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Pender County Hurricane Florence update

Debris pickup ends, storm damage permit fee waiver extended From Staff Reports Pender County has ended hurricane debris pickup, according to Assistant County Manager Chad McEwen. McEwen says the county has turned the job over to the N.C. Department of Transportation, which maintains roadsides and ditches. “The NCDOT has inspected

the roadsides and released the county from the memorandum of agreement to pick up debris.

The NCDOT said that additional debris should now be taken directly to an approved landfill and not placed on the side of the road.

Any debris placed on the roadside at this point may be considered illegal dumping,� McEwen said

Permit fee waver extended Hurricane Florence stor m damage permit fees will be waived until Mar. 18.

Pender County Board of Commissioners approved the extension during their Feb. 4 meeting.

The waiver was set to expire Feb. 7. “We understand the challenges

our homeowners are facing,� said George Brown, Chairman of the Pender County Board of Commissioners. “Recovery takes time, and we are waiving permitting fees for all storm-related work.�

All complete applications received on or before Mar. 18, will be processed at no cost to Pender County residents.

Normal permit fees for all permits will resume on Mar. 19.

Applications are available from the permitting offices in Burgaw, 805 S. Walker St. or in Hampstead at the Annex, 15060 US Hwy. 17.

For further information contact the permitting department at 910-259-1518.

BOC to hold planning meetings on water, sewer

Rebuilding the beach

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher T h e Pe n d e r C o u n t y Commissioner’s infrastructure planning retreat is scheduled for Feb. 2122 in the Boards meeting room. Commissioners will begin at 4 p.m. on Feb. 21 and 9 a.m. on Feb. 22.

The meetings are open to the public, but will not be streamed live on the county website.

The February meetings will focus on infrastructure needs and plans for the county. General budget meetings for the 2019-20 fiscal year budget will begin in March.

Assistant County ManStaff photo by Andy Pettigrew ager Chad McEwen says meetings dedicated soleWork continues along the Surf City beach to rebuild public and private beach access points after many were destroyed by Hurrily to infrastructure are cane Florence. Surf City has decided on a plan to add sand to the beach combined with a sand push to shore up the dune line. needed to have everyone important to the discussion available with enough time talk.

From Staff Reports Those areas not recognized as critical will as we work through the process of moving “This is not a subject Based upon the results that the Town of receive a sand push. forward with our private beach nourishthat we can finish in an Surf City received on the imminent critical The original results received did not meet ment project. Renourishment is slated to hour with a county deareas provided by FEMA, the town council the town’s expectations and town officials begin in 2020,� said Surf City Town Manpartment head. We need elected Feb. 8 to move forward as rapidly as feel that FEMA is not protecting its citizens’ ager Ashley Loftis. more time and have all possible in addressing sand issues on the best interests.

The town began to gather bids from local the appropriate people in beach strand. “We feel that by moving forward with contractors Feb. 9. As soon as the contract the room to answer the Sand is to be hauled to those locations these proactive measures, this will give all is agreed upon, hauling and pushing is to board’s questions,� said cited by FEMA as ‘imminent critical areas.’ property owners the protection they need, begin.

McEwen. “Water and sewer is the predominate item discussed – where our demand is, projected growth, and possible partnerships with entities, both public and private.�

With population growth comes the need for more

By Lori Kirkpatrick mographics, the group feels it is an water. The current waterat the library. The same materials before,â€? said Rhodes. “A lot of line along N.C. 210 from the Post & Voice Staff Writer will be presented at each meeting. things have changed in the com- ideal time to revisit the topic. “My big hope is that people will county water plant on U.S. The study committee spokesper- munity. A lot of this growth and A Hampstead area study com- son, Hampstead resident Suzann development that people were open their minds and find out what 421 is at capacity, with the needMowers for water growing in mittee consisting of residents and Rhodes, decided to start research- worried about beforehand has the•facts are. Tractors I want them•toZero under-Turn Push Mowers Lawn volunteers has scheduled several ing the idea after conversations happened.â€? stand what’s changed and what eastern Pender County.

Trimmers & Chainsaws “It’s important to admeetings for the community to with others in the community After extensive research on state services incorporation is going discuss the possible incorporation – some who were for the idea of laws regarding incorporation, the to provide. It doesn’t make sense dress the capacity issue as of Hampstead. The first commu- incorporating Hampstead and study group has set up a webpage to me why people wouldn’t want well as how to move that nity meeting was held Feb. 12 at some who were against it. With to communicate their findings to control over their own backyard. water – whether it’s an opthe Hampstead American Legion an extensive background in plan- the community. The group reports Cities can do things that counties tion on the east side of the county to create capacity Post 167. ning and public administration, that in the Topsail Township, in- cannot,� said Rhodes.

Additional community meet- Rhodes put together a committee cluding the Hampstead area, the Rhodes asserted that to become and move it along the 17 ings will be held at the same to look into the idea and to reopen population has grown by more a city, Hampstead would be re- corridor, or do we create calocation Feb. 16 from 1:30-3 p.m., the discussion that came up 12 than 50 percent from 2000 to 2010. quired by law to provide four out pacity at the existing water Feb. 26 from 7-8:30 p.m. and Feb. 21 years ago.

From 2015 to 2045, it is expected of the eight services listed by the plant and figure a way to from 2-3:30 p.m. Meetings will also “I thought it was time to once to grow 62 percent. Once a retire- state. This would mean a small ad- move it across the county,� be held at the Hampstead Library again hold the discussion and see ment community, more families ditional tax that would amount to said McEwen. Those are some of the scenarios that Mar. 16 from 10 a.m. until noon, if there’s been a change of heart with children are moving into the the board will look at.�

Continued on page 2A and Mar. 23 from noon until 2 p.m. since 2007 when it was discussed area. With new and changing de

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Pender County Arrest Report Information in this report is provided by the Pender County Sheriff’s Department, which is responsible for the content.

An arrest does not always result in a conviction in court.

s4AYLOR !LLEN #ROSS #REEK $RIVE (AMPSTEAD Simple domestic assault. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $2,000 unsecured bond. s"RADLEY *OSEPH !TKINSON ,UBY (ILL 2OAD Maple Hill. Assault by strangulation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $10,000 secured bond. s$AVID 2OSS "OWSER ))) 7HITESTOCKING Road Burgaw. Obtain property by false pretense. Arrest

by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $3,000 secured bond. s(ARLEY -ARIE "ROWN 4ASHA ,ANE "URGAW Felony possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, operate vehicle with no insurance, fictitious/ cancelled/or revoked registration card/license plate, failure to stop at steady red light, driving while license revoked. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. ReLEASED UNDER SECURED BOND s-ATTHEW $AVID "ROWN 53 (WY 3 Rocky Point. Probation violation/underlying charge a conditional discharge. Arrest by Probation Officer. Released under $60,000 secured bond. s"ISHOP $IXON 7 $RANE 3T "URGAW 0OSSESsion of handgun by minor, carrying a concealed weapon.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond. s7ILLIAM %DWARD 'OFF *R /LD 2IVER 2OAD Burgaw. Allow livestock to run at large. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $100 secured bond. s*IMMY %LLIS 'RUBB +IRK #IRCLE (AMPSTEAD Driving while impaired, hit/run/leaving the scene of an accident property damage. Arrest by Surf City Police Department. Released under $1,200 secured bond. s#HRISTOPHER ,OGAN (ALTOM "ELL 7ILLIAMS 2OAD "URGAW #ONSUME ALCOHOL BY SUBJECT LESS THAN Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under

$200 secured bond. s9OLANDA -ARIE (AWES +EL !SH 2OAD 2OCKY Point. School attendance law violation. Arrest by Surf City Police Department. Released under $500 secured bond. s4ERESA -ARGARET +ASHGARIAN "ROWN 0ELICAN Lane Hampstead. Driving while impaired, reckless driving to endanger. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s office.

Released under $500 unsecured bond. s$ONALD ,EE -ARTIN *R "IG &OUR 2OAD #URrie. Child support. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $388 cash bond. s!DAM -C+INLEY -URPHY 7ARDS #ORNER Loop Road Burgaw. Impaired driving. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released with no bond listed. s#HRISTOPHER ,EE 1UIGLEY *AKES $R 2OCKY Point. Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond. s$ANIELLE 3HRADER 7 &REMONT 3T "URGAW 5NSEALED WINE LIQUOR IN VEHICLE PASSENGER AREA POSSESsion of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor larceny (two counts). Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $1,000 secured bond. s*ESSE (AYWARD 3MITH . (UMMINGBIRD Lane Rocky Point. Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond. s4YLER *AMES 3TRAUSS #REEKSTONE 2OCKY Point. Possession of Schedule 1 Controlled Substance.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated with no bond listed. s'REGORY 2OBERT 7ALSH *R (OWARD ,ANDING Hampstead. Felony financial card fraud (three counts), felony identity theft (three counts). Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $20,000 secured bond. s3TEPHANIE 7ILSON 3 3HORE $RIVE (AMPstead. Driving while license revoked (two counts), posses-

sion of marijuana paraphernalia, failure to carry valid drivers license. Arrest by Surf City Police Department.

Released under $1,000 secured bond. s4ERA *O 7OOD 0HEORA 3PUR $RIVE "URGAW Misdemeanor probation violation (two counts), Arrest by Probation Officer. Released under $6,000 bond. s4IFFANY .ICOLE 7RIGHT 0OINT #ASWELL 2OAD Atkinson. Obtain property by false pretense, fictitious/ altered registration card/title/tag (three counts), driving while license revoked, expired/no inspection, drive/allow motor vehicle to operate with no registration, operate vehicle with no insurance. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $1,100 secured bond. s-ARIE 3ANTINA :AKOS 53 (WY 3 "URGAW Resist/obstruct/delay officer. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

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From Staff Reports A South Carolina pair fl e d Ro ck y Po i n t i n a stolen car, leading law enforcement officers on high- speed chase ending in a crash off Little Kelly Road.

At 10:37 a.m. Feb. 8, Pender County Sheriff ’s deputies were dispatched to the Freshway Food Mart in Rocky point on the report of a stolen car.

The victim had parked his 2002 Chrysler 300 near the Cash Points ATM in the parking lot, when the two subjects jumped into the car a sped off.

The victim was able to get in the car with a fam-

ily member who also was at the store and follow the stolen car, giving their location to responding deputies.

Pender County Sheriff ’s Deputies and the N.C. Highway Patrol quickly located and pursued the vehicle down N.C. Hwy. 210 W., onto Little Kelly Road.

The suspects were pursued to the 1400 block of Little Kelly Road, where they wrecked the car in the ditch. Both the driver and the passenger were taken into custody.

Arrested were the driver, Larry Dale Martin, 25, of Kershaw S.C. Martin is charged with breaking/

Pender EMS & Fire Report Week of Feb. 2-9

Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: 236 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 38 Sloop Point Station 14 22 Hampstead Station 16 41 Surf City Station 23 28 Top. Beach Station 4 5 Union Station 5 22 Rocky Point Station 7 40 Atkinson Station 9 29 Maple Hill Station 13 2 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 Station 29 9 Type of Calls Cancelled: 42 Refusals: 71 Stand by: 1 Transported: 110 Treated/released:12 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 48 Calls Per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 2 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 0 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 9 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 10 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 10 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 7 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 10 EMS St. 4 Top. Beach 0 Fire Call Type Fire 12 Motor Vehicle Crash 8 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 24 Cancelled 4 Ocean Rescue 0

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Larry Dale Martin

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entering a motor vehicle, larceny of a motor vehicle, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, fleeing to elude arrest, and injury to real property. Martin is being held in the Pender County Jail under a $80,000 secured bond.

The passenger, Megan

Dassaro, 25 of Lanchaster S.C., is charged with breaking/entering a motor vehicle, larceny of a motor vehicle, and possession of a stolen vehicle. She is being held in the Pender County Jail under a $15,000 secured bond.

Sheriff requests additional funds for out of county inmate housing

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County Sheriff Alan Cutler told Pender County Commissioners at their Feb. 4 meeting his department needed an additional $300,000 to cover costs of housing inmates in facilities outside of Pender County.

Cutler says $271,184 was moved out of the contract detention fund and put into the county general fund to cover expenses caused by Hurricane Florence.

As of now, the fund is depleted and in the red, with about five months remaining in the fiscal year. The $300,000 is needed to bring the fund out of the red and cover contract detention for the rest of the fiscal year.

Pulling funds from multiple Sheriff ’s Department

Hampstead Continued from page 1A about $400 per year on an average home. A petition signed by 15 percent of the area’s voters would need to be signed, as well. “We can have a police department,� said Rhodes. “Who could say no to more police? We’ve got five deputies on patrol per shift (for the entire county). We have 870 square miles (of land area), which is a little more than half the area of Rhode Island. If you had a local police department, albeit small, you would have people that are always patrolling, who know the streets and areas and who could check on things.�

Rhodes explained some of the benefits of incorporation, such as a partnership between a new police department and the county. Incorporation could also provide Hampstead with street lights and street mainte-

accounts, Cutler says the department has identified

IN THE 3HERIFF S $Epartment budget that can be used toward contract detentions, leaving a deficit of $156,631 “We are going to need $300,000 to get to the end of the year housing inmates out of county. We are asking for $156,631 to make up the difference,� Cutler said.

Commissioners app rove d t h e a d d i t i o n a l funds.

Because of space limitations in the Pender County Jail, the Sheriff ’s Department is forced to house inmates in other jail facilities across the state. The Sheriff ’s Department contract detention cost projection FOR FISCAL YEAR IS

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Funds would come directly from the Department of Transportation based on the number of miles and population. “What we are trying to do is provide information, facts and an opportunity for open public discussion. We want to see what the feeling is with the community and potentially bring it to a vote again. We have invited those who oppose incorporation to come and speak at all these presentations that we have organized, as well. We are trying to share with the public all the pros and cons. Let’s have an informed decision and vote, if it gets to that. We need to be an informed electorate. We need to know what’s going on in our community,� said Rhodes.

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Opinion Thursday, February 14, 2019, Page 3A

Welcome to my world

Regina Hill Post & Voice Columnist

Stand down, Mr. Wonderful I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. Actually, brooding might be a better descriptor. Normally, I’m non-confrontational, but my gumption has hit overdrive lately. I’m slinging daggers left and right and, although most of my targets have escaped verbal tongue lashings, unflattering cartoon representations litter my workspace-a real time killer, but quite therapeutic.

It all started with a few indiscretions from an acquaintance’s spouse. I suspect that a married father of two who suddenly decides to run for the hills is chasing more than a mini vacay.

Unfortunately, a decent room for rent is hard to come by, especially for a man who will be required to provide ongoing support for his family, despite the misguided illusion that he’s free of adult responsibility. Interestingly, the room he’s renting is pink. Thanks, Karma.

In the interim, a selfdiagnosed case of the flu, poorly timed, provided just enough angst to push me over the edge. A constant headache and irritability must’ve driven the need to share my misery because, out of the blue, I found myself sending a long, rambling text to this self-liberated egotist.

Yes, I had promised not to release the Kraken until cleared to do so, but the timing just seemed right.

Call it a crime of passion (without the passion and the commission of an actual crime), but I instantly felt a kinship to the murderous women who made the show Snapped so irresistible. Immediately, I declared myself innocent by reason of temporary insanity.

Here’s how it went down. Mr. Wonderful was on the cusp of breaking the news to his young sons under the ridiculous notion that it would be well received (double birthdays and Christmases along with the sporadic guilt gift). Immediate gratification may be his modus operandi, but egocentricity blinded him to the fact that children see the world through different lenses.

My aim was to reinforce the fact that the burden of this new single existence would be unfairly stacked on the tiny shoulders of his childrenand to offer my daughter’s pink lamp as a parting gift for Mr. Wonderful’s new room. He declined the lamp. What an ingrate.

Needless to say, the correspondence was sadly one-sided. Mr. Wonderful’s lofty ego was quickly readjusted as the conversation morphed into deflection and extremely Continued on page 8A

Notes from the Field

Jefferson Weaver

Owl songs, rocking chairs, and red pocketbooks I went looking for my mother the other night.

Logically, I knew I wouldn’t find her; I won’t see her again until we meet in Heaven, but I looked for my father after his death, so to I had to look for my mother.

I hadn’t intended to go on such a quest; it just happened. I was looking for an antique book in an antique dresser when I came across a red pocketbook. Mother loved the color red; indeed, she wore it whenever she could, and she wore it well. She was buried in a red suit. I wasn’t sure how many times that pocketbook sat beside Mother in a choir loft or at a fancy dinner somewhere, but it even still smelled like her perfume, a fragrance she hadn’t worn in years.

I haven’t gone by the cemetery lately, even though I should look there, too. Southerners do that, as I’m sure most of you know. Mother isn’t there either, although what remained of her sick body and dementia-ridden mind is buried a few inches from the Old Man. They

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Jefferson Weaver always did something together on Valentine’s Day, and it’s appropriate that they were reunited in Heaven on that day.

The last time Miss Rhonda and I drove past Mother’s house, I didn’t tell my beloved I was looking for Mother.

It was a house just big enough, without being overwhelming. It was a house my mother fell for the day she saw it.

The house is still there, the home is long gone. Without someone to defend the shade trees and nurture the flowers, what was my Mother’s house is gone now. Two rocking chairs

Lois Weaver and a porch swing are on what Mother sometimes called her “other” living room, but the chairs and the swing look too perfect. One would be afraid to sit there and visit or laugh or solve a Continued on page 4A

What is normal forgetfulness?

Dear Savvy Senior, At age 76, my husband has become forgetful lately and is worried he may have Alzheimer’s. What resources can you recommend to help us get a grip on this?

Concerned Wife Dear Concerned, Many seniors worry about memory lapses as they get older fearing it may be the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease or some other type of dementia. To get some insight on the seriousness of your husband’s problem, here are some resources you can turn to for help.

Warning Signs As we grow older, some memory difficulties – such as forgetting names or misplacing items from time to time – are associated with normal aging. But the symptoms of dementia are much more than simple memory lapses.

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To help you and your husband recognize the difference between typical age-related memory loss and a more serious problem, the Alzheimer’s Association provides a list of 10 warning signs that you can assess at 10signs. org.

They also provide information including the signs and symptoms on the other conditions that

A love story, Part II

can cause dementia like vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy and others – see ALZ.org/ dementia.

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I had asked friend and neighbor Mike Watters to tell me about the surfboards he made, but the story took an unexpected turn when we veered off into his military experience, and then took a delightful turn when he told me about his wedding in Hawaii. I asked Susan to tell me about it. She had accepted his proposal and now it was decision time.

“I said, “Well, yeah!”, Susan continued. “He had asked me one time if I thought I could live in Hawaii. I had been there, years ago. I won a trip to there. I had been to the big island, a day and a night, and I didn’t want to go back to Oahu. I had so much fun there I didn’t want to go back to the city.

I liked bein’ outdoors and stuff. I said, “Yeah, I think I could, but its gonna’ be a long way from family.”

And then I said, “Well, my children are grown, they’re doin’ their own thing,” and I thought I could.

“We were so excited about it. I was so blown away that he had put so much energy and time into it. That’s just the kind of guy he is. So I sold my home and we moved to Hawaii.”

“Did you go flying around in a helicopter at all before you married?” I asked.

“I had never been in a helicopter. My dad was an airplane pilot, fixed wing. (helicopters are ‘rotarywing’) He used to tease Mike, ”When are you going to fly a real aircraft?””

I understood, I told her. I have been a licensed ‘fixed-wing, single engine land’ pilot since the ‘70s in ‘real’ airplanes.

“The rotary-wings are nice, but . . .” I said, and we laughed.

“Yes, it’s quite different. I had fun with Dad, and I loved it, but I had never been in a helicopter. So when he said, “Is there any particular place where you’d like to get married, I said, “Anywhere near the ocean. I just loved the ocean, we both just love the ocean so much. So I said, “Well, you know the island, you know where the right place is.”

So he was planning all this, and it was awesome.

Number one was I’d get to fly in a helicopter with him. He was in the military so I couldn’t fly with him.”

I asked Susan if he flew

the helicopter the day of the wedding.

“His friend did. He would have loved it if he could. He said, “Susan, my friend has special rights to land at this remote place on the northern part of the big island.

He’s only taken two other people who have been married there.” The place is Apua Point. It’s in this gulch area where the falls are comin’ down. There’s nothing built there, and the only way to get to it is by helicopter. Even if you came by water, the cliffs are so high I don’t know how you’d get over there.

“He’d (the helicopter pilot) take people over there and let ‘em picnic for a couple of hours and then come back over and get ‘em, part of this tour thing he had. There was this little lagoon there, where you could swim, where the waterfall was, just beautiful, where the cliff there goes straight down to the ocean.

“Where we got married there was a 2,000 ft waterfall on one side, and the cliff and ocean on the other. He got this lady who was a minister and she did the service in English and Hawaiian. It was absolutely wonderful. I didn’t know much Hawaiian at that point. The helicopter pilot doubled as our photographer, and Mike’s commanding officer and his wife were there. The only people who’d ever been in a helicopter were Mike, his commanding officer and the helicopter pilot. She was so excited.

We had to take two trips ‘cause we couldn’t carry everybody at once.

“Everybody there, in Hawaii, knew him as Dave, but I knew him as Mike, ‘cause that’s how I knew him growing up, and I said I was gonna’ marry him, in the vows, as Mike.

“He said, “Now Susan, he’s gonna’ fly us into this remote site and you can’t wear pretty shoes on the day, because of the hiking.

He’s gonna’ drop us off and you’ll have to hike to the wedding site.”

“I told him I was going to wear a Hawaiian print skirt and a blouse, but I’m not going to get married in hiking boots, I’ll have my wedding slippers. They call flip-flops slippers over there. White wedding slippers, and they had made a haku, a Hawaiian headdress, and a lei.

“They flew us in there, we hiked up to the site, breathtaking, we just couldn’t believe it. In the Hawaiian ceremony, they have a koa (wood) bowl with saltwater we got from the ocean, and they put the two rings in the bowl, and they bless the rings that way. You scoop Continued on page 8A

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It was a wedding to remember, waterfall on one side, sheer cliff to the ocean on the other side.

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Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher

To be or not to be a town Incorporating the Hampstead community into a municipality is once again under consideration. Many of us were around the last time this issue came up and it was defeated in a non-binding referendum. But things have changed in Hampstead in the more than 12 years since incorporation was last considered.

The community has experienced explosive growth. The last incorporation push was just on the cusp of the coming “great recession” which slowed down growth all over the country, including Pender County.

Since we have come out of the recession, growth has resumed at a pace likely higher than before – houses and developments are springing up like mushrooms in your yard after a summer rain.

What was once a largely a retirement community has now transitioned into a much wider demographic base. Many younger families with school-age children have come to Hampstead, as

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Continued from page 3A serious family problem as the cicadas chirr in the twilight and the owls begin waking up for their evening’s work.

Mother loved owls of all kinds, and I went looking for her in some of the many boxes of her owls. We have a few out on shelves and mantelpieces, and have given a few away through the years since her death, but there are still literally thousands of owls to be sorted, sold, or shared.

She loved her owls. But even as I handled one of her favorites, one Papa went to great lengths to find, I knew she wasn’t there, either.

I looked in the jumbled collection of family pictures, too. Based on past experiences, I passed on by the half-century old photos of a bobby-soxer turned bathing beauty– pictures that that spurred my niece to say “Grandma Lois, you were hot!”.

I’m sure there are men my age who are comfortable with the fact that their mothers once fit Anna’s description of her grandmother. I just happen not to be one of them, no matter how much I agree with my niece.

I went by those photos, on to the time when Mother was rarely seen without a chubby little fellow perched on her hip or restrained by a homemade leash. She was still pretty enough then that the Old Man had to have a word of prayer or three with some would-be Lotharios.

One thing that made Mother so pretty was the fact she made so many of her clothes. I went looking for her amidst the rumble and tumble of fragile, outdated patterns, sewing magazines, and boxes of what are so quaintly called notions.

Mother’s skill with a needle and thread was such that traded dresses for eggs, chickens, vegetables, babysitting, housekeeping – and her customers always felt like they had the better deal.

Except for Mazie, my babysitter, but Mazie is a

evidenced by the pressure put on local schools to accommodate the incoming students.

The Hampstead incorporation committee is holding a number of public information meetings to get the word out about incorporation and its benefits to residents. There is no doubt that incorporation will bring a number of positive benefits to Hampstead residents.

But the fly in the ointment is the same as it was 12 years ago – how much will it cost? Will the benefits outweigh the costs of adding a city tax on top of county taxes.

Pender County Commissioners don’t have an official position as a board on Hampstead incorporation. It won’t cost the county anything if Hampstead incorporates. Pender County will continue to collect the same amount of county property taxes from residents – city of Hampstead or not.

In fact, Hampstead incorporation will take some of the burden off the county planning department and sheriff ’s office, both of which will have new town departments to take over the work.

From an administrative, government standpoint, a municipality probably makes sense.

Having a community the size of Hampstead that is unincorporated puts a strain on county services.

County government is not equipped or designed to act as a municipality.

And everyone in Pender County pays the same tax rate, so providing more services for one area than

another just can’t be done.

But the decision remains in the hands of the potential city residents.

Will the new services provided by a municipality justify the cost? Many of Hampstead residents came to North Carolina from northern cities and states to escape oppressively high tax rates. I suspect they are not particularly excited about paying city of Hampstead taxes on top of Pender County taxes.

So those in favor of incorporation have their work cut out for them.

They have to sell the idea of incorporation and convince skeptical residents that the benefits outweigh the cost. The changing demographics of the Hampstead population compared with 12 years ago might make a difference. Now may be the time. Or maybe not.

Either way, it’s not going to happen quickly, as only the state legislature can create a municipality. And I’m quite sure our representatives won’t consider it without a strong positive vote from the community.

Attend the meetings, gather information, hear the presentations, discuss the idea, and we will see where it goes.

By the way, I don’t live in Hampstead, and as an observer, I don’t have a dog in this fight. So either way, whatever the folks that are potentially part of the city of Hampstead want to do, it’s fine with me.

Pettigrew is Editor and Publisher of the Post & Voice. Contact him at posteditor@post-voice.com

column for another day.

I went looking for my mother in other places, too, places a mother of five would seem out of place even just 20 years ago. We drove past the Arts Center to which she dedicated so much of her life.

I remembered the laughter there on the day we buried Mother, when tables were spread about the ballroom and living room and her family wandered the velvet-covered staircase and cried a little in her office. We even instinctively cleaned up after ourselves, much to the dismay of the ladies who hosted the luncheon.

Our mother would have been proud.

In a way, the Arts Center was even sadder than her now-homogenized house, although I understand the center has a new director with big plans.

Down the street is the old movie theatre, which became a playhouse, then again fell on hard times.

Mother was one of those who fought and scratched and kicked and clawed to save it.

Today the theatre’s doing pretty well; on many an evening, all the bulbs in the marquee are burning, and people wait to buy tickets to a play. That’s what Mother always wanted. The theatre staff named a scholarship after my mother, which might have embarrassed her, but would have pleased her, too. A scholarship was a more practical use of the theater’s money than some old brass plaque.

I went looking for my mother the other night, as I looked for my father years ago, but I knew I wouldn’t find her.

She was already there with me, as she is every day, when I straighten my tie, take my hat off as I enter a building, or hold a door for a lady. My mother is there every time I sing, or hear a country ballad, an opera, a special hymn or almost anything from a musical.

My mother is there every time I spot a jonquil pushing its way defiantly through the February soil, and silently cheer it

on, since spring is on the way and soon the jonquils will have a riot of colorful company.

My mother is there every time my beloved Miss Rhonda makes pancakes, cornbread, biscuits, spaghetti or a made-fromscratch cake in one of Mother’s big bowls.

My mother is there every time I hear an owl ask “who-who-who cooks for you”, and she’s there every time my roosters crow or the geese honk or the hens cackle in outrage.

I went looking for my mother the other night.

I know where she was, but I had to try. When she left us on Feb. 14, 2004, she left a lot of herself behind, too.

But no matter how much she left with us, it doesn’t stop me from missing her every single day.

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Tom Campbell

Sometimes a teacher, often a student The request was for me to talk to an audience about how to conduct civil, meaningful and honest discussions among people with different faiths, politics and philosophies. The inviter, an Episcopalian Deacon, explained she watched our weekly TV show and was impressed how we were able to accomplish this each week.

The group was Congregations for Social Justice, and I must admit to not knowing much about them. My host had told me there would be a multicultural group of people from different faiths, people searching for solutions to social ills, people wanting better tools to achieve those goals. I confess to spending more time preparing for this speech than most, wanting to have the proper tone and a helpful message.

From the minute I entered the hall it was obvious this was going to be an interesting evening.

I encountered not only a diversity of age, race and sex, but clearly of different faith traditions.

Over introductions and table talk I learned some of the various issues in which members of the group were interested ranging from affordable housing to immigration, hunger, homelessness and discrimination in many forms.

This group does not appear to be an advocate for any single issue but in-

stead a clearinghouse for many, a group of kindred souls longing for justice and peace. And it struck me that while they might have invited me, hoping I could instruct them how to have more fruitful discussions, it was really I who was the student, not the teacher.

Here was what this evening taught me.

People of goodwill, who genuinely desire to find common ground, can come together, share food, discuss ideas and hear others’ concerns without animosity, name calling, accusations and disagreement. Looking around the crowd there were some dressed in business attire, others in workers’ clothes. I wouldn’t hazard a guess as to how many different faiths were present, however what really struck me was the obvious lack of political discussion. Instead there was a yearning for mutual understanding, respect and genuine concern for others.

I am not sure I imparted anything of value to them, but I came away knowing I had been taken to school. I had witnessed a living example of how we are supposed to treat one another, a more gentile and loving way to live.

This evening reminded me of the ideals attrib-

uted to Francis of Assisi: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

“O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

In these uncertain times, with events hurling at us so fast we don’t have time to process them, this is a prayer worth repeating and ideals worth following, regardless of our faith, our politics or circumstances.

Tom Campbell is former assistant North Carolina State Treasurer and is creator/host of NC SPIN, a weekly statewide television discussion of NC issues that airs on UNC-TV main channel Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays 12:30 p.m. and UNC North Carolina Channel Fridays at 10 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. Contact him at www.ncspin.com.

Macedonia AME Church 300 N. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425

The Ushers of Macedonia AME Church Will be Celebrating

Their Anniversary At 3:00 p.m. On February 17, 2019 Please join us as we lift up the name of Jesus in song.

We look forward to seeing you there.

APPLY FOR FREE PRESCHOOL for 2019-2020 School Year for 3 and 4 year olds (must be of-age by August 31, 2019 cut-off) Starting February 1st, applications will be available at our main preschool office, 210 East Fremont Street, Burgaw, and ALL elementary schools in Pender County. Applications will also be available at Smart Start of Pender County, 600 North Timberly Lane, Burgaw, and at participating NC Pre-K child care centers listed below.

The application can also be viewed/printed at the Pender County Schools website; www.pendercountyschools.net, look under “school sites”, under “preschool program”.

Pender County Schools is the Grantee for Head Start and the Contractor for NC Pre-K. There are Head Start/NC Pre-K classrooms in four of the elementary public schools and 2 classrooms housed at CFCC in Burgaw; these are for 3 and 4 year-olds. NC Pre-K is for 4 year-olds only and is contracted with Excel Learning Center in Burgaw, Little Town Learning Center in Burgaw, and Creative Minds in Hampstead.

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Hope’s Cooking Corner

By Hope Cusick

Contributing Writer Poached pears 1½ Cups apple cider or apple juice 1 Cinnamon stick, broken into three pieces 1 Teaspoon Chinese Fivespice powder or ground cinnamon 3 Pears, halved cored, and peeled 2/3 Cup raisins, if desired /PTIONAL DUSTED WITH Chinese Five -spice or cinnamon In a saucepan combine together cider, cinnamon stick , and Chinese Fivespice cook over medium heat until boiling, stir.

Cool and discard cinnamon sticks after five minutes.

In a glass pie plate place the pear halves cut side facing up. Divide raisins evenly over openings in pear halves, if desired.

Pour hot mixture evenly over pears. Cover dish with plastic wrap, lifting

up one cor ner, place in microwave and cook for 4-5 minutes. Serve hot or cold, as desired.

Crab cake burgers / U N C E S D R A I N E D crabmeat, cleaned and chopped ½ Cup sour cream 4 Tablespoons horse radish sauce 1 Tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped 2 Scallions, finely chopped, light parts 4 Tablespoons flavored breadcrumbs 1 Large egg 4 Tablespoons flavored panko crumbs 4ABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL 4 Burger buns Lettuce leaves, thin tomato SLICES AND THIN 6IDALIA OR sweet onion slices.

Mayonnaise In a bowl mix together sour cream, two tablespoons horseradish sauce, parsley, and scallions.

In another bowl, stir together egg, crabmeat, a n d b re a d c r u m b s a n d remaining horseradish sauce. Form into four ½ inch thick patties, coat in flavored panko crumbs.

In a skillet fry in oil over medium heat crab burgers until golden brown, about 4-5 minutes per side. Place cooked burgers on buns and layer with lettuce, tomato, and onion slices.

Put mayonnaise or horse radish sauce on top bun.

Creamed spinach frittata with bacon 1 Cup sweet onion, finely chopped 2 Cloves garlic, minced then smashed ½ Cup heavy cream 2 Tablespoons prepared horseradish ½ Teaspoon dried crushed thyme 1 Tablespoon dried sweet basil, crushed 1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained and pressed dry ,ARGE EGGS BEATEN SLICES SMOKED THICK bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled Cook the bacon until crisp. Remove from skillet, drain, and crumble bacon. Reserve one tablespoon drippings and sautÊ chopped onion until tender about five minutes, add garlic cook for one minute.

Add cream, horseradish, basil, and thyme. Cook and stir for 3-4 minutes.

Stir eggs, bacon, spinach, salt and pepper, to taste.

6EGETABLE SPRAY A INCH pie plate, add the Spinach mixture, cover with a plate and microwave just until frittata starts to set around the edges, about 4-5 minutes. Uncover and microwave until the center is set, about 2-3 minutes. Let sit

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for about 8 minutes.

Oatmeal cookies with dried cherries and Heath chips 4ABLESPOONS BUTTER MELTed 9 Tablespoons brown sugar 3 Large eggs 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract 9 Tablespoons all-purpose flour ½ Teaspoon baking soda ½ Teaspoon Chinese Fivespice or ground cinnamon Pinch of salt 1½ Cups old-fashioned rolled oats 4ABLESPOONS (EATH CHIPS ½ Cup dried cher ries, blueberries, currants, or raisins Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl mix together butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Set aside.

In another bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, Chinese Five-spice, and salt. Add flour mixture to egg mixture. Stir until evenly distributed. Fold in OATS ADD (EATH CHIPS AND cherries, mix well.

Drop batter evenly in desired sizes on baking sheet.

Bake until a gold brown, about 15-18 minutes. Let Cookies stand for 8-10 minutes. Eat warm or cold.

Lee’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church visited The Laurels Of Pender in Burgaw Jan. 26. The church members came in to worship and visit with their members that are receiving care at The Laurels of Pender.

Other Laurels guests heard the beautiful singing and asked Lee’s Chapel sing to them. Lee’s Chapel graciously accepted and provided music to all of the guests. “The community is so important to the well-being our guests. We love for our community churches and civic groups to volunteer their effort and time. Our guests enjoy the interaction and support, � said Delwood Herren, The Laurel’s Director of Activities.

Registration opens for Currie Community Parade

By Lori Krikpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Registration for the 11th Annual Currie Community Parade has now begun and will remain open until Aug. 17, 2019. The parade committee is currently both seeking individuals and groups at all levels of participation for the occasion, including: sponsors, groups, clubs, floats, bands,

animals, kings, queens and vendors for the event. They are also looking for any gifted and talented performers to showcase during the allday event. A large crowd of spectators is expected to attend, not only from the Currie area but also from many other surrounding communities.

Due to the extremely high temperatures during past events, the date

has been moved from the Fourth of July to Labor Day weekend, Those planning the parade hope that many people will continue to take time out, just as they have done in years past, to attend and participate in this well-received community parade. Their catchphrase for this year’s festivities is “Celebrate Labor Day Together In Unity.�

Free AARP Tax Aide tax preparation available Appointments are being required this tax season for those who would like their taxes done for free by the trained Tax-Aide volunteers providing this service at the Topsail Senior Center.

Appointments will be offered from 1-5 p.m. each -ONDAY AND 7EDNESDAY AFternoon from Feb. 4 through April 15 and may be scheduled by calling the senior center at 270-0708, This AARP sponsored organization prepares and e-files tax returns free of charge to individual taxpayers with emphasis on those individuals in the low to middle income tax brackets

and the aged. The Topsail Senior Center is located at 53 (WY . IN (AMPstead. Again, taxpayers are requested to call the Senior Center at 270-0708 for an appointment.

Taxpayers are asked to bring picture ID, social security cards for taxpayers and dependents, all information and forms relating to their income and the filing of their income tax RETURNS INCLUDING 7

1099, SSA 1099, broker statements, and a copy of last year’s tax return, if available.

Also information conc e r n i n g h e a l t h i n s u r-

ance coverage, including Forms1095- A, B or C, if applicable, as well as details of itemized deductions if applicable.

If the taxpayer has been the beneficiary of forgiven credit card debt, or indebtedness against their principal residence, they should bring any documents received from the lender, including 1099A, and/or 1099C. It is expected that fewer taxpayers will elect to itemize deductions this year, as the standard deduction has been substantially increased for all taxpayers.

Safe boating course Feb. 23-24 T h e C ap e Fe a r S a i l and Power Squadron will hold its America’s Boating Course Feb. 23-24.

The course is one day of classroom instruction followed by a private fourhour on-the-water teaching cruise in partnership WITH 7ILMINGTON 7ATER Tours.

The classroom instruction is fast paced and fun and will be held Feb. 23 at Cape Fear Community

College.

Topics covered address basic navigation, rules of the road, docking, trailering, anchoring, radio communications, safety gear and more. Students can take a cruise down the Cape Fear River into THE )NTRACOASTAL 7ATERWAY Feb. 24 and back where dolphins and freighters are often spotted.

The cruise enhances topics covered in class and

adds discussions on chart reading, tides, currents, and weather.

Certified instructors with years of boating experience and local knowledge teach the course. In addition, the class satisfies THE .ORTH #AROLINA BOATING education requirements for those born after Jan. 1, 1988.

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Last year, the committee set up stages for the event that included two flatbed trailers, along with a tent that seated more than 400 people. 50 / 50 raffle tickets were sold, and activities included face painting and bounce houses for the kids in addition to a variety

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Thursday, February 14 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD MEETS EVERY 4HURSDAY AT A M AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL ON (WY IN (AMPSTEAD s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM 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 -Useum at 259-8543 by email at penderhist@hotmail.com. s7OMEN IN .ETWORKING MEETING EVERY 4HURSDAY FROM A M UNTIL P M AT .INTEEN AT /LDE 0OINT #OUNtry Club. s3URF #ITY 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 4HURSDAY P M AT THE 4OPSAIL -OOSE ,ODGE Friday, February 15 s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR BREAKFAST AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL IN (AMPSTEAD AT A M each Friday. s4HE 3ONS OF #ONFEDERATE 6ETERANS #OMMANDER *OE (ENSON 0ENDER #OUNTY 'RAYS #AMP MEETS THE third Friday of each month at the Pender County LiBRARY 3 #OWAN 3TREET IN "URGAW AT P M Monday February 18 s4HE "URGAW ,IONS #LUB MEETS AT P M THE THIRD -ONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT "URGAW 0RESBYTERIAN #HURCH &ELLOWSHIP (ALL -EMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE in Burgaw to be a member of this service organization. &OR MORE INFORMATION CALL !LAN +ING AT Tuesday, February 19 s!L !NON MEETS EVERY 4UESDAY AT P M AT THE !LL 3AINTS #ATHOLIC #HURCH 53 (WY . IN (AMPSTEAD !Lanon is for friends and families of alcoholics. s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS AT THE 4OPSAIL 3ENIOR #ENTER 5 3 (WY IN (AMPSTEAD THE SECOND 4UESDAY EACH MONTH AT P M The Detachment is always looking for new member to help in its continuing mission.

Wednesday February 20 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE 3URF #ITY 7ELCOME #ENTER .ORTH 3HORE $RIVE #ALL for more information s4HE #OASTAL 0ENDER 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 7EDNESDAY AT P M AT THE /LDE 0OINT #OUNTRY #LUB #OUNTRY #LUB $RIVE IN (AMPSTEAD Thursday February 21 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL ON (WY IN (AMPSTEAD s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information. s7OMEN IN .ETWORKING MEETING EVERY 4HURSDAY FROM A M UNTIL P M AT .INTEEN AT /LDE 0OINT #OUNtry Club. s!L !NON MEETS 4HURSDAYS AT P M AT "ARLOW 6ISTA "APTIST #HURCH ANNEX 5 3 (WY (AMPSTEAD !L Anon is for friends and family of alcoholics..

Friday, February 22 s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR BREAKFAST AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL IN (AMPSTEAD AT A M each Friday.

Tuesday, February 26 s!L !NON MEETS EVERY 4UESDAY AT P M AT THE !LL 3AINTS #ATHOLIC #HURCH 53 (WY . IN (AMPSTEAD !Lanon is for friends and families of alcoholics s4HE +NIGHTS OF #OLUMBUS #OUNCIL MEETS THE second and fourth Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at All 3AINTS #ATHOLIC #HURCH (WY IN (AMPSTEAD Wednesday February 13 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE 3URF #ITY 7ELCOME #ENTER .ORTH 3HORE $RIVE #ALL for more information s4HE #OASTAL 0ENDER 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 7EDNESDAY AT P M AT THE /LDE 0OINT #OUNTRY #LUB #OUNTRY #LUB $RIVE IN (AMPSTEAD

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Repentance and Forgiveness

By Rev. Ken Smith Contributing Writer So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, The Lord of hosts.� 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.� 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?� Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.� Isaiah 6:5-8

Isaiah stood before the presence of God and was aware of not only his own sin, but the sin of his nation. Isaiah knew that he stood in the midst of the one true God who is perfectly holy and sinless.

Just like Isaiah, the closer we get to God, the more aware we are of our own sinfulness.

This should make each of us to revere and love God more for who He is and for the grace and mercy given to us in Jesus Christ.

Fulton J. Sheen stated, The two facts of healing in the physical order are these: A physician cannot heal us unless we put ourselves into his hands, and we will not put ourselves into his

Volunteers needed to transport cancer patients for treatment The Pender Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) has developed a new partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS) to provide no cost transportation for Pender County cancer patients to treatment centers in New Hanover County.

The program is part of the ACS Road to Recovery Program and is for cancer patients who have no other means of transportation to and from their cancer treatment appointments.

Volunteer drivers will donate their time and vehicle to transport cancer patients to and from their

cancer treatment centers in New Hanover County.

Drivers of any age will be considered and training will be provided. Background and DMV checks are required.

Most rides will occur Monday-Friday.

Experience from other counties indicates that drivers might be called on once or twice a month to provide transportation based on their availability.

Interested potential volunteers are encouraged to contact Barbara Mullins at RSVP at 910-259-9119, ext. 329 or at bmullins@ penderpas.org.

hands unless we know that we are sick. In like manner, a sinner’s awareness of sin is one requisite for his recovery; the other is his longing for God. When we long for God, we do so not as sinners, but as lovers.�

We must desire spiritual healing from the Great Physician. It is essential that we look into our own lives and see we require righteousness, holiness and sanctification that will originate only from a loving God. The closer we get to Jesus Christ by continued surrender, worship, prayer and reading His Word, the more we begin to realize how sinful we truly are.

The more time we spend studying the Word of God,

the more we will be aware of the sin that is so hidden in our lives. This is actually a sign of spiritual growth and health.

It creates a healthy heart that recognizes the need for grace and is grateful for the blessings of God’s wonderful salvation.

We love God more and more because we begin to realize just how much He has done for us by dying for all of our sins.

This type of love and gratitude for Christ creates a heart that does not want to sin against Him. When we do, we are grieved and we seek repentance. Because our hearts are filled with gratitude, reverence and a desire to know God, we im-

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Herring’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 1697 H e r r i n g ’s C h a p e l R d .

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.

Owned and Operated by the Debnam Family since 1979 308 W. Fremont Street Burgaw, NC 910-259-2364

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, Wednes-

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Riverview Memorial Park corner of Fremont & Watha, NC 910-285-3395

Wright Street (Courthouse Square) Burgaw, N.C. • 910-619-8063 Riverview Crematory

All are welcome! Pastor Bill Howell

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day, 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, 152 0 0 U.S. Hwy. 17 N. in Hampstead.

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You forgave the iniquity of my sin.�

These were the words of a King that knew he had sinned against God. David wanted what we all should desire, forgiveness.

This week I encourage you to search your heart and see if there is any unconfessed sin.

Wouldn’t it be great to have a clear conscience?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to know that your debts were paid in full? Wouldn’t it be magnificent to know that your sins were forgiven? The only one that can give you that peace is Jesus Christ.

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mediately want to restore our relationship with the creator of the universe.

Repentance keeps us humble and dependent, and it keeps our relationship with our Lord healthy.

Our relationship with the Lord should be characterized by abundant repentance, because we will continue to sin and make mistakes. It is a sign that we are aware and care.

King David pleaded with God in Psalm 32:5, “I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,� and

BAPTIST CHURCH

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

910-259-3046

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

ST. MARY’S CHURCH

An Episcopal - Lutheran Community 506 S. McNeil Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.5541 Sunday Worship Service with Holy Eucharist: 11 a.m. www.stmaryschurchburgawnc.org

BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

Church Directory

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

CENTERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH

WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

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

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

910-470-4436

Pastor John Fedoronko

Sunday School: Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. Adult Bible Study: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Children’s Biblical Studies (ages 3-12) from 10:45-11:30 a.m.

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

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

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 ROCKY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. & 10:50 a.m. Youth each Sunday at 6:00 p.m. located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210 Pastor Mark Murphy Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6:00 p.m. / Study for all ages 7:00 p.m.

Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

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

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

MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH Bible Study: Wednesday 7 p.m. Youth Group: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

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.

BARLOW VISTA BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m. www.barlowvistabaptistchurch.com

MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

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

JORDANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 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

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

CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP (CF2) 10509 US Hwy. 117 S., Rocky Point Business Park Rocky Point, NC • 910-232-7759 www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.

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

ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

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

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

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

CHAPEL BY THE BAY IN LANIER’S CAMPGROUND 216 Michigan Avenue • Holly Ridge, N.C. 28445 910-328-6252 Pastor: Don Myers Associate Pastor: Nathan Swartz Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

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

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

Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

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

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Surf City deals with trash pickup problems From Staff Reports The Surf City Administration presented the Council with a recommendation to approve a contract with Pink Trash to dispose of municipal waste at the Feb. 5 Council meeting.

The request for proposals was developed with an eye toward solving problems which have plagued the Topsail Island portion of Surf City for years, and which have been repeatedly brought to the Council’s attention by residents.

One such problem involved the rental properties on the island, with tourists arriving at their rental home on a Saturday, for example, and finding that the previous weeks tenants had filled the trash and recycling receptacles.

With no place to properly dispose of the trash they generated, tenants would place piles of plastic trash bags at the end of the driveway where they were exposed to both the elements and local wildlife.

Trash, including plastic, would make an unsightly and unsanitary mess, and

inevitably make its way to the ocean.

A second problem, for both rental properties and property owners who use their homes on weekends, was the failure to place cans out at the street on the pickup day, and return them to the house following pickup. While town ordinances required that cans be removed from the right of way within 24 hours of pickup, the requirement was never enforced and unsightly and overflowing trash cans were a common sight during the summer.

To address these issues the administration recommended a contract which provides for one pickup of municipal solid waste and recycling throughout Surf City each week – as is presently done by Waste Management. The agreement then provides for a second pickup on Topsail Island on Fridays from May through September.

And most importantly, the contractor will provide Pickup/Walkup service at the rate of $4 per month, per can. This service will

be paid for by the property owner, and will prevent their being cited and fined for noncompliance. Those desiring this service will be required to make application to the town, with details to be available on the town website when available.

The Council also opened a public hearing to solicit comments on the ordinance amending the existing rules on construction on unbuildable lots, or lots which do not allow for the construction of a single family home under the CAMA regulations.

While a property owner seeking to construct a megadecks must comply with all applicable regulations from the state and town, and faces numerous restrictions, the passage of this amendment continues to be opposed by a small group of homeowners who object to the potential obstruction of their ocean view. In spite of their objections the council elected to side with the property owners who elect to make an investment in such a

deck for their private enjoyment.

The Surf City Town Council generally holds two meetings per month, a regular council meeting on the first Tuesday, and a workshop meeting on the third Friday. During the past year, the format of these meetings has largely been identical, leaving little or no opportunity for discussion and debate among council members, and permitting public comment at each.

Mayor Doug Medlin, in his concluding comments Feb. 5, explained that it is the council’s intent to change the format of the workshop meeting to encourage an exchange of ideas among the council members, and open debate of the issues confronting Surf City. While this meeting will remain open to the public to observe, the public will not participate in the meeting and there will be no public comment period.

Council members were unanimously in favor of this format change.

Poplar Grove recognizes Black History Month

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer In recognition of Black History Month, Poplar Grove Plantation is offering specialized tours for school groups and others who are interested. During the tour, guests will discover more about the history of the Foy household slaves, their various roles at the plantation and where their skills and talents intersected with Gullah Geechee traditions.

Reservations are required in advance.

Poplar Grove, formerly a peanut and sweet potato plantation, was owned by the Foy family for six generations, from 1795 to 1971.

The skills and talents of the slaves are reflected in the successful cultivation of peanuts and sweet potatoes; and most notably, the engineering and arti-

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They also give you a Ti* leaf and a rock, and she told us the rock was the foundation of our marriage, and the last thing, before we left the site, before everybody leaves, the bride and groom wrap the rock in the Ti leaf and place it somewhere of their choosing. She blew a conch shell to the east, west, north, south.

“There are loved ones who can’t be with us today, physically,” she said, “but

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san skills of the enslaved males who constructed the manor house from on-site materials.

The three-story manor house, with its horsehair plaster walls and crown molding, heart pine floors and black walnut staircase, stands today as a testament to the little recognized individuals who built it – much like the neighboring plantations along the coastal highway of North Carolina that make up the Gullah Geechee Corridor.

One of Poplar Grove’s objectives is to initiate meaningful dialogue that builds upon the values of respect, empathy, cultural diversity, multiple perspectives and democratic principles. In 2014, the foundation opened an exhibit entitled From Civil War to Civil Rights: The African-American Experi-

ence at Poplar Grove. The permanent display, created with the help of local historian Kimberly Sherman, is free to the public and located in the lower level of the manor house. The project was made possible in part by funding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide non-profit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

E m i l y McInerney,Assistant Director of Museum Tours at Poplar Grove, said, “ Fo r B l a c k H i s t o r y Month, we are offering house tours focusing on the Gullah Geechee enslaved workers, who were the primary farm hands for the Foys. While groups will still learn about the plantation’s history, guides are able to dive deeper into more of the untold stories

of those enslaved,” said Emily McInerney,Assistant Director of Museum Tours.

“Since we are still looking for and learning more information about the enslaved people of Poplar Grove, we are able to weave their narratives into our existing tour texts.”

Poplar Grove is currently open for low season hours, and is open to the public Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. for regular tours of the manor house and grounds. The museum and historic site is scheduled to transition to mid-season hours Monday through Saturday on March 1. For more information or to schedule a tour focusing on the Gullah Geechee enslaved workers, contact Felicia Greene at (910) 686-9518, extension 106, or email her at felicia@ polargrove.org.

they’re here in spirit,” and when she said that there was this breeze that came through, and we all felt it.

My dad had passed away the year before, and we all felt like his presence was kinda’ there with us.

“The picture of me in the helicopter as we were taking off, you can see the joy on my face. I was so excited. It was just beautiful from the moment we took off, the ceremony, being with friends, seeing the island from the air.

“For the next two years after that, on our anniversary, the pilot took us back.

The second year there had been an earthquake, and

Mike made us some big walking sticks so we could tap the ground as we went along (to test the ground lest it give way). So there it was, right where we left it, the Ti leaf and the rock.

“The next time he was able to leave us there all day.

We had the best time. We were sitting there playing cards and the tour helicopter came along and circled overhead. I’m sure they were wondering how we got there!”

I had set out to write about Mike’s surfboards. I asked Susan if she had ever surfed.

“No,” she laughed. “Both of my brothers did, I think

a verbal mirror to provide some honest insight for the poor restless soul, then tossed in a few naughty words and jabs at his laughable mid-life crisis for good measure. To be fair, I probably caught him off-guard.

Or, maybe he was busy taking selfies when the Wit Fairy came round.

Either way, I left the conversation with a satisfying grin and repeated attempts on his part for continued eng a g ement. Reading

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Obituaries

Joseph G. Beasley HAMPSTEAD -- Joseph G. Beasley, Jr. 84 of Hampstead, N.C. passed away Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington with his family by his side. He was born Oct. 2, 1934 in Raleigh to Joseph G. Beasley, Sr. and Thelma Hawkes Beasley.

He g raduated from Penderlea High School and attended Cape Fear Community College. Mr. Beasley served in the US Army and was stationed in Alaska. During his career he was a gunsmith, a master mechanic in the marine industry and retired from the State Port where he was a railroad engineer. He was an avid sportsman and nature conservationist.

His is survived by his four children: Joseph Beasley, III, Richard Beasley (Deborah), Jacklyn B. Kast (Eric); Debbie Probasco (Ron), . He is survived by his four grandchildren: Steven Kast, Jonathan Kast, Jessica Beasley and Scotty Probasco.

Funeral services will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his name may be made to the Boys and Girls Home, Nature Wildlife or the charity of your choice.

Condolences to the family at www.andrewsmortuary.com.

Cindy Joyce Willoughby ROCKY POINT -- Cindy Joyce Willoughby, 60, of Rocky Point, passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born on Feb. 16, 1958, in Upland, Pennsylvania to the late William S. and Ilah Mae Louise (Carroll) Bailey.

Cindy is survived by her loving husband, Daniel Willoughby; her son, Lewis Willoughby; and her step-son, Daniel Willoughby, Jr. She is also survived by her brother, James Bailey; her sisters, Louise Boseman, Elizabeth Funk, Debra Funk, Kathy Winnemore; and her five grandchildren; one great grandchild; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her parents, Cindy was also preceded in death by her daughter, Mary Osbourne; her brother, William S. Bailey, Jr.; and her sisters, Williametta Graham, Janice Dame, Bonnie Long, and Margaretta Smiley.

The family suggests donations be made to directly to the funeral home to help with funeral expenses.

You may share your memories and send condolences to the family by selecting “tribute wall” above.

Senior softball coming

one of them put me on a surfboard when I was twelve and gave me a shove, but no real instructions.

When Mike and I were there, we started doing stand up paddling. Standing up on a board, you can see down much further.” *Cordyline terminalis, the Hawaiian Ti plant, was once offered for 25¢ and a Lipton Tea box top, and my grandmother sent away for one in 1957, successfully cared for it, cutting it up and restarting the canes every few years. I inherited it back in the ‘70s, and it’s still doing just fine.

Coming soon: Inside Mike’s surfboards

Spring may not officially begin until Mar. 20, but senior softball in Wilmington begins Tuesday, Mar. 5 with Spring Training orientation for any and all interested players who will be 55 or older during 2019. This off-field meeting for men and women will be held at the New Hanover Public Library Northeast branch (1241 Military Cutoff Road – near Eastwood Road) beginning at 1 p.m. in the Pine Room.

On-field Spring Training camp will be held on the softball fields at Ogden Park at 1 p.m. beginning Mar. 7 and running through Mar. 26 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Attending the orientation session is not required but it is struc-

tured to introduce interested players to slow-pitch play, senior softball rules, schedules of play dates, and basic equipment needs.

The Wilmington Senior Softball Association (WSSA) kicks off its 24th year this spring offering men and women (55+) the opportunity to participate in a popular, slow-pitch recreational activity currently enjoyed by approximately 180 seniors from Pender, New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, and Onslow counties. No experience or particular skills are necessary – just a desire to have fun with others who enjoy batting, fielding, and running (or trotting) around

and ignoring his incessant, simple-minded texts was icing on the cake. I’d advise Mr. Wonderful to dismount the dead horse.

Disclaimer: The need to avenge is not completely my fault. I come from a

long line of temperamental right fighters. My large brood is protective and fierce, especially when a blatant injustice has been leveled against one of our own. It’s ancestral and, like the howl of an injured

wolf pup, elicits an inborn primitive response. We react in kneejerk fashion, delivering snarky retribution sprinkled with a smidgen of instability. It can’t be helped.

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist

You know, Cupid is a bowhunter.

Sometimes we get caught up in our own adventures so much, we forget the ones we leave tending everyday affairs. For instance, while I’m out playing with the birds, deer, bear, fish, and whatever else I happen to be chasing, someone has to watch the kids, the dogs, the cat, the guinea pigs, the ferret…our whole zoo! It can get rough at times, and there needs to be some balance of responsibility.

For tunately for me, my wife Susan amazingly understands. While she doesn’t hunt, she shows

spend time together in the woods. Scott re-introduced his girlfriend Melissa Webb to hunting this year. Back in October, Scott and Melissa headed off to a box stand overlooking a bean field, surrounded by cotton. After settling in, Scott made a series of grunt calls when they saw a doe about 200 yards out. The doe was anxious, looking over her shoulder steadily.

The doe disappeared into the beans after about 10 minutes. Scott began to grunt again, this time war ning Melissa not to laugh at him, and after a few minutes, Melissa spotted another deer. The head was down, but the deer was only 85 yards out. Scott pulled the rifle up, and through the scope noticed horns.

Melissa’s excitement was hard to contain, and Scott managed to take a deep breath, ask Melissa to cover her ears, and squeeze the trigger. Scott downed an 11 pointer, with Melissa sharing the experience firsthand.

that hint of excitement on my return, wanting to know the details of the hunt, see the pictures, and of course, sees if I was successful in bringing back any game.

She spends countless hours researching recipes over the internet trying to find a way to cook what I bring back so that all of the family will look forward to the meal (we are a family that is one half very picky eaters). It gives me a sense of accomplishment and that primal hunter/gatherer feeling.

Although she doesn’t hunt, we will plan days where we scout, set up stand locations and trail cameras. She’ll be the first to want to see what the cameras picked up. And one of the most exciting ‘small’ trips we have had was when I took the family where there is a high concentration of bear, and she was able to see her first, real live bear (only at about 15 yards away standing upright I might add).

There are couples who

Notice I had stated Scott re-introduced Melissa to hunting. When Melissa was younger, she had spent some time with her dad deer hunting. He passed away 20 years ago, and Melissa figured she’d give it another try in his memory.

On November 17, she talked with her dad, asking for his help. After getting herself situated in the stand, to her amazement, a large 8 pointer barreled down the path straight to her stand.

The massive buck stopped 100 yards out.

Melissa readied her rifle, and once again asked her dad for help in making a true shot. Melissa placed it well, and now had her deer of a lifetime. I could see Scott’s excitement for Melissa as he told me about his season this year.

The point is couples can enjoy the outdoors together, even if the interest varies. Remember your loved one on this coming Valentine’s (hint: get a gift now if you haven’t already!) and thank them for all they do, whether

with you or when you are away.

After all, Cupid IS a bowhunter.

–Bill Howard is a lifelong North Carolina resident and hunter. He is a lifetime member of the North Carolina Bowhunters Association, an associate member

of Pope and Young, and an official measurer of both.

He is a certified hunter education (IHEA) instructor and bowhunter education (IBEP) instructor. Please share your stories with Bill at BillHowardOutdoors@ gmail.com.

Town of Burgaw Government News February 14, 2019

BURGAW POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS YOUR HELP The Burgaw Police Department is requesting assistance from the public to reduce the number of vehicle breaking and entering in town.

There has been approximately 30 vehicle breaking and entering’s in the Burgaw area over the past three months. All of the vehicles that were targeted were unlocked at the time of the incident. It appears that the suspect(s) are moving through neighborhoods and checking for unlocked vehicles.

As a reminder to all residents, please keep your doors locked. Vehicles and buildings that are unsecured are more likely to be targeted by thieves.

Easily removable items such as money, purses, laptop computers, cellular telephones, GPS systems, and satellite radios left in plain view, may attract the attention of others who intend to steal. The best way to secure valuables is not to leave them in your car. However, if you must leave property in the vehicle, place the items out of view, preferably in a secured compartment like a glove box or trunk. Most importantly, don’t leave your vehicle open or unlocked. Make sure all doors and windows are secured each time you leave your vehicle, even when parked at your home or in a garage.

Please report any suspicious individuals or vehicles to the Burgaw Police Department at 910-259-4924.

4C’s Food Pantry annual meeting Feb. 25

Pender County

SEEKING VOLUNTEERS

Agenda Board of County Commissioners Meeting Tuesday, February 19, 2019 @ 4:00 PM Pender County Public Assembly Room 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC

The 30th Annual Meeting of the Christian Community Caring Center (aka 4 C’s Food Pantry) will be held Monday, Feb. 25, at 10 am, in the Fellowship Hall of Topsail Presbyterian Church, located at 16249 US Hwy 17, Hampstead.

(Enter through portico door.)

T he pur pose of the meeting is to make an Annual Report for the Year 2018, elect one member to the Board for a 3-year term, elect officers, report on grants received, and to generate ways to continue the mission to serve the needy in our community with necessary food.

The meeting is open to the public and the community is invited to learn more about this vital ministry in Hampstead, and to participate in its operation.

The 4 C’s Food Pantry was founded as a 501c(3) non-profit organization in 1988 by Elizabeth Maddux and Ed Pullen “to minister to the human needs in the name of Christ and to offer assistance to the needy.”

For more information on the 4 C’s meeting, contact President Jeanne Rick at jeannerick@bellsouth. net.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

INVOCATION

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

5.

PUBLIC COMMENT

6.

CONSENT AGENDA

8.

Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting: February 4, 2019.

6.2.

Resolution Accepting Petition to add W. Nassau Road and E. Nassau Road in the Snug Harbor Subdivision, Hampstead, to the State Maintained System.

6.3.

Approval of a Budget Amendment Increasing Health Department Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2018-2019: $20,757.

6.4.

Approval of a Purchase Order to SHI for Laptop Computers in the amount of $21,231.24.

6.5.

Approval to Write-Off Bad Debt for the Health Department for Calendar Year 2017: $28,243.34

6.6.

Resolution Authorizing Designated Agents for Hurricane Florence Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

6.7.

Request to Advertise the 2018 Tax Liens on Real Estate.

6.8.

Approval of a Budget Amendment for the Pender EMS Fund Balance Payout for FY 2018.

APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS 7.1.

Approval for remediation and repair work to be performed at the Pender County Courthouse as a result of Hurricane Florence damages.

7.2.

Resolution Approving the Selection of Holland Consulting Planners, Inc. to Provide Planning and Management Services for Hurricane Florence Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Flood Mitigation Assistance

7.3.

Consideration to increase the Not to Exceed limit for FDC Monitoring Contract: $256.534.52.

APPOINTMENTS Approval of Appointment to the Pender County Tourism Development Authority.

ROCKY POINT WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT 9.1.

Board of Commissioners Meeting 4:00 PM Planning and Zoning Board Meeting 5:30 PM

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

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TOWN CALENDAR February 12 February 21

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The Town of Burgaw is still seeking a volunteer to fill a vacant seat on the Planning and Zoning Board, as well as volunteer firefighters. Please come

by Town Hall or visit our website for more information.

Resolution Authorizing a Purchase Order to Core & Main for the Purchase of Water Meters.

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

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CLOSED SESSION (IF APPLICABLE).

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ADJOURNMENT

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

Town of Surf City Government News February 14, 2019

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

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The public will take notice that the Town Council of the Town of Surf City, North Carolina, has called a public hearing at 6:30 pm, or as soon thereafter as possible, on the 5th of March 2019, at Surf City Town Hall on: • Contiguous Annexation: Spiller & Sidbury Property Hwy 17/210 Intersection; 7.79 +/Acres. Pender County Pin# 4225-09-29790000, 4226-00-6544-0000 & 4226-11-44440000

2/14/2019

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:

Name of Board

ABC Board Advisory Board of Health Board of Adjustment Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

Library Board Tourism Development Authority District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek

# of Vacancies 1 3 2 7 1 1

Positions/Categories District 1 (Unexpired Term) Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist*** District 3, District 4 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking District 3 District 2

District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck 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.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Pender County Facilities and Fleet Services, 210 S. Bennett Street, Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 will receive sealed bids from North Carolina Licensed General Contractors, for the Commercial Renovation and Repair of the Pender County Hampstead Annex Auditorium, Hampstead, North Carolina.

Bids will be due on Friday, February 15, 2019, no later than 3:00 p.m. Deliver bids to Mr. Allen Vann, Director – Pender County Facilities and Fleet Services, 210 S. Bennett Street, Burgaw, NC 28425. Single Prime Lump Sum Bids for General Construction Work will be considered.

Complete plans, specifications, and contract documents can be obtained electronically through the office of Allen Vann by calling 910-259-1228; email: avann@pendercountync.gov; or on the Pender County Website under “Open RFPs and Bids – Commercial Renovation and Repair, Hampstead Annex Auditorium.”

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the Pender County Government Hampstead Annex building at 15060 Highway 17, Hampstead, NC on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 10:00 am. The meeting will address project scope, description, issues, bidding procedures and forms, and answer specific questions. A walkthrough of the existing building will take place following the pre-bid meeting. Prime bidders are required to attend.

Pender County encourages all businesses, including minority, and/or women owned businesses to respond to all Invitation for Bid requests. In addition, if subcontracts are let, the awarded contractor must ensure that the necessary affirmative steps are taken: 1. Place qualified small, minority, and woman-owned businesses on solicitations lists; 2. Assure that such businesses are solicited when they are potential sources; 3. Divide total requirement, when economically feasible, into smaller tasks or quantities to permit maximum participation by such businesses; 4. Establish delivery schedules, where requirements permits, which encourage such businesses to respond; 5. Use service and assistance from such organization as SBA, minority business development agency of the Dept. of Commerce;

www.pendercountync.gov

Bids may not be withdrawn for (60) days after bid due date.

The Owner reserves the right to reject each and every bid and to waive informalities in bidding.

Allen Vann, Director – Pender County Facilities and Fleet Services Burgaw, North Carolina 28425

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, February 14, 2019, Page 10A

Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Tedford Elisha Coston, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Tedford Elisha Coston, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 9, 2019 at James Donald Pierce, Executor, c/o Price & Williams, P.A., 5725 Oleander Drive, Suite C-3, Wilmington, NC 28403 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 24th day of January, 2019.

James Donald Pierce, Executor James S. Price, Attorney for Executor Price & Williams, P.A., 5725 Oleander Drive, Suite C-3, Wilmington, NC 28403 #8484 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF KARLA ANN PALMER Pender County Estate File No. 19-E-008 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against KARLA ANN PALMER, deceased, of Pender County, North Carolina, are notified to present their claims to JUDITH H. BUCHER, Executor, at 103 Thrasher Ct, Unit A, Hampstead, NC 28443, on or before the 24th day of April, 2019 (which date is three months after the day of the first publication of this notice), or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Debtors of the Decedent are requested to make immediate payment to the Executor named above.

This the 24th day of January, 2019.

JUDITH H. BUCHER Executor of the Estate of Karla Ann Palmer Susan K. Hill Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for the Estate 1121 Military Cutoff Rd., Suite P Wilmington, NC 28405 #8473 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14/2019 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 Hilda Mae Curfman, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Hilda Mae Curfman, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 16, 2019 at 4513 Sugarloaf Place, Fayetteville, NC 28311 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 31st day of January, 2019.

John C. Lowder, Jr. 4513 Surgarloaf Place Fayetteville, NC 28311 #8504 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Barbara Patricia DuBree, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Barbara Patricia DuBree, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 16, 2019 at 131 Oyster Point Lane, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 31st day of January, 2019.

Kimberly Lynn Burd 131 Oyster Point Lane Hampstead, NC 28443 #8505 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21/2019 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 Debra Sue Hugg Cooks, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Debra Sue Hugg Cooks, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 16, 2019 at 327 Silva Terra Drive, Wilmington, NC 28412 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 31st day of January, 2019.

Catherine Medlin 327 Silva Terra Drive, Wilmington, NC 28412 #8507 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21/2019 NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY BEFORE THE CLERK 19 E 41 ESTATE OF: TERRY KEITH STEWART NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator for the Estate of Terry Keith Stewart, Deceased, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Pender County, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said Decedent to present the same to the undersigned on or before May 20, 2018, said date being at least three months from the date of the first publication or posting of this Notice as indicated below, or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

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

This Notice is given pursuant to the provisions of G.S. §28A-14-1.

This 25 day of January, 2019.

Name & Address of Administrator: Linda S. Parker 1532 Tarheel Road Benson, NC 27504 Name and Address of Attorney: O. Hampton Whittington, Jr. Narron Wenzel, P.A. P. O. Box 457 Benson, NC 27504 #8511 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21/2019

Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Robert Lee Kass, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Robert Lee Kass, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 16, 2019 at 115 E. High Bluff Drive, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 31st day of January, 2019.

Charles W. Kass 115 E. High Bluff Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 #8506 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re the Estate of WILLIAM GEORGE PEPE, Deceased Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of WILLIAM GEORGE PEPE, 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 May 12, 2019, or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

On this Day: January 31, 2019 Denise Margo Pepe Personal Representative

By Patricia M. Homa Attorney for the Estate c/o Patricia M. Homa, P.C. P. O. Box 1310 Hampstead, NC 28443 #8512 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF SHIRLEY THOMPSON SIDBURY 19 E 21 Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of Shirley Thompson Sidbury, deceased, of 6232 US HWY 117 S, Rocky Point, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before April 30, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery.

All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Dated January 23, 2019.

Forest F. Sidbury, Personal Representative c/o Corbett & Fisler P. O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #8508 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF CLEMENT WILLIAMS TWIFORD 18 E 344 Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Clement Williams Twiford, deceased of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 8th day of May, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporation indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 7th day of February, 2019.

Rosemary Twiford Executrix of the Estate of Clement Williams Twiford c/o Lawrence S. Boehling Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #8518 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF NORMAN L. WILSON 17 E 434 Having qualified as Anciliary Administrator of the Estate of Norman L. Wilson, deceased of Weymouth, Massachusetts, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 8th day of May, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporation indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 7th day of February, 2019.

Kenneth W. Wilson Anciliary Administrator of the Estate of Norman L. Wilson c/o Lawrence S. Boehling Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #8519 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28/2019 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Mini Storage on the Green at Cedar on the Green Shopping Center 17061 Hwy. 17-North (Across from Olde Point) Hampstead, NC 28443 910-270-3455 On Saturday February 23, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

Mini Storage on the Green will sell various items of personal and business property, pursuant tothe assertion of a lien for back rentat the self-service storage facility.

PROPERTY BEING SOLD Contents of: Beveridge 615 Beveridge 624 Blum 327 Obremski 604 Poindexter 115 Powell 820 Smith 412 Smith 801 Sunderland 829 Taylor 540 Wuske 317 #8510 2/14, 2/21/2019

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Janice Arvilla Louise Jones AKA Janice Jones and Douglas Alan Jones, wife and husband dated March 31, 2006, and recorded April 4, 2006, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pender County, North Carolina, in Book 2926 at Page 082, securing a Loan Agreement in the original principal amount of $151,514.33, and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale in the County Courthouse of Pender County, in the City of Burgaw, North Carolina, on February 26, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. O’clock, all that certain parcel of land secured by the abovedescribed Deed of Trust recorded in Book 2926 at Page 082, situated in Pender County, North Carolina, as more particularly described therein, which legal description is made a part hereof and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein and briefly described in Deed Volume 1878, Page 94. Tax Map or Parcel ID No. 3323-71-4280-0000.

ADDRESS SHOWN AS SECURITY ON THE NOTE AND DEED OF TRUST: 770 Newkirk Rd, Watha, NC 28478.

PRESENT RECORD OWNERS as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than 10 days prior to posting the notice is/are: Douglas Alan Jones.

In the event the property which is the subject of this Notice of Sale is residential real property with less than fifteen (15) rental units, 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 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. The notice shall also state 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.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of forty-five cents per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308 (a)(1), up to a maximum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). The property is being sold “as is and where is” with no representations or warranties of any type or kind being given or to be construed as being given or made; and, no title certification of any type or kind is being made or is to be construed as being made. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinabove described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder and that the undersigned will require the successful bidder at the sale to immediately deposit cash or certified check in the amount of the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater. The real property hereinabove described will be sold subject to any unpaid taxes, prior encumbrances, if any, and special assessments.

The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required and will also be subject to a ten (10) day right of redemption or to the filing of a bankruptcy petition. In the event of an upset bid, redemption or the filing of a bankruptcy petition, or any other reason that the Substitute Trustee deems necessary to redo the sale, the bid deposit will be returned and no other remedies will be assertable.

18-SP-174 This 29th day of January, 2019. /s/ Frances S. White Frances S. White or Rick D. Lail, either one of whom may act, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 30081 Charlotte, N.C. 28230-0081 (704) 817-8134 #8514 2/14, 2/21/2019 NOTICE OF SALE In Accordance with N. C. GS 44A-43; Brown, Graves and Wells Enterprises, Inc. doing business as Rocky Point Mini Storage, will off, for sale to the highest bidder, the personal property belonging to the delinquent tenants listed below.

These parties have liens against said personal property for late rents at said mini storage.

A-03 Trey Walker A-10 Morgan Gurney C-49 Sadie Horrell C-62 Monique Walker C-63 Monique Walker C-67 Michael Thompson D-74 Bernice Medlin, Jr. D-96 Gregory House F-138 Lillian Pickett F-151 Jose Meneses F-157 Kye Burns F-159 Jermaine Pickett G-168 David Peterson G-170 Jose Meneses G-171 Randall Tucker G-178 Jose Meneses H-196 Valerie Britt H-213 Kevin Nixon This sale will be conducted at Rocky Point Mini Storage located at 49 Lanier Avenue, Rocky Point, NC 28457, Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 9:30 AM, rain or shine.

Rocky Point Mini Storage reserves the right to delete any tenant’s personal property from this sale, if the delinquent tenant has satisfied his or her delinquent rent, prior to this pending sale.

For the most current information call 910-675-1157. #8515 2/7, 2/14/2019

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 James Edward Young, Jr., deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, James Edward Young, Jr., to present them to the undersigned on or before May 23, 2019 at 4311 School House Commons. Box# 248, Harrisburg, NC 28075 or be barred from recovery.

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

This the 7th day of February, 2019.

Carolyn M. Casey 4311 School House Commons, Box# 248 Harrisburg, NC 28075 #8522 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28/2019 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 Travis Winefred Owen, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Travis Winefred Owen, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 23, 2019 at 49 Hollingsworth Drive, Wallace, NC 28466 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 7th day of February, 2019.

Travis Carl Owen 49 Hollingsworth Drive, Wallace, NC 28466 #8524 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28/2019 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 Charles Edward Cribb, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Charles Edward Cribb, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 23, 2019 at 165 Sandhill Road, Currie, NC 28435 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 7th day of February, 2019.

Brenda Kay Meares 165 Sandhill Road Currie, NC 28435 #8523 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28/2019 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 Judith Irene White, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Judith Irene White, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 23, 2019 at 104 Liberty Road, Watha, NC 28478 or be barred from recovery.

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

This the 7th day of February, 2019.

James Leslie White, Jr. 104 Liberty Road Watha, NC 28478 #8525 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28/2019

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 17 CVS 613 Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

Dorothy Royal; Richard Royal; Bank of America, N.A.; First South Bank; SunTrust Bank; Bank of the Ozarks, Defendants.

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jeremy B. Wilkins, Commissioner, pursuant to the Order/Judgment entered in the above-captioned case on October 19, 2018 (“Order”), and by virtue of the appointment, power and authority contained in that Order, has been authorized and ordered to sell the property commonly known as 326 North Shore Drive, Surf City, NC 28445 (“Property”). Said Property is secured by the Deed of Trust executed by Dorothy Royal and Richard Royal, dated August 27, 2007 and recorded on November 7, 2007 in Book 3350 at Page 339 of the Pender County, North Carolina Registry. The Property shall be sold together with improvements located thereon, towards satisfaction of the debt due by Dorothy Royal and Richard Royal, and secured by the lien against such property in favor of Bank of America, N.A. The Commissioner will offer for sale to the highest bidder at a public auction 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 February 20, 2019 at 11:30AM the following described real property (including all improvements thereon) located in Pender County, North Carolina and described as follows: BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 15, BLOCK NO. 31, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN OF SUBDIVISION NO. 1 OF SURF CITY, ON TOPSAIL ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, A MAP OF WHICH SUBDIVISION WAS PREPARED BY J.R. BURT, CIVIL ENGINEER AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEED FOR PENDER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN MAP BOOK 3, PAGE 45.

The above described property will be sold, transferred and conveyed “AS IS, WHERE IS” subject to liens or encumbrances of record

which are superior to such Deed of Trust, together with all unpaid taxes and assessments and any recorded releases. Neither the Commissioner nor the holder of the debt secured by such Deed of Trust, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Commissioner or the holder of the debt make any representation 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 and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such conditions expressly are disclaimed.

The Commissioner shall convey title to the property by non-warranty deed, without any covenants or warranties, express or implied.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 1-339.29 (c) in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the judge or 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. 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.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current record owners of the property as reflected on the records of the PENDER COUNTY Register of Deeds’ office not more than ten (10) days prior to the date hereof are Dorothy Royal and husband, Richard Royal.

A cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchasing 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 of bid in cash or certified check at the time the Commissioner tenders a deed for the Property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price of bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for under North Carolina law.

The sale will be reported to the court and will remain open for advance or upset bids for a period of ten (10) days as required by law. If the Commissioner 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 Commissioner. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Commissioner, 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.

JEREMY B. WILKINS, Commissioner 5431 Oleander Drive, Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 (910) 202-2800 Phone (888) 207-9353 Facsimile #8520 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-331 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

MARK ALLEN POPE, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. MARK ALLEN POPE, owner, et. al., 18-CVS331, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of Lot 1, Section 1 of Arvida Park as shown on a map duly recorded in Map Book 29 at Page 144 of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 3224-53-8888-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8500 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1121 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

PAMELA JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. PAMELA JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., 17CVS-1121, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of Lot 7, Section 3 of River Bend II Subdivision according

to a map thereof duly recorded in Map 22 at Page 140 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more particular description.

(PID: 3331-96-5343-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8495 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-428 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO ADDIE COSTIN SIMMERS, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO ADDIE COSTIN SIMMERS, owner, et. al., 18-CVS-428, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being located in Columbia Township, Pender County North Carolina, more particularly described as follows: Adjoining the land now or late of Robert Johnston, A. C. Ward and others, bound as follows: lying on the West side of the Sampson Main Road, beginning on a stake, the Collird School House Tract and runs North 3 degrees East 34 poles to a stake, A. C. Ward corner; thence South 62 degrees West 21 ½ poles to a stake in Bryant Bland lines; thence South 3 degrees East 34 poles to a stake in Bryant Bland’s South line; thence with his line North 62 degrees East 21 ½ poles to a stake, the Beginning corner, containing 4 acres.

(PID: 2278-73-8947-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8501 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-47 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

WHITLOW WYATT CALLIS, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. WHITLOW WYATT CALLIS, owner, et. al., 18-CVS-47, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of the Combined Land as shown on Map entitled “Map of Combination for Carolyn S. Callis and Whitlow W. Callis” as shown in Map Book 52, Page 92 of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 2394-27-2607-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8498 2/7, 2/14/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS ALL PERSONS, firms and corporations having claims against Donald Sylvester Hardison, deceased of Pender County, N.C., are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before May 23, 2019 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery.

This 14th day of February 2019.

Michael Todd Hardison, Administrator CTA, c/o The Walls Law Firm, 5511 Capital Center Dr., Ste 180, Raleigh, NC 27606 #8517 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7/2019

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, February 14, 2019, Page 11A

Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1263 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

TIA MICHELLE TOOMER, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. TIA MICHELLE TOOMER, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-1263, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING at a point located in the paved centerline of SR 1337, said point being located along said line at a point that is North 16 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West 389.27 feet from a nail located in the paved centerline of SR 1337 directly above the center of an 18 inch concrete culvert that accommodates the waters of a ditch beneath the roadway and said culvert being located 0.34 miles, more or less, Northwardly along said road from its intersection with SR 1216; and running thence from the BEGINNING so located, 1.

With the paved centerline of SR 1337 North 16 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West 15.00 feet to a nail in said road centerline; thence, 2. North 73 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds East 238.71 feet (passing over an inline iron stake at 30.00 feet and 138.71 feet) to an iron stake in line, thence, 3. North 16 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds East 208.71 feet to an iron stake inline; thence, 4. South 73 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 100.00 feet to an iron stake inline; thence, 5. North 16 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West 193.71 feet to an iron stake inline; thence, 6. South 73 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 138.71 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 0.516 acres, more or less, after the exclusion of that portion of SR 1337 (60 foot right of way) contained within the above described boundaries and is as surveyed during September 1994.

(PID: 2299-77-5336-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8497 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-395 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

MAURICE CORBETT, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. MAURICE CORBETT, owner, et. al., 17-CVS395, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING at a new iron pipe in the westernmost line of Jackie V. Corbett (Deed Book 492, Page 88), which said iron pipe is located from the point of intersection of NCSR 1100 (paved) with NCSR 1203 (dirt) when measured along ther centerline of NCSR 1203 South 70 degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds East 786.33 feet to the point of curve in NCSR 1203; thence, leaving said centerline South 72 degrees 58 minutes 48 seconds East 156.03 feet to an old iron pipe flush with the ground and being the southwest corner of the before mentioned Corbett property; thence, with the Corbett line North 18 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East 150.00 feet to the point of Beginning. Said Beginning point being so located runs thence as follows: 1. With the Corbett old line North 18 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East 138.00 feet to a new iron pipe; thence, 2. A new line South 71 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East 158.00 feet to a new iron pipe; thence, 3. Continuing a new line South 18 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West 138.00 feet to a new iron pipe; thence, 4. Continuing a new line North 71 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West 158.00 feet to the point of Beginning.

The above described lot or parcel of land contains 0.50 acres to be the same, more or less, and is a portion of the land described in a deed recorded in Deed Book 492, Page 88 in the Pender County Registry and is shown as Lot No. 1 on a map entitled “Survey for Maurice Corbett and wife, Cozell R. Corbett” which said map is recorded in Deed Book 839, Page 259 of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 2248-25-1649-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the

Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8487 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-892 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

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

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. TOMMY LEE BAIN, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-892, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE ON THE Southwestern side of a dirt road which said iron pipe is located 989 feet Northwestwardly as measured along the Southwestern side of said dirt road from its intersection with the Northwestern side of N.C. rural road number 1115 at a point on said rural road 0.6 miles more or less from the intersection of said rural road with N.C. rural road number 1114 which said point of intersection on said N.C. rural road number 1114 is 3.4 miles more or less from the intersection of said N.C. rural road number 1114 with U.S. Highway number 421; and running thence from said beginning point and along the Southwestern line of said dirt road South 58 deg. East 145 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 29 deg. 30 West 150 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 58 deg. West 178 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 52 deg. East 15 feet to an iron stake, an old A.B. Lewis corner; thence North 41 deg. East 139 feet to the point of beginning; the same containing 0.55 acres more or less and being a part of a three acre tract conveyed

by Raymond W. Lewis and wife, to Odell Daughterey and wife by deed recorded in Book 330 at Page 320 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County.

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

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

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8496 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-356 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

CHARINE LEE, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. CHARINE LEE, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-356, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: LOCATED IN Rocky Point Township, Pender County, North Carolina adjacent to and North of the old graded centerline of Secondary road No. 1433 and being more fully described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a nail and cap in the paved portion of Secondary road No. 133 and in the old graded centerline, said nail and cap being located along said road at a point that is North 82 Degrees 27 Minutes 42 Seconds East 786.00 feet from an old subsurface iron pipe located in said road and being designated as corner No. “A” on a map duly recorded in Map Book 16, Page 44 of the Pender County Registry; and running thence, from the Beginning, so located, (1) North 08 degrees 25 Minutes 06 Seconds West 396.00 feet (passing over an inline iron pipe at 39.40 feet) to a point inline; thence, (2) North 82 Degrees 27 Minutes 42 Seconds East 110.00 feet to an iron pipe inline; thence, (3) South 08 Degrees 25 Minutes 06 Seconds East 396.00 feet to an old subsurface iron stake in the old graded centerline of Secondary Road No 1433; thence, (4) With said road centerline South 82 Degrees 27 Minutes 42 Seconds West 110.00 feet to the Beginning, containing 1.00 acres more or less and is as surveyed by Thompson Surveying Co., P.A. of Burgaw, N.C. during August 1993.

As a reference to the above described tract see Book 137, Page 334 of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 3236-31-7990-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all

outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, January 22, 2019.

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

outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, any State or Federal right of redemption, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8490 2/7, 2/14/2019

#8486 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-997 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

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

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. MARY ANN LANKFORD HAYLER, owner, et. al., 16-CVS-997, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEING all of Lot 3 as shown on a map entitled “’Redevised Map of a combination and redivision of Tract 113 and 114 of Forest Sound for Harold A. Hill and Charlotte A. Hill,” recorded in Map Book 22, page 109 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Pender County, North Carolina.

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

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8485 2/7, 2/14/2019

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-748 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

JAMES R. HARRELL, JR., owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. JAMES R. HARRELL, JR., owner, et. al., 17-CVS-748, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Adjoining the land of Robert THenton Rivenbark, the Parsons land and others, BEGINNING at a stake in the center of a ditch on the East side of the public road, the corner of R. Thenton Rivenbark, and runs thence North 15 degrees East 171 feet to a stake in the center of a ditch; thence with the center of the ditch South 82 degrees West 1,222 feet to a stake in McGowan’s line, thence with McGowen’s line North 42 degrees 10 minutes West 195 feet to a stake in the center of the old Tram Road, Parson’s line; thence with the center of the road and Parson’s line North 74 ¾ degrees East 1,049 feet to a stake in the center of a ditch; thence with the ditch South 12 ½ degrees East 141 feet to another ditch; thence with the said ditch North 77 ¼ degrees East 256 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 6 1/25 acres, more or less.

Save and Except that portion previously conveyed by Billy Humbles to the Trustees of the Watha Development Club as recorded in Deed 367, Page 512, Pender County Registry.

(PID: 3312-17-4232-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8489 2/7, 2/14/2019

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-770 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

WILLIAM J. SMITH, JR., owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. WILLIAM J. SMITH, JR., owner, et. al., 17-CVS-770, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of Pender County SR 1412 which point is located along the above centerline North 78 degrees 54 minutes West 528.10 feet from a railroad spike in the above centerline directly above the center of the easternmost of two culverts that accommodate the waters of a branch beneath the above road, running thence from the BEGINNING South 11 degrees 06 minutes West 534.20 feet, thence North 77 degrees 42 minutes West 210.04 feet, thence North 11 degrees 06 minutes East 529.80 feet to the centerline of SR 1412, thence with the centerline of SR 1412 210.00 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 2.42 acres after the exclusion of the right of way of SR 1412 lying within the boundary of the above tract.

LESS AND EXCEPT: Lying in Burgaw Township, Pender County North Carolina, adjacent to and South of the paved centerline of SR 1412 and being more fully described as: BEGINNING at a PK spike in the centerline of SR 1412, the Beginning PK spike is located along the road centerline North 75 degrees 55 minutes West 558.10 feet from an old sub-surface railroad spike in the road centerline over the center of the easternmost of large twin steel culverts that carry the waters of a branch beneath the road (the culverts are located eastwardly along SR 1412 approximately 0.6 miles from US Hwy 117). Running thence a new line from the BEGINNING PK spike, so located, South 13 degrees 50 minutes West 272.0 feet (passing over inline iron pipe at 30.00 feet and 230.00 feet) to a point in a field; thence North 75 degrees 55 minutes West 180.00 feet to a point in the field; thence North 13 degrees 50 minutes East 272.00 feet (passing over an inline iron pipe at 40.3 feet and an inline concrete monument at 242.00 feet) to a PK spike in the centerline of SR 1412; THENCE WITH THE ROAD CENTERLINE South 75 degrees 55 minutes East 180.00 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 1.00 acre, more or less, after the exclusion of the right of way of SR 1412 that lies within the above described boundaries and is as surveyed on March 15, 1988.

The property described above is a portion of that property described in Deed Book 664 Page 86 of the Registry of Pender County NC (PID: 3237-36-1328-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1270 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

JESSIE ANTONIO STANLEY, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. JESSIE ANTONIO STANLEY, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-1270, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING at an iron pipe in the Northern line of County Road Np. 1426 (60.00 feet in width) that is North 18 degrees 20 minutes West 64.00 feet from an old black gum, the Beginning corner of the tract conveyed to Desser Moore by “Deed recorded in Book M at Page 22, of the Pender County Registry; running thence from said Beginning point North 85 degrees West 100.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 05 degrees East 200.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 05 degrees West 200.00 feet to the point of Beginning the same containing 0.46 acres and being a portion of the aforementioned Moore Tract. Note: this property is part of the land inherited by Hardee Moore from his father Desser Moore.

Less and excepting any existing road right of ways.

(PID: 3224-46-2015-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8502 2/7, 2/14/2019

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1072 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

PAMELA JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. PAMELA

JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., 17CVS-1072, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Located in Long Creek Township, Pender County, North Carolina, adjacent to and West of the Western right of way line of a 30 foot wide roadway and being more fully described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe in the Western line of a 30 foot wide roadway easement, said iron pipe being located along said road at a point that is the following courses and distances from an old spike located in the intersection of the centerline of SR 1409 with the centerline of SR 1411: North 14 degrees 54 minutes 15 seconds West 440.74 feet, North 32 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds West 120.54 feet, North 35 degrees 36 minutes 50 seconds West 380.08 feet, North 35 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 850.08 feet, North 36 degrees 45 minutes 55 seconds West 16.94 feet, North 84 degrees 22 minutes 35 seconds East 2,407.18 feet, South 04 degrees 43 minutes 25 seconds West 418.88 feet, South 84 degrees 27 minutes 20 seconds West 1,633.95 feet, South 08 degrees 09 minutes 40 seconds West 220.02 feet, and North 84 degrees 27 minutes 20 seconds West 15.02 feet to the BEGINNING; and running thence, from the Beginning, so located, 1. With the Western line of a 30 foot wide roadway easement South 08 degrees 09 minutes 40 seconds West 155.37 feet to an iron pipe inline; thence, 2. South 57 degrees 36 minutes 40 seconds West 453.92 feet to an iron pipe inline; thence, 3. North 07 degrees 43 minutes 25 seconds East 434.59 feet to an iron pipe inline, thence, 4. South 84 degrees 27 minutes 58 seconds East 348.47 feet to the Beginning, containing 2.353 acres, more or less and is as surveyed by Thompson Surveying Company, PA of Burgaw NC in June 1995. The above described tract being Lot 26 of the Kel-Ash Estates as developed

by Russell Lewis.

(PID: 3216-78-7123-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8491 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1106 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

PAMELA JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. PAMELA JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., 17CVS-1106, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of Lot 9, Section 3 of River Bend II Subdivision according to a map thereof duly recorded in Map 22 at Page 140 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more particular description.

(PID: 3331-96-3196-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8492 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1117 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

PAMELA JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. PAMELA JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., 17CVS-1117, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of Lot 8, Section 3 of River Bend II Subdivision according to a map thereof duly recorded in Map 22 at Page 140 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more particular description (PID: 3331-96-4262-0000)

This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8493 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-101 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

AGUSTA R. BURNETT, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. AGUSTA R. BURNETT, owner, et. al., 18-CVS101, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: All that certain tract of land located in Canetuck Township, Pender County, North Carolina, consisting of the one acre excepted from the conveyance made by the deed recorded in Deed Book 632, at page 126, of the Registry of Pender County, North Carolina. The legal description is ambiguous. Please see GIS 2254-67-8102-0000 for a pictoral representation of the aforesaid real property which may or may not define the real property.

(PID: 2254-67-8102-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8499 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1120 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

PAMELA JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. PAMELA JO JAMESON, owner, et. al., 17CVS-1120, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of Lot 13, Section 3 of River Bend II Subdivision according to a map thereof duly recorded in Map 22 at Page 140 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more particular description.

(PID: 3331-96-5031-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8494 2/7, 2/14/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Harold Eugene Haywood (18E394 Pender County), deceased, late of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned or the undersigned’s attorney, on or before the 15th day of May, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

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

This the 14th day of February 2019.

Richard E. Haywood Executor of the Estate of Harold Eugene Haywood c/o Stephen C. Bailey Bailey & Busby, PLLC Attorney at Law P.O. Box 818 Hampstead, NC 28443-818 #8526 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7/2019

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Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-957 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

JOHN C. SHARPLESS, JR., owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. JOHN C. SHARPLESS, JR., owner, et. al., 17-CVS-957, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Francis D. Baysden Judicial Annex, located at 100 South Dickerson Street in Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 at 12:00 Noon, February 15, 2019, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Beginning at a point in the center of a 60.00 feet wide Right-of-way Easement that is located North 66 degrees 56 minutes East 222.00 feet, North 23 degrees 04 minutes West 133.76 feet, and North 29 degrees 31 minutes East 524.22 feet from the intersection of the center of the pavement of S.R. No. 1580 with the center of Cypress Branch Bridge, and runs thence as follows: 1. With the center of a 60.00 feet wide Right-of-way Easement North 29 degrees 31 minutes East 210.00 feet; thence 2. With a new line South 60 degrees 29 minutes East 204.24 feet to an iron stake in the Pauline Wooten old line; thence 3. With the said old line South 29 degrees 31 minutes West 210.00 feet to an old iron stake; thence 4. With a new line North 60 degrees 29 minutes West 204.24 feet to the beginning.

The above described lot or tract of land contains 1.00 acre to be the same more or less as surveyed by Cowan and Jones, P.A., Registered Land Surveyors during January, 1979.

Reservation: Grantor reserves an easement for ingress, egress, and other roadway purposes in so much of the above described parcel embraced within the boundaries of the right-of-way following.

Right-of-way: Grantor grants to grantee an easement for ingress and egress over a strip 60 feet wide, 30 feet on each side of the following centerline: In Holly Township, Pender County, North Carolina; Beginning at a point North 66 degrees 56 minutes East 222.0 feet and North 23 degrees 04 minutes 30 seconds from the center of Cypress Branch Bridge; thence from the Beginning Point North 23 degrees 04 minutes West 53.76 feet to the P.C. of a curve; thence a curve, having a radius of 101.20 feet and a delta angle of 52 degrees 35 minutes; a chord of North 03 degrees 14 minutes East 89.65 feet to the P.T. of the curve; thence North 29 degrees 31 minutes East 1489.21 feet.

Gloria Love Sharpless executes this Deed to release all her right, title and interest in the above tract to John C. Sharpless, Jr. (PID: 3393-84-1762-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

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

This day, January 22, 2019.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777, Commissioner ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8503 2/7, 2/14/2019

SECOND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PENDER COUNTY 17 SP 159 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by WILLIAM N. PATE AND SHARON COTTLE PATE dated July 23, 2013 to BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee for BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, recorded in Book 4297, Page 28, PENDER County Registry; default having been made in payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the necessary findings to permit foreclosure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of PENDER County, North Carolina; the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of PENDER and State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Lying in Union Township, Pender County, North Carolina, adjacent to and North of the paved centerline of S.R. #1318 and being more fully described as follows: BEGINNING at a new P.K. spike in the paved centerline of S.R. #1318, said Beginning spike is located along said road centerline South 83 degrees 32 minutes East 182.48 feet (chord) and South 86 degrees 18 minutes East 160.00 feet to said beginning spike from an old subsurface nail and cap over the center of a concrete culvert that carries the waters of a ditch beneath said road (said culvert is located westwardly along S.R. #1318 approximately 0.6 mile from the Interstate 40 overpass) said Beginning P.K. spike marks Oscar R. Pate’s Southeast corner of his home lot (See Deed Book 460, Page 185 of the Pender County Registry) running thence from said Beginning, P.K. spike, so located, North 02 degrees 50 minutes East 273.7 feet with said Oscar R. Pate’s eastern line (passing over a new in line iron pipe at 35.05 feet) to an old 3 inch iron pipe that marks said Oscar R. Pate’s northeast corner; thence with a new line South 83 degrees 36 minutes East 152.0 feet to a new iron pipe; thence with a new line South 04 degrees 18 minutes 30 minutes West 266.7 feet (passing over a new in line iron pipe at 245.65 feet) to a new P.K. spike in said centerline of

Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices S.R. #1318; thence with said road centerline North 86 degrees14 minutes 15 seconds West 144.86 feet to the Beginning, containing 0.82 acres, more or less, after the exclusion of the right-of-way area, of S.R. #1318 that lies within the above described boundaries and is as surveyed, plotted and described by William H. Blake, N.C.R.L.S #L-2179 of Burgaw, N.C. on May 15, 1992.

Magnetic Meidian to Feb. 1973 The above described tract of land is a portion of J.W. Pate’s Irene White Tract his deed for same being duly recorded in Book 233 at Page 206 of the Pender County Registry.

PROPERTY ADDRESS/LOCATION: 865 Camp Kirkwood Road Watha NC 28478 DATE OF SALE: February 27, 2019 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 A.M. LOCATION OF SALE: PENDER County Courthouse RECORD OWNER(S): Sharon Pate and William Daniel Pate TERMS OF THE SALE: (1). This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbrances, easements, right-ofways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies.

(2) The property is being sold “as is”. Neither the beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations concerning the property, including but not limited to, the physical or environmental condition of the property. Further, the undersigned Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property.

(3) The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure sale.

(4) At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expiration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period.

(5) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving this 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 no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this Notice of Foreclosure 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.

6) An order for possession of the property being sold 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.

(7) If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Substitute Trustee.

This the 29th day of January , 2019.

SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKE SAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P. ____________________________ Cara B. Williams, Attorney for Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute Trustee P. O. Box 176010 Raleigh, NC 27619-6090 (919) 250-2000 Fax: (919)250-2211 #8530 2/14, 2/21/2019 17 SP 168 AMENDED 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 Angela Renee Howard and Scott Allen Howard to Philip R. Mahoney, Trustee(s), which was dated November 20, 2015 and recorded on November 20, 2015 in Book 4610 at Page 2064, 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 March 1, 2019 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 118, as shown on map entitled “Final Map Summit Ridge Phase VI-B”, recorded in Map Book 39 at Page 104 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description; Together with a right of way in common with others over, through or upon any and all existing

streets providing access to the lot shown on said map.

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

Said property is commonly known as 704 Ridgecrest Lane, Rocky Point, NC 28457.

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

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

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.: 17-11814-FC01 #8527 2/14, 2/21/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Cynthia Lynn Bivens, late of 259 Heathers Folly Road, Willard, Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Cynthia Lynn Bivens to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 90th day of this notice, May 15, 2019, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Eddie W. Bivens, Administratorof the Estate of Cynthia Lynn Bivens Pender County Estate File: 18-E-0359 c/o Gregory M. Katzman, Esq. 575 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 106 Wilmington, NC 28405 #8521 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7/2019 NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE PENDER COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO: 18 E 73 IN RE: ESTATE OF LENORA WALKER ROBINSON NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of LENORA WALKER ROBINSON notifies all persons having claims against the estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of May 2019, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This 6th day of February, 2019.

Lillie Robinson Brown c/o The Graham Nuckolls Conner Law Firm, PLLC P.O. Box 7384 Greenville, NC 27835-7384 #8529 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7/2019 18 SP 111 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 Larry T. Morris and Evelyn F. Morris to National Title Network, Trustee, for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for Mortgage Investors Corporation, which was dated June 27, 2011 and recorded on July 6, 2011 in Book 3943 at Page 1, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said

Deed of Trust and the undersigned, 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 February 19, 2019 at 12:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF PENDER, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LYING AND BEING IN TOPSAIL TOWNSHIP, PENDER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE IN THE NORTHEASTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MOORE’S LANDING ROAD, S. R. 1578, 30 FEET FROM THE CENTERLINE THEREOF, SAID BEGINNING POINT BEING THE COMMON CORNER OF LOT Q AND LOT R AS SHOWN ON A MAP ENTITLED “MAP OF SURVEY OF MOORE’S LANDING, SECTION 2 AS CORRECTED” AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 25 AT PAGE 116 OF THE PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY; RUNNING THENCE FROM SAID BEGINNING POINT WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED NORTHEASTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MOORE’S LANDING ROAD, SOUTH 38 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 36 SECONDS EAST 100.00 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; RUNNING THENCE WITH THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN LOT P AND LOT Q, NORTH 51 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 24 SECONDS EAST 233.34 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; RUNNING THENCE WITH THE NORTHEASTERN LINE OF LOT Q, NORTH 34 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 100.235 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; RUNNING THENCE A NEW LINE, SOUTH 51 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 07 SECONDS WEST 112.59 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; RUNNING THENCE A NEW LINE, SOUTH 51 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST 27.69 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE IN THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN LOT Q AND LOT R, RUNNING THENCE WITH SAID DIVIDING LINE, SOUTH 51 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 24 SECONDS WEST 99.90 FEET TO THE BEGINNING POINT AND CONTAINING 23,691.4 SQUARE FEET OR 0.5439 ACRE AND BEING ALL OF LOT Q AND A PORTION OF LOT R AS SHOWN ON THE ABOVE MENTIONTED MAP. THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION WAS PREPARED BY JOHNIE C. GARRISON R.L.S. NO. I-1347 FROM A SURVEY DATED FEBRUARY 18, 1993.

MOBILE HOME INFOYEAR: 1993 MAKE: STERLING HOMES MODEL: N/A DIMENSIONS: 40X28 VIN: SHNC93-0797A/SHNC930797B PARCEL ID: 4214-94-8333-0000 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 167 Moores Landing Road, Hampstead, NC 28443.

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 Evelyn F. Morris, surviving spouse of Larry T. Morris.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.29, in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties 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. The notice shall also state 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 [N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.16(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.

Cape Fear Trustee Services, LLC, Substitute Trustee _____________________________ Attorney J. Martin Page, NCSB No. 43852 Aaron Seagroves, NCSB No. 50979 PHONE: 803.509.5078 FAX: 803.753.9841 #8531 2/14, 2/21/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-1173 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

ROBERT S. BATTS, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 9 Hillview Mobile Home Park Subdivision, Parcel ID Number 4215-43-6664-0000 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 April 1, 2019.

This day, February 8, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8533 2/14, 2/21, 2/28/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-1155 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

WILLIAM KIRK WILSON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF WILLIAM KIRK WILSON 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 0.26 acres, Parcel ID Number 2275-19-9852-0000 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 April 1, 2019.

This day, February 4, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8534 2/14, 2/21, 2/28/2019

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Spring training is a time set aside for prospective new players to get into playing condition, learn and practice the fundamentals needed to play the game, and to understand special rules which emphasize player safety.

USA Softball and WSSA rules help protect players from injury by having two first base bags and twohome plates (one designated for the runner, the other for the fielder) to prevent collisions. Players who have difficulty running may have courtesy runners as needed, and there are special rules enforced when high temperatures reach certain thresholds.

Once Spring Training concludes, players will be notified of their team placement. Team practices are scheduled for the first two weeks in April before the season officially begins April 16. The WSSA’s three divisions are defined by player’s skills, abilities, and age. New players are placed in the division which matches their level of play. The purpose is to allow players with similar playing skills and abilities to compete with each other.

All regular season games are played in Wilmington on fields at Olsen and

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-1173 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

ROBERT S. BATTS, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 9 Hillview Mobile Home Park Subdivision, Parcel ID Number 4215-43-6664-0000 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 April 1, 2019.

This day, February 8, 2019.

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Pender cagers clinch conference title

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last week the Pender patriot men’s basketball team had to wait all week before taking the court with the Coastal 8 Conference title on the line.

With mid term exams pushed back due to Florence, the Pats were scheduled to play just once. The Dixon Bulldogs were on the schedule and were the only obstacle left in keeping the team from clinching the first place title.

The Onslow County Dogs gave the home team Pats all they could handle but senior Malcolm McLean and junior Jujuan Carr led their teammates to the win and the conference title.

The Bulldogs came out in a 1-3-1 zone intent on slowing the Patriot fast break. Coupled with the

inside game that the Bulldogs boast, it appeared that the Patriots would have to wait another day to clinch the conference championship.

Dixon jumped out to an 11-8 lead and rolled into the second period with 13-8 advantage.

The Bulldog lead reached eight before the Patriots found their rhythm. The Pats reeled off six in a row with Asad Johnson scoring four of those points. Pender cut the lead to four points on a McLean bucket. Dixon held a four-point advantage going into the halftime break.

Jujan Carr opened the second half with a long three-point basket to cut the lead to one. A Jay Hansley bucket tied the score at 26 apiece. The Patriots ramped up their defense and trapped the Bulldogs

at every turn. The result was a 16-8 third period advantage. The Patriots were eight minutes away from earning the conference title.

Dixon came charging back in the fourth quarter.

A 10-2 Bulldogs run cut the lead to two points. Senior Chance Poole slowed the Bulldogs roll down with a bucket and Hansley scored to give Pender a 46-40 lead.

A 12-footer by McLean set the Pats out by eight and they rolled to the Coastal 8 Conference title.

Jujuan Carr led the Patriots with 13 points while Jay Hansley chipped in eight. McLean had 12 points in his final home game of his career.

Pender is now 14-8 overall and 10-2 in the conference. By virtue of the win over Dixon, they are the Coastal 8 Conference champions. They played

at Croatan on Tuesday and at Dixon on Thursday.

They will be the top seed in the conference tournament.

The Lady Patriots have shown great improvement over the last month of the season. Coach Andrienne Bannerman has her girls dialed in and ready to roll.

Last week they hosted the Dixon Lady Bulldogs.

Senior Ratavia Merritt and sophomore Tyanna Holmes helped the Lady Pats overcome a one point deficit at the half on their way to a 43-37 Coastal 8 win. The score was 23-22 Dixon at the break before an 8-5 advantage in the third frame gave the Pats the lead.

Merritt led the Patriots with 13 points.

Pender (8-13/5-6) was at Croatan on Tuesday and at Dixon on Thursday.

Second half surge gives Laney win over Topsail

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Basketball teams that rely on a single player generally do not fare well unless that player not only has exceptional skills but the ability to lift the players surrounding them to levels they would – or could – not achieve without them.

Players like that don’t come along that often and when they do it is even rarer that they pop up at the same school, especially at the high-school level.

Several years ago, Laney had the good fortune of having Tamara Young on their squad. Tamara went on to star in college and later was a top player in the WNBA. Now lightening has struck twice in the same location in the form of Lady Buccaneer sophomore Saniya Rivers who has guided what probably would be an average team without her to the top of the standings in the MidEastern 3A/4A Conference.

Rivers’ abilities were on display last Friday when the Topsail girls traveled to Buctown where Rivers once again lifted her team onto her shoulders to overcome what was actually – despite the deceiving final score – a solid effort by the Lady Pirates in a losing cause.

Rivers scored 28 points – shooting 11-for-22 from the field and 5-for-5 from the free-throw line - and yanked down 14 rebounds to lead Laney to a deceiving 55-35 victory over Topsail Friday.

Rivers, who was presented with a ball before the contest for surpassing the 1,000-point mark in her career, also blocked five shots and assisted on at least half of the Lady Buccaneers’ other 15 field goals, was the key factor in the 20-poont difference as she accounted for 18 of Laney’s 33 second-half points and 13 of their 23 fourth-quarter points.

“I was very pleased with the way we played in that first half,” Topsail Coach

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Pender’s Jujan Carr led the Patriots with 13 points in the win over Dixon.

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Topsail center Payton Little battles for the ball in the Lady Pirates loss to Laney.

Jay Kapiko said. “We didn’t play bad, we just got tired and it showed on both ends of the court.”

Topsail (18-6, 8-4) came out strong to start the game, and behind six points from junior Ju-

lia Sullivan (nine points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals) trailed 12-11 after the first period.

Sullivan hit a trey to start the second period, and se-

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The area high school basketball teams were in action last week. Both the girls and boys teams played one game because of mid-term exams.

The Topsail boys team lost a tough one to MEC leader Laney last Friday night. Junior Jamison Long hit six three-pointers on his way to a game-high 24 points, while class mate Jackson Sullivan added 12 points, nine rebounds, and two blocked shots in the loss.

The Lady Pirates also gave Laney a run for their money. Senior Payton Little posted 13 points and seven rebounds while junior Julia Sullivan chipped in nine points,

eight rebounds, three assists and three steals.

The Pender boys finished off Dixon in the final minutes to secure the Coastal 8 Conference championship last Friday night. Jujuan Carr had 13 points while Malcolm McLean had 12. Jay Hansley had eight points in a fine effort by the senior on senior night.

The Lady Patriots earned the win last week as well. Senior Ratavia Merritt led the Patriots with Tyanna Holmes having a good game.

The Trask boys beat East Carteret on a last second shot by junior Watson Orr. Henri Lambe led Trask with 19 points and 11 boards while Ivey

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Lady Titans fall 66-33

Orr basket gives Titans win

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer It sounds like something that you would see on ESPN. The Titans took the ball out and bring it up court. Junior Watson Orr pulls up just inside the free throw line and launches a shot. The clock reads less than two seconds. The ball finds its mark and swishes through the net as time expires, giving the Titans a 71-69 win.

In a season where the Titans have struggled at times to find victory, this win was very satisfying to both players and fans.

The Titans came out full of confidence in this

Coastal 8 Conference matchup. The first quarter pace was furious with Trask taking a 21-20 lead.

The Titans extended the lead to 40-31 at the break with the rebounding prowess of Henri Lambe and Ivey Batts buoying the home team’s success.

East Carteret did not take that long bus ride to Pender County just to lay down to the Rocky Point Titans. they outscored Trask by five in the third frame and seemed to gain some momentum going into the fourth quarter.

Trask fired back. They took a 10-point lead midway through the final stanza before East righted their

ship. The Mariners came charging back and tied the score at 69 with seven seconds to play. That’s when Orr found the mark with time expiring.

Lambe led the Titans with what has become his norm with a doubledouble. He scored 19 points and added 11 rebounds. Ivey Batts scored 18 points and contributed five boards with Orr scoring 12 points including the jumper in the lane to beat the Mariners.

The Titans are now 8-13 overall and 4-8 in Conference play. They hosted Southwest Onslow on Tuesday before finishing the regular season at East

Carteret on Thursday. They will play in the Coastal 8 Conference tournament the following week.

Lady Titans The Lady Titans have put together a very good year. Last week they hosted the second-place team in the conference in the East Carteret Lady Mariners. The Lady Titans appeared to be a step behind the Carteret County squad on this Friday night and fell 66-33.

The Lady Titans are now 11-9 overall and 6-5 in conference play. They were home verse Southwest Onslow on Tuesday and at East Carteret on Thursday.

Topsail Basketball Association Report

By Bob Willard Special to the Post & Voice With just one week remaining in the Topsail Basketball Association regular season play, many of the 40 teams geared up this past weekend, attempting to position themselves for higher seedings year end single elimination

tournament. The tournament begins Feb. 17.

Many great games were played this past weekend, with three down-to-thewire barn burners. In the boys third-fourth-grade sector of TBA, Finessee Pro Services battled to their first victory of the season by edging All Kinds Of Stuff.biz 34-33. In the

boys fifth-sixth-grade division, North State Acceptance upped their record to 5-3 with a nip and tuck victory over Breakaway Fitness & Performance 1817. Closing out the day in

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In My Opinion Everybody wants to be a star. Rather it is on the basketball court or the gridiron, most high school athletes dream of making that big shot or scoring that game winning touchdown. With these feats comes attention from friend and foe alike. Sometimes that attention comes with offers and promises of things that just aint going to happen. I would like to think that this does not happen around here, but if the truth be known it happens all the time.

If your kid is all that on the court or on the field, they will begin to get attention from folks as soon as middle school or before. There will be people trying to talk them into going to different schools and such. They may eve try and talk you into moving away from home.

My thoughts and beliefs may be a little different than most. I have never been in the position for people to offer me things that would make my head spin. Your child may be put in that position if they are good enough.

Here’s my thoughts on this issue. If you are at a high school and a student-athete wants to transfer for no logical

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reason other than their team is better, it should be denied. If you are in Pender’s district, then you go to Pender. If you are in Topsail’s district, you go to Topsail. No exceptions.

Pender County and the NCHSAA has rules in place to handle and hopefully deter these types of situations. However, like any rule and regulation, there are loop holes.

I think it is the parents of the kid along with the administrations of each school to recognize and deter. I will go one step further. If you transfer within the county and cannot prove that this move was legitimate, then you sit for the remainder of your high school career. I believe that this will be the ultimate deterrent.

While I believe this to be fact, it is definitely just my opinion.

Solid effort goes for naught; Pirates fall 60-55 at Laney

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer

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Intercoastal Coolers squeaked out a last second 24-22 win over Prism Painting in a seventh-eighthgrade boys TBA matchup.. Pictured above is Prism Painting’s Austin Hobson (4) attempting layup, being defended by Intercoastal Cooler’s Caden Wilson (7). Trey Pierce (5) readies for the rebound.

Sorry, there are no such things as moral victories.

There are just wins and losses, and despite playing well on many occasions, the losses have continued to mount for the Topsail boys’ basketball team. In six of their 12 losses the Pirates have lost by six or less four times and by nine, 11 and 12, once each, to go along with their 10 victories. Unfortunately, it seems to be their own mis-

takes at inopportune (is there ever an opportune) times of the game that generally has led to their demise, and last Friday at Laney the turnover bug bit the Pirates hard at crunch time.

Junior Jamison Long hit six three-pointers on his way to a game-high 24 points, and junior Jackson Sullivan added 12 points, nine rebounds, and two blocked shots to the statistical sheet, but it was not

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Pender senior Makhel Henry finished fifth in the state winter track met in the 300 while Daisy Hearn won the state championship in the 1A 2A ranks in the wheel chair

shot put. Faith Lana was seventh in the high jump.

Michael Walker finished fourth in the 55-meter hurdles while the Titan 4x4 relay team finished fourth in the state.

This week’s top performer for the second week in a row is Pender freshman Daisy Hearn.

She won the state 1A-2A title in the wheel chair shot put.

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On The Mat

By Bobby Norris and Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writers Last week all three Pender County high schools sent wrestlers to the state regional meets for individuals. All three high schools will send grapplers to the state championship this weekend.

The Trask Titan grapplers were only able to send one student-athlete to the state tournament.

Elvis Lopez-Salazar lost in the quarterfinals of the 113-pound class but reeled of three wins in the losers bracket.

Over at Pender, Andrew Ocampo finished third in the 113-pound weight class, falling in the semi-finals.

He won the third-place match. Tyler Sawyer advanced to the state meet by virtue of a fourth-place

finish at 138 pounds.

The Topsail wrestling team advanced four wrestlers to next week’s NCHSAA 3A State Championships.

As a team, the Pirates finished third behind regional champion West Carteret and runner-up North Brunswick.

Ju n i o r s B e n B a ke r (106 pounds) and Ethan Rivenbark (126) won their weight class while freshman Devon Bell and senior Nathan Bray captured the silver medal.

Baker (42-2) opened with a win by fall over J. T. Timberlake of White Oak and followed that up with a decking of Swansboro’s Isaac Gawronski.

In the semifinals. He won a tough 9-8 decision over Fike’s Jahmez Settles before winning 5-2 over Clayton’s Noah Jones in the title bout.

Rivenbark (27-6) opened with a win by fall over C. B. Aycock’s Mikhael Reser, decked Northside’s Niyiem Kelly and flattened Clayton’s Caleb Cash before advancing to the top step of the podium with a 2-0 win over West Johnston’s Gavin McKendrick.

Bell (45-5) pinned West Brunswick’s Wyatt Sibley and Souther n Wayne’s Austin Espinoza in his first two bouts. An 11-1 win by major decision over South Brunswick’s Noah Atkinson propelled Bell

into the finals where he lost 7-4 to West Carteret’s Jake Reynolds.

Bray (27-6) had a firstround bye, then pinned Havelock’s Nate Lucio and Southern Wayne’s Daniel Medina to get to the championship bout. There Bray lost 11-2 to West Johnston’s Gavin McKendrick (52-3).

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By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The winter sports’ seasons ended for the Topsail swim teams and the girls’ and boys’ track teams at their respective – and very tough and challenging NCHSAA 3A State Championship meets.

Swimming: The Topsail girls tied for 27th (19 points) with Asheville out of 40 teams at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary in the met won by Charlotte Catholic (267). Topsail’s Mid-Easter n 3A Conference foes New Hanover (23) was 24th, West Brunswick

(six) was tied for 36th with Hickory, and South Brunswick (four) was tied for 38th with E. E. Smith.

Delaney Popella accounted for 10 of Topsail’s 19 points with a 10th-place finish (24.90; seven points) in the 50-yard freestyle, and with a 14th-place (1:122.18; three points) finish in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Madison Hoover racked up the other nine points with a 10th (1:00.21) in the 100-yard backstroke and a 15th (1:58.57) in the 200-yard freestyle.

While they did not figure in the team scoring, the quartet of Popella,

Hoover, Tihani Contreras, and Hannah Spillane was 21st (2:01.80) in the 200-yard medley relay, and the same foursome was 19th (1:48.92) in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

The boys finished in a tie for 37th (three points) with Dalton McMichael and Franklinton in the competition won by Marvin Ridge (285). Mid-Eastern Conference foe New Hanover was tied for 23rd (16) with Wester n Guilford, and South Brunswick (nine) was 29th. Sophomore Chase Davis scored Topsail’s three points with 14th-place (57.10).

The 200-yard medley relay unit of Davis, Nick Gallek, Trent Butler, and Devin Schmitz was 24th (1:51.58) in the 200-yard medley relay, and the quartet of Davis, Gallek Schmitz, and Devon Taylor was 19th (3:35.16) in the 400-yard freestyle relay, Track & Field: Neither team figured in the team scoring but a pair of athletes enjoyed fine performances. Senior Cameron Barras was 24th (19-6) in the boys’ long jump, while sophomore Isabella Bufalini placed 12th (5:40.91) in the girls’ 1,600-meter run.

ing another Topsail miscue, a basket by junior Marc McLaurin (22 points, 10 rebounds) made it 56-50 with 1:04 left. Four free throws

by Edwards rounded out the scoring around a twopointer by Sullivan and a trey by Garner, “We played well except for the last couple of minutes where we had some critical turnovers,” Topsail Coach Jamie Rochelle said.

“Jamison did everything he could to keep us in it, and win it, and Jackson played well but turnovers hurt us big time once again.

“We led almost the whole game. I guess we are, in some ways, snake bit. We have the ability. Hoggard is in first place but, honestly, I think Laney is the better team, and we had them beat the whole game. We just have to do a better job of taking care of the ball,

throughout, and especially there at the end.”

Long scored six points in the first period as Topsail eased to a 14-13 lead. Long hit three long jumpers for nine points in the second quarter that saw the Pirates outscore Laney 17-4, 10-2) 18-14 to take a 32-27 lead into the break. The Pirates actually led 26-14 with 5:11 to go in the second before the Buccaneers narrowed the gap to seven.

Edwards bombed away for nine points (three treys) and McLaurin added five points as Hoggard picked up a point (14-13) in the third period. But a 4-0 run to start the fourth tied the game at 45-45. It was 47-47 when Long nailed a three to put the Pirates up 50-47 before Flowers and Edwards combined to put Hoggard up for good at 51-50.

Topsail (22-for-53; 41.5)

and Hoggard (22-for-68; 32.4%) each had 22 field goals from the field, the Pirates nailing eight three’s and the Buccaneers making six. It was at the free-throw line where Laney was 10for-12 while Topsail finished 3-for-4.

Topsail welcomed Ashley (7-15, 6-6) to Hampstead Tuesday before heading to Leland Thursday to close out the regular season at North Brunswick. Topsail lost 56-45 at Ashley (1/18) and defeated North Brunswick 76-59 at home (1/15).

The conference tour nament begins Monday (2/18) at Brunswick Community College.

“We just have to win out and get to 12-12, which will still make it tough to make the playoffs, but it is not out of reach,” Rochelle said.

“Then there’s no reason we can’t win the tournament.

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Spring sports brings changes for Pender county high schools

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The 2019 spring sport season is upon us and the three Pender County schools will find themselves with several new faces running the show.

Over at Topsail Stan Allen will be taking over a girls’ soccer program that was full of turmoil a year ago. Jennifer Mix took over from James Pyrtle last year in a move that was questioned by many.

There were those that thought that Pyrtle should have remained in charge of the team. Mix was given the job late and the team struggled accordingly.

The Pirates only win was to a North Brunswick team that was in the Mideastern Conference for the first time. Topsail went 2-17 on the year and Mix was not offered a contract to return, which was an ordeal in itself.

Stan Allen is the new coach. However, the Pirates are familiar with Allen because he has been an assistant at the school.

Stability is the key word for this squad.

T he Pirate baseball team went through its own upheaval last year.

Without going into specifics, the team was forced to forfeit the majority of its wins and coach Granville Gehris was removed as the coach. This year they will be led by former Pirate player Nick Raynor.

Coach Raynor has spent some time as an assistant at Dixon and will bring a

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Topsail

Continued from page 2B enough to overcome 24 turnovers (six in the last four-plus minutes of the game) as Topsail fell 60-55 to Laney in a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference basketball game.

The Pirates (10-12, 4-8) trailed 10-9 with 3:05 left in the first period but recaptured the lead at 12-10 on a three-pointer by junior Derek Gardner (eight points) with 2:45 to go in the opening quarter and never gave it up until Buccaneer junior Reece Edwards (15 points) scored with 3:10 left in regulation for a 51-50 Laney lead. A three-point shot by Laney junior Jahi Flowers (11 points) followed a Pirate turnover and upped the ante to 54-50 and, follow-

Benavides has many titles for the Titans

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The leadoff spot on a high school baseball team is one that is of the utmost importance. It is the player that sets the tone for the rest of the game. The perfect leadoff player has to be one who will sacrifice himself and his statistics for the good of the team. At Heide Trask that player is junior Gage Benavides.

G a g e i m p r ove d i m mensely last year despite being injured. He was a team player with a team first attitude.

Benevides will be one of the veteran players this year. With Trask losing several starters to graduation, he will be charged with becoming one of those players that the young members of the team can come to in crisis.

He will have to do this while maintaining his spot as the team’s leadoff batter.

Gage Benavides has many titles for the Trask Titans.

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer In baseball there are nine spots on the field. One of the toughest spots to play is third base. They call it the hot corner because many of the balls hit to third base are rockets that a defender has little time to react to.

For the Topsail Pirates, the hot corner is manned by Hayden Walsh.

Wa l s h h a s c o m e u p through the ranks for the Pirates and has learned to play the position through countless hours of repetitions. He has played remarkably well through the early part of the 2018 season.

Walsh played an integral part in the Pirates success last season. He batted .254 with 12 runs batted in. He is looking to improve on those numbers in the 2018 season.

Topsail High is known for its baseball program.

Hayden Walsh hopes to play a part in the continued success of the program.

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nior Madison Kita added a field goal midway through the quarter but that was all the Lady Pirates could put on the scoreboard.

Thanks to six points from Rivers, Laney put up nine, expanding the advantage to 21-16 at the intermission.

Senior Payton Little (13 points, seven rebounds) scored all seven of Topsail’s third-quarter points to go against 11 for Laney (21-1, 12-0) as the Lady Buccaneer advantage grew to 32-23. Rivers then exploded for 13 fourth-quarter points – outscoring Topsail 13-12 by herself – to secure the win. Laney junior Dasani Boney had eight points We took the two best teams (Hoggard, 61-53; and Laney, 60-55) to the wire. We just have to make a run.”

Hansley fills big role for the Pender Patriots

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a student-athlete, there are times when you have to give up things for the betterment of the team.

There are seniors that come off of the bench rather than start, and often fill a role that is very important to the team. At Pender High senior Jay Hansley is one of those young men.

Mr. Hansley rarely starts for the Patriots. He does play significant minutes and brings several important factors to the court when his number is called.

Jay gives 110 percent each and every second that he is on the floor. He plays good defense and is always a team player.

Last week Jay scored eight points in the teams win over Dixon including two big baskets in the second half of the conference contest.

Jay Hansley came up big for the Pender Patriot basketball team.

youthful approach to the team. The only drawback for Coach Raynor may be his inexperience coupled with a Pirate fanbase that can be difficult to handle at times.

Pender has a new soccer coach. He is former Trask player and assistant Jack Bradshaw. Coach Bradshaw is one of those players that always had the word coach ear marked for him. He takes over for Pender athletic Director Matt Davis who was filling in for a year.

Bradshaw is a go getter that will make the Pender program better. By the way, keep an eye out for a Cathy Claris spotting. The veteran coach is Bradshaw’s mother and mentor.

Pender has a new baseball coach as well. Scott Liptrap is the head man this year, taking over for Jeff Lee. The Pats have had four coaches in four years and hope that Coach Liptrap will be the steadying influence that the program needs.

Over at Trask, the new softball coach is a familiar face. Rodney Orr takes over for Jimmy Roughton.

It has been awhile since Or r coached a softball team but has the head coaching experience to steady the team.

The 2019 spring sports season will be interesting.

With new coaches in place and a bevy of new and exciting players coming on board, it appears that Pender County will be hopping.

and senior Jennifer Jacobs added five.

Topsail senior Dashaniq Sidbury matched Sullivan with nine points, and sophomore Sydney Hartgrove pulled in nine rebounds.

Topsail was 14-for-52 (26.9 percent) from the field – 2-for-13 (15.3 percent) in the second period – and just 3-for-6 from the charity stripe.

The Lady Pirates have already clinched the No. 1 3A seed in the upcoming NCHSAA state tournament. Topsail played host to Ashley (10-12, 5-7) Tuesday, and travels to North Brunswick (8-13, 3-9) Thursday to complete the regular season.

The Lady Pirates beat Ashley 50-38 (1/18) on the road and defeated the Lady Scorpions 60-32 (1/15) at home. The Mid-Easter n 3A/4A Conference Tournament begins Monday (2/18) at Brunswick Community College.

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