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One-stop voting begins Oct. 19 From Staff Reports With the municipal elections less than a month away, here is information regarding voting in Pender County. s2ESIDENTS OF THE MUNICIpalities who are not registered must register by 5 p.m. Friday Oct. 13 to vote in this election. s!BSENTEE BALLOTS ARE ALLOWED 2EQUESTS FOR AN ABSENtee ballot must be made in writing using a state approved form and be received by the Pender County Board of Elections office by 5 p.m. Oct. 31.

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By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher With the recent tragic shooting in Las Vegas, concerns are raised about dealing with an active shooter situation.

Pender County Sheriff Carson Smith says his department trains to deal with active shooter situations.

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Smith says training has been ongoing with Pender County Schools and the courthouse, as those locations are places people gather on a regular basis. “Those are the places were we see A LOT OF PEOPLE GATHERING FREQUENTLY SO we put a lot of emphasis on those locations in training,� said Smith. “We do this training because we want people TO KNOW THIS IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY !

shooter situation could be anybody anywhere, including Pender County.�

Sporting events and festivals are situations where Smith says county deputies are always there and prepared to deal with a shooter. “Every festival in the county we have a law enforcement presence, not

that most of the time we are needed, but we are there. We also have an emergency response team that is trained and ready to deal with such EMERGENCIES !N ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUAtion can happen anywhere. Don’t think that we are so small that we couldn’t see it here.�

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Hampstead water tank maintenance could cause drop in pressure From Staff Reports Pender County Utilities will begin routine maintenance on the Hampstead elevated water storage tank, located near Topsail High School. “The tank will be drained to allow access for maintenance,� said Bryan McCabe, Interim Director of Pender County Utilities.

Although the Hampstead storage tank will be out of service for up to three weeks, Pender County Utilities does not foresee any immediate issues of concern or loss of service.

The Topsail elevated storage tank will still be in service to provide fire protection in the event of an emergency.

Elevated water tanks also provide pressure for the water system. “It is possible residents in the Hampstead and Scotts Hill areas may experience less water pressure or a possible episode of discolored water,� said McCabe.

Fo r m o re i n fo r m at i o n regarding water service in Hampstead and Scotts Hill, please call Pender County Utilities at 910-259-1570.

Autumn with Topsail coming Oct. 21-22

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer For the twenty-ninth year, art and beach music lovers will gather in Topsail Beach at Autumn With Topsail.

This festival takes place, rain or shine, from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m., Oct. 21 and 9:30 a.m. until until 4 p.m., Oct. 22 on the grounds of the Historic Assembly Building, 720 Channel Boulevard in downtown Topsail Beach.

Admission is $5 for adults, or $8 for an adult two-day pass. Children age 11 and under and active-duty military with an ID are free. Proceeds from the festival go to the Historical Society of Topsail Island.

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tures arts and crafts from a variety of categories including woodworking, metal sculpting, painting, and jewelry crafting.

Autumn With Topsail features a wine and beer tent and plenty of tables and chairs for diners to relax.

The Kiwanis Club of Topsail Island Area hosts a pancake breakfast from 7:30-10 a.m. Saturday and 8-10 a.m.

Sunday inside the Assembly Building. The cost is $7 for adults and children over 12 years, $4 for children six to 11, while those five and under eat free.

For additional infor mation, visit www.autumnwithtopsail.com or wwwtopsailhistoricalsociety.org.

Pender EMS & Fire Report Oct. 1-7

EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts : 196 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 32 Sloop Point Station 14 25 Hampstead Station 16 40 Surf City Station 23 16 Topsail Beach Station 4 4 Union Station 5 12 Rocky Point Station 7 35 Atkinson Station 9 25 Maple Hill Station 13 2 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 Station 29 5 Type of Calls Cancelled: 31 Refusals: 49 Stand by: 1 Transported: 106 Treated/released: 9 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 63 Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 10 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 7 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 12 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 8 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 6 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 8 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 12 EMS St. 4 Topsail Beach 0 Fire Call Type Summary Fire 11 Motor Vehicle Crash 13 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 31 Cancelled 8 Ocean Rescue 0

Bageant moves from Topsail contractor to rehab director If you ever wanted to know a few interesting facts about the rehabilitation services director at The Laurels of Pender, then here you go.

Nathan Bageant is one part rehabilitation services director, one part clinician, four parts father and husband, and two parts surfer.

Now that may seem like too many parts, but not for Nathan.

In 1998, he made the move from Columbia, Maryland to North Carolina. Nathan worked as a licensed contractor on Topsail Island for a decade before transitioning to the healthcare field. His passion for helping others led him to begin working as an occupational therapist assistant

in sub-acute rehabilitation.

Nathan joined The Laurels of Pender in March 2017 as the rehabilitation services director. The rehabilitation team at The Laurels of Pender is staffed with new therapists that are excited to serve the residents of Pender County.

In his off time, Nathan enjoys spending time with his family and pretending to be an amateur chef. He is married to Kimberly Bageant, a math instructor at Cape Fear Community College and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. They have been married for nine years and are looking forward to celebrating ten years in March. They have three beautiful children, Emma, Olivia, and Dutch.

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Gallagher is currently in the Pender County Jail with a secured bond of $140,000 The arrest follows a twoweek investigation by members of the Pender County Sheriff ’s Office Vice and Narcotics Division.

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Rev. Dr. Geraldine Dereef and The Macedonia A.M.E. Church Family Will begin our Annual Revival at 7:30 P.M. Nightly on Wednesday, October 18, Thursday, October 19, and Friday, October 20, 2017

South Topsail Elementary School received a donation from Z107.5’s Foz in the Morning. Fifth grade student Payten Bracey’s mom emailed the show requesting classroom supplies for her daughter’s teacher, Mr. Kinkead. Foz not only brought two boxes of supplies, but also gift cards for teachers. Superintendent Dr. Steven Hill and Board of Education Member Brad George also happened to be visiting STES when Foz stopped by and snapped a photo with STES Principal Jennifer Angel and Assistant Principal Christina Eames.

The Revivalist & Spiritual Selections for Wed. Night, 10/18 will be Rev. Ronald Davis, Pastor of Mt. Carmel A.M.E. Church, Southport, NC and the Church Choir The Revivalist and Spiritual Selections for Thurs. Night, 10/19, will be Rev. Sharon McKoy, Pastor of Hanks Chapel A.M.E. Church, Wilmington, NC and the Church Choir.

The Revivalist and Spiritual Selections for Fri. Night, 10/20, will be Rev. Robert McKoy, Pastor of Union Bethel A.M.E. Church, Hampstead, NC and the Church’s Choir.

Adventurer on MST will hike through Pender County Our Deadline for News & Ads

From Staff Reports Jennifer Pharr Davis, a National Geo g raphic Adventurer of the Year hiking North Carolina’s Mountainsto-Sea Trail (MST), will speak in Wilmington Thursday evening, Oct. 26 at the Brooklyn Arts Center. The event will run from 6-8:30 p.m.

Jennifer will be hiking through Pender County to Wilmington on her statewide trek. In June, North Carolina’s General Assembly made this route – known as the Coastal Crescent – an official part of the 1,175-mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail.

At 6 p.m. the public will have a chance to meet Pharr Davis, as she hosts a reception at Wilmington’s Brooklyn Arts Center that will include an update on her jour ney across North Carolina. A donation to Friends of the MST is the entry fee.

The next day she will head north toward the Jacksonville area and eventually to

the Outer Banks where she will complete her jour ney in November. She started in August.

Davis, 34, once held the speed record for hiking the Appalachian Trail in less than 47 days. She has hiked over 13,000 miles on six continents. She is a native of North Carolina and lives with her husband Brew and two young children in Asheville.

At times the entire family has joined her on the trail.

She recently published Families on Foot, a how-to book for parents and their children to explore the outdoors. “I love this state and there’s no better way to experience it than on foot. I want to encourage a love of the outdoors and help people experience this amazing hiking trail that’s right outside our back doors,� said Davis.

Her hike is part of a 40th anniversary celebration for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.

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Lee said “North Carolina should create a trail from the mountains to the coast and through communities as well as natural areas.�

Lee was then NC Secretary for Natural Resources and Community Development.

The speech to a National Trails Symposium in Waynesville, was a catalyst for creation of the MST. The nationally unique trail runs through 37 counties from the Smokies to Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Dare County.

Each year tens of thousands of people use stretches of the trail for day hikes or overnight excursions. More than 80 have completed the entire route.

Friends of the Mountainsto-Sea Trail is a non-profit organization whose volunteers work 30,000 hours annually to build, protect and promote the MST. Almost 700 miles of the MST have been completed with the rest being linked by

Ghost tours at Poplar Grove this month

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Poplar Grove Plantation is offering a series of guided evening ghost tours each Friday throughout the month of October. The paranormal experience takes visitors through the Manor House and beyond the back courtyard to the tenant house and Foy family cemetery.

Tours are available at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. each Friday night until the end of October.

It has been said that the deceased members of the Foy family household continue to make their presence known in particular rooms of the 1850s manor house. During the hour-long tour, a variety of stories will be shared describ-

ing accounts of the ways that these spirits have introduced themselves. Encounters involving the tenant house and the stories of former slaves serve as an integral part of the experience.

Word has it that haunts, or haints, of all ages from 1850 through the 20th century continue to hover in and around the manor house, tenant house, graveyard and grounds of the historic site. True stories of Foy family household haints will be shared, including a murderous crime of passion.

Visitors are invited to come in

and discover for themselves who these phantoms are, and why they are still there.

Poplar Grove staff will share a little history, provide a Scroll of the Dead, and permit tourists to focus on a particular room or rooms for paranormal activity. Participants are allowed to use ghost apps on their phones, and are encouraged to prepare and download before they arrive for the tour. Groups are limited to 15 people, and the cost of tickets is $15. Cameras and other paranormal equipment is permitted.

Poplar Grove Plantation is located at 10200 Hwy. 17 N. Reservations in advance are required, and can be booked online. Tours fill up quickly. Call Felicia Greene at 910-686-9518 x 103 for more information.

back roads. For additional information go to JPDhikestheMST.org and mountainstoseatrail.org.

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NCDOT TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THE PROPOSED HAMPSTEAD BYPASS AND IMPROVEMENTS ALONG U.S. 17 IN HAMPSTEAD PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES STIP Project Nos: R-3300A, R-3300B & U-5732 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to provide an update regarding two projects in New Hanover and Pender Counties.

Project No. R-3300 A&B proposes to construct the Hampstead Bypass as a new location, multilane freeway. The R-3300A section will extend from I-140/U.S. 17 Wilmington Bypass to N.C. 210. The R-3300B section will extend from N.C. 210 to U.S. 17 North of Hampstead. U-5732 includes improvements to US 17 from south of Washington Acres Road through Hampstead to just north of Sloop Point Loop Road. The public meeting will be held on October 19, 2017 at Topsail Middle School, Cafeteria, located at 17445 U.S. Hwy 17 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The public may attend at any time during the above mentioned hours. NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the project. The opportunity to submit written comments will also be provided at the meeting or via phone, email, or mail by November 20, 2017. Comments received will be taken into consideration as the project develops. Please note that no formal presentation will be made.

Project information and materials can be viewed as they become available online at http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings.

For additional information, contact Trace R. Howell, P.E., NCDOT Division 3 Design Engineer by mail: 5501 Barbados Boulevard, Castle Hayne, NC 28429, by phone: (910) 341-2000, or via email: trhowell1@ncdot.gov or Ricky Greene Jr., P.E., Stantec Consulting Services Inc. by mail: 801 Jones Franklin Road, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27606, by phone: (919) 865-7562, or via email: Ricky.Greene@stantec.com.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Caitlyn Ridge, P.E., Environmental Analysis Unit via e-mail at ceridge1@ncdot.gov or by phone (919) 707-6091 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

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Opinion Thursday, October 12, 2017, Page 4A

Hunters, non-hunters need to get along Although bowhunters and those who use muzzleloaders have been in the field for weeks, next week marks the beginning of deer season in southeastern North Carolina.

For some, it’s a time of excitement, enjoying nature, the cry of the hounds on trail Every year it seems that and the chance to match wits hunters are asked to give with the state’s most popular a little bit more considergame animal. For others, it’s a time of frustration, as ation to non-hunters. At inconsiderate hunters park the same time, there are along roadsides and show few if any concessions less concern for their neighfrom non-hunters. There bors than they should. needs to be some common Our county’s transition to ground; there’s enough a more urban area has been outdoors for everyone to and continues to be a hard enjoy in our area. one for many. The deer hunters who have enjoyed pursuing wild game for generations find themselves up against people whose family heritage does not include hunting of any kind, much less hunting behind hounds. The conflicts are inevitable and legion, as “starving” dogs are caught trespassing and turned in at the pound. Houndsmen find themselves sharing even public hunting grounds with equestrians, birdwatchers, hikers, and nature lovers who don’t understand the difference between a N.C. Game Land and a State Park – not to mention those who see a path through the woods and don’t know or care if thee might be hunters or posted signs nearby. The fact that such “stakeholders” are not required by law to wear a blaze orange cap or garment makes no sense, since accidents are just as likely to happen to non-hunters as readily as they do to hunters (probably moreso). There are enough stories of non-hunting users of Game Lands intentionally sabotaging legal hunts to give some credence to the complaints about other users on Game Lands during the peak of hunting seasons. The fact that those properties are paid for and maintained by hunters, anglers and trappers – not by birdwatchers and horse enthusiasts – often seems lost on the general public.

Rural non-hunting residents complain about the noise of hunting dogs and trucks on neighboring properties. The problems have their roots on both sides, and there is no easy solution.

Not everyone enjoys or understands hunting, yet they choose to live in a formerly rural area. The days of handshake agreements on where and when to hunt – traditional values that worked here for generations – have disappeared.

Without hunting to control whitetail deer populations, the problems we already see would be significantly worse. Disease, overpopulation, destruction of habitat, poaching, property damage, and of course, deer-vehicle collisions – all those things are affected by hunting. At the same time, hunting is a multi-billion-dollar industry in North Carolina, and contributes millions to the economy here. Hunters and hunting clubs help support rabies clinics that are open to all county petowners, as well as managing large tracts of land that might otherwise turn into breeding grounds for forest fires.

At the same time, there are hunters whose behavior is a black mark on all other outdoorsmen, and unfortunately, those are the people who the non-hunting public point to as examples of all hunters. Hunters have to police themselves – the Wildlife Resources Commission only has a limited number of personnel to chase wildlife violators, and they count on information from law-abiding hunters to help finding criminal activity.

Every year it seems that hunters are asked to give a little bit more consideration to non-hunters. At the same time, there are few if any concessions from non-hunters. There needs to be some common ground; there’s enough outdoors for everyone to enjoy in our area.

The Point

Notes from the Field

At sea

Bill Messer Once again, I find it hard to believe that my time in the U.S. Navy was 50 years ago.

The stuff of history, and so impossibly long ago. So long ago that, when I got orders to join the crew aboard USS Intrepid CV-11 I was kind of disappointed because it wasn’t one of the modern

super carriers. WW-II had been over for 20 years! And this seemed a leftover to a 23year-old, that was like so last century.

I had gone through the gates of the Navy Shipyard in Brooklyn, walked down rows of shiny new generations of ships being built, asked where Intrepid might be.

“Down there,” a yard worker said, pointing over his shoulder, hardly looking up.

All I saw at the end of the yard was an old derelictlooking collection of rust, in chipped paint and red lead, with hoses and cable umbili-

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Jefferson Weaver

Yellow ribbons for somebody’s baby 2017 The yellow ribbons are forgotten now, but the little boy they stood for never will be forgotten.

Tristen “Buddy” Myers loved NASCAR, his dogs, big trucks, football and horses.

He loved his Aunt Donna, too, since she and his Uncle John gave him all the love his mother, Raven, never could. Raven was a troubled woman, to say the least, and in the end, her poor choices ended in an ignominious death that ended an undignified life.

Were it not for Buddy, I doubt Raven’s name would have been more than an occasional footnote on the crime pages. I ain’t going to judge the dead; besides, Buddy is the one we all care about, and the one who dominated the lives of literally hundreds of people for several beautiful days in October of 2000.

I was shocked the other day to see the resemblance between Buddy’s picture and the big eyes and beaming smile of the boy I call my grandson, Shane Junior.

Both are tow-headed, skinny rascals of four years. While there is no biological link between our families, I still consider Junior to be our grandson. I have watched this boy, albeit digitally, from his days as a premature infant to a playful

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Jefferson Weaver happy kid who tells his daddy “I love YOU!”.

I cannot imagine what it would be like if he suddenly just disappeared. Of course, his mom Tammy fiercely protects him, since that’s what parents have to do these days, in a world where evil runs free and little kids are handy targets.

The world wasn’t as evil when Buddy disappeared, or at least, that evil hadn’t yet come home to roost in our community.

Buddy was playing in the living room of their home when Donna drifted off to sleep; a four-year-old will wear out even a young woman, and Donna was actually Buddy’s great-aunt.

When she woke up, the little boy she called her own was

gone.

Buddy was all boy; he liked playing outside, and his two dogs were his constant companions. Donna knew his favorite places to play, there around the modest home on Microwave Tower Road near Roseboro.

She was worried, but not frantic – at least not until she checked those favorite places and found no sign of the little blonde haired boy or his dogs.

It was a gorgeous day, just before the start of deer season, and well into the heart of high school football. The leaves were beginning to turn, but the mosquitoes still flew. Indeed, they flew in great clouds, as Miss

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per shredder so you can shred all unneeded records, receipts, statements, preapproved credit offers or other papers you throw out that has your financial or personal information. s-ONITOR YOUR ACCOUNTS Review your monthly bank and credit card statements carefully, and see if your bank or credit card issuer offers free alerts that will warn you of suspicious activity as soon as it’s detected. If they do, sign up for them or use eversafe.com, which will do it for you for a small fee. s7ATCH YOUR CREDIT Check your credit report at annualcreditreport.com or call 877-322-8228. You can receive one free report a year from each of the three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion), so consider staggering your request so you can get one free copy every four months. s3ET UP SECURITY FREEZES If you don’t plan to apply for new credit, loans, insurance or utility services, freeze your credit reports so crooks can’t open up new accounts in your name.

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Life-changing lipstick Oh, I see that headline got your attention too. I saw it in an Avon catalog recently, the first one I have looked at in decades. My first thought was how can lipstick possibly be life changing?

I have never even worn it. I thought I might on my wedding day but completely forgot.

I have never been a big fan, as seeing lipstick other places than lips, like teeth, and glassware is not attractive. I have never been a big fan of make up in general, (except in ninth grade when I wore enough for two teenagers.)

I find it interesting how many women won’t go out without it, and how some continuously reapply it in public. My supervisor in college told me there would come a day when I would be the same way but luckily, that day has never come.

I read a recent Facebook post where someone commented specifically about our friend’s lipstick. Yes, she said,’ I went with my favorite pink’. Her comment took me back to an evening in college over three decades ago.

My roommate had a lipstick wardrobe to rival any model.

She matched her lips to her outfit, which I always found intriguing.

According to her, when she came out one night, ready to make our rounds downtown as we often did, I said something like “you’ve got some pink lips, don’t’ you Jama?” It wasn’t until 30 years later when she met me at one of my speaking gigs at the Hard Rock Café and Casino in Oklahoma that she told me of this trauma, remembering it like it was yesterday and assuring me she never wore that lipstick again.

I’m not even sure how it came up, but apparently that lipstick changed her life that night: an off the cuff observation turned accidental insult.

She changed my life that day by reminding me what a powerful and permanent impact our words can have, and what a gift feedback from a friend can be.

All interactions are either positive or negative, there is no neutral exchange. As an observant extrovert, I sometimes say things that are unnecessary and often misinterpreted. We get the lesson until we learn it and apparently I am still learning it.

I realize that some things are better left unsaid, unfortunately this usually occurs right after I have said them.

We teach that which we most need to know, so it should come as no surprise that my consistent assignment when facilitating effective communication seminars is to talk less and listen more. This alone can change your life.

What is changing in your world?

Though not likely lipstick, Life itself is life changing because the only thing constant in life is change.

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My Spin

Tom Campbell

Election laws need changing When I first started covering politics there were three registered Democrats for every one registered Republican in North Carolina.

The chairman of my county Republican Party jokingly said they could hold a county convention in a phone booth.

The most competitive elections were always the Democratic primaries. Republicans struggled to find candidates, so whoever won the Democratic nomination was almost a sure bet to win the General Election. Times have changed.

As of last week there

Weaver Continued from page 4A Rhonda and I discovered that night when one of my editors called after bedtime and sent us scrambling to Roseboro.

Microwave Tower Road wasn’t paved back then, but it was as hilly as roads can be in the flat pine country of Sampson County. It hadn’t rained for days, and the road was shrouded in a red clay cloud cut by headlights and flashlights. As we topped the last rise leading to the Myers home, I saw flashlights piercing the dust clouds, many of them vertical as someone tried to figure where to go next.

Communications are poor at the start of any crisis, and someone had the idea that Buddy’s name was Bobby.

As such, there were a dozen voices, male and female, hollering “Bobby, Bobby!� into the night.

We stayed well into the early morning hours, filing some bits and pieces by telephone, helping with the ad-hoc search as best as we could. The next day, I was back on the scene, sure that the little boy would be found, as little boys and girls always had been in any of the other searches I’d written about.

But this search was dif-

Messer Continued from page 4A cals leading into and out of the dry docked vessel.

A ship in dry dock is in an unflattering environment, nothing like a Navy recruiting poster.

It was confusing and noisy, but eventually I found my way around to the division office, berthing area, the mess decks, and my work spaces. I was a brand new Electronics Technician, Third Class Petty Officer.

Didn’t know my you-knowwhat from a hole in the ocean. We were assigned to

were 6.8 million registered voters in North Carolina.

Democrats have declined from about 75 percent to only 39 percent of registered voters today. Republicans now total 30.3 percent, but the major gains have taken place among unaffiliated registrations. They also number 30.3 percent, with a handful more registrations than Republicans.

What happened? Both parties have their own spin, but it is clear that large numbers don’t like either party.

We can speculate that unaffiliated gains have occurred because Democrats ventured too far to the left while Republicans have swung too the right, but the facts are the facts.

If current trends continue unaffiliated registrations might equal and perhaps exceed those of Democrats.

We’ve heard pundits remind us that large numbers of unaffiliated voters still predictably vote for one or the other party. While true, we would postulate that’s because voters don’t have much choice.

Political parties don’t have the influence of yesteryear and are becoming almost irrelevant. With clearly identified platforms and almost machine-like

precision, state and county party leaders previously raised money, held rallies and actively campaigned for their candidates. On Election Day they made sure the party faithful turned out to vote. Candidates don’t enjoy nearly that level of party support today.

Over the years state leaders have tinkered with election laws to allow or restrict early voting, change election rules, gerrymander legislative and congressional districts and recently restructure the state and local boards of elections.

Not content with these changes they are now dabbling in judicial elections, by requiring judicial candidates be identified by their party affiliation and also attempting to rearrange the districts in which local judges and District Attorneys run. All these efforts have resulted in endless and costly legal suits.

Let’s be clear. Few, if any, of these changes were made with an eye toward giving voters more and better choices – they were solely intended to continue the two party system, while giving the most advantages to whichever party was in power.

North Carolina has some of the most stringent ballot access rules in our nation, making it difficult, if not impossible, for candidates not affiliated with one of the two parties to run in and win elections. It is time for that to change.

While we don’t endorse ballots with exhaustive numbers of candidates, we do assert that the changing political climate dictates that voters have more choices than just the two parties.

Lowering the ballot access thresholds would benefit us in many ways. It would level the playing field; voters would have more opportunities to choose their representatives instead of the other way around. We would see better candidates, compelled to run more issue-oriented campaigns instead of just vicious attack ads. The result could be less partisan and divisive government.

Reforming restrictive ballot access laws is an idea whose time has come.

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

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Buddy would be 21 now, if he grew up. You note the odd verb tense there – I did not write “if he had grown up,� because until we give up hope, hope still lives in the hearts of friends and family. That’s why a brash, bossy woman named Monica Caison was constantly by Donna’s side the next day, shielding her from the media, looking like nothing else than a protective warrior for the tired, confused lady who felt like Buddy’s disappearance was her fault. She gave Donna hope, and in turn, gave it to the rest of us.

I am proud to call that loud, bossy woman my friend, even today. I am not sure how many times I have picked up the phone since then and heard her voice, often with the sad news that somebody’s child has gone missing.

The term can be misleading; not all missing persons are children, but every missing person is somebody’s child. Monica taught me that. Indeed, while Buddy’s family leads the list of names we call out in our nightly prayers, several of those families – the Drexels, the Robinsons, the Donovans – are missing kin who were either grown or nearly so.

Still, every single one of them was somebody’s baby, and everyone deserves to

know what happened to their child, regardless of age.

I have said it before, and will say it again: people simply do not disappear, like a magic trick. They walk off and get lost, or get sick, or run away, or are kidnapped.

They leave something that eventually leads to them.

Human beings simply cannot disappear – but Buddy, and so many others, did just that.

The searchers found a few footprints, and a favorite toy; days after the search was officially over, his dogs returned home, clean and well-fed.

Psychics and moonbats and jonesing drug addicts and swindlers and gossips speculated and postulated and directed and swore the Great Spirit or a close friend or Martians had told them where Buddy could be found.

As of this writing, 21 years later, the little boy we love but never knew has never been found. Again, note that verb tense – we still love Buddy. Everyone who was there on those three days in October loves Buddy. We have never given up, even as most of the yellow ribbons have frayed and faded and fallen forgotten by the roadside.

He is not the only missing child, of course, but he is the one whose great big eyes lock onto you from the “Missing� flyer, a child whose fate we do not know, a child we still pray somehow comes home.

If you drive through Roseboro on the Fayetteville highway today, you’ll occasionally see fresh yellow ribbons. Family and friends make sure everyone holds on to the dream we all have, that someday, a little boy named Buddy will come home.

But those yellow ribbons aren’t just for Buddy; they are signs of hope.

Those yellow ribbons hold together the last hope for every family of every missing person, because every missing person is somebody’s baby.

Anyone with information about the disappearance of Tristen “Buddy� Myers is asked to call the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office at 910.592.4141.

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

the Sixth Fleet, the Mediterranean, for a day – the next day we were loaned to the Seventh Fleet, Pacific, and we would soon be on our way to the Gulf of Tonkin somewhere over there.

The Girl Scouts in New York had given us a goingaway present, cases of Aqua Velva Aftershave Lotion, and everyone had three or four bottles. More about that later.

The ship was homeported in Norfolk, and took on equipment and supplies, and went for readiness exercises in Roosevelt Roads, the Naval Station in Puerto Rico, while I went to another electronics school. Of the four years in

the Navy, two years were in electronics training schools.

And then we were off.

On the way across the Atlantic, Intrepid took on the Air Wing, and during target practice, against a target towed well behind the ship, some of the rocket and bomb misses were close enough to the ship to cause a propeller blade to fail, and we had to go into dry dock once again while the Navy found a replacement.

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By Karen Sota Sea Turtle Hospital Special to the Post & Voice Patience eventually pays off if you’re a patient at our hospital. Last Tuesday the final four little guys cleared for release by our turtle vet, Dr. Craig Harms hit the surf and headed home.

Greens March and Stewey and Kemp’s Onslow Baby and Seaview IV were all relative short-timers. But no turtle is released until it is cleared by Dr. Harms as totally rehabilitated - all damages healed, flippers and eyes in good working order. Something as simple as a point or two off on their bloodwork can delay their swimming papers.

Perfect late-summer weather and an impressive off-season crowd were on hand to greet the turtles as they crested the walkover, carried by our UNCW interns and escorted by the hospital team leaders who staff the Saturday shift. It was hard to tell who was more excited about the release: turtles and interns were all ready to get in and get wet.

Because it was such a beautiful day (the sun wasn’t baking critters and humans) and the turtles were all on the small side (not a bunch of twohundred pound loggerheads slapping the daylight out of their handlers!) the stroll past the crowd was a little more leisurely than most of our releases.

Everyone had a chance to get a good look at and snap some great pics as the turtles all seemed to enjoy the attention.

Once past the crowd it was into the surf, which was still a bit rough from the recent storms, and out past the breakers. Pity the poor intern who got smacked down by a sneaky wave that took her to the bottom right after the turtle left her hands!

These turtles may have all been little but they are zippy when back in their element and they shot through the water, probably heading south with the currents.

This is our last release from the beach for this year as the waters begin to gradually cool and turtles take that cue to bulk up and head to friendlier climes. But fear not – we’re known in the sea turtle community for sending out Beasley turtles, aka fat and happy with enough reserves to keep them going until they’re re-acclimated to living on their own. Bon voyage kids – it was great having you with us for the summer.

We’re on our fall and winter tour schedule and are open only on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. through Dec. 16, our last public tour day for 2017.

But watch our Facebook page for a special shopping only date for last minute holiday gifts. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for active military and seniors 65 and older and $3

for children 12 and younger.

The hospital is located at 302 Tortuga Lane in Surf City.

From N.C. 50/210 turn onto Charlie Medlin Dr. (your landmark is Shipwreck Point Mini Golf) and follow it through the roundabout onto Tortuga. Our gift shop is always open during tours. Come in and meet our turtles and our staff; we’re fluent in sea turtle.

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Obituaries Ephraim E. “Butch” Grubbs KERNERSVILLE -- Mr. Ephraim E. “Butch” Grubbs, Jr., 75, passed away Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017 at Spring Hills Assisted Living in Lake Mary, Florida.

Butch was born Feb. 23, 1942 in Forsyth County to Ephraim Sr. and Edna Harold Grubbs and was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church.

Butch was a graduate of Oakridge Military Academy and was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. He worked in the family car business before owning his own dealership and then served as general manager for several dealers throughout southeaster n North Carolina.

He then spent 30 years as a real estate and land development entrepreneur.

He was preceded in death by his father; wife, Doris Simpson Grubbs; and son,

David Grubbs.

Surviving are his son, Col. Ephraim Grubbs III (Renee); daughter, Beth Donaldson; six grandchildren, Sarah and Andrew Donaldson, Lieph, Adam, Eli and Noah Grubbs; brother, George Grubbs; sisters, Crystal Creed and Jean Grubbs; and many nieces and nephews.

A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 at Main Street United Methodist Church in Kernersville, with Rev. Rick Carter and Rev. R. Dale Hilton officiating.

Burial followed in the church cemetery. The family received friends following the service in the church Fellowship Hall.

Memorials may be made to the David H. Grubbs Memorial Foundation at www. grubbsfoundation.com Hayworth-Miller Kernersville Chapel is assisting the Grubbs family. Online condolences may be made at www.

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aloft, that is, up on the mast, sometimes way up on the mast. The main air search radar, the AN/SPS-30, had its own platform on the top of the ‘island’, the structure above the flight deck. The AN/ SPS-29 was on another offset platform, the AN/SPS-10 was about halfway up, and the IFF antenna was even higher.

There was another system, the AN/SPN-26 aft of the island, in a dome, also air conditioned, the precision height-finding radar used to help pilots land back on board.

The -10 and -29 antennas were trouble free, the -30 was troublesome, sometimes, because it was stabilized in roll and pitch, and depended on electrical signals from the ship’s gyros for control, and the waveguide, the rectangular pipe that carried the radar pulses to and from the antenna, was pressurized, and the dry pelletized granules in the air drier broke down, turned to powder and vented through the whole of the waveguide and out the vent on the radar feed horn, leaving a trail of powder as it went round and round.

And the -30 had a seawater heat exchanger for cooling the power supply diodes, and the strainers filled with sea snakes, crabs and other marine life and crud. I became a plumber, too.

The Aqua Velva? We all got heat rash from being damp all the time, perspiration never really ever dried out, and someone discovered the alcohol in the Aqua Velva, when poured in quantity across back and shoulders, would clear the rash.

Now, imagine Aqua Velva, cigarette smoke, engine exhaust, stack gas, unwashed bodies, and 100 aircraft and 3,500 people – and tropical humidity. You get the idea.

I was struck with curiosity about a couple of straps on every berth – the canvas cot slung between a pipe frame,

with a mattress, mattress cover and blanket – straps that clamped onto the pipes and served to keep the occupant from being tossed out when the seas were up and the ship was lively – rolling and pitching around like a corkscrew.

There were breath-holding times when you weren’t sure at all, at the end of a steep roll, if it would come back upright again! I mean, it was an antique aircraft carrier, I thought, more than 20 years old with WW-II battle damage still evident.

Somehow, the pilots managed to get their aircraft back on board, even as the landing area of the flight deck rose and fell, I’m guessing, 20, 30 feet or more, during bad weather, even at night, in monsoon rains. I spent many hours watching flight ops from the island where the radar equipment was located.

It was a surprise to learn that in a split second before touchdown is anticipated, the pilot pushes the plane’s throttle to full in case the tail hook skips over the arresting cables without a catch, the bolter then having sufficient power in the engine to keep going with enough flying speed to get airborne again for a go-around and another trap attempt.

Intrepid was a warship, not a cruise liner, not built for comfort. Amenities were incidental, though all things considered, I remember the food as being exceptional, even with powdered eggs, powdered milk, raisins in the bread to provide cover for the weevils as the cruise lengthened and we missed re-supply due to weather.

And yet, even after 50 years, some of my most precious memories are of my time aboard, some remain as sharp as if they occurred only yesterday, and my collection of photographs brings life back to my youth of so long ago.

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Through the Suez Canal, miles and miles of sand, low huts, gun emplacements and camels. I don’t know why it was such a surprise, but the huts had clotheslines strung out with laundry drying. Just like homes everywhere.

Finally, on station, and 24/7 air operations began.

We were on Dixie Station in the southern part of Tonkin Gulf. The ships on Yankee Station in the northern part qualified for hazardous duty pay, but not us.

You had to be in the north for at least part of any six days during a month, so three times during the month Captain Fair took the ship in a few minutes before midnight, sailed around a bit and came out a few minutes later. After a couple of months, the brass decided we should be there all the time, so we took up station between the Port of Haiphong and Hianan Island, about as far north as you could get.

We went and came back to Norfolk, replenished, and went back again. This time we arrived for the opening day of the Six-Day War in the Suez Canal, between Israel and Egypt. We cleared the canal without incident, and the Egyptians scuttled ships to block the canal.

Tonkin Gulf is hot, and Intrepid was mostly not airconditioned, with some exceptions – the bridge, officers quarters and CIC, the Combat Information Center. I spent a lot of time in CIC because the end result of my work was to make sure all the ship’s radars were working, as well as the IFF System, Identification Friend or Foe, which sent and received coded pulses to tell the difference, on the radar scope’s display, between us and them.

My job frequently took me

Donna Faye Edwards Sullivan MAPLE HILL -- Donna Faye Edwards Sullivan age 70 of Maple Hill passed away Thursday Oct. 5, 2017 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

She was born Aug.25, 1947 in Rowan County daughter of the late Harry and Bonnie Pierce Edwards.

She is survived by a daughter Angela Sullivan-Bland and husband Dennis of Verona; four grandchildren, Tiffani Covil and husband James Grier, Christian Trujillo and wife Amber, and Tracy and Elisa Trujillo; and great grandchild Zoey Grier.

She was predeceased by her husband Andrew Sullivan in 2012.

Donna was a very understanding person who dearly loved her family and was loved by her family and the

people she met. She enjoyed gardening and music and loved Elvis music.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Shared memories and condolences can be sent to the family at www.harrellsfh. com.

The family was served by Harrell’s Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

Doris Faye Blanton Hardin ROCKY POINT -- Doris Faye Blanton Hardin, age 74, died at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington Oct. 2, 2017.

She was bor n April 29, 1943, in Lumberton to Lucian and Doris Blanton. She met

Jim, her husband, through mutual friends and they enjoyed dancing and shagging in Myrtle Beach when they were a young couple.

Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Jimmy O. Hardin of Rocky Point; daughter, Shaula Hardin of Wallace; son, Jason Hardin and his wife, Tammy of Jim Thorpe, Penn.; grandchildren, River Hardin Hedgepeth, Gabriel Hardin, Dakota Rey, TJ Rey; brother, Donnie Blanton and his wife, Nancy of Wilmington; sister-in-law, Charlotte Blanton Philip of Wilmington; Nieces and Nephews include Ann-Martin (Marty) McCall Buffkin, Tres Blanton, Cody Blanton, Henry Daughtry, Kelly Daughtry Broccio and Alli Daughtry.

Doris was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Skye Hardin Hedgepeth; brother, Luke Blanton; and sister, Judy Blanton McCall.

Her Life Celebration Memorial Service was held at Friendly Community Baptist Church in Burgaw at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 with Pastor Roger Brittingham.

Immediately following the ceremony, the family greeted guests at the church.

In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the Masonic Home for Children of Oxford, 600 West College St., Oxford, NC 27565.

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

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Pender 12, Richlands 33

In the game of football the team that makes the fewest mistakes usually cones out victorious. Last Friday night that was the case as the Pender Patriot varsity football team turned the ball over three times in losing to the Richland Wildcats 33-12.

The Patriot defense wasted little time in turning the Wildcats over. On the first play from scrimmage an errant pass was intercepted by the Pats. The Pender offense would make the home team pay with a 57 yard drive that ended with a three yard plunge into the end zone by Latrell Brown. The two point conversion failed but the Pender county crew held a six point advantage on the Onslow County Wildcats.

The Patriots have one of the best backs in the area in Brown. The Wildcats have a fine back of their own in junior Emanuel Whitehead.

The elusive back would make the Patriots pay throughout the night.

Richlands answered the Patriots six points immediately.

Whitehead took a handoff on the first play from scrimmage on the following possession and sprinted straight up the field. 57 yards later he was celebrating in the end zone. The extra point made it 7-6 Richlands. The cats would never trail again.

The Patriot offense moved the football throughout the first half but two fumbles and an interception slowed the team’s progress.

Richlands scored their second touchdown of the night with 4:40 left to play in the half. Whitehead galloped in from 18 yards out to make it a two score advantage for the home team Wildcats.

A Pender interception followed that score and the Wildcats capitalized on the mishap with another score going into the halftime break. The Pats were down 19-7 with one half of play remaining.

The Wildcats added another touchdown late in the third period. The Patriots were

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Titan spikers split conference matches, await Dixon

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan volleyball team is far better than anybody anticipated going into the season. Last week the Lady Titans won their eleventh match of the year including their seventh conference match in 11 tries.

First up last week was the Lejeune Bulldogs. The Onslow County team took the Titans to five games in their first meeting. This time the Lady Titans made quick work of them, winning in three sets. The scores were 25-16, 25-8 and 25-18. Trask held early leads in all three games in taking the conference win.

Emily Oyler led the Titans with 13 kills while Jordan Sholar had 17 assists. Libby Smith had six kills and five aces.

Next up was the long bus ride to East Carteret. The Lady Titans beat the Lady Mariners at home in five games the first time the two

teams met. This time the shoe was on the other foot as the Mariners were the beneficiaries of being at home. The two hour bus ride took its toll as the Titans fell in four games. The scores were 13-25, 23-25, 25-23 and 21-25.

The Mariners took the lead early in game one and never trailed in what Coach Cathy Claris called a lack of focus by her team.

Trask led 11-2 in game two before again losing focus. A plethora of unforced errors gave the Mariners hope. They came charging back and took the set 25-23.

Game three was close.

With the score 22-17 East Carteret, the Lady Titans went on a roll. They outscored the Lady Mariners 8-1 to take the set and pull to within one set at 2-1. East closed the match out with a 25-21 win.

The Lady Titans, (11-6/7-4) hosted first place Dixon on Tuesday before traveling to Croatan on Thursday.

Titans hammer Lejeune

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Heide Trask Titan head football coach Jonathan Taylor knew going into his Coastal 8 Conference contest with Lejeune that the Devil Pups were undermanned and that the game could get ugly quickly. He suited up several junior varsity players and limited his star running back B.J. Jordan’s participation.

Despite those measures the Titans beat the Onslow County squad 42-7. “You have to take your hat off to the Lejeune kids, “said Taylor.

“They play hard on every down. They know the deal and they keep coming back.”

The Titans used the game to rebuild some of the confidence lost in last week’s loss to Richlands. The Rocky Point team was without their starting quarterback in that game and also lost a couple of more players as well. Taylor

used the Lejeune game to work on some things in a live game situation. “We were fortunate enough to have a game like this after the Richlands loss to work on some things. We’re just looking to improve in every part of the game.”

The Titans rode the play of junior Jacob Johnson to a 35-0 lead at the break. The score reached 42-0 early in the third quarter and the officials ordered a running clock.

Lejeune scored a meaningless touchdown late in the game.

Johnson led the Titan offense with 153 yards rushing drawing the praise of Coach Taylor. “Jake was thrown into a tough position when we lost Tyrease. He’s getting better at making the reads. It just takes time. I’m proud of the way he’s stepped up.” Junior Ryan Gorham tallied 79 yards as the Titans rushed for 358 yards for the game.

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Latrell Brown rushed for more than 100 yards again last week, but didn’t reach the end zone enough as the Patriots lost to Richlands.

Pirates suffer tough loss at S. Brunswick

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer

Approximately 45 minutes after his football team sleepwalked through a horrific 14-3 loss to South Brunswick on their home field on Homecoming evening, Topsail football Coach Wayne Inman sat in the Pirates’ gymnasium pondering what he just witnessed.

The highly-touted Topsail running game netted just 109 yards (198 total yards) and three points against a Cougar defense that had given up 163 points (32.6 per game) points in their first five games while scoring just 54 (10.8), and which had lost 20-13 to a Trask team the Pirates beat 24-0 and struggled to beat a Dixon team 32-31 that Topsail blanked 47-0.

Friday’s result defied reason, and Inman was pensive as he chose his words.

“They beat us in just about every aspect of the game, all but the kicking game probably,” Inman said. “My hat’s off to (South Coach Lewis) Rocky and his whole staff because they had those kids ready to play from the moment they walked on this field. We didn’t have our kids ready to play, and that’s what it came down to.

“They were prepared, they came onto the field, they had a game plan, and they executed that game plan. They knew they were going to eat up the clock and slow things down and control the football, and that’s what they did. Just like everybody else they knew we weren’t going to beat them throwing the football. They were well-coached, well gameplanned, and they came here ready to play.”

The Cougars (3-4, 2-1) returned the opening kickoff 64 yards to the Topsail 36-yard line but the Pirate defense prevailed when Shane Nolan intercepted a pass at the Topsail 23-yard line. The Pirates (4-3, 0-3) moved from the 23 to the Cougars’ 25 before a fumble stymied the drive, along with a false-start penalty.

On their next possession, Topsail overcame two more false starts, thanks to a 51-

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Topsail’s Jacob Floyd was 5-for-9 for the night. yard pass play from Jacob Floyd to Harrison Wright.

That drive stalled at the Cougar 12 but Jorge Lopez drilled a 30-yard field goal to put Topsail up 3-0.

South Brunswick came right back with an 80-yard, 11play drive that culminated in a Mason Phillips touchdown run and a Declan Hall pointafter for a 7-3 Cougar lead.

An interception ended Topsail’s next drive, two falsestart penalties halted the first drive of the second half, a block-in-the back nullified a 19-yard first down, an additional two false starts stopped another, and the final falsestart penalty killed a final drive.

The Cougar defense seemed to know what was coming from a somewhatpredictable Pirate running game, holding Noah LaValle to 53 yards on 17 carries and D. J. Montano to 56 yards on six carries. Floyd was 5-for-9 passing for 89 yards with the 52-yarder accumulating most of that yardage.

“We work on throwing the football, we dedicate a large period to throwing the football, but if you’re not doing it

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Lady Pirates beat N. Brunswick, fall to New Hanover, WCA

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Every so often there is that glimmer of optimism when the Topsail volleyball team takes the court, and there was one such occasion last week in Leland, and one in Boiling Spring Lakes, when the Lady Pirates play the way they are capable of playing.

But all too often this season the mistakes overwhelmed the underlying abilities, and the results have produced just eight wins in 19 games (three of 11 in the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference). The good news, going forward, is the talent really is there with the bulk of it residing in the skills of the 11 underclassmen on the 13-girl roster. The

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other good news is there has never been a sign of “Quit” regardless of the outcome.

Senior Julia Rhine had 15 kills and four aces, 28 assists from senior Anna Cameron, and 35 of their 35 digs from seniors as New Hanover defeated Topsail 3-0 (21-25, 10-25, 13-25) home loss last Thursday.

On the other side, the Lady

Pirates (8-12, 3-9) received 17of-19 kills, all seven aces, all four blocks, 24-of-32 digs, and all of their assists from sophomores and juniors.

“First game, I thought we were going to win that game, but after the timeout I think we had a couple of passing errors and hitting errors and

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As I stood on the sidelines of yet another football game last Friday night I thought about all of the young athletes that I have covered in my 18-plus years of working in the newspaper business.

Over those years I have forged many friendships.

I have remained close to many of these young men and women and value their friendships.

Desmond Jordan is one of those young men that I have remained friends with.

I talk to Desmond quite often. He is a very smart and articulate young man. I look at him as a role model for the young student-athletes of today as well as a close friend.

Last week Desmond and I were talking about a couple of football players that we thought should be getting some looks by some colleges in the state and beyond. The talk turned to high school coaches and what their job is and isn’t. We both believe that part of a high school coaches job is to pitch standout athletes to colleges.

Former Trask softball coach Ron Watson was one of the best at making phone calls and sending letters and e-mails to college coaches.

Ron would make the call and send tape and stats to

college coaches on a regular basis. He believed that this was part of his job and that if he had an athlete that had the ability to play at the next level that he should do everything in his power to afford them the opportunity to play at the next level.

Desmond told me that his parents were instrumental in getting him a college scholarship. He told me that they made the calls and sent the tapes.

In my opinion any high school coach worth his weight should at the very least make an effort to get any player with the ability to play at the next level at least a look, phone call or visit.

I understand that the coaches in this area are underpaid. I know many of these folks pretty well and I can tell you that they barely break even and often times lose money on what they get paid to coach. In fact, in Pender County the coaches have to line the fields and cut the grass as well as perform other duties related to their sport. All of this work limits their time to perform the duties that I have mentioned. I understand that and have the utmost respect for them.

If I were a head coach I believe that I would attempt to delegate the duties of recruiting and such. Again, I understand the limitations of these coaches. I also understand that often times the coaching staffs are understaffed. However, in my opinion I believe that every effort should be made to ensure that any student-athlete that has the ability to play at the next level get that opportunity. Of course, this is just my opinion.

Kickers Corner

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

Last week the wonderful weather gave the area high school soccer teams the opportunity to play. Leading the way is the undefeated Topsail Pirates.

My old buddy Lee Wagner reported “Topsail solidified its status atop the tough and competitive Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference with a 2-0 win over visiting New Hanover (10-4, 3-3-1) Thursday. Trevor Coston and Blake Cullig had the goals, Roberto Vasquez had an assist, and Jorge Lopez pitched the shutout with six saves in goal.

The Pirates opened the week Tuesday with a 6-2 road win at North Brunswick.

Culig recorded the hat track (three goals) with Sam Hackett, Vasquez, Justin Lashin, and Ethan Rivenbark also finding the back of the net.

The Pirates were at Hoggard Tuesday and are home against Thursday against Ashley. Topsail is at home next Tuesday (Senior Night) against West Brunswick.

Topsail has seven conference games remaining in the regular season, two against second place Hoggard. After Hoggard, West Brunswick and Ashley, the Pirates travel to Laney on Oct. 19, and play host to Hoggard (Oct. 23), Ashley, and North Brunswick on Oct. 26 before the start of the NCHSAA 3A state playoffs (Nov. 1).

The Trask Titans played at Pender High school last week. In an unusual occurrence the game was played on the football field. The Titans spoiled the Pats day with a 10-4 win.

Sebastian Bautista led the Titans with three goals while

Bladimir Sanchez and Fernando Aldama each had two goals. No stats were available for Pender.

Early in the week the Titans lost 4-0 to Southwest Onslow.

The Titans (6-9-1/4-4) was at Richlands on Tuesday before hosting Lejuene on Thursday.

The Patriots lost at Croatan 9-0 early in the week. The Pats (5-8/1-7) were at Lejuene on Monday before hosting Richlands on Wednesday.

Staff photo by Bobby Norris

Sebastian Bautista scored three goals in the Titans win over Pender.

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Football Preview Week Nine

Pender County teams at home this week

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Trask was the only Pender County team to get to the winner’s circle last week. Pender teams will all be at home this week.

Trask hosts East Carteret East Carteret was cruising through the early part of their schedule when they hosted Southwest Onslow last week. The weak schedule they played early did not prepare them for what they were about to see from the Stallions. The result was a 63-30 beating and their first loss in conference play. Now the Mariners face the Trask Titans.

The Titans and Mariners have identical records. At 5-2 overall and 2-1 in conference play this is a very important contest. Trask dismantled Lejeune last week 42-7. Coach Jonathan Taylor suited up several junior varsity players for the game.

Southwest exploited the Mariner run defense to the tune of over 600 yards rushing. While the Titan run game is not as strong as the Stallions, they have a pretty decent rushing attack.

Junior B.J. Jordan should be well rested this week. He is the Titans best and should find room to roam this week.

The Titan quarterback position has been suspect with the loss of senior Tyrease Armstrong in the first game of the year. However, junior

Jacob Johnson is slowly getting comfortable with the position. He ran for 150 plus yards last week.

East Carteret throws the ball quite a bit. The Titan defense will have to make some plays in the secondary. Look for defensive back Tiyuan Ballard to have a good game.

Foster Williamson and company will be up to the challenge. Pressure up front is a must.

Trask will be able to run the football. They must be able to finish. It will take a clean game void of turnovers and penalties for the Titans to have a chance. The Mariners are still smarting over the beating they took at the hands of Southwest. Trask is looking for a signature win this year. This may be it. The score: 33-26.

Brown has eclipsed 1,100 yards this season and has yet to be held under the century mark in a game. He is the real deal and seems to be getting stronger each week. The question is often asked, “What will Brown do for you?” For Pender the answer is run, run and run some more.

The Pats have changed quarterbacks. They have gone to junior Lavelle Henry.

He brings a ton of speed to the table. His inexperience showed last week but he has the potential to be a game breaker.

Pender’s biggest deficiency is their lack of depth. The Pats seem to wear down a bit late in games. Jackson will put pressure on their defense.

Pender dressed about 22 players last week.

Brown will go for 175 plus in this game. Pender will run the ball well. The problem may lie on the other side of the ball. They must slow down Jackson. These are the best two runners in the conference on display. My advice is to sit and enjoy the show.

This is a close one. In fact, I will call it a pickem. The score: 26-24.

Topsail hosts Laney The Topsail Pirates once promising season is coming unraveled at the hands of the tough Mid-Eastern Conference. However, the loss last week to South Brunswick was perplexing. Things do

not get any better with Laney coming into Hampstead this week.

The Pirates have lost three in a row, all conference games. That in its self is not surprising. However, how they lost them is confusing.

Topsail has lost their last three contests by a combined score of 104-3.

The Pirate offense has lost its way. In the last three games Coach Wayne Inman’s vaunted rushing attack has disappeared. Super sophomore Noah Lavalle has struggled behind a suspect offensive line. In the last three games he has 34 carries for 91 yards with no touchdowns. Lavalle has not forgotten how to run the football. The Mid-Eastern Conference teams are simply bigger and stronger.

Laney brings a lot of speed to the table, something that the Pirates have struggled with. However, the Bucs can’t seem to run the ball effectively. They average less than 100 yards a game as a team.

Topsail needs to get off to a fast start. Senior signal caller Jacob Floyd will have to make some plays early and keep his team on point mentally. The Pirates confidence has to be shaken after the last three weeks.

Lavalle will get back on track and D.J. Montano will also have a good game. Three weeks ago I would have said this was a Topsail win with confidence. However, last week’s loss to South Brunswick gives me reason for concern. That being said I am going to call it the way I see it. Topsail earns its first Mid-Eastern Conference win of the year. The score: Topsail 28 – Laney 20.

(104) to Panther Creek (60) and ahead of local teams New Hanover (7th, 177), Hoggard (11th, 288), and Wilmington Christian Academy (601).

Also scoring for the Lady Pirates were freshman Skylar Libretto (27th, 21:23.05), senior Kersten Parrella (30th, 21:33.42), sophomore Becky Wells (40th, 21:58.11), junior Emma Filer (48th, 22:09.15), and sophomore Sadie Boyle (58th, 22:26.85).

Topsail had 16 girls run in the race (242 runners) with one senior, two juniors, five sophomores, and seven freshman all finishing 218 or above.

In the girls’ MiddleSchool race, Topsail Middle School was first (60) behind the 1-2-3 finish of Kaitlyn Obremski (11:54.02), Grace Deitz (13:09.11), and Dawson (13:11.18) in a race with 72 girls, followed by Nora Simmons (14th, 16:04.23), Lauren Pagans (16th, 16:11.84), Annika Ross (18th, 16:13.73), and Amelia Marshburn (21st, 16:41.56).

In the boys’ championship race, Topsail was eighth

(210). Top Pirate runners were Nathan Martinez (39th, 18:00.13), Bryce Dillon (40th, 18:07.10), Hayden Rogerson (41st, 18:07.68), Eddie Wofford (44th, 18:12.93), and Travis Souza (45th, 18:16.14).

In the boys’ middle-School race, Topsail finished third (103) behind the efforts of Isiah Gibson (7th, 13:01.10), Robert Simmons (14th, 13:37.31), Max Colby (24th, 14:35.01), Miles Gibson (33rd, 15:38.98), and Dane Adams (36th, (15:41.11).

Topsail has a conference meet Thursday at North Brunswick and will participate in the N. C. Elite Invitational Saturday at Ivey Redmond Park. In Kernersville.

Golf Handling the 3A teams has been a consistent thing for the Lady Pirates as another fourth-place (352) finish ahead of West Brunswick (362), South Brunswick (358), and New Hanover (383) highlighted the week. The 4A teams have proven to be tougher nuts to crack as Laney (240) continued its run of winning every match thus

far, followed by Hoggard (292) and Ashley (297).

Angela Linehan led Topsail with a 104, followed by Gracie Ocock (120), Gracie Pritt (128), and Ariana Blenin (133). No surprise here as Laney’s Jayla Rogers (75) was the medalist on the 4,548-yard Cape Fear National HeronIbis course. Laney teammate Gracie Holcomb was second.

This week’s match was Monday with North Brunswick acting as the hosts. Girls’ Tennis: Tough week for the Lady Pirates as they faced two of the best teams in the conference in New Hanover and Hoggard. The week started with a 9-0 road loss to the Lady Vikings (12-2, 12-1 in conference) Monday. The closest losses in the sweep came at No. 2 singles (4-6, 2-6) and at No. 1 doubles (5-8).

Tuesday provided a bit of a respite from facing state powerhouses as the Topsail girls’ traveled to Boiling Spring Lakes and brought home a 9-0 win over South Brunswick that clinched the top 3A seed out of the conference. Caroline Harris, Kylee

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Pender hosts Dixon Dixon’s record (1-6/0-3) would indicate that the Bulldogs are not a very good football team. That indeed may be the case but the offensive statistics of senior quarterback Deante Jackson should give the Pender defense cause for concern.

Jackson has rushed for almost 800 yards this season including 255 yards against a pretty good Croatan defense last week. The Bulldogs average 241 yards a game as a team. The Patriot defense will have its hands full this week.

Pender standout Latrell

Topsail Sports Roundup

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The fall regular season is beginning its final lap with several of the Topsail teams looking forward to some playoff action. The girls’ tennis team will probably be the top-seeded 3A team out of the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference, along with the boys’ soccer team, the girls’ tennis team, and both (girls and boys) cross-country teams, who continue to serve notice they are forces with which to be reckoned.

Cross-country The teams were in Greenville at the East Carolina Invitational at Lake Kristi and the Lady Pirates once again showed that the future -and present – is in good hands. Freshman Makayla Obremski finished third (19:13.56) in the girls’ championship race behind West Carteret’s Jenna Reiter 18:20.81) and Panther Creek’s Shannon Stefton (18:26.27) with freshman classmate Isabella Bufalini (19:31.50) fourth.

Topsail finished second

Bautista is the man for Titan soccer

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan varsity soccer team has had some highs as well as some lows this season.

They have had some big wins and have also lost some matches that they should have won.

Throughout it all senior striker Sebastian Bautista has been the steady influence on the team.

Mr. Bautista leads the Titans in goals scored as well as in assists He has 16 goals this year as well as 10 assists. He is a steady player on both ends of the pitch.

Sebastian is a team player.

He often times passes up a shot to give it to a teammate he believes is in a better position to score.

Last week he had three goals in the Titans win over Pender. He also contributed one assist in the 10-4 win.

Sebastian Bautista is the man for the Titan soccer team.

presents this week’s

Athlete Spotlight

Sebastian Sebastian Bautista Bautistia

Trask High School

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer In the sport of volleyball there are many statistics that make up a score sheet.

However, there is one stat that should have an asterisk beside it. The dig is that stat. digging a volleyball is when you go to any means necessary to keep the ball off of the floor.

It is 99 percent effort. For Topsail junior Rena Marrotta, digging the volleyball is where she excels.

The Lady Pirates are young. As a junior Miss Marrotta is charged with both leading the team by effort and example. She does that each and every time she steps on to the floor in an effort to continue a play.

Rena leads the Pirates and the conference as a whole with 395 digs.

There is no doubt that Rena Marrotta leaves all on the court for the Topsail lady Pirate volleyball team.

presents this week’s

Athlete Spotlight

Rena Marrotta

Topsail High School

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

Spots not quite ready to run

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic The spots showed up for a little while last week. However, that big run has yet to happen. The warm weather of the latter part of last week will slow that appearance a little bit. The next cold front should push in this week giving the little fellas a chance to come on in.

The flounder bite is still decent with mud minnows working. There has been a few good size reds caught as well.

There have been some pompano caught in the surf and on the pier. Shrimp on a bottom rig will work for these guys. The same goes for the black drum.

The Spanish fishing has been pretty good just off of the beach. Troll a Clark spoon and again be patient.

There is quite a bit of baitfish in the area which means patience is a virtue.

The freshwater side of things saw the bream bite slowing down. However, your favorite spot will still produce a nice fish or two.

Red worms and crickets will work. Be sure to work the brush and drop offs.

This week’s fishing tip If you are one of those guys that like to fish year round then you are probably aware of the fact that if it is 45 degrees at the house then it feels like 30 on the water.

Be sure and prepare yourself for the cold and windy temperatures. There is nothing worse than getting out on the water and freezing the whole trip. A good thermos of coffee will help fight off the nip in the air as will a good toboggan. Dress in layers just in case it warms up and you need to peel a layer off.

Top Performers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The area high schools are racing toward the playoffs. The Topsail volleyball team has struggled to compete with the 4A schools in the Mid-Eastern Conference.

However, they defeated North Brunswick last week behind the play of Gia Marinelli (four kills, three aces, three blocks, four digs) and Rena Marrotta (five aces, 16 digs).

Marrotta leads the conference with 395 digs for the year.

The Pender volleyball team won twice last week behind the play of their setting twosome of Caroline Peterson and Ashley Dupalevich. The pair had a combined 16 assists in the Patriots win over East Carteret.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the Patriots efforts to combat breast cancer. The team raised $992 at their annual pink out game.

The Trask volleyball team continued its great season last week with a win. Emily Oyler led the Titans to a conference win over Lejuene with 13 kills while Jordan Sholar had 17 assists. Libby Smith had six kills and five aces.

Edwards, Kasey Pfaff, and Grace Martorelli won their singles’ matches 6-0, 6-0, and Anna Duckworth and Chely Pritt won 6-0, 6-1.

The doubles’ matches had Harris and Edwards winning 8-0, and Pfaff and Martorelli and Duckworth and Pritt all winning 8-1.

Thursday was a 7-2 loss to the 15-2 (11-1) Lady Wildcats.

Topsail’s two wins came at No. 4 singles where Anna Duckworth defeated Hoggard’s Sophia Retchin 1-6,

Jackson is the big man for the Pender Patriots

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When the Pender High Patriot varsity football team takes the field all eyes are on the powerful running of senior standout Latrell Brown.

While the elusive back deserves all of the accolades that he receives he would be the first to admit that he could not do it without his linemen.

One of those linemen is senior Taiquan Jackson.

Mr. Jackson plays on both the offensive and defensive lines. He is charged with opening holes for the Patriot backs on one side of the ball and closing any and all running lanes for the Patriots opponents on the other side of the ball. He does both well.

Taiquan is an emotional player. He plays with great intensity and takes it personally when the Patriots fail to secure the win.

Taiquan Jackson is the big man for the Pender Patriot football team.

The Trask football team slammed Lejuene behind the play of junior QB Jacob Johnson. The young man had a career high 153 yards rushing in the win. Foster Williamson had a fumble recovery and a touchdown from his linebacker position.

Latrell Brown had 115 yards in the Patriots loss to Richlands last week. Levelle Henry had 71 yards rushing in only his second start at quarterback for the Pats.

Caroline Harris, Kylee Edwards, Kasey Pfaff, and Grace Martorelli won their singles’ matches 6-0, 6-0, and Anna Duckworth and Chely Pritt won 6-0, 6-1in the Topsail ladies tennis teams win over South Brunswick.

The Trask soccer team beat Pender 10-4 to earn a sweep in the season series. Sebastian Bautista scored three goals to lead the Titans.

The Topsail Pirate soccer team is still undefeated on the season after beating New Hanover last week. Blake Culig scored five goals last week including earning a hat trick (3 goals) in the teams win over North Brunswick. He is this weeks Top Performer.

7-5 (10-6), and at No. 6 singles where Grace Martorelli bested Lady Viking Julia Eckel 0-6, 6-4, 10-7.

The Lady Pirates were at Hoggard Tuesday to end the regular season.

JV volleyball The Lady Pirates started the week with a 2-0 (25-22, 2518) road win at Wilmington Christian Academy behind three kills, three blocks, and five aces from freshman Bella

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Athlete Spotlight

Taiquan Jackson

Pender High School

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Pender County

Agenda Board of County Commissioners Meeting Monday, October 16, 2017 @ 4:00 PM Pender County Hampstead Annex 15060 US Highway 17 N, Hampstead, NC

1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

INVOCATION

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

5.

PUBLIC HEARING

6.

5.1.

Public Hearing and Resolution Approving Grant Application and Authorizing Local Share for 5310-Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program; Operated by Pender Adult Services for FY 2019: $180,000. Local Share from ROAP $90,000.

5.2.

Public Hearing and Resolution Approving Grant Applications and Authorizing Local Share for 5311-Community Transportation Program- ADMINISTRATIVE; Operated by Pender Adult Services for FY 2019: $175,022. Local Share $26,253.

5.3.

Public Hearing and Resolution Approving Grant Applications and Authorizing Local Share for 5311-Community Transportation Program- CAPITAL; Operated by Pender Adult Services for FY 2019: $117,812. Local share $11,782.

5.4.

Public Hearing on CDBG-DR Application.

PUBLIC INFORMATION 6.1.

Introduction of NC Representative Bob Muller.

6.2.

Recognition of Health and Human Services Director Carolyn Moser for 35 years of Service in Public Health.

6.3.

Presentation of the Pender County Backup 911 Center

7.

PUBLIC COMMENT

8.

CONSENT AGENDA

9.

8.1.

Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting: October 2, 2017.

8.2.

Resolution Accepting Petition to add Mississippi Drive, East Huckleberry Way, West Huckleberry Way, Pap's Point, and Thatcher Drive in the Reserve on Island Creek Subdivision, Rocky Point, to the State Maintained System.

8.3.

Approval of Purchase Order to TriTech Software Systems for Public Safety Network Software Support and Maintenance in the amount of $55,549.48.

8.4.

Approval of a Purchase Order to Tyler Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $31,515.39 for the annual support and licensing agreement of their Munis software package for financial applications.

8.5.

Approval of a Purchase order for CodeRed Emergency Notification to ONSOLVE, LLC: $19,000.

APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS

10.

9.1.

Resolution Authorizing Final Contract Amendment # 5 to the Original McKim & Creed Pender Commerce Park WWTP Contract for the Additional Construction Administration Services Required Due to the Phase II Construction Delays.

9.2.

Approval of Contribution to the Town of Burgaw for DMV Location.

PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH 10.1.

GenX Update.

10.2.

2017 Health Department 2017 Year-End Fiscal Report.

11.

SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD

12.

DISCUSSION 12.1.

Discussion Regarding the Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority Parallel Raw Water Transmission Main Project.

13.

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

14.

CLOSED SESSION (IF APPLICABLE).

15.

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

16.

15.1.

Public Hearing to Rename and Readdress Magnolia Drive to E. and W. Magnolia Drive

15.2.

Resolution Requesting Approval of a Conditional Use Rezoning from RA, Rural Agricultural zoning district to the RM-CD3, Residential Mixed conditional zoning district 3.

15.3.

Resolution Requesting Approval of a Special Use Permit (SUP) for the Construction and Operation of a Boat Sales, Service, and Storage shop.

15.4.

Resolution Requesting Approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance to amend Sections 3.3.9 Plan Consistency Statements, 3.4.9 Plan Consistency Statements, 3.8.1 Exempt Subdivisions,

ADJOURNMENT

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

The St. Helena Village Council will meet Oct. 19 at 6:30 p.m.

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The Town of Burgaw Parks and Recreation Department will be holding registration for its Junior Try Tennis program on October 16th from 4-6pm at the Train Depot. Registration is limited to the first 16 participants, ages 5-12. For more information, contact Zachary White at 910-300-6401 or recreation@townofburgaw.com.

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CALENDAR

October 12, 2017

JUNIOR TRY TENNIS REGISTRATION

BOO BASH PLANNED FOR HALLOWEEN FUN! Dance to the monster mash, meet and greet an owl, and join in on a number of spooky activities. Children are encouraged to come in costume and bring treat bags. No scary costumes will be allowed. This is a free event sponsored by the Burgaw Parks and Recreation Department. Please no children over the age of 12. The Boo Bash will be held on Thursday, October 26th from 5:30PM until 7:30PM on the depot dock. For more information or to volunteer contact Zachary White 910-3006401 or recreation@townofburgaw.com

Oct 16 Parks/Recreation Committee Meeting Oct 19 Planning Board Meeting Oct 26 Boo Bash on the Depot Dock

6:00PM 5:30PM 5:30 – 7:30PM

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

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10/12/2017

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

7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Pender Memorial Hospital Board 1 District 4 Tourism Development Authority 2 District 2, Collector 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 HEARING RELATIVE TO APPLICATION BY PENDER COUNTY FOR FUNDING UNDER THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED Notice is hereby given that the Pender County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on October 16, 2017, at 4:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as the agenda will allow, in the Auditorium at the Hampstead Annex, 15060 US Highway 17 N, Hampstead, NC, to solicit public input on local community development and needs in relation to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for a project in the community.

In October 2017, Pender County will submit a CDBG-DR application to the NC Division of Emergency Management for funds to assist low- and-moderate income households with unmet housing needs due to flood and wind damage from Hurricane Matthew.

Citizens will also be given the opportunity to provide oral and written comment on Pender County’s use of CDBG funds. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend.

All project activities will serve households with incomes at or below 80% of the Pender County median income for appropriate household size. The proposed budget includes the following housing-related CDBG activities: Single-Family Homeowner Rehabilitation Single-Family Homeowner Reconstruction Program Administration Total Project Budget

Town of Burgaw Government News

$ 600,000 $ 300,000 $ 100,000 $1,000,000

Minimal displacement is anticipated as a result of the project, since no acquisition/relocation activities are proposed. However, all applicable requirements of 49CFR24 and 24CFR570 related to the proposed rehabilitation and reconstruction activities will be implemented, and temporary relocation assistance will be available to owners who are displaced from their residences during construction activity.

For additional information or to submit written comments, contact Ms. Judy Herring, Pender County Housing Director, PO Box 1578, Burgaw, NC 28425. Comments should be postmarked by October 11, 2017.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: October 16, 2017 TIME OF HEARINGS: 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM AT THE HAMPSTEAD ANNEX, 15060 US HIGHWAY 17 NORTH, HAMPSTEAD, N.C. 28443 Pender County Road Naming and Number Ranges Under the authority and provision of General Statute 153A-239.1, a county may by ordinance rename a road and reassign street numbers. The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider approval of the following road names and number ranges: ROAD NAME SUBDIVISION # RANGE COMMUNITY W Magnolia Dr

Peterson Lots

1-75

Rocky Point

E Magnolia Dr

Peterson Lots

1-77

Rocky Point

Conditional Zoning Map Amendment Hardison Building Company, applicant, on behalf of Gerald D. Hardison, owner, is requesting the approval of a Conditional Zoning Map Amendment for one (1) tract totaling approximately ±326.15 acres from RA, Rural Agricultural zoning district to RM-CD3, Residential Mixed Conditional zoning district 3, and an additional three (3) tracts as part an overall Master Development Plan for a total of ±347.23 acres. This request is to allow for 157 single family units and 405 single family townhome residential units. The subject properties are located along the south side of NC HWY 210 approximately ± 2,100 feet to the east of the intersection of NC HWY 210 and Island Creek Road (SR 1002) in the Topsail Township and may be further identified by Pender County PINs: 3273-50-0693-0000, 3273-71-13190000, 3273-61-9426-0000, and 3273-32-7562-0000.

Special Use Permit Forehand and Bradshaw Properties, LLC, applicant, on behalf of Neil Blake III, owner, is requesting approval of a Special Use Permit for the construction and operation of Boat Sales, Service, (NAICS 441222 and 811490) and Storage; specifically, ‘of boats and watercraft outdoors or on dry stack structures’. The subject property is zoned GB, General Business zoning district and per the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance §5.2.3 Table of Permitted Uses; NAICS 441222 (Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers) and 811490 (Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance), is permitted by-right in the GB, General Business zoning district. The third land use, Outdoor and/or Dry Stack Storage is permitted via Special Use Permit in the GB, General Business zoning district. The subject property is located approximately ± 4,500 feet north of the intersection of US HWY 17 and Scotts Hill Loop Road (SR 1571) in the Topsail Township, NC. There is one (1) tract associated with this request totaling approximately ± 4.24 acres. The subject property may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 3271-64-5212-0000.

Zoning Text Amendment Pender County, applicant, is requesting the approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance: Sections 3.3.9 Plan Consistency Statements, 3.4.9 Plan Consistency Statements, 3.8.1 Exempt Subdivisions, 5.2.3 Table of Permitted Uses, 5.3.3.D Agritourism Activities on Active Farms, 6.6 Limited Subdivisions, and 13.4.11 Statute of Limitations to update the Unified Development Ordinance based on legislative changes.

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

Persons with disabilities or who otherwise need assistance should contact Randell Woodruff, at 910-259-1200 (TDD # 919/8074420 or Relay North Carolina TTY# 1-800-735-2962) by Friday, October 13, 2017. Accommodations will be made for all who request assistance with participating in the public hearing.

This information is available in Spanish or any other language upon request. Please contact Judy Herring, Pender County Housing Director, at 910/259-1208, or at the Housing Authority, 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC, for accommodations for this request.

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Esta información está disponible en español o en cualquier otro idioma bajo petición. Por favor, póngase en contacto con Judy Herring, Pender County Housing Director, al 910/259-1208 o en Housing Authority, 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC, de alojamiento para esta solicitud.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Aviso de Audiencia Pública

Section 5311 (ADTAP), 5310, 5339, 5307 and applicable State funding, or combination thereof.

This is to inform the public that a public hearing will be held on the proposed PENDER ADULT SERVICES, INC. Community Transportation Program Application to be submitted to the North Carolina Department of Transportation no later than NOVEMBER 3, 2017. The public hearing will be held on OCTOBER 16 at 4:00PM before the (governing board) PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. Those interested in attending the public hearing and needing either auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or a language translator should contact VALERIA N. SUTTON, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR on or before OCTOBER 13, 2017, at telephone number 910-259-9119 X 321 or via email at VSUTTON@PENDERPAS.COM. The Community Transportation Program provides assistance to coordinate existing transportation programs operating in PENDER as well as provides transportation options and services for the communities within this service area. These services are currently provided using lift and non-lift equip vehicles with the transit name of PAS-TRAN. Services are rendered by PENDER ADULT SERVICES, INC. The total estimated amount requested for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019) Project

Total Amount

Local Share

La presente es para informarle al público que una audiencia pública será concebida en la proposición de la Aplicación del Programa de Transporte Comunitario de los Servicios para Adultos de Pender, Inc. el cual deberá ser sometida al Departamento de Transporte de Carolina del Norte a más tardar el 3 de Noviembre del 2017. La audiencia pública será concebida el 16 de Octubre, del 2017 al 4:00 p.m. ante la Junta de Comisionados del Condado de Pender.

Las personas interesadas en atender a esta audiencia pública y necesitan ayuda auxiliar y servicios bajo el Acta para Americanos con Incapacidades (ADA) ó un traductor de lenguaje, deberán comunicarse con Valeria N. Sutton el día 13 de Octubre del 2017 ó antes de esta fecha al teléfono 910-259-9119 x 321 ó vía electrónica al vsutton@penderpas.com.

El Programa de Transporte Comunitario provee asistencia por medio de la coordinación de los programas existentes de transporte que están operando en el Condado de Pender, así como también provee de opciones para transporte y servicios en la comunidad en esta área de servicio. Estos servicios se están suministrando por medio del uso de camionetas con equipo de levantamiento con transito nombre de PAS-TRAN. La cantidad total estimada requerida por el periodo de 1 de Julio del 2018 hasta el 30 de Junio del 2019 Proyecto

$ 175,022

$ 26,253

(15%)

$175,022

$26,253 (15%)

Capital (vehículo & otros)

$117,812

$11,782 (10%)

$ 180,000

PROYECTO TOTAL

$472,834

Total de Fondos Requeridos

Operating (5311) Capital (Vehicles & Other)

5310 Operating

Other – TOTAL PROJECT

$0

$ 117,812

$180,000

$0 $ 11,782

$90,000

$0

$0

$ 472,834

$ 128,035

Total Funding Request

(50%) (10%)

(50%) ( %)

Total Local Share

This application may be inspected at PENDER ADULT SERVICES, INC. from 9:30AM TO 3:00PM Monday through Friday. Written comments should be directed to Valeria N. Sutton, Transportation Director, PO Box 1251, Burgaw, NC 28425 before October 13, 2017.

Porción Local

Administrativo

5310 Operación

Administrative

Cantidad Total

$90,000 (50%) (ROAP MATCH) $ 128,035 Total de la Porción Local

Esta aplicación podría ser inspeccionada en el Servicio para Adultos de Pender Inc., 901 S. Walker St. Burgaw, NC 28425 desde las 9:30 am hasta las 3:00 pm. Los comentarios por escrito deberán ser dirigidos a Valeria N. Sutton antes del 13 de Octubre del 2017.

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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 William Herbert Richardson, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, William Herbert Richardson, to present them to the undersigned on or before January 11, 2018 at 114 Light Wood Knot Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery.

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

This the 5th day of October 2017.

Cheryl Richardson Fales 995 Hickory Drive NE Leland, NC 28451 #7948 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Robert Andrew Pinto, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Robert Andrew Pinto, to present them to the undersigned on or before January 11, 2018 at 232 Lanier Avenue, Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 5th day of October 2017.

Julia P. Stephenson 232 Lanier Avenue Rocky Point, NC 28457 #7949 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26/17

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The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.50 acres, Parcel ID Number 3247-78-2302-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-1035 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

BROOKE BRATTEN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: BROOKE BRATTEN 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 8.4 acres Horseman Rd., Parcel ID Number 3256-595266-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than November 13, 2017.

This date: September 28, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and Through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman State Bar #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel) scott@shermanandrodgers.com #7938 9/28, 10/5, 10/12/17 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-1035 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

BROOKE BRATTEN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF BROOKE BRATTEN 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 8.4 acres Horseman Rd., Parcel ID Number 3256-59-52660000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than November 13, 2017.

This date: September 28, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and Through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman State Bar #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel) scott@shermanandrodgers.com #7939 9/28, 10/5, 10/12/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Kenneth Ellis Simpson, Sr., deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Kenneth Ellis Simpson, Sr., to present them to the undersigned on or before January 4, 2018 at 26010 NC Hwy. 210, Currie, NC 28435 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 28th day of September 2017.

Adelaide Jackson Simpson 26010 NC Hwy. 210 Currie, NC 28435 #7933 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19/17 ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of Peyton Weldon Hall, deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify that all persons having claims against the said estate to present such claims to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of December 2017, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment.

This 28th day of September, 2017.

Sylvia Joyce Smith Hall 214 Simmons Drive Wilmington, NC 28411 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #7934 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19/17 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 14CVD000678 NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PREMIER CAPITAL, INC VS. THERMOND LEE ROBINSON UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of a judgment and execution issued by the above named court in the above-entitled action on the 3rd day of March in the year 2017, directed to the undersigned Sheriff from the General Court of Pender County, I

will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash whatever right, title and interest, the judgment debtor owns or may own in the following described properties sold separately which is subject to sale under execution.

Both sales shall be held subsequently at the following location: The Pender County Courthouse, 100 South Wright Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 (North Entrance/Wilmington St. side) as designated by the Clerk of Superior Court on the 17th day of October, 2017, at 11 O’clock A.M. This property is being sold “AS IS, WHERE IS” and said sale shall be subject to all superior liens, mortgages, easements, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, and special assessments which were or became effective on the record prior to the lien of the judgment under which this sale is being held. The sale shall be held open for ten (10) days for the filing of upset bids as required by law. No sale is final until confirmed by the Clerk of Superior Court of the issuing county.

The real property being sold is described as that certain tract(s) of land lying and being in Caswell Township, Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Parcel ID 2256-86-0136-0000, 3.10 Acres located at Kemp Rodgers Road, Currie, as shown on map recorded in map book 3641, page 124 at the Pender County Registry.

This the 14th day of September, in the year 2017.

Carson H. Smith Jr., Sheriff of Pender County H.L. Matthews, Sergeant #7943 10/5, 10/12/2017 NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY Special Proceedings No. 15 SP 252 Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass RE-NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Date of Sale: October 17, 2017 Time of Sale: 11:00 a.m.

Place of Sale: Pender County Courthouse Description of Property: See Attached Description Record Owners: Mary Catherine Lipe Address of Property: 309 Carpenter Lane Rocky Point, NC 28457 Deed of Trust: Book : 1326 Page: 6 Dated: March 31,1998 Grantors: Mary Catherine Lipe (Unmarried) Original Beneficiary: Green Tree Financial Servicing Corporation 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. 4521.29 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.

Dated: October 5, 2017 Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. EXHIBIT “A” RE: 0.787 ACRES KNOW AS LOT No. 6 Located in Rocky Point Township, Pender County, North Carolina a short distance North of North Carolina Highway No. 210 and being more fully described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron state in the Eastern line of a 30.00 foot wide access easement, said stake being located along said easement at a point that is North 02 Degrees 16 Minutes 38 Seconds West 1539.38 feet from an existing spike located in the paved centerline of North Carolina Highway No. 210 and said stake being the Southern dividing corner between the Haywood Carpenter

Lands and Eagle’s Ridge Subdivision as shown on a map of same duly recorded in Map Book 23 at Page 72 of the Pender County Registry; and running thence, from the BEGINNING, so located, (1) North 87 Degrees 25 Minutes 49 Seconds West 163.99 feet to an iron stake in the dividing line between Geneva Carpenter and Lauretta Smith; thence, (2) with said dividing line North 02 Degrees 16 Minutes 00 Seconds West 210.00 feet to an iron stake inline; thence, (3) South 87 Degrees 25 Minutes 49 Seconds East 163.95 feet to an iron stake in the dividing line between Geneva Carpenter and Eagle’s Ridge Subdivision; thence, (4) with said dividing line South 02 Degrees 16 Minutes 38 Seconds East 210.00 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 0.787 acres more or less and is as surveyed by Thompson Surveying Co., P.A. during February 1998.

As a reference to the above described tract see Deed Book 1260 at Page 82 of the Pender County Registry.

The above described tract is “Together with and Partially Subject To” a 30 foot wide access easement (retained by Geneva Carpenter) with said easement lying adjacent to and 30.00 feet West of the following described line: BEGINNING at an existing railroad spike located in the paved centerline of North Carolina Highway No. 210, said spike being the Southern dividing corner between Carpenter and Eagle’s Ridge Subdivision as shown on a map of same duly recorded in Map Book 23 at Page 72 of the Pender County Registry; and running thence, from the BEGINNING, so located, North 02 Degrees 16 Minutes 38 Seconds West 1749.38 feet to an iron stake that marks the terminus of this 30 foot wide easement. #7906 10/5, 10/12/2017

NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY THEODORE E. WHITLOCK, JR. aka THEODORE EUGENE WHITLOCK, JR. and wife, LINDSEY M. WHITLOCK aka LINDSEY MARIE WHITLOCK, Recorded in Book 4609, Page 2320, Pender County Registry IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 17-SP-158 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED: The Deed of Trust being foreclosed is that Deed of Trust executed

by THEODORE E. WHITLOCK, JR. aka THEODORE EUGENE WHITLOCK, JR. and wife, LINDSEY M. WHITLOCK aka LINDSEY MARIE WHITLOCK to Jay B. Green, Attorney at Law, PC, Trustee, dated October 22, 2015 and recorded in Book 4609, Page 2320 in the Pender County Registry of North Carolina.

RECORD OWNERS OF THE REAL PROPERTY: The record owners of the subject real property as reflected on the records of the Pender County Register of Deeds not more than 10 days prior to the posting of this Notice are Theodore E. Whitlock, Jr. and Lindsey M. Whitlock.

DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF SALE: The sale will be held on October 17, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the door of the Pender County Courthouse, Burgaw, North Carolina.

PROPERTY TO BE SOLD: The following real property to be sold “sight unseen” together with any improvements is located in Pender County, North Carolina and is believed to have the address of 124 Summit Ridge Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457 and is otherwise more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 12, Section 1, Summit Ridge Subdivision as shown upon that map recorded in Map Book 31 at Page 79 of the Pender County Registry. Said map being incorporated herein for a more accurate description.

Included as part of the real property is a 1998 Redman Stonebrook manufactured home bearing serial no. 13908339AB as otherwise more particularly described in a Rider to the Deed of Trust recorded in Book 4609, Page 2320, Pender County Registry.

TERMS OF SALE: Pursuant to the provisions of N.C.G.S. §45-21.10(b) and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Trustee or Clerk of Superior Court immediately upon the conclusion of the sale a cash deposit to be determined by the greater of 5% of the bid or $750.00. Unless the Substitute Trustee agrees otherwise, the successful bidder will be required to tender the “full purchase price” so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a Deed to the property or attempts to tender such Deed, and should the successful bidder fail to pay the full amount, then the successful bidder shall remain liable as provided for in N.C.G.S. §45-21.30. By submitting your bid, you agree that the “full purchase price” shall be defined as the amount of bid plus the Trustee’s commission as defined in the subject Deed of Trust plus the costs of the action, unless the Trustee agrees otherwise.

For example, if the amount of bid is $20,000.00 and the trustee’s commission is defined in the subject Deed of Trust as 5% of the gross proceeds of the sale, then the “full purchase price” shall equal $21,000.00 plus the costs

of the action. A tender of Deed shall be defined as a letter from the Trustee to the successful bidder offering to record the Deed upon receipt of full purchase price as described herein and listed in said letter. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason such as a bankruptcy filing, the sole remedy of the successful bidder is the return of the deposit.

As to any manufactured home, the following shall apply: Any not considered real property is being foreclosed pursuant to N.C.G.S. §25-9-604, if necessary; there is no warranty that any is actually located on the subject tract; and there is no warranty given by the Substitute Trustee as to whether said home is real property or personal property. The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, assessments, restrictions and easements of record, if any.

ADDITIONAL NOTICE: Take notice that 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.

Take further notice that any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale dates 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. This notice further states that 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.

This the 28th day of August, 2017.

THE GREEN LAW FIRM, P.C. Jay B. Green Attorneys for Deidre D. DeFlorentis, Substitute Trustee 908 E. Edenton Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Telephone: 919-829-0797 Facsimile: 919-829-0799 #7940 10/5, 10/12/2017 17 SP 150 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Monica Santiago-Rosa and Jose Rivera to Douglas Douglas and Connie Iampieri, Trustee(s), which was dated May 16, 2003 and recorded on May 16, 2003 in Book 2121 at Page 169, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 17, 2017 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe in the northern line of Henry Street (44 feet in width), said pipe being located North fifty-eight (58) degrees and twenty (20) minutes East two hundred seventeen and sixteen one hundredths (217.16) feet along said Northern line from its intersection with the Eastern line of Fourth Street (50 feet in width), running thence from said point of beginning North three (3) degrees fifty-nine (59) minutes and thirty (30) seconds East three hundred six and ninety-two one hundredths (306.92) feet to an iron pipe at the intersection of two ditches; thence North sixty-four (64) degrees and seventeen (17) minutes East seventy-four and zero one hundredths (74.00) feet to an iron pipe in a ditch; thence South twenty-three (23) degrees four (4) minutes and thirty (30) seconds East two hundred forty-four one hundredths (244.44) feet to an iron pipe in the northern line of Henry Street; thence with said Northern line South fifty-eight (58) degrees and twenty (20) minutes West two hundred sixteen and two one hundredths (216.02) feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.82 acres, more or less and being subject to the right of way in Linden Avenue.

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

Said property is commonly known as 501 East Henry Street, Atkinson, NC 28421.

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

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

An Order for possession of the

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

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

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-15283-FC01 #7942 10/5, 10/12/2017 17 SP 60 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Marcus K. Walker to Jeffery L. Tuttle, Trustee(s), which was dated July 28, 2000 and recorded on July 31, 2000 in Book 1607 at Page 055, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 17, 2017 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Located in Caswell Township, Pender County, North Carolina, adjacent to and Northeast of the paved centerline of S.R. 1201 and being more fully described as follows, to with: BEGINNING at a nail in the paved centerline of S.R. 1201, said nail being located along said line at a point that is North 30 degrees 57 minutes 00 seconds West 861.98 feet from an old subsurface railroad spike located in said road centerline and directly above the center of an 18 inch concrete culvert that accomodates the waters of a ditch above the roadway and said culvert being located 0.49 miles Northwestwardly along said road from its intersection with Secondary Road No. 1206; and runnin thence from the BEGINNING, so located with the paved centerline of Sr 1201 North 30°57’00” West 180.16 feet to a nail in the line; thence, North 59° 03’ 00” East 192.18 feet (passing over an inline stake at 25.16 feet) to an iron stake inline; thence, South 30°57’00” East 180.16 feet to an iron stake inline; thence South 59° 03’ 00” West 192.18 feet (passing over an inline iron stake at 166.38 feet) to the Beginning, containing 0.67 acres more or less after the exclusion of that portion of Secondary Road No. 1201 (assumed 60 foot right-of-way) contained within the above described boundaries and is as surveyed by Thompson Surveying Co., P.A., of Burgaw, N.C., during July 1995. As a reference to the above described tract, see Deed Book 263 at Page 86 of the Pender County Registry.

Also included herewith is that certain 1999 Fleetwood manufactured home bearing serial number NCFLX46A/B09126CL22, which is permanently affixed to the real property described above.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2036 Beattys Bridge Road, Atkinson, NC 28421.

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

This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of re-

lease, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Marcus K. Walker.

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-03830-FC01 #7941 10/5, 10/12/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF DORIS BRAUCKMANN BYRNES 17 E 354 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Doris Brauckmann Byrnes, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Mark I. Nunalee, Resident Process Agent of the decedent’s estate, on or before January 6, 2018 at Post Office Box 598, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Resident Process Agent.

Estate of Doris Brauckmann Byrnes c/o Mark I. Nunalee BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #7944 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26/17 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re the Estate of BARBARA JEAN ROBERTS, Deceased Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of BARBARA JEAN ROBERTS, Deceased, late of PENDER County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, corporations and/ or other legal entities having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned at the address given below on or before January 4, 2018, or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

On this Day: October 5, 2017 Barbara K. Marvel Personal Representative

by Patricia M. Homa Attorney for the Estate c/o Patricia M. Homa, P.C. P. O. Box 1310 Hampstead, NC 28443 #7945 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Daisy Sellers Thomas, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Daisy Sellers Thomas, to present them to the undersigned on or before January 11, 2018 at 5534 Malpass Corner Road, Currie, NC 28435 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 5th day of October 2017.

Andrew Stephen Thomas, Jr. 5534 Malpass Corner Rd. Currie, NC 28435 #7947 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26/17 NOTICE TO CREDITORS ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE TO CREDITORS Pender County Estate File No.: 17E000334 All persons, firms or corporations having claims against Eugene Bradley Meadows Sr., deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before January 4, 2018 or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 29th day of September 2017.

Ethel H. Meadows, Administratrix of the Estate of Eugene Bradley Meadows Sr. C/O of her attorney, Renee Williamson Bloodworth, Attorney at Law PO BOX 129 , Atkinson, NC 28421 #7950 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26/17

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, October 5, 2017, Page 13A

Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices PUBLIC NOTICE DOCKET NO. SP-9819, SUB 0 APPLICATION OF ELIZABETH FARM, LLC FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 2, 2017, Elizabeth Farm, LLC (Applicant), filed an application seeking a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to G.S. 62-110.1(a) for construction of a 80-MW solar generating facility to be located on the north and south sides of Old Savannah Road (also known as State Road 1345), on the north and south sides of New Savannah Road, on the east side of Van Eden Road, and the west side of Ed Cowan Road, Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina.. The Applicant plans to sell the electricity to Duke Energy Progress, LLC. Details of the application may be obtained from the Office of the Chief Clerk of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, 430 N. Salisbury Street, 5th Floor, Dobbs Building, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 or 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300 or on the Commission’s website at www.ncuc.net.

If a complaint is received within ten days after the last date of the publication of this notice, the Commission will schedule a public hearing to determine whether a certificate should be awarded, will give reasonable notice of the time and place of the hearing to the Applicant and to each complaining party, and will require the Applicant to publish notice of the hearing in this newspaper. If no complaint is received within the time specified above and if the Commission does not order a hearing upon its own initiative, the Commission will enter an order awarding the certificate sought by the Applicant.

Persons desiring to lodge complaints may file statements to that effect with the Commission. Such statements should reference Docket No. SP-9819, Sub 0 and be addressed as follows: Chief Clerk, North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300.

Statements may also be directed to Christopher J. Ayers, Executive Director, Public Staff - North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4326 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300 or to The Honorable Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-9001. #7927 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12/2017 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 22 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Viola Pickett and Mazelle Green, (Viola Pickett, deceased) (Mazelle Green, deceased) (Heirs of Mazelle Green: Billy Hayes, Dexter A. Pickett, Jacqualine Leverette aka Jacqueline Leverette, Samantha Pickett Porter, Stovell Pickett and Unknown Heirs of Mazelle Green) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Joseph Leon Pickett, as to Lot 2) to Monty Powell, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of September, 1999, and recorded in Book 1518, Page 251, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on October 24, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Pender, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: FIRST TRACT: BEGINNING at a stake, David Wood’s corner at the road, and running thence with David Wood’s Eastern line in a Southeastern direction 118 1/2 feet to David Wood’s corner; thence with Hicks Johnson’s line about North 80 degrees East 410 feet to a stake; thence the J. H. Cowan line in a Northerly direction 85 feet to a stake; thence with Marshall Elleby’s line 430 feet to the Beginning, containing about one (1) acre, and being the same land described in Book 268, Page 227 of the Registry of Pender County.

SECOND TRACT: BEGINNING at a stake in the Road Ditch, Annie Ruth Highsmith’s corner, running thence with Annie Ruth Highsmith’s line South 18 degrees West 264 feet to a stone, Annie Ruth Highsmith’s corner in Hicks Johnson’s line; thence with Hicks Johnson’s line North 85 degrees East 90 feet to Florence Johnson’s corner; thence with Florence Johnson’s line North 119 feet to Florence Johnson’s corner at the road; thence with the Southern edge of the road in a Westerly direction 75 feet to the Beginning, and being the same land described in Book 233, page 464, Pender County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 585 Ed Cowan Road Burgaw, North Carolina.

EXCEPTING from the above described tracts that land conveyed to Jackie Pickett Leverette and husband, Bruce B. Leverette, from Viola Pickett, widow by deed recorded May 23, 199, in Book 775, Page 222,

Pender County Registry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1186308 (FC.FAY) #7902 10/12, 10/19/2017 17 SP 16 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Andrew Longo and Diane Longo to Andrew Valentine, Esquire, Trustee(s), which was dated March 21, 2003 and recorded on March 26, 2003 in Book 2076 at Page 121, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 24, 2017 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 12 of SCOTTS HILL BLUFF, Phase I, as the same is shown upon a map recorded in Map Book 30, at Page 49, of the Pender County Registry.

Subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Scotts Hill Bluff recorded at Book 1059, Page 006, of the Pender County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 116 Marshfield Drive, Wilmington, NC 28411.

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

the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale.

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

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

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-21298-FC01 #7946 10/12, 10/19/2017 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 16SP14 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY BRENDA D. GREEN AND LARRY GREEN DATED NOVEMBER 3, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3089 AT PAGE 250 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on October 24, 2017 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Located in Rocky Point Township, Pender County, North Carolina adjacent to and North of the paved centerline of NC Highway No. 210 and being more fully described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point in the paved centerline of NC Highway No. 210, said point being located at the intersection of the paved centerline of NC Hwy No. 210 with paved centerline of Secondary Road No. 1686 (Pickett Road) and running thence from the BEGINNING so located (1) South 83 Degrees 08 Minutes 49 Seconds West 131.30 feet to a new nail and cap in the paved centerline of N.C. Highway No. 210; thence, (2) North 16 Degrees 03 Minutes 03 Seconds West 394.42 feet (passing over an iron stake in 50.65 feet) to an iron stake in W.L.S. Properties Southern Line; (3) North 73 Degrees 56 Minutes 56 Seconds East 82.92 feet to an existing iron stake in the dividing line between Daisy Scott and Phemia B. Jones; thence.

(4) with the above said dividing line South 29 Degrees 17 Minutes 02 Seconds East 435.56 feet (passing over an inline stake at 381.46 feet) to a nail and cap in the paved centerline of N.C. Highway No. 201; thence, (5) along said centerline North 83 Degrees 08 Minutes 49 Seconds West 53.70 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 1.106 acres more or less after the exclusion of that portion of N.C. Highway No. 210 (60 foot right-of-way) contained within the above described boundaries and is as surveyed by Thompson & Jones Surveying Company of Burgaw, North Carolina during June 2006.

As reference to the above described tract see Deed Book 1690 at Page 134 of the Pender County Registry.

And Being more commonly known as: 12886 NC Highway 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Brenda D Carr.

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

This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is October 3, 2017.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 16-078130 #7957 10/12, 10/19/2017

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 17sp179 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JAMES R. MOSELY, SR. AND ALYSIA A. MOSELY DATED DECEMBER 7, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3114 AT PAGE 119 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on October 24, 2017 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at an existing iron stake in the centerline intersection of Bland Drive and N.C. Highway 50, thence leaving said centerline intersection and along the centerline of N.C. Highway 50 the following courses and distances: North 43 degrees 57 minutes 41 seconds East 3.00 feet to an existing Parker Kolan nail, North 48 degrees 59 minutes 51 seconds East 362.41 feet to an existing Parker Kolan nail, North 49 degrees 20 minutes 41 seconds East 184.53 feet to an existing magnetic nail in said centerline and being THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING: thence from the above described true point of beginning and leaving said centerline North 35 degrees 51 minutes 15 seconds West 30.06 feet to an existing iron stake in the northern right-of way line of N.C. Highway 50, thence leaving said northern right-of-way line North 36 degrees 31 minutes 25 seconds West 137.34 feet to an existing iron stake, thence North 54 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds East 47.08 feet to an existing iron stake in the eastern margin of a I 0’ access easement, thence along said eastern easement margin South 36 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds East 133.36 feet to an existing iron stake in the northern right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 50, thence crossing N.C. Highway 50 South 36 degrees 23 minutes 33 seconds East 30.11 feet to a point in the centerline of N.C. Highway 50, thence crossing Highway 50 South 36 degrees 36 minutes 26 seconds East 30.14 feet to an existing iron stake in the south-

ern right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 50 in the eastern margin of a 5’ access easement, thence leaving said southern right-of way line and along said eastern easement margin South 36 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East 68.90 feet to an existing iron stake, thence continuing along said eastern easement margin South 36 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East 65.00 feet to the approximate mean high water line of the Atlantic Ocean, thence along said approximate mean high water line South 58 degrees 57 minutes 26 seconds West 47.39 feet to a point in said approximate mean high water line, thence leaving said approximate mean high water line North 36 degrees 34 minutes 08 seconds West 65.22 feet to an existing iron stake, thence North 36 degrees 34 minutes 08 seconds West 91.08 feet to an existing magnetic nail in the centerline of N.C. Highway 50 and being the point and place of beginning. Being all of Tract 3, Topsail Development, Inc. as recorded in Map Book 32, Page 121 of the Pender County Registry and containing 12,513 square feet, excluding the right-of-way of N.C. Highway 50, as surveyed by Charles Francis Riggs, P.L.S. L-2981 on July 12, 1999. The courses contained within are correct in angular relationship and are referenced to Deed Book 1283, Page 263 of the Pender County Registry.

Together, along and with the above tract are the following access and utility easements; Commencing at an existing iron stake in the centerline intersection of Bland Drive and N.C. highway 50, thence leaving said centerline intersection and along the centerline of N.C. Highway 50 the following courses and distances: North 43 degrees 57 minutes 41 seconds East 3.00 feet to an existing Parker Kalon nail, North 48 degrees 59 minutes 51 seconds East 362.41 feet to an existing Parker Kalon nail, North 49 degrees 20 minutes 41 seconds East 184.53 feet to an existing magnetic nail in said centerline, thence leaving said centerline North 35 degrees 51 minutes 15 seconds West 30.06 feet to an existing iron stake in the northern right-of way line of N.C. Highway 50, thence along said northern right-of-way line North 49 degrees 30 minutes 16 seconds East 47.14 feet to an existing iron stake in said northern right-of-way line and in the eastern margin of a 10’ access easement and being THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING: thence from the above described true point of beginning and long the eastern easement margin and crossing N.C. Highway 50 South 36 degrees 23 minutes 33 seconds East 30.11 feet to a point in said centerline, thence continuing along said easement margin South 36 degrees 36 minutes 26 seconds East 30.14 feet to an existing iron stake in the southern right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 50, thence leaving said southern right-of-way line and along said easement margin South 36 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East 133.90 feet to a point in the approximate mean high water line of the Atlantic Ocean and in the terminus of said easement, thence along said terminus and along the approximate mean high water line South 58 degrees 57 minutes 26 seconds West 5.02 feet to a point in said approximate mean high water line and in the western margin of said easement, thence leaving said approximate mean high water line and along said western easement margin North 36 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West 133.15 feet to a point in southern right-of way line of N.C. Highway 50, thence crossing N.C. Highway 50 and along said western easement margin North 36 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West 60.14 feet to a point in the northern rightof- way line of N.C. Highway 50, thence along said northern right-of-way line South 49 degrees 35 minutes 27 seconds West 5.01 feet to a point in said northern right-of-way line and in the western margin of a 10’ easement, thence leaving said northern right-of-way and along said western easement margin North 36 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West 134.23 feet to a point in the terminus of said10’ easement and in the common line of Tract 3 and Tract 1, thence along said common line South 54 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West 5.00 feet to a point in said common line and in the western margin of a 15’ sewer easement, thence leaving said common line and along said western sewer easement margin North 36 degrees 20 minutes 30 seconds West 25.68 feet to a point in the terminus of said sewer easement, thence along said terminus North 54 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds East 10.00 feet to a point in said terminus and in the western margin of a 5’ easement, thence leaving said terminus and along said western easement margin North 36 degrees 20 minutes 30 seconds West 52.22 feet to a point, thence continuing along said western easement margin North 36 degrees 25 minutes 18 seconds West 138.02 feet to a point in the approximate mean high water line of Topsail Sound, thence along said approximate mean high water line North 42 degrees 46 minutes 16 seconds East 5.09 feet to a point in said approximate mean high water line and in the eastern margin of said 5’ easement, thence leaving said approximate mean high waterline and along said eastern easement margin South 36 degrees 27 minutes 19 seconds East 7.87 feet to an existing concrete monument in said eastern easement margin, thence continuing along said eastern easement margin South 36 degrees 25 minutes 18 seconds East 131.11 feet to an existing iron stake in said eastern easement margin, thence continuing along said eastern easement margin South 36 degrees 20 minutes 30 seconds East 77.96 feet to an existing iron stake in the eastern margin of said 5’ easement and in the eastern margin of a 10’ easement, thence leaving said 5’ easement along the eastern margin of said 10’ easement South 36 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds East 133.36

feet to an existing iron stake in said eastern easement margin and in the northern right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 50 and being the point and place of beginning.

And Being more commonly known as: 2717 South Shore Dr, Surf City, NC 28445 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are James Moseley.

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

This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is October 3, 2017.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 17-094220 #7956 10/12, 10/19/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-920 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO MARGARET JORDAN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.50 acres, Parcel ID Number 3247-78-2302-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than November 27, 2017.

This date: October 12, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and Through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman State Bar #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel) scott@shermanandrodgers.com #7954 10/12, 10/19, 10/26/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF MARY LEE PURCELL 17 E 362 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Mary Lee Purcell, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Marvin Lee Piver, Jr., Executor of the decedent’s estate, on or before January 13, 2018 at 240 Kings Landing Road, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Executor.

Marvin Lee Piver, Jr., Executor Estate of Mary Lee Purcell c/o Mark I. Nunalee BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #7952 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2/2017

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Roundup

Continued from page 9A Sorace and five kills, a block, and an ace from sophomore Rachel Hobson. Tuesday produced a 2-0 (25-10, 25-23) road win at North Brunswick with Hobson (six kills, two blocks, two aces), sophomore Madison Lofton (five kills), and sophomore Lucy Nestor-Dowling (three kills, ace) leading the way.

Pender

Continued from page 8A down 25-6 with just over a quarter of the game left to play.

The Pender Patriot football team refused to give up.

Brown finished up a 51 yard drive with an 11 yard jaunt

Topsail

Continued from page 8A at full speed and not doing the little things in practice you sure as heck can’t do it in the ball game, perfecting routes, taking throws, you’re not going to get any better at it,” Inman said. “I think, offensively, they moved the ball on us but they still only scored 14 points.

We’ve scored three points in 12 quarters and that hurts.

“You have the ball down on the two-yard line and you don’ punch it in on four or five tries. We had seven or eight false-start penalties and that disturbs me. They talking, yelling, and chanting on defense and our center would move the ball and we jumped.

It was ridiculous. We stayed

Lady Pirates

Continued from page 8A that gave up the game for them,” Topsail Coach Hill Pearsall said. “The last two it seemed like we’d do one thing right and two things wrong.

We served well but we blocked poorly.

“The last game we probably hit six balls out. That’s a lack of focus by the girls, that’s not something we can teach. Every girl on this team practices serves every day in practice, it’s just their focus.”

The first game was tied eight times. Topsail led 21-18 late but gave up a seven-point Lady Wildcat run- hitting two balls out of bounds and another into the net in aiding the surge.

New Hanover (13-6, 9-3) broke a 1-1 deadlock with a five-point run and was never threatened. Two four-point runs and a five-pointer later New Hanover walked of the court with a 15-point victory. A 3-0 start mushroomed into an early 8-2 Lady Wildcat lead and Topsail never really recovered in the third game.

Junior Abby Miner led Topsail with five kills. Sophomore Julia Sullivan had four kills, an ace, two digs, and seven assists, sophomore Gia Marinelli recorded two kills and three

Thursday the Lady Pirates suffered their second loss of the year, falling 2-1 (25-19, 23-25, 24-25) to New Hanover, which owns both victories over the youthful Lady Pirates this year.

Lofton (12 kills, ace), Sorace (four kills, block), Hobson (six kills, two blocks), and NestorDowling (seen kills, three aces) were Topsail’s top players in the match.Topsail was at Hoggard Tuesday. The Lady Pirates are home Thursday against Ashley.

Trask

Continued from page 9A Titan linebacker Foster Williamson led the Titan defense in tackles and also had a fumble recovery for a score.

The Titans are now 5-2 overall and 2-1 in Coastal 8 Conference play. They will host East Carteret in a conference matchup on Friday night.

Game time is 7pm.

to give the patriots hope. The scoreboard read 25-12 with just under 11 minutes to play.

Richlands put the Patriots away with a 32 yard pass and run from Wildcat quarterback Matt Westlake to Raevon Waller.

The Patriots were led by Brown. He had 115 yards rushing and scored both Pender touchdowns. Junior Lavelle

Henry finished with 71 yards on the ground. Whitehead carved the Patriot defense up to the tune of 196 yards rushing. He scored three touchdowns.

The Patriots are 3-4 overall and 1-2 in Coastal 8 Conference play. They will host the Dixon Bulldogs on Friday night.

Game time is 7pm.

behind the chains, not because of lost yardage, but because of penalties that kept us behind them. One time we had thirdand-18 and picked it up and had a block in the back nullify the play.”

South Brunswick pretty much secured the win with a 13-play, 86-yard drive – aided by a Topsail personal-foul penalty – that used 6:52 of the game clock.

A tough game with Laney (4-3, 0-3) and fresh off a 45-6 loss to New Hanover, will be at Topsail Friday.

“Everybody is tough for us,” Inman said. “I’m not going to blame the kids being beat up, this is football and those things are going to happen. I guarantee you South Brunswick has just as many bumps and bruises as we do. It’s just how your kids are going to

respond to them and, right now, we’re not responding that well.

“Now we’ll have to get back to work on Monday and we’ll spend hours coming up with a game plan watching Laney.

But it still comes back to the kids working hard and showing it means something to them. I told them in the locker room, if I had a magic wand and I could wave it over them and change things I would, but sometimes you need to sit down and find that something extra that your Mommy and Daddy gave you and step up. Maybe it’s coaching and maybe we need to work harder to change some things. I know this, we’ve given up a lot of points in the last three games and only scored three points so we definitely need to change something.”

blocks,, junior Cherish Brown had three kills, sophomore Makayla Weathers had three aces, three digs, and 10 assists, and junior Rena Marrotta – who leads the team and the conference with 395 digs – had 14 digs.

Strong defense and an amazing service run from Marrotta propelled the Lady Pirates to a 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-17) conference win at North Brunswick Tuesday. After an early 2-2 deadlock in the first game, Topsail used the rapidly-improving skills of Marinelli (four kills, three aces, three blocks, four digs) to open an 8-3 advantage.

With Topsail leading 16-9, Marrotta (five aces, 16 digs) went on her first service tear as Topsail opened a 24-10 spacing. The Lady Scorpions put together a six-point surge to close to within 24-16 but a ball out of bounds gave Topsail the win.

North Brunswick hung tough in the second game, forging 10 ties – the last at 2020 before an ace by Sullivan (four kill, one ace, three digs, 16 assists) put Topsail on top at 22-21. Kills from Hagan and junior Mallory George (seven kills) secured game two.

North Brunswick led the third game 9-7 before Marrotta took over the serve. Three aces from Marrotta, two blocks and two kills from Marinelli, two

kills from George, and a pair of kills from Ramsey helped fuel a 17-point service run that left the Lady Scorpions in the dust.

“It felt good to play like we did tonight and get a win,”Mar rotta said. “We played really good as a team and I think we have improved a lot since the beginning of the year. As for the service runs, I felt I was hitting it good but a run like that takes a lot of people doing a lot of things right. It was a lot of fun.”

Monday’s game at Wilmington Christian Academy didn’t provide too many highlights as the Lady Patriots recorded a 3-0 (2-25, 15-25, 15-25) victory over the Lady Pirates.

“We just weren’t athletic enough,” Pearsall said. “We didn’t play that well on the back line, which cut down on our offense a lot, and they are a really good hitting team.

We had a few serving issues, I think we missed 11 serves, and that was another point.”

Hagan led Topsail with six kills, Marinelli (three kills, one block, one ace), George (three kills), and Cherish Brown (three kills) helped offensively, while Marrotta (22 digs) was tough on defense.

The Lady Pirates were at Hoggard Tuesday. The regular season concludes at home T hursday (Senior Night) against Ashley.

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Hunting & Fishing '17

It’s time to go wild

Clean and fine-tune your weapons, break out the camouflage, count your shells and get ready to head for the field.

Whether it’s for an afternoon dove shoot with family and friends, pursuing a trophy buck on a crisp autumn morning, calling in a colorful wood duck, or matching wits with a coyote or bobcat in the increasingly popular sport of predator hunting, now’s the time to get ready for opening day for your favorite quarry.

Featured below is a brief list of dates and target species, but be sure to pick up the latest copy of the N.C. Wildlife Commission’s Regulations Digest at your favorite hunting and fishing dealer, or go online to www.ncwildlife.org for all the details.

-- Jefferson Weaver Some photos and information courtesy N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, N.C. Trappers Association, N.C. Predator Hunters Association, USDA Fish and Wildlife Service, and Ducks Unlimited.

Whitetail Deer

Pender County is part of is part of the Eastern Deer Season district.

Bowhunting Sept. 9-Sept.. 29 Muzzleloader Sept. 30-Oct.13 Gun Oct. 14 - Jan. 1 . Check the regulations digest for more specific details.

Nov. 13 - Jan. 1 One per season, with possession of one. Bears less than 75 pounds may not be taken.

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Raccoon, Opossum, & Bobcat

Nov. 18 - Feb. 28 Hunting and box trapping. Daily limit of five. No possession or season limit.

Nov. 19 - Feb. 28 Daily limit of six, with a possession of 12. No season limit.

Oct. 16 - Feb. 28 No limit on bobcat and opossum.

For raccoons, the daily limit is three, with no season or possession limit.

PREDATOR & VARMINT SPECIES Coyote, Striped Skunk, Armadillo, Nutria & Beaver

No closed season or bag limits.

Beaver may only be taken if permission has been granted by the landowner. Beaver may be hunted with firearms or bow and arrow.

WATERFOWL & GAMEBIRDS Mourning Doves Sept. 2 - Oct. 7, Nov. 22- Jan. 15 Daily limit 15, possession of 45.

Resident Canada Geese Sept. 1-30 statewide. Daily limit 15, possession 45.

Ducks, Mergansers, Coots Oct. 5-8, Nov. 12-Dec. 3, Dec. 17-Jan. 28.

Rail, Gallinule, Moorhen Sept. 2-Oct. 21, Nov. 3-22 Woodcock Dec. 14 - Jan. 27 Snipe Nov. 14 - Feb. 28 Check the Regulations Digest or go to www.ncwildlife.org for more details.

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Living

Watch where you walk – learn about snakes

By Lori Kirkpatrick, Post & Voice Staff Writer

Pender County has plenty of rural areas, and many people enjoy a walk or hike in the country, or working in the backyard. But what about those slithery things that can live out there?

As Indiana Jones famously said – “Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?”

To help in understanding snakes, the Pender County Master Gardener Volunteer Speakers Bureau will hold a seminar on the Snakes of North Carolina.

The one-hour presentation will be held at the Pender County Extension Auditorium Oct. 17 at 11 a.m. Pender County Master Gardener Volunteer Sherry Kittrell will provide information and advice to those who spend time outdoors and who wonder if there are snakes hiding in the mulch, under bushes or behind trees. During the presentation, Kittrell will discuss what to do if you encounter a snake, ways you can tell if the snake is dangerous and what to do if you are bit.

Kittrell is an experienced environmental educator and has worked with antivenin for many years. Her seminar will also focus on tips to avoid encounters and how to keep snakes out of birdhouses. The Pender County Extension Master Gardener Speaker’s Bureau is an outreach program of the Pender County Center of N.C. Cooperative Extension. The group provides timely, research-based and practical gardening information to the residents of Pender County and local community organizations. Their presentations are informal and utilize a variety of teaching methods. Questions and group discussions are always welcome, as well.

Kittrell worked in various areas of the medical field for 40 years, with 28 years at the hospital. She also worked for an orthopedic group for eight years and a reconstructive surgeon for two and one-half years. She spent her last 25 years in pharmacy before retirement three years ago, and worked in the IV center mixing fluids for medication.

One of Kittrell’s duties was to mix the antivenin for snakebite patients. She said that the youngest victim she has worked with was 17 months old, and the oldest was in their 90s. Her knowledge about the cost of treatment and witnessing the pain endured by snakebite victims caused her to do more research on snakes. She felt a calling to educate people on the topic and to create an awareness of their surroundings.

“Snakebites are very painful, and they are very expensive. I have been in the Master Gardener program for nine years, and have done some research so that I could educate people. I love to be outdoors in the gardens. People are always out there, and especially nowadays in the age of electronics, they just don’t pay attention to what they are doing. I want to educate gardeners and others on what to do, what to look for. Whenever you go out in your yard, just take a moment before you go diving in and putting your hands in certain places or walking in certain areas – just look. Take a stick, a hoe or rake and stir around in this particular area and check things out. Just be aware, be cautious,” said Kittrell.

Kittrell noted that we have 37 species of snakes in North Carolina, and six of those are venomous. The copperhead accounts for 90 percent of snakebites that occur in our area. She will use a chart and a model pygmy rattlesnake to help with snake identification. She also plans to discuss prevention and what to look for when working or exploring outdoors.

The Pender County Extension Auditorium is located at 801 S. Walker St. in Burgaw. For more information about this presentation, please contact Local Foods and Horticultural Agent Tim Mathews at 910-259-1235.

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Zephaniah 1:12 We live in a world that is full of distractions. One of the great inventions of our modern time would have to be the cell phone. At any moment we can call, text or surf the internet. What was created as a helpful tool has quickly numbed our emotions to the world around us.

Recently, my wife Jessica and I were at a restaurant and noticed the vast majority of customers were distracted by their phones. I said to my wife, “This reminds me of the modern church. We get distracted by our own world, forgetting those around us including God.” However, I know that if it wasn’t a cell phone many of us would allow something else to divert us from God. At the time of Zephaniah, many people in Judah wor-

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such a complacent attitude, He declared, “Because you are lukewarm – neither hot nor cold – I am about to spit you out of my mouth” (Revelation 3:15-16). Christ loathes indifference toward Him. This applies to Christians who feel no obligation to be a witness to our faith. What a sad state of affairs. Let’s not be indifferent, but rather seek God wholeheartedly and assume our Christian obligation with eagerness and delight.

Matthew 11:16-17 describes what many look like today, But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.” We, like these unmoved children, remain stagnate in our Spirit as the world slowly drifts to Hell.

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The Christian Community Caring Center distributed food locally to those in need.

The food pantry is generously supported by local churches, businesses and individuals.

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

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

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

until noon.

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

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Francis Chan says, The core problem isn’t the fact that we’re lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and it is because we have an inaccurate view of God. We see Him as a benevolent Being who is satisfied when people manage to fit Him into their lives in some small way. We forget that God never had an identity crisis. He knows that He’s great and deserves to be the center of our lives.

This week, I encourage you to spiritually examine your heart. We should let the indwelling Holy Spirit empower us so that our lives will display the fruit of the Spirit. Be faithful to go about witnessing not only with a right attitude, but with an accurate message of the saving power of Jesus Christ.

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shiped God because of the influence of good King Josiah; but it definitely was not their top priority. While they professed loyalty to God, they didn’t let their faith interfere with conflicting cultural institutions, personal ambitions or the worship of false gods.

In response, the Lord vowed to find the proud, smug and self-satisfied people and punish them. Dregs are what are left at the bottom of the barrel, bad tasting and useless.

We sometimes see dregs left after drinking a cup of coffee.

Dormancy is no virtue when it comes to convictions about God’s influence and power in our lives.

Our own times seem not unlike the days of Zephaniah.

While we might in theory acknowledge God as the Creator of the universe, who is all-powerful, all-knowing and everywhere, we often think we get along just fine on our own.

We doubt God will intervene and see no tangible, probable relationship between God and us. We see ourselves as selfsufficient, with no need for an active, intimate, subservient connection to God. When Jesus encountered

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Church Directory Barlow Vista Baptist Church

New Beginning Church

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

corner of Fremont & Wright Street (Courthouse Square) Burgaw, N.C. • 910-619-8063

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

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

Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

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

All are welcome! Pastor Bill Howell

Friendly Community Baptist Church

1730 US Hwy. 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3046

Centerville Baptist Church

Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m. www.facebook.com/downeastdisciples/

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

St. M ary’s Church

Currie Community Baptist Church

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)

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

Burgaw Presbyterian Church

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Watha United Methodist Church

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

910-470-4436

Pastor John Fedoronko

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

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

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

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

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

Riley’s Creek Baptist Church 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

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

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

Westview United Methodist Church

Rocky Point United Methodist Church

located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210

Pastor Mark Murphy

Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m. www.RPUMC.org

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

Calvary Chapel Community Church

Mission Baptist Church

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

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

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

Jordans Chapel United Methodist Church

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

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

Faith Harbor United Methodist Church

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.

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

4670 Stag Park Rd. • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-5735 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

The Church at Wilmington

Bible Based Community Fellowship NEW Pender County Location 16660 Hwy 17 N. • Hampstead, NC 28443 (American Legion Building) 910-526-7890 Pastor: Monte Suggs Services Sunday at 10 a.m. and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Burgaw Baptist Church

100 E. Bridgers Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-4310

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

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

Moores Creek Baptist Church

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All Saints Catholic Church

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

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A medley of recipes

Hope’s Cooking Corner

By Hope Cusick Contributing Writer Candied roasted tomatoes These are oven roasted tomatoes with some sugar and olive oil, and they taste almost like candy. They are roasted in a 250-degree oven for several hours until their edges have a lacy golden crust.

They can be used as you would use sundried tomatoes.

They are good in salads, on breads, potatoes, pasta, fish, and soups. Refrigerate up to 5-6 days after making them or freeze them in an airtight container up to 3 months. This recipe can be doubled.

When layering the tomatoes on the baking sheet keep them away from each other a little bit and let the olive oil drip to the bottom of the pan.

Save the oil after roasting, it’s great when used in salads or on bread or pasta.

2 pounds ripe, medium-sized tomatoes (plum or Roma tomatoes will not have as much taste as regular tomatoes)

1 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 2-3 teaspoons Kosher salt or coarse salt Ground black pepper Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Cut tomatoes in half crosswise and lay them out on a baking sheet with the cut side facing up. If you’re using large tomatoes cut them into 4-8 wedges depending on their size. Drizzle a good amount of olive oil over them.

Sprinkle the coarse salt and some ground black pepper over the tops. Then sprinkle the sugar on top.

Roast in oven for 4-5 hours until they are shriveling up but are still oily and juicy.

Remove and let them cool.

Transfer to a glass dish and pour the oil from the pan over them. Let them stay at room temperature uncovered for 3-4 hours to have the flavors mellow. Leave the oil on the tomatoes when storing.

To serve, drain the oil off and eat them at room temperature Broccoli salad with pineapple and raisins 4 cups fresh broccoli florets (1 large bunch of broccoli) 2 stalks of celery, chopped ¼ cup chopped sweet or red onion 1 8-ounce can pineapple tidbits, drained, reserve two tablespoons juice 1 cup dark raisins 1 cup sliced almonds or chopped walnuts

1 cup mayonnaise ¼ cup sour cream 1/3 cup granulated sugar ¼ cup crumbled crispy bacon, about two slices (optional) Drain pineapple reserving two tablespoons of the juice.

In a large bowl toss together pineapple, raisins, celery, onion, and broccoli. Add almonds. In a small bowl whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, sugar, and reserved pineapple juice. Pour over broccoli and toss. Sprinkle top with crumbled bacon.

Refrigerate and serve cold.

Grilled ham and cheese sandwiches on raisin bread Makes 1 sandwich 2 slices raisin bread 2 tablespoons butter, softened 2 slices deli baked ham 2 slices, yellow American cheese 1 small apple, peeled, cored and cut into very thin slices (Optional) Butter outsides of two slices of raisin bread. On the first slice of bread layer cheese, one layer of thin apple slices, ham then cheese. Cover with second slice of buttered bread and place in a frying pan on medium heat. Fry until golden on the outside. Turn over and cook on the opposite side until golden and cheese is melted.

Placing a small heavy plate on top of the sandwich while cooking helps to keep the sandwich together and to cook through evenly. Serve hot and

cut into halves or quarters.

Fruit and nut trail mix 1 cup walnuts ½ cup unsalted peanuts 1 cup raisins ½ cup coarsely chopped dried apricots ½ cup dried cranberries ½ cup M&M’s Combine all ingredients together, mix, and store in an airtight container.

Scallop ceviche with Mandarin oranges 1 pound sea scallops, coarsely chopped into ½ inch pieces 1/3 cup lime juice 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped ¼ teaspoon sea salt ½ small red onion, finely chopped 1 avocado, cut into small cubes 1 can mandarin oranges, drained and cut in half crosswise 1 tablespoon chopped jalapeno chile (Optional, for spicy ceviche) In a pot of boiling water flash cook whole scallops for 30 seconds and remove quickly, put into ice water to stop cooking, drain and cut into small pieces.

In a bowl fold together scallops, salt and lime juice. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes stirring every five minutes or so until scallops turn opaque.

Add mandarin orange pieces, onion, cilantro, and avocado; gently fold in until well blended. Serve with tortilla chips.

Community News & Events Blood donations needed D u r i n g B re a s t C a n c e r Awareness Month, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood to support cancer patients and others.

Mary Alice Donofrio gave blood for the first time in memory of her mother who received several blood transfusions while being treated for breast cancer.

“I had no idea what to expect, but the experience was very easy and quite rewarding. Ever since then, I try and give blood as often as I can, and every time it gives me a good feeling in my heart. It is so nice to know that taking just an hour or so out of my day can help save the lives of others.”

According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 1.7 million new cases of cancer are expected in the U.S. this year. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, with nearly 253,000 women expected to be diagnosed in 2017.

Cancer patients may need blood products during chemotherapy, surgery or treatment

for complications.

Donors of all blood types are needed to help ensure a sufficient supply for patients this fall. To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood. org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

HUMC Men’s Club Low Country Boil Nov. 4 Hampstead United Methodist Church’s Men’s Club will be having a Low Country Boil with shrimp, sausage, corn,

potatoes Nov. 4. The cost is $10 per person.

For non-seafood lovers, we will also have Brunswick Stew. The cost is $5 per person.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. Serving will be from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

For tickets or more information please contact the church at (910) 270-4648. The address is 15395 US-17 N, Hampstead, NC 28443, the Pumpkin Patch Church.

Pumpkin Patch Hampstead American Le-

Topsail Basketball Assocation Registration now open Grades 1-12 Registration closes at Midnight Nov. 13 For more information visit www.topsailbasketball.com

gion Post 167 Auxiliary Unit will have a Pumpkin Patch Oct. 16-31. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 11 a.m until 7 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m., and Sunday from noon until 6 p.m.

The patch is next to Hilltop Grocery at the corner of Sloop Point Road and Hwy. 17N. There will be face painting and hayrides on Saturdays. The proceeds go to local schools. For information The more Pender-Topsail call 910 330 4623.

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Thursday, October 12 •The Kiwanis Club of Hampstead meets every Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead.

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

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

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

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

Friday, October 13 •Pender County Museum open 1-4 p.m.

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

Tuesday, October 17 •AlAnon meets at Hampstead United Methodist Church every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Room 9. The meeting is for family and friends of alcoholics. Everyone is welcome •The The Marine Corps League, Detachment 1321 meets at the Topsail Senior Center, 20959 U.S. Hwy. 17 in Hampstead the second Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. The Detachment is always looking for new member to help in its continuing mission.

•The Burgaw Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at Burgaw Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Members do not have to live in Burgaw to be a member of this service organization. For more information, call Alan King at 910-789-1074.

Wednesday, October 18 •Alcoholics Anonymous will meet from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the Surf City Community Center, 201 Community Center Dr. Call 328.4887 for more information •The Coastal Pender Rotary Club meets each Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Belvedere Country Club, 2368 Country Club Drive in Hampstead.

Thursday, October 19 •The Kiwanis Club of Hampstead will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead.

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

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

•Women in Networking meeting every Thursday from 9:3010:30 a.m. at Olde Point Country Club •The Hampstead Lions Club meets on the third Thursday of the month at Topsail Presbyterian Church at noon. Be sure to bring your lunch.

Friday October 20 •Pender County Museum open 1-4 p.m.

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

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Fall Festival Saturday, Oct. 14

Hampstead United Methodist Church

15395 Hwy. 17, about one mile north of the Food Lion Shopping Center, next to Farm Bureau

6:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Gigantic Yard Sale!

Breakfast Tent serving pancakes & sausage Lunch with barbecue pork/chicken Hot dogs and smoked sausages Bake sale with homemade treats Cotton candy and popcorn Helicopter rides Authentic crafters Pumpkin patch Music and live entertainment Big bouncy rides Hayrides Hair chalk, glitter tattoos Free parking and free admission Canned goods accepted for Food Pantry Mission Proceeds benefit the HUMC Capital Building Fund For more information, call 910-270-4648.

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October 12, 2017

Ghost Sightings in Burgaw On Oct. 13-14 ghosts of Penderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Past will haunt the Historic Train Depot, Courthouse Avenue, Wright Street and the county courthouse grounds.

Attendees to the annual Ghost Walk: Ghost of Penderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Past will meet the spirits of the historic prisoner exchange, ghosts from Poplar Grove Plantation, and pirates.

Ghosts from the Gullah Geechee heritage

will feature a boo hag. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the story of a woman slapped to death by a ghost.

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Haints in Pender County?

How do we know?

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Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when we decided, we need a Ghost Walk.

Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event was a sell-out.

This year we have doubled the number of tickets we can sell. We hope this event continues to grow. Our ultimate goal is to attract visitors to Pender County. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re rich in history â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even the spooky kind â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and we love sharing our wealth with our visitors.

A Gastly Conspiracy

Many groups and individuals conspired together to make the Ghost Walk happen.

It is the united effort of Moores Creek National Battlefield, Pender County Library, the Historical Society of Topsail Island, Pender County Museum and Historical Society, Poplar Grove Plantation, Pender County Tourism, the Town of Burgaw, the NC Blueberry Festival, and the Pender Arts Council.

Special thanks to the students and educators from Pender High, Pender Early College, and Heide Trask High S c h o o l . , B u rg a w P a r k s a n d R e c

Department, Pender County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department, Loggerhead Designs, the Burgaw Downtown Businesses, and the Burgaw Police Department.

Special thanks to the Pender County Tourism Development Authority who have attended countless meetings and planning sessions.

And last, but not least, you would not have this limited edition Pender Ghost & Voice without the support of our hometown newspaper, the Pender Post & Voice, Andy and Katie Pettigrew, owners.

Some of Your Neighbors May not be Who they Seem

The scenes played out in the 2017 Ghost Walk just may be your neighbor, your lawyer, your favorite business owner, or your county commissioner.

Here are the actors who have participated in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ghost Walk: Ghost of Penderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Past: Debbi Johnson, Judy Herring, Austin Gaskins, Linda Lashley, Kemberly Renelt, Julian Scobber, Jim Murphy, Chip Davis, Camden Paluck, Shelby Battle, Steve Smith,

Edna Smith, Rick Stidley, Janine Stidley, Jim Shapely, Mariah Martin, Josie Mae Treadwell, Logan Manns, Gilbert Burnett, Zachary Rivenbark, Bob Hugh Corbett, Vernon Harrell, Jackie Newton, Ross Harrell, Tollie Mitchell, Noah Harrel, Jason Aycock, Jeffery Williams, Timothy Patram, and Rochelle Whiteside.

Keep a close watch on the actors. We just may add a few more talented folks while the Pender Ghost &

Voice goes to print.

Tour guides We could not host the Ghost Walk without tour guides. We extend our special thanks to Jake Arthur, O.B. Battel, Sandy Blake, Jackie Davis, Holly Horton, Jeanette Jones, Josie Mae Treadwell, Janet Rivenbark, Debbie Shukiser, Sally Spainhour, Lynda 6WHYHQV -DQHW 7HZ 6RÂżD :HOOV DQG 'HE .HVHFNHU

A Few of the Favorite Haunts Around Town While you’re in town be sure to visit a few of our local haunts.

Burgaw AntiquePlace is famous for their homemade fudge. Did you know that if you eat fudge standing up the calories don’t count? That’s what the Ghost of Calories told us.

Harrell’s Department Store will be open Friday night.

Step into this more than a 100 year old family business and take in the atmosphere of what downtown shopping.

Harrell’s might feel familiar. It has been the backdrop for television and movies.

Freemont Antiques has a vast selection of antiques and unique items. Don’t go upstairs though. It’s haunted.

Brown Dog Coffee Company will offer a discount if you present your Ghost Walk ticket to the cashier during the Ghost Walk, Oct. 13-14. They roast their own beans.

Visit them for coffee, smoothies and more.

Olde Carolina Eatery is a favorite place for Francis’ famous soups and sandwiches. On Ghost Walk night stop by for cider or ice cream.

Bandana’s Restaurant and Grill, located in the Pender Landing Plaza on Hwy 117 and Hwy 53, will offer Ghost Walk specials. They have a bar in the Wagrub room (that’s Burgaw, backwards). Great piz- za, great entrees.

Piggly Wiggly, located behind the Historic Burgaw Train Depot, offers a deli counter with their famous chicken and specials. There’s a dine-in area to enjoy the home cooked goodness.

Carolina Sisters is a wonderful shop with beautiful fashions. They make shopping personal with monogramming your purchase. They offer a selection of purses, jewelry and more.

Harvey’s Deli and Tavern offers sandwiches and drinks.

Visit for a night cap or a meal.

Memaw’s Chicken and Ribs is located in the Pender Landing Plaza at the intersection of Hwy 117 and Hwy 53, wants to know if you’re chicken. If you’re not a chicken, come on over and enjoy their delicious specials.

––Stops on the Ghost Walk––

&Prisoner Exchange at the Historic Train Depot – the site of a historic and horrific exchange of Union and Confederate soldiers. &Mattie Bloodworth – This Burgaw Emily Post scared the daylights out of Burgaw residents with her scolding ways. &Poplar Grove Plantation was torn asunder by the Civil War. &Mary Slocomb’s intuition told her that her beloved husband was wounded in the Battle of Moores Creek. She rode her horse at night to reach Moores Creek. &Boo-Hag, a Gullah Geechee ghost story, is the story of a young newlywed whose wife vanishes in the middle of night. &Water-logged Preacher is a Pender story of ghostly proportions. &The Historical Society of Topsail Island shares the tale of the Gold Hole and the pirate’s curse. *Did you know Bigfoot has been sighted in Pender County twice?

Here’s the true story of a Bigfoot sighting. *A haunting story of a lady who was slapped to death by a ghost in Pender County. Better think twice before you mistreat someone. They could come back to haunt you. *The finale is the Courthouse Drama. The finale is a Perry Masonlooking set of cases that will tickle your funny bone.

Harrell’s Department Store will have cider and cookies during the Friday evening Burgaw Ghost Walk Special thanks to the Pender, Onslow and Brunswick Pirates