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18 years as mayor

Icy fields in Pender

Surf City’s Zander Guy resigns for state job

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher After 18 years on the job as mayor of Surf City, Zander Guy has resigned and accepted a position in state government – chairman of the state ABC Commission.

Guy resigned Friday morning, with mayor pro-tem Doug Medlin taking over as mayor. Surf City Realtor Teresa Batts was appointed by Surf City commissioners to fill Medlin’s position on the town board. Medlin will serve out Guy’s unexpired term, which runs until the end of 2018. Batts will serve until the 2017 fall election.

Mayor Guy had served as an ABC Commission member during Gov. Bev Perdue’s administration. He also served as mayor of Jacksonville from 1983-1989.

Guy, who was first elected Surf City mayor in 1999, reflected on his time in town government. “We have accomplished a lot of good things. Probably the most important is our water and sewer system. You have to have water and we want to make sure as we grow we have a good water supply and wastewater treatment to handle our growth,� Guy said. “We have a new elementary and middle school under construction to handle our growth which should be open in about two years.�

Guy cited the construction of the Surf City Community Center, police and fire departments and the Welcome Center as highlights of his time as mayor. “We are seeing the construction of a brand new bridge, which is going to change the horizon dramatically. The old swing bridge will always be remembered as the character of this island,� said Guy. “But as in life, we don’t stand still, we move forward.�

Guy gave credit to the town board and residents of Surf City for working together for progress in the town. “There are a lot of things I’m proud of, but I had the help of a lot of citizens,

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Zander Guy was appointed Chairman of the state ABC Commission

by Gov. Roy Cooper.

town board members, and council members that contributed. It has been a team effort.�

Guy will be chairman of the N.C. ABC Commission, which oversees the network of more than 400 ABC stores across the state. The job is full-time and pays $113,466. The board consists of three commissioners appointed by the governor. The commission also acts as a board to hear and decide cases regarding ABC law violations. “Leaving is very bittersweet. But Surf City will always be my home,�

Guy said.

A reception for Guy will be held Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the Surf City Welcome Center at the Roland Avenue beach access.

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By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County Sheriff Carson Smith asked County Commissioners to approve a four-year plan to replace outdated department radios at the Feb. 21 board meeting.

The plan, which will cost $88,818.56, will replace VIPER portable and car radios that are nearing the end of their service life with 30 new radios.

Carson Smith Through the leasepurchase agreement, the Sheriff ’s Department

would spend $22,204.64 each of the four years to replace the radios beginning in the 2017-18 fiscal year.

Smith told commissioners the old radios are approaching 10 years old, and would not just stop working, but would be unable to be repaired due to their age.

The VIPER system is a state-wide radio

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Ice coats delicate strawberry plants at Old River Farms near Burgaw early Saturday morning as sprinklers run to protect the plants from the freezing weather.

Strawberries could still see gray mold

Sleepless nights save county fruit crops

By Jefferson Weaver Contributing Writer

began blooming last week, with cool temperatures can produce some even producing buds before a higher rate of botrysis, or gray the return to late winter tempera- mold. We have the potential to see After four sleepless nights of tures last week. some of that on the fruit.â€? freezing temperatures, Pender Farmers have worked around Assuming the plants survive County ber ry producers are the clock maintaining sprayers the freezing weather with no ill breathing a sigh of relief. that coat new growth in ice to effects, Seitz said, the early semi“For the most part, everyone protect the buds from freezing air growing season will produce an I am hearing from or seeing is temperatures. One of the biggest even more unpredictable effect. okay,â€? said Mark Seitz of the Co- problems, Seitz said, was main- The area could actually see a betoperative Extension Service. taining the water supplies for the ter crop, in part due to the jump This year’s return to normal sprayers, since dry weather has start of the season, but many temperatures, after an unusually reduced the irrigation options in consumers aren’t used to buying temperate February, sent many some areas, and sprayer pipes are local blueberries as early as they blueberry and other plants into usually open to the elements. could be available.â€? earlier growth cycles than usual. “The water on the strawberries “Getting customers in tune two Both commercialPush and privately biggest concern out of thisTurn weeks early is going to be a chalMowers is• the Lawn Tractors • Zero Mowers owned fruit trees and bushes event,â€?

Seitz said. “Water and lenge for many farmers.�

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Deputy Division Engineer D. Chad Kimes infor med Pender County Commissioner David Williams Monday the funds for the project have been approved. “Signal design changes will begin immediately and we will pursue this installation by June or

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Williams said the funding approval was “great news indeed.�

The improvements, estimated at $95,000, will include advance flashers and a dynamic red extension, which will monitor traffic and extend the red time if it detects opposing traffic possibly running a red light.

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March 17-19 at Crown Arena Complex

Cape Fear Wildlife Expo moves to Fayetteville The ninth annual Cape Fear Wildlife Expo will have a new venue for Mar. 17-19. The Wildlife Expo will be held at the Crown Complex Arena at 1960 Coliseum Drive in Fayetteville. The Expo needed space to grow the wildlife expo with more vendors and attendees and to be able to provide free parking for everyone.

The Expo hours are Mar. 17-18 from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Mar. 19 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Cape Fear Wildlife Expo is a family event that features wildlife art, decoy displays, hunting and fishing products, decoy carving demonstrations, Hand-crafted

duck decoys and turkey calls, hand-crafted knives, jewelry, RV’s, boats, four wheelers and much more from our Exhibitors.

Admission is $11 for Adults, $8 for seniors 60 and older and for military with ID. Children 10 years and younger are free when accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available online at www.CapeFearTix.com, by phone at 888-257-6208 and in person at the Crown Complex and the Leisure Travel and Ticket Office on Fort Bragg.

Kids will enjoy interactive activities such as the archery range. Attendees will witness raptors in flight as these

ultimate birds of prey demonstrate both adaptation and predatory roles. The largest attraction is the Newell Farms Moon Shadow Rescue Wolves, a bobcat and nutria that will be onsite as well.

Featured artist this year is Allen Montague of Raleigh.

He has also designed exclusively for the 2017 Cape Fear Wildlife Expo a show knife.

Gene McIntyre of Carolina Antique Tackle Collectors will be on site to do appraisals on antique tackle, rods, reels and tackle boxes.

Chris Tryon of Hook Line and Paddle will be on site demonstrating fly fishing and

a kayak demonstration.

John McPherson, founder/ owner of the North Carolinabased television show 704 Outdoors which films 80 percent of the show in the Carolinas, will be at the expo.

The mission of the Cape Fear Wildlife Foundation is to cultivate stewardship of the great outdoors through education awareness, programs and excursions of hunting and fishing that will connect men, women and children to the importance of conservation so as to become investors in the natural resources to create a quality place to be enjoyed by future generations

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and get more opportunity for price breaks,” said Commissioner Jackie Newton.

“Do we purchase through our finance department or does each department do this individually?’

County Attor ney Trey Thurman said the Sheriff ’s Department is the only agency for which the county purchases. Other agencies, such as Pender EMS and Fire, and the individual volunteer fire departments, are independent and do their own budgets and make purchases.

“We disperse tax money to them and wouldn’t there be an economy of scale since we provide tax money to them for equipment,” said Newton.

Smith said the Sheriff ’s Department had worked with other county agencies to get better prices on equipment in the past, but these VIPER radios are purchased through a state contract and he wasn’t aware if a better price would be available.

“I don’t know if a price break could be obtained if we

bought more radios,” Smith said. “A problem is different departments get to the point where they purchase equipment at different times.”

Newton said her concern is with how the county does business – with each department doing its own thing and not finding a way to do it in-house to save money.

Chairman George Brown suggested continuing to discussions with school officials to look for ways to save money by purchasing through a centralized county system.

The board approved Smith’s request and agreed to continue to look into ways to centralize purchasing across county departments to save tax dollars.

Continued from page 1A system which provides communication between many different law enforcement and emergency agencies in North Carolina, in addition to local communications between Pender County emergency agencies. The state maintains the system, and the local agencies purchase the radios to use the system.

“Through the VIPER system, we can communicate with practically any other agency in the state,” Smith said.

T h e S h e r i f f ’s re q u e s t sparked a discussion among board members regarding the possibility of centralized purchasing among county agencies to save money.

Commissioner Jackie Newton asked about the radios used by both the Sheriff ’s Department and Emergency Medical Services.

“Would we be better to centralize the purchase contract

Knights of Columbus fish fry Mar 10

The Knights of Columbus in Hampstead will hold Lenten fish frys Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, and April 7 at the American Legion Post 167, 16660 U.S. 17 in Hampstead (between Midway Tire and Battery and

new storage facility under construction).

Tickets are $8.50 each (purchased at door) and dinner will be served from 4:30-7 p.m.

All net proceeds are donated to Knights’ charities.

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Pender EMS & Fire Report Feb. 26-Mar. 4 EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: Calls Per Station Burgaw Station 1 Sloop Point Station 14 Hampstead Station 16 Surf City Station 23 Topsail Beach Station 4 Union Station 5 Rocky Point Station 7 Atkinson Station 9 Maple Hill Station 13 Scott Hill Station 18 421 South Station 29 Type of Calls Cancelled: 28 Refusals: 42 Stand by: 3 Transported: 101 Treated/released: 7 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 47 Calls Per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw Fire Station 13 Maple Hill Fire Station 14 Sloop Point Fire Station 16 Hampstead Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill Fire Station 21 Long Creek Fire Station 29 421 South Fire Call Type Summary Fire Motor Vehicle Crash Search and Rescue EMS First Response Cancelled Ocean Rescue

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Work continues on the new bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Surf City. The temporary construction bridge (left in photo) stretches across the waterway to allow construction equipment to build the actual bridge. Pilings for the bridge are being driven into the bottom of the waterway. This photo was taken above Soundside Park, with the park fishing pier and boat landing visible in the lower center. The swing bridge is to the right. A color version of this photo can be seen on Facebook.

Holly Shelter Shooting Range doing well, county says

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher After more than 90 days of operation, the Holly Shelter Shooting Range is a popular place, according to county Planning Director Kyle Breuer.

Breuer says the range currently has a part-time staff of nine range safety officers, with three each shift. One officer works the office while two are on the range.

The range operation is working to be revenue-neutral, with the operation paying for itself and not needing a tax money supplement to operate. During the opening 90 days, the range was nearly at the break-even point, not counting the funds needed

for the initial start-up of the range.

Breuer recommended an increase in the daily rate for shooters to ensure the range would be revenue-neutral.

“I think it’s our responsibility not to use tax dollars to subsidize this facility because it’s not used by all citizens, only some, and others from out of the county,” said Commissioner David Piepmeyer.

“I believe this facility can be revenue neutral and funded by the participants.”

The Holly Shelter Shooting Range, located on Shaw Highway, is open Wednesday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and Sunday’s from 1:30-5:30 p.m. The range is closed Monday and Tuesday.

American Legion Post 167 plans fund-raising events

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The veterans of American Legion Post 167 are planning a variety of events for the coming months in order to raise money for needed building repairs.

One upcoming event is an Antiques and Trade Market beginning April 1. The market will be held the first Saturday of the month again in June, and each month through October. Market hours will be from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Reservations can be made for both outdoor and indoor tables.

American Legion Post 167 member Brad Fisher said that he spoke with Caroline Lewis and Suzette Cooper at Poplar Grove as he set out to plan the market, since this was the Legion’s first time holding one.

He created a poster, and Lewis sent it out to the Poplar Grove Farmers’ Market vendors.

“What we’re trying to do is come up with quite a few events this year so that we can gets some funds built up to make repairs to the building, “ said Fisher. “Hopefully, this will help. We had the Arts Show just last weekend and

from what I understand, it went pretty good. We can’t do a lot inside the building with the bay area during the summer. It gets too hot in there because there is no air conditioning.

I’ve had a few calls from people who wanted to plan events in there, but without A/C, that’s where we miss out. We would like to get air conditioning in that building, but I have two problems with it. The ceiling is so high that it would cost more. We could lower the ceiling and then put A/C in, and it would cost less. We’re going to get some quotes and look at our options.”

A barbecue fundraiser will also be held at Post 167 March 18. Plates will include barbecue, boiled potatoes, green beans, a roll, dessert and a drink for $10 per plate. Tickets can be purchased through the American Legion Post 167 Auxiliary in advance by calling (910) 431-4014. Dinner plates can be purchased the day of the fundraiser, as well.

The organization will host a 50/50 raffle in which the winner receives half of the proceeds based on ticket sales.

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Decorum, debate and respect replaced by bullying and tantrums Americans have always enjoyed the luxury of being able to communicate with our elected officials.

Whether it is calling a city councilwoman during the supper hour to complain about a water bill, or writing the President in support of new legislation, communicating with our representatives is a big part of a democratically-elected republic. Politicians know this, and have to have thick skins.

It’s rare that folks want to speak to an elected to compliment a tax increase, a school policy change, or similar actions.

When you sign up to run for It’s sad that sore losoffice, you have to do so with the ers, rabble-rousers and understanding that sometimes, sign-wavers are taking adthe hard decisions make people vantage of the free forums angry.

At the same time – the people at town hall events and local offices of U.S. and who are elected deserve the state officials to behave in respect due their office, regardless of where the voters stand a manner that would have on their performance in that earned more than a stern office. look from the average It’s sad that sore losers, mother 25 years ago. rabble-rousers and sign-wavers are taking advantage of the free forums at town hall events and local offices of U.S. and state officials to behave in a manner that would have earned more than a stern look from the average mother 25 years ago. The pattern has become predictable – call the media, make demands for access to an elected representative, and insult the politician on television or in emailed press releases (sometimes even before demands for a hearing are sent out).

When said elected finally gives in, knowing full well the “town hall” is going to be more of a cliché-shouting mob than a visit with voters, then attack the official in person for the cameras, while cell phones record every breath and hiccup for later retranslation via social media.

Then when said elected official is reluctant to hold another such hootenanny, or decides to opt out of his counterpart’s experience in such a rally – become even more aggressive attacks, all so the politician eventually gives in, so he or she can be humiliated and shouted down again by well-organized protestors.

There’s no law that says a politician has to communicate with his or her constituents, even though it’s not smart politics to avoid doing so. However, in the current atmosphere that makes most pre-schools look tame, it’s understandable.

At the same time, it’s a shame, since lawmakers are busy, and most truly want to hear what the citizens they represent have to say, Too often, filters of assistants and interns and Special Thises and Thats can act as a buffer between an official and the voter. Politicians who strive to be statesmen and public servants know full well they need the unvarnished discussions that can only come in small groups or one-on-one conversations.

However – the folks who oppose everything nowadays don’t really seem to care if any opinion but their own is voiced or heard. They also seem, based on the coverage of Congressman David Rouser’s event in Brunswick County and others in recent weeks, to believe that government by the people is synonymous with bullying. The thinking seems to be if they make enough noise and are insulting enough, then the candidate who won will either step down, or decide to abandon his principles and the people who put him in office. This is foolish, and does nothing to strengthen our country and community.

There is a need for thoughtful, reasoned dissent, constructive criticism, and yes, sometimes loud, demonstrative debate.

But demanding that someone come into the street to join you in the gutter, then shaming that person into doing so is just an example of politics gone mad, and selfishness on the part of those who love the democratic process – until it doesn’t go their way.

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Amending our Constitution North Carolina’s Constitution is essentially a social contract between the people and its government.

Former House Speaker Joe Mavretic has long maintained that every generation should review and renew that social contract but it’s been almost 50 years, more than a generation, since such a review was undertaken.

The 1971 Constitution of North Carolina was the culmination of a process that began in 1967, when the North Carolina State Bar conducted a study into possible changes. After many months of deliberation a draft constitution was proposed, presented to the General Assembly which, after lengthy debate and many votes, in 1969 overwhelm-

ingly passed it and asked voters to affirm the new Constitution in November 1970. It passed by a 61 percent margin and took effect in 1971.

Since that time we have added more than 20 amendments. Some include allowing the Governor and Lieutenant Governor to serve two consecutive four-year terms, requiring that the legislature pass a balanced state budget, permitting the governor the veto power (one of the last states in the nation to do so), requiring that all judges be lawyers and allowing state income taxes to be computed on the same basis as the federal income tax.

Some amendments removed articles, such as the elimination of the poll or capitation tax and removing the limits for computation of property taxes. The latest amendment, in 2012, was Amendment One, the socalled “same sex” provision.

It stated the only recognized domestic union in our state was a marriage between one man and one woman, an amendment declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014.

Almost every session of the General Assembly sees further amendments proposed and the 2017 session is no exception. No less than four are currently being

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What it’s supposed to be It wasn’t what it was supposed to be, but I wasn’t sure whether to tell anyone.

“There was a moonshine still out there beside the highway,” the fellow at the store told me. One of his fellow societal observers – the less-charitable call them “loafers” or “regulars” – nodded in assent. One of their grandfathers, who was born during the War Between the States, remembered it. They gave me specific directions to the spot, and obtained semi-official permission from a fellow regular who was somehow related to either the current or previous owner.

Armed with specific directions and general, less specific blessings to trespass, I made my way to the spot, not far off a busy state highway. I introduced myself to a pair of curious cows and crossed a rusty, forgotten barbed wire fence into a stretch of woods fairly screaming of copperheads, ticks and assorted other unpleasantries.

Sure enough, I found the stone foundation precisely where they said it would be.

Although not even a fossil fat lighter knot remained of whatever walls had stood, the outline was proof positive that there had indeed

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Jefferson Weaver been a stout building there – but it wasn’t the mediumsized shed one might expect to hide an illicit liquor still.

It was nothing more unusual than what had been a tobacco barn. The fireplace that fed the heater was even still present, its rocks blackened for eternity from decades of fires carefully drying the golden leaves that represented another year’s wages.

A few yards away, I found another, smaller foundation, and at first I suspected this might have been the home for the farmer’s reputed extra revenue source. No luck – a foot below the rotten leaves, there was nothing but the rich redolence of

pine rosin. The few iron fragments were older than those mute and oxidized witnesses in the ‘baccer barn stones.

The foundation stones sat upon a rise, near a road that’s been busy since the Columbian era. There was no water source closer than a few hundred yards off. No spring, no wellhead. You need water to make liquor, as well as isolation. This spot had neither.

I wiped the loam from my hands and sat on the baccer barn foundation, more than a little disappointed, but not surprised.

There probably had been

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Picking a Medicare Supplemental policy Dear Savvy Senior, Can you provide any advice on choosing a Medicare supplemental policy to help cover things outside of Medicare?

I’ll be 65 in a few months and could use some assistance.

Looking for Help Dear Looking, If you plan to enroll in original Medicare, getting a supplemental policy (also known as Medigap insurance) too is a smart idea because it will help pay for things that aren’t covered by Medicare like copayments, coinsurance and deductibles.

Here are some tips to help you choose an appropriate plan.

Medigap plans In all but three states (Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), Medigap plans, which are sold by private health insurers, come in 10 standardized benefit packages labeled with the letters A, B, C, D, F, G, K, L, M and N. Plan F is the most popular policy followed by plan C because they provide comprehensive coverage. Plans K and L are high-deductible policies that have lower premiums but impose higher out-of-pocket costs. Plan F also offers a high-deductible version in some states. And a popular middle ground policy that attracts many healthy beneficiaries is plan N. For more information on the different types of plans and the coverage they provide, including Medigap options in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, see Medicare’s “Choosing a Medigap Policy” guide at Medicare.gov/pubs/pdf/02110medicare-medigap.guide.pdf, or call 1-800-MEDICARE and

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ask them to mail you a copy.

How to choose To pick a Medigap policy that works best for you, consider your health, family medical history and your budget. The differences among plans can be small and rather confusing.

To help you choose, visit Medicare.gov, and click on “Supplements & Other Insurance” at the top of the page, then on “Find a Medigap policy” and type in your ZIP code. This will give you a list of the plans available in your area, their price ranges and the names, and contact information of companies that sell them. But it’s up to you to contact the carriers directly to get there specific pricing information.

You can also compare Medigap prices on most state insurance department websites (see NAIC.org/state_ web_map.htm for links), or you can order a personalized report from Weiss Ratings for $99 at WeissMedigap.com.

Since all Medigap policies with the same letter must cover the exact same benefits (it’s required by law), you should shop for the cheapest policy.

You’ll get the best price if you sign up within six months after enrolling in Medicare Part B. During this open-enrollment period, an insurer cannot refuse to sell you a policy or charge you more because of your health.

You also need to be aware of the pricing methods, which will affect your costs. Medi-

gap policies are usually sold as either: “community-rated” where everyone in an area is charged the same premium regardless of age; “issue-agerated” that is based on your age when you buy the policy, but will only increase due to inflation, not age; and “attained-age-rated,” that starts premiums low but increases as you age. Community-rate and issue-age-rated policies are the best options because they will save you money in the long run.

You can buy the plan directly from an insurance company, or you can work with a reputable local insurance broker.

Drug coverage You also need to know that Medigap policies do not cover prescription drugs, so if you don’t have drug coverage, you need to consider buying a separate Medicare Part D drug plan too. See Medicare.gov/find-a-plan to compare plans. Also note that Medigap plans do not cover vision, dental care, hearing aids or long-term care either.

Alternative option Instead of getting original Medicare, plus a Medigap policy and a separate Part D drug plan, you could sign up for a Medicare Advantage plan that provides all-in-one coverage. These plans, which are sold by insurance companies, are generally available through HMOs and PPOs. To find and compare Advantage plans visit Medicare.gov/ find-a-plan.

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.

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The Man There exists a creature among us who controls our communication, safety and well-being, leaving us trapped like little rats in an endless tunnel.

His confusing antics taunt with doublespeak in the form of denied claims from insurers and misleading offers for new services at lower prices.

You may know him as The Man and he needs a collective kick.

The Man has been around since the Stone Ages, offering the first cavepeople a juicy Saber Toothed tiger on a spit in exchange for the soul of their first born.

The Man has been hiding in my mailbox lately, luring me with the promise of lightning speed internet, 5,000 channels for my entertainment needs, plus interstellar communication to Mars-once that is firmly establishedfor the low rate of $19.99 per month for the first year and $2,000 a month thereafter.

As a less than savvy financier, I jump on this offer, knowing deep down that I will completely forget to cancel services when the trial offer expires.

This promise of savings sends me reeling as I take the bait and sign up with a new internet service provider. A few weeks later, the bill for my new service arrives but, rather than the $19.99 introductory offer I thought I’d committed to, I am hit with a $220.00 charge.

What I had not considered when entering into this agreement were additions to my bill such as surcharges, solar flares, optional equipment purchases, monthly fees for said optional equipment use, installation and maintenance fees, monthly adjustments for early cancellation of my other plan, global warming, recovery fees, federal universal service fund surcharges (that’s a thing and it’s on your bill), as well as federal, state, local, town and neighborhood taxes.

The Man has infiltrated the insurance industry as well. In the land where unicorns dwell, I believed that my insurance company, who claims to embrace me in its protective arms in the event of a medical crisis, would have my financial back, navigating me through confusing policies and rules I’m not paid to understand.

I’ve found, however, that filing windows and exclusions usurp that essential duty as my claim status constantly screams “denied.”

Although I’m ill-equipped to navigate insurance loopholes and cellular contracts, I’m becoming more adept at handling them with a modicum of patience and decorum. When The Man’s tactics affect my children, however, I declare war and will leave behind an ugly trail of carnage.

Two years ago, Jacob was involved in a car accident when another vehicle entered the roadway illegally. Jacob’s car, which he adored and had driven for only six months, was totaled. Logically, our claim from the other driver’s

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Newsings & Musings

Edith Batson Lent Ash Wednesday began the beginning of Lent, which leads up to Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Jesus’ suffering and trial, crucifixion, burial, resurrection and visits with his disciples and many others before He was taken to Heaven to sit at God’s right hand and intercede for us.

The color purple is the liturgical color used in Lent to signify the suffering of Jesus. It was also the color of royalty – and Jesus Christ was proclaimed King of the Jews on Palm Sunday.

As the people spread Palm branches and proclaimed him King, Jesus knew that he had come to Earth to suffer as the sacrificial lamb, when God said that He loved the world so much that HE gave His only beloved Son to die on the cross and forgive our sins that we might be forgiven of all our sins and go to Heaven.

We were made in His image and we who proclaimed that Jesus was God’s son, and indeed was God and we proclaimed Him as our Lord and Savior would live with Him forever.

Jesus suffered and died for us – He had no sin and took our place.

Shipyard Stories Last Saturday the barn at the Pender County Historical Society Museum was the scene of a program by Rebecca Bannerman Pitchford about the Wilmington Shipyard, which built a fleet of ships during the Second World War. Rebecca was a clerical

Campbell Continued from page 4A discussed, including capping the personal income tax rate at 5.5 percent.

Other proposed amendments include changing the method by which members of the State Board of Education are selected, limiting the powers of both state and local government to take private property for public purposes (Eminent Domain) and repealing Article 1, Section 4 of the current Constitution prohibiting our state from seceding from the United States.

In recent years we have seen a large increase in the number of court cases requiring our judiciary to interpret our Constitution. Coupled with the fact it has been a

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insurer for full reimbursement of the value of Jacob’s vehicle should have immediately been processed.

What I soon discovered, however, was that insurers know that people need cars and, in order to return to the driver’s seat in a timely manner, claimants will accept offers which may not be reasonable.

Fortunately, a rental car was provided for 30 days, although the insurer attempted to pull the contract on day 29 with a subversive loophole (note the term attempted).

Although Jacob was not in any way at fault, the insurer offered $2,000 less than the payoff value of his car.

In turn, I hired an attorney to address the medical costs Jacob incurred, but opted to handle the damage claim on my own-just for kicks. I channeled Judge Judy, conducting research on this very popular insurance company and discovered numerous class action lawsuits against them for this very practice.

Armed with this information, I entered into battle Photo contributed Patricia Jones Davis (center) received an Honorary Life Membership , the highest with extensive documentahonor given by Presbyterian Women, USA for leadership and exemplary service to tion, legal precedent, a pinch Presbyterian Women. The presentation was made during a “Celebration of Women” of stubbornness and a chip

service at Burgaw Presbyterian Church Mar. 5. Pictured with Davis are Rev. Will Davis and Cheryl Wooddell representing Burgaw Presbyterian Women. worker. She rented a room in Wilmington while she worked from 1942 until 1945.

The shipyard built Liberty ships. She had a lot of interesting experiences and told some funny things that co-worker had.

I had caught a ride to the museum with Patricia Slomanski and was sure I could catch a ride back home. Holly Horton was there and offered to take me home. Since it was lunchtime we decided to go out for lunch at the Lanes Ferry Grill at the Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge on N.C. 210.

Since it was Saturday the café was overflowing with customers. We gave our orders on the front porch and waited. These people offered to share their table with us. They were A.J., his wife Rhonda, and daughter Madison from Castle Hayne.

The first person I saw was

Jimmy Ferrell. It was good to see him and get a bear hug.

He is living back in Burgaw in his parents’ home. Somehow I always end up getting a BLT. It was too big, I could only eat half of it – so I had the rest for supper.

Girl Scout Program Girl Scouts presented part of the program at Burgaw Presbyterian Church on Sunday. Scouts presented the American flag and everyone said the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Scout leaders spoke on behalf of the girl scouts. We are glad to be able to sponsor the girl scouts.

Honorary Life Membership Patricia Jones Davis was presented an Honorary Life Membership during the worship service Mar. 5.

She has been a member of Burgaw Presbyterian since 2007. She grew up in Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in

Wilmington. She has attended several churches and was active in all of them.

Her friend Rev. May Craven described her as a woman who is lively, smart, warm, insightful and fun. She has served as moderator of Presbyterian from 2010 - 2012 and is presently serving as Moderator. She has just completed three years as a Ruling Elder and was Clerk of Session. She also recently volunteered to be on a Friends of Kirkwood Task Group.

Congratulations on this highest award given to churchwomen. She is also active in many other activities of the church.

Burgaw Book Club Burgaw Book Club will meet on Thursday, March 9.

Please remember to bring your book.

God is good all the time and all the time God is Good; Shalom!

long time since the entire document was reviewed and so many amendments have been added it is now time to demand a top to bottom reexamination of this essential document that defines the functions of our government, duties of various officials and our rights as citizens.

Constitutional changes are a serious proposition that demand reasoned deliberations, input from many voices and considerations as to the impact changes might have. The State Bar could once again be the group to study and recommend revisions to our Constitution, sending them to our legislature for further debate and approval.

This process would likely take some years to complete, but we strongly suggest that our state and its people would be better served to do so instead of continuing the

practice of piecemeal amendments.

Some of the currently proposed amendments might have merit, but there is no urgent argument why they could and should not wait until the entire Constitution undergoes scrutiny and revision.

Let us urge our lawmak-

ers to initiate such a process rather than stringing even more amendments to a 46year-old document.

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

on my mommy shoulder.

Fortunately, I owned a spare vehicle so Jacob had transportation to school, work and football practice (which he could only watch due to his injuries).

For a year, I was barraged with vague legal jargon from no fewer than ten agents, but I know big words, too and was finally reimbursed the full value of Jacob’s car.

While I understand the need for self-advocacy and profit on the part of major companies, I would hope that my experience is an exception and that most service-based providers abide by rules of decency and fairness.

The art of negotiation should be required coursework for every high school student. Persistence, sincerity and confidence, combined with a bit of gumption, may be the best formula for keeping The Man in check.

Competition provides us license to bargain hunt and I’ve found that a simple phone call and a minor sob story usually result in a few fee adjustments with phone, insurance and internet companies.

Fellow consumers, I implore you to adjust your mindset, grab that cell phone bill and start negotiatingand do it like a boss.

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Education The Pender High School JROTC Raider Teams competed against 20 other schools at North Brunswick High School Feb. 25. Team A made a clean sweep as they took first in physical fitness (mile,push-ups, sit-ups), 5K team run, litter carry, logistics course, and rope bridge for an overall first place finish. B team placed fourth in physical fitness and sixth overall. The Raiders traveled to Lee County High School Mar. 4 and competed in a Best of the Best qualifying Raider Meet against 19 other teams. The team took first in team fitness, 5K team run, litter carry, and third in rope bridge. The team will now be invited to compete against the best Raider Teams from 4th Brigade which encompasses seven states. The event will take place at Magna Vista High School in Virginia April 22.

Pictured above is the Pender Raider team at N. Brunswick, below is the Raiders at Lee County High School.

A combination class at Topsail Elementary has been researching Washington, D.C. Students learned about the Lincoln Memorial, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Betsy Ross, presidents and first ladies of the past and present, the White House, the U.S. Mint, and the Jefferson Memorial. Last week, the class transformed the Media Center into a tour of Washington, D.C. for parents and other classes to visit. Students shared what they had learned about our nation’s capital while dressed as historical figures and places.

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Sea Turtle Hospital News

By Karen Sota Special to the Post & Voice Continuing with our threepart series on “what we do here� this week we’re covering the basics of rehabilitation – getting sick and injured sea turtles back home.

Most of the sick and wounded coming through our doors can generally be grouped into a few categories: predatory (shark or other natural enemy), human interaction (boat strike, prop wounds and fishing gear entanglement), pollution of their habitat (plastic waste, litter, toxic chemicals, balloons), and cold-stuns (hypothermia).

Finally the “Bar nacle Bills,� are the trickiest to treat. Barnacle Bill turtles are just what you might imagine – they’re covered everywhere (carapace, plastron, head and flippers) with barnacles, algae, leeches – if it’s in the water and can attach itself to a slow-moving turtle they’ve got it on them.

Turtles arriving without paperwork are evaluated, measured, weighed and the stranding infor mation required by the federal government for Endangered Species is completed. Any turtles accompanied by that paperwork can skip the weighing, measuring etc.

All new patients are admitted to Sea Turtle Sick Bay where they are quarantined in individual tanks for a minimum of 40 days per U.S. Fish & Wildlife regulations.

These patients need critical care treatment by our staff.

They are sick, stressed and need the relative quiet of a small room and a small tank to keep them calm.

Once they are clean and

Weaver

Continued from page 4A a distillery there, but not of the illegal kind. More likely it was a turpentine still, the kind that had a distressing tendency to explode and burn every few years.

It wasn’t the first time I’d seen a bubble of traditional history burst, and likely it won’t be the last. My late friend Robb Cross, whom we called the Perfessor, was infamous for popping pretentious balloons. He had a passion for history, for truth, derived out of a sense of duty and honor to those who lived through it. However, he sometimes lacked a certain diplomacy, and like John the Baptist in the wilderness, he was going to cry out, regardless. At the time of Robb’s death, I knew of one poorhouse, one timber company payroll office, and a general store whose history he had preserved. He also managed to offend several “historical societies� along the way, since they firmly stood their ground that they had preserved a plantation home, a Confederate telegraph office, and a school – but the truth hurts sometimes.

As good a buddy of mine as he was, Robb likely would not have been appreciated by

dry we apply a betadine solution (think the old orang-y iodine) as an all-over wash, as well as further flushing of any wounds. Betadine helps to reduce bacterial infection.

A clean turtle is a happy turtle, and they smell a lot better, too!

From that point the treatments can take many forms depending on why a turtle is here. Some turtles are placed on protocols of oral and/or injected antibiotics. Some turtles are severely anemic and dehydrated and need IV fluids, including liquid vitamin supplements.

Many turtles are radiographed (x-rayed) to look for foreign objects such as fish hooks, broken bones and things like bone lesions.

These radiographs are very helpful with the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of the turtles.

To p i c a l t r e a t m e n t o f wounds range from simple application of a little triple antibiotic cream to hour-long sessions spent in a tank or on the lab table. Sometimes the spinal cord and internal organs are exposed and need the gentlest of hands and the absolute undivided attention of our volunteers to keep from doing further damage.

A water pick can be used to flush dirt and other debris from dee p wounds. Once cleaned the exposed areas are covered with one of our miracle salves, SSD, Silver Sulfadiazine, an antibiotic that fights bacteria and yeast. Large, open wounds are covered with a Tegaderm dressing to keep the area dry between treatments.

Of course there are the exceptions and special cases that require not only our extensive experience but also

our willingness to learn how to use new applications. Years ago, in the old hospital, we learned the value of physical therapy for sea turtles.

Last year we began cold laser therapy on selected patients, again under the guidance of Dr. Harms. Remember that article? Results have exceeded our expectations and we continue using the therapy on turtles not only with bone lesions, but certain other types of wounds.

While not all injuries or illnesses can be treated without advanced medical intervention (surgery and cataract removal for example) the turtles still come to us for their after-procedure care.

People often ask how long turtles stay with us. It depends on why and when they arrived.

Sometimes it’s a matter of days, and sometimes they’re with us for years. When a turtle is off daily treatments and has been cleared by Dr. Harms to move to the “big house� (Sea Turtle Bay) they still receive daily care (lots of TLC, food, supplements and cleaning) by our volunteers.

These are the turtles you see from our observation ramp during your visit. It’s their final stop before going home,

and we’ll cover that, the release, next time.

Beach training classes scheduled Our Director of Beach Operations Terry Meyer has scheduled two training sessions for anybody interested in joining the Topsail Turtle Project. Beach walkers begin daily patrols of Topsail beaches May 1, the official start of nesting season and continue through August.

They also participate in the hatching process as nest sitters. The training sessions will be held at the Surf City Welcome Center April 5 from 1-3:30 p.m. and also April 12 from 6:8:30 p.m. You must be available to walk along an assigned route (about a mile) one day a week throughout nesting season.

Plan on attending one of the training sessions for a great introduction into the world of sea turtles and more information about the beach program. Contact Terry at 910-470-2880 if you have a specific question or concern about the sessions.

Hospital tours resume soon Our plans are to resume our tours with our two-day schedule in early April, barring any late deluge of cold-

my beloved Great-Aunt Ellie.

As the family historian on Papa’s side, she was in a peculiar position to access any number of records through her work with the National Archives. Hence, Aunt Ellie told us children that the first member of the family to arrive in America, back in 1628, was influential in colonial government, was an entrepreneur, and an officer of the militia.

Actually he was a pirate, was feared as a radical insurrectionist by the colonial government in Virginia, and he influenced the government to leave him alone, since his band of cutthroats, Indians and fellow AWOL sailors were better ar med than the authorities in Jamestown. Since I was kid bent on changing the world when I found all that stuff out, it’s probably a good thing Aunt Ellie had already passed, since she might have changed her mind about giving me her 1955 Chevy.

I think one reason I get so bugged about legends as history is that the true stories are more important than the romanticized ones. A volunteer historic site where I once worked had a whole tapestry of legend built around a famous visitor during the Revolution, and focused everything on a fictionalized version of history surround-

ing the one or two days that the visit allegedly occurred.

As harmless as the legend may be, it wasn’t the truth, and more than 250 years of the true history of the place was cast aside for years.

Mention a whiskey still during prohibition, and immediately there comes to mind the romance of bootleggers, shootouts with federal agents, “revenooer special� bear traps scattered through the woods, fast cars and faster women of ill repute. Mention a turpentine distillery, from where far more profitable liquid gold was harvested in a desperate attempt to gain a few more decades of money out of the long leaf pine forests – well, that’s boring.

Or the payroll office I referred to a few paragraphs back – it wasn’t built until decades after the aforementioned (and largely non-existent) Confederate Telegraph had sent its last message. Still we know veterans of that war may have stood there in line awaiting their envelopes after a week of sawing, snaking, dogging, barking, hauling, sweating, and yes, sometimes dying as they hauled juniper and cypress out of the Green Swamp to be milled, rived into shingles and boards, and sent around the world. It’s exciting to think about a message such as “Fort Fisher has fallen�

flashing through a non-existent key in a telegraph office that never was. I’m far more interested in those men who sent lumber from those virgin forests to New York for water towers, Florida for mansions, and Panama to build the canal linking east and west.

How many had hopes and dreams for something better for their children? How many watched a hundred trees fall, and thought about how long those trees had stood, what they had seen? How many were dodging the law, or simply trying to forget their pasts and start over? Which ones went to church every Sunday, and which ones would cheerfully have patronized the mythical whiskey still on the rise, and which ones were somewhere in between?

I guess I could, and even should, tell my observers at the store about the ruins on the hill, and if it comes up, I likely will. I won’t use my Aunt Ellie’s ability to make history prettier, nor will I be as undiplomatic as my buddy Robb. I’ll tell the truth, but as diplomatically as possible.

You see, history is history.

It is what it is -- even when it isn’t what it’s supposed to be.

Jefferson Weaver is a columnist and contributing writer with the Post & Voice.

Contact him at jeffersonweaver@nrcolumbus.com.

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stuns patients! Tour days and hours will be Thursdays and Saturdays from 1-4 PM. Stay tuned to this column and our Facebook page for the official announcement of our 2017 season opening!

Not quite spring We continue to be blessed with an easy winter, but March looks like it be coming in with a bit of a roar.

Please be on the lookout for any turtle you see stranded on the beach or in marshy areas. It could be a victim of cold-stunning. It may look dead but don’t assume that it is just because it is not moving.

Gently pick it up and relocate it to an unheated area like your garage or car. Do not try to warm it up as a quick rise in body temperature will send it into shock. It’s important that the critter not lay exposed on the beach for hours, subject to weather and predators.

Call our Director of Beach

Operations,Terry Meyer at 910-470-2880 or Jean at 910470-2800. You may also call the N.C. hotline for stranded, sick and injured turtles at 252-241-7367 (picks up 24/7) or our hospital during operating hours at 910-329-0222.

If you are local we will quickly send one of our volunteers to retrieve the turtle for follow-up care at the hospital.

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Post & Voice All-County Wrestling

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The 2016-17 wrestling season is finished and the three high schools represented the county well. The Post & Voice would like to recognize the best of the best.

Nathan Bray-Topsail The 113-pound Bray was as tough as nails. He earned a spot in the regional and state meet. He finished the year with a 27-12 record.

Andrew Ocampo-Pender Ocampo (113) wrestled well and finished the year with a 14-6 record. He earned a spot in the regional meet.

Ethan Rivenbark-Topsail Rivenbark (120) was one of the better wrestlers in the Mid-Eastern Conference and the county. He earned a trip to the state tournament. He finished the year with an impressive 28-14 record.

Nathan Martinez-Topsail Martinez (152) had a great year for the

Pirate grapplers. He earned a trip to the regionals. He finished the year with a 3213 record. He was always a tough out.

Noah Lavalle-Topsail Lavalle (160) got a late start after finishing an outstanding football campaign.

He finished strong, earning the regional title and advancing to the state title. He finished with a 21-4 record.

Zion Cruz-Trask Cruz (170) came on strong in his first year on the mat. He was a beast on the mat and has a bright future ahead of him.

He finished the year with a 27-17 record.

Nathan Brown-Trask Brown (220) is a very strong young man who is becoming a very good wrestler. He earned a trip to the state tournament. He finished the year with a 32-10 record.

Gerardo Santiago-Garcia-Trask Garcia (220) was a beast on the mat.

He had a never say die attitude. He advanced to the state tournament. He finished the year with a 32-15 record.

Kyle Hancock-Trask This strong heavyweight made his mark as a heavyweight despite weighing under 225 pounds. He was at or near the top of the Post & Voice top six for most of the year. He eclipsed the 100-win mark in his career and finished the season with a 42-10 record.

Wrestler of the year Joseph Chung-Trask Chung (195) came on strong as a junior and carried it over to his senior year. He eclipsed the 100-win mark this year and earned a trip to the state meet. He went farther in the state meet than any other Pender County grappler. He finished the year with a 40-14 record.

Coach of the year Chris Johnson-Trask Johnson took over a Trask program that had some success and has kept the team relevant in the wrestling community. He has worked hard to continue the team’s success. One of the hardest working coaches in the area.

Lady Pirates, Phillips off to impressive start

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer First-year Topsail softball Coach Eric Phillips had a wide smile on his face Tuesday night after watching both the varsity and junior-varsity teams perform in their opening games at Dixon, and he had good reason.

The junior-varsity girls defeated Dixon 13-1 in five innings and the varsity wasn’t going to be upstaged. The Lady Pirates not only blanked the Lady Bulldogs 13-0 (5 innings) but their ace pitcher threw a perfect game, their senior leadoff hit went 3-for-4 with a 3-run inside-the-park home run, and two freshmen in the starting lineup combined for four hits, four RBIs, and three runs scored.

One game does not a season make – but it is a heck of a way for the Topsail girls to send an early notice that they are for real.

Senior Victoria Elder went five innings, striking out 12 of the 15 batters she faced, in

a perfect-game effort, and senior Hunter Bizzell had two bunt singles, two stolen bases, and the three-run insidethe-park home run at Topsail blanked Dixon 13-0 in Holly Ridge.

It was 1-0 after one inning (Bizzell walk, two SBs, E-50), 2-0 (freshman Darbie Lisk RBI) after two innings, and 5-0 after three inning before the Lady Pirates sent 11 hitters to the plate resulting in seven hits and eight runs, to finish the evening off.

“It was impressive,” Phillips said. “Before I get started, though, I want to say our JV team was phenomenal tonight as well, several of those girls (Shane Collins, Laura LaBelle) did a great job. After that, Vic was masterful. She didn’t miss very many spots, and our speed really helped us tonight.

“We hit-and-run 50-60 percent of the time and it really opened up some holes. It was a good, good start. We are not

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Pirates rout Cardinals, topple Rams at home

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Topsail’s Coach Aaron Rimer put up some impressive numbers and results during his six years as the head coach of his Alma Mater – North Rowan – and he is already off to a good start in his first year as the Pirates leading man.

It would be hard for him to expect much more than the 10hit, 14-run effort his charges in his debut last Monday (Feb. 27) ay Jacksonville.

Sophomore Aiden Smith allowed a first-inning run but settled down with three strong innings, senior Aaron beach had three hits, including a double, and two RBIs, junior Coby Emmertz homered and knocked in three runs, and senior Josh Madole had four RBIs as Topsail destroyed Jacksonville 14-2 in five innings in their season-opening game on the Cardinals’ diamond.

Beach got the rout started with a leadoff bunt single in the top of the first, stealing second on the third pitch to Sam Hall. After an out, Madole singled to plate Beach. Emmertz then hit a home run to centerfield for a 3-0.

Sophomore Elliott Blanton walked, Smith walked and, after the second out, senior Garrett Myrka walked to load the bases. A RBI walk to sophomore Shane Nolan made it 4-0. The Cardinals got one back in the bottom of the first on a single, a double, and a wild pitch to make it 4-1.

Topsail got that run back in the top of the third when Myrka led off with a walk, Nolan was hit by a pitch, a ground out, a Hall walk, and a Madole RBI sacrifice fly. The Pirates put the game away with eight runs in the top of the fourth inning.

Blanton started things with a walk and Smith singled.

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Staff photo by Bobby Norris

Trask right-hander Hunter Cooper prepares to throw the first pitch of the 2017 season.

Titans drop opener at East Columbus

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer An air of excitement was evident last week when the Heide Trask baseball team opened their regular season at home verse a very good east Columbus Gator team. First year coach Ronnie Pruitt was full of energy and there was a nervous energy among his youthful charge.

The Titan junior varsity set the stage for the older team with a come from behind win that included three squeeze plays in a row. It was up to the varsity hard ballers to finish the deal.

East Columbus started senior right-hander Cyrus Jacobs on the mound while the Titans countered with young right hander Hunter Cooper.

The Gators proved to be too much for the Titans, taking a 12-2 win.

The Gators jumped on the Titans early, scoring twice with the help of an error in the opening frame. The Titans had an opportunity to score in the bottom half of the inning but could not plate the baserunners.

The Gators added two runs in the second frame and went into the middle innings with a 4-0 lead. The Titans could

only manage three hits off of Jacobs in the first four innings.

Coach Pruitt went to another young arm with one out in the fourth frame in Justin Collier. The sophomore right hander slowed the Gators down but could not hold the Columbus County team scoreless.

East scored five runs in the fourth before adding one in the sixth and two in the final frame.

Miles Jordan scored a run in the bottom of the fifth and the bottom of the seventh for the Titans. Trask had four hits in the contest.

Cooper took the loss with 3.33 innings of work. He gave up nine runs on 12 hits with one strikeout. Collier went 3.66 innings with two earned runs scored against him. He had four strikeouts.

The Titans played at East Columbus later in the week.

The Trask offense found bats in the contest but the East Columbus bats were too much for the Titans with East taking a 10-5 win.

The Titans are 0-2 on the year. They are at Southwest Onslow on Wednesday and at home on Friday against Wallace – Rose Hill in their Four County Conference opener.

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In My Opinion

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

The Trask softball team has been at the top of the heap for many years. The team has won four straight conference titles and has never had a losing season.

While I do not want to be a doomsday dude or try and bring anybody down, I am realist. The real truth is that the Heide Trask Lady Titan softball team is in a major rebuilding mode.

The Lady Titans lost eight seniors. Those eight seniors were the best of the best. They came up through a Burgaw Dixie Youth program that won state titles. Those teams were groomed to be great players… And now they’re gone.

Jimmy Roughton took over the program this year when Corrina Reece resigned to spend more time with her own kids. Some say she knew what was going to happen when those girls graduated. I don’t believe that for a minute.

Roughton knew what he was stepping into when he took the job. He took the job in good faith with the knowledge of what the team lost and what they had coming back. I believe

he will ride it out.

In the beginning the Titan softball program was coached by Ron Watson and Duane Poling. The team had three or four proven softball players on that first squad and a bunch of girls that had very little or no experience. Those teams finished with a winning record.

The program got better because the recreation league in Burgaw got better. The team went to the Eastern regional finals and always went fairly deep in the playoffs. Coach Watson had some health issues and other things happened that caused him to step down. I still believe that the man did as much for the Trask softball team as any ever has.

This year’s team will have to suck it up and take their lumps. You can best believe that the teams in the Four County Conference are licking their chops in anticipation of playing a team that does not resemble the Titan teams of the past.

For those of you that think that the Titan program is on a fast track to nowhere had best believe that there are some young players on the horizon that are ready to make the move to high school and prove themselves worthy of wearing a Titan uniform.

Meanwhile, don’t count this team out just yet. It may take them a while before they find their selves.

Is this going to be the Titan softball teams first losing season ever? I guess we will have to wait and see.

Top Performers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The spring sports season has opened with great weather for a change.

The Topsail soccer team is off to a great start with two wins and a tie. Carmen Pyrtle showed her soccer skills with three goals for the week while keeper Haley Childress gave up just two goals in three matches.

The Titan soccer team lost their opener despite great play in goal from the duo of Emily Oyler and Vicky Botello.

The Topsail ladies lacrosse team opened with a win over D.H. Conley. Emily Doane led the scoring with five goals while Delaney Popella and Hannah Jones each added three scores. Jones added four scores in the Pirates win over Havelock.

The boy’s team opened with a 12-9 win over Croatan behind the play of Jake Volpe and Eli Copeland. Each had four goals and an assist.

The Trask softball team opened the year with three losses. Romie Jones had three hits in the first loss to East Columbus.

The Topsail baseball team is off to a great start. Sophomore Aiden Smith allowed

a first-inning run but settled down with three strong innings while senior Aaron Beach had three hits, including a double and two RBIs in the win over Jacksonville.

Junior Coby Emmertz homered and knocked in three runs while senior Josh Madole had 4 RBIs. The Pirates beat Purnell Sweat late in the week behind the play of Sam Hall and Emmertz. Both had dingers in the 8-2 win. Peyton Phelps earned the win on the hump.

The Topsail softball team is primed and ready to make a run for the 3A state title. The Lady Pirates opened the year with a 13-0 win over Dixon.

Senior Victoria Elder went 5 innings, striking out 12 of the 15 batters she faced in a perfect-game effort. Senior Hunter Bizzell had two bunt singles, two stolen bases, and a three run inside the park home run.

Topsail then made short work of Purnell Sweat behind another sterling performance

by Elder. Hayley Grizzle and Maddy Laster led the Pirates at the plate.

This week’s top performer is senior right-hander Victoria Elder. The fireball pitcher threw a perfect game against Dixon. She struck out 12 of the 15 batters that she faced.

Pirate teams gearing up for successful spring campaigns

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer As quick as the winter season has gone by, the spring sport’s season is instantly upon us with several of the teams pushing the envelope and predicting strong seasons, while others are taking a more cautious wait-and-see attitude.

Girls’ soccer Jimmy Pyrtle is beginning his third year as the Topsail head coach and is anticipating an improvement on last year (8-12-3; 2-10 Mid-Eastern

3A/4A Conference).

“The team, as a whole, has worked hard to improve their overall skill and fitness levels since the end of last season,” Pyrtle said. “We have a significant number of returning (18) varsity players which should result in a better depth situation in 2017, and more cohesive lineups on the field.”

Pyrtle is not ready to predict a total conference championship, citing the four 4A schools as primary contenders for that lofty perch, but he does say, “We should be a con-

tender to win the 2017 3A conference championship and we expect to be improved relative to the 4A schools this upcoming season.”

Leading the quest will be junior Carmen Pyrtle. Pyrtle, a forward, was first team All-Conference last year when she was second in goals scored (17). Right there with Carmen will be junior goalkeeper Hayley Childress, also a first-team AllConference choice who led the conference in saves (126).

Jamie Keisman scored nine goals and had four assists in 2016 and she is expected to be a leader and a key player this year. Ariana Colon missed all but the first game last year with an ACL injury but has

worked extremely hard on rehabilitation and is expected to be a key player at the center back position.

Aggie Reilly is a tenacious defender who was one of the team leaders in minutes played, and Lexi Gilley (five goals), Amanda Allen, Nathalie Galeas, Payton Mattlin, Elizabeth Canfield, Danielle Vara , and Carsyn Malpass (four goals, four assists) are being counted on for big things.

Catching Pyrtle’s eye early is

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The Kickers Corner

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

Staff photo by Bobby Norris

The Lady Titans dropped their two season openers to East Columbus and South Brunswick.

Lady Titan softball opens seasons with losses

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Lady Titan softball program has been one of the best in the state for many years. In fact, the team has won three straight Four County Conference titles while going 40-2 in conference play.

With eight seniors lost to graduation and a bevy of inexperienced players on the roster, first year coach Jimmy Roughton knew that this would be a rebuilding year.

Last week the rebuilding started with East Columbus coming to town. The Lady Gators took no mercy on the young Titans, finishing them off with a 14-2 score that included a seven run seventh frame.

Junior Brittany Foy is the lone returning starter for the Titans. She took the circle and pitched well in the opening frame. The Gators scored two runs with the help of a throwing error in the opening frame and added two more in the third inning.

The Titans found themselves down 14-0 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. The home team Titans scored two runs in their final at bat.

Romie Jones led the Titans with three hits while Foy took the loss in the circle.

Next up was a trip to Brunswick County to play the South Brunswick Lady Cougars. The Titans have some history with the Cougars and hoped to play them tough.

Both offenses were on fire

in this contest with the South Brunswick ladies taking a hard fought 19-15 win.

The final game of the week was a return match with East Columbus. The Lady gators were the host this time and they showed no mercy on the visiting team taking a 13-2 win.

The Lady Titans are 0-3 for the first time in school history. They host Laney on Wednesday before opening conference play at home on Friday against Wallace-Rose Hill.

Topsail Pirate Sports Roundup

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The first week in the spring season is in the rearview mirror, and several of the teams have gotten off to positive starts.

Women’s soccer The Lady Pirates went on the road for their opener Monday and came back from Jacksonville with a 1-1, doubleovertime tie with White Oak. Carmen Pyrtle scored 5:39 into the first overtime but White Oak scored 7:49 in the second 10-minute overtime.

Topsail goalkeeper Haley Childress had six saves.

Wednesday the Lady Pirates

quickly made sure there would not be another tie, scoring three times in the first half and three more times in the second half in a 6-0 home win over Whiteville.

Pyrtle got the ball rolling 6:31 into the game when she converted a pass from Carsyn Malpass into a 1-0 lead.

Malpass made it 2-0 14:00 into the half when she drilled a shot into the left side of the net.

Jamie Keisman got into the scoring column late in the half, giving the Lady Pirates a 3-0 lead. The Topsail defense not only kept Whiteville scoreless they prevented them from getting a single

shot on net – highlighted by several nice defensive plays

by Peyton Mattlin.

Putting the punctuation mark on the win, the Lady Pirates got one second-half goal from Malpass and a pair of goals from freshman Tralyn Magliocco. Neither Topsail Goalkeeper (Childress or Amanda Allen) had a save as Whiteville had no shots on goal.

“It was a solid effort in every aspect of the game,” Topsail Coach Jimmy Pyrtle said. “Every girl on the field had a positive effect, both offensively and defensively, and we moved the ball around well. There is still a lot of

things we can work on to get better, but it was a good effort all the way around.”

The Lady Pirates (2-0-1) put the punctuation mark on a solid first week Thursday with a 2-1 home win over Cape Fear Academy. After a scoreless first half, Cape fear scored in the 43rd minute.

The score remained 1-0 until the 72nd minute when Lexi Gilley tied the game at 1-1 on a free kick from around 25 yards following a Cape fear foul on Jamie Keisman.

Topsail scored again in the 77th minute on a follow shot

by Pyrtle.

Hanover, Coach Smith was the defensive coordinator at Great Falls High School (20122014, Great Falls, S.C.), Lakewood High School (2010-2012, Sumter, S.C.), and Swansea High School (2008-2009, Swansea, S.C.).

Coach Smith also brings collegiate coaching experience with him. He has had stints at Indiana State University (Terre Haute), North Carolina Tech Prep School (Concord), Northern State University (Aberdeen, S.D.), and Fort Valley State University (Fort Valley, Ga.).

Coach Smith also played at the collegiate level at both Liberty University and Charles-

ton Southern University. As a defensive back he recorded 175 career tackles, earned AllBig South Conference honors, and was a Scholar Athlete in 2003-2004.

Motsinger to be named Wallace-Rose Hill coach According to multiple sources Wallace-Rose Hill is expected to name former James Kenan and New Hanover High School coach Kevin Motsinger as their new head football coach.

The Wallace job was open after long time coach Joey Price resigned following the team’s third consecutive and fifth state title in eight years.

Motsinger turned a stag-

nant James Kenan program around in just three years before moving to New Hanover where he posted a 72-43 record. The move is pending Duplin County School Board approval.

McFadden making waves at collegiate level Former Heide Trask baseball player Dakota McFadden is making waves at Prince George Community College in Virginia.

Through 10 games McFadden is batting .500 with 10 runs scored and 13 runs driven in.

He is 2-0 on the mound. He has pitched 13.1 innings with 15 strikeouts. He has a 1.31 earned run average.

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Emmertz takes on bigger role with Pirates

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Sports News and Notes

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Pender High School announced the hiring of their new head coach last week replacing Bob Via. Tim Smith, a former assistant coach with New Hanover High School was officially named to head the Patriot football program. He helped New Hanover earn back-toback Mid-Eastern Conference Championships.

In the past two years his defensive squads forced 34 turnovers with 21 interceptions in 2015 and forced 26 turnovers with six defensive touchdowns. Prior to New

Long poised to lead young Titan softball team

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When senior softball player Samantha Long came along the Heide Trask Titan softball team was full of older and accomplished players.

The young gifted softball player did her best and learned to play the game while being a team player. She was part of a team that won the conference title three years in a row.

This year’s squad is young and inexperienced. Miss Long is one of the most experienced members of the team and one of just three seniors on the roster.

Samantha has a god bat and can play multiple positions.

She can hit for average and power and has great knowledge of the game.

With the Lady Titans in a rebuilding mode Samantha Long will be counted on to lead the young players.

With her tenacious play and great attitude she will surely be able to handle this with ease.

presents this week’s

Athlete Spotlight

Samantha Long Heide Trask High School

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The catchers position is one in which the player has many duties. Among those duties is being able to handle the pitchers on the staff.

At Topsail High school the man behind the plate is junior Colby Emmertz. Mr. Emmertz came along last year when the Pirates were in between back stops.

He stepped up in a big way and handled the job like he had been handling the Pirate hurlers for years.

This year Colby will have an expanded role. He is no longer the sophomore catcher finding his way among more seasoned players.

He is a junior charged with not only handling the pitchers, but also being a leader on the field as well as in the dugout.

Colby Emmertz had a good year as s sophomore backstop.

He is off to a great start this year as he takes to his expanded roe on the Pirate roster.

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Athlete Spotlight

Colby Emmertz

Topsail High School

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The girls high school soccer season has started and all three schools are off and running.

The Heide Trask lady Titan kickers are again under the direction of Cathy Claris. They lost its opener to future conference mate Lejuene by the score of 2-0.

The Lady Titans were without their starting keeper and center back due to injury. Emily Oyler and Vicky Botello each played a half at keeper. “They both did a great job with all of one days practice, “said Claris. “We played well, just two costly let downs in the first half against their best player on the field who is a senior.”Oyler and Botello each had four saves.

The Pender girls played twice, falling 3-1 to East Columbus early in the week before earning a tie at home verse East Columbus.

The Lady Pirates went on the road for their opener Monday and came back from Jacksonville with a 1-1, double-overtime tie with White Oak. Carmen Pyrtle scored in the first overtime but White Oak scored in the second 10-minute overtime.

Topsail goalkeeper Haley Childress had six saves.

Wednesday the Lady Pirates quickly made sure there would not be another tie, scoring three times in the first half and three more times in the second half in a 6-0 home win over Whiteville.

Pyrtle got the ball rolling 6:31 into the game when

she converted a pass from Carsyn Malpass into a 1-0 lead. Malpass made it 2-0 14:00 into the half when she drilled a shot into the left side of the net.

Jamie Keisman got into the scoring column late in the half, giving the Lady Pirates a 3-0 lead. The Topsail defense not only kept Whiteville scoreless they prevented them from getting a single shot on net.

Putting the punctuation mark on the win, the Lady Pirates got one second-half goal from Malpass and a pair of goals from freshman Tralyn Magliocco. Neither Topsail Goalkeeper (Childress or Amanda Allen) had a save as Whiteville had no shots on goal.

“It was a solid effort in every aspect of the game,” Topsail Coach Jimmy Pyrtle said. “Every girl on the field had a positive effect, both offensively and defensively, and we moved the ball around well. There are still a lot of things we can work on to get better, but it was a good effort all the way around.”

The Lady Pirates (2-0-1) put the punctuation mark on a solid first week Thursday with a 2-1 home win over Cape Fear Academy.

After a scoreless first half, Cape fear scored in the 43rd minute.

The score remained 1-0 until the 72nd minute when Lexi Gilley tied the game at 1-1 on a free kick from around 25 yards following a Cape fear foul on Jamie Keisman. Topsail scored again in the 77th minute on a follow shot by Pyrtle.

Pender baseball has rough start

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot baseball team has a new coach and a roster splattered with new players. The team has struggled to put wins on the board in the last three years.

New coach Stephen Christian has his work cut out for him

this season.

Last week was a perfect example of this when the team played a home and away series with 4A Laney as well as playing a very good North Brunswick team at their place. Three losses later the team limps into week two.

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Pirate players do well on winter MEC All-Conference teams

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference winter All-Star teams were released, and the various Pirate teams were well-represented.

The girls’ swim team led the way right from the top when Coach Shannon Crate was selected as the conference’s Coach-of-the-Year.

Drew Marshall, Delaney Popella, Danielle Swiss, and Madison Hoover were members of the first-team 200mdley relay, and Popella (50 freestyle), and Marshall (100 freestyle) won individual first-team honors – both also

Brunetti looks to take next step for the Patriots

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As s sophomore Stephen Brunetti made huge strides.

He found his niche for the Pender Patriot bard ballers.

Brunetti is a player that has multiple skills. He is a very good fielder and can also handle the bat well.

Last year Brunetti began the year as a junior varsity player. However, his good bat and glove made it an easy decision to pull him up to the big boys. He thrived at the varsity level.

This year the Patriots will try and get acclimated to a new coach and a new style of play. Brunetti will see some time on the mound as well as in the field. He will be counted on to carry his weight in several different capacities.

With the Patriots set to move to a new conference, they will look to finish strong in the Four County Conference. Meanwhile, Stephen Brunetti will look to take the next step for the Patriots.

second-team, Marshall in the 100 backstroke and Popella in the 100 breaststroke.

Second-team All-Conference honors in wrestling went to Ethan Rivenbark (113 pounds) and Noah LaValle (160), while the entire Pirate team shared the league’s sportsmanship award with South Brunswick.

Alec Baker was a secondteam selection in basketball with Johnny Tartaglione on the Honorable-Mention list.

In girls’ basketball, Payton Little was a second-team selection and Carmen Pytle was chosen for Honorable-Mention honors.

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Athlete Spotlight

Stephen Brunetti

Pender High School

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist The previous column I wrote about a photography trip I will be taking in a couple of months in the Rocky Mountains. In it, I began to explain how I am planning for where and what to shoot.

This column will follow up on further planning.

I will be shooting several national parks, with the key emphasis on Rocky Mountain National Park not far from Denver. I picked three locations I wish to shoot in the park and should be able to get several unique views of each location.

But there is much more I have to plan on rather than just where and what to shoot.

For instance, how will I get there? This particular trip and park will be based from Bear Lake Trailhead. Based from this location means this is where I will park.

From the trailhead I will have to hike to the three locations I wish to photograph.

Two can be hiked to and from in a day with no problem.

However, I am not looking to shoot at the brightest point of the day. Just as sunset and sunrise are prime times for animal movement when hunting, sunset and sunrise are ideal ‘golden hours’ for photography, landscape photography in particular.

So, what does this mean?

It means either I will hike in the dark or will have to camp overnight.

This is where the real preparation comes in.

My first hike will be to and from with an overnight stay.

I hope to catch the sunset on day one of the hike and the

Legion Post

Continued from page 3A The cost of tickets is $3 each, or two tickets can be purchased for $5. The drawing will be held April 10 at the Post building.

The winner will be called and it will be posted on their

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PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED

Bill Howard stops to take a selfie while hiking along the Grand Canyon sunrise the next morning.

This will allow me to hike back to the truck for more provisions.

This is important in order to lighten my hiking gear. You see, my body which is accustomed to North Carolina has not seen 10,000-foot altitudes.

It will likely be hard enough just to hike without any additional weight for prolonged periods there.

Since I am photographing though, not only do I have to account for the weight of a sleeping bag, tent, water, and food, but I have my camera, tripod, lens and accessories that will be tagging along. To give you an idea of what I am dealing with, my camera gear and camera bag that I use for sports photography weighs right at 40 pounds.

This is again why extensive planning must take place.

Knowing what I am looking for and the compositions I wish to capture helps reduce the haphazard need to bring everything. One lens, a couple of filters, a camera body, and a couple of batteries along with

a lightweight tripod is the extent of camera equipment I will carry.

The rest of my pack will consist of a sleeping bag, one man tent, some emergency gear, food and water. I will have enough food and water for two days for a one day hike, three days for a two day hike, both of which can be stretched for an extra day if rationed in a real emergency.

A compass and a topographical map along with a GPS monitor will conclude necessary items.

On day two, after restocking my provisions, I head back out to reach the second location before sunset. This is the aforementioned two-day hike comes in to play. Because of where the trail leads, it is shorter for me to leave location two and head to location three rather than head back to the main trailhead.

After a sunrise shot at location two, location three by sunset becomes the goal.

This will also be the toughest portion of the hike due

website. Tickets can be purchased by mail: NC American Legion Post 167, PO Box 337, Hampstead, NC 28443, or those interested can visit the website at www.ncalpost167. org.

A spaghetti dinner will also be offered April 21 from 5-7 p.m. at the Post. The cost will be $8 per person, or two dinners for $15. The dinner

will include salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, dessert and a drink.

Tickets for the spaghetti dinner can be purchased by calling Tom Wright at (910) 270-8844 or Bob Andrews at (910) 330-5006.

American Legion Post 167 is located at 16660 U.S. Hwy.17 N. in Hampstead.

3/9/2017

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

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to the changes in altitude and difficulty of the trail. Of course, I could always do these locations in reverse, however saving this most difficult portion for the second day of a two-day hike means I will have used some of my provisions making my pack just a little lighter.

Whether hunting, fishing, hiking or paddling, it is important not only to plan where you want to target, but also what it will take for you to make it to the targeted area.

–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.

Pender

Continued from page 9A First up was the powerful Laney Bucs. Laney started senior R.J. Hall on the mound while Pender countered with Chase Norris. Hall threw a no-hitter while Norris ended up the loser of the 12-1 five inning contest.

This was a 3-1 game going into the fourth frame. Laney scored eight runs in the fourth frame to break open the con-

The following public hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 5:30PM (or thereabout) in the meeting room of the Burgaw Municipal Building located at 109 N Walker Street in Burgaw, NC. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Public Hearing - The purpose of the hearing is to receive public comment regarding proposed text amendments to Section 6-2: Definitions of Basic Terms and Section 8-2: Table of Permitted Uses of the Town of Burgaw Unified Development Ordinance as follows: •

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Add to Section 6-2, Definitions of Basic Terms - Office, General: An establishment primarily engaged in the day-to-day administrative or clerical services for businesses or other organizations, with little to no walk-in traffic from the general public.

Add to Section 8-2, Table of Permitted Uses - Office, General as a permitted use in the B-1, B-2, and O&I Districts.

ARBOR DAY CEREMONY AND TREE GIVE AWAY The Town of Burgaw will be celebrating Arbor Day on Friday, March 17, 2017 with a ceremony beginning at 2:30PM followed by the tree give away beginning at 3:00PM. Town of Burgaw residents must present their town water/sewer bill with the Arbor Day sticker in order to receive their choice of a Crape Myrtle tree or a Chaste tree (one tree per customer, please). Tree giveaway will end at 5:00PM or earlier if supplies are exhausted. Both events will be held at the Burgaw Community House located at 102 E. Wilmington Street in Burgaw.

CALENDAR Mar. 13, 2017 Mar. 14, 2017 Mar. 16, 2017 Mar. 17, 2017

Parks/Recreation Committee meeting Board of Commissioners meeting Planning/Zoning Board meeting Arbor Day Ceremony & tree give away

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

test. Latrell Brown scored the only run for Pender while Hall struck out 12 Patriots.

Next up was a non-conference game at North Brunswick. The Scorpions opened with junior Landen Wright. He combined with two relievers to hold the Patriots without a hit for the second consecutive game.

North scored three runs in the first inning and finished the game in the sixth with four runs. Pender scored their only run of the game in the first

inning.

The final game of the week was at Laney. Again the Bucs proved to be too much for the Patriots as a duo of Buccaneer pitchers held the Patriots to two hits in taking an 8-0 win.

Eston Easterling took the loss for Pender while Tyler Norris pitched four innings in relief. Chase and Tyler Norris had the Patriots hits.

The Patriots (0-3) were at South Brunswick on Tuesday before hosting the Cougars on Thursday.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: March 20, 2017 TIME OF HEARINGS: 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 145, 805 SOUTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, N.C. 28425

Zoning Map Amendment

Claude R. Tatum Jr. et al, applicants and owners, are requesting approval of a Zoning Map Amendment for one (1) tract totaling approximately ±1.88 acres from the GB, General Business zoning district to the PD, Planned Development zoning district. The subject property is located in the Topsail Township at 363 Sloop Point Loop Road (SR 1563), along the north side of Sloop Point Loop Road (SR 1563), approximately 1900 feet east of the intersection of US HWY 17 and Sloop Point Loop Road (SR 1563) and may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 4204-831315-0000.

Special Use Permit

Oak Island Partners, LLC., applicants and owners, are requesting the approval of a Major Revision to a previously approved Special Use Permit (11181) for the expansion of an existing sand mine (NAICS 212321) ‘Construction Sand and Gravel Mining’. The subject properties are zoned RA, Rural Agricultural zoning district and according to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance §5.2.3 Table of Permitted Uses; Nonmetallic Mineral & Quarrying (NAICS 2123) is permitted via Special Use Permit in the RA, Rural Agricultural zoning district. There are two (2) tracts associated with this request totaling ± 1,633 acres. The subject properties are located 1.5 miles to the south of the intersection of US HWY 17 and NC HWY 50 in the Topsail Township and may be further identified by Pender County PINs: 4227-43-0996-0000 and 4227-18-2935-0000.

Conditional Zoning Map Amendment

DRC Hampstead, LLC., applicants and owner, are requesting approval of a Conditional Zoning Map Amendment Revision for four (4) parcels totaling approximately 88.16 acres in the RM-CD2, Residential Mixed Conditional zoning district 2. The request is to add of approximately ten (10) acres and twelve (12) single family dwellings from the original approval. The current project proposal consists of 228 apartment units and 149 single family homes with associated neighborhood amenities. The subject properties are located along the north side of US HWY 17 and may also be accessed from the east side of Hoover Road (SR 1569). The subject property is in the Topsail Township and may be further identified by Pender County PINs: 3293-01-5693-0000, 3293-11-0659-0000, 3293-01-9640-0000 and 3292-02-1695-0000.

Zoning Text Amendment

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Travis Holder, applicant, is requesting the approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance. Specifically, the request is to add a Section (5.3.7) for standards regarding construction (Sector 23) and amend Section 5.2.3, Table of Permitted Uses, in order to allow for the following uses; Construction of Buildings (NAICS 236), Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (NAICS 237) and Specialty Trade Contractors (NAICS 238) as permitted with use standards in the GB, General Business zoning district.

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

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-103 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

PEGGY FELICIA SCOTT, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DAISY FORD SCOTT 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 0.867 acres, Parcel ID Number 3245-03-2868-0000 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 10, 2017.

This date: February 23, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7630 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/2017 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 Karen Anna Vose, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Karen Anna Vose, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 18, 2017 at 311 Hickory Lane Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of February 16, 2017.

Andrea Jacquot 311 Hickory Lane Hampstead, NC 28443 #7627 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/2017 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 Betty Musselwhite Guffey, deceased, of Pender County.

This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Betty Musselwhite Guffey to present them to the undersigned on or before May 18, 2017 at 1100 Tara Lane Wilmington, NC 28411 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of February 16, 2017.

Michael A. Harrison 1100 Tara Lane Wilmington, NC 28411 #7628 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of LILMAR TAYLOR-WILLIAMS, Deceased, of Pender County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before May 16, 2017, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 16th day of February, 2017.

MARGARET S. BENNINGTON, EXECUTOR c/o MATTHEW W. THOMPSON Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 7068 Wilmington, NC 28406-7068 #7629 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/2017

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Diane R. Scicchitano, late of Wake 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 Kristin Yahnke, P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, NC 28445, on or before the 24th day of May, 2017, 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 23rd day of February, 2017.

Carol Scicchitano Administrator of the Estate of Diane R. Scicchitano 17 E 46 Kristin Yahnke Attorney at Law Kenneth Ording, P.C. P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, NC 28445 14210 HWY 50, Surf City, NC 28445 #7640 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16/2017

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Elizabeth C. Bannerman, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Elizabeth C. Bannerman to present them to the undersigned on or before May 18, 2017 at PO Box 329 Atkinson, NC 28421 or be barred from recovery.

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

This the day of February 13, 2017.

Cedriko Bannerman PO Box 329 Atkinson, NC 28421 #7631 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-577 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

SALLIE ELLEN NAVAROLI, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: SALLIE ELLEN NAVAROLI 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 Map Book 8, Page 6, Parcel ID Number 2361-37-87480000 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 10, 2017.

This date: February 23, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7633 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-928 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

THOMAS TREVOUR SHEPARD, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: THOMAS TREVOUR SHEPARD 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 4.66 acres Holly Township, Parcel ID Number 4303-04-2685-0000 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 10, 2017.

This date: February 23, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7636 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-577 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

SALLIE ELLEN NAVAROLI, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SALLIE ELLEN NAVAROLI 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 Map Book 8, Page 6, Parcel ID Number 2361-37-8748-0000 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 10, 2017.

This date: February 23, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7634 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/2017

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 Joy D. Harper, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Joy D. Harper to present them to the undersigned on or before May 18, 2017 at 111 Holly Lane Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of February 13, 2017.

Theresa McDevitt 111 Holly Lane Rocky Point, NC 28457 #7632 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-577 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

SALLIE ELLEN NAVAROLI, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: RODDY NAVAROLI 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 Map Book 8, Page 6, Parcel ID Number 2361-37-8748-0000 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 10, 2017.

This date: February 23, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7635 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-928 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

THOMAS TREVOUR SHEPARD, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF THOMAS TREVOUR SHEPARD 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 4.66 acres Holly Township, Parcel ID Number 4303-04-2685-0000 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 10, 2017.

This date: February 23, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7637 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of FRANCHION M. MASON, Deceased, of Pender County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before June 1, 2017, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 1st day of March, 2017.

LINDA BLACKBURN AND TIMOTHY JOHNSTON Co-Executors c/o ELDRIDGE D. DODSON Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 7068 Wilmington, NC 28406-7068 #7642 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23/2017

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Randy Lee Rose, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Randy Lee Rose, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 1, 2017 at 2233 Dean Drive Norfolk, VA 23518 or be barred from recovery.

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

This the day of March 2, 2017.

Cheyanne Rose 2233 Dean Drive Norfolk, VA 23518 #7641 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23/2017

NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION Take notice that G & H Construction & Paving, Inc. has adopted Articles of Dissolution effective March 1, 2017 to voluntarily dissolve the corporation. Any person or corporate entity that has a claim against the corporation shall mail such claim to the attention of the corporation’s Registered Agent, Orville Earl Gurganus, at 18 Raven Drive; Rocky Point, North Carolina 28457. Such claim shall contain the name, mailing address and telephone number of the claimant, description of the claim, date the claim occurred and the amount of the claim. Any claim against the corporation shall be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five (5) years after the publication date of this notice.

This the 9th day of March, 2017 #7645 3/9/2017

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 Thomas Richard Hadden, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Thomas Richard Hadden, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 15, 2017 at 908 Beacon Street, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 1st day of March 2017.

David Richard Hadden 908 Beacon Street Hampstead, NC 28443 #7644 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30/2017

PENDER COUNTY GOP CONVENTION TO BE HELD MARCH 25 Hampstead NC - The Pender County Republican Party will hold its 2017 Precinct/County Convention on Saturday, March 25, 2017 from 9:30 AM to 12 Noon at the Pender County Annex, 15060 Hwy 17N, Hampstead.

The Convention will be held in the Auditorium.

Registration and sign-in will begin at 9:30 AM. Any Republican registered by January 31, 2017 residing in Pender County is welcome to attend the convention. The convention will be called to order at 10:00 AM. This will be a combined Precinct and County meeting. For details contact the Pender County Republican Chairman Bob Muller at 910270-3840 or email to pender.GOP@ gmail.com #7647 3/9/2017

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 Elsie Moore Simpson, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Elsie Moore Simpson, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 15, 2017 at 427 Jesse Moore Rd., Ivanhoe, N.C. 28447, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 27th day of February 2017.

Henry Fred Simpson, III 427 Jesse Moore Rd. Ivanhoe, NC 28447 #7643 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30/2017

Pirate spring

New Hanover in the overall standings.

Spearheading that optimistic scenarios Kade Ramsey – an All-Conference selection a year ago. Other key pieces include Wyatt Hedge, Bradley Brosovich, Garrett Hedge, Leighton Randall, Nick Hadcock, and Nick Turco.

Mens’ track Seth Landesman will handle the duties as head coach and cites the fact there are only three seniors on the team.

He says Ashley and Hoggard are conference favorites but says of his Pirates, “We have the potential to win the 3A portion of the conference.”

At the forefront of that optimism is shot putter and discus specialist Adam Hart, who will be attempting to qualify for the 3A state meet for a thirdconsecutive year.

Other veterans in the mix are sprinter Bryce Dillon, distance runner Noah Dansby, and sprinter Adam Stehley, a potential regional qualifier with a great stride.

N e w c o m e r s wh o h ave caught Landesman’s eye are Justin Burgess, Cameron Barras, Ryan Ording, Jonathan Ward, and freshman Noah LaValle (sprints/jumps) – who led the football team in rushing and was a 3A state wrestling qualifier.

Womens’ track Tisha London is the Lady Pirates head coach and she will be fielding a young team which has the potential to do

well this season.

Key returning girls include Elizabeth Coope, Molly Farrell, Payton Little – a tremendous player on the Lady Pirates’ basketball team – Mliea Moore, and Kersten Parrella.

Among the newcomers with good potential are Emma Filer, Madison Lofton, and Jacqueline Quinones.

Boys’ golf Boys’ basketball Coach Jamie Rochelle returns as the golf coach of team coming off a third-place (second in 3A) conference finish last year. Rochelle has eight letter-winners back and sees this team as a conference on contender along with New Hanover and West Brunswick.

Key retur nees include Harrison Weiss, Max Johnson, Evan Higgins, Johnny Falzarno, Anthony Tartaglione, Nick Hepler, and Barrett Holmes, and Rochelle likes what he has seen so far from newcomer George Boyle, a transfer student from Minnesota.

Tennis No preseason information was returned, despite several requests, but the Pirates did open the season Feb.25 with an 8-1 over Coastal Christian.

Hudson Smith opened with an 8-6 win at number one singles, and Sam Garland (8-2), Jason Loher (8-2), David Novack (8-4), and Will Hornethal (9-7), and Alex Hornethal (8-5) followed as the Pirates swept the singles’ matches

strikeouts) did the rest, fanning every hitter in the Dixon lineup at least once.

“I hope to continue this,” the smiling and bubbly Bizzell said. “We had a lot of good intensity, everyone in the dugout was talking and cheering everyone one, keeping everybody up, and it was a very good start.

“It was definitely a confidence booster for the freshman coming in, everyone got some good at-bats, got to see the ball and see live pitching, and get their confidence up. It didn’t hurt that Vic threw a perfect game, good for her.”

Senior Maddy Laster had two hits and scored three runs, freshman Darbie Lisk has 3 hits, two RBIs, and a run scored, and freshman Lauren Strnad had a hit and reached base on an error, scored once, and knocked in two teammates.

Thursday the Lady Pirates (2-0) welcomed Purnell Swett to Hampstead and they were not hospitable host as they disposed of the Lady Rams by an

11-1 score in five innings. Topsail jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Hayley Grizzle doubled in Tanesha Williams (walk) in for the first run and came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Maddy Laster.

The Lady Pirates took the suspense out of the game with nine runs in the bottom of the third on two hits, four walks, three fielders’ choices, and a hit batsman. The big hits in the inning were a two-run double Lisk and a RBI single be Nee Nee Jordan.

Elder pitched the first three innings (five strikeouts) – running her perfect-game start to eight innings in two games – and Grizzle pitched the last two, giving up one run on two walks, a single, and an error while fanning one.

The Lady Pirates opened their Mid-Easter n 3A/4A schedule Tuesday at Hoggard before heading to Pembroke for a rematch with the Lady Rams Thursday. They return home Friday for a conference game against Laney.

a passed ball to make it 9-1.

Beach scored on an error off the bat of Madole, Emmertz singled to score Hall and Madole score on a ground out by Ording for a 12-1 lead. A double by sophomore Hayden Walsh, plated Emmertz to make it 13-1.

Jacksonville got a harmless run back in the bottom

of the fourth but a Beach double, a Madole single, and a Hall ground out that scored Beach ended the run-scoring barrage.

Thursday the Pirates (2-0) started slow but heated in the middle innings behind home runs from Hall and Emmetz

Continued from page 8A Tralyn Magliocco – the lone freshman on the 2017 varsity who is expected to contribute and is described by Pyrtle as, “One who plays with great intensity.”

Womens’ lacrosse Courtney Burghardt begins her third year as the head coach of a team coming off a 10-8 season (6-6 in conference).

Burghardt lost four seniors from that team but returns 10 girls with varsity experience.

Burghardt is concerned a bit with the team’s defensive play but still feels her team can equal, or improve upon, last year’s record.

Leading the way in that quest will be Maddie DeVries, Rachel Hyatt, Erin McFadden, Rose Wescott), Emily Doane, Delaney Popella, and Hannah Jones. Burghardt is also hoping for big things from newcomers Sam King and Sophie Minnick.

Mens’ lacrosse Dwight Mullins begins his fourth year as the Pirates’ leader and brings back seven players from last year’s (7-9, 4-8) team. That will be the strength of the squad but Mullins is a little concerned about the total team defense and the goaltending. Still, he sees the Pirates winning the 3A title in the conference while finishing behind Hoggard, Laney, and

Lady Pirates

Continued from page 8A going to take anyone lightly, we talked about that a lot. We are playing ourselves and it doesn’t matter if we’re playing C.B. Aycock, Cape Fear, Hoggard, West Brunswick, etc. We are going to play the same and the girls have really bought into what we are teaching.

“The other good thing is tonight is everyone who was here and in uniform got an at-bat, and that’s a great way to start the season.”

A great way to start the game is to have Bizzell at the plate. The speedster simply beat out two bunts for base hits and swiped two early bases.

In the fifth she lofted a shallow Texas-League fly ballot centerfield that – after a diving attempt to catch it by the Dixon centerfield – rolled all the way to the wall, plating two teammates in front of her.

Elder (63 pitches, 44 for

Pirates

Continued from page 8A Myrka singled to score Blanton and sophomore Miles Cota walked to load the bases.

Beach singled to score Tyler Ording (running for Smith) for an 8-1 lead, and Cota scored on

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Roundup

Continued from page 8A Women’s lacrosse Topsail opened at home on Tuesday and recorded a 17-2 win over D. H. Conley. Emily Doane led the scoring barrage (5 goals) with Delaney Popella and Hannah Jones each adding three scores.

Also finding the back of the net for the Lady Pirates were Maddie DeVries and Samantha Robbins, Sophie Minnick, Sarah Tulloch, Lilly Ruddell, and Lucy Nestor-Dowling. “Winning a home opener is a good start we’re already moving forward to the next game,� Topsail Coach Courtney Burghardt said. “A lot of our new/younger players got experience last night but we also found some things we need to work on.�

The Lady Pirates came back Friday to defeat Havelock 15-5 at home. Jones scored four times and Popella, DeVries, and Erin McFadden each had three goals with Popella and Devries adding assists. NestorDowling and Ruddell finished out the scoring. Janet Hobbs had 5 saves in goal.

Men’s lacrosse The Pirates opened the season with a 12-9 non-conference

Top. baseball Continued from page 12A

(second of the year) and walked off the field with an 8-2 win over Purnell Swett. The Topsail hitters were slow to figure out the Ram’s senior lefty Ethan Chavis, who gave up a hit and a walk around three strikeouts over the first two innings.

B e a ch f i n a l ly c r a cke d through with a two-out triple in the third and scored on a passed ball just prior to Hall drilling a line drive over the left-field fence and into the trees (340 feet) for a 2-0 Pirate lead.

Emmertz reached on an error to start the fourth and courtesy runner Tyler Ording promptly stole second. Ording

road win over Croatan. Topsail (1-0) scored 7 unanswered goals, and held the Cougars scoreless, over the last 17 minutes of the game.

The sophomore duo of Jake Volpe and Eli Copeland each had four goals and an assist, Leighton Randall added a goal, and Tanner Beaudoin had four assists. On the defensive side, Kade Ramsey had four takeaways and eight groundballs. Goalkeeper Alex Hall had seven saves.

Track and field Both the girls’ and boys’ teams finished third in their first competition. The Lady Pirates had 70 points to finish behind New Hanover (112) and Ashley (110), and it was a pair of freshmen leading the way.

Madison Lofton accounted for 24 individual points with first-place finishes in the 100meter dash (13.46), the 200 (27.24), and 400 (1:05.10) – adding legs as part of the victorious 4x200 relay (1:58.10) and second-place 4x100 relay (57.77).

Filer was fourth in the 800 (2:51.78) and fifth in the 1,600 (6:27.97). Kersten Parrella was third in the 800 (251.11) and fourth in the 1,600 (6:13.16), and Molly Farrell was first in the shot put (30-8) and third in the discus (70-0).

The boys had 65 points to

finish behind Ashley (102) and New Hanover (98). Multiple Scorers for the boys were Bryce Dillon (fifth in 400, 54.74 and third in the 200, 24.16), Adam Hart (first in discus, 12610 and third in shot put, 41-4), and Noah Dansby (second in 3,200, 11:26.90 and fourth in 1,600, 5:05.32).

Men’s tennis Sam Garland, Jason Loher, David Novak, Will Hornethal, and Joey Scott all won singles’ matches, and Taylor and Petty and Will and Alex Hornethal joined forces to win at doubles as the Pirates defeated Swansboro 7-2.

Thursday the Pirate netters headed to South Brunswick and returned home with a 7-2 conference win. Loher, Novak, Will Hornethal, and Jay Scott put the Pirates in the driver’s seat with singles’ victories before the Topsail teams captured all three doubles matches.

Men’s golf The Pirates opened with a win in a three-team match at Belvedere against South Brunswick and West Brunswick. Topsail shot a 326, the Cougars shot 328, and the Trojans recorded a 395.

Pirate scorers were Harrison Wierse (76), Barrett Holmes (80), Evan Higgins (83), and Anthony Tartaglione (87).

moved to third on a single by Myrka. Myrka took off for second and when the Rams’ catcher threw to second Ording raced home to make it 3-0.

A one-out double by Beach, a walk to Hall, and a single by Madole set the table for Emmertz in the fifth and he drove a ball deep over the left-center fence for a grand slam and a 7-0 Topsail advantage. The Pirates added a run in the sixth on a walks to Layne Marcum and Ording (hitting for Beach), a wild pitch and a RBI single

by Hall.

Peyton Phelps started and found himself in trouble in the top of the third when the Rams loaded the bases with no outs on a pair of singles and a walk. But a double play and a pop up ended that threat.

Phelps went five innings, giv-

ing up three hits, two walks, and no runs while fanning three Rams. Jacob Luchansky pitched the sixth, giving up two runs on two hits, and Alex Holland pitched the seventh, finishing with two strikeouts and a walk. “We changed our approach at the plate in the top of the third inning,� Rimer said.

That resulted in some good AB’s and good things happened. All three of our pitchers did we well, Peyton located his fastball and did a great job."

Topsail opened Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference play at Hoggard Tuesday, heads to Pembroke for a non-conference rematch with the Rams Thursday, and comes home for a conference game against Laney Friday.

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Living

Ladies Night at Hampstead Ace Hardware benefits Hope Abounds Hampstead Ace Hardware invites the ladies to come out and join them for a fun-filled night as the store supports Hope Abounds, a local nonprofit that assists women, teens and children that are in active cancer treatment. The Ladies Night event will take place Mar. 16 from 6:30-8:30 at the Hampstead store. Hampstead Ace Hardware has expanded its gift shop, and now offers ladies’ fashion, baby clothing, coastal decor and more. The evening will include representation from Hope Abounds, along with light refreshments, appetizers and door prizes. Discounts of 20 to 50 percent will be given on items purchased from the gift and boutique department. Gift purchases can be wrapped at not charge.

Co-owners Teresa Morgan and Tommy Reeves bought the Hampstead store in March 2001, and are celebrating their sixteenth year of business. They also built a second store in Calabash in 2007. Morgan hopes that by featuring the Ladies Night, they can get the word out that they have expanded their selection in the hardware store. After expanding to include pet items a few years ago, they also started to remodel, adding a large center section in the store.

“I kept noticing ladies whose husbands were shopping, and sometimes the ladies would go wait for them in the car. I thought we needed something to get ladies in the store, so we added the gift items and some jewelry. We had started it at the other store in Calabash, and it did so well. People were really thankful that they had somewhere local that they could buy items like that, so we started adding them here to the Hampstead store,” said Morgan.

The store also offers items for baby, including sleepers and onesies. They have recently added a couple of lines of ladies’ clothing, flip-flops, jewelry and accessories, as well. Morgan said that although it isn’t a huge selection, it’s a pretty good one. The upcoming ladies night will give local women a chance to stop by and see what’s new in the store, and at the same time support a good cause.

“We have planned the Ladies Night to draw some ladies in, and also because the community has been so good to us. We have been here for 16 years, and we wanted to do something to give back. Penny Millis, whose son is Chris Millis, our local representative in the state legislature, comes in the store a lot and she is big supporter.

“We wanted to give to a local non-profit, and Penny works with a group called Hope Abounds. They support women, teens and kids who are going through cancer treatment in different ways. They really do a lot of good work.

We decided with it being Ladies Night, we would do something local and give a percentage of our sales for that night to this organization,” said Morgan.

“A f t e r 1 6 ye a r s o f b e i n g a wo m a n ow n e r o f a h a rdw a re s t o re, w e h ave a d d e d o u r l i t t l e n i c h e s i n t h e r e. Wo m e n l i k e t o c o m e into hardware stores too, and we have more than just nuts and bolts.”

Hope Abounds works to help meet some of the basic needs of those battling a cancer diagnosis, and to encourage the patient and family to be their own best advocates. The nonprofit provides educational and support programs that include patient advocacy and financial assistance.

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To learn more about the organization, visit www.HopeAbounds.org.

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Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

Psalm 15:1 How would you assess a Sunday morning worship service? I have heard many say, “The sermon was too long,� or “The choir did a beautiful job.� Most of us ask whether the sanctuary felt comfortable or whether we received a warm greeting.

Although those areas of Sunday worship might seem important to us, but that is not the biblical way to judge a worship service.

When we attend a worship service we must make two key assessments that focus on participation and the presence of God. The question then is where do these two factors place the responsibility? When we talk about the quality of the choir, the responsibility lies with the choir, doesn’t it?

So when we speak of participation and presence of God in a worship service, then it should be clear that the responsibility lies squarely with us.

In today’s text the people ask, “Lord, who may abide in your tent? Why may dwell on your holy hill?� In other words, who is worthy to worship? I wonder, do we often ask ourselves these questions as we prepare to participate without any preparation at all.

We might even say, “Since God loves me I’m going to ask Him a favor, and I expect Him to listen.� Too often we fail to approach God humbly. We fail to engage in self-assessment.

It’s more convenient to avoid the question and assume, “I am always worthy.�

The apostle Paul asked the question, and he instructed us to do the same when we read in 1 Corinthians 11:27-32.

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be guilty of sin against the body and blood of the Lord. So a man should examine himself; in this way he should eat the bread and drink from the cup.

For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep. If we were properly evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged, but when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned with the world.

So ask yourself, “Am I worthy to come into your church, Lord? Am I worthy to dwell on your holy hill?� We shouldn’t ask merely, “Am I worthy to pray in church,� but we should always ask ourselves, “How can I be sure I am worthy now, here, wherever I am and whatever I’m doing?�

The penetrating power of Christ is with us not only at a church worship service, but with us throughout every day.

We should seek to represent Jesus Christ more worthily as His follower.

Francis Chan, author of the book Crazy Love, wrote, “We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.�

If we are just going through the motions at church we will never experience the full holiness of God. We must seek Christ out in everything that we do. We must pursue the guidance of the Holy Spirit in our words and deeds.

Knowing that there is a God that wants to fellowship with us is not enough. You and I must become an active part of the Kingdom of God on this side of eternity.

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

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

All are welcome! Pastor Bill Howell

FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

1730 US Hwy. 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3046 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m. www.fcbcb.org

ST. M ARY’S CHURCH

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

BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

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

RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

19845 NC Hwy. 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 910-675-2127

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

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

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.

CENTERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH

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.

Choir Practice & Bible Study, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Youth Group Every Other Wed. 6-7:30 p.m.

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

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

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

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Pastor John Fedoronko

ROCKY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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Pastor Mark Murphy

Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

14201 Hwy. 50/210 • Surf City, NC 28445 • 910-328-4422 Services: 8 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. http://faithharborumc.org

MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

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

WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

BURGAW BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

THE CHURCH AT WILMINGTON

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

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

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

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

ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

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Pre-spring recipes

Hope’s Cooking Corner

By Hope Cusick Contributing Writer Here are some pre-spring treats.

Lemon broccoli 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 medium sweet onion, cut into one inch wedges 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 bunch broccoli, cut into florets 6-8 thin strips of lemon rind lemon wedges, for garnish salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste In a large skillet, with a cover, heat oil over mediumhigh heat. Saute onion until golden, about 6-7 minutes.

Add garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add broccoli and lemon strips and two cups of water.

Bring to a boil and lower heat and cover. Cook until fork-tender about 5-6 minutes.

Add salt and pepper, to taste.

Serve with lemon wedges.

Spinach and onion pie 1 9-inch prepared, unbaked piecrust 1 medium sweet or Vidalia onion, chopped 1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained 1 cup sliced button mushrooms 4 eggs 2 cups half-and-half Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste

1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded ½ cup Swiss cheese, shredded Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Fit uncooked piecrust into a nine-inch pie pate. Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden. If crust bubbles, with the back of a spoon gently press down bubbles.

In a skillet sautĂŠ onions for 4-5 minutes or until soft. Add mushrooms and cook 3-4 minutes. Add spinach and cook for another three minutes.

Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, half-and-half, salt and pepper. Pour spinach mixture into piecrust. Sprinkle with mozzarella and Swiss cheeses. Pour egg mixture over cheeses. Place filled pie plate on a cookie sheet and place in center of oven. ,OWER OVEN TEMPERATURE TO 325 degrees and bake pie for 50-55 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Creamy cheese ravioli and peas Serves 4 2 9-ounce packages fresh cheese ravioli 4 tablespoons butter 1 clove garlic, minced then smashed ž cup heavy cream 1 cup fro zen g reen peas, thawed 2/3 cup g rated Par mesan cheese Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped In a large pot of salted boiling water cook ravioli according to package instructions.

Reserve one half cup cooking water, then drain ravioli.

Place ravioli in four bowls and set aside.

In a large skillet combine butter, garlic, cream, and peas

and bring to a simmer over medium heat, simmer 1-2 minutes. Add ravioli, Parmesan cheese, and a small bit of reserved cooking water to the skillet and toss. Add more cooking water to thin the sauce, if desired. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Serve in bowls and top with chopped parsley.

Chocolate stout cake This is a very impressive cake with a very rich chocolate flavor from the stout.

2 cups stout (such as Guinness) 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter 1½ cups unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutchprocess) 4 cups all purpose flour ( I use +ING !RTHUR UNBLEACHED ALL purpose flour.)

4 cups granulated sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder Pinch of salt 4 large eggs, room temperature 1 cup sour cream If you are using Guinness in cans, because it is 14.9 ounces, make up the rest of the difference in volume by adding water.

Frosting 2 cups whipping cream 1 pound bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon grated orange rind or orange zest For cake Preheat oven to 350°. Butter two nine-inch round cake pans with two-inch-high sides or three eight-inch round cake PANS #AKE WILL RISE HIGH ,INE with parchment paper and vegetable spray paper. Butter paper.

Bring two cups stout and two cups butter to simmer in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add cocoa powder

and whisk until mixture is smooth. Cool slightly.

Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in large bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sour cream in another large bowl to blend.

Add stout-chocolate mixture to egg mixture and beat just to combine. Add flour mixture and beat briefly on slow speed. Using rubber spatula, fold batter until completely combined.

D iv i d e b a t t e r e q u a l l y among prepared pans. Bake cakes until toothpick inserted into center of cakes comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

Transfer cakes to rack; cool 10 minutes. Turn cakes out onto rack and cool completely.

Then freeze cake layers of 3540 minutes before frosting for easier application.

Frosting Bring cream to a simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chopped chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth, stirring frequently. Refrigerate until icing is spreadable, about two hours.

Place one cake layer on plate. Spread two thirds cup frosting over it. Top with second cake layer. Spread two thirds cup icing over it. Top with third cake layer. Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake.

Another chocolate frosting 1ž cups unsweetened baking cocoa 2 cups confectioners’ sugar 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup unsalted butter, or two sticks, softened Pinch of salt 2 cups confectioners’ sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract TABLESPOON +AHULA OPTIONal) In a bowl with an electric mixer beat all ingredients together.

COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS Free income tax preparation for seniors A g a i n t h i s ye a r, l o c a l AARP Tax-Aide volunteers in Hampstead will soon begin preparing and electronically filing 2016 Federal and NC state income tax returns for residents of Pender County.

These services are provided completely free of charge by volunteers who are trained to IRS specifications.

The service will be offered this year at the Topsail Senior Center at 15909 U.S. Hwy. 17 each Monday and Wednesday afternoon from 1-5 p.m.

While volunteers are certified to prepare most regular personal income tax returns, they are not permitted to pre-

Summer basketball scholarships available Four County EMC is giving two local middle school students an opportunity to hit the hardwood alongside their favorite college basketball athletes and coaches this summer, thanks to Touchstone Energy Sports Camp Scholarships.

Four County EMC will select one young man for a scholarship to attend the Roy Williams Carolina Basketball Camp June 17-21 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel, and one local young lady for the Wolfpack Women’s Basketball Camp June 11-14 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

The scholarships cover all expenses at the overnight camps, which provide a glimpse into life on a college campus.

Applications are being accepted through March 31, 2017 and can be found online at www.fourcty.org or www. ncelectriccooperatives.com/ community. To be eligible to win, students must be in the sixth, seventh or eighth grade during the 2017-2018 and have permission from a parent or guardian.

Eligible students who are interested in the scholarship can contact Gay Johnson at gayjohnson@fourcty.org or 1-888-368-7289.

pare returns for businesses with more than $25,000 of expenses, which have employees, or which show an operating loss, complicated investment reporting, rental property with depreciation, and certain other complicated tax matters.

What taxpayers need to bring with them to the tax site include photo ID, SS cards for the taxpayer and all dependents, copy of the 2015 tax retur n, documentation of all income, including W-2’s, 1099-Int for interest, l099-Div for dividends, 1099-SSA for social security, 1099-R’s for regular retirement and for IRA distributions, 1099-Misc and other documentation for business income, final brokerage statements, and records of estimated tax payments.

Also, if the taxpayer purchased health insurance coverage through the Marketplace/Exchange, he/she will need to bring the 1095-A issued by the Marketplace. .

In addition to that, if you

plan to itemize deductions, you should bring records of payments for such things as medical expenses, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and charitable contributions.

To complete the Affordable Care Act portion of the return, the Tax-Aide Counselor will need to know if you and all of your dependents had health insurance coverage for all of 2016.

If so, that portion of the return will be simple. However, if you or a dependent(s) did not have coverage for the entire year, and you do not have, or qualify for, an exemption, you may be required to make a Shared Responsibility Payment (SRP) with your tax return.

For additional information call Jack Padgett at 910-2704387.

Pender Democratic Women meet The Democratic Women of Pender County will hold a postcard writing event from 4-7 p.m. Mar. 14 at Gallagher’s

Hampstead Lions Club Pancake Breakfast

Bar and Grill, 614 N. New River Drive, Surf City. We will gather to share ideas and write postcards that express our concerns about current White House policies.

T h e p o s t c a rd s w i l l b e mailed to the White House on Mar. 15. All postcard supplies will be provided—food and drink are on your own.

For more infor mation, email linda.in.carolina@ gmail.com St Helena meetings The St. Helena Community Center will meet on March 14, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Helena Community Center.

The Village of St. Helena Council will meet on March 16, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Helena Town Hall.

Thursday, March 9 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE (donations are welcome) every Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are available at other times by contacting the Museum at 259-8543 by email at penderhist@hotmail.com. s4HE 3ONS OF #ONFEDERATE 6ETERANS #APTAIN $AVID 7ILliams/Holly Shelter Volunteers Camp 2267 meets on the fourth Thursday each month at Holland’s Shelter Creek Restaurant, N.C. 53 East. at 6 p.m. s4HE (AMPSTEAD ,IONS #LUB MEETS ON THE FIRST AND third Thursday of the month at noon at Topsail Presbyterian Church Highway 17. For more information ABOUT THE ,IONS #LUB PLEASE CALL 6AL AT Friday, March 10 s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR breakfast at the Sawmill Grill in Hampstead at 8 a.m. each Friday.

Tuesday, March 14 s!L !NON MEETS EVERY 4UESDAY AT (AMPSTEAD 5NITED -ETHodist Church 7 p.m. in Room 9 for family and friends of alcoholics. Call 910-512-3353 for more information

-ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS AT THE Topsail Senior Center, 20959 U.S. Hwy. 17 in Hampstead the second Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. The Detachment is always looking for new member to help in its continuing mission. s4HE +NIGHTS OF #OLUMBUS #OUNCIL MEETS THE SECOND and fourth Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at the American ,EGION "UILDING 5 3 (WY IN (AMPSTEAD Wednesday, March 15 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE Surf City Community Center, 201 Community Center Dr. Call 328.4887 for more information s4HE #OASTAL 0ENDER 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 7EDNESDAY at 12:30 p.m. at the Belvedere Country Club, 2368 Country Club Drive in Hampstead.

Thursday, March 16 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE (donations are welcome) every Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are available at other times by contacting the Museum at 259-8543 by email at penderhist@hotmail.com.

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ATTENTION MILITARY VETERANS Pender County Register of Deeds invites you to join us for the kick-o of our “Thank A Vetâ€? program.

Veterans who ďŹ le their DD form 214 military discharge papers at the Register of Deeds oďŹƒce will be given a “Thank A Vetâ€? photo ID card.

Present this card for a discount on goods and services at participating businesses in Pender County.

Saturday March 25 8-10 a.m.

Highway 55 U.S. Hwy. 17 Hampstead Tickets are $5 For advance tickets call Val: 910-231-6003 Elaine: 201-704-5604 Tickets will also be sold at the door

Location: Pender County Register of Deeds in the Howard Holly Administration Building 300 E Fremont Street Burgaw, NC 28425 Kick-o Date: Starting May 25 & 26, 2017 Time: 9am — 3pm Following kick-o dates, regular recording hours for DD214 Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm Light refreshments will be served.

Veterans are asked to bring their DD form 214, a state issued photo ID and their Social Security Card.

Military Discharge papers recorded at the Register of Deeds oďŹƒce are not public record.

For more information call Pender County Register of Deeds at 910-259-1225.

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Scenes from the 2017 Surf City Women’s Expo

Staff photos by Andy and Katie Pettigrew