NJ 08822 #8697 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27/19

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY THIS ACTION BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THE POWER AND AUTHORITY contained within that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by James Johnson and Vaun S. Johnson dated February 22, 2010 and recorded on March 4, 2010 in Book 3746 at Page 139 in the Office of Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina. As a result of a default in the obligations contained within the Promissory Note and Deed of Trust and the failure to carry out and perform the stipulation and agreements contained therein, the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust made demand to have the default cured, which was not met.

Therefore, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Rocky Point, County of Pender, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the heretofore referenced Deed of trust. Said sale will be a public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the usual place of sale at the Pender County Courthouse, Burgaw, North Carolina, on June 25, 2019 at 11:00 AM Address of Property: 17627 NC Highway 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 Tax Parcel ID: 3214-87-09420000 Present Record Owners: The Estate of Vaun S. Johnson The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. 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. The successful bidder will be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and costs for recording the Trustee’s Deed.

The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, and other encumbrances. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids, as by law required. The sale will not confirm until there have been ten (10) consecutive days with no upset bids having been filed.

If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property, or if the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the bid deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the bid deposit.

In either event, the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Trustee.

Additional Notice Required for Residential Real Property with Less Than Fifteen (15) Rental Units: 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 ten (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. 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.

Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court Albertelli Law Partners North Carolina, P.A., Substitute Trustee By: David W. Neill Albertelli Law Partners North Carolina, P.A. David W. Neill NC State Bar No. 23396 205 Regency Executive Park Drive, Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28217 Tel: 704-970-0391 A-4695348 06/13/2019, 06/20/2019 #8699 6/13, 6/20/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-523 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

TERRY ROBERT IKNER, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 41, Kings Estate, Parcel ID Number 2277-875471-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than July 29, 2019.

This day, June 5, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8704 6/13, 6/20, 6/27/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-669 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO GEORGE EDWARD KEA, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 3.15 acres, Parcel ID Number 2234-55-1610-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than July 29, 2019.

This day, June 6, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8707 6/13, 6/20, 6/27/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-108 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO EDGAR ALLEN THOMAS, , et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO EDGAR ALLEN THOMAS, , et. al., 18-CVS-108, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, June 21, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEING all of Lot 8 of King’s Estates as the same is shown on a map of said subdivision, recorded in Map Book 25 at Page 150 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

(PID: 2277-95-0746-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, May 31, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8711 6/13, 6/20/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1107 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

LORA FLOWERS, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. LORA FLOWERS, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-

1107, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, June 21, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of Lot 2, Blackmore Estates, as shown on that map recorded in Map Book 31, Page 21 in the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 3313-97-2760-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, May 31, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8710 6/13, 6/20/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-524 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

TERRY ROBERT IKNER, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 37 Kings Estates, Parcel ID Number 227787-6253-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than July 29, 2019.

This day, June 6, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8705 6/13, 6/20, 6/27/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-525 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

TERRY ROBERT IKNER, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 39 Kings Estates, Parcel ID Number 2277-87-6311-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than July 29, 2019.

This day, June 6, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8706 6/13, 6/20, 6/27/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF ALVIS RAY LANIER 19 E 185 Having qualified as the Administrator of the Estate of Alvis Ray Lanier deceased of 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 the 13th day of September, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporation indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 13th day of June, 2019.

Lawrence S. Boehling Administrator of the Estate of Alvis Ray Lanier P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #8702 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7/4/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-519 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

CURTIS WEST, JR., owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE

In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. CURTIS WEST, JR., owner, et. al., 18CVS-519, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, June 21, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being a tract of land located in Union Township, Pender County, North Carolina, said tract being a portion of the Ethel N. Jacobs and Melvin T. Jacobs, Sr. property recorded in db 1077 at pg 71, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a new 7/8” iron pipe, said pipe being S-34-1336-W a distance of 288.05 feet from an existing 3/4” iron rod, said rod being the Northerly corner of the tract which this is a part of, proceed thence a new line S-55-43-20-E a distance of 156.34 feet to a new 7/8” iron pipe, said pipe being in the Easterly line of the tract which this is a part of, thence with said line S-34 -13-40-W a distance of 278.64 feet to an existing 5/8” rebar, said rebar being the Southerly corner of the tract which this is a part of, thence N-55-43-20-W a distance of 156.33 feet to an existing 5/8” iron rod, said rod being the Westerly corner of the tract which this is a part of, thence N-34-13-36-E a distance of 278.64 feet to the point of beginning. The above described tract contains 1.00 acres more or less.

Along with the above described tract there is included a 30.00 foot wide ingress and egress access easement being described as follows: beginning at the Easterly corner of the above described tract, proceed thence with the Northerly line of said tract N-55-43-20-W a distance of 30.00 feet to a point, thence N-34-13-40-E a distance of 272.17 feet to a point in the Southerly right-of-way S.R. 1001, thence with said road right-of-way S-48-33-20-E a distance of 30.24 feet to an existing 3/4” iron rod, said rod being S-43-3808-E a distance of 651.36 feet from the intersection of said road and S.R. 1306, thence S-34-13-40-W a distance of 268.39 feet to the point of beginning.

(PID: 2384-79-9996-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, May 31, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8713 6/13, 6/20/19

Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-843 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO WAGUS MOORE, JR., owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO WAGUS MOORE, JR., owner, et. al., 18-CVS-843, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, June 21, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEING all of Lot 13 as shown on a map entitled “Composite Map of Survey for Wagus Moore and wife, Lillian Nixon Moore’ as recorded in Map Book 20 at Page 50 of the Pender County Registry.

TOGETHER with an undivided 1/6 interest in the Private Road as shown on the above mentioned map.

SUBJECT to and together with an easement for egress and ingress over the Private Road as shown on the above mentioned map.

(PID: 4214-28-3069-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, May 31, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8715 6/13, 6/20/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF HERBERT HANSON REAVES, JR. 19 E 230 Having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Herbert Hanson Reaves, Jr., deceased of 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 the 13th day of September, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporation indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 13th day of June, 2019.

Phillip Neal Reaves Executor of the Estate of Herbert Hanson Reaves, Jr. c/o Lawrence S. Boehling Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #8703 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7/4/19

NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY Special Proceedings No. 18 SP 156 Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Date of Sale: June 25, 2019 Time of Sale: 11:30 a.m.

Place of Sale: Pender County Courthouse Description of Property: See Attached Description Record Owners: Charise Green fka Charise L. Dukes and Heirs of Russell Anthony Green Address of Property: 201 Hearthside Drive Rocky Point, NC 28457 Deed of Trust: Book : 1338 Page: 135, as modified by that Loan Modification Agreement recorded at Book 1437, Page 317 Dated: May 7, 1998 Grantors: Russell A. Green, unmarried, and Charise L. Dukes, unmarried Original Beneficiary: Associates Housing Finance, LLC CONDITIONS OF SALE: Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and assessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leases. This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for any such county land transfer tax.

A cash deposit of 5% of the purchase price will be required at the time of the sale. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, including singlefamily residential real property: 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 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 not 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. 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. ______________________________ Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. Exhibit A Located in Pender County, North Carolina and being all of Lot 20, Section 1 of Summit Ridge, as shown on a map recorded in Map Book 31 at Page 79, aforesaid County Registry. #8700 6/13, 6/20/19

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Topsail Sounds Summer concerts begin June 25 in Topsail Beach The Town of Topsail Beach and Pender County Parks and Recreation will present Topsail Sounds Summer Concerts on June 25 and July 23.

“We are pleased to work with Pender County Parks and Recreation to bring these two concerts to the Town of Topsail Beach,” said Howard Braxton, mayor.

“The concerts will take place in Topsail Beach Town Center,” said Zach-

ary White, Pender County Parks and Recreation supervisor. “The concerts are free to the public.”

The June 25 concert is Soul on the Beach, featuring Motown classics. The July 23 concert features Randy Knight and Parrot Party, a tribute to Jimmy Buffet.

“Community events are like family reunions, a time when we see our friends and neighbors who enjoy the spirit of pride in Top-

sail Beach,” said Linda Vescovi, Topsail Beach town planner. “Think of these two concert events as an old-fashion notion of visiting neighbors on the front porch swing. Community is the very heart of our special town.”

“We encourage concertgoers to enjoy a meal from the fine restaurants in Topsail Beach,” said White.

“Bring your beach chairs and beach blankets.”

All concerts will begin

at 6:30 p.m. Topsail Beach Town Center is located at 624 S. Anderson Blvd.

T he Topsail Sounds Summer concerts are a collaboration with the Town of Topsail Beach and Pender County Parks and Recreation. For more information, contact Pender County Parks and Recreation at 910-259-1330 or Topsail Beach Town Hall at 910-328-5841.

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Tax officials have determined a 62.2-cent tax rate is revenue neutral, which is lower than the current rate. The proposed budget includes a tax rate that is higher than the revenue neutral rate – 2.3 cents higher.

So will county taxpayers see an increase in their tax bills? Most will.

The 2.3 cents above rev-

enue neutral will produce about $15 million in increased revenue for the county.

“The increase has to do with the things we have in the works,” said County Manager Randall Woodruff. “We have to build a new jail and law enforcement complex. We are spending about $600,000 a year housing inmates

out of the county. On the horizon we have property acquisitions for school facilities. We are repairing the courthouse after the hurricane –that is going to be a costly project. And we have the utility issues in eastern Pender County.”

Commissioners will meet Monday at 4 p.m. at the county office building in Burgaw.

held at noon.

Throughout the day, activities for the kids can be found around the Burgaw Train Depot. Cinderella will make an appearance from 10 a.m. until noon, Princess Frog from 1 - 3 p.m. and Pirates from 10 - 3 p.m.

No Sleeves Magic Show will take place at 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on the Train Depot Stage.

Entertainment on Main Stage at Courthouse Square will include Band of Brothers at 9:30 followed by the Jones Sisters Band. From 10:30-3:30 p.m., the King BMX Stunt Show will be going on at Pender County Judicial Annex. There will be plenty of entertainment into the evening including Steve Owens & Summertime (1-3 p.m.), Gary Lowder & Smokin’ Hot (4-6 p.m.) and Band of Oz (7 - 10 p.m.).

The Craft Beer Area will be open from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.on the Burgaw Train Depot dock.

Since downtown parking will be limited Saturday, shuttles will be available from 9am to 9pm. Parking for shuttles is located at both Pender Landing Shopping Center, 602 US Hwy 117, and at the Pender County Extension Offices, 801 S

Walker Street. Handicap parking is available on the block of 200 E Fremont Street. Pets, coolers, tents, outside alcohol and loud speakers are not allowed at

the festival.

For more information, call (910) 259-2007 or visit www.ncblueberryfestival. com.

Continued from page 1A County Tax Assessor Justin Pound takes that figure and applies a tax rate to it that will produce the same amount of revenue for the county as before the revaluation. That is the revenue neutral tax rate.

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Continued from page 1A to enjoy a full day of family entertainment and activities along with the southern hospitality of a small town.

More than 30,000 people have been estimated to attend the festival, held on the third Saturday in June each year. The North Carolina Blueberry Festival has been labeled as one of Southeastern North Carolina’s Premier Family Events, and was voted one of the 2016 and 2017 Top Twenty Events. More than 100 volunteers collaborate to organize at least 20 activities.

“The festival is mostly the same as in prior years,” began NC Blueberry Festival Director Sarah Daniels.

“We’re not making any large significant changes.

We had some turnover in staff and we’re still out of our normal office because of the hurricane damage.

Really, the only new thing is we are bringing in local craft brewers and we are going to have a designated craft brewery area on the train depot dock.”

Daniels said that the addition of craft breweries will provide a way to incorporate more local businesses. Panacea Brewing Company will also be on site selling kombucha.

“The festival is run by a nonprofit organization. The proceeds are used to provide educational scholarships to students in the area. We have five scholarship recipients this year and that’s to help high school students going into their freshman year of college next year.

We’re looking forward to this year’s festival. I think it’s going to be a great one,” said Daniels.

The whole hog barbecue cook-off will kick of Friday’s events at 6 a.m., followed by the Blueberry Recipe Contest at 9 a.m. at the Burgaw Community Building. At 11 a.m., blueberry sales from local farms and barbecue sandwich sales will begin. Festival souvenirs sales will take place at the Depot from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. and at the Courthouse Square from 3 to 10 p.m. The barbecue cook-off awards will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Train Depot Stage. From 5 - 10 p.m. entertainment will be on Main Stage at Courthouse Square with the Jones Sisters performing from 5 until 6 p.m., along with a variety of others for the rest of the evening.

Saturday morning’s activities will start off at 7 a.m. with the 5K Run and One Mile Walk, followed by the Tour de Blueberry Bike Ride at 8 a.m. At 9 a.m. the festival will open with blueberry sales, food vendors, bake sale and arts and crafts; as well as the Car and Truck Show and Cape Fear Model Train Show. An opening ceremony will be

NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT OF TAX LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY TOWN OF TOPSAIL BEACH North Carolina General Statutes require local tax collectors to advertise annually all current year unpaid taxes levied on real estate. We do not wish to embarrass property owners by publishing their names in the newspaper. The advertisement of property liens is a mandatory step in the tax foreclosure process.

If you have any questions about the names and properties appearing in this advertisement, or want to contact us about paying your taxes, please call the tax office at (910) 328-5841. Our office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Under the authority vested in me by Section 105-369 of the North Carolina General Statutes and pursuant to an order of theTown of Topsail Beach Board of Commissioners Beach dated, February 13, 2019, I am hereby advertising tax liens for the year 2018 upon the real property described below.

The real property parcel subject to the lien, the name of the parcel’s owner as of January 6, 2019 (and/or the names of subsequent owners), and the amount of taxes due are set out below. The amount advertised represents only the principal taxes for tax year 2018 that were unpaid as of June 11, 2019. The actual amount owed by the taxpayer will be increased by all taxes owed for the prior tax years and by all applicable interest, costs, and fees. The omission of prior years’ taxes and interest, costs, and fees from the amount advertised will not constitute a waiver of the taxing unit’s claim for these items.

If the taxes remain unpaid, the tax collector will use all available collection remedies to collect the delinquent taxes, including the levy on personal property, the garnishment of wages, the attachment of bank accounts, rents, debts, or other property and the foreclosure and sale of the real property. These collections procedures do not apply to taxpayers subject to pending federal bankruptcy petitions.

When a parcel was subdivided after January 1, 2018, and the ownership of one or more of the resulting parcels were transferred, the amount of the tax lien on each parcel, as shown in this advertisement, is the amount of the lien on the original parcel as it existed on January 1, 2018, and is subject to adjustment when the taxes are paid or the lien is foreclosed.

This the 14th day of June, 2019.

Connie B. Forand, Tax Collector Town of Topsail Beach The listings indicated the owner of record of the real estate as of January 7, 2019, the parcel identification number and the principal amount tax due.

NAME Avram, Randall David Beverly, Thomas Eugene Childers, Chery Dickson, Alvis Barnes Jr. Faulkner, Nathan H Griffin, John C III Et Al Hunniecutt, Darlene H Lane, William Paracha, Muhammad AKR Peery, l. Haynes Hoggard, Susan Wall, Wendell A Wilt, Kathryn Anne Richards

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Legal Notices Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-997 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

MARY ANN LANKFORD HAYLER, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. MARY ANN LANKFORD HAYLER, owner, et. al., 16-CVS-997, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, June 21, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEING all of Lot 3 as shown on a map entitled “’Redevised Map of a combination and redivision of Tract 113 and 114 of Forest Sound for Harold A. Hill and Charlotte A. Hill,” recorded in Map Book 22, page 109 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Pender County, North Carolina.

(PID: 3292-47-6695-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, May 31, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8708 6/13, 6/20/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-642 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

ROBERT B. CROOKER, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. ROBERT B. CROOKER, owner, et. al., 18-CVS642, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, June 21, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of Lot 9, Section A, Buccaneer’s Retreat as recorded in Map Book 21 at Page 54 of the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County.

(PID: 4215-35-4837-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, May 31, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8714 6/13, 6/20/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-65 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

ANN L. COOK, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. ANN L. COOK, owner, et. al., 19-CVS-65, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, June 21, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEING all of Lot 249, Section IV, Belvedere Plantation, according to the map of Section IV, Belvedere Plantation recorded in Map Book 18 at Page 64 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

(PID: 4203-48-8112-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, May 31, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8716 6/13, 6/20/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-381 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

CECIL DEAN ATKINSON, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. CECIL DEAN ATKINSON, owner, et. al., 18-CVS-381, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, June 21, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Located in Grady Township, Pender County, North Carolina and being 63.81 acres more or less and being more particularly described in Deed Book 730 at Page 239 of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 2277-55-2763-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, May 31, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8712 6/13, 6/20/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-892 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

TOMMY LEE BAIN, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. TOMMY LEE BAIN, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-892, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, June 21, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE ON THE Southwestern side of a dirt road which said iron pipe is located 989 feet Northwestwardly as measured along the Southwestern side of said dirt road from its intersection with the Northwestern side of N.C. rural road number 1115 at a point on said rural road 0.6 miles more or less from the intersection of said rural road with N.C. rural road number 1114 which said point of intersection on said N.C. rural road number 1114 is 3.4 miles more or less from the intersection of said N.C. rural road number 1114 with U.S. Highway number 421; and running thence from said beginning point and along the Southwestern line of said dirt road South 58 deg. East 145 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 29 deg. 30 West 150 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 58 deg. West 178 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 52 deg. East 15 feet to an iron stake, an old A.B. Lewis corner; thence North 41 deg. East 139 feet to the point of beginning; the same containing 0.55 acres more or less and being a part of a three acre tract conveyed by Raymond W. Lewis and wife, to Odell Daughterey and wife by deed recorded in Book 330 at Page 320 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County.

For further reference refer to Deed from Everett Earl Daughtery and wife, Linda to Carolina Model Home Corporation recorded in Book 422 Page 156 of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 2274-29-4627-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, May 31, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8709 6/13, 6/20/19

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Nora passed away in the back parlor of the manor house, as well. Finally, guests will hear the most shocking story yet as they venture into the darkness to the tenant house and cemetery - a tale of two brothers who took sibling rivalry to to a dreadful extreme.

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Walsh tapped as Topsail Male Athlete

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer When Mark Twain coined the phrase, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog,” he meant that courage, tenacity, and the will to fight or overcome obstacles are not limited by size but by “heart” or spirit, it’s a sure bet he did not have Topsail senior football and baseball player Hayden Walsh on his radar those many years ago.

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all the outstanding male athletes here at Topsail, to be recognized is an honor, and truly amazing.”

When the high school football season opened it was obvious that the Pender Patriot varsity team was undermanned and understaffed. The team had several players on the squad that should have been playing junior varsity. However, there was a small number of players that were ready willing and able to play at the varsity level. One of those players was senior Lavell Henry.

There were many times in the season that Lavell seemed to be the team’s

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Topsail’s Hayden Walsh lected as the 2019 Topsail High School Male Athleteof-the-Year.

“This is amazing,” Walsh said. “Considering all the work I’ve done and

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Cruse named Trask Male Athlete of the Year

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a junior at Heide Trask High School, Zion Cruse was labeled as a very good athlete that had not reached his potential.

He showed flashes of what he could be and at times was a dominating force in

everything he did. Then there were times that he seemed uninterested. That comes with youth. All of those traits disappeared when Zion entered his senior year at the Rocky Point School.

It was obvious that the 2018-19 school year was going to be a good one for

Cruse from the time he stepped on the field in August. He ended up earning the starting spot in the Titan backfield and was a force from day one. In fact, the only thing that really slowed the Titan strong man down was Hurricane Florence. The Titans were idle for four weeks. When

the schedule resumed Zion was a beast.

Cruse ended the season with a very respectable 529 yards rushing. He scored one touchdown and had three 100-yard games.

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Topsail, Hoggard flood All-Conference teams

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Now that her 2019 spring softball and baseball seasons have officially ended with the New Hanover baseball team successfully defending its NCHSAA 3A state title and the Hoggard girls finishing second in the state in 4A, the MidEastern 3A/4A Conference released its 2019 AllConference softball and baseball teams.

Softball: It should come as no surprise that the 2019 conference champion Lady Pirates and the state runners-up in 4A Hoggard Lady Vikings should garner seven of the nine spots on the first team and two more slots on the second team, along with four honorable-mention positions.

Topsail sophomore Tyesha Williams and Laney senior Tristen Horrell were chosen as the Co-Players of the year. Williams hit a lusty .492 with one home run, five triples, and six doubles, while knocking in 25 runs and scoring 30 times.

Williams had a slugging percentage of .784 and an OPS of 1.378. Williams stole 15 bases in 18 attempts, and racked up a .947 fielding percentage with just two errors in 38 fielding opportunities.

Horrell had a .486 batting average with nine home runs, - including a grand slam – and four doubles with 25 RBIs and 13 runs scored. On the mound, Horrell was 11-5 with a 1.42 earned-runaverage and five shutouts.

Horrell struck out 119 batters and added a .949 fielding percentage with just three errors in 59 fielding opportunities.

Topsail Coach Eric Phillips was the conference’s Coach-of-the-year after leading the Lady Prates to a 20-4 record that included a first-place 12-2 conference mark.

Lady Pirate junior third baseman Darbie Lisk, junior pitcher Addy Howard, and junior centerfielder Nee Nee Jordan all made the first team. Lisk hit .476 with a home run, three doubles, 25 RBIs,

and 30 runs scored. Lisk had a .902 fielding percentage with six errors in 81 chances.

Howard finished 13-3 with a 1.61 ERA. Howard had 92 strikeouts in 104-1/3 innings and a .950 fielding percentage. Jordan hit .373 with a home run, four triples, a double, 19 RBIs, and 75 runs scored. Jordan had 22 steals in 22 attempts to go along with a .875 fielding percentage with three error in 25 chances.

Rounding out the first team were Lady Viking sophomore shortstop Icess Tresvik (.385 BA; four home runs, .934 fielding percentage, five errors), senior hurler Jesse Mathis (.299 BA, 19-8 record, 280 strikeouts in 180-1/3 innings), freshman third baseman Sydney Short (.301 BA) and Ashley senior catcher (.461 BA, five home runs, 16 RBIs, .992 fielding percentage) A somewhat surprising omission from the first team, Topsail’s sophomore shortstop Sydney Hartgrove made the second team. Hartgrove, easily

the best shortstop in the conference, hit.469 with a home run, three triples, and 14 doubles. Hartgrove knocked in 24 runs and scored 32. She had a .476 slugging percentage, and an OPS of 1.285. Hartgrove stole two bases in two attempts, and recorded a .948 fielding percentage with just four errors in 77 fielding opportunities, and a team-leading 32 assists.

Lady Pirate juniors Lauren Strnad, Maggie Smith, and Annalee Hart all received honorable-mention recognition. Strnad hit .338 with 20 RBIs, 13 runs scored, three stolen bases, and a .938 fielding percentage, Smith had a .343 batting average with 21 RBIs, 14 runs scored, and a .976 (two errors in 82 chances), and Hart hit .303 with 18 RBIs, 20 runs scored, and an amazing .993 fielding percentage with just one error in 136 fielding opportunities.

New Hanover won the Team Sportsmanship Award.

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Topsail summer volleyball league starts this week

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail summer volleyball league will open play next Tuesday (June 18) with all three Pender County schools taking part, along with neighboring Dixon, perennial independent school power Wilmington Christian Academy, and White Oak participating.

Laney will not return as veteran Coach Senaca Redwood-Sawyer stepped down to spend more time with his children and first-year Coach Tod Bonello has chosen to spend the summer familiarizing himself with his players through practice sessions. Topsail Coach Hill Pearsall has indicated the Lady Pirates will field two teams at the varsity level – along with a junior-varsity squad.

There will be a change in the league’s format due to a scheduling conflict with the prestigious Flight 22 basketball tournament, which will be held at several locations (June 23-25) at several locations – including at Topsail.

The league will run on Tuesday and Thursday through the week of July 9 and 11, taking a break during the 4th of July week (July 30-July 6) as the coaches were in uni-

son with playing a regular, round-robin schedule.

While the summer league is about development rather than winning a championship, the defending champion Lady Pirates would appear to have the upper hand in the competitive scheme of things.

Gone from the 2018 roster that finished 14-5 overall and 8-4 in the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference are graduated seniors Rena Marrotta, Mallory George, Lillin Malnowski, Ashley Hardee, and Abby Minor.

Marrotta recorded a remarkable 381 digs to go along with 30 aces, Miner had 185 digs, 423 aces, and 79 kills, Hardee had a teamleading 268 assists with 10 digs and 50 aces, George had 89 kills, 62 digs, and 13 aces, and Malinowski racked up 33 digs, so the quintet will be sorely missed –yet the cupboard is far from bare.

Two top-of-the-line players – rising seniors Gia Marinelli and Julia Sullivan – lead a group of nine returnees to go along with a plethora of young talent moving up from the 16-2 junior-varsity team.

Marinelli led the 2018 team with 143 kills and 33 blocks, adding 43 aces and 52 digs. Sullivan had 181 assists, 116 digs, 29 aces, 79 kills, and six blocks. Rising

junior Bella Sorace brings 33 kills, nine aces, and 23 blocks to the front line.

Rising seniors Madison Lofton (93 kills, 21 aces, 150 digs) and Rachel Hobson (42 kills, 10 blocks) add more ability and energy to the squad.

Replacing Marrotta at Libero and Hardee at setter will be two of the major challenges facing Pearsall, but rising junior-varsity players Aiden McGuire (127 digs, 41 aces) and Catherine Sugden (84 digs) could vie for that Libero spot vacated by Marrotta.

Others moving worthy of keeping an eye on are Addison Clark (77 kills, 62 digs, 23 aces, Aiden McGuire (43 kills, 127 digs, 41 aces, and Reagan Parker (104 assists, 23 aces, 41kills).

“Our right-side hitter position will be up for grabs with competition from returnees and rising juniors and, with the loss of Rena at Libero, there will be several players vying for that position as well.”

Pender Coach Matt Davis begins his ninth year as head coach with a lot of seniors, but losses his valuable setter Ashley Duplavich.

“We had a decent juniorvarsity team last year, but only losing three seniors most of our

rotation was already on the varsity team, but by the time we got through the summer in past years that changes.

“The summer leagues helps your program a lot.

We’ve been doing it since (former Coach Ray) Horton was here, and it’s difficult to imagine not playing in one. It is very beneficial.”

Lady Titans Coach Cathy Claris indicated the summer league has definitely been a boost to the Trask program. The Lady Titans have gone 15-19 overall and 9-12 in Claris’ two years since she became the head coach and reentered the team in the summer competition.

The three years prior to that, Trask was 5-13 (4-10), 3-17, (3-11), and 3-15 (3-11). Claris looks to bring everyone back from 2018 ear-ending roster (three rising seniors, three rising juniors, and two rising sophomores.

Wilmington Christian Academy bids adieu to longtime – and highlysuccessful – Coach Tonya Upton, but the program should remain as one of the top teams in the area with nine girls returning from last year’s team, inclusive of rising juniors Kyra Rickard (122 kills, 27

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Top Performers 2018-19 review: August

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The new school year was off and running. The athletes had been practicing since the first of August and we all were oblivious to what we had in store in September.

Week three. The touchstone jamboree took place.

It was moved to Pender High because of wet fields at Trask. All three teams showed some strengths and weaknesses. The Titan offense looked good with B.J. Jordan running hard. Little did we know this would be the last time we saw him in a Titan uniform.

Week four. The Pender Patriot volleyball team was playing their usual tough nonconference schedule.

Ashley Dupalevich had 21 assists in the teams five set loss to Laney. Mayce Woods had 12 kills in two matches.

The Topsail volleyball team opened the season with three wins. Ashley Hardee had 61 assists and 15 digs in the three matches while Gia Marinelli had 17 kills, 13 aces, nine blocks and nine digs in the three matches. Julia Sullivan had 16 kills.

The Topsail soccer team

beat Trask behind the play of keeper Alex Hornthal’s seven saves. Sophomores Kamron Vaughn and Jason Colvin scored for the Pirates.

Pender’s football team lost to Lakewood. Makhel Henry had a 90- yard touchdown run and also caught a 20- yard pass to lead the Patriots.

The Trask Titans lost to Topsail. Senior signal caller Jake Johnson led the Titans with 88-yards rushing. Khamari Gorham had 60-yards on the ground. Jahiem Lane led the team with eight tackles.

The Topsail Pirate football team earned a 28-0 shutout over Trask.

Johnathan Ward had a 56-yard fumble recovery and return for a touchdown. Hayden Walsh had 48 all-purpose yards.

Week five: The Topsail football team beat Pender.

Noah Lavalle had 184 yards rushing along with three touchdowns. Cody Wallis had a touchdown pass to Johnathan Ward.

The Trask footballers lost to Lakewood. Antonio Carr had a touchdown pass on a halfback pass to Nathan Wood. Wood also had an interception.

The Trask volleyball team beat Wallace. Junior Lanie Barnhill led the Titans with three aces four digs and five kills.

The Trask soccer team won their first match of the year last week after three losses and one tie.

Marquis Anthony had three goals in the Titans win over South Brunswick while Justin Eaves found

the back of the nest twice.

The Pender kickers won twice last week. Elijah Blanton scored three goals last week while Jose Morales had two goals.

Eduardo Rivera had four goals and two assists in the Pats win over East Columbus and added another goal and an assist in the win over South Columbus.

In My Opinion This time of the year is special to many families in the area. There are many young men and women graduating from high school and walking the stage. This walk signals the end of one chapter of their lives as well as the beginning of another. For many it means that their child has grown up. For some it is a happy time while for others it is a sad time.

For me, it is both.

I have covered literally thousands of high school student- athletes in my close to 20 years of doing this. I have made many friends and a few enemies as well.

Throughout it all I feel like I have been blessed to have been able to watch the young folk of our fine county grow up and move on into adulthood.

One of the things I enjoy most is being able to see these young folk after they have grown up.

I saw a couple of young men in Wilmington over the weekend walking down the sidewalk. One has already graduated and is a deputy sheriff in Pender county while the other is on his way

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to becoming a police officer in Wilmington. It amazed me that these young men have grown so fast. I know that they will be successful in their new careers.

I saw a couple of young folk the day before they graduated on Friday and a few more afterwards.

The glow that they had was very rewarding to me. Not because I had a hand in their success, because I didn’t. It was rewarding to me because I have known them since they were little and have watched them grow into fine young men.

Graduating is a once in a lifetime deal. If you know someone who graduated this week, give them a hug, shake their hand and tell them job well done. They deserve it.

Legion baseball report

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Junior Legion: The Post 167 Junior Legion team suffered its second loss of the season when it dropped a 9-2 home decision to Brunswick County.

Brunswick County scored four runs – one earned – in the top of the second inning and added another unearned run in third to open a 5-0 lead before Post 167 broke through for s single run in the bottom of the fourth.

Hayden Naylor (Wilmington Christian Academy) started the rally with an infield single, advanced to second on a passed ball, and to third on a groundout

by Dominic Clinch. Joseph Hall singled to left to score Naylor. , After an out, Luke Cutler singled, but the rally died on a fielders’ choice ground out.

The scored remained at 5-1 until the top of the seventh when Brunswick County parlayed a hit batsman, a single, a double, and a wild pitch into four insurance runs. Post 167 tried to rally from the 9-1 deficit when Naylor ((1-for-3, two runs scored, W) walked with one out and Hall (2-for-4, two RBIs) doubled to make it 9-2. But a ground out ended the game.

Post 167 starting pitcher Davis Hartman (4 IP, three hits, five runs – none earned, one walk) took the loss. Jacob Holland relieved Hartman and pitched three innings of three-hit, four-run (two earned) ball with one walk and one strikeout.

Last Friday’s game at Legion Stadium against New Hanover was postponed due to inclement weather.

Post 167 (6-2) had a homeand-home series with Dixon – at home Tuesday and in Holly Ridge Friday.

Senior Legion: The Post 167 legion team fell to 2-4 with an 8-4 road loss at Hope Mills Post 32 – a team sponsored by the Massey Hill Lions Club.

Post 32 opened with two unearned runs in the bottom of the first and increased its lead to 4-0 on a two-run single by Landon Harris in the bottom of the third. It became 6-0 in the bottom of the fourth.

Post 167 cracked the scoring column in the top of the sixth, scoring all four of its runs. Walker Parks (North Brunswick) worked a one-out walk to get things going. Topsail’s Marshall Sugden (2-for-3, R/S) and Hayden Walsh both singled to load the bases.

Jeremiah Land (Topsail) walked to plate Parks, and Bryan Holland (Topsail) singled to send Sugden prancing home. Banks Engle (Topsail) then doubled with Walsh and Land hustling home, but the two-out rally ended with a strikeout.

Post 32 added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth to account for the final score. Parks walked with one out in the top of the seventh inning but as strikeout and an infield pop-up ended the game.

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Walsh

Continued from page 1B While not the leading ground-gainer on the football team, nor the leading hitter on the baseball squad, Walsh was often the guy who stepped up when the game was on the line.

The 5-foot-10, 225 running back and defensive tackle carried the pigskin 69 times for 426 yards – second only to lead-back Noah LaValle – but he was also often one of the lead blockers in front of LaValle’s 1,646 yards.

Walsh was also a reliable receiver with 21 catches for 331 yards, accumulating a total of 13 touchdowns, four conversions, and 78 points – the touchdowns

Cruse

Continued from page 1B Zion played on the defensive side of the ball as well, ending the year with 36 tackles and one fumble recovery.

There is no doubt that Zions senior season on the gridiron was a successful one.

Cruse started wrestling

Henry

Continued from page 1B only option on the offensive side of the ball. The opposing team would focus on him and swarm upon him when he touched the ball. Despite this, Lavell was successful. He rushed for almost 700 yards and reached the end zone seven times while averaging 4.2 yards a carry.

As a receiver, he was equally as successful. Although the Patriots did not throw the ball to their backs very often, when they did Lavell made the opposition pay. He ended the year with 14 receptions for more than 100 yards.

Volleyball

Continued from page 2B blocks) and Ella Jordan (66 kills), and rising freshman Kat Davis (550 assists, 68 aces, 67 digs).

Dixon finished 10-4 overall and 6-1 in the Coastal

All-Conference Continued from page 2B Baseball: New Hanover dominated here with Wildcat senior Kyle Smith named the Player-of-theYear, senior hurler Blake Walston chosen as the Pitcher-of-the-year, with Coach Richard Foy the Coach-of-the-Year.

Wildcat senior teammates Jac Croom and Alex Sniffen joined Smith and

Cruse finished career at Trask on the top

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Recent Heide Trask Senior High School graduate Zion Cruse came into the 2018-19 school year with the potential hanging all over him.

He had the size and strength to dominate but had never put it all together.

That would change for the Titan strong man.

In the 2018-19n school year Zion became a force.

He had a very good senior season on the football field.

He had three 100-yard games as a fullback and also logged 36 tackles on the defensive side of the ball. However, his best was yet to come.

Zion had an outstanding year on the mat. He finished the year with a 44-5 record.

He went to the regionals.

His high school career ended with a Post & Voice Male Athlete of the Year at the Rocky Point school. I would have to say that Zion Cruse finished his high school career on top.

and scoring second only to LaValle, with the extrapoint conversions leading the team. Defensively Walsh had 16 solo tackles, assisting on nine more while causing two fumbles, leading the defense in that category .

“No. 1, as an individual, you won’t find a better kid,” Topsail football Coach Wayne Inman said. “No one gives you more effort or works harder in practice, or plays any harder in a game. Hayden is a very fierce competitor, he wants to succeed whether he’s on the football field or on the baseball field.

“He comes in and never makes an excuse. When the game is on the line wants the ball in his hands. When we got down in a short-

yardage play we knew we could either throw him the ball, he has great hands, and we knew that he would catch it, or we could run a misdirection play and if we missed a block he could run over the defender.”

Walsh accounted for nine rushing touchdowns and added four more scores as a receiver out of the backfield.

On the baseball diamond, Walsh hit .250 with three home runs (tied for the team lead with Caleb Demers), three doubles, and a team-leading 19 RBIs. He had a team-leading .426, on-base-percentage and was second on the team in slugging percentage (.821), while walking 1 times and stealing five bases.

Walsh will attend Wake

Technical Community College in Raleigh where he will continue his baseball career and his education with a major in Physical Therapy before transferring to a four-year college or university.

“Baseball has always been the top love of my life, athletically, and I’ve always wanted to play college baseball my whole life,” said Walsh, who will take a 3.625 GP to Wake Tech.

“I played baseball and basketball most of my life but I started playing football in the eighth grade. I gave up basketball my junior year after knee surgery and, through physical therapy I can help other people he way they helped me after my surgery.”

as a way of staying in shape for football. He worked hard but never quite seemed to put it all together for Coach Chris Johnson and the Titan grapplers. That is until his senior campaign.

Zion got off to a great start. He was at or near the top of the Top Eight in the on the mat column for most of the year and was ranked in the state in his weight

class as well.

Mr. Cruse went into February with a 41-5 record. He earned a trip to the regionals where he met his demise at the hands of one of the toughest weight classes in the state.

The Titan grappler finished his senior year with a sterling record. His 44-5 mark was the best on the team and earned him sev-

eral accolades in the area.

Zion Cruse made major strides both on the mat and off. He became an engaging young man with a confidence that only a successful athlete has. Based on his prowess on the gridiron as well as on the mat, the Post & Voice would like to introduce you to the Post & Voice Heide Trask Titan male athlete of the year.,

Mr. Henry had good numbers all season long.

However, his worth to the team could not be described by statistics alone. He was a leader on the field. His never say die attitude resonated throughout the team.

As good as Lavell was on the football field, he was even better on the track.

The senior speedster came into the year as part of the reigning state champion quartet in the 4x100 meter relay.

The quartet of Lavell, brother Mahkel, Tyler Bordeaux and Lonnie Shiver raced through the Coastal 8 Conference season unscathed. They were the class of the conference going into the 1 A regionals and did not disappoint.

Lavell and company won the regional meet in not one but two events. They took both the 4x100 and 200meter relay events, earning a trip to the state championship.

The talented quartet made a run at the state title in both events at the state 1A championship meet.

Although they came up just short, the fearsome foursome found themselves on the podium in both events, posting a runner up in the 4x100 and 4x200 relay events.

Lavell Henry’s senior year has been an exciting one. He earned all-county honors in football, was a member of the 4x100 and 4x200 relay team that won a regional and finished run-

ner up in the same events.

He has earned a scholarship to attend college and compete in both sports.

Let’s add being named the Post & Voice Pender High School male athlete of the year to his successful senior year.

81A/2A Conference under veteran Coach Heather Moore. Moore welcomes back 14 letter-winners from last year’s 16-girl roster, among them rising junior Ryleigh Whitekettle (93 kills, 20 blocks, 30 digs). The biggest Lady Bulldog loss comes with the graduation of Logan Moore, Heather’s

daughter, who finished her career last year with 45 kills, a team-leading 30 aces, and a team-leading 114 digs.

White Oak appears to be the one team that will be overmatched as Coach Doug Clark loses five seniors from the 2018 yearending seven-girl roster.

Walston on the first team, along with West Brunswick junior Tanner Babson, Trojan senior Dylan Jeffries, South Brunswick sophomore Tommy Hawke, Ashley senior Josh Kidd, and Topsail senior Aidan Smith.

Smith hit .308 for the Pirates with a home run, a triple, and three doubles – knocking in 13 runs and scoring 22 along the way.

On the mound, Smith was 2-1 with 19 strikeouts in 25 innings, and a fielding

percentage of .948.

Pirate seniors Caleb Demers and Hayden Walsh made the second team.

Demers hit .364 with three home runs, two triples, s eve n d o u bl e s, a n d 1 8 RBIs. He added a .941p fielding percentage. Walsh hit .250 with three home runs, three doubles, and 19 RBIs. Senior pitcher Josh McFann received HonorableMention honors. McFann had a 2.50 ERA.

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Recent Topsail High School graduate Hayden Walsh entered the 2018-19 school year with high hopes.

The Pirates seemed to be on the verge of something big on the football field and the baseball team had something to prove after being omitted from the playoffs the year before. The football had a great season while the baseball team struggled a bit. Hayden Walsh did not struggle. He had a great year in both sports.

The football team soared as did Hayden. He rushed for nine touchdowns while averaging over six yards a carry. He also had over 300 receiving yards with four touchdown receptions.

Mr. Walsh had three home runs and 19 runs batted in.

His year culminated with being named the Post & Voice Topsail High School male athlete of the year. Not a bad way to go out.

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

Beating the drum at Topsail

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic The area anglers are beating the proverbial drum on and around Topsail Island. The black drum are biting both in the surf and off of the local piers. The word is that they are using shrimp on a bottom rig in both places.

The red fish are biting as well. The marshes and mouths of the area creeks are producing some decent sized fish. I have heard that the successful angler is using everything from live shrimp to top water lures. There have been reports that these feisty guys will hit cut bait as well as select gulp baits.

The flounder bite is improving with each day.

Find a dock or fish around the mouths of your favorite creek and cast a live mud minnow out and be patient. If that does not work try a gulp bait of your choice.

The pier fishing is heating up. I walked out on the pier last week and the water was clear and hits, six runs – four earned, four walks, one strikeout) took the loss for Post 167.

The senior squad was off the rest of the week due to rescheduling. They got

the pluggers were finding a few blues and the occasional Spanish. There have been a few spots caught at night but it is way too early for the bite to be consistent.

There have been a few speckled trout caught as well. Remember, the hotter the temperature, the earlier and later you fish.

The freshwater bite is picking up. The pan fish are hitting red worms while the cats are hitting chicken livers and your favorite stink baits.

This week’s fishing tip.

With summer here, the experienced angler will learn the tide times and fish accordingly. Fresh water fishing can also depend on the tides as well. Check your local tide tables to find out when you need to be on the water The best time to fish in fresh water during the summer is at dusk or beyond. The air temperatures drop and the water temps ease off as well.

Like I stated earlier, if you can’t be in the water real early then it is best to wait to just before dark. back on the field Monday at home against Post 10, play host to Morehead City on Wednesday, and welcome Jacksonville to Hampstead on Friday.

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Henry will be missed at Pender High

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer There were many times during Pender’s football season that Lavell Henry seemed to be the team’s only option on the offensive side of the ball. The opposing team would focus on him and swarm upon him when he touched the ball. Despite this, Lavell was successful, rushing for almost 700 yards seven touchdowns, while averaging 4.2 yards a carry.

As a receiver, he was equally as successful. Although the Patriots did not throw the ball to their backs very often, when they did Lavell made the opposition pay. He ended the year with 14 receptions for more than 100 yards.

Mr. Henry had good numbers all season long.

However, his worth to the team could not be described by statistics alone. He was a leader on the field. His never say die attitude resonated throughout the team.

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