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Hampstead incorporation meetings planned From Staff Reports Public meetings will begin in February and March on possible incorporation of Hampstead. Since the summer of 2018, a group of Hampstead area residents have been working on a potential incorporation of 34 square miles and about 15,800 residents in the Hampstead area into a municipality.

Public infor mation meetings are

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planned for Feb. 12 (7 p.m.), 16 (1:30 p.m.), 21 (2 p.m.), and 26 (7 p.m.) at American Legion Post 167 166600 U.S. Hwy. 17 in Hampstead.

Meetings are also scheduled at the Hampstead Library for Mar. 16 (10 a.m.), and Mar. 23 (noon).

These presentations are open to the public and the same materials will be presented at each meeting.

According to information presented by the incorporation committee, an Ad Valorem city tax of 20¢ per $100 property

valuation will be needed. For the average homeowner this is about $1.10/day.

The committee reports a town the size of Hampstead can receive at least 40 percent additional funding from state and federal sources.

In North Carolina, only the General Assembly can incorporate a city, town or village. A petition bearing the signatures of approximately 1,950 Hampstead area registered voters certified by Pender County Board of Elections is required to present the request for incorporation to

the Legislature for their consideration.

A previous attempt to incorporate Hampstead more than 10 years ago failed to garner enough support from residents after a straw vote failed to produce enough votes.

A study conducted by the incorporation committee includes an analysis of growth and development in the Hampstead area, legal requirements and actions to incorporate, services the town would provide, and a financial analysis of the costs of incorporation to residents.

!!!! •15,821 people •Median age 44 •7,049 households •294 businesses •34 sq. miles •465 people/sq. mi. •27 percent of Pender County population. •4 percent of Pender County area •$2.17 billion assessed property valuation !!!!

50 percent Growth 2000 - 10 62 percent Growth 2015 - 45 !!!!

An incorporated Hampstead could be NC’s 55th largest city out of 553 -information provided by incorporation committee

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Pender Health, Human Services Director receives state award

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tion of Local Health Directors and is given to an individual for outstanding leadership in both public health in North Carolina and for leadership and involvement in local community and civic activities.

Carolyn Moser has been in Public

From Staff Reports The North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors honored Carolyn Moser of Pender County as Health Director of the Year Jan. 23.

This award was created by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners and is implemented through the North Carolina Associa-

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About 70 business leaders, educators, and government leaders attended the county’s State of Education and Economy event Jan. 31.

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Pender County Health Director Carolyn Moser is presented the NC Health Director of the Year award by Scott Harrelson co-chair for the Health Director Education and Awards Committee. Harrelson is Health Director for Craven County and the 2018 recipient of the award.

From Staff Reports Pender Education Partnership (PEP), a non-profit foundation designed to augment educational opportunities in Pender County’s public schools, co-hosted with MojoTone the first Pender County State of Education and Economy on Jan. 31. “More than 70 business leaders, educators, and government leaders came together for the first Pender County State of Education and Economy,� said David Stipe, PEP president.

Dr. Steven Hill, superintendent of Pender County Schools, will spotlighted the current

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which left more than 800 children homeless.

Despite challenges, the school’s test scores rank high in North Carolina.

John Downing, dean of continuing education at Cape Fear Community College, highlighted the successful programs at CFCC including the lineman program and the welding program.

Chad McEwen, Pender County assistant manager, outlined growth in Pender County

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Hampstead’s Wild Child brings art to all ages

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Wild Child Art Studio, located in Hampstead, invites you explore your inner artist by participating in one of their classes, art camps or even by reserving a birthday party there.

Since opening Dec.1, owner Carla Paschal has established a variety of activities that will interest all age groups, interests and abilities. She also offers paint and sip events, open studio and activities that include your pets.

“We have several kids

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Carla Paschal working with children at Wild Child Art in Hampstead.

enrolled in our expressive art group lessons,” began Paschal. “Adults can come after work just to relax and unwind. I have meditative drawing and they can do inspiration stones. We have different projects each week, something to relieve stress and tension. It’s been great. It’s a chance for them to think and explore about themselves, about what they want to do or how they feel about certain things - how to work things out themselves through art.”

Paschal also offers a creative art class for adults with special needs. She has set up her studio to make it a relaxing environment.

She offers coffee, bottled water, tea and snacks to anyone who attends. Participants can come in, grab a canvas, unwind and do what they want to do.

“I feel like I’ve been doing art all my life from the time that I was young.

Even at five years old, my kindergarten teacher had to call my mom because the teacher had brought in some scrap wood, and I built an airplane on the

sliding board for all of us to play on with a hammer and nails. When my mom was sick, I took her Halls Mentholyptus and I glued them onto a piece of paper and said, ‘I hope you feel better’,” said Paschal.

After being offered a full scholarship to the NC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, Paschal ended up not going. Instead, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. She and her husband decided to move here from their home in Mt. Airie after visiting the area on vacation. After working for the Pender County Sheriff Dept. for two years, she decided to take a chance at starting an art studio.

“So I did. I found a place and it was a godsend. Sonya Edens had that big pink house. It was reasonable rent, and I just felt like it was meant to be,” said Paschal.

Paschal often participates in art festivals, such as the Southern Christmas Show in Charlotte, the Carolina Beach Farmers’ Market, the Topsail Beach

Market, Azalea Festival and Art in the Arboretum.

Her husband is a retired ordained minister and he is also a soccer coach at Heidi Trask High School. They are a soccer family through and through.

“I am so excited and I love teaching these kids.

They have such personality and I just encourage them to put individuality and creativity into everything that they do. I always tell them, ‘It’s ok if you make

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a mistake because sometimes the biggest mistakes turn out to be the most beautiful works of art.’”

The Wild Child Art Studio is located at 16324 US Hwy 17 North in Hampstead. For more information, visit the website at www.thewildchildartstudio.com, find them on Facebook or call (336) 3093040. You can also email thewildchildartstudio@ gmail.com.

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Hampstead church works to rebuild after storm

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Pastor Joey Canady is inviting members of the church and of the community to participate in a time of prayer at Hampstead Baptist Church. The gathering will be centered around praying for the restoration of the church’s sanctuary.

The time of prayer will take place Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the church’s temporary sanctuary, which is the fellowship hall.

“Back in September, Hurricane Florence severely damaged the sanctuary,” began Canady. “We immediately started the restoration process, which entailed tearing everything out and doing a great deal of mold remediation, some new sheathing on the roof, a new roof, and lots of other

Rev. Joey Canady things. That was the first phase and it went really smoothly. Our restoration team worked tremendously hard and spent a lot of energy and time, mentally and physically, trying to get us to Phase 2.”

Now that the church has made it to the second phase, which involves putting the sanctuary back togeth-

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Week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Pender EMS Re[ort Total number of Patient Contacts: 182 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 35 Sloop Point Station 14 25 Hampstead Station 16 22 Surf City Station 23 14 Topsail Beach Station 4 4 Union Station 5 14 Rocky Point Station 7 40 Atkinson Station 9 17 Maple Hill Station 13 4 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 Station 29 7 Type of Calls Cancelled: 28 Refusals: 62 Stand by: 1 Transported: 78 Treated/released: 13 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 37 Calls per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 8 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 0 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 9 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 8 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 3 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 4 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 5 EMS St. 4 Top. Beach 0 Fire Call Type Summary Fire 10 Motor Vehicle Crash 6 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 18 Cancelled 3 Ocean Rescue 0

er, they have hit a glitch.

The restoration team was ready to present their plans for the next phase to the church when they found that the cost was amounting to much more than they had anticipated.

“The team is still working hard at trying to sort through all of it, but we want to pause and make sure we are doing this properly, and that God gets the glory for all of this. We’ve been almost flawless transitioning into our fellowship hall, worshiping there and continuing ministry there.

God has just blessed us in so many ways. I said to someone the other day, it’s almost been too easy. I’m convinced that God has allowed this glitch to happen so we will stop and say, ‘We can’t do this. We need you, Lord. We are going to depend on you and when all is said and done, you will get the glory from it’,” said Canady.

As the church gathers to pray, several things will happen that evening. They will hear testimony from some long term members.

“They have seen God do things that only God can do.

A lot of you may not know about these things, so we want them to share with you from their perspective - and know that if God did it before, he can certainly do it again. Then I will have a word of scripture pointing us to dependence on God. Then finally, we will gather together and pray,” said Canady.

The glitch had to do with an estimate that came in for the repairs. The church is still unsure of exactly what insurance will pay for when it comes to putting the sanctuary back together, and one of the bids to finish the work came in

extremely high. Additionally, the sound system that they had in the church was all hand me downs from many many years ago and needs replacement.

“There’s never been a updated sound at all and that had become a very difficult problem. So we want to upgrade sound, but everything else is basically putting it back the way it was. The church had some money in savings that we would use for ministry purposes and for emergencies; and between that and some in our checking account, we thought we could pay for everything we needed.

That’s until the extremely high bid came in and that completely set us back. We would have to take a loan out if we can’t figure this out and we simply do not want to do that if at all possible. We believe God can make away for us and that’s why we’re gathering to pray,” said Canady.

Canady said that they will get the restoration team together, and attendees will come around them and pray that they will have wisdom, dependence, faith and trust in God, and will be used by God. “We are going to pray that God will make a way.

It’s difficult right now, but we know that He is God and we trust Him. When all this is said and done, when we are back in that sanctuary and it honors him and we’re doing ministry in that sanctuary, we can look back and say look what God did. This very well could be a defining moment for our church. We must pray.

I would love to see the place packed out Wednesday evening,” said Canady.

For questions, please contact Hampstead Baptist Church at (910) 270--3307.

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“The State of Education and Economy prog ram demonstrated that Pender County Schools is educating the workforce of tomorrow,” said Stipe.

During the evening, attendees had the opportunity to sponsor teacher mini-grants submitted by Pender County educators.

Approximately $3500 was raised to support the minigrants.

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Opinion Thursday, February 7, 2019, Page 3A

On Island Time

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The end of an era It still feels surreal coming across the new highrise bridge going in and out of Surf City. In spite of observing its evolution, it is hard to believe it is finally here and the swing bridge in not only closed, but gone forever.

I learned at the dedication that the swing bridge, opened shortly after Hurricane Hazel, served our community for six decades. It was quite an upgrade from the pontoon bridge that preceded it.

What irony that the new bridge opened shortly after our only other major hurricane, Florence, and nearly a year earlier than projected with no accidents or loss of time incidents.

It was a bright, brisk beautiful day when dignitaries from all municipalities gathered with the Department of Transportation and community leaders to cut the ribbon, christen and celebrate our community’s collaborative creation.

Someone in the audience acknowledged the crew had worked surprisingly fast, and the foreman quickly corrected him.

We did not work fast, he assured us, we worked safe and steady. 400,000 work hours combined to create this new gateway to our island paradise, and I have never seen someone not walking in the pedestrian path since it opened.

Another end of an era occurred when the love of my life and I eloped to Asheville on New Year’s Day. I finally shed my old married name and embraced my true identity.

It seemed a bit daunting at first, but I realize I did the same thing three short decades ago when I entered the professional world using my legal and newly married names.

I adopted my given name Gail after college graduation only because someone suggested that Missy was unprofessional.

Missy was the only name I had known for decades and going from Missy Thornbury to Gail Ostrishko overnight was awkward, to say the least.

For the following 30 years I felt like an imposter being introduced as Gail Ostrishko. Missy is who I am and honoring your true self is what I stand for and speak about.

Shattering my self imposed imposter syndrome is liberating. A big change for sure, and one I know will be worth the temporary confusion. I am confident that colleagues and clients will find me, and many have already applauded me for walking my talk.

Did you notice my new name on my last column? I wonder how many people really pay attention to names.

I have even heard some differences of opinion regarding the name of our new bridge. Call us what you will, just be sure to call us for dinner as we all embrace a new era.

Notes from the Field

Jefferson Weaver

February; still most foul I awoke to a Spanish Inquisition quality cramp in my bad leg, unable to breathe, but with the foulest of hound-breath fogging my face and somehow breaking through the congestion to pollute my tortured nasal passages.

Then I realized it was finally February.

I hate February.

As always, I will offer this disclaimer. There actually are a scant few good things about February.

It’s the birth of month of some of my favorite relatives and friends who are closer to me than many less-favored relatives. The crappie are beginning to move, although most fish have the decency and common sense to do as little as possible. There’s Valentine’s Day, a greeting card holiday I actually enjoy, since I love my wife. Then there’s -No. Wait. That’s it.

I detest February.

February is a shambling, sneering, smirking, slimy, smelly, sneaky, simpering excuse for a month that makes me lean heavily toward awkward alliteration in all that I write.

I detest February, which inspires unlikely analogies and strange similes that are as clumsy as a drunken duck with one leg

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Jefferson Weaver in a cast.

Since I live for good writing, I hate February.

February means the mud and water are still too high and cool for hunting hogs, which is about all that there is left, since responsible hunters know the quail are still on the rebound, and rabbits and squirrels are carrying next fall’s harvests in their wombs right now.

Bear and deer seasons, of course, are just pleasant memories, and even if my single coonhound was not as hardheaded as a dead battery on an old truck on a February morning, my knees simply refuse to allow me to storm through the woods in the dark of night enjoying the clarion call of the enforcer out to

stop the ringtailed bandit’s criminal career.

Hence, hunting really isn’t ethical or practical for much of February.

Apart from nuisance trapping and public service possum removal, February has always been when I began to scale down my trapline. By February, those which have survived hunting and trapping and hard times are facing the Hunger Moon, the time when Darwin’s theories really come into play, and less-loved relatives begin to look tasty. The fur is too shabby and thin to make s k inn ing wor th wh il e.

Those same complaints apply to humans as well as furbearers, by the way.

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Helping seniors stay put Dear Savvy Senior, Are there any services you know of that check in on elderly seniors who live alone. I worry about my 84-year-old father falling or having a medical emergency, and not being able to get to the phone to call for help. And he won’t wear a lifeline help-button.

Desperate Daughter Dear Desperate, Depending on where your dad lives, there are check-in call services, volunteer visiting programs, and a variety of technology options you can turn to that can help you keep tabs on him. Here are several to check into. s$AILY #HECK IN #ALLS To make sure your dad is OK every day, consider signing him up with a daily check-in call service program. These are telephone reassurance programs run by police or sheriff ’s departments in hundreds of counties across the country and are usually provided free of charge.

Here’s how they work.

A computer automated phone system would call your dad at a designated time each day to check-in.

If he answers, the system would assume everything is OK. But if he didn’t pick up or if the call goes to voice mail after repeated tries, you (or whoever his designee is) would get a notification call. If you are not reachable, calls are then made to backup people who’ve also agreed to check on your dad if necessary.

The fallback is if no one can be reached, the police or other emergency

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services personnel will be dispatched to his home To find out if this service is available in your dad’s community, call his local police department’s nonemergency number.

If, however, the police or sheriff ’s department in your dad’s community doesn’t provide a daily check-in call program, there are a number of companies you can turn to that offer similar services offered directly to consumers for under $15 per month. Some to check into include the CARE senior calling program (Call-Reassurance.com), CareCheckers (CareCheckers.com) and IAmFine (Iamfine.com). s6OLUNTEER 6ISITING 0ROGRAMS Another option you may also want to investigate is volunteer visiting programs, which are usually run by churches, community groups, or social service agencies.

These programs provide volunteers who will visit an older adult in their home usually for an hour or two once a week, providing companionship as well as the reassurance that someone is checking in on a regular basis. They can also alert you if they notice your dad’s health or living conditions start to decline.

To find out if these services are available, check with local churches or the area agency on aging near your dad – call the Eldercare Locator at

800-677-1116 for contact information. s4ECHNOLOG Y 3OLU TIONS Technology also offers a number of ways to help keep your dad safe at home, and help you keep an eye on him from afar. For example, for safety and peace of mind there are medical alert systems, which provide a wearable “help button” that would allow him to call for help anytime he needed it. Some of these systems (like Bay Alarm Medical, BayAlarmMedical.com) also offer wallmounted buttons that can be placed near the floor in high fall risk areas like the bathroom or kitchen, if he didn’t wear a help button.

And to help you keep daily tabs on your dad, there are wireless sensormonitoring systems (like Silver Mother, Sen.se/silvermother) you could put in his home that will notify you if something out of the ordinary is happening; and video monitoring cameras (like the Nest Cam, Nest.com/camera) that have built-in motion and sound detection that will let you know when something is detected, and two-way audio that will let you talk and listen to him.

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Mike Watters is a friend and neighbor, and I knew he had built his own surfboards. I thought it would be interesting to find out more about them, but once we started talking, the conversation took its own course as it often will when former military service people start telling ‘sea stories’ as we called them in the Navy.

This time I wanted to find out more about the photograph I had seen, with a helicopter parked in front of a 2,000 ft tall waterfall cascading down the face of a mountain in Hawaii. Mike told me why it was there, and I asked his wife, Susan, to tell me about the event.

“Let’s start at the beginning,” I asked. “How did you meet Mike?”

“Our dads were close,” she told me. “Mike is ten years younger than me.

He has a younger brother a couple of years older than me and I have a couple of brothers, one five years older, and another four years older than me.

“When we were little and the families got together, I was the only girl, and when the guys were playing Army I wanted to play Army, too. I was five or six and he was 15 when Mike’s dad built a go-kart, and of course all the boys were getting to drive it ‘cause they were all old enough to drive it. I couldn’t reach the mechanisms, the pedals, and none of my brothers were interested in taking me for a ride.

“I was extremely shy, would never say, “Oh, please let me, let me.”

I was just hangin’ out, wishin’ I could ride. Then Mike said, “C’mon, Susan, I’ll take you for a ride. You ride with me.” I thought that was the most wonderful thing.

“Our lives took different paths, I mean like I was five years old, there wasn’t any interest there.

He came back to Wilmington to help his dad. His mom had had a stroke.

“So, I’m living in Charlotte at the time and my dad calls, and says, “Hey, guess who’s in town, from Hawaii. Can’t you come down next weekend and we can all get together.

And I said, “Yeah, sure, guess I can.” I had been married before, and he had been married before, neither of us was interested in a relationship, I had adult children, he had adult children.

“So I came down for the weekend and we all met at his dad’s house, and I enjoyed hearing all about Hawaii and looking at all the pictures. I went back to Charlotte, and Mike suggested we exchange e-mail addresses, which, at that time was just beginning to take off. We kept in touch, and I came for another visit, and he asked my dad if he could take me to a military ball, like a date, you know.”

“So,” I asked, “How old were you at the time?”

Susan thought and counted back, “That was thirteen, fourteen . . . I would have been 60.”

I laughed, “That seems a little old to be having to ask dad’s permission.”

Susan explained. “And then Mike said, “Susan, I asked your dad’s permission to take you to the military ball,” not that we really needed it, but he wanted to do that, and you’ll never guess what my dad said. He was quite a character within himself, and he said we ought to just go ahead and get married.”

“What!?” I thought, and called my dad. “What’s the deal? I mean, we hardy know one another, we were together as children, but we ought to see how a date goes.”

“Aw, y’all are perfect for each other, you just need to go and get on with it,” Susan’s dad told her.

“Anyway, I thought that was kinda’ cute and got on with it and went to the Military Ball in Raleigh,” Susan continued, “It was so impressive, and humbling, because I had never seen Mike in his uniform, with all the awards, and to have men come up and say how grateful they were for helicopter pilots, and said to me, “You know this guy’s crazy, don’t you?” and “These guys who flew the little birds, they were the only ones who would come down under the canopy (of trees in the jungles of Vietnam) to get us, nobody else would!”

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segment of our population being left out.

I’m talking about middle class, middle income citizens. Depending on which report you read, they make up 30 to 60 percent of all households.

With such large numbers why aren’t politicians laser focused on them, talking about their hot button issues?

Most middle-class citizens were raised believing that if you vote, pay your taxes and work hard to support your family things will turn out alright. Because most aren’t rabble-rousing activists, politicians pay them only lip service, instead favoring those who are making noise, protesting and demanding.

The one exception was Donald Trump. His whole campaign was directed to the middle class. Trump

heightened their fears, telling them he felt their pain and he alone could provide solutions to their problems. But Trump hasn’t delivered on these promises and the pain continues, as Richard Vague discovered.

Vague is an entrepreneur who accumulated millions by starting and selling several companies.

Someone that savvy has to be able to see existing needs and fill them.

Richard Vague says the nation’s biggest needs today are among the middle class. Using classic market research techniques, Vague spent his own money traveling to six states and conducted 22 focus groups equally split between Republicans and Democrats who earned between 40 and 80 thousand dollars per year.

What are the kitchen table issues of most con-

cern to the middle class?

Number one is health insurance. Since most in the middle class have jobs and get their health insurance from their workplace, they aren’t focused on Obamacare. So all the politicians’ harangues about The Affordable Care Act don’t resonate with those in the middle. What does worry them are steep premium increases, rising deductibles and co-pays.

They fear losing their health insurance due to the escalating costs.

The number two issue is a job with opportunities for advancement over time. Everything is costing more but their wages are stagnant. Yesterday’s paycheck doesn’t pay today’s expenses and the middle class doesn’t see pathways (training programs) to better paying jobs. They are fearful of being displaced

by automation. They feel stuck.

The number three issue might surprise you: The opioid crisis. Opioids are impacting families, friends, co-workers or neighbors in the greatest addiction crisis in our nation’s history. In addition to 200 dying each day, they know first-hand the families split apart and the resultant financial devastation. Those in the middle wonder why we haven’t attacked this crisis like we did chicken pox, measles, polio or aids.

Middle class respondents also voiced concerns about how politicians of different parties treat each other. They don’t see a graciousness of spirit that will halt the criticizing and start getting things done.

All these were universal concerns; there was little

difference across demographic groups, political parties or geographic regions.

As the lyrics of the 1970s rock and roll song says, “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right and here I am, stuck in the middle with you.” Those in the middle don’t just want politicians to know the words, but to follow though in helping their lives get unstuck. They will be elected.

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.

“Let’s go in Kay Jewelers,” and I said “OK,” and he said “Look at those engagement rings,” and I said, “OK”, and he said, “Why don’t you try that one, right there,” and I said, “OK,” and it fit perfectly.

“He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him,” she exclaimed.

“He had been in there before and had the ring sized. They were all in on it!”

She laughed, and continued, “He had asked me earlier if I could be happy in Hawaii. My children were all grown, and I said I thought I could. I was so blown away that he had put that much time and energy into it, but that’s just the kind of guy he is.”

“Wow,” I said, “What a romantic!”

“Yes, but at the same time very masculine, a man’s man kind of guy,” Susan went on, “He can fix things, do things, he kinda’ reminds me of my daddy, he can fix things, and yet he enjoys the tender-hearted things,

the things that will touch your heart.

“It took six months to sell my home, about a year later before we actually got married.”

NEXT: the wedding, and finally, surfboardsget the woman. She didn’t make it. It was pretty dramatic.”

Mike’s second ‘Scout’ book is dedicated the his support mechanics “. . . who kept me straight all these years. I had some hydraulic failures, put it on the ground, uneventful. Practiced autorotation, but that’s not done so much in this time of two engines.”

One consideration Mike mentioned, “Of the 8,500 hours I’ve flown, all but about 600 hours are single-pilot operations.

I had crew in the Hueys, but most of the time it was single pilot.”

Another memorable mission, Mike remembered, “In Viet Nam, one day, we flew for 12 hours without shutting down.

A Command and Control mission. They did their C&C in the back on the radios. We did hot refueling,

landing but kept the engines running. The crew could get out and stretch their legs, get fluids, relieve themselves. We had canteens and rations, and stayed in the cockpit but got out one at a time for relief. Twelve hours is a long mission.”

“Did you go out and search for hostile enemy forces?” I asked.

“Yes,” he explained, “We would have an FO (Forward Observer) in the back who would call out if he saw something.

They were always at altitude. The scout missions were low level.

One of the generals had a death wish. He was always prompting the pilot to go low level, that he wanted to rappel from the helicopter. He did, and caught a bullet right through his chest. He was looking for his Silver Star.”

Mike is proud of his service. “I have 1,769 flights hours in combat.

The way that translates to Air Medals is, I have three Air Medals with ‘V’s (for Valor), and I have 52 Air Medals in total.”

“Holy Cow!” I exclaimed, “If you put ‘em all on at once you wouldn’t be able to get to your feet.”

Mike laughed, and pointed out, “That’s why one of them has a 5 and a 2 on it.”

In spite of my efforts to steer the conversation back to building surfboards, it kept slipping off into Mike’s other exploits. During my last visit to his home, Mike pointed out a framed pho-

to of a stunning waterfall, and at the bottom of the picture was a helicopter.

“That’s where we were married,” he told me, “A friend of mine flew the whole wedding party down to the otherwise inaccessible bottom of the 2,000 ft tall waterfall in Hawaii.”

Well, I had to find out all about that, so I asked wife Susan to tell me about that event.

Next: The wedding, and finally, surfboards

system heading out to see, and turns around like an Continued from page 3A angry housewife, shouting “and another thing!”

I loathe February.

So you go buy another February is the toady heating unit, and there’s to that other month I hate, an early spring.

August. Whereas August I hate February. can be a bully, with heat As I have noted before, and humidity and hellait was in February that I cious storms, February is lost a girlfriend, lost my the sneaky little minion job, and was in two wrecks that gets down on all fours on the same day. A couple behind you so August can days later, when I was trypush you over. ing to clean up my backFebruary lulls you into yard (out of boredom at a false sense of security being lonely, stuck without with 70- degree dry days wheels and unemployed) that make the flowers peek the wind shifted and I out of the ground – only started a wildfire that to hit you with 33 degrees uncovered the old gasoline and rain the next hour. tank my landlord had been Note that I said 33 degrees, looking for. That was on since at 32 degrees, there Feb. 28; had it been a Leap would at least be the Year, I dread to think what chance of snow, rather would have happened next. than the slow, desultory, I loathe February. heart-breaking, soulAgain, there are many crushing cold rain that people I love who were comes in February. born in February, but it February is when hurts me that so many I everything that held on care about have to have a through the winter breaks, birthday in this, the cruelwhen there are just a few est month. more weeks of winter and But February’s misery early spring, thus adding isn’t permanent. financial worries to the Soon, March will slap dream-destroying darkthe insolent punk of Febness of the Second Month, ruary out of the way, and the Month of Frozen Mud, even if the last month of the Hunger Moon. You winter puts up a fight, the desperately try to hold on, first month of spring will notPlanning wanting to buy ato new Travel overcome.

The jonquils Abroad? heating unit for just a few and daffodils are already Don’t Forget weeks use, but then Febru- Your makingPassport! appearances in ary takes a deep, stinksome places, and a friend ing breath and blows a told me the other day that 25-degree nor’easter filled her crocus patches are with icy daggers down already showing color on from the northernmost the buds. reaches of Canada, across The bass and catfish the Great Lakes, over the will awaken from their mountains, and into North lethargy, so beaver trapCarolina, where it colping equipment will lides with a low pressure include a fishing pole or

three. “Baby season,” as we call it at our house, will begin, and my bride will be busy bringing joy out of the dozens of little tragedies that send blind, hungry, homeless and orphaned wildlife to our house.

Old Red’s arthritic bones will ease up a bit, and he and Melanie the Mammoth Jenny can enjoy the glory of green grass. With a visit from the farrier, Red and Mel might even find a saddle tossed gently across their old backs, and a few woods trails explored before the mosquitoes and moccasins get the memo that spring has sprung.

Yes, I look forward to spring, in all its glory, and I do not truly want to waste any of the time allotted to us here on Earth – but I hate February, that most miserable,

mean-spirited, malevolent, madness-inducing miscreant of a month.

Tom Campbell

Stuck in the Middle Candidates are lining up to run in 2020 and we’ve heard those running on a more liberal or “progressive” platform, as well as those espousing a more conservative agenda. There’s one big

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Continued from page 3A reorder in front of them and they’d let me go into another room to say something.

“I don’t even remember what I said. I just remember our family got together and prayed for him regularly, and just wanted to be sure he was gonna’ be OK and come back.

What I’m trying to say, I guess, is that the family connection was always there through the years.

“We continued to correspond, decided we wanted to date, then the time came for him to go back to Hawaii, his mom was okay and his dad wanted to take care of her himself. He was gonna’ go back and finish out with the National Guard there.

It was kinda’ sad . . .

“And then one Valentine’s day, we were in a mall, Cary Mall. We liked to sit around and smile at people to see if they would smile back. We were right across from Kay Jewelers and he said,

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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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Confidence in Christ

By Rev. Ken Smith Atkinson Baptist Church Special to the Post & Voice And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that your slaves may speak your message with complete boldness. Acts 4:29 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16 The Jewish religious authorities in Jerusalem wanted, at all costs, to prevent the message about Jesus from spreading. So when they heard Peter and John preaching about the resurrection of Christ, they took the apostles into custody.

Then they sternly warned them to cease preaching in Christ’s name. They forbade the apostles from telling others about Jesus’ victory over death, hell and the grave. The religious establishment saw the message of redemption as an attack on their livelihood. Most in the community of faith would never challenge the elite; however Jesus’ disciples were unlike anyone these leaders had dealt with before.

So what did the apostles do? Immediately they returned to the rest of their small congregation and huddled together to gain strength for the task ahead. They knew the message they had to pro-

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.

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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.

claim about their risen Christ transcended their fear and any differences they might have with each other. They understood the principle of Proverbs 28:1, “The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.� What causes the boldness of a believer is not their own power, but the strength that comes only from almighty God. The followers of Christ gathered and prayed to seek God’s guidance. Notice that they did not pray for safety or that God might protect them from the very real threats of the Sanhedrin. Instead, they prayed for boldness in speaking to others

about the Messiah. In other words, they prayed that God would aid them in being effective witnesses for Christ and that their ministry would be filled with courage and inspiration and innovation.

These were ordinary individuals just like you and I. Because they were filled with the Holy Spirit, they wanted to elevate their Christian service to the highest possible point.

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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

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

910-259-2364 or 910-285-4005

All are welcome! Pastor Bill Howell

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612 S. Norwood Street Wallace, NC 910-285-4005

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

Change in Service Time:

Every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.

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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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Donations Needed Pender County Christian Services is open Monday - Friday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Donations of canned food, clothing, household items, etc. can be left at 210 West Fremont Street,

EXTERMINATING INC.

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

Burgaw, NC 28425

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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

MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

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

CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

Sunday Worship: 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

so much about personal status and prevailing over others that we forget the importance of serving boldly for the Kingdom of God. God can grant you the courage to represent Jesus with the same boldness and unity that He equipped the apostles over two thousand years ago. Wisdom and courage is just a prayer away for those that will stand firm in the faith. I encourage you to live boldly for Christ and never be ashamed of the message of salvation.

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Have you been tempted to remain silent because of fear? Perhaps you have been told your faith does not match the norms of society, but is that what a Christ follower should want?

We are to be the light in the darkness and be willing to be the voice of truth, even if we are the only voice that will be willing to speak out.

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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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Julia Colvin Horrell AT K I N S O N - - Ju l i a Colvin Horrell, 76, passed gently from this life Jan. 31, 2019 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center in Wilmington. Julia had been at the Care Center for a week after living several months with her daughter in Rocky Point.

Julia was born June 20, 1942 in Bladen County to the late James Floyd and Doris Croom Colvin, and was a long-time resident of Pender County, living in the Atkinson community for nearly 50 years.

She was a homemaker for most of her life, raising her three children and helping care for her grandchildren.

She was a member of the Atkinson Baptist Church, teaching children in Sunday School for many years.

Julia enjoyed working in the family garden with her husband Carl, growing a variety of vegetables she prepared and served for her family. She also had a love for jigsaw puzzles, showing great patience in putting together the large and complicated ones. She enjoyed western movies – especially the old films with John Wayne and other classic western actors.

She was a gentle soul with a great love for her family, a steadfast faith in God, and a secure hope of her place in Heaven.

Julia was preceded in death in 2002 by her husband of 33 years, Carl Winton Horrell.

She was also preceded in death by her twin sister Shirley Robinson, and her brother, James “Butch” Colvin Jr. Surviving are her children, daughters, Connie Benton and husband John of Hope Mills, Katie Pettigrew and husband Andy of Rocky Point; her son Ronnie Young and fiancée Shelley Harker of Kelly; one stepdaughter Cathy Manning; seven grandchildren, Brandon Young (Emily), Briana James (Colton), Hunter Young (fiancée Nicole), Cody Young, Samantha Judge (Nick), Kayla Benton, and Autumn Cromartie; two step-grandchildren, Heather Robinson (Richard), and Shannon Edwards (Matt).

Julia had seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Feb. 3, 2 p.m. at the Quinn-McGowan Funeral Home Chapel in Burgaw. The service was be conducted by Andy Pettigrew. Pallbearers were John Benton, Brandon Young, Hunter Young, Cody

Young, Colton James, and Travis Maness.

Burial followed in the Colvin Family Cemetery in Kelly. The family received friends from 1-2 p.m., one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

The family wishes to thank to the staff of Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center in Wilmington for their very kind and attentive care for Julia during her stay.

The family was served by Quinn-McGowan Funeral Home, Burgaw.

Retha Johnson Cottle On Jan. 30, 2019, after 88 years of faithful service, hard work, creating and loving a strong and close family, as well as countless escapades, Retha Johnson Cottle has finally escaped this mortal world. Surrounded by her family, in her home, warm in her bed, she returned to the loving embrace of God. Born, before her time Feb. 21, 1930, to parents Willis and Estelle Johnson she was the first of four children and sister to three brothers. Retha attended church services and functions regularly as a child, a practice she kept well into adulthood. She was vivacious and independent, gaining employment at the age of 16. Becoming Mrs. Gilbert Cottle Aug. 20, 1950, only further enabled her to pursue her passions.

Teamed with one in a million husband Retha became one half of a dynamic duo.

Together they conquered many obstacles and shared many adventures.

In the 50s and 60s Retha played her accordion and sang with her sister-in-law as she witnessed and fellowshipped in many local churches in her younger life. In the later part of their lives Retha and Gilbert happily donated their business and time to many events, including vacation Bible school and holidays. In the 70s, Retha enjoyed showing and competing her horses with her daughter. They won several competitions, including the Mother Riding Show Award. In the 80s she had fun being an extra in films, most notably in the Silver Bullet as a werewolf.

While she lived her entire life in Pender County she was also well traveled, the furthest vacation venue being Paris.

This Week’s CROSSWORD

Obituaries Retha was an entrepreneur, creating and operating Cottle Acres – a carnival business, with her husband.

They successfully hosted many events and participated in many festivals with their concession trailer selling funnel cakes, snow cones, cotton candy, and other carnival treats and prizes. In 2005 Retha was awarded the Buck Aycock Spirit Award for her long time participation in the Spring Fest.

If her hobbies had to be narrowed to one it would undoubtedly be gardening.

Retha loved to be outside, having her hands covered in earth, and feeling the sunshine on her face. While growing vegetables was necessary, watching them and her flowers flourish absolutely delighted her.

She had the definition of a green thumb, and grew many beautiful plants, decorating her home and yard for many years.

Retha Cottle died the widow of Gilbert Cottle, the mother of Frances Piner and Linda Batchelor, a grandmother of five, great grandmother of ten, greatgreat grandmother of two, and a faithful servant of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

She was headstrong and ambitious; characteristics that provided the foundation needed to equal more than the sum of her parts.

She will be missed.

Retha is survived by her daughters, Linda C. Batchelor (Arthur) and Frances C. Piner (AJ Johnson); grandchildren, Erica Batchelor (Hans Felsh), Kristal Batchelor, Timothy Piner, Wesley Piner, and Angela Piner; ten great grandchildren; two greatgreat grandchildren; brother, Donald Johnson (Anita); and many extended family and friends.

The family received friends 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel with funeral service beginning at 2 p.m. The Rev. Dean Walker conducted the service. Burial followed in Riverview Memorial Park.

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

James, Elder Nelson L. ( Vi c k i e ) J a m e s, Rya n (Tisha) James, Lendrick (Angela) James, Kendrick (Phylicia) James; 14 grandchildren and one greatgrandson and a host of many relatives.

Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 at St. John M.B. Church.

Interment will be in the James Family Cemetery, Maple Hill. The family was served by Dunn Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Burgaw.

Mary Linell Michaud BURGAW -- Mary Linnell Michaud age 73 of Burgaw passed peacefully Monday Jan. 28, 2019 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville surrounded by her loving family.

She was born Aug. 9, 1945 in Cape Cod Mass., daughter of the late George Curtis and Annie Oliver Linnell.

She is survived by two d a u g h t e r s, Ly n n S h o lar of Wallace, and Jeanne Batchelder and husband Randy of Brooksville Fla.; four grandchildren; four great grandchildren; two brothers, Tommy Linnell and Curtis Linnell both of Massachusetts; and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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

The family was served

by Harrell’s Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

Ms. Irene Taylor Ms. Irene Taylor, age 100, peacefully transitioned into eternal rest Jan. 30, 2019 at Pender Memorial Hospital.

A Homegoing Celebration was held at 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 at Mt. Moriah AME Church Rocky Point. Interment followed in the Lewis-Malloy Cemetery.

The family was served by Dunn Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc. Burgaw.

Barry Graham Councilman Barry Graham Councilman, 69, beloved husband, daddy, granddaddy, brother, and loyal friend left this earth way too soon, leaving a big hole in our hearts.

He was born Aug. 26, 1949 in Greensboro, the son of the late Jesse Osborne and Evelyn Heath Councilman.

He passed away peacefully Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center in Wilmington after a courageous, shortlived occurrence of a malignant brain tumor.

He leaves behind his cherished family: Frances Sawyer Councilman, his loving wife of 18 years; children, LaBreeska Councilman Hunt (Tim), Joseph Casey Councilman (Kimberly), Victoria Jane

Councilman (Whit Kelley), Arthur Rowe Sawyer, Jr. (Christine), Michael Shane Sawyer, and Kristie Heather Sawyer (Patrick Legault); grandchildren, Deanna, Casey Jo, Tennyson, Jackson, Kinsey, Jill, Rowe III, Tyler, Tanner, and Toby; brothers, Dale Councilman (Christine) and Wayne Robertson (Nancee); numerous extended family and friends, all who dearly loved Barry.

Barry retired from UPS and has spent his retirement enjoying his children and grandchildren and their interests. He followed their ball teams, spent lots of time hunting with them, remained active in the church, and he and Frances visited with and entertained family whenever possible.

The family received friends 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel.

Funeral service was Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 at the funeral home with Pastor Steve Mattis and Duke Lineberry conducting the service. Burial followed in Riverview Memorial Park.

Memorial gifts may be given to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation, 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401.

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

The family was served

by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Call 910.259.9111 Nelson McNeil James Nelson McNeil James, age 73, passed away Saturday, Feb 2, 2019 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Wilmington.

Nelson was born to the late George McCarthy, Sr. and Carolyn Wooten James Feb. 4, 1945.

He leaves to cherish his memories his wife, Mary Watkins James; six children, Amanda (Michael) Grady, Gerald (Debbie)

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist

It’s funny how something can happen so fast you never see it coming.

For instance, my son and I were bowfishing during the redhorse sucker spawn a few years ago. My son fired a shot into the water from the shoreline and began backing up while retrieving his line. In what seemed like slow motion, I watched as he took a step back too many and plummeted down an embankment landing flat on his back in about 18 inches of water. He wasn’t hurt, and we got a good chuckle out of it.

Sometimes though, things happen so slow you never see it come either.

As a child, I cannot remember a single weekend

when a bb gun was not involved. My friends and I cherished the first snow for two reasons. First, we loved to play football in the snow. I guess when you were tackled it didn’t hurt as bad; you know, the snow would either cushion the fall or you were so numb from the cold you just didn’t feel it. Second, we somehow thought we could track rabbits and take one with the ole Daisy Red Rider air rifle. It was a great beginner gun, and you could see the bb as it left the barrel. We could track the rabbits, but there was NO way that gun was going to harm one.

During the summer, we would head out to one of several ponds within a bike ride distance, with rod and reel in hand. We had either cork, hook and worms, or a beetle spin, and would catch more bream and crappie than you could count.

As we got a little older, and our parents trusted us more, we carried firearms that could do more damage. We could hunt dove on our own after opening day came in. Then when winter came, we would head out to the edge of the woods and kick around the brush look-

ing for coveys of quail. We didn’t have trained dogs, but we knew where the birds were, as we were in the woods year-round. Occasionally we would get a shot without being startled to death when several birds would flush.

Over the years, we either stopped hunting and fishing all together, or we only pursued whitetail deer. We forgot about small game.

Occasionally, squirrel or rabbit hunting excursions may pop up, and we would have a blast while doing it.

Then it was over.

It wasn’t until recently; I discovered how hard it is to find the small game anymore. With the expansion of the deer population over the last twenty years, and the encroachment of humans, small game habitat is dwindling away at a slow but steady pace.

We always hear of how people are responsible for the habitat loss, but we do not recognize the deer impact. Quail and rabbit, for instance, thrive on edge cover. That same edge cover is what deer graze on, and it doesn’t take long for the deer to completely deplete it. North Carolina knows of the deer problem, which

is why we now can take unlimited doe, and even has urban archery seasons in many places. Without some control over deer, we may never gain quail populations to what they were except in limited managed areas and preserves.

Small game is where we learn and earn our passion for hunting and fishing.

Squirrel and rabbit hunting allow many shot opportunities and help a child with confidence in the use of their firearm. The old bream ponds, if you can find one, offer fast and sure action for a youngster. It’s guaranteed to keep their interest. And, when you take a child, you may relive some of those fond memories of years past.

–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.

Options for homeowners with substantial storm damage In communities affected

by Hurricane Florence, local building officials or floodplain managers may find that a structure has been “substantially damaged” and must be updated to meet the requirements of floodplain ordinances.

“Substantial damage” applies to a severely damaged home or other structure in a Special Flood Hazard Area in National Flood Insurance Program participating communities. If the cost of repairing the structure is 50 percent or more of its market value before the disaster, it is considered substantially damaged.

For example, if your home’s market value before a disaster – as determined by local officials – was $200,000 and repairs are estimated to cost more than $100,000, the home is determined to be substantially damaged.

Land value is not considered when determining if the home is substantially damaged.

The same rules apply for “substantial improvement,” where the cost of improvements would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure.

Rebuilding a substantially damaged structure in a floodplain or making substantial improvements to one requires that the property be brought into compliance with local floodplain management regulations. In order to this you may need to: s Elevate the building to a height determined by local officials. s Relocate the structure outside the floodplain. s Demolish the home. s Floodproof a non-residential structure.

You should check with local building officials to determine which permits for repairs are required before beginning work.

If you are an NFIP policyholder whose home was damaged severely by flooding, you can ask your claims adjuster or insurance agent about Increased Cost of Compliance coverage.

This coverage may provide flood insurance policyholders additional funds to meet rebuilding requirements after a flood. Policyholders may receive up to $30,000 through ICC to help meet the cost of complying with local building codes and ordinances.

FEMA specialists are assisting local officials in inspecting damaged buildings, but FEMA does not make a determination of substantial damage. Only local officials can do this.

Homeowners with questions about a “substantial damage” or “substantial improvement” deter mination for their property should contact their local floodplain manager.

For more information on general flood insurance questions, contact your local floodplain administrator, the NFIP at 800-427-4661, or your insurance agent.

You can also email FloodSmart@dhs.gov to request information in a language other than English. Information also is available at FEMA.gov and FloodSmart. gov.

For more information on North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Florence, visit ncdps.gov/ Florence and FEMA.gov/ Disaster/4393. Follow us on Twitter: @NCEmergency and @ FEMARegion4.

Town of Burgaw Government News January 31, 2019

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Customer Service Representative - The Town of Burgaw is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Customer Service Representative.

Under general supervision of the Finance Officer, this position collects municipal revenues, serves as receptionist, greets and assists all visitors, and performs other administrative clerical duties as assigned. Salary range is $27,040 - $37,856; excellent benefit package. Qualified applicants may pick up a detailed job description and an employment application at the Town of Burgaw Municipal Building located at 109 N. Walker St, Burgaw NC or download from our website. Please return completed applications and resumes to Kimberly Rivenbark at 109 N. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 or krivenbark@townofburgaw.com. Position open until filled. Posted January 22, 2019. EOE BURGAW FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Burgaw Fire Department is seeking community members to become volunteer firefighters. We offer excellent training and benefits. Please come by the fire department for more information, 109 N. Walker Street, Burgaw.

VOLUNTEER NEEDED FOR THE PLANNING & ZONING BOARD The Town of Burgaw is accepting applications for the Planning & Zoning Board. There is currently one vacancy which requires an applicant that resides within the town limits or a qualified non-resident business or property owner. Applications may be downloaded from our website at www.townofburgaw.com. For more information please contact the Town Clerk at 910-663-3441 or via email at townofburgaw@townofburgaw.com.

TOWN CALENDAR February 12

Board of Commissioners Meeting

4:00 PM

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

Town of Surf City Government News February 7, 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

Annual meeting of 4C’s Food Pantry scheduled for Feb. 25 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.)

The purpose 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.”

Throughout its 31-year history, the 4 C’s has provided essential food to the people of our community who are down on their luck due to a job loss or catastrophic event (such

as the recent Hurricane and flooding), as well as to seniors and those disabled living on a fixed income.

The 4 C’s serves all persons in Easter n Pender County, north to the Onslow County line, south to the New Hanover County line, and west to Rocky Point (east of I-40). The pantry is

funded solely by donations from community organizations and individuals, and is operated exclusively by volunteers.

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

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.

CAPE FEAR RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS REGARDING A CULVERT DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT STUDY IN THE BLACK RIVER WATERSHED IN BLADEN AND PENDER COUNTIES Cape Fear Resource, Conservation & Development (CFRC&D), in partnership with Moffatt & Nichol (M&N), Bladen and Pender Counties, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), will hold two public information meetings for interested citizens that reside within the Black River Watershed in Bladen and Pender Counties.

The meetings will be held Tuesday, February 12th from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Bladen County and from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Pender County.

The Bladen County meeting will be held at the Rowan Fire Department (18933 NC Hwy 210 E, Ivanhoe, NC 28447). The Pender County meeting will be held at the Moores Creek Missionary Baptist Church (60 Minuteman Rd, Currie, NC 28435). The meetings will provide the opportunity for residents to view a brief presentation describing the project, view maps of the culvert locations, ask questions and provide comments.

The public may attend at any time during the meeting timeframe. Representatives from M&N, CFRC&D, Bladen and Pender Counties, and NCDOT will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the drainage assessment project. The opportunity to submit written comments will also be provided at the meeting or via phone, email, or mail. Comments received will be taken into consideration as the project develops.

Anyone desiring additional information regarding the project may contact Dawn York, Moffatt & Nichol Project Manager, by phone at 910-218-7087 or by email at dyork@moffattnichol.com or Rebeckah Hollowell, Moffatt & Nichol Assistant Project Manager, by phone at 984-239-2765 or by email at rhollowell@moffattnichol.com.

2/7/2019

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; 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

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Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF STANLEY HENRY VAN VLACK 18 E 564 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Stanley Henry Van Vlack, 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 17th day of April, 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 17th day of January, 2019.

Stanley Phillip Van Vlack Executor c/o Lawrence S. Boehling P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #8465 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JASPER C. PRIDGEN, JR. 18 E 403 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jasper C. Pridgen, Jr., deceased of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of April, 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 17th day of January, 2019.

Jeffrey W. Pridgen Executor c/o Lawrence S. Boehling P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #8466 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of EDITH L. WHATLEY, Deceased, of Pender County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before April 17, 2019, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment.

This 17th day of January, 2019.

EDITH W. PEGRAM EXECUTOR c/o JOHN R. SLOAN Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 7068 Wilmington, NC 28406-7068 #8467 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 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 Robert Lewis West, Sr., deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Robert Lewis West, Sr., to present them to the undersigned on or before May 2, 2019 at 6658 Cable Car Lane, Wilmington, NC 28403 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 17th day of January, 2019.

Robin Durham 6658 Cable Car Lane Wilmington, NC 28403 #8468 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 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 Ricky Scott Clay, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Ricky Scott Clay, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 2, 2019 at 1870 Neese Circle NE, Leland, NC 28451 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 17th day of January, 2019.

Thomas Michael Powers 1870 Neese Circle NE, Leland, NC 28451 #8469 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019

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 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 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-178 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

DEVIN L. MILLS, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 3.11 acres, Parcel ID Number 2353-91-3917-000L 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 March 11, 2019.

This day, January 16, 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 #8480 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-35 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

RATFORD DALE KEARNS, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 41 Pinewood Subdivision, Parcel ID Number 229300-7482-0000 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 March 11, 2019.

This day, January 16, 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 #8477 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-642 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

ROBERT B. CROOKER, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ROBERT B. CROOKER 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, Section A, Buccaneer’s Retreat, Parcel ID Number 4215-35-4837-0000 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 March 11, 2019.

This day, January 17, 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 Wilmington, NC 28405 #8475 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-35 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

RATFORD DALE KEARNS, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 41 Pinewood Subdivision, Parcel ID Number 229300-7482-0000 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 March 11, 2019.

This day, January 16, 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 #8478 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-642 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

ROBERT B. CROOKER, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: ROBERT B. CROOKER 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, Section A, Buccaneer’s Retreat, Parcel ID Number 4215-35-4837-0000 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 March 11, 2019.

This day, January 17, 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 #8476 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-770 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

WILLIAM BERNARD FARRIOR, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: JAMES ALFRED FARRIOR 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 5 acres, Parcel ID Number 4303-16-9376-0000 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 March 11, 2019.

This day, January 16, 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 #8481 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-178 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

DEVIN L. MILLS, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 3.11 acres, Parcel ID Number 2353-91-3917-000L 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 March 11, 2019.

This day, January 16, 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 #8480 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-178 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

DEVIN L. MILLS, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 3.11 acres, Parcel ID Number 2353-91-3917-000L 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 March 11, 2019.

This day, January 16, 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 #8479 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-770 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

WILLIAM BERNARD FARRIOR, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JAMES ALFRED FARRIOR 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 5 acres, Parcel ID Number 4303-16-9376-0000 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 March 11, 2019.

This day, January 16, 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 #8482 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2019 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 18SP199 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY CHARLES O. DESJARLAIS AND DOROTHY H. DESJARLAIS DATED AUGUST 29, 2003 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 2207 AT PAGE 134 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on February 15, 2019 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

Located in the Village of St. Helena, Burgaw Township, Pender County, North Carolina adjacent to and North of the old Northern Right-of-Way line of Main Street and being more fully described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the Northern edge of the paved portion of Secondary Road No. 1414 (East Main Street), said point being located at a point that is North 12 Degrees 30 Minutes 00 Seconds West 12.01 feet from a nail and cap located in the old centerline (24 foot wide Right-of-Way) of Main Street (3’+/- south of pavement centerline) and this nail and cap being located along said old centerline at a point that is North 75 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East 100.10 feet from an existing nail and cap that marks the Southern Dividing corner (lines extended to centerline) between Farm No. 22 and Farm No. 19 of St. Helena Colony as shown on a map of same duly recorded in Map Book 3 at Page 27 of the Pender County Registry; and running thence, from the Beginning, so located, (1) parallel to the dividing lines between farms No. 22 and No. 19 North 12 Degrees 30 Minutes 00 Seconds West 235.92 feet (passing over an in line iron stake at 18.01 feet) to an iron stake in line; thence, (2) North 75 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East 199.90 feet to an iron stake in line; thence, (3) South 12 Degrees 30 Minutes 00 Seconds East 235.92 feet (passing over an in line iron stake at 217.91 feet) to a point in the old Northern Right-of-Way line (24 foot wide Rightof-Way) of Main Street; thence, (4) with said Right-of-Way line South 75 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 199.90 feet to the Beginning, containing 1.00 acres more or less after the exclusion of that portion of Secondary Road No. 1414 (assumed 60 foot wide Rightof-Way) contained within the above described boundaries and is as surveyed by thompson Surveying Co., P.A. of Burgaw, N.C. during June 2003.

As a reference to the above described tract see Deed Book 1040 at Page 111 and farm No. 22 of St. Helena Colony as shown on a map of same duly recorded in Map Book 3 at Page 27 of the Pender County Registry.

And Being more commonly known as: 585 East Main St, Burgaw, NC 28425 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Charles O. Desjarlais and Dorothy H. Desjarlais.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

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

The date of this Notice is January 15, 2019.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 18-102766 #8483 1/31, 2/7//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 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

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, February 7, 2019, Page 11A

Legal Notices 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

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 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 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-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-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-CVS-395, (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 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-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 #8486 2/7, 2/14/2019

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Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 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-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 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

Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 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-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-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-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

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

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 Monday and Wednesday after noon 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 20959 US Hwy 17 N in Hampstead.

Again, taxpayers are requested to call the Senior Center at 270-0708 for an appointment.

Taxpayers are asked to bring picture ID, social se-

curity cards for taxpayers and dependents, all information and forms relating to their income and the filing of their income tax returns, including W-2, 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 rance 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.

Moser

newest and greatest ways to control mosquitoes.

Equipment is modern and the program includes mapping, larviciding and a formal complaint process that addresses the needs of the community. Her purchase of a drone to assist with areas that can’t be reached by vehicles puts Pender County in the forefront of innovative thinking.

On Sept. 14, 2018 Pender County was hit by Hurricane Florence. All Pender County Gover nment offices were closed for nine days. Carolyn moved into the Emergency Operations Center prior to the storm and continued to stay for eight days and nights in order to assure shelter coverage was adequate for residents, animal rescues were occurring safely and residents were being protected from the spread of disease through mosquito spraying and larviciding.

More than 1,200 people were housed in Pender County shelters during the storm and more than 2,000 sought shelter outside the county. Under Moser’s direct supervision, four shelters were staffed by her staff 24 hours a day for eight days without relief.

With Carolyn’s direct guidance, Pender County Animal Shelter rescued 130 animals near and in the river and provided shelter for over 600 animals.

The health department’s WIC Program had more than 600 participants displaced and per instructions from Carolyn, called every family to assist them post storm.

When the rain stopped after seven days, Carolyn instructed staff to get the equipment and chemicals they needed to help with mosquito control. Pender was the first county in the area to take mosquito control measures. On day one post rain, crews larvicided all damaged areas 8-10 hours a day.

Continued from page 1A Health for over 36 years.

She started her Public Health career at Madison County Health Department in 1982 as a Public Health Nurse. She went on to become the Health Director in Madison County from 1992-1995 and again from 2007-2011. She worked as State Consultant in the Child Health Division in March 1995-2007.

She came to Pender County in August 2011 and has made a significant impact on the health of her community from the very beginning. Her leadership skills earned her additional duties.

In April of 2013, Carolyn was assigned the oversight of the Pender County Animal Shelter. Under the direction of the County Commissioners and the County Manager, Carolyn established the Animal Advisory Committee to provide support to the animal shelter. With the support of resources and manpower from a local church, she was able to give the shelter a complete make-over.

Carolyn implemented the Spay/Neuter Program for all animals adopted from the shelter and has re c e n t ly i m p l e m e n t e d the Trap-Neuter-Release program for feral cats to reduce euthanasia and unwanted cats. She also star ted the micro-chip program at the shelter to assist in tracking lost or stolen animals.

She was then appointed as the Pender County Health and Human Services Director in September, 2013 which included the oversight of an additional 105 employees and a budget of more than $6 million.

In 2017, Carolyn took over the Mosquito Control Division. Under her leadership, the program is now up-to-date on the

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Titan cagers stun Pender 70-66 in rematch

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan men’s varsity basketball team traveled to Pender High School Jan. 4 to engage the first place Pender Patriots. The Titans were without more than 90 percent of their scoring from a year ago and looked to be an extreme underdog.

That game played out accordingly, with Pender taking a 32-point win. Last week the Patriots came to Titan town to try and finish off a regular season sweep.

Someone forgot to tell the Titans.

Coach Rodney Orr’s charge played the visiting Patriots close before finishing the game off with a near perfect performance at the free throw line. The

result was a 70-66 Titan win.

Three days later the Titans drew a blank when they hosted a very beatable Richlands team. The Wildcats jumped out to a big lead in the first half and cruised to a 69-55 win.

The Pender game started out much like the first contest. Pender went on a 7-0 run after Watson Orr opened the game with a layup. However, unlike the first game the Titans answered quickly.

Orr hammered home a three pointer and two free throws by Will Berry tied the score. The first quarter was tight with Pender using a Jujuan Carr trey to take a 15-13 lead going into the second period.

Carr extended the lead with another basket from

beyond the arc but Orr answered. A 22-16 Pender lead evaporated with Trask going on an 11-4 run to take a 27-26 lead. Pender eased ahead and took a 32-29 lead into the break.

The Titan faithful seemed to sense something special was happening.

There was a buzz in the Rocky Point gym going into the second half.

Pender eased out to a 44-34 lead. That’s when the Titans began to turn the corner.

A 7-0 run fueled by a strong defensive effort cut the lead to three. Another Orr trey tied the score at 46. Trask went up 50-49 but Pender answered. The Pats held a 53-50 lead going into the final eight minutes of play.

It is often said that

games are won and lost at the free throw line. That was the case in this Coastal 8 Conference contest.

Pender went up 56-52 before two free throws by Orr cut it to two. Orr got free for a layup to tie the score and then moments later nailed a three to give the Titans a 59-56 lead with just under three and a half minutes to play.

Trask took a four-point lead on a Berry layup but Pender answered with two free throws.

Trask held a 64-61 lead with 49 seconds to play.

They extended the lead to five before a Carr three cut it to two points with 33 seconds left.

Henri Lambe converted four free throws in the last

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Lady Pirates rout South, West Brunswick; clinch top 3A spot

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer There’s not a lot in life that’s guaranteed, most folks often say it’s just death and taxes, but the Topsail girls’ basketball team added a third item to the list with a pair of victories this past week – the Lady Pirates will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCHSAA state playoffs.

Missing standout senior center Payton Little and subs Kathryn Soderman and Annalee Hart due to academic commitments, the Pirates all but extinguished any suspense as to whom the op 3A seed would be out of the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference in the upcoming NCHSAA 3A State playoffs with a solid 42-26 road win at West Brunswick Friday evening behind 10 each from senior Dashniq Sidbury and junior Julia Sullivan.

The Lady Pirates (16-5, 8-3) are a game-and-a-half up on New Hanover (9-5, 6-4) with just one 3A foe Feb. 14 at North Brunswick) left on their regular-season schedule. A win over the Lady Scorpions (7-12, 2-8) – a squad they beat 60-32 earlier – would make them 8-0 versus the 3A schools.

New Hanover, which is currently 4-2 versus 3A, has games remaining against West and North Brunswick.

“With a couple of girls missing tonight we have a tendency sometimes to lose our focus early but they battled back really well and the sec-

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Topsail’s Destiny Idol surveys the defense for an opening. ond quarter was great and we played great defense in the second half,” Topsail Coach Jay Kapiko said. “It’s always a team effort with us, Julia is this all-around player and she does all the little things, and big things, and I never have any complaints with what she does out there, and all

the girls played well on both ends of the court.

“Being the No. 1 seed in the 3A state tournament is important. The girls earned it, worked hard, and we’re not going to coast. We’re going to continue to work hard with the intention of winning every game every time we step on the court.”

West Brunswick (4-16, 3-7) came out hard with upset in their eyes. Autumn Bland (10 points, 10 rebounds) scored seven points in the first quarter as the Lady Trojans jumped out to a 14-9 lead by forcing Topsail into five early turnovers. But Topsail chipped away at that lead and took the lead for good at 18-17 on a pair of free throws by Sidbury. A basket by Lauren Caveness (four points) made it 20-17 before baskets from Sidbury and Sullivan ballooned the advantage to 24-17. It was 26-19 at the intermission.

Topsail only scored eight points in the third period but the Lady Pirate defense limited West to one field goal as the lead increased to 34-21. A 6-0 run to start the final period ended the competitive speculation. After yielding 14 points in the first period, Topsail held the Lady Trojans to five, two, and five during the final 24 minutes of the contest while forcing 17 turnovers ignited by 13 steals. Madison Kita had six of those steals to go

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Trask’s Ivey Batts puts up a shot under the boards.

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Popella takes gold at regional swim meet

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail wrestling team and the Pirate girls’ and boys’ winter track teams got a one-week respite last week but the Topsail swimmers took to the pool at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary for the NCHSAA 3A regional meet with several Pirate and Lady Pirate swimmers advancing to the 3A state championships Friday at the same location.

The top eight finishers in each event qualified for the state meet. As a team, the Lady Pirates finished fourth out of 30 teams, while the boys came in seventh out of 30 squads.

Delaney Popella Delaney Popella came home with the only gold medal of the day by winning the 50-yard freestyle.

The 200-yard medley relay team of Popella, Tihani

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Lady Titans get OT upset over Richlands

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last week was an up and down week for the Heide Trask Lady Titan basketball team. They fell to their county rival Pender early in the week in what can be classified as an upset before pulling off an upset of their own, beating Richlands 48-44.

The Pender Lady patriots believe that they are the better team and showed up at Trask with a purpose.

That purpose was to vindicate themselves and earn a win. Trask had beaten the Lady Pats by 24 points at their place and hoped to replicate the performance at home. Pender eased past the Titans 49-48 to earn a split in the regular season series.

Pender used an efficient defensive effort and a run and gun approach to take an 11-5 lead after one period of play. The Titans bounced back in the second period.

A 23-9 Titan advantage gave the home team Titans a 28-20 lead at the break.

The third quarter was even. Both teams played hard but failed to convert on several easy baskets.

The Titans held a 41-33 lead going into the fourth period.

Pender made a run at the Titans. the Rocky Point crew held a slim lead late in the contest but several ill advised shots with the lead led to the loss.

Next up was the Rich-

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The Lady Patriots came to Titantown to revenge an earlier season loss to the Lady Titans. lands Wildcats. The Lady Cats were in second place in the Coastal 8 Conference and had been beaten just once in conference play. The Lady Titans were set on changing that.

The Rocky Point ladies played ahead for most of the game. They were up 2018 at the break.

The third period was dead weight with both teams scoring 11 points.

Richlands outscored the Lady Titans 10-8 in the fourth period and sent the game into overtime.

The Titans ramped up their pressure defense and outscored the Wildcats 9-6 to earn the win.

Anisa Lewis led the Titans with 17 points while Angel Boykin had 10. Lewis also had seven rebounds, four steals and two assists.

The Lady Titans are now 11-8 overall and 6-4 in conference play. They will host East Carteret on Friday.

Patriots edge Lejeune; Lady Pats down Trask

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender High verse Heide Trask High boys basketball games have always been an extremely intense rivalry. In years past the games have been fairly close. Last year the Patriots came into Titan Town and handed what was an unbeaten Titan team their first conference loss of the season.

This season the tide has changed. The Patriots are the team in contention for the Coastal 8 Title while Trask is in a rebuilding mode. Pender beat Trask by 32 points in their first meeting this season. However, as rivalries usually go, the second game did not go as planned.

The Titans stayed close and used a near perfect performance at the free throw line n the closing stages of the contest to take a 70-66 win. Later in the week the Patriots fought back, beating Lejeune 64-63.

One look at the Patriots roster will tell you that they are the more talented squad when it comes to the Titans and Pats. However, as high school athletics goes, the most talented team does not always win.

The Patriots jumped on Trask early, taking a 7-2 lead behind the play of senior Malcolm McLean

and junior Jujuan Carr.

Mclean’s rebounding and Carr’s outside shot gave the Pats a 15-13 lead going into the second quarter.

Car nailed a three-point basket to give the Pats a 2216 lead early in the second stanza. Trask came charging back and took a onepoint advantage before Pender righted the ship.

The Patriots took a 32-29 lead into the break.

The Patriot lead reached 10 points before Trask came back. The Titans took a 50-49 lead before the Pats used a 4-0 run to take a 53-50 lead into the final period.

Pender went up 56-52 before Trask rebounded to tie the score at 56 apiece with just under four minutes to play.

The Titans went up by three before a Mclean free throw cut the lead to two.

Trask used an efficient effort at the charity stripe to steal the win.

Khalil Marshall and Jujan Carr each scored 20 points to lead the Patriots.

The Patriots were looking to right the proverbial ship when they hosted Lejeune. Pender was in yet another close contest. This time the Pender County Patriots earned the win, beating the Devil Pups 6463. No other statistics were reported.

The Patriots are now

Comeback falls short as Pirates fall to Trojans

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer As comebacks go, what the Topsail boys’ basketball team pulled off in the fourth quarter of their game at West Brunswick was nothing shy of amazing.

But the one thing about finding yourself in an 18point (54-36) deficit with just eight minutes remaining as the Pirates did last Friday is the effort it takes is draining – both physically and mentally – and after outscoring their hosts 29-11 over that final eight minutes of regulation, there was very little left in the Pirates’ energy tank.

Trojan DeAndre Clarida scored eight of his game-

total of 16 points – going 6-of-8 from the free-throw line over the four-minute extra period – as West Brunswick outscored Topsail 12-6 on their way to a hard-fought 79-73 victory Friday in a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference game with possible NCHSAA 3A state playoff ramifications.

Unfortunately, the Pirates have no one but themselves to blame for being in that 18-point hole after three quarters. Leading by four (32-28) at halftime, the Trojans (11-9, 5-5), behind the outside sharpshooting of Makoa Surigao (25 points, five three-pointers), put up 22 points to just eight for Topsail (10-11, 3-8)

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13-8 overall and in first place in the Coastal Conference with a 9-2 mark. They are two game s ahead of second place Dixon. They play the Bulldogs twice in their next three games including this Friday.

The Lady Patriots were hoping to avenge their early season loss to Trask last week they traveled to Titan Town to engage the Lady Titans. sophomore Tyanna Holmes made sure that happened as she scored 19 points to lead the Lady Pats to a 49-48 win over the Titans.

A 16-7 fourth period brought the Pats back from a 41-33 deficit after three quarters of play. Senior Ratavia Merritt made

several huge buckets down the stretch, giving the Pats the win.

Besides Holmes game high 19 points, Merritt scored 14.

The lady Patriots are now 7-13 overall and 4-6 in Conference play. They are in fourth place in the Coastal 8 Conference standings and are one game behind East Carteret as far as the 1A playoff race goes with three games left.

Pender hosts Dixon on Friday and will play Croatan and Dixon once more before the regular season ends. Pender needs to win both games and hope that East Carteret loses twice in the last week and half of the season.

In My Opinion The spring sports season is officially upon us.

The hustle and bustle of athletes running and jumping, hitting and swinging and kicking is here and the coaches of these sports are evaluating their talent.

I was talking to a friend of mine early last week who is a coach and a parent. We talked about the student athletes of today verses the athletes of yesterday.

We also talked about the work ethic of todays athletes and why it is so important to come into your respective sport in shape. We concluded that the athlete of today just does not have the work ethic of the athletes of yesteryear.

The athletes of today have so many more options on how to stay in shape verses what the older athletes had. This day and time the high school weight rooms are so much more advanced.

There are travel ball teams, AAU teams and summer league teams available for an athlete that wants to work on their craft.

A high school coach hopes that on opening day he has a team full of student-athletes that have worked throughout the offseason in hopes being the best that they can be. He wants to see athletes in shape and

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determined to win a spot on the team. More often than not a coach is forced to keep players that he or she would not normally keep because the numbers are just not there.

It all comes down to dedication and commitment. Either you are dedicated to becoming the best that you can be or you’re not. Either you are committed not only to making yourself better but to making your teammates better or you’re not. It is that simple.

Those two words describe a successful student-athlete. If you want to become the best you can be you have to commit yourself to the chore at hand and dedicate yourself to becoming better at every facet of the sport you choose.

Otherwise, you are wasting your coach and teammates time. Although this is my opinion I bet that most of the coaches in the area agree.

Top Performers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The winter sports season is rapidly coming to a close. The Trask girls’ basketball team lost a tough one to Pender but came back and beat a very good Richlands squad. Anisa Lewis led the Titans with 17 points while Angel Boykin had 10. Lewis also had seven rebounds, four steals and two assists.

The Pirates all but extinguished any suspense as to whom the top 3A seed would be out of the MidEastern 3A/4A Conference in the upcoming NCHSAA 3A State playoffs with a solid 42-26 road win at West Brunswick Friday evening

behind 10 each from senior Dashniq Sidbury and junior Julia Sullivan.

Sydney Hartgrove scored 13 points, chipped in seven rebounds, four steals, three assists and a blocked shot and Payton Little scored 10 points in a win over West Brunswick.

The Pender girls beat Trask behind their dynamic duo of Ratavia Merritt (14 Points) and Tyanna Holmes(19).

The Topsail boys lost to West Brunswick despite 25 points from Jameson Long. Senior Brandon Warwick came off the bench to score eight points.

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Topsail Basketball Association Report

By Bob Willard Special to the Post & Voice With seven weeks down and two weeks remaining in the Topsail Basketball Association season, teams scramble for a spot in the year-end single elimination tournament beginning Feb. 17.

Recapping some of the action this past weekend, in the Junior Division, the co-ed’s saw Pierpan Family Dentistry overpower Hampstead Fence 31-24, TARC Logistics take it to Coury Science and Engineering 47-14 behind the 21 point performance from Nolan Dick, and Discovery Place Child Care got back on track with a 28-16 victory over Renovation Church behind the clutch performance of Tavion White who tossed in a game high 20 points. In the girls third through fifth grade sector, Dwyer Electric upped their league standings to 3-4 by posting a 38-32 win over RJ Miller Construction, and Window World outlasted The Kitchen Man 17-13 thus putting them in a current league standing tie with The Kitchen Man with a

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“Without Payton everyone knew they had to step tonight, and they did,” said Sullivan, who

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Orr led the Titans with 20 points while Henri Lam-

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Performers

Continued from page 2B Jackson Sullivan scored 17 points, Fernando Vasquez had 13, Long added 11, and Derek Gardner had 10 in the win over South Brunswick.

Pfeiffer shows improvement on the Trask court

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Lady Titan basketball team is having a very good year.

They are above .500 in both the overall standings as well as in the Coastal 8 standings.

With each win the team’s confidence rises. One of those players is sophomore Leanna Pfeiffer.

Miss Pfeiffer has begun to show her hoops skills.

She has made some big three-point baskets in recent games. With each and every basket she seems to become more confident in her ability. In the teams win over Richlands she made a huge three-point basket late in the contest.

Leanna is a multi-sport athlete. She plays soccer and volleyball but calls basketball her favorite sport.

With the regular season coming to a close, the Lady Titans will need her shooting prowess to succeed and move on to the playoffs.

5-2 win loss record, with just two weeks of regular season play remaining.

AllKindsOf Stuff.biz took a big win from the Darden Agency in the boys third & fourth grade division, 39-29. AKOS.biz and Coury Science and Engineering now hold identical win/ loss records of 6-1, as Coury Science and Engineering was victorious over Finessee Pro Service 32-29. Jax Cheney was the rifleman for the Engineers tossing up 14 points, while Daniel Ivey and Kyle Minguet each hit the nets for 13 in a losing cause.

In the Senior Division of TBA, Peyton St. Ledger led his high school grades Reliant Roofing squad tickling the nets for a game high 23 points, helping his undefeated squad defeat VRBO #967800 48-21, Island Family Medicine over Sport Shots 55-45 with Gianni Pike hitting for 14 points, only to have Ian Lister toss up 20 counters for the losing Sport Shots aggregation. Ogden Taproom upped their season record to 4-3, outlasting Hwy 55 54-44 behind a 28 point outburst by Jacob Sydes.

Kalab Dalton hit the bucket for 21 points for Hwy 55.

The sixth-eighth grade girls took the floor and Ronel Austin Coastal Realty increased their league lead behind the big day and scoring effort from Lillian Austin leading the way to a 33-20 win by hitting the hoops for 21 points. Coastal Fitness Center couldn’t hit the hoops for more than 22 points and were outlasted

by Cherubini Orthodontics 28-22, jumping Cherubini into second place in the league divisional standings.

In the boys fifth-sixth grade sector of TBA, Hampstead Dental 29-21 led by Jacob Edwards who tallied 11 points for the winners.

Dick’s Sporting Goods over White & Johnson Pediatric Dentistry 34-23 led by Jack Salene’s 11 markers, Tyler & Roth Executive Search still enjoying their unblemished league record at 7-0 by out gunning North State Acceptance 34-21. Halen Willcox tickled the twines for 18 points, followed by twin brother Ryder who served up 10 counters. TCL Marketing over ShipOnSite 26-13 with an even scoring

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The final grade group, the seventh-eighth graders took over the last three games of the day which saw Prism Custom Painting outscore Cape Fear Seafood Company 42-31. Austin Hobson led the scoring parade with 21 markers in the scorebook. In one of the more exciting games of the day, The Paint Store finally emerged victorious over JT’S Brick Oven Pizza 51-45 due only to a slow 1st quarter scoring performance by the Pizza makers. And in the finale of the day’s long activities, Intercoastal Coolers outlasted RJ Miller Constrution 34-29. Trey Pierce hit for 15 points to lead Intercoastal Coolers, with Brewer Smith separating the cords for 13 points for RJ Miller Construction.

Two weeks remain for TBA regular season play.

Come out during the day Saturday and watch the youth of our communities showcase their athletic and basketball abilities. You’ll have a great time. Concession available throughout the day.

Jake Sydes of Ogden Tap Room goes high to block shot by Highway 55’s Ethan Pouleris during Saturday’s TBA action.

also had nine rebounds.

“It feels good to be the top 3A seed but we know we have to keep playing hard to keep it.””

Tuesday South Brunswick took the trip from Boiling Spring Lakes to Hampstead for its second go-around with the Lady Pirates and the Lady Pirates efficiently took care of business with 10 of the 12 girls on the roster hitting the scoreboard in a 52-32 win over the Lady

Cougars that was actually easier than the final score indicates.

Fueled by 13 points, seven rebounds, four steals, three assists and a blocked shot from Hartgrove and 10 points from Little, Topsail took control almost from the outset by jumping out to an 8-2 lead 3:24 into the game, a lead that continually grew to 18-9 after one period, 31-11 at the intermission, and 45-19 after three periods before

the Lady Cougars rallied with a 15-7 fourth-quarter starters-versus-subs rally.

The Lady Pirates efficiently distributed the basketball to the tune of 15 assists on their 23 baskets with Sullivan adding eight points (six rebounds, two steals, two assists, blocked shot), Kita scoring six points (five rebounds), and Kross adding, four points (four boards) to the statistical ledger.

“We really wanted to

not overlook them and we wanted to take them serious because you never know, if you do take them serious they can sneak u p o n yo u , ” H a r t g rove said. “But it was really a spread-out game where we made sure every teammate got something. One of our main goals was to beat New Hanover twice, and we accomplished that.

Now we just have to take the other team serious and not lose so we can stay No.

1(in 3A) and keep that high seed.”

Morgan Allred (14 points) and sophomore Nija Bryant (12 points) combined for 26 of South’s 34 points, while the Topsail defense racked up 13 steals while forcing 18 Lady Cougar turnovers.

Exams keep the Lady Pirates sideline until Friday when they travel to Laney to face the first-place Laney Lady Buccaneers.

be had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Ivey Batts also had a double-double, scoring 12 points and snaring 13 rebounds. Khalil Marshall and Jujan Carr each had 20 points to lead Pender. Three days later the Titans hosted Richlands. In what could be

classified as a letdown, the Titans laid the proverbial egg, being beaten by the Wildcats 69-55.

T he Onslow County Wildcats jumped out to a huge early lead. They were up 22-6 going into the second quarter. The Titans fol-

lowed a great defensive effort against Pender in what can only be described as a lackluster effort against the Cats.

The Titans settled down in the second period and played the Wildcats evenly.

A 12-10 Richlands advan-

tage sent the Titans into the locker room trailing by 18 points.

The Wildcat lead reached 34 points at the end of the third period. The Titans outscored the visiting Cats by 20 points in the final stanza but it was too little

too late.

Robert Pridgen led the Titans with 15 points. Ivey Batts chipped in 12.

The Titans are now 7-13 overall and 3-8 in conference play. They will not play until Friday when they host East Carteret.

style relay.

Contreras qualified individually in the 100-yard freestyle by finishing seventh, and in the 100-yard backstroke by coming in fifth.

Hoover was second in the 100-yard backstroke, while Popella added a fourth-place qualifying finish in the 100-yard breaststroke to her ledger.

The foursome of Teagan Hibbard, Adela Zhang, Hannah Spillane, and Anna Miller failed to qualify despite a strong (17th place) effort in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

For the Pirate boys, Chase Davis qualified fifth in the 100-yard backstroke and was ninth in the 200yard freestyle. Davis did not qualify in the 200 free-

style but set a new school record while swimming a personal-best time.

Davis also qualified with an eighth-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay and in the 400-yard freestyle relay with Trent Butler, Devin Schmitz, and Nick Gallek, which came in thiurd.

Individually, Gallek qualified for the state meet

with a seventh in the 100yard breaststroke, and Jon Gallagher advanced with a seventh-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke.

Other fine efforts were turned in by Devon Taylor (9th-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly), and Liam McBride (22nd), both of whom established personal-best times in the 200-yard freestyle, Butler

(9th), Gallagher (14th), and Grant Passmore (20th) in the 100-yard butterfly, Travis Souza (12th) and Brad Kimmel (13th) in the 100-yard backstroke, and the foursome of Sessoms, Schmitz, Gallek, and Butler, who were 11th as a unit in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

The Pender boys lost to Trask despite 20 points from Jujuan Carr and Khalil Marshall.

The Trask boys beat Pender after losing by 32 points early in the season. Watson Orr scored 20 points while Ivey Batts had 13 points and 13 rebounds.

Henri Lambe scored 12

points and ripped down 13 rebounds.

The Pender Patriots participated in the 1A winter track regionals. Makhel Henry finished second in the 55-meter dash and fourth in the 300-meter run. Ashley Dupalavich won the shot put. Faith Lana won both the high

jump and the triple jump.

Helena Moretz was third in the 1600 and second in the 3200-meter runs.

This week’s top performer is Pender freshman Daisy Hearn. She won the girls wheel chair shot put and qualified for the state meet in Winston Salem.

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a freshman on the very successful Topsail High school swim team last year, Chase Davis made his mark. He participated and competed as a ninth grader and actually won several times, which is tough to do in the sport of swimming.

This year Chase has taken that next step that coaches refer to when a young player matures. As a sophomore, Chase has left his mark in the Mid-eastern Conference. He has found his way to the podium with regularity and recently finished second in the conference in the 200-meter event and third in the 100 meter event.

Davis competed in the regional meet last week. He qualified for the state 3A meet in four events.

Chase Davis will be a force to be reckoned with for the next two years as a member of the Topsail High School swim team.

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer During the 2018 spring Track and field season Pender Patriot standout Faith Lana made her presence known. She was a contender in both the high jump and the long jump.

She won the regional championship in the high jump and finished a very respectable third in the long jump. She also participated in other events.

During the 2018-19 winter track season she has again been very successful. She recently won the Coastal 8 Conference championship in both the long jump and high jump. Miss Lana is one of those rare athletes that are very good in several events. She is also very fast as well.

The Pender winter track team will send several athletes to the state meet this weekend with hopes of returning with a state title.

I wouldn’t bet against Faith Lana in either event.

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Students from the Operation Military Kids Club sang the National Anthem at the Topsail-South Brunswick basketball game Jan. 31. Operation Military Kids Club has a mission to provide a fun safe place for our military kids in local schools to be encouraged, strengthened, and connected. Each kid currently has a parent serving in the United States Armed Forces. They currently have four different clubs, one each at North Topsail Elementary, Topsail Middle, Surf City Elementary and Surf City Middle School. The clubs meet the second Friday of each month immediately after school hours. This is the third year the Military Kids have sung the National Anthem at a Topsail High School varsity basketball game.

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Continued from page 2B while coaxing the Pirates into eight of their gametotal of 16 turnovers.

“The quarter hurt us, and we dug a huge hole,” Topsail Coach Jamie Rochelle said. “We fought hard, coming back from 18 points down in the fourth quarter is something special, and it’s hard to do against a team that just got done manhandling us for eight minutes in the third.

They fought and they did not give up. I’m not one for moral victories, it’s still a loss, but I’ve been around a lot of games as a player, assistant, and head coach, and that’s probably the most heart I’ve seen a team play

with, only to fall short.”

Jamison Long (25 points) was the primary catalyst in the third-quarter rally, scoring 12 points (three treys), Senior Brandon Warwick came off the bench to score five of his eight points (a three-pointer in OT), and E. J. Carr added all four of his points to the rally to go along with six rebounds and a blocked shot.

Two Long free throws gave Topsail a 67-65 lead 15 seconds into the overtime period but West Brunswick scored the next eight points (Clarida had six) before a Long trey broke the streak with 48.2 ticks left in the OT. Six Trojans free throws sealed the deal the rest of the way, Topsail is at home Friday against Laney, stays home next Tuesday for a

rematch with Ashley, then heads to North Brunswick for the regular-season finale Thursday. It would take a huge conference tournament run – and a small miracle – to secure a playoff slot.

“I still think we’ll be alright, we have three games left and the conference tournament, and anything can happen there,” Rochelle said. “If we finish strong, and play like we did in that fourth quarter, there isn’t anyone we can’t beat” Tuesday South Brunswick and what is arguably the best player in the conference, Jace McKenney, came to Hampstead and he definitely made his presence felt with 38 points and 13 rebounds but it was not enough to overcome the best-balanced attack Top-

sail has shown all season as four Pirates combined for 51 points in a 65-59 win over the Cougars.

Topsail trailed much of the game – sitting on the short end of 15-13, 28-24, and 42-41 at the end of each of the first three quarters. The lead changed hands five times, and was tied once, in the first 2:31 of the fourth period before Fer nando Vasquez (13 points) put the Pirates on top for good at 50-47 with a traditional three-point play.

Jackson Sullivan was the Pirates’ leading scorer with 17 points, Vasquez had 13, Long added 11, and Derek Gardner had 10.

“When we move the ball it clears out the middle and creates the open side, and that allows us to use both our outside and inside

guys,” Sullivan said. “Now we just have to keep it going Friday, McKenney was magnificent throughout the contest.

The talented senior had seven of the Cougar’s 15 firstperiod points, scored nine of their 13 points in the second quarter, nine of 14 in the third, and 13 of 17 in the fourth despite what was actually good defense from Gardner and Vasquez.

“He’s a great player, obviously,” Vasquez said. “I thought I did a pretty good job playing him as hard as I can but good players re going to make good shots. I did the best I could do. But we were able to overcome his points. When we distribute the ball and get our shooters open and get the post players involved it seems everyone plays harder.”

Monday the Pirates traveled to Jacksonville for a non-conference make-up game against the Cardinals and came home with a convincing 49-34 victory. Gardner and James Stuart led the way with eight points each. Johnathan Ward had seven points, Long had five points, and Sullivan pulled down 11 rebounds.

“We played a lot better defense,” Rochelle said.

“We don’t have a problem putting points up but we can’t keep on trying to outscore everybody. They are an athletic team but we did the things we needed to do, and it was nice to get a win.”

The Pirates have the exam week to get ready for a tip to first-place Laney Friday.

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