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Reval notices expected in early April

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County property owners can expect revaluation notices in their mailboxes around the first of April, according to Pender Tax Assessor Justin Pound.

Pound says the tax office will first send a card to residents to expect the revaluation information. “We didn’t want people to ac-

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cess,� said Pound. “We have captured most of the storm damage through the rapid damage assessment process, That is where the county goes out and does a quick survey of the whole county. We took all that data and rolled it into the assessment records. And we have been working on how that changes values prior to sending out the notices.�

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major damaged and destroyed properties that they are aware of. However, properties could be in those categories, but not be evident from the rapid damage assessment process. Properties that are known to be major damage or destroyed will have an assessment that reflects that damage.

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County Commissioners met with the Pender County Board of Education Mar. 19.

In a press release from the Board of Education, the meeting was “regarding hurricane recovery and after-action plans, economy and budget outlook, future use of Penderlea Gym, auditorium and other properties, and new county water connections to schools. No formal action or vote will take place.�

Pender County Assistant County Manager Chad McEwen said the meeting was part of keeping the lines of communication between the two boards open. “It’s a general discussion between the two boards to discuss future needs and plans. It’s an effort by both boards to continue to have

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revaluation, converting the old system into the new. All these factors make for a somewhat complicated revaluation process.

Pound says it is important to come and talk with tax officials if there are questions about the revaluation. “If you get a revaluation and you don’t think storm damage has been property accounted for, work through the appeals pro-

open communication,�

McEwen said. “It’s not just about budget issues, but long-term needs. It’s no secret the schools are growing and the capacity of the schools will have to grow accordingly.�

The relationship bet we e n Pe n d e r C o u n t y Commissioners and School Board members hit a low point in 2015 when the School Board considered a lawsuit against Commissioners for failure to adequately fund the schools.

School officials decided not to pursue a lawsuit and went with mitigation to resolve the issue.

The relationship has warmed since then, especially through Hurricane Florence as both boards worked together to repair and reopen Pender County schools. “More than anything, it’s an opportunity for both boards to get together and make sure they are on the same page about issues.

Clear communication is important,� McEwen said.

From Staff Reports The Surf City Town Council met Mar, 15, for its monthly workshop meeting, with three items on the agenda for discussion.

Newly appointed Emergency Management Director James Horne presented the draft of a revised Emergency Management Ordinance Update for the council to review and comment on. While not relieving any individual departments of their responsibilities in an emergency, the ordinance revision clarifies how the director will work in conjunction with all departments, the town manager, and the governing body in a time of emergency.

The discussion addressed the communications problems encountered during Florence, with Councilman Donald Helms citing the areawide loss of communications at the height of the emergency. Helms noted that the phones were out, the internet was down, radios were inoperable, and only Citizens Band (CB) radio communication was possible. “We don’t do smoke signals� he said.

A resolution requesting the NCDOT to reduce the speed limit on Route 210/50 from the bridge to the CVS intersection was pulled from the consent agenda at the Mar. 5 council meeting. Chief Ron Shanahan addressed the issue as the second workshop agenda item.

According to Chief Shanahan, this stretch of roadway has been the site of numerous accidents, 46 in 2016, 54 in 2017, and 48 in 2018. The commercial and residential development along this corridor, both existing and planned, along with the center “suicide lane� design, have contributed to making this stretch of highway increasingly dangerous.

cidentally throw away the revaluation letter by mistake. So we are sending a card first to let people know to expect the revaluation,�

Pound said.

Storm damage is a factor in the current revaluation, with Hurricane Florence hitting Pender County in the middle of the property revaluation process. In addition, the tax office is using new computer software for this

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Pender Spring Fest is crankin’ up to celebrate the good life in our county.

For many, it has been, and for some it still is, a long, slow come-back from a fierce hurricane season.

Pender folks are ready for

some blue skies. Ready to step out into the sunshine of a new day! Ready to surround themselves with family, friends, neighbors and extended community who have worked together to help each other bear the weight of that ordeal.

And what better way to do that than by uniting at

our annual celebration of all that is Pender County.

Pe n d e r S p r i n g Fe s t means homemade food, handmade arts and crafts, homegrown flowers and plants, as well as our homegrown talent performing on the main stage and beneath the Pender County School’s giant Art Tent.

The Pender County Spring Fest logo from 1983. See page 12A for this years Spring Fest Blast from the Past contest.

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4H Club helps with hurricane relief

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The members of the Hooves, Spurs and Furs 4-H Club of Pender County know what it’s like to survive a disaster. Being from one of the hardest hit areas affected by Hurricane Florence and aware that our community is still recovering, the club believes that it’s their turn - now they are being called into action to help others in need. The group wants to spread the word about their service project, which involves collecting and sending supplies to flood victims in Nebraska.

Christina Dolengo, Leader of the Hooves, Spurs and Furs Club along with her co-leader Haley Moseley, said that the idea came about because the current Pender County 4-H Agent, Liz Peterson, is from the state of Nebraska. Peterson has been with us in Pender County for almost two years, and has done much good for our community and our 4-H’ers.

“Nearly all my 4-H’ers were affected in one way or another by the hurricane, and this has made them closer to their community,” began Dolengo. “We have

Spring Fest Continued from page 1A Cancellation Stamp, is currently manifesting in the annual logo contest. age eligible, Pender County budding artists, designing a logo, in three colors, to advertise Pender Spring Fest 2019, can drop off their entrees (with names and contact information on the back) at either the Burgaw or Hampstead branch of the Pender County Public

children that were displaced from their homes, lived in shelters and truly know what it means to lose everything. Sadly, the communities the hardest hit in Nebraska, such as Columbus, have not had much media coverage.”

The 4-H’ers saw firsthand how other communities stepped in to help families here in Pender County, and now they want to give back and help the flood victims in Nebraska.

With the donation drive on such short notice, they are simply asking for every person affected by Florence to donate one item to help.

There will be a truck heading out Thursday to deliver the goods.

“Being one of the hardest hit areas here in NC affected by Hurricane Florence, we as a community are able to relate to every emotion that these folks are feeling right now. These folks are dealing with frigid temperatures on top of being wet. It was one thing to be wet and humid during the flooding here, I could not imagine being cold and wet,” said Dolengo.

During the hurricane, Dolengo and her family decided to stay home. Unfortunately, they were there

when the water started to rise. Her family was wet and scared as they evacuated into the shelter with only a change of clothes in their backpacks. Having lived through this situation has given her new insight as a survivor of a disaster.

The items that are most needed at this time are: rubber cleaning gloves, dust / N95 masks, buckets, bleach, heavy duty black garbage bags, scrub brushes, Clorox wipes, diapers, wipes, drink mixes for water bottles, non-perishable food items, snacks, manual can openers, plastic / paper dishes and utensils, new blankets and pillows, socks, toilet paper, new bath towels, dog and cat food, food for livestock, fencing supplies for livestock, cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer, hygiene items, sandals ( to wear and let shoes dry out), rubber muck boots, tools to muck out homes (shovels, brooms, rakes, pry bars).

The 4-H’ers we also will be making hygiene kits to be delivered to families in the shelter. One hygiene kit will cover one family for at least two weeks. Their goal is to make 100 kits that will include two new bath towels, one bottle of shampoo, two bottles of hand soap,

Library by 5 p.m. Friday, Mar. 29. The awards ceremony, announcing first, second, third places and honorable mentions, will be held April 9 at 5:30 p.m. at the Burgaw Library.

Exhibitors and entertainment Pender County visual and culinary artists, educational, community service and non-profit groups, wishing to share their talents and interests, can apply for a free space at the festival by downloading an application from the

Pender Spring Fest Facebook Page and returning it to, or calling Ross Harrell, at Rochelle Furniture, in downtown Burgaw, 910 259 4844.

To join the entertainment line-up, call Rochelle Whiteside at 910 617 2368 or email at whitesider51@ hotmail.com.

The deadline for applications is April 1.

This may be a year when we have a stronger need to feel the support and family connections of our

sweet, southern community. Reach out, come out, and be a part of our own Pender County Show n’ Tell. Celebrate who we are and what we do in our special spot on this earth, which we call home. Share your Handmade, Homemade and Homegrown talents and interests with friends and neighbors, on our scenic Courthouse Square, in Burgaw, at Pender Spring Fest, 2019 May 4.

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changes to the town budget, since the expenses related to hurricane Florence and the recovery efforts have put a strain on the town’s finances. She indicated that it might be necessary for the town to seek a hurricane recovery loan to cover costs, with the loan to be repaid as reimbursements come in.

Ms. Loftis, who prior to her appointment as town manager served as the town’s finance director, has a good handle on the financial challenges facing Surf City. ”We don’ t want our first line of defense to be a loan,” she said, while stressing the importance of increasing and maintaining a healthy fund balance – something she’s been working to achieve since she was first hired.

She also advocated the establishment of a good capital improvement plan to provide for future capital purchases (vehicles, fire trucks, street paving, etc).

Loftis also recommended the council consider placing some unused town owned properties on Topsail Island for sale, and informed the council that there may yet be a possibility of using their Juniper Swamp land for sewer discharge.

The Council adjourned to go into a closed session for discussion of personnel matters.

Pender EMS and Fire Report Mar. 10-16 Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: 204 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 46 Sloop Point Station 14 18 Hampstead Station 16 32 Surf City Station 23 15 Topsail Beach Station 4 5 Union Station 5 21 Rocky Point Station 7 37 Atkinson Station 9 18 Maple Hill Station 13 1 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 Station 29 11 Type of Calls Cancelled: 45 Refusals: 46 Stand by: 2 Transported: 91 Treated/released: 20 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 35 Calls per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 3 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 0 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 10 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 10 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 1 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 10 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 South 1 EMS St. 4 Topsail Beach 0 Fire Call Type Summary Fire 6 Motor Vehicle Crash 5 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 16 Cancelled 8 Ocean Rescue 0

Continued from page 1A The reduction in the speed limit from the current 45mph to the proposed 35mph, would increase the travel time from the bridge to the traffic light at CVS by 15 to 18 seconds, but the reduced speed would lessen the probability and severity of a collision.

Recognizing that Chief Shanahan is charged with the responsibility for the safety of residents and visitors, both Councilwoman Teresa Batts and Councilman Jeremy Shugarts favored acceptance of the Chief ’s recommendation to reduce the speed limit.

Councilman Helms, Councilman Buddy Fowler, and Councilwoman Nelva Albury favored petitioning the state to conduct a traffic study to determine whether or not this proposed action was sensible. Mayor Doug Medlin asked that the study also consider Hwy 50 west of the CVS light, past the Publix entrances.

For the final agenda item Town Manager Ashley Loftis kicked off the budget season by asking the council for any ideas or suggestions they might wish to have incorporated during the budget process. She explained that she was not anticipating any significant

razor, toothpaste and a multi-pack of toothbrushes and deodorant.

They will be also collecting gift cards to send to victims until April 30. Even the smallest amount, $5, $10 or $20 to a grocery store, Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot or other stores will help the victims start to rebuild their lives.

The group is requesting that donations be dropped off at the Pender County 4-H office, located at 801 S.Walker St. in Burgaw between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. through March 21. If you would like to donate and cannot drop the items off at the 4-H office, someone can pick up the items. In this situation, contact Liz Peterson at Eapeter2@ncsu. edu, Haley Moseley at HaleyMoseley843@gmail.com or Christina Dolengo at Dolengofarm@gmail.com.

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Opinion Thursday, March 21, 2019, Page 3A

On Island Time

Missy Carswell missy@ islandtimeanytime.com

Believe I’m not a big TV watcher, but the constant marathon of Christmas movies in December caught me off guard.

Having the attention span of a toddler, watching an entire movie in one sitting is a challenge for me.

I do enjoy taping a few shows, and fast-forwarding through commercials, but this was not an option with the Christmas movie marathon, so I got plenty of involuntary intermissions.

We watched Elf, Prancer, Santa Claus 2, it’s a Wonderful Life, Christmas Chronicles (my personal favorite) and more. Add to that The Great Light Fight, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Country Christmas, Christmas at the Rockefeller Center and Survivor, snuggled in a room surrounded by our beautiful Christmas tree, lighted snow village, nativity scene and bottomless bowls of popcorn we became shameless holiday couch potatoes.

Apparently, I am the only person on the planet who had never seen National Lampoon Christmas Vacation. My high school bestie even named her dogs after Audrey and Rusty. She couldn’t believe I had never seen it, and my man couldn’t believe I had never seen A Christmas Story either. I also enjoyed The Runway Christmas Bride, who again proved that money cannot buy happiness, love prevails, and it all begins within; Believing is Seeing. Particularly timely as we were in the process of planning our own holiday nuptials.

It’s funny, how different the movies were, all with the same common core: Believing. Believing in yourself, in the goodness of people, in the life you deserve, and in a greater power in the universe. Even now, as we watch new movies and old, they all seem to share this significant theme.

It is something I think most people know subconsciously, but for some reason often overlook.

Yes Virginia there really is a Santa Claus. We still revisit this iconic letter to the editor every year, though it was written over a century ago.

The word BELIEVE always takes me back to the Peach Bowl, 1992 I believe; ECU took on arch rival NC State in Atlanta.

We considered going but opted out and boy was I glad we did for most of the game.

It was pitiful and painful to watch the Wolfpack pounding the Pirates, to the point I suggested turning off the TV at halftime. Luckily my fellow fans had more faith than I, and they left it on.

It is a good thing, because the power of those Pirate fans believing, and chanting the same prompted

Notes from the Field

Jefferson Weaver

For everything that ails you While spring is a riot of greens and yellows, when the air turns warm, I tend to think of pink.

I don’t mean pink azaleas (which are pretty), hot pink bikinis (which like any man, I can’t help but admire), pink Oxford shirts (which I despise) or pink Cadillacs (which would be an abomination if modern Cadillacs weren’t already an automotive abomination).

I mean the pink of sassafras tea.

There are those who would probably argue with me that sassafras isn’t pink, but is more of an orange-red, or a rose-brown. Being a man, and therefore incapable of seeing beyond the most primary of colors, I will insist that sassafras tea is pink.

We are, regrettably, no longer a region of sassafras drinkers. Sassafras is full of vitamins, which is probably the primary benefit of the spring tonics of years gone by that used it as a base. A friend now passed away, whose family observed a spring tonickin’ almost as religiously as homecoming and revival at church, said sassafras was best in the spring since it was “good for everything that

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Jefferson Weaver ails you.”

At the risk of being indelicate, taken in large enough quantities it does have certain purgative effects that our ancestors considered healthful.

In my crawling through two-century-old records, I have found many a reference to sassafras, both being used domestically and exported.

If North Carolina is a house built of long leaf pine trees, the people who cut those pines and built that house drank sassafras tea long before a happy accident become the Taste of the Carolinas.

Being a devotee of licorice candy, I can’t help but notice a similarity of smells, that strongish, sweet odor wafting from both. Root beer, the

greatest of soft drinks, is a cousin of sassafras.

I have a happy memory of a grandmotherly lady, now many years dead, making sassafras candy from roots she gathered at the creek in her backyard. Many of my young friends thought Mrs. Norris was a witch, since she had a couple of black cats and was always doing something with roots and herbs.

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Preventing falls at home Dear Savvy Senior, My 79-year-old mother, who lives alone, has fallen several times over the past year. Are there any extra precautions we should take that can help prevent this?

Worried Daughter Dear Worried, Falls are a big concern for many elderly seniors and their families. Each year, 1-in-3 older Americans fall, making it the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries for those age 65 and older. But many falls can be prevented. Depending on what’s causing your mom to fall, here are some different tips that can help protect her. s%NCOURAGE EXERCISE Weak leg muscles and poor balance are two of the biggest risk factors that cause seniors to fall. Tai chi, walking, water aerobics and strength training are all good for improving balance and strength, as are a number of simple balance exercises that she can do anytime like standing on one foot for 30 seconds then switching to the other foot, and walking heel-totoe across the room.

For additional balance and leg strengthening exercises the National Institute on Aging offers free exercise guides and a DVD that you can order at Go4Life.nia.nih.gov. s2EVIEW HER MEDICATIONS Does your mom take any medicine, or combination of medicines, that make her dizzy, sleepy or lightheaded? If so, gather up all the drugs she takes – prescriptions and over-the-counter our team to take the lead and make history in the final quarter.

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– and take them to her doctor or pharmacist for a drug review and adjustment. s'ET HER VISION CHECKED Poor vision can be another contributor to falls, so get your mom’s eyes checked every year. She may be wearing the wrong glasses or have developed a condition such as glaucoma or cataracts that make it harder to see obstacles on the floor. s-ODIFY HER HOME There are also a number of simple household modifications you can do to make your mom’s living area safer. Start by arranging or moving the furniture so there are clear pathways to walk through, and by picking up items on the floor that could cause her to trip like newspapers, shoes, clothes, electrical or phone cords.

If she has throw rugs, remove them or use double-sided tape to secure them.

In the bathroom buy some non-skid rugs for the floors and a rubber suction-grip mat or adhesive non-skid tape for the floor of the tub or shower, and have a carpenter install grab bars in and around the tub/ shower for support.

Also, make sure the lighting throughout the house is good, purchase some inexpensive plugin nightlights for the bathrooms and hallways, and if she has stairs, put handrails on both sides.

For more tips, call beliefs impact your experience? You might be surprised, because believing is seeing, it is not the other way around. What

the Eldercare Locater at 800-677-1116 and order a free copy of their “Preventing Falls at Home” brochure. Or, get an occupational therapist to come in and assess your mom’s home for fall risks. Medicare will pay for this service if prescribed by a doctor. s#HOOSE SAFE FOOTWEAR Your mom should be aware that going barefoot or wearing slippers or socks at home can also cause falls, as can wearing backless shoes, high heels, and shoes with smooth leather soles.

The safest option are rubber-soled, low-heeled shoes. s0URCHASE SOME HELPFUL AIDS If your mom needs some help, talk to her doctor or a physical therapist about getting her fit for a cane or walker.

Also, to help ensure your mom’s safety, and provide you some peace of mind, get her a medical alert device like Bay Alarm Medical (BayAlarmMedical.com), one of the most reliable and affordable devices available today. For less than $1 per day, this offers an emergency alert button – either in the form of a necklace pendent, wristband or wall-mounted buttons placed in high fall risk areas like the bathroom and kitchen – so she could call for help anytime if she were to fall or need assistance.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book. we focus on expands, and we usually find more of whatever it is we expect to see.

BELIEVE.

One of the joys of winter is the chance to enjoy an uncrowded beach, and in fact, oftentimes Kathy and I have the beach to ourselves. It’s special in the fog, and radiantly beautiful in bright sun.

In fog, the sounds are muffled, and with small wave action, the quiet is cathedral like. The seam between sea and sky isn’t visible, but during a long walk as the sun climbs above the horizon, the margin can appear as broad swaths of color: maroon, deep orange, yellow and the sun can stay behind the cloud cover, or appear as a white disk cutting through the thin wisp of overcast.

Other times, the morning is crisp and clear, ‘severe clear’ in pilot’s lingo, and from the south end of Topsail Beach you can easily pick out Shell Island Resort and Wrightsville Beach.

Sometimes the seas are calm and regular, other times offshore storms churn the ocean into a foaming, crashing confusion of wind and water.

Sometimes the beach is wide at low tide, narrow at high tide, a pleasure to walk on or a difficult slog though tide saturated sand. Some times we are all alone, other times we are in the company of runners and strollers, shell and shark’s teeth collectors, dog-walkers, and surf fishers.

Every time is the same as some other time, but every time is different in some way, and that’s what keeps bringing us back.

And, we always pick up a few of the sand pebbles, remnants of boulders eroded from the mountains to the west, tumbled along rivers and rocky stream bottoms over the eons, finally washing out to the ocean as lima bean shaped pebbles.

Kathy and I were both surprised recently when we got to our favorite beach. As soon as we got to the end of the walkway over the dune we saw, instead of empty beach, two people with hoes and rakes making a huge drawing design across the wide flat low tide beach.

I walked up to find out what the event might be.

“Good morning,” I opened, “What’s going on?”

“We’re artists,” the man said, “We came out here and this is our Valentine’s Day present, some art work, the wife and I. We live in Wilmington. I’m a landscape architect, and

I can draw curvy lines better than most, and now we’re going to connect them together.”

I introduced myself, and he told me he was Jeff Walsh and she was Jamie.

“Is she an artist, too?” I asked.

“She is, and her father’s an architect. The two of us have this thing together, we just love coming out here, I do Mandalas in the sand, she draws ‘em on rocks and we leave ‘em in places. We keep ‘em in the car. Her mom makes ‘em, I make ‘em on paper and she likes rocks.”

“Do you have a particular design in mind?” I asked.

Jeff pointed to his earbuds, “No, I just have some flute music in my head, Carlos Nakai, and when the flute plays, I kinda’ make the lines.”

I let Jeff get back to work, and Kathy and I meandered down a bit further, looking at the art work in the sand, and eventually caught up with the other artist.

“I’m Jamie Schaible ,” she said, “And yes, this is an original design, from the heart. I started here, and there’s two sets of spirals.”

“How did you get started, doing this?” I asked.

“My dad’s an architect for the State of California, and being raised by an architect, you have an appreciation for art, and he always said, “I’m not an engineer, I’m a philosopher.” So I was raised with art being more about philosophy, the beauty and the poetry.

“When I create, I feel the rhythm in it,” she said.

Jamie explained that she had moved here for work, “I’m excited to be here, on the east coast, after being raised on the west coast. I came here just a few days after the hurricane.”

She came to work as Managing Director for Arrive Hotels & Restaurants, putting new life into the former Wilmingtonian Hotel.

Work had taken Jamie away from the Pacific Coast to the mountains near Santa Fe, NM. “Found my soul home,” she said, “High elevation. I could always go back, but I’m happy to be oceanside again. I live downtown, and love being within walking distance to work.”

“Where are you going with this?” I asked, as we turned to see how Jeff was coming along. “He’s going with the flow,” she said, and we watched him for a few minutes dragging a rake through the sand this way and that as his design developed.

We talked about other things in the area that first time visitors need to know about, and she shared a recent experience, a maple sugar farm near Stone Continued on page 4A

Artists Jeff and Jaime express their love of beach, sea and sky in sand mandalas, symbols of the universe.

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My Spin

Tom Campbell

The end of a 62-year love affair This weekend marks the end of a sports era.

Since I was around at the beginning, I want to join others in mourning the loss of over-the-air broadcasts of ACC sports.

Most pundits incorrectly credit the genesis of televised college basketball to the 1957 UNC championships. But it was actually UNC President Bill Friday, VP Billy Carmichael and band leader Kay Kyser who secured the license for universityowned WUNC-TV in 1955.

TV was new, with lots of programming experimentation.

Art Chansky, in his book Light Blue Reign: How a City Slicker, a Quiet

Kansan and a Mountain Man Built College Basketball’s Longest-Lasting Dynasty, recounts the first televised game on WUNC between UNC and Wake Forest, using two cameras broadcasting in black and white from Woolen Gymnasium.

There was no audio because radio stations, worried about competition, convinced the university to only show the video, something they termed “Broadvision.” Three more games were televised in 1956, before the Feb. 9, 1957 telecast between Carolina and their archrival Duke, when commercial stations in Greensboro, Raleigh and Charlotte were added.

Carmichael and Friday ordered that a sledgehammer and picks tear out a hole in the cement block wall so the camera lens could display better views.

The sold-out game drew a significant audience.

Castleman D. Chesley was a sports producer for NBC and noticed the interest in the undefeated UNC basketball team. He saw an opportunity. In 1957 my father, A. Hartwell Campbell, was general manager of WNCT-TV in Greenville, one of the few TV stations on the air. My dad

recalled the meeting with Chesley, who immediately asked dad how big a gambler he was. He explained he was forming a network to televise UNC’s Eastern regional games in Philadelphia and the Semifinal and Final tournament games from Kansas City.

To rent the television equipment, secure the telephone lines and hire the people necessary, Chesley had to guarantee a large up-front investment.

The gamble was that the tournament was a single elimination event; one loss and Carolina went home. WNCT would have to commit to paying Chesley $25,000 and might only broadcast one game.

The station would receive one-half of the ad availabilities to sell. Dad asked how long he had to decide and Chesley gave him 24 hours.

My father immediately called Jack Minges, part of the family that owned Pepsi Cola franchises in eastern Carolina, telling Minges he either had the greatest promotional opportunity ever offered or the craziest waste of money.

For $25,000, Pepsi could have one quarter of the advertising availabilities.

Minges agreed and, along

with four other stations, the network crystalized.

Tipoff time for the games was 10 p.m. As a 12-year-old I got special permission to stay up to watch the black and white broadcasts, with the two final games going into triple overtime before the underdog Tar Heels beat Michigan State, then the Wilt Chamberlin-led Kansas Jayhawks to win the NCAA championship.

You could barely read the numbers on the players jerseys; they looked a little like ants running up and down the court. Even so, an estimated 100,000 people watched the final game.

Buoyed by the great interest, Chesley secured the rights to broadcast 12 games in the 1958 season, along with three football games. Our Saturday

afternoons were spent watching and listening to Jim Thacker, Billy Packer, Charlie Harville and Bones McKinney call the games. Chesley quickly partnered with Jefferson Pilot Broadcasting and expanded the offerings.

What Everett Case, the Indiana native, had started by coming to NC State, reached almost a fever pitch through television.

The premiere event was always the ACC basketball tournament. Friday’s daylong schedule prompted many a person to develop a sudden “fever” and skip work. I plead guilty to joining that number frequently.

When the league expanded to include a number of teams in which I have no affinity or interest, then allowed TV to dictate game times,

I began losing interest. In 2016 the ACC announced it was ending the over-theair broadcasts with this year’s ACC tournament and forming the ACC Network. Alas, the 62-year love affair that began when I was 12 watching black and white telecasts has come to an end. It remains to be seen whether others will find the love affair over.

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 UNCTV main channel Fridays at 7:30pm, Sundays 12:30pm and UNC North Carolina Channel Fridays at 10:00pm, Saturdays at 4:00pm and Sundays at 10:00am. Contact him at www.ncspin.com.

PCU director to serve on NC Rural Water Board From Staff Reports Kenny Keel, Pender County Utilities director, was appointed to the NC Rural Water Association (NCRWA) board of directors.

The NCRWA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping their members attain the highest

standard in drinking water and wastewater service.

The organization serves members statewide and is governed by a volunteer board of directors from the association’s membership.

“We are very pleased to have Kenny Keel in this leadership role, advocating for Pender County and the

statewide water quality,” said Randell Woodruff, Pender County manager.

Keel previously served on the NCRWA board of directors when he worked for the Town of Hillsborough.

He has served as Pender County’s utilities director since 2017.

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of by chewing gum manufacturers.

But the heart of the sassafras is still in its roots.

Dug, chopped, and pulled from the earth, the best way to harvest sassafras is still by hand. Cut away the inevitable poison ivy and ground vines, chop the trunk, and dig down on all four sides. Grab the trunk, yank it back and forth, and then pull.

With luck, the tiny tendrils from the tap root will break free, and you’ll stagger backward, wondering how a five-foot sassafras tree had two feet of thick root. If your luck isn’t holding, you’ll need to dig and chop some more.

It’s worth the effort.

Sassafras is a friendly tree, and more often than not, you’ll find several sets of roots growing together as if for companionship.

Some folks like the little trees, the saplings. I prefer to dig out one or two big ones, half the size of a good lightard knot. These are the ones that can provide a handful of splinters or a lump or two that fit easily in a pot on the stove.

Sassafras must be washed, of course, lest you end up with a layer of boiled, sweet-smelling mud in the bottom of the teapot.

The trunk, too, is useful—I have made axe, hoe and hammer handles out of a good specimen of well-dried sassafras. While not as straight as ash or hickory, and knottier than dogwood, my sassafras-

handled belt axe was a faithful companion until someone admired it too much.

It wasn’t the smell that led some Southern Indian tribes to use sassafras for cassa-tetes, the warclub also known as a tomahawk (as opposed to the belt axe white men called a tomahawk).

I was amused but vaguely offended the first time I saw “Sassafras Concentrate” bottled and sanitarily sealed in a grocery store. While the concentrate is both convenient and tasty as a beverage—it even smells right—that’s where the similarity ends.

It can never replace the sassafras tea made from roots steeped and cooked in a battered saucepan, or boiled in a tin cup with a dash of brown sugar beside a campfire.

And even if I could find Mrs. Norris’ recipe, I sincerely doubt the bottled stuff could make real sassafras candy.

No screw-top bottle could ever replace roots dug and pulled and washed by hand, staining one’s fingers the bright, warm pink color of spring’s tonic for all that ails you.

Continued from page 3A was making soap, and the lye was poisonous, so she kept us away for our own safety. Still, it was neat to be seven and have a witch living next door. She died four decades ago, and regrettably, I never found out how to make sassafras candy.

My outdoors mentor, Mr. Woody Eason, told me that sassafras was best gathered between the first two full moons of spring.

Why this is so I have no idea. I’m not sure there is any scientific or horticultural basis in the preferred harvest time. I know that the roots are sweetest when the sap is rising, but the tea is darkest when gathered in the late summer.

We are approaching that time, when the waxy, three or four fingered “sassy” leaves are well painted in their soft green.

They will wear that color until late August, when they become some of the first trees to greet the eventual arrival of fall with a shocking, blazing red that belies the discretion of their spring and summer wardrobe.

Real, old-fashioned wallowing hogs, happy goats and thoughtful donkeys love the tender ends of branches. When he’s lucky enough to find one at the right time, a young boy can chew and suck the buds for hours undreamt

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Continued from page 3A Mountain, NC. Kathy had wandered down the beach a little further for her morning meditation, and I made my goodbyes and joined her, to continue our morning walk, now with the remaining beach ahead all to ourselves.

“Severe clear,” is the term used by pilots to describe an atmosphere free of haze and humidity, and this was one of those days, with the visibility so fine the buildings on Wrightsville Beach stood out clearly, the day cold and crisp with a gentle breeze. Other

times we have walked in the fog, self-contained in a little cocoon of grayness, nothing visible ahead or behind, only the dunes on one side and the ocean lapping the sand on the other, sometimes the disc of the sun filtered through the fog above, but giving only a little light and no heat.

These are the perfect winter walking days, and now, in March, to be savored because all too soon, winter joy will turn to spring joy, summer joy and fall joy, each of the beach seasons being distinctly different in character, each being the best time of the year to be on the beach in its own way.

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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Basketball camp scholarship deadline is Mar. 31

The 16th Annual NC Blueberry Festival Pancake Breakfast Feb. 23 in Burgaw saw a record attendance of about 1,500. The breakfast was staffed by volunteers from the community, include dozens of area students from the middle school, high school and early college. One guest, visiting from out of town, said “Everyone was so friendly and the atmosphere reminded me of a family gathering.

The pancakes were delicious as was the sausage. The high school students really hustled and were great ambassadors for the festival. Their families and community can be proud that they represent the future.” The guest chef was Sam Cahoon. Proceeds from the pancake breakfast, as well as the NC Blueberry Festival, go to the Scholarship Program for area students going into college.

The scholarship application is available on the NC Blueberry Festival website www.ncblueberryfestival.com.

The deadline is quickly approaching for rising sixth, seventh and eighth graders to apply for a scholarship from Four County EMC to attend basketball camp this summer.

Each year, Four County EMC awards two Touchstone Energy Sports Camp Scholarships: one for a young man to attend the Roy Williams Basketball Camp at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and one for a young woman to attend the Wolfpack Women’s Basketball Camp at N.C. State University in Raleigh. Applications must be postmarked by Sunday, March 31.

“While the physical benefits of playing sports are quite obvious, there are other benefits that are just as important for children.

The Touchstone Energy

Sports Camp Scholarship recipients will learn fundamental basketball skills, work collaboratively with teammates, and be encouraged to set goals and establish new friendships. Four County EMC is excited to offer the opportunity for two students to attend again this year. We are confident camp graduates will gain new skills that will develop their character and help them excel on and off the court,” said Director of Corporate Communications Gay Johnson.

At the camps, students stay overnight in campus dorms, learn fundamental basketball and life skills, and receive individual and g roup instruction from Division 1 coaches.

Wes Moore, coach of the Wolfpack Women’s basketball team, and Roy Wil-

liams, coach of the Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team, will direct the camps with the help of staff, as well as current and former players.

To be eligible to win, students must be in the sixth, seventh or eighth grade during the 2019-2020 school year. Applicants must have permission from a parent or guardian to attend the overnight camp and must provide their own transportation to and from the camp if selected to attend.

Applications and more information can be found at www.fourcty.org or by contacting Gay Johnson at 910-259-2171. Applicants will be judged on academics, extracurricular activities and a required essay.

Winners are expected to be announced by May 1.

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Wizard of Oz Christanity

By Rev. Ken Smith Contributing Writer But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:33 On May 17 1900, the children’s novel written by author L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was published to a wide approval from its audience. As the years have passed, we still can recall the colorful cast of characters and their impact on our childhood.

Even if you have never read the book of knew or the 1902 Broadway musical adaptation, I’m certain the vast majority of you have seen the 1939 musical film adaptation staring Judy Garland.

Dorothy has found herself in the Land of Oz and encounters a Scarecrow who desires a brain, a Tin Woodman who needs a heart and a Cowardly Lion that wants courage.

They discover that to receive what is needed they had to seek out the Wizard of Oz. Could Christians see a parallel between some of these famous characters?

Could we use these very fictional figures to teach another generation about the promises found in

scriptures?

The Scarecrow, who wanted a brain, reminds us of the need of having a new mind in Christ. The apostle Paul declares in Romans 12:2, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.�

When we come into a relationship with Christ, He gives us a new mind.

What dwells in our thought life moves from our own selfless ambitions and begins to move to what is best for those around us.

It is also important to have our minds renewed because often Satan will attack our thought life.

Satan will try to bring our past back to our thought life in order to discourage us.

However, Christ wants us to focus on His forgiveness and stop allowing our past to defeat us. Satan will also attack your mind to convince you that you are not good enough to be saved. When that comes across your mind, remember that we are not saved by our good deeds, but by God’s grace.

The rusty Tin Woodman would only be complete with a heart. Eze-

kiel 36:26, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.� When we think about a person’s heart, often the idea is what they are passionate about. I promise it doesn’t take long to discover what a person has passion for.

A grandparent will pull out photos from their wallet to show off their adorable grandchildren.

A sports fanatic can talk for hours about the recent game and list the stats of their favorite player.

If someone were to view you computer’s search history, would they learn that you have a passion for gossip or the Gospel? If an individual were to view your check book would they discover you spend more on the movies than on missions? Believers in Christ can brag on their grandchildren, enjoy watching a basketball game and go to the movies. However, it we put anything of this world above Christ than we lack a true heart of passion for Him. Finally, we know that the Cowardly Lion needed what all believers need in this world, courage. Deuteronomy 31:6, “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because

of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.�

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is acting in spite of the fear. Nobody knows this better than Christians who defend their faith in places where Christianity isn’t the leading religion and are mistreated for their beliefs.

These people know

fear, but move forward nevertheless. They don’t allow their fear to paralyze them. They confront anxiety, discomfort, perceived danger, doubt and intimidation head on because they know they are called to do this. Never forget that with God’s protection and guidance, we have nothing to fear and can conquer anything.

I encourage you this week to remember that

God is the giver of good gifts and can supply what you spiritually need.

Rev. Billy Graham once proclaimed, “We can be certain that God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that he ordains.�

You are not alone on this spiritual journey and God will not abandon you in your time of need.

Spring Fling at Barlow-Vista Baptist Church Barlow-Vista Baptist Church will have a free Spring Fling for the community April 13 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Bring your empty Easter basket! Enjoy games, hay rides, cotton candy, pop corn, a bounce house, and an egg hunt along with a hot dog lunch. Also, there will be a Goodie Bag for each child Come and enjoy the fun!. BarlowVista Baptist Church is located at 22340 US Hwy 17 N Hampstead

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HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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

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

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH

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WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

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

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

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

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

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

RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH Choir Practice & Bible Study, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Youth Group Every Other Wed. 6-7:30 p.m.

19845 NC Hwy. 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 910-675-2127 Jim Herchenhahn / Pastor ROCKY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. & 10:50 a.m. Youth each Sunday at 6:00 p.m. located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210 Pastor Mark Murphy Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6:00 p.m. / Study for all ages 7:00 p.m.

Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

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

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

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

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

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

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

Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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Lovie Chadwick Lanier JAC K S O N V I L L E - Lovie Chadwick Lanier, 83, passed away peacefully Thursday, Mar. 14, 2019, surrounded by her loving family at Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville.

On April 20, 1954, she married the love of her life, O. Ward Lanier in Conway, SC. Ward preceded her in death on Sept. 8, 1994.

Lovie was a devoted and loving wife, mother, and grandma. Her children and grandchildren brought her much joy. She was a member of Blue Creek Baptist Church in Jacksonville and enjoyed sharing the Word of God. Lovie worked as a legal secretary for 30 years. She also worked beside her husband, Ward, building Tire Country, the family business.

Lovie was preceded in death by her beloved son, Terry Ward Lanier of Jacksonville and her parents, William and Flossie Croom Chadwick of Burgaw. Also preceding her in death were brothers, Bill Chadwick of Wilmington, Frank Chadwick of Elizabethtown and Arthur B. Chadwick of Little River, SC; sis-

ters, Joanne Burroughs of Conway, and M. Elizabeth Kornegay of Wilmington, Doris Crow of Joplin, MO and an infant sister, Flossie Mae. She leaves behind to cherish her life and memories, one son, Jamie Karol Lanier and wife, Sharri W. Lanier of Jacksonville; three grandchildren, Jamie Ryan Lanier and Michael Ward Lanier of Jacksonville and Lindsey Nicole Lanier of SC. In addition, she had many nieces and nephews that loved her dearly. Lovie also had a very special friend, confidant and hair stylist, Misty Kellum of Jacksonville.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday Mar 20, noon at Blue Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Philip Shepard officiating.

Entombment will follow at Onslow Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends one hour prior at the church. Internet condolences may be left at www. jonesfh.org

David Allen Wells WATHA -- David Allen Wells, 74, of Watha passed gently from his earthly life Saturday, Mar. 9, 2019

Obituaries

at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

He was born Jan. 4, 1945 in Duplin County, the son of the late Charlie William and Aline Wells. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Bennie W. Wells and Ray Wells.

Allen is survived by his beloved wife, Ellen Whitley Wells; brother, Phillip Ira Wells and his wife, Terry; sister, Faye Brown and her husband, Leamon; nieces, Jessica Hudson, Melissa Daniel and her husband, Keith, Allyson Wells and Dreama Tirasedtanun; sister-in-law, Carolyn Wells; and many extended family and friends.

Allen served his country honorably in the US Army during the Vietnam Conflict. He was a member of Mt Holly Baptist Church.

He served his community as a commissioner for Town of Watha.

Allen lived simply and with intention. He woke up early, worked hard and held a strong faith in the Lord.

NASCAR, dirt track racing, and tinkering with tractors and equipment were among the things he most enjoyed.

He only had six tractors!

He was a hobby far mer and gardener which put his tractors to use. Allen was proud of all the pigs he and Phillip have cooked for family, community and friends through the years.

His joy in life, love for his dear Ellen, love for family, and winning smile will long be remembered.

A memorial service was 11 a.m. Friday, Mar. 15, 2019 at Mt. Holly Baptist Church with visitation following

the service in the church sanctuary. The Rev. Merrell McKoy conducted the service.

It would be a wonderful tribute to Allen if you would consider in lieu of flowers a memorial gift to Mt. Holly Baptist Church Men’s Ministry, 5551 US H w y 1 1 7 , B u r g aw, N C 28425.

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

Delores Wells Chadwick WILLARD -- Delores Wells Chadwick age 86 of Willard, passed from this earthly life Tuesday Mar. 12, 2019 at Pender Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family.

She was born Nov. 3, 1932 in Pender County, daughter of the late Arthur and Liddie Rivenbark Wells.

She was also predeceased by her husband, Clayton Chadwick Sr. and brothers, Alan, Johnny, W.E., J.P., and Nathan Wells.

She is survived by two sons, Tim Chadwick and wife Tia, and Clayton Chadwick Jr. and friend Alan Utz; daughter, Lois C. Sykes and husband Tony all of Willard; seven grandchildren, Zachary M. Chadwick, Conner Chadwick,

Mickey Westburg, Ryan Westburg, Amy Sykes, Tyler Sykes, and Aren Sykes; and many nieces and nephews.

The family received friends 6-7:30 p.m. Mar. 14 at Harrell’s Funeral Home.

Graveside services were at 11 a.m. Friday Mar. 15, 2019 at Chadwick Family Cemetery.

Delores was a wonderful homemaker and a loving wife and mother. She loved to garden with her husband and enjoyed caring for her family. The family would like to thank Jewel C. Caison for her loving care of our mother, and the staff of Pender Memorial Hospital for their wonderful care of our mom, and the kindness they showed to our family.

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.

Carl Wayne Woodward IVANHOE -- Carl Wayne Woodward, 82, of Ivanhoe passed peacefully from his earthly life Saturday, Mar. 16, 2019 at NorthChase Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

He was bor n Feb. 16, 1937, the son of the late Guy Edward and Theresa Bland Woodward.

Wayne is survived by his devoted wife of 57 years, Mary Ivy Woodward; daughter Rhonda Woodward Har-

vell and her husband, Stan; son, Kenneth Wayne Woodward; grandchildren, Carly Harvell Shepard and her husband Brian, Kendall Harvell and his fiancée Marisol Lopez, and Marshall Woodward; extended family and friends.

Wayne served his country proudly in the National Guard of Virginia and US Army Reserves. For many years Wayne was a faithful member of Haw Bluff Baptist Church.

He was a man of faith, a devoted husband, loving daddy and Pop-Pop. Wayne’s main mission in life was to share the Gospel of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. In sickness and in health Wayne’s faith in Jesus Christ never wavered.

As long as health permitted Wayne was an avid hunter and fisherman, but his real pride and joy was his 1931 roadster Model A car.

Wayne’s joyful Christian spirit on this earth will be missed. Amongst the legacies Wayne leaves are the importance of God, Family and Country The family received friends at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2019 at Haw Bluff Baptist Church Fellowship Hall with service beginning at 11 a.m. in the church sanctuary. The Rev. Jacob Lewis and The Rev. Chris Wroten conducted the service. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

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

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

Willard Outreach to hold Anniversary Banquet Mar. 30

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Willard Outreach Community Center will hold its Black and Silver Anniversary Banquet to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The event will be held March 30 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., and will take place at the American Legion in Wallace.

Each year at the banquet, the organization celebrates the accomplishments that they have achieved over the past years of service to the community.

This year’s theme is “We’ve come a long way.”

Willard Outreach will rec-

ognize the six presidents of the organization that have passed the torch from 1994 to the present, beginning with founder Douglas E. Johnson, Sr., who served as president from 1994 to 1995.

Ronald Newkirk served from 1996 to 2002, Benny Corbett, Sr. from 2003 to 2005, Antonia Powell from 2005 to 2015 and Clifton West, Sr. has served as president of the organization since 2016.

“Why is it important to look back and reflect on the journey of this organization?,” current Willard Outreach President Clifton West, Sr. asked himself.

Crisis counseling available for hurricane survivors

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer

Pender County residents who are still recovering from Hurricane Florence and need a little hope can receive free crisis counseling. The Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) is designed to assist individuals and communities in recovering from the effects of disasters by providing communitybased outreach and psy-

choeducational services.

The CCP is operated by Trillium Health Resources through funding provided

by Hope4NC. Jennifer Witkowski, who leads Pender County Crisis Counseling Services, had started off helping animals. She merged her love for horses and her history of crisis work by starting the Eastern NC Emergency Equine Association before

“This organization started with a dream, a hope and a prayer. The goal was that one day we could affect the spirits, minds and dreams of our community’s kids, young adults and senior citizens by providing them with meaningful programs.

Our forefathers paved the way for us in this community from their tireless efforts, dedication, knowledge and pride they have for this community. So on our 25th anniversary, we want to reflect and honor them to let them know that they may not be here with us - but we are keeping the dream alive by passing the

torch. ‘We have come a long way.’”

Willard Outreach Center housed as many as 50 AmeriCorps volunteers for several months following Hurricane Florence, enabling them to continue helping residents in Pender County and surrounding areas.

The center provides tax assistance for low income individuals, a summer lunch program and offers a space for Vacation Bible School programs. They have also organized a program to help provide groceries for senior citizens.

The center has acquired a

new playground in recent years, and continues to hold an annual Fourth of July Parade for the community. The building also provides a place for English as a Second Language classes, exercise classes and more.

The guest speaker at the banquet will be Willard Outreach Founder Douglas E. Johnson, Sr. Several individuals will be recognized with the following awards: Lifetime achievement, Community Achievement, Woo Educational Scholarship honoring Geraldine G. Woodard and Nellie B.

Fields. There will also be a Band of Brothers trophy presentation.

The event will take place at the American Legion, located at 529 E Southerland St. in Wallace. Tickets to the banquet can be purchased for $20 per person, or to become a sponsor the cost is $100.

For more information, contact Clifton West at (910) 494-7233 or by email at cjforlife@hotmail.com; or contact Marscella Davis at (910) 284-1515 or email her at MarscellaDavis@yahoo. com. You can also find Willard Outreach Community Center on Facebook.

Kelly Spring Fest April 27 Parade begins at 10 a.m. on White Oak Road across from the Kelly Ball field ending at Centerville Baptist Church – Lineup by 9:30 a.m. Local live Entertainment by The Pink Slips Band begins immediately following the parade at the ball field Food, Arts and Craft vendors are welcome. All vendors will need to be registered by April 24. Booth rental is $25 for Craft Vendors and $100 for Food Vendors. Vendors should be set up by 9 a.m.

For more information kellyvolunteerfiredepartment@gmail.com

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist

Did PETA finally overstep their bounds?

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have been known to push the limits as an activist group in the past. Advertising campaigns featuring young actresses and models in the nude in protest of furs, billboards saying all people are Nazis to animals with photos of Jews in concentration camps across a hall from chickens in pens, or photoshopped models hanging from meat hooks covered in blood beside pig carcusses all drew the ire of vast majorities of people.

Don’t get me wrong, they also brought in funds to the non-profit group from the vegan movement and animal lovers as well.

But this time, maybe PETA went too far.

Just as President Trump brings both attention and criticism due to 280 charac-

Counseling Continued from page 8A Hurricane Florence hit.

During the disaster, the group helped evacuate livestock and their families, find shelter, and fed over 4,000 animal families in six counties. Then in the aftermath of the storm, she began leading a crisis counseling program for people in Pender County.

“The horse food banks became cow food banks, which became sheep food banks to cats and dogs; and then it changed to - If it eats… come on, we’ll feed it,” said Witkowski. “That

Tax Continued from page 1A “But because there could be so many properties that are damaged that we don’t know about, we are going to have four weeks of informal appeals with people from the reval teams and our appraisers to sit down in just about one-on-one settings with anyone who has questions about their

ters or less coming across social media platforms, in particular Twitter, PETA has brought anger upon themselves due to a misguided tweet.

A few weeks ago, on the late Steve Irwin’s birthday, PETA made mention of the well respected and loved Crocodile Hunter.

You see, Irwin wasn’t a real crocodile hunter. But he was a huge conservationist that loved crocodiles and all other animals.

From his familiar catch word, Crickey, to his passionate and informational lectures while interacting with all kinds of reptiles, serpents, and even furry beasts, Irwin was this generation’s Jim Fowler of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom fame.

Now, his family, consisting of his wife and two children, have taken up the mantle to educate the world about the inhabitants that share the planet with us. And just as Steve was well-loved, his family is equally adored.

But PETA stepped in it. #SteveIrwin was killed while harassing a ray; he dangled his baby while feeding a crocodile & wrestled wild animals who were minding their own business.

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sends a dangerous, fawning message. Wild animals are entitled to be left alone in their natural habitats.

Yes, PETA insisted Irwin was rightfully killed while harassing a stingray as well as participated in other questionable acts.

From that tweet, the world had had enough. Not of Steve Irwin mind you, but of PETA. A huge backlash from those that could all of a sudden see through the cloud of misinformation from PETA began, and it was extensive. Long time supporters of PETA who had set up monthly funding towards the g roup voiced their displeasure, cancelling all future transactions.

Celebrities made it clear that PETA was in the wrong on their own large social media followings.

The average person read headline after headline and witnessed news story after news story regarding PETAs summation.

I don’t even need to state how the outdoors community reacted. Hunters Against PETA lambasted the polar opposite activist group. Conservative groups explained what Steve Irwin and his legacy was and is really about, exposing PE-

TAs attempt at misleading the general public.

When the backlash hit a fevered pitch, one would expect PETA to either remain quiet or issue an toneddown response. Instead, PETA doubled down on their belief.

Steve Irwin’s actions were not on target with his supposed message of protecting wildlife. A real wildlife expert & someone who respects animals for the individuals they are leaves them to their own business in their natural homes.

Overall, people began to see PETA differently afterwards, some suggesting PETA pretends to love animals but secretly hates all creatures. While the saying goes ‘there is no such thing as bad press,’ this time, it may prove differently.

–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.

got bigger and bigger until that need started dying down between November and December. From there, the Pender LTRG (long term recovery group) was formed about eight weeks ago.”

The LTRG consists of nonprofits, faith-based organizations and charitable organizations who work together to meet the unmet needs of Pender County residents impacted by disaster. They collaborate to assess needs, offer resources and ensure that residents are assisted after all of their personal insurance, SBA loans, and FEMA assistance have been exhausted.

“We manage a team of six wonderful ladies who go out and assess mental health needs and do some basic linkages to services.

I have realized that Pender County was up the river without a paddle, and no one was stepping forward to figure out what the needs were in a very structural way,” said Witkowski. “We have a lot of great companies doing things in a very small capacity. I knew it would take someone getting all of the resources together to create sort of a funnel for clients.”

The group also provides a way to manage volunteers, a method to help ensure that items get to

those who need them, and a way to avoid duplication of benefits. The Pender LTRG is currently the only volunteer recovery group recognized by the county and it is also recognized as a NC VOAD organization.

“We are two-pronged.

We want to make sure all of the people who are helping can come together and work effectively. As for the survivors, I feel like a lot of people are frustrated.

They put in multiple applications, no one calls them back and they don’t know where to go. When you call us, you’ll get a system navigator. That

reval,” said Pound. “This is before anyone gets to the point to talking to the Board of Equalization and Review. We want to be able to mitigate the unknowns of this storm.”

Pound says the cards property owners will receive prior to the official notices will outline the appeals process. There will be information in the reval notices as well.

“If you have questions, call the tax office. We can look into the system and see if storm damage was a factor in your reval. Then if a property owner want to discuss it, come and talk with us,” Pound said.

It is important for property owners to have as much infor mation and documentation on storm damage as possible when meeting with tax officials.

“The more information you bring to this conversation, the better. If you have contractor’s estimates, insurance estimates, photos, or a dollar figure we can put to damages, it gives the appraisers more tools to work with,” said Pound.

“We want to be sensitive to people, but at the same time, we have to generate property values for the county.”

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Town of Burgaw Government News March 21, 2019 NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURES IN TOWN As construction on the Osgood Canal drainage improvement project continues, the following streets will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic: • S. Campbell Street will be closed for through traffic from E. Fremont St. to E Hayes St. Local traffic will be allowed for access to businesses and property owners.

• Portions of E. Satchwell will be closed for construction but access will remain from S. Bennett St. to access the Pender Memorial parking lot.

• S. Cowan Street will be closed from E. Fremont Street to S. Walker St. to through traffic. Local traffic will be allowed for access to property owners. The Osgood Canal Greenway will not be passable in these areas for pedestrian or bike travel as well.

These closures will last for up to 45 days and will not affect emergency room access to Pender Memorial Hospital. Please follow appropriate detours for your safety and the safety of our construction team. Thank you for your patience as we continue to work on improvements to our community.

BURGAW WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE PLAN: PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD The Town of Burgaw is required to allow public comment on the town’s draft Water Shortage Response Plan for at least 30 days prior to the adoption of the plan by the Town of Burgaw Board of Commissioners. A draft plan is available at the Customer Service desk at Town Hall, located at 109 North Walker Street or available on our website at http://townofburgaw.com/watersewer. Please submit comments to the Town Clerk at townofburgaw@townofburgaw.com or deliver to the Customer Service desk at Town Hall.

TOWN CALENDAR March 26 April 7

Board of Commissioners Meeting (Continued from March 12th) Easter Egg Scramble

5:30 PM 3:00 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 March 21, 2019 MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council 1st Tuesday of the month Planning Board 2nd Thursday of the month ________________________________________________________

Yard Debris Pickup April 8th – 12th Contractors will be picking up household vegetative debris, yard waste and tree trimmings. As a reminder, vegetation cannot be greater than six inches in diameter nor longer than four feet. Please stack debris neatly along th right of way prior to April 8 . Please do not place construction debris, appliances or other bulky items out at this time.

April 26, 2019 2:00pm National Arbor Day Celebration Soundside Park 517 Roland Ave.

Co m e help us celeb rate ou r 17th year r ecei vin g the Tr ee City US A A war d.

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PENDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS WANTED! A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! VOLUNTEER! The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following Boards/Commissions/Committees: Name of Board Advisory Board of Health Board of Adjustment Board of Equalization & Review Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

Library Board Planning Board Southeastern Community & Family Services Board District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek

# of Vacancies 3 3 2 7 1 1 1

Positions/Categories Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist*** District 1, District 3, District 4 At-Large, Alternate Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking District 3 Technical At-Large

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.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING PENDER COUNTY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF MEETING: March 21, 2019 TIME OF MEETING: 5:30 PM LOCATION OF MEETING: THE PUBLIC MEETING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING RM. 145, 805 S. WALKER ST., BURGAW, NC 28425 TOPIC OF MEETING: UDO Update Pender County Planning Staff and consultants will be hosting a UDO Update open house meeting on Thursday, March 21st at 5:30 p.m. in the Board of Commissioners Meeting Room located at 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw. The meeting will cover topics related to the County's Unified Development Ordinance update and includes a brief presentation on the project. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Please visit the project website www.pendercountyUDOupdate.com for more information.

For Additional Information: Contact Pender County Planning Dept. 805 S Walker St Burgaw NC 28425 Phone 910-259-1202

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: March 27, 2019 TIME OF HEARINGS: 9:00 A.M. LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING RM. 145, 805 S. WALKER ST., BURGAW, NC 28425 TOPICS OF HEARING: APPEAL Signature Top Sail NC, Ltd. applicant, and Signature Top Sail NC, LTD, Capstone Ventures LLC., and Ruth C. Kalmar Lewis et al. is requesting an Appeal of a Planning Board decision from case number MDP-2018-7, SUBMAJ-2018-6, and SUBMAJ-2018-7 heard on January 2, 2019. The Planning Board voted to deny the approval of a Master Development Plan revision and Preliminary Plat Approval for Phases 8 & 9 of a residential subdivision known as ‘Wyndwater’. The subject property is ±244.95 acres. The property is located to the east of US HWY 17, north of Doral Drive (SR 1693), northwest of Sloop Point Loop Road (SR 1563), and south and east of the Cardinal Acres Lane (private) in the Topsail Township. The property may be further identified by Pender County PIN(s) 4214-13-4701-0000, 4214-22-4269-0000, 4214-22-4164-0000, 4214-22-40480000, 4214-50-8387-0000 and 4214-22-5196-0000.

For Additional Information: Contact Pender County Planning Dept. 805 S Walker St Burgaw NC 28425 Phone 910-259-1202

www.pendercountync.gov

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, March 21, 2019, Page 10A

Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Dorothy B. Jones, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Dorothy B. Jones, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 6, 2019 at 3624 Cocoanut Court, Fayetteville, NC 28314 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 28th day of February, 2019.

Micchicco A. Thompson 3624 Cocoanut Court Fayetteville, NC 28314 #8550 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Joseph G. Beasley, Jr., late 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, c/o Lauren Page, 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 31st day of May, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 28th day of February, 2019.

Richard William Beasley and Deborah Brown Probasco, CoExecutors of the Estate of Joseph G. Beasley, Jr. Lauren Page Fox Rothschild LLP 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400 Wilmington, NC 28401 #8551 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Jerry Hansley, III, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Jerry Hansley, III, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 6, 2019 at P.O. Box 232, Rodanthe, NC 27968 or be barred from recovery.

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

This the 28th day of February, 2019.

James Hansley P.O. Box 232 Rodanthe, NC 27968 #8558 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Charlie Wayne Kiser, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Charlie Wayne Kiser, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 6, 2019 at 1431 N. Mountain Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 28th day of February, 2019.

Rita Diann Reynolds 1431 N. Mountain Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 #8549 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of James Floyd Tate, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, James Floyd Tate, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 6, 2019 at 305 South 17th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 28th day of February, 2019.

Cummie Miller 305 South 17th Street Wilmington, NC 28401 #8559 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-189 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

SHARON WEST, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO JOSEPH LESLIE WEST 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 4.97 acres, Parcel ID Number 3224-22-7809-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 22, 2019.

This day, February 27, 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 #8563 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19

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 #: 18-CVS-820 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

SEAN T. LANE, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: SEAN T. LANE 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 41.45 acres, Parcel ID Number 2253-44-0114-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 22, 2019.

This day, February 26, 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 #8564 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Lillie Mae Garvey, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Lillie Mae Garvey, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 13, 2019 at 156 Lea Drive, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 7th day of March, 2019.

Kenneth L. Garvey 720 Lea Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 #8562 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-820 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

SEAN T. LANE, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SEAN T. LANE 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 41.45 acres, Parcel ID Number 2253-44-0114-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 22, 2019.

This day, February 26, 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 #8565 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-820 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

SEAN T. LANE, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KEVIN A. LANE 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 41.45 acres, Parcel ID Number 2253-44-0114-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 22, 2019.

This day, February 26, 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 #8567 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 89 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joyce L. Johnson, Thomas James Johnson, Sr. and Joyce C. Johnson (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Joyce L. Johnson) to The Law Office of Daniel Fulco, PLLC, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of June, 2008, and recorded in Book 3481, Page 258, and Modification in Book 4403, Page 158, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina,

default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on March 26, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Pender, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 92, Section 2, BELLHAMMON PLANTATION as shown on a map recorded in Map Book 31, at page 30 of the Pender County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 131 Bellhammon Drive, Rocky Point, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A308(a)(1).

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

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1242103 (FC.FAY) #8528 3/14, 3/21/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor’s of the Estate of Maxine Williams James, late of Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to Kenneth Ording, P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, NC 28445, on or before the 20th day of June, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 14th day of March 2019 Connie James Witmer and Jeffrey Glen James Executor’s of the Estate of Maxine Williams James Kenneth Ording Attorney at Law Kenneth Ording, P.C. P.O. Box 2683 14210 NC Hwy 50 Surf City, NC 28445 910-329-0214 #8573 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-918 PENDER COUNTY and TOWN OF ATKINSON Plaintiff(s), v.

SARAH A MARSHALL, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.55 acres, 2.8 acres, 0.2 acres, Parcel ID Number 2248-75-2281-0000, 2248-75-30590000, 2248-75-5295-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 22, 2019.

This day, February 26, 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 #8568 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-820 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

SEAN T. LANE, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: KEVIN A. LANE 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 41.45 acres, Parcel ID Number 2253-44-0114-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 22, 2017.

This day, February 26, 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 #8566 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-918 PENDER COUNTY and TOWN OF ATKINSON Plaintiff(s), v.

SARAH A MARSHALL, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.55 acres, 2.8 acres, 0.2 acres, Parcel ID Number 2248-75-2281-0000, 2248-75-30590000, 2248-75-5295-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 22, 2019.

This day, February 26, 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 #8569 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/19

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Carole B. Blossom, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent,Carole B. Blossom, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 20, 2019 at P.O. Box 261, Burgaw, NC 28425 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 14th day of March, 2019.

Nancy L. Blossom P.O. Box 261 Burgaw, NC 28425 #8571 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 18-CVD-1091 VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC., Plaintiff, v.

SUSAN J. TOLER,

Defendant.

NOTICE OF SERVICE

BY PUBLICATION To: SUSAN J. TOLER, Defendants in the above-referenced action: Take Notice that a Civil Summons A&P and Complaint seeking relief in which you have been named as a defendant has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of relief being sought is as follows: •On or about August 2, 1998, Defendant executed a certain Retail Installment Contract and Disclosure Statement (the “Agreement”) with respect to a 1999 Oakwood Mobile Home, VIN# HONC03317154 (the “Home”).

•The Agreement provided for the making of monthly payments by the Defendant to the Plaintiff.

•To secure the repayment of the amounts due under the Agreement, the same Defendant granted to Plaintiff a security interest in the Home. Upon default, Plaintiff is entitled to repossess the Home.

•Plaintiff holds a valid and perfected, first-priority lien upon the Home.

•The Defendant is in default under the Agreement for failure to make payments to Plaintiff as provided for therein.

•Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, Plaintiff is entitled to possession of the Home.

•Plaintiff has provided Defendant with notice of default and has made due demand upon Defendant, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and applicable law, which demands have been refused.

•You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than the 9th day of April, 2019, said date being 40 days from the first publication of this notice, or from the date complaint is filed, whichever is later, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This is the 28th day of February, 2019.

By: /s/ Christopher C. Finan Christopher C. Finan, N.C.S.B. No. 27820 Attorney for Plaintiff ROBERSON HAWORTH & REESE, PLLC P. O. Box 1550 High Point, NC 27261 Telephone: 336-889-8733 Facsimile: 336-885-1280 #8561 2/28, 3/7, 3/14/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF BENJAMIN ALBERT WILLIAMS 18 E 517 Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of Benjamin Albert Williams, deceased, of 140 Juniper Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457, 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 June 14, 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 March 7, 2019.

Katherine Poole Williams, Personal Representative c/o Corbett & Fisler P. O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of JOSEPH F. KIMEL, Deceased, of Pender County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before June 14, 2019, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 14th day of March, 2019.

JANE K. BUMGARNER Executor c/o MATTHEW W. THOMPSON Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 7068 Wilmington, NC 28406-7068 #8572 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 14SP258 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RICHARD R. ANDERSON AND SHELBY PIERCE ANDERSON DATED AUGUST 17, 2001 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1756 AT PAGE 43 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 April 3, 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: BEGINNING AT AN AUTO JACK IN THE SOUTHWESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SECONDARY ROAD NO. 1361, SAID JACK BEING LOCATED ALONG SAID ROAD AT A POINT THAT IS THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES FROM AN OLD PK NAIL LOCATED IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINE OF SECONDARY ROAD NO. 1361 WITH THE CENTERLINE OF SECONDARY ROAD NO. 1315, NORTH 49 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST 325.25 FEET AND SOUTH 48 DEGREES 09

MINUTES WEST 30.32 FEET TO THE BEGINNING; AND RUNNING THENCE FROM THE BEGINNING, SO LOCATED , SOUTH 48 DEGREES 09 MINUTES WEST 282.75 FEET (PASSING ON A SUBSURFACE IRON PIPE IN A FIELD AT 253.00 FEET) TO A POINT INLINE; THENCE, NORTH 39 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST 174.69 FEET (PASSING OVER AN INLINE IRON PIPE ON A CANAL BANK AT 168.26 FEET) TO A POINT IN THE DIVIDING LINE CANAL DITCH BETWEEN THE HALL LANDS AND THE PIERCE LANDS, THENCE, WITH SAID LINE AND DITCH NORTH 48 DEGREES 09 MINUTES EAST 228.91 FEET TO A POINT IN SAID LINE AND IN THE WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE NORTHWESTERN END OF SECONDARY ROAD NO. 1361; THENCE WITH SAID CUL-DE-SAC LINE WITH THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES BEING FROM POINT TO POINT ON N.C.D.O.T. RIGHT OF WAY CONCRETE MONUMENTS; SOUTH 08 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST 25.45 FEET, SOUTH 50 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST 40.30 FEET AND SOUTH 88 DEGREES 25, MINUTES 35 SECONDS EAST 63.46 FEET TO THE N.C.D.O.T. RIGHT OF WAY CONCRETE MONUMENT AT THE END OF SAID CUL-DESAC, THENCE WITH THE NORTHWESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SECONDARY ROAD NO. 1361 SOUTH 49 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST 70.56 FEET TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1.00 ACRES MORE OR LESS AND IS A SURVEYED BY THOMPSON SURVEYING CO., P.A. OF BURGAW, N.C. IN FEBRUARY, 1996.

ALSO BEING THE SAME LAND AS RECORDED IN BOOK 1022, PAGE 139, OF THE PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY. And Being more commonly known as: 75 Lila Hall Rd, Watha, NC 28478 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Richard R. Anderson and Shelby Pierce Anderson.

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 23, 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/ 14-064860 #8509 3/21, 3/28/2019 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 Gene R. Griffin, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent,Gene R. Griffin, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 27, 2019 at 12501 Amoretto Way, Raleigh, NC 27613 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 21st day of March, 2019.

Erik R. Griffin 12501 Amoretto Way Raleigh, NC 27613 #8575 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11/19

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF DORA ANNA BATTS 19 E 101 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against DORA ANNA BATTS, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Mark I. Nunalee, Executor of the decedent’s estate, on or before June 22, 2019 at Post Office Box 598, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery.

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

Mark I Nunalee, Executor Estate of Dora Anna Batts MARK I NUNALEE PC Attorney at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #8598 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of ELAINE C. MURPHY, Deceased, of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before June 21, 2019, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 21st day of March, 2019.

SHAUN E. MURPHY Ancillary Executor c/o ELDRIDGE D. DODSON Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 7068 Wilmington, NC 28406-7068 #8599 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Javon Rashad Stringfield, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent,Javon Rashad Stringfield, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 27, 2019 at P.O. Box 1461, Burgaw, NC 28425 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 21st day of March, 2019.

Johnny Stringfield P.O. Box 1461 Burgaw, NC 28425 #8576 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-925101-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8588 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19 State of North Carolina County of Pender In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division 19 E 98 Notice to Creditors and Debtors Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Marian Patrice Connolly deceased of Pender County, this notice is to notify all person having claims against the Estate of said decedent, Marian Patrice Connolly to present any such claims to the undersigned on or before June 26th 2019 at 81 Cedar Road Katonah, NY 10536 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indented to said estate will please make immediate payment to the under signed.

This the 13th day of March 13, 2019 Mary Ellen McLaughlin Executor 81 Cedar Road Katonah, NY 10536 #8580 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JOHAN P. BONK 19 E 88 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Johan P. Bonk, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Rosemarie Bonk, Executrix of the decedent’s estate, on or before June 22, 2019 at 314 Olde Point Loop, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery.

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

Rosemarie Bonk, Executrix Estate of Johan P. Bonk c/o Mark I. Nunalee MARK I NUNALEE PC Attorney at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #8578 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-925101-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8584 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-925101-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8581 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-92-51010000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8589 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-92-5101-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8591 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Norwood Karroll Teachey, Jr., deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent,Norwood Karroll Teachey, Jr., to present them to the undersigned on or before June 27, 2019 at 314 Sardis Lane, Charlotte, NC 28270. or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 21st day of March, 2019.

Zachary Karroll Teachey 314 Sardis Lane Charlotte, NC 28270 #8600 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, o wner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-925101-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8585 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-232 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO JAMES COLVIN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO THELMA COLVIN 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 11 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-82-9278-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 12, 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 #8594 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-925101-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8582 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-92-5101-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8586 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-232 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO JAMES COLVIN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO JAMES COLVIN 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 11 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-82-92780000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 12, 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 #8592 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-232 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO JAMES COLVIN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO MARY ELIZABETH COLVIN 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 11 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-829278-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 12, 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 #8595 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-925101-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8587 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-224 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANCES THOMPSON HERRING, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-92-51010000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 10, 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 #8583 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-243 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

TONYA M. LOVE, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO DOROTHY B. HOOKS A/K/A DOROTHY B. HOOK 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 4.5 acres, Parcel ID Number 3216-72-0783-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 14, 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 #8596 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-232 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO JAMES COLVIN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO CARRIE ETTA FENNELL COLVIN 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 11 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2259-82-9278-0000 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 May 6, 2019.

This day, March 12, 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 #8593 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/19

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Blast from the Past Spring Fest Contest Do you recognize the work of these young artists from the past? These are a few of the past winners of the logo contest for Pender Spring Fest. If you can name the young genius artists who created any of these, call Rochelle Furniture( 910-259-4844) by this coming Friday, and give them your best guesses... Get the most correct answers and you will win a free lunch at the Carolina Eatery in downtown Burgaw

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Alive After Five concerts coming to Hampstead T h e Pe n d e r C o u n t y Parks and Recreation announced the new Hampstead Alive After Five concert series. “ We a r e p l e a s e d t o start this concert series in Hampstead, “said Zachary White, Pender County Parks and Recreation supervisor. “Summer Con-

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Hampstead Library fundraiser April 25

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer A fundraiser luncheon to benefit the Hampstead Library will be held April 25 at 11:30 a.m. at New York Pub at Castle Bay in Hampstead. The guest author will be Lt. Craig Elliott of Southport, who retired as a US Navy Intelligence Officer after 22 years of global experience. All proceeds will benefit the Topsail Township Friends of the Library.

Raffle prizes will include a collector’s NIS/NCIS Challenge Coin..

Elliott will speak for about 45 minutes about his books, Mike Blackstone, NIS Special Agent, Assignment: Naples, Italy and Mike Blackstone, Private Investigator, Assignment: Cheating Spouses. The Mike Blackstone series is based on exciting and sometimes dangerous actual cases, experiences and events of Lt. Elliott while performing duties as a Naval Officer NIS/NCIS Special Agent in the 1980s in Naples, Italy.

The second book is based on Lt. Elliott’s time working as a NC Private Investigator and owner of a PI firm. At the end of the presentation, Elliott will have signed copies of his books available for purchase.

Dawn Hall, President of the Topsail Township Friends of the Library

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Continued from page 9A person will walk with you from start to finish. It has been an incredible effort of organization and trying to get all of these groups on board. I think everybody was used to working in their own warehouse, so getting everybody on the same sheet of music was beyond challenging,” said

(TTFOL) is excited about the steps being taken by county commissioners in moving forward with plans for a new library in Hampstead.

“We have had the property designated for a couple of years, but we did get some good news,” began Hall. “When the commissioners decided on the budget, they put some money in the capital for year 20192020 to start making plans for the new library to be built. That is a step forward, and we are going to keep doing what we are doing, raising money. We want to help them out with anything we can do as far as the fundraising to buy computers or furniture, or things like that. We are very excited about it.”

Hall explained the many challenges that the Hampstead Library has faced as the community has continued to grow in recent years.

Pender County is among the fastest growing counties in North Carolina, and the Hampstead Library has been in a “no growth” mode with its collection for the past 20 years. The current building has cramped meeting spaces, as well as other areas for programs and staff work spaces. In recent years, the e-book phenomenon has risen and fallen in popularity. National surveys have shown younger generations prefer paper

print books. Computer access and device plugins are inadequate for our growing community.

“The library is at full capacity all the time. When programs are offered, sometimes they don’t even advertise it because they end up having to turn people away. We just want to get people behind the excitement of the possibility of building a new library and get them on board and talking about it. Some people don’t see the value of the library today because we have internet and computers. Libraries are for a lot of different things now. Libraries are for the children that don’t necessarily have computers at home, and adults as well. Also, people don’t realize that the spaces at the library are used for lots of programs, not just for books,” said Hall.

TTFOL has a new building fund for which they are accepting tax deductible donations. The location of the fundraiser luncheon will be at the New York Pub at Castle Bay, located at 107 Links Court in Hampstead.

Tickets to the event are $25 and include lunch. Reservations should be made by April 18. For more information or to reserve a seat, contact Dawn Hall at (704) 756-4619 or the Hampstead Branch Library at (910) 270-4603.

Witkowski.”

Those who need assistance can contact the Pender LTRG at (910) 377-1185 or visit www.penderltrg.com.

Someone will contact you between 24 and 48 hours and you will have a faceto-face meeting with a direct contact. You can also find Pender County Long Term Recovery Group on Facebook.

“We know you are frustrated. We are not government

affiliated or FEMA affiliated. We are just a group of people that wants to do something good and help you navigate the system.

We are psychologically and emotionally ready to do this for up to eight years. We know this is going to take a while, and we will be here and run this organization until the last home is done,” said Witkowski.

certs are something that many Pender County residents have expressed interest in.”

The free Friday evening event will feature live music by: s-AY %AGLEWING %Agles Tribute Band) s*UNE "RITISH )NVADers (Beatles, Rolling Stones,

the Who, Etc.) s*ULY 2ANDY +NIGHT AND 0ARROT 0ARTY *IMMY Buffett Tribute) Aug. 2 will serve as a rain date if needed.

The event will be hostED AT (AMPSTEAD +IWANIS Park, 586 Sloop Point Loop Rd, Hampstead.

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Lady Patriots whip Trask, get two conference wins Pender wins five straight

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot softball team is on a roll.

They have won five games straight after losing to Laney to start the year.

Last week the Lady Patriots flexed their muscles, earning two Coastal 8 Conference wins including a dominating 10-0 win over their rival in Trask High School.

The Lady Patriots stated the week with an away game at conference mate Southwest Onslow. The Stallions found the going tough as they faced the Pats ace Lauren Gammons to open the game Gammons held the Stallions hitless before giving up the ball to sophomore Haley Schaeffer. She continued the dominance, leading the Pats to a 10-0 win.

Gammons and Schaeffer combined to no hit the Stallions. Tyanna Holmes was 3-for-4 with a double with Gammons driving in two teammates.

Next up was the 4A Ashely Screaming Eagles.

The Wilmington school did not find the Patriots very hospitable. Gammons again threw the ball well and the Patriot bats awoke after a slow start. The combination was lethal with Pender taking a 7-2 win.

Gammons threw a complete game five hitter. She struck out four Screaming Eagles and walked just three. Holmes was 2- for-3 with a double while Samantha Wells was 2-for-3 with a double. Kaitlyn Beaver also had a double.

The final game of the week was one that each team had circled on the schedule. The Pats hosted the Rocky Point nine from Trask High school. Pender was riding a four-game winning streak with big wins over Ashley and Southwest Onslow. Gammons took the circle while Trask Coach Rodney Orr went with Jordan Sholar.

The Lady Patriots found Sholar difficult to hit early on. However, they found the range late in the game, taking a 10-0 win in five innings.

Madalyn White opened

The Lady Patriot baserunner makes it safely to second. the game with a double before Gammons shut the door. The Titans would get just one more hit, a single

by Jhoquonna James. Gammons finished the day with a two hitter. She struck out six Titans.

Lady Pirates mercy rule Ashley, White Oak, edge Laney 3-2

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Often games that receive a lot of hype due to the quality of the teams do not live up to expectations, but that certainly was not the case last Tuesday when the highly-regarded teams from Laney and Topsail took to the diamond in Hampstead.

This one featured all the aspects one would expect when conference contenders meet, good pitching, solid defense, strategic moves, and clutch hitting, especially by the homestanding Lady Pirates.

Designated-hitter Emma Neeley dropped down an excellent sacrifice bunt that allowed Lauren Strnad to slide home with the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning, and Addy Howard made that run stand up with three quick outs

after allowing a leadoff single in the top of the seventh as Topsail edged Laney 3-2 Tuesday in a key Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference game.

Howard (7IP, 5H, 1W, 6K, 2R, 1ER) and Laney’s Tristen Horrell (IP, 8H, 0W, 4K, 3ER) hooked up in a pitchers’ duel that saw Laney lead twice at 1-0 and 2-1 as the teams entered the bottom of the sixth.

Both runs came across courtesy of excellent bunts by

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Senior Ashley Dupalavich led the Patriots with the bat. She was 2-for-3 with two runs batted in.

Kaitlyn Beaver was 2-for 2 while Alana Buie was 3-for-3. Jayleigh Leonard had three RBIs.

The Patriots are 5-1 on the year and have a five game winning streak. Despite their recent success, Coach Corinna Reece sees plenty of room for improvement.

“We are working on

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cleaning up our focus and mindset. If we do that, we can be really good.”

Pender hosted Lejeune on Tuesday and was at North Brunswick on Wednesday. They are at Richlands on Friday.

Titans beat Croatan, fall at Pender

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer It seems as if the Heide Trask Titan varsity baseball team is right there. They have lost several close games with two of those losses being last week by one run. They did find a way to edge Coastal 8 Conference mate Croatan 11-10 at home last week to open their conference slate on a high note. Later in the week they fell at Pender by a 5-4 score.

The Titans started off the week hosting Croatan. The Cougars came into Titan town winless and was hoping to leave with a conference victory. It looked as if they would in fact do that before the Titans came away with a walk off 11-10 win.

The Titans pitched Kolby Lanier and he was competitive in the opening moments of the Staff photo by Bobby Norris

Trask hurler Hunter Cooper kept the Titans in a tight game against Pender.

game. He held on for six innings before the Titans replaced him with Jeffery Stroessenreuther.

The sophomore reliever shut the door on the Cougars.

Lanier was 3-4 for the Titans with two runs scored and an RBI while Gage Benavides was 2 for 5 with two runs scored from his leadoff spot. Stroessenruther was 2-2 with two runs batted in.

Next up for the Titans was another home game. This time it was a non-conference affair with East Columbus. The Gators came into the game with a 2-3 record. The Titans played them tough before losing the one run game by the score of 6-5. Trask had the Bases loaded with two outs. Kolby Lanier hit a two-run single to pull within a run. The game ended with a hitter trying to stretch a double into a triple and was thrown out.

The Titans threw junior right hander Ricky Dees. He went six innings, giving up five hits and

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By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer s'IRLS LACROSSE Goalkeeper Jane Hobb recorded 12 saves, Delaney Popella recorded a hat trick (three goals), Lucy NestorDowling and Sam Mazzara added two scores, and Kate Matuza put two balls in the back of the net as the Lady Prates went on the road to Wilmington where they defeated the Lady Buccaneers of Laney (2-2, 1-2) 11-4. Madison Meehan and Lily Ruddell (two assists) each added a single goal as Topsail improved to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the conference.

Friday the Lady Pirates (3-1, 1-1) traveled to Ashley where they lost 12-7 to the Lady Screaming Eagles.

Matuza had two goals and an assist, Madison LaValle added two goals, and Ruddell (assist), Aydan Arreola, and Popella (assist) each scored once.

West Brunswick (3-2, 2-2) came to Hampstead

Tuesday, and powerful Hoggard (3-1, 3-0) is the next schedule opponent Wednesday at home. s"OYS LACROSSE The Topsail boys did not fare as well as they dropped a 10-6 road decision to the Buccaneers (4-0, 3-0).

Eli Copeland scored three times for the Pirates (1-2, 1-2). Jake Volpe and Spencer Martindale, and Tucker Parks each drove one ball into the back of the net, while goalkeeper Oscar Sessoms stopped 11 Buccaneer shots.

Friday Screaming Eagle Jack Marshall scored the game-winning goal with 12 seconds remaining in regulation as Ashley (2-2, 2-2) edged the Pirates 8-7.

No Topsail statistics were made available by press time.

West Brunswick (1-3, 1-2) was the Pirates opponent at home Tuesday, with Hoggard (4-0, 4-0) taking the trip to Hampstead Wednesday. s"OYS GOLF The Pirates

finished third (333), nine strokes behind winner South Brunswick (324), and two strokes behind the second-place Vikings (331) of Hoggard. New Hanover (335) was third, West Brunswick was fourth (340), Ashley was fifth (359), North Brunswick was sixth (436), and Laney was seventh (447).

South Brunswick’s Walker Isley (73) was the Medalist, three strokes ahead of Pirate Max Johnson (76). Following Johnson were Harrison Weise (79), Evan Higgins (85), and Ayden Griffen (93).

The Pirates were at Ashley Monday. s"OYS TENNIS The Pirates ran into a buzz saw when they played host to unbeaten perennial power New Hanover (4-0, 2-0) Tuesday, falling 9-0 to the Wildcats in a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference match.

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Lady Titans lose at Pender "Y "OBBY .ORRIS Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Lady Titan softball team is young in terms of high school softball experience. Although they have three or four players that have extensive travel ball experience, they have not played in a high school game before this season.

Last week the team experienced growing pains with three tough games.

The Titans fell to Croatan to open the week before losing to East Columbus and rival Pender.

The Cougars appeared to be a game in which the Lady Titans had a chance to be competitive. In the opening innings that was the case with the Cougars holding a slim 4-2 lead after one inning of play. The score was 5-3 after two frames. A scoreless third inning led way to the Lady Cougars outscoring Trask 6-0 in the final four innings to take an 11-4 win.

The Lady Titans had five hits in the contest.

Madalyn White led Trask with two hits and two runs scored. Lacey Jayne had two hits while Hannah Mills had a run batted in.

White took the loss in the circle.

Next up was a home game with a very good East Columbus team. The Lady Gators came into the contest undefeated and the Lady Titans soon found out why. East Columbus jumped on the Lady Titans early. The score was 10-2 by the end of the second frame with the Columbus County team running off

to an 18-6 win.

Mills took the loss in the circle with a four-inning effort that included 12 earned runs.

Lacey Jayne led Trask with two hits and two runs scored while White had two hits. Jhaquonna James had two runs batted in for Trask.

The final game of the week was one in which the Lady Titans had circled on the proverbial schedule.

They traveled to Pender to engage the Lady Patriots coached by former Titan head Coach Corrina Reece.

The Lady Patriots had only one loss on their slate, a tough game verse Laney to open the season. They had reeled off four wins in a row coming into the game.

Make that five wins in a row as the powerful Pats took a 10-0 win.

Madalyn White opened the game with a double to right center field before the Patriots settled down.

Pender scored twice in the bottom of the first and scored in each of the next four innings in taking the five inning win.

Jordan Scholar took the loss in the circle for Trask.

She gave 10 hits and 10 runs with eight of those runs being earned. Trask had only two hits off of Patriot standout right hander Lauren Gammons. White had a double and James had a single.

The Lady Titans are now 1-5 on the year and 0-2 in the Coastal 8 Conference. They hosted Richlands on Tuesday, Lakewood on Wednesday and Lejeune on Friday.

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Lady Titan pitcher Jordan Sholar

Toler and Brayden Wells were the only Pirates to win a game in the singles’ competition, Wells falling 2-6, 0-6 to Viking Lamar Knox and Toler dropping a 0-6, 1-6 decision to Hoggard’s Emerson Woolwine, and Hornthal fell 1-6, 0-6 to Alan Dimock.

Topsail bounced back strong Thursday with a 9-0 home victory over South Brunswick (0-5, 0-3). Zack Teeter got by Nick Costa 7-5, 7-6, and Alex Hornthal slipped past Grayson Moffit 7-5, 6-0, followed by wins from Alex Hornthal over Kyle Bowling (6-0, 6-1), Connor Hill defeating Matt Anselmo (6-1, 6-2), Toler whizzing past Ethan McNeill (6-1, 6-4), and Wells disposing of Asa Bruton (6-1, 6-4).

Doubles acrion saw Alex and Will Hornthal top Costa and Moffit, 8-4, Teeter

Last week all three high school girls’ soccer teams were in action. Trask visited Pender on Friday with the Titans coming away with a 4-1 win. The Titans scored three times in the first half and took a 3-0 lead into the second half. Pender matched the Titans in the second half with a one goal each.

Anisa Lewis led the Titans with two goals while Caleigh Bell and Zandria Richards each scored a goal. Riley Gurganus scored the Patriots only goal. Vicky Botello had five saves in goal for Trask.

The Titans got a taste of the powerful Croatan Cougars early in the week, falling 9-0. The Lady Titans are 2-3 on the year and 1-1 in Coastal 8 Conference play. They hosted Richlands on Tuesday and Lejeune on Friday.

Pender started the week off with a 3-1 loss to James Kenan. It was a scoreless match at the half with the Lady Tigers outscoring Pender 3-1 in the second stanza. Alana SanchezCruz scored Pender’s lone

Pirates fall to Ashley, Laney

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer It definitely was not the best of weeks for the Topsail baseball team as they were done in by a 10-run, mercy-rule loss to Ashley three days after giving a game away to Laney Tuesday – both games at home against Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference opponents.

The Pirates (1-4, 0-2) committed a combined seven errors in those two losses, a trend that must come to an end if they are to be successful, especially in the tough – and highlycompetitive Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference where defending conference – where defending 3A state and conference champion New Hanover (5-0, 2-0) and 4A state contender Laney (6-0, 3-0) reside, along with what appears to be solid teams in South Brunswick (5-2, 2-1) and Ashley (6-1, 2-1) lurking in the competitive bushes.

Friday Ashley broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the top of the fifth inning before tacking on five runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh on their way to a 12-2 road win over Topsail.

A walk, a RBI double, and a run-scoring single in the fifth allowed the Screaming Eagles to break

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goal with an assist by Gurganus. Kindley Federonko had 15 saves in the match.

Next up was the powerful Southwest Onslow Stallions. The Lady Horses beat Pender 9-0. It was 5-0 at the break.

Pender hosted Lejeune on Tuesday and was at James Kenan on Wednesday. They were at Richlands on Friday.

Laney defeated Topsail 6-0 Tuesday in a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference game. Lady Pirate junior goalkeeper Briana Vreuls had five saves, and senior Makayla Ahart recorded three saves for Topsail.

Thursday the Lady Pirates ran into another powerful 4A squad in the conference and fell 9-0 to Ashley behind the third hat trick of the year from Lady Screaming junior Mia Hogan. Vreuls recorded 12 saves for Topsail. The Pirates fell to 2-4 overall and 0-3 in the conference with the losses coming at the hands of Laney, Ashley, and Hoggard (5-2, 3-0).

Topsail traveled to West Brunswick (0-4, 0-3) Tuesday, and they head to Northside-Jacksonville (2-2) for a non-conference game Friday.

In My Opinion I was watching my granddaughter play soccer last weekend when the opposing coach addressed her in an inappropriate way. She collided with another player and the player was hurt. He eventually walked off the field.

That should have been the end of it. Instead the coach continued to talk to her and even told his players that she was a dirty player. I have been involved in sports in Pender County for many years. I have coached kids from 5 to 18 years old and have seen many crazy things. There are many written and unwritten rules regarding coaching. This man broke one of the more sacred rules. Do not ever address another coach’s player!

If you are coaching a game and an opponent is out of hand you talk to his or her coach. If that doesn’t work then you address the official. You never ever address the player.

When coaching youth sports you have to be careful how you talk to the kids. Some kids can take all you can give them. I was one of those that did not care less if an opposing coach said something to me. When I was 12 years old, I was a hand full. I was already about 5-9 and tipped the scales at around 180 pounds. I ran over a second baseman one time that had been blocking

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the bag all game. As a big boy I didn’t bother sliding. I just took him out, all 115 pounds of him. His coach, who incidentally was his father, was very upset. He came onto the field and began to berate me. The more he talked the more I smiled. You see, that boy had talked junk to me all year at school and in my mind he got what he had coming to him.

Now, as an adult I realize that was wrong, but back then it seemed like the right thing to do.

My grand daughter is 10 years old with a heart of gold. She would never ever hurt anyone on purpose. That coach was out of line. Incidentally, the PYSA officials have banned him from coaching. That was the right thing to do. In my opinion, if you cannot control your behavior with 10 year old’s you should not coach, unless of course that kid is someone like I was.

Just kidding. Never ever should you berate a child, especially if they are on the other team.

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Lady Titan Madi Bryant and Pender ’s Desray Swinson battle for the ball in Friday’s 4-1 Trask win.

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Patriots edge Titans 5-4 "Y "OBBY .ORRIS Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriots struggled with the bat early in the year. First year coach Scott Liptrap was patient with his team with the hope that the team would begin to hit the ball as the season progressed.

That patience seems to be paying off. The Pats scored at least five runs in three games last week.

They won just one time, a 5-4 win over Trask, but Coach Liptrap is encouraged with what he sees. “The guys are fighting and scrapping in every inning. I can see the improvement. If we continue to improve, I believe we can make some things happen this year.�

Pender began the week at Southwest Onslow. The Stallions are a good hitting team and Liptrap hoped to keep them in check. He threw his ace Tyler Norris and he pitched five strong innings. Southwest led 5-3 when he gave the ball up to Daniel Parker for the final two frames.

Junior Daniel Baranowski had been struggling with

the bat but stepped up in a big way in the top of the seventh. He hammered a three-run homer over the fence to tie the game at six apiece going into the bottom of the final frame.

Southwest found a way to score the winning run.

Baronowski had three runs batted in while Josh Bar nhill had two RBIs. Parker took the loss on the mound.

Next up was Trask. The Titans pitched Hunter Cooper while Pender opened with Parker. He went six innings to earn the 5-4 win.

The junior worked his way out of a couple tight spots, including a bases loaded jam in the second frame with no outs. He struck out two Titans.

Josh Barnhill pitched the seventh and worked his way out of a two on one out jam with two strikeouts.

Chris Olivas led the Patriots with three hits including a double.

Pender hosted Dixon on Saturday and again lost a tough one run game. Chris Olivas pitched six innings of no-hit baseball, but the Bulldogs scored seven times in the top of the seventh to

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The Patriots slipped by Trask 5-4, after losing earlier in the week 6-5 to Southwest Onslow. pick up an 8-5 win. With the scored tied 1-1 Dixon scored seven runs. Pender scored four runs in the bottom of the final frame and had the winning run on base when

the game ended.

The Patriots are now 2-5 overall and 1-2 in Coastal 8 Conference play. They were at Lejeune on Tuesday and at Richlands on Friday.

ple jump. %MANIE (ANSLEY won the 200- and 400-meter dash. While 2EGINALD #ARR won the 200-meter dash.

Last week the Topsail girls track team placed second in a meet that included Hoggard and South Brunswick along with Laney.

-ADISON ,OFTON was first in the 100, second in the 200, and third in the 400 while 0AYTON ,ITTLE racked up 11 points with a first in the shot put and a second in the discus. -AKAYLA /BREMSKI added six points with a win in the 800.

The Topsail boys were led by a first-place finish in the triple jump by *OHNATHAN 7ARD The Pender baseball team beat Trask behind the arm of $ANIEL 0ARKER He pitched six strong innings to get the win. #HRIS /LIVAS led the Patriots with three hits including a double. Junior $ANIEL "ARONOWSKI hit a three-

run dinger in the Pats loss to Southwest.

Trask sophomore reliever *EFF 3TROESSENREUTHER picked up a win over Croatan with one inning of relief work. +OLBY ,ANIER was 3-4 for the Titans with two runs scored and an RBI while 'AGE "ENAVIDES was 2-for-5 with two runs scored from his leadoff spot. Stroessenruther was 2-2 with two runs batted in. !DDIE (OWARD allowed five hits in seven innings while striking out six in the Pirate softball teams win over Laney. Designated-hitter %MMA .EELEY dropped down an excellent sacrifice bunt that allowed ,AUREN 3TRNAD to slide home with the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Pirates beat Ashley 13-3 behind three hits and four RBIs from -AGGIE 3MITH 3HAYNE #OLLINS no hit White Oak

last week as well.

The Pender Lady Patriots picked up three wins last week including a 10-0 win over Trask. Senior !SHLEY $UPALAVICH led the Patriots with the bat.

She was 2-for-3 with two runs batted in. +AITLYN "EAVER was 2-for-2 while !LANA "UIE was 3-for-3. *AYLEIGH ,EONARD had three RBI. ,AUREN 'AMMONS pitched a two hitter.

Gammons and sophomore (ALEY 3CHAEFFER combined to no hit Southwest Onslow.

Gammons also was the winning pitcher in the Pats win over Ashley. 4YANNA (OLMES was 2-for-3 with a double while 3AMANTHA 7ELLS was 2-or-3 with a double. +AITLYN "EAVER also had a double.

This week’s top performer is Trask athlete -ICHAEL 7ALKER. He won the 110 and 300-meter hurdles last week along with the triple jump.

a n d S o u t h B r u n sw i ck fourth (24), while the boys came in third (44) behind Laney (79) and Hoggard (73), and ahead of South Brunswick (21).

For the girls, Madison Lofton was first in the 100 (12.7), second in the 200 (26.2), and third in the 400 (1:04.4), Payton Little racked up 11 points with a first (33-10) in the shot put and a second (101-7) in the discus, and Makayla Obremski added six points with a winning time of 2:35.3 in the 800. Nicky Corsey was second in the

300-hurdles (56.7), Chavia Lodon was third (18.2) in the 100-hurdles, and Ariana Blevins was second (31-3-1/) and second in the long jump ()14-9), and Dashanique Sidbury was third (30-0-1/2) in the triple jump.

Johnathan “Johnny Blaze� Ward led the boys with a first (36-0-3/4) in the triple jump, a first in the long jump (20-9), and a fourth in the 100 (11.5).

Clay Morris was second (17.0) in the 110-hurdles and second (45.9) in the 300-hurdles, and James

Campbell was second in the 1,600 (4:51/1) and second in the 3,200 (10:50.0). Brendan Parrella was third (2:15.9) in the 800.

The prior week, Topsail hosted a meet with the Lady Pirates running away from the competition with 124.5 points, followed

by Ashley (77.5), North Brunswick (37), and New Hanover (nine), and the boys finishing fourth (45) behind Ashley (100), New Hanover (53), and North Brunswick (45).

Lofton led the girls with first-place finishes in the

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"Y "OBBY .ORRIS Post & Voice Sports Writer A decent week of weather enabled the area high schools to play a full schedule. The Trask Titan soccer team beat Pender 4-1. !NISA ,EWIS led the Titans with two goals while #ALEIGH "ELL and :ANDRIA 2ICHARDS each scored a goal. 2ILEY 'URGANUS scored the Patriots only goal. 6ICKY "OTELLO had five saves in goal for Trask. !LANA 3ANCHEZ #RUZ scored Pender’s lone goal in a 3-1 loss to James Kenan with an assist by Gurganus. +INDLEY &EDERONKO had 15 saves in the match.

The Trask track and field team beat Lakewood 86-51 last week. #HEYENNE (ICKS won the 100-meter hurdles and finished second in the 300-meter hurdles. -ICHAEL 7ALKER won the 110 meter and 300-meter hurdles along with the tri-

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Continued from page 2B and Hill blank Bowling and McNeill, 8-0, and Toler and Wells beat Colby Blake and Asa Bruton, 8-1.

The Pirates (2-3, 2-3) were at North (0-0) Brunswick Tuesday, and head to Wilmington for a match at Laney (1-1, 1-0) Thursday. s4RACK &IELD Last Thursday the Pirate teams were at Hoggard where the girls finished second (58 points) behind Hoggard (84), with Laney third (49)

Sholar makes it work for the Lady Titans "Y "OBBY .ORRIS Post & Voice Sports Writer When the Lady Titans traveled across the county last week to engage one of the top teams in the area in the Pender Lady Patriots, they were without one of their top pitchers. Hannah Mills was out of town, leaving Trask with only one arm. However, there was an arm on the team that everyone forgot.

Junior Jordan Sholar had played third base for most of the year and is also the backup catcher.

For the Pender game she became the Titans pitcher.

Although they lost to the Patriots, Sholar garnered praise from many including Pender Coach Corrina Reece.

Sholar is one of the leading hitters in the conference and is among the better fielders as well. She can play any spot on the field and is a fierce competitor. Jordan Sholar makes it work for the Heide Trask Lady Titans.

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Lisk a mover and shaker for the Lady Pirates "Y "OBBY .ORRIS Post & Voice Sports Writer High school softball is not for the faint of heart.

The game can be exciting and downright stressful.

When the game is on the line only the strong survive. One of the stronger players in the area is junior Darbie Lisk of the Topsail Lady Pirates. Lisk can do many things on the field.

She hits and fields with the best of them and is not afraid to make things happen when it comes down to making a play to win the game. She has no problem sticking her nose into the fray.

Lisk is currently batting at a .545 clip for the undefeated Topsail Lady Pirates. She is second on the team with six runs batted in and is among the area leaders.

With the bulk of the conference schedule remaining, Darbie Lisk is expected to be a mover and shaker for the Pirates.

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The warm weather we had a few days ago has the area anglers in an uproar. Just as the weather looks like it is ready to break another cold snap shows up.

While we are not done with the cold weather, we can hope for the best.

Here we go folks, its fishing time.

In the salt water arena, some patient anglers are finding some speckled trout and red drum in the local creeks and backwaters, but the word is that the bite is few and far between.

The water is still a bit too cold for the fish to be aggressive in their feeding patterns.

There have been a few sea mullet caught in the surf while a red or two has popped up as well.

Everybody is saying the same thing. “We’re waiting for the water temps to rise.�

The bream bite is just now beginning to show signs of life. The water levels are finally beginning to drop to their usual levels. Those beautiful days are bringing the avid fisherman out. I noticed that Rocky Point Marina’s lot is starting to fill up with boats.

If you need your boat serviced before the season starts you had better get it over there.

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Continued from page 1B six runs. He struck out four Gators with two walks.

Hunter Cooper pitched a scoreless seventh frame, striking out two batters.

Kolby Lanier led the Titans at the plate with a 4 for 4 performance that included two runs batted in. Dees was 2 for 3 with two runs scored and one RBI. The final game of the week was at Pender. The Patriots and Titans mirror each other in many ways.

This contest proved that these two teams were evenly matched. The Patriots got just enough out of their bats to take a 5-4 win.

Hunter Cooper earned 100 (12.71),200 (26.31), and 400 (101.64), as well as running a leg on the winning 4x100 relay team. Little

Beaver looks for successful season for Lady Patriots "Y "OBBY .ORRIS Post & Voice Sports Writer As a freshman for the Pender Lady Patriot softball team last year, Kaitlyn Beaver was a resounding success. She batted .365 with nine doubles, 28 runs scored and 18 runs batted in.

She was named to the Post & Voice all county softball team. All of this in her first year in high school.

This year Miss Beaver will work with one year of high school experience under her belt. She will be more familiar with her teammates and will also understand the rigors of playing high school softball.

Kaitlyn played multiple positions for the Patriots a year ago. This year she will spend the majority of her time at second base.

Beaver is off to a great start. Through three games she is batting .375 with one double and three runs scored. The super sophomore is looking to have a successful 2019 season.

something that any angler can do almost year-round in our area.

However, you have to know where to fish as well how to present your bait.

When the temperature of the water is at its coolest the fish hold around deep structures, such as brush piles or deep-water points in 15 or more feet of water.

They also hang around deep-water docks, especially if there is sunken cover beneath.

As water temperatures warm into the 60s, these fish move towards their spawning areas and can be caught on shallow flats or along creek channel banks near stumps and brush piles. Casting to docks located in the areas between deeper water and shallow banks also brings results.

Light tackle will do the trick for the panfish. There is nothing more exciting than watching a youngster fight a bluegill with a Zebco.

Red worms, crickets, mealworms, grubs, maggots and most any small invertebrate makes good bait for panfish.

Let’s make 2019 a year to remember for our youngsters. Go ahead and buy them a small rod and reel and prepare them for what may be a lifetime of enjoyment for both you and them. the start verse the Pats and pitched well. Meanwhile Pender countered with Daniel Parker. Each pitcher did their part to keep their teams in the game.

The Titans had many opportunities in the game.

They had the bases loaded with no outs in the second and failed to score. They had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the seventh frame. Two strikeouts ended the game.

Jeff Stroessenreuther led the Titans with a homerun while Lanier had an RBI. The Titans are now 1-4 overall and 1-1 in Coastal 8 Conference play. They hosted Richlands on Tuesday, South Brunswick on Wednesday and Lejeune on Friday. accounted for 12 points with wins in the shot put

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N.C. Blueberry Festival Pancake Breakfast 2019

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The 16th Annual NC Blueberry Festival Pancake Breakfast Feb. 23 in Burgaw saw a record attendance of about 1,500. The breakfast was staffed by volunteers from the community, include dozens of area students from the middle school, high school and early college. One guest, visiting from out of town, said “Everyone was so friendly and the atmosphere reminded me of a family gathering. The pancakes were delicious as was the sausage. The high school students really hustled and were great ambassadors for the festival. Their families and community can be proud that they represent the future.” The guest chef was Sam Cahoon. Proceeds from the pancake breakfast, as well as the NC Blueberry Festival, go to the Scholarship Program for area students going into college. The scholarship application is available on the NC Blueberry Festival website (www.ncblueberryfestival.com).

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Continued from page 3B (32-11) and discus (100-07), while Hannah Spillane racked up 13 points with a first in the high jump (4-6), a third in the 100-hurdles

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Continued from page 1B Annalee Hart and Neeley with runners on third.

Darbie Lisk started the rally with a single, and, after an out was recorded, Lauren Strnad laid down a bunt in an attempt to advance Lisk to second.

But Horrell, who fielded the bunt, threw high putting Topsail runners on first and second. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch before Hart dropped her bunt down. The homeplate umpire did not make an out or safe sign as Lisk slide home, and the base umpire indicated he saw no tag, tying the game at 1-1. Neeley then put her down and Strnad beat the throw home for the gamewinner.

“The first one wasn’t necessarily supposed to be a squeeze but Darbie broke a little too quickly,” Topsail Coach Eric Phillips said. “She was supposed to wait for the throw to first.

It scared me a little when the umpire didn’t make a call so I was happy it went our way. Then we figured it worked the first time so we decided to try it again.”

For her part, Neeley was surprise to see the bunt sign.

“He (Phillips) doesn’t give me the bunt sign a lot but when he does I try my best to get it down and hope that I can,” Neeley said. “There was no pressure because I know if I did something wrong my teammates would be able to back me up.”

Coming off a no-hitter in her fist game against South Lenoir, Howard gave up an unearned run in the fourth and a second run in the top of the fifth, but nothing else.

“I knew who the opponent was and who was going to pitch for them but there was no more additional pressure,” Howard said.” I have total confidence in my abilities and in the team behind me. Even when we got behind, to be honest, I wasn’t worried. I never really care about the

(19.03), a fourth in the long jump (13-3-1/4), and a fourth in the triple jump (I28-6).

Leading the way for the boys was Morris with a first (17.55) in the 110-hurdles and a second (45.06) in the 300-hurdles, Nathan Lau with a second (107-07) in the discus, and Ian Web-

ster with a second (5-8) in the high jump. Campbell was third (2:17) in the 800 and third (4:53.00) in the 1,600, and Cameron Barras was third (19-3) in the long jump and fifth (24.17) in the 200.

The next meet is at Hoggard Thursday.

score because of the confidence I have in this team.”

Topsail scored its first run in the fourth on a leadoff double by Tysha Williams, sacrifice by Strnad, and a sacrifice fly to right field by Hart. Williams and Lisk both had two hits for Topsail.

Friday Topsail improved to 4-0 overall (2-0 in conference) with a 13-3, fiveinning rout of visiting Ashley behind three hits and four RBIs from Maggie Smith and the combined four-hit, nine-strikeout pitching of Neeley (3-2/3 IP, 3H, 3R, 2ER, 6K, 1W) and Howard (1-1/3IP, 1H, 0R, 3K).

Ashley (2-4, 1-2) scored an unearned run in the top of the first inning but the Lady Pirates answered with a run in the bottom of the second with Hart knocking in Tyesha Williams. Topsail took the lead for good with three runs in the third courtesy of a bases-loaded triple by Williams that score Smith (3-for-3, R/S, three RBIs), Lisk (1-for-3, two R/s, two RBIs), and Lauren Labelle.

Ashley closed to within 4-3 in the top of the fifth before Topsail put the game on ice with six runs in the bottom of that frame. Hart started the rally with a walk and was replaced by courtesy-runner Olivia Visconti, who eventually scored on a wild pitch.

Labelle walked, Sydney Hartgrove singled, Nee Nee Jordan reached base on an error, Smith doubled to score Visconti and Hartgrove, Lisk singled to send Jordan and Smith home, and Strnad singled to score Lisk.

A three-run fifth, with Jordan knocking in a run and a Smith double knocking in two more, ended the scoring – and the game.

Thursday the Lady Pirates headed to Jacksonville for a non-conference game at White Oak (3-3), and behind the no-hit pitching of Shayne Collins and the offensive efforts of Hartgrove (4-for-5, four R/S, RBI), Smith (2-for-4, two R/S, four RBIs), Lisk (3-for-4, R/S, for RBIs), and Strnad (2-for-4, R/S,

two RBIs) they needed just five innings to inflict a 16-0 defeat on the Lady Vikings (3-3).

Topsail scored four runs apiece in each of the first four innings with Lisk, Williams, and Strnad knocking in runs in the first, Smith (two), Williams, and Strnad repeating the effort in the second, Smith and Lisk (two) sending teammates home in the third, and Hartgrove, Smith, and Lisk plating teammates in the fourth.

Collins threw 57 pitches in five innings of work, striking out four and missing out on a perfect game when she issued her only walk in the third inning.

The Lady Pirates had a huge game Tuesday in Shallotte when they took on defending champion West Brunswick. They return home Friday to take on Hoggard.

Top. baseball Continued from page 2B the 2-2 deadlock, and a grand slam home run followed a hit batsman, a walk, a RBI single, and a fielders’ choice preceded the blast from Ashley’s Barrett Swalls that all but put the game in the win column for the visitors.

Topsail’s only real offensive threat came n the fourth inning when Shane Nolan singled, Noah Gaither walked, Hayden Walsh got a base hit, and Caleb Demers s(1-for03, two RBIs) sent Nolan and pinch-runner D. J. Montano home with a single.

The Pirates did mount threats in the fifth and seventh innings. Elliott Blanton singled with one out and Chuck Major singled but a pair of strikeouts ended the fifth-inning rally.

In the seventh, Eli Baird (2-for-3) doubled and Major (2-for-3) singled with one out but, again, a pair of strikeouts ended the threat.

Noah Gaither (1IP, 2H, 2R) took the loss. Five of the Screaming Eagles’ 12 runs were unearned.

Tuesday the Pirates snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as Laney erased a 4-1 deficit with three runs in the top of the seventh before striking for five runs in the top of the eighth on their way to a 9-4 road win over the Pirates.

Topsail took a 4-1 lead into the top of the seventh

inning only to see it disappear when Laney rallied for three runs on two wild pitches, an error, a hit batsman, and a pair of hits. The Buccaneers then scored five runs – four unearned – with two outs in the eighth.

“The kids worked hard all week and we played as pretty clean game for five innings or so,” Topsail Coach Nick Raynor said. “I feel like we were aggressive offensively and they did everything we expected of them, but we made several mistakes in the latter innings and you have to giver Laney credit, they took advantage of tem.

“I told them after the game, give Laney credit but we gave that one away.

We handed them the game through our mistakes and left the window of opportunity open for them to come back. We’re not going to get on them right now, they know. It’s just as hard on them as it is on the coaches, and our message is clear, we’re going to continue working hard and take it one game, one pitch, at a time.”

The Pirates opened the scoring with three runs in the bottom of the third inning. Elliott Blanton was hit by a pitch, moved to second, on a balk, and stole second before being thrown out at home on an attempted steal.

Matthew Sugden walked and Chuck Major was hit by a pitch before Shane Nolan (2-for-3, 2 RBIs, R/S) singled to score Sugden.

Noah Gaither singled to center to load the bases.

Nolan scored on a ground out by Hayden Walsh, and Major scored on a wild pitch.

Laney got a run back in the top of the fourth but the Pirates got the three-run lead back with a run in the bottom of the sixth backto-back singles by Aidan Smith and Eli Baird, an a two-out, RBI base knock

by Nolan.

Hayden Pinckney got the Laney seventh-inning rally started when he reached base on a third-strike wild pitch with one out. Pinkney went to second on another wild pitch and scored on a single by Zak Phelps.

There were two outs recorded in the top of the eighth before Pirate relief pitcher Bryan Holland walked Buccaneer Toby Stone and hit pinchhitter Samuel Garcia with a pitch. Grayson Irwin walked to load the bases.

Konrady reached base on a two-out error with Stone and Garcia scoring. Byers then doubled to send Irwin and Konrady home before Peterson singled to plate Byers.

Holland was the hardluck losing pitcher with a one-and-two-thirds inning of two-hit, six-run (two earned), two-walk effort.

The Pirates traveled to Shallotte Tuesday for a game with 3A West Brunswick (2-3, 1-2) and return home Friday to take on Hoggard (0-4, 0-2).