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The first phase of removal has taken place.

Westbrook disagreed with the assessment of the tree’s condition and removal. “I came about three months ago and begged you not to cut those trees down. Only three of those trees removed were dying. I went out and took pictures of two of them,�

Westbrook said as the photos were passed among the Board. “You can see the trunks. They were solid as a rock. One had 142 rings.�

Westbrook said the trees needed to be trimmed properly, fertilized and aerated. He asked the board to get a second opinion on the condition of the trees before removing any additional trees. “A laser can be used to examine the tree to see if it is really dying, or if it is just the limbs that need to be properly cut,� said Westbrook. “Please get a second opinion on the other three quadrants.�

Surf City board hears report on beach renourishment

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Another mid-summer day ends with a beautiful sunset across the Intracoastal Waterway on Topsail Island.

ishment plan, 1,779,000 cubic yards of sand will be pumped from Banks Channel onto the beach for 7.5 miles, in a winter project expected to take from

By Andy Pettigrew three to five months. While Post & Voice Publisher dredging equipment is not available for the upcoming Pender County Commiswinter, Gibson expects consid- sioners heard from Castle Bay erable savings by piggyback- resident Leigh Gill Monday concerning a study he was Continued on page 13A undertaking regarding the incorporation of Castle Bay. Gill said the incorporation was only for the Castle Bay community, and did not include Hampstead. “I’ve been talking to some of the neighbors and I think we want to take a look at that. “I’ve done the land analysis and I’m presently working on a budget,� Gill said.

Commissioner David Williams asked Gill what the main motivation was for incorporation. “We are concerned. Hampstead has looked at incorporation on occasion. We are concerned about what could happen to Castle Bay. We just want to remain the way we are.

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From Staff Reports Surf City beachgoers can expect to see an additional 140 feet of beach when the town’s beach renourishment project is completed in the Spring of 2020, according to plans presented at the Town Council’s workshop meeting on July 20.

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Commissioners questioned on Courthouse tree removal Pender County Commissioners heard an impassioned plea Monday to stop the tree removal on the Burgaw Courthouse Square until the remaining trees can be examined.

Burgaw businessman Johnny Westbrook asked the Board to halt the removal program. “I’m asking you to get a second opinion on the trees, that’s all,� Westbrook told Commissioners.

After a survey of the trees on the Square, the Board decided to go with recommendation of an arborist and remove many of the oak trees on the Square. The arborist determined that most of the trees were diseased and dying and needed to be removed for safety reasons. Commissioners approved a plan to remove the trees in four phases, dividing the Square into quadrants.

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A youngster enjoys a cold cone of ice cream at the Food Truck Roundup at Poplar Grove Plantation Saturday.

The crowds turned out for the event, as the lines wound around the grounds while people waited for the tasty food. See more photos of the event on page 14A and on Facebook.

Pender Utilities gets state nod for interbasin water transfer

incorporated Castle Bay would hope to provide. “We already have water and Leigh Gill sewer, street lights, and we take care of the streets,� Gill said. “I would try to provide the citizens with free trash pickup. A resident with a house of $250,000 value would break even on their taxes with free trash pickup.�

The state requires a minimum of five-cents per $100 of property value for a municipal tax rate.

Williams said Brunswick County has a number of small incorporated communities.

The number varies, as some communities surrender their incorporation after tiring of dealing with gover nment, elections, and all that goes outside influences,� Gill said. tion is a matter decided on with incorporation.

GillMowers said Castle Bay is about “We don’t want to be part of • a Lawn the state level and the county Turn Push Mowers Tractors • Zero city of Hampstead. We want does not have anything to do three-quarters of a mile in size Trimmers & Chainsaws to be to ourselves and not be with it, and thanked Gill for with 291 homes built and a maximum of 300 home sites. part of a larger incorporation the information. “That is all we will ever be,â€? in Hampstead.â€?

Commissioner Jackie NewWilliams said incorpora- ton asked what services an Gill said.

“We just want to remain the way we are.�

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From Staff Reports Pender County Utilities received permission from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Division of Water to transfer water from the Cape Fear Basin to the South River Basin,

the New River Basin, and the Northeast Cape Fear Basin. “Approval from DEQ for the Interbasin Transfer (IBT) ensures Pender County residents will have enough water through 2045,� said George Brown, chairman of

the Pender County Board of Commissioners. “Given our county’s growth, receiving this approval is extremely important to Pender County.�

An IBT is the withdrawal

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Continued on page 12A Pender EMS & Fire Report July 15-21 Pender, Bladen agents make Pender EMS Report drug arrests in Canetuck Total number of Patient Contacts: 212

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 Hwy 421 South Station 29 Type of Calls Cancelled: 30 Refusals: 63 Stand by: 0 Transported: 109 Treated/released: 10 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 64 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 Hwy 421 South EMS St. 4 Topsail Beach Fire Call Type Summary 1. Fire 2. Motor Vehicle Crash 3. Search and Rescue 4. EMS First Response 5. Cancelled 6. Ocean Rescue

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Opinion Thursday, July 26, 2018, Page 3A

Notes from the Field Part III Moving Camp Davis to Topsail

Bill Messer Mr. A. H. Harrell worked in the shipyards before he joined the Navy for World War-II. He was young, and was making some money. His father had died when he was 9, and he turned his pay over to his mother, and she let him keep $5 a week.

“I just wanted to have a good time,” he said, but his mother had been ‘turning things over’ in her mind and had other ideas.

“You’re going to use that money and buy you some land,” his mother told him.

He protested, but gave in.

“Well, I bought the piece of land, about a acre of land for about $300. So, a few more weeks went by.” ““I been turnin’ something over in my mind,” she said. “What is it, momma?”

I asked. “You gonna build a house.””

I said, “Momma, I don’t know how to build no house.”

“I was 17. That’s when I was workin’ in the shipyard.

I said, “Momma, I don’t want no house. Who’s gonna help me buid it? Everybody’s workin’ at the shipyard.””

“It don’t make no difference, you can handle that,” she said, and called a man’s name.” and I said, “But everybody’s workin’ ‘cept this fella down here, and he don’t have but one arm. I don’t want him to help me.”

“She said, “You handle it, you’re gonna’ be the one that builds the house.”” and continued, “Mother, if I put the lumber over there on that lot, somebody’s gonna’ steal it ‘fore I get over there.” “”You’re not gonna’ do that,” she said. “What am I gonna’ do?” I asked. “You’re gonna’ put it in the yard here and take what you need over there. You gonna’ buy your sills one week, the timbers, the 2X4s the next week, the next week you gonna’ buy some more ‘til you got enough to frame it up.””

“Momma, how’m I gonna’ get it over there?” I said, and she said, “You’re gonna’ tote it.””

“That’s quite a lot to put on a 17 year old,” I acknowledged, “Did she pick out a girl for you?”

“She tried to,” he laughed, with much more from the assembled family and museum staff.

“Anyway,” he continued, “I went ahead and did that. I found there was an old black preacher who stayed over in a place we called Foxtown, and I asked if he could help me. He said, “I got a church, so I’m not going to go to work in the shipyard.””

“He was a good carpenter,” he continued, “And he

really helped me. He knew how to build a house, had two arms and was in pretty good shape. I would get up in the mornin’ and tote the lumber over there that he was going to use in a day, and help him,” until he had to go to work in the shipyard.

“It was over on what was called Covil Avenue.

It had been called Live Oak Avenue. Out in East Wilmington. They used to call my mother the Mayor of East Wilmington, along that street, that’s just what they called her. We started buildin’ the house ‘long about September or October, had it all framed up on temporary blocks, that’s the way they did it back then, and then put your blocks under it. I left it one evening and went back in the morning and it was flat on the ground. We’d had a storm, a nor’easter come through.”

I went back home and told momma and she said, “You go get you some railroad jacks and jack that thing back up,” and I said, “But momma, I’m gonna’ need some more help,” and she said, “You go and handle it yourself.”

“The house was intact, and I did it myself, jacked the house back up, and finished it somewhere ‘round November.”

“It was 1943. I had already planned to go into the service, the Navy, but the man said I couldn’t come in ‘til January. I told my momma’ I was gonna’ go in and she said, “You ain’t gonna’ go in no Navy. You’re workin’ in the shipyard, you’re already doing enough for the country. Anyway, I finished the house out and she rented it out for a while, then moved in.”

“What did you do in the shipyard?” I asked.

“I was a pipe fitter. I worked in the pipe shop, fabrication department.

We’d cut and bend the pipes, tack weld the flanges on ‘em and send them off to be finish welded. Then they’d put ‘em on the ship. I did some weldin’, tack weldin’.”

He bent over and held on hand in the other, “I busted my hands open ‘cause I wasn’t strong enough to hold the pipes up. I got a deep scar there.”

“What did you do after the Navy?” I asked.

“When I come back out of the Navy, I went to brickmason school for one month. I said, “Well, I can get me a job with the regular brickmasons.” I was studying under an old Englishman, from England, and he couldn’t hardly get around, he was so old, so they got him to teach school on account of he was so good.

“After that, after learning the fundamentals, I got a job mixin’ mortar, and totin’ brick. When I got caught up, he’d let me lay a few bricks, and before long I became a brickmason, and then a masonry contractor. I did

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“My brother might be in this picture,” Mr. Harrell said, the carpenters who built Camp Davis, on display at the Missiles & More Museum.

On Island Time

Jefferson Weaver

Dear Felicia Dear Felicia, I just want you to know, I hate you.

Now, I fully realize hate is a strong word, but it’s appropriate in the case. You see, Felicia, you aren’t a human. You’re a demon.

You thrive off of hurting and killing people.

Most folks call you cancer, but my friend April calls you Felicia, so that’s what I’m going with. I don’t care if you don’t mind.

You have no standards. You have no conscience. You have no feelings.

You are evil.

Considering you come in so many varieties, there’s a lot of you to hate. The breast cancer April is fighting is different than the cancer that ultimately killed Dr. Charlie, a man who healed thousands of children. His was different than the aggressive, painful cancer that kills Vietnam veterans.

Theirs is and was different than the glioblastoma – such an ugly word – that nearly destroyed the brain of a young man I know who was an incredible artist, even after he lost most of his vision. Indeed, Jake’s cancer is why he is in the hospital right now, unable to speak; even though the tumors have been gone for years, the damage you caused has been slowly tearing him apart. His mom and family remain hopeful, as I do. God pulled Jake through this before, and could do so again, but it’s wrong that an innocent kid and his family should have to go through this torture.

I watched you beat down one of my coworkers, but he has come back, even after you tried your best.

I truly hate you, Felicia; you attacked my grandmother after her mind was gone to another evil disease, and she wasn’t even able to tell anybody what was wrong. She just complained about the mouse in her stomach. She even tried comforting that “mouse” that was tearing her apart.

I watched my mom’s heart break while that was going on, but if you had human emotions, you likely enjoyed the process.

You contributed to my grandfather’s death even before I was born, in case you have forgotten.

You helped kill my other grandmother, too, when my dad was just a young man.

Once again, you hit someone while they were sick, and took over.

You humiliated and tortured a beautiful young woman barely out of college, married to the man of her dreams, a young woman my wife and I loved like a daughter.

Among her last wishes was for her mom to get some gift cards for the nurses who helped her.

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The ART of Encouragement Jefferson Weaver You murdered a woman I called “Swamp Mama,” and left a gaping hole in her family.

Karen made candles, and loved animals, her husband, her children and grandchildren.

Her daughter Kelly has now inherited that title.

It may seem old fashioned, Felicia, but one reason I consider you a demon, is because of the way you particularly attack folks who are strong in their love of Jesus Christ. Several of the finest Christians I have known fought you for years; some defeated you on Earth, while others went to a place where no evil exists. You hurt them, as you hurt those they left behind, but you didn’t win, Still, you seem to have a particular hatred for people of faith; ergo, you must be a demon.

I simply do not have the room to mention all those I know or love that you have attacked, Felicia. Let’s just say there’s a passel of them.

You tried to destroy my beloved Aunt Audrey. She and Uncle Herb taught me to play chess. While you did kill Audrey, you never destroyed her class or the true beauty that came from her heart.

My friend April reminds me Aunt Audrey, in many ways. She quietly helps those she can; she is devoted to her husband Ian, a Gulf War veteran. She has a smile that lights up the world. When we were carving our new home out of the woods, she was right there beside us, with several other

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Giving up the car keys Dear Savvy Senior, What tips can you recommend that can help me deal with my mom’s bad driving?

At age 83, her driving abilities have declined, but I know she’s bound and determined to keep driving as long as she’s alive.

Nervous Nelly Dear Nelly, There’s no doubt that giving up driving can be a tough step for many elderly seniors, as well as a difficult conversation for concerned f amily members. While there’s no one way to handle this sometimes touchy topic, there are a number of tips and resources that can help you evaluate and adjust your mom’s driving, and ease her out from behind the wheel when she can no longer drive safely.

Assess her driving To get a clear picture of your mom’s driving abilities, your first step – if you haven’t already done so – is to take a ride with her and watch for problem areas.

For example: Does she drive at inappropriate speeds, tailgate or drift between lanes?

Does she have difficulty seeing, backing up or changing lanes? Does she react slowly, get confused easily or make poor driving decisions?

Also, has your mom had any fender benders or tickets lately, or have you noticed any dents or scrapes on her vehicle? These, too, are red flags. For more assessment tips see SeniorDriverChecklist.info.

If you need help with this, consider hiring a driver rehabilitation specialist who’s

trained to evaluate older drivers. This typically runs between $100 and $200. Visit AOTA.org/older-driver or ADED.net to locate a specialist in your area.

Transitioning and talking After your assessment, if you think it’s still safe for your mom to drive, see if she would be willing to take an older driver refresher course.

These courses will show her how aging affects driving skills, and offers tips and adjustments to help ensure her safety. Taking a class may also earn your mom a discount on her auto insurance.

To locate a class contact your local AAA (AAA.com) or AARP (AARP.org/drive, 888-227-7669). Most courses cost around $20 to $30 and can be taken online or in a classroom.

If, however, your assessment shows that your mom really does need to stop driving, you need to have a talk with her, but don’t overdo it. If you begin with a dramatic outburst like “mom, you’re going to kill someone!” you’re likely to trigger resistance. Start by simply expressing your concern for her safety.

For more tips on how to talk to your mom about this, the Hartford Financial Services Group and MIT AgeLab offers a variety of resources at TheHartford.com/lifetime – click on “Publications” on

the menu bar, then on the “We Need To Talk” guidebook.

Refuses to quit If your mom refuses to quit, you have several options. One possible solution is to suggest a visit to her doctor who can give her a medical evaluation, and if warranted, “prescribe” that she stops driving. Older people will often listen to their doctor before they will listen to their own family.

If she still refuses, contact your local Department of Motor Vehicles to see if they can help. Or, call in an attorney to discuss with your mom the potential financial and legal consequences of a crash or injury. If all else fails, you may just have to take away her keys.

Alternative transportation Once your mom stops driving she’s going to need other ways to get around, so help her create a list of names and phone numbers of family, friends and local transportation services that she can call on.

To find out what transportation services are available in her area, contact the Rides in Sight (RidesInSight.org, 855-607-4337) and the Eldercare Locator (800-677-1116), which will direct you to her area agency on aging for assistance.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

If you follow my column or attend my church, you have heard me talk of this topic a lot. Near and dear to my heart, encouragement benefits everyone, and we all experience it in different ways.

Looking at the bright side, searching for that silver lining, noticing what goes right instead of what goes wrong all take training, practice and desire.

Such a simple strategy for living happy, healthy, wealthy and wise, though like all arts, it comes more naturally to some than others. The ART of encouragement is our capacity and desire to notice and nurture positive attributes and experiences.

What we focus on expands, and when we look for the good that surrounds us we not only find it, but recognizing it becomes habit.

Some of the most significant and liberating learning over the past several decades is the fact that we all get to choose what we think and those choices have a profound impact on health, happiness and wellBEing.

Encouragement begins within. We all have a tendency to magnify mistakes and minimize successes. Learn to love yourself, if for no other reason because you will be spending a lot of time with you. In scouts we learned the Golden Rule – Do unto others, as you would like others to do unto you. As a result, we tend to encourage others in the ways we like to be encouraged. Adopt instead the Platinum Rule: Treat others the way they want to be treated.

And how do we find out? Just ASK. Use descriptive language that focuses on the positive and builds up rather than tears down. Acknowledge effort as well as outcome, The clearer you are about what you appreciate the easier it is for others to replicate and reciprocate specific words and actions. Tell others how you like to be encouraged, choose your words carefully and abandon negative language because words have power and you cannot take them back.

Verbal and nonverbal cues combine to create powerful messages, all of which either encourage or discourage; there is no neutral ground.

Spoken words as simple as ‘Thank You’ or ‘Good Job’ go a long way towards instilling courage and self-esteem. I especially appreciate and advocate written notes of thanks and encouragement because they are powerful and permanent. In a world of junk mail, cyberspace and bills, it is refreshing to receive a handwritten note from someone eager to acknowledge your efforts. Smiling is a simple form of encouragement and is likely the most universal and contagious.

“Encouragement is to people what sunshine is to flowers.”

Spread sunshine, cultivate kindness and live the life you love.

Encouragement is contagious, and a powerful philosophy that anyone can master and everyone can appreciate.

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My Spin

Tom Campbell

Smelly business As a young boy I would sometimes walk out of my Greenville home and smell rotten eggs. My mother explained this smell came from the paper mill in Plymouth, some 40 air miles away.

The same could be said about smells near Canton, Roanoke Rapids or around the pulp mill in New Bern.

Other smells like tobacco being processed, smoke from power plants and odors from fish houses, fertilizer plants and facilities could be noted.

We may not like them but we have traditionally recognized a benefit beyond the odor emitted.

That hasn’t been the case with animal agriculture.

Raising turkeys, chickens and pigs is a smelly business and, while there has been much research done and action taken, we need better methods for controlling waste and odors. What we don’t need are a lot of outside influences exacerbating the problems. Many of the lawsuits and much of the rhetoric behind media stories, environmental protests and “nuisance

lawsuits”comes from out of state lawyers and interest groups.

Let’s talk turkey, to use a bad pun. Pork Production in North Carolina is big business, involving 46,000 people in the production chain. Pork generates an economic impact of some $9 billion, including millions in tax revenues to fund our cities, counties and state government. North Carolina is second in the nation in pork production, with some 8.9 million hogs raised each year.

Consider the recent $50 million jury verdict against Smithfield Foods. Plaintiffs complained that the smells were so bad as to limit their outdoor access, that open waste lagoons attracted buzzards and flies and that trucks of dead animals passed their homes day and night. That award got plenty

of media play but will be dramatically reduced because of North Carolina law.

While Smithfield (like other processors) owns the pigs, furnishes the feed and even provides the transportation for them, the work in growing the hogs is performed by local farmers who sign contracts to “grow out” the animals. Most of them are small family farms and much of their annual livelihood is earned from these contracts.

The CEO of Smithfield Foods recently told The Wall Street Journal that if more of these “nuisance lawsuits” succeed, Smithfield will have to revisit whether they can continue to do business in North Carolina.

Was it a bluff ? We don’t want to know, because everyone in our state would suffer disastrous affects if Smithfield left. Most contract farmers would likely go under. Lo-

Safe Haven of Pender County to open community outreach office

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Safe Haven of Pender County, Inc. has announced that it is opening an office to be used for its community outreach programs. Tracey Ray, the program’s new Executive Director, is beginning to implement programs that she hopes will be empowering to all our community. She said that she wants to share the information so that all community leaders will know that there is local event space for their outreach programs.

A representative from Safe Haven said, “We are opening up an empowerment center.

One of the things we are very excited about is it’s not just a center for us and our issues we need to address as a shelter for women; but it’s for all of the community, and we want those community leaders out there

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Weaver Continued from page 3A friends, painting and hauling and sweating in 100 degree heat. She is gentle and patient until she just can’t take it anymore, then she’s a tornado.

And like Aunt Audrey, April’s beautiful hair is gone now, thanks to the chemotherapy that will eventually force you out of her.

April has always been one of the healthiest people I’ve known. She doesn’t smoke, she eats right, she exercises.

She is, as she puts it, very aware of her own health.

When something wasn’t right, she went to the doctor, who confirmed what she suspected.

I was on the way to work when she called me and told me, flat out, that she had cancer, but it was caught early enough the doctor was very optimistic. You have beaten on her in the past weeks, and those of us who love her like a sister have seen the pain in her great big gorgeous eyes, even while she has tried des-

to be aware that they do have an empowerment center to reach out to their community, as well.”

Safe Haven of Pender currently provides safety, food, clothing, shelter and services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and/or rape in Pender County. Safe Haven meets the needs of crime victims by providing services such as emergency shelter, 24-hour crisis hotline services, crisis intervention services and case management services. They offer client advocacy and accompaniment to places like court, school and the hospital. They also suggest safety plan options and referrals.

The foundation offers empowerment services to both groups and individuals including adults, children and youth. They provide housing and employment referrals,

housing transition assistance and community education and awareness presentations.

They offer limited help with transportation. Safe Haven ensures that its staff is trained in Trauma Informed Care, as well.

The agency seeks to serve as a center for which groups and individuals can address the concerns for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. They believe that by working to empower victims of abuse, it can ameliorate issues surrounding domestic violence and sexual assault.

The program works to enhance available services and systems for victims such as food and clothing, crisis intervention, counseling, legal advocacy, medical and mental health concerns. They strive to heighten public awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault through community

education, and to hold the abuser accountable for his or her actions.

In order to raise funds for the programs offered, Safe Haven operates its Thrift Store in Hampstead. On the 15th of each month, shoppers receive a 50 percent discount on all items excluding furniture and jewelry. From June through September, the same discount applies on the first of each month. The store is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon until 5.

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time I had more than 500 pieces of property, all kinds.

It was time to wrap up the interview, but I didn’t want to let it stop before one final question.

“What’s that in your pocket?” I asked, knowing full well it was what passed for a PDA before smartphones

took over, a pocket notebook, dog-eared and worn, but holding the secrets of the business universe Mr. Harrell operates in.

“Numbers of businesses, subcontractors. I could’a retired when I was 47, but I kept at it. I go into the office two days a week, my daugh-

ter helps me out.”

“You’ve seen a lot of changes in Wilington,” I said.

“Yeah, I helped make a lot of ‘em, but,” he laughed, “it wasn’t all for the good, either, but I loved to buy land and fix it up. Land’s been good to me.”

perately to stay strong for us, her husband, her family and yes, herself.

This was not something we as her friends and family could fight. This isn’t something Ian could drag out in the alley and handle, not even with the cheerful assistance of a few of his closest friends. You, Felicia, are something we can do nothing about; but we can support and pray for our friend.

But I desperately wanted to do something.

Another friend of ours, Cynthia, connected me with Noelle, a hair stylist in Wilmington. Miss Noelle does April’s hair, too. She was more than willing to cut nearly a decade of my hair, nigh onto two feet, and send it off to folks who make wigs for cancer patients. Miss Noelle is now a friend too, just like April’s other friends who had their heads shaved.

You ain’t going to beat all of us, Felicia.

Noelle noted that my hair was nearly calico, like a multi-colored cat. There isn’t as much black or brown as there once was, but there was red and white and some

sun-streaked blonde. I got to thinking about how just as you, Felicia, have no respect for age or color or anything else, maybe, just maybe, all those colors would mean my pelt could help several people feel a little better about themselves as they, too, fight you.

You see, Felicia, April is a friend to my wife and me. We love her, and pray daily for her healing. Like her other friends, we are standing by for whatever she needs, if she calls us. That’s what friends do. I sincerely doubt you’ll ever experience that.

In closing, Felicia, I want to remind you of a part in the Book of Revelation; of course, you being a demon and all, I am sure you’re familiar with Chapter 20.

There’s coming a day, Felicia.

You and all the tools and followers of the Evil One will be cast into the Lake of Fire forever and destroyed. There will be no more sorrow, no fear, no pain, no death – you will be gone.

I’m looking forward to that day, Felicia.

Eventually, April is going to beat you, because of her

faith and her strength. Although it’s entirely possible you and I will meet again sometime, I’ll always have something you’ll never have: friends and faith.

When April named you, and everyone began saying “Bye, Felicia,” I had to research why that name was significant. One of the slang dictionaries says the term comes from a line in a movie, and is used to dismiss someone who is unimportant. It’s a sign of strength and determination.

So – Bye, Felicia.

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Not to overreact, but the demise of our pork production industry would be “biting the hand that feeds us.”

Agriculture is the number one economic engine in our state and most of the counties where hogs are raised are barely hanging on. Just as we want to recruit industries bringing new jobs, we also need to do whatever we can to preserve jobs already here. We need all hands on deck.

Now is the time for our state leadership to calmly listen to all sides and work together for solutions that will

avoid a potential crisis. For example, Smithfield agreed to adopt new technology in Missouri after a negotiated legal agreement. Perhaps a similar solution could be reached here in exchange for a moratorium on “nuisance lawsuits.”

North Carolina needs to continue bringing home the bacon.

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

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Dr. Chris’ Summer Series

Reflections on the school year (Part Two)

By Dr. Chris Wirszyla Special to the Post & Voice Previously I reflected on the school year in general terms, my perspective as to how some things went, an overview of some of the highlights, etc.

As I entered my thirteenth year at the school, I had many moments to reflect, and many things to reflect about.

For one, I routinely find myself as the teacher with the most experience in terms of not only years, but from the broad range of educational experiences I have had.

After flunking out of college after three semesters, I bummed around for a bit before joining the army. My cohort was the last group that got in for two years’ active duty and when I got out it was straight to three semesters at a community college where I earned an Associates.

My next two years were spent pursuing a BS in Physical Education, complete with a semester studying in England (where I met my beautiful wife) and my student internship at the American International School in Vienna, Austria, both experiences providing memories and friends that last a lifetime.

After a graduate assistantship to earn my Masters, I was off to teach at the Benjamin Franklin International School, in Barcelona, Spain.

What a time that was! After my father suggested I was not making the bacon to put on the table, I returned to the University of South Carolina for another assistantship, and left there with my PhD in Physical Education Teacher Certification.

So when people ask me where do I want to go from here, I tell them, I have arrived. I have gone, and I have

done. I am perfectly happy here.

So, personally, 2017-18 has been a rewarding year professionally. I have continued in my established roles as: site coordinator for the field experience and intern students, of which CFES has had many this year; SHAC (student health advisor committee) representative; Partnership Teacher for two interns, the second one, Ashley, being just phenomenal; President of the Board for PATH (The Pender Alliance for Teen Health); assistant coach for STRIDE (Mary Alice Hudson runs this great program, I just try to help if necessary); coordinator for our Relay for Life Team; coordinator for the Jump Rope for Heart program; field day coordinator; and all around, if you need my help in any way, just let me know guy.

Continuing also was part time faculty status at UNCW – my students came out to CFES and had some wonderful field experiences, getting to know the students and gaining valuable, real life on the job training. Our former principal, Mr. Chestnut, called this a professional educational pipeline to the school.

The interns and field experience students help me to keep my gardens going, putting in some quality time weeding and prepping the gardens for the bulbs we had the kindergarten students plant.

There were hyacinths, tulips, and lilies, and now some sunflowers, beans, peas, and tomatoes, along with two fouryear-old kale plants that are really cool. We also got some great cabbages that survived a very rough winter, that saw the broccoli succumb to freezing temperatures.

For next school year, the garden area is going to be

transformed, with an outdoor environmental classroom in the very firm plans.

The sustainability of the gardens was helped by a grant from the PTO. I was also fortunate to get several other PE grants, most notably for cupstacking, which is a great left brain, right brain activity that Ashley and I did a study with the BED (Behaviorally Emotionally Disturbed) students.

Qualitatively, the students behaved good to earn the reward of twice a week cup stacking. Many of the students lowered their times, improving hand eye coordination and reflex times. One student came within three seconds of being as fast as me, and I have been doing it for years. The lift to this kid’s self-concept was so cool to see!

Additionally, I wrote a grant to sustain the Science Olympiad supplies, and another to purchase and install three weather stations for the fifth grade classrooms. It is nice to think that I am more than just a PE teacher, but that PE teachers can interact and work with other teachers in the building to provide wonderful educational experiences for our students.

This includes advocating for them in terms of positive referrals, and photos/articles in the county newspaper, the Pender Post & Voice.

Now the school year is rapidly coming to a close. It is amazing, as summer vacation from last year seems to have just ended. Time flies when you are having fun, and I certainly have fun on my job(s), although many a night I come home and need to take ten minutes just to lie there and settle down from the constant motion I find myself in every day, helping to take care of 500 kids.

Principals appointed in Pender Schools Pender County Schools announces principal appointments for upcoming school year.

Burgaw Elementary Stephen Buchanan, current student services coordinator for Pender County Schools, has been named principal of Burgaw Elementary. Mr. Buchanan brings 22 years of experience to BES, having also served as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal. He was recognized as Pender County Schools Principal of the Year in 2012. Mr. Buchanan obtained his bachelor’s degree in elementary education and master’s degree in school administration from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

“I’m looking forward to building upon relationships with the community and work-

ing with staff and students to help Burgaw Elementary reach its fullest potential,” Buchanan said.

Burgaw Middle Jeffrey Swanson, currently an Assistant Principal at Heide Trask High School, has been named principal of Burgaw Middle School. Mr. Swanson brings 18 years of experience to BMS, having served as a coach, teacher, athletic director and assistant principal. Swanson earned his bachelor’s degree in history and master’s degree in school administration from the University of North Carolina Greensboro.

“I’m excited to bring my high school experience to the middle school level,” Swanson said. “Serving as a high school administrator for the past several years has provided

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By Taylor Maready Special to the Post & Voice If you take a walk down the wrack line or in the sound, you are almost sure to find a crab carapace, crab legs and even crab claws!

Crabs fall into a classification named decapoda, meaning that they are decapods – having 10 legs, including their distinct claws. Some species prefer to live submerged in the water, while others have swimmerets, or swimming legs, in the back to help them swim. Other species that prefer to live on land do not have these swimmerets, but have all walking legs.

Crabs are invertebrates, meaning that they do not have a backbone. For protection, our 10 legged friends have strong exoskeletons! If you feel your forearm, you will feel the softness of our skin, fat and muscle before feeling our hard bones. Essentially, we are soft on the outside and harder on the inside. Crabs are kind of the opposite- they have a hard exoskeleton on their external surface (hints exoskeleton) and they are softer on the inside. An exoskeleton is important to crabs.

It is protection from predators, stability and support (since they do not have bones to hold them up) and it provides them something for their inner ligaments and organs to attach to.

Now these exoskeletons do not grow, instead they go through a process called molting.

Molting is just an amazing thing. It is the process when a crab sheds its exoskeleton and replaces it with a new one.

A crab may molt about 15-20 times in its lifetime and will molt more frequently in its first few years. Before a crab molts, it will adsorb some of the calcium from the old shell and secrete enzymes to help separate from his exoskeleton.

During this process, which can take a few weeks, a thin layer of what will be his new shell forms. A day or so before molting, the crab will absorb water and swell to separate the old shell on special seams. The shell then opens like a lid and the crab uses its legs to slowly wiggle itself out, backside out first followed by his legs and the rest of his body. This process can take about 15 minutes.

When crabs molt, they shed their eye stalks, mouth parts, gills and even the last half

inch of his intestine. It is the beginning of a pretty vulnerable time for crabs.

With a soft shell, crabs are in much more danger with surrounding predators. Luckily, in a few days the shell will be much harder- in a month, it’ll be very hard again.

Molting is for more than just growing crabs, it is also for our eight and nine legged decapods. Yep, some of our crabs hanging out on Topsail Island have less than ten legs.

In fact, we caught three last week that had no claws at all.

Molting is a time for them to grow their legs back. It takes about three or four molts for their legs to return back to normal size, getting a little bigger with each molt. How awesome, right?

Shedding an old shell is also key to getting rid of parasites, barnacles and/or other critters growing on them. I’m sure when they get their new shell it feels better than a nice, long, hot shower.

So, what kind of crabs call Topsail Island home? Short answer: Lots. Our campers catch mostly fiddler crabs, speckled crabs, calico crabs, juvenile stone crabs, ghost crabs and the favored blue crab. If you ask a camper what type of crab they are going to search for, most will yell “blue crabs!” with much enthusiasm. They are definitely the most popular in the EMA building!

Blue crabs, or callinectes sapidus, are known for being super-tasty. Their name literally means savory beautiful swimmer for a reason. They love the water – so much so that their back two legs are swimmerets (remember from

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The males tend to have claws with a blue hue and red tips, while females have more of an orange hue with purple tips.

When we explore the marsh to catch blue crabs, we always remind our campers that our blue crabs do pinch – and it’s a pretty powerful pinch. There is no reason to be scared – education is key. When we go out, we all have dip nets in hand.

Once we have caught a blue crab, we hold it by it’s claws and immediately check out its anatomy. Does it have all of its legs? Is it soft? How big is it?

Then we turn it over to look at its apron, or what we may call it’s belly.

If the crab has a shape like the Washington Monument or a rocket-ship, it is a male.

If there is a semi-circle or triangle, it is a female. In fact, the younger females will have a triangular shape on her apron until she reaches her terminal molt, which she will then have a semi-circle instead.

You can find blue crabs that are only a few inches across, or big guys that can be up to nine inches across! Our campers aren’t picky, they catch ‘em all.

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Following older siblings no challenge for younger Topsail athletes

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Being a high-school athlete presents enough challenges for the average student/athlete, but following an older sibling who excelled at a given sport can often make it tougher for the young sister or brother who wants, not only play the same sport, but who might play the same position.

But that doesn’t seem to be the case for a couple of Topsail High athletes who were faced with the somewhat daunting task of following an older family member that not only played the sport but excelled at the high-school level and beyond.

Rena Marrotta is a rising senior at Topsail, and an excellent volleyball player. Rena is a defensive specialist who could very well wear the Libero jersey once Topsail Coach Hill Pearsall sorts things out as the 2018 season approaches. The additional challenge Rena faces is her sister Marlee was the best Libero ever to come through the Lady Pirate volleyball program. Marlee recorded a remarkable 563 dig her senior year, and compiled 908 in her career to go along with 89 career kills, 104 aces, 32 assists, and four blocks in a three-year varsity career.

Marlee, an outstanding student, rather that entertaining offers from smaller schools to continue her volleyball career, chose to go to North Carolina State University and is entering her junior year majoring in Nutrition Science. Marlee keeps active in volleyball by playing club ball at N. C. State and coaching youth teams.

Rena had a fantastic junior year for the Lady Pirates, leading the team in digs (458) while racking up 25 aces, 23 assists, and five kills. Rena is a very reachable 505 digs away from toppling Marlee’s career total in digs, but that is not the goal she has set for herself.

“I remember, when I was younger, I felt I had to live up to the standards Marlee set, but as I’ve matured and became a better player I haven’t

felt that way,” Rena sad. “It’s not like we’ve ever been in competition, and I never think of it as following in her footsteps. I just want to focus on how I can play and what I can do help my team. I don’t feel pressure at all because Marlee’s never been competing with me, she’s always been there to help me.”

Rena said she did actually start playing volleyball because her big sister did.

“When I started I wanted to be like her and because my parents (Joe and Denise) encouraged me to try new things,” Rena said. “But as I started liking it a lot I didn’t play it because Marlee played it. Marlee playing the same sport didn’t make me want to stop playing because we never looked at it as a competition.”

Like Marlee, Rena is an excellent student. She indicated she wants to concentrate on academics – she is going to major in Bio-Chemistry - at the next level so she will not play in college.

“I don’t want to play volleyball in college,” Rena said.

“I just want to go to a college where I can get a good education and concentrate on my academics rather than go to a smaller school to play. Right now I am going to focus on this season and be the best player I can be for my team.”

Miles Cota faces a different challenge as he enters his senior year on the Pirate baseball team. Miles not only follows his brother Clark, but a second brother, Bryce. Clark went on to a standout career at UNC-Wilmington and recently signed a professional contract with the Oakland A’s.

Bryce is entering his junior year as a pitcher for Campbell University.

Bryce said Clark’s success was not his motivating factor, and Miles concurred.

“I didn’t feel like there was any pressure following Cark, but there was some internal competition with us,” Bryce said. “If you don’t have a passion for a game there’s no sense trying to play it if all you want to do is be better than your brother. We all have a passion for the game, and

Trask grad

McFadden pursuing baseball career

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When Heide Trask graduate Dakota McFadden entered the Rocky Point High school as a freshman he had

the label of a very good baseball player. He also was one of those student-athletes that was hard on his teammates and even harder on himself.

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Cota brothers Bryce, Clark, and Miles

Rena Marrotta (left), and sister Marlee we all set our own individual goals, one being to playing college after high school. Having an older brother was actually more of an asset because I saw what it was like for him going through the recruiting process and seeing him play college baseball.

“Now, hopefully, I can help Miles. Having Clark and as older brothers I hope can make him more ready for

what it takes to play college baseball and more.”

Both older brothers enjoyed stellar careers at Topsail, a fact that is not lost on Miles, but he does not feel any additional pressure. Miles said it was their Dad (Scott) that got them involved in the game, not the desire to be like his older siblings.

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New school year brings changes at Pender High

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The 2018-19 school year will have a decidedly different feel for the student-athlete at Pender High school. While there are still changes taking place, there have been some big resignations, reassignments and appointments over the summer months.

During the spring the school announced that athletic director Bevin Stokes would give up the position at the end of the school year.

Shortly after that, principal Chris Madden announced that volleyball coach Matt Davis would succeed her. Davis took over on July 1st and immediately had his hands full.

Davis has hit the ground running. In addition to coaching the volleyball team in the summer league, he has had to endure numerous changes at the school. Among those changes is a change at the top.

Pender County had moved some assistant principals around early in the summer. The next move they announced caused ripples in the waters at Pender High.

Mr. Madden was transferred to Topsail High School, replacing Barry Simmons who resigned. Madden was a strong advocate for athletics as well as academics at Pender High and had worked wonders in his short tenure at the school.

Madden inherits a school in the midst of turmoil. The baseball team had to forfeit the bulk of their wins for the season because of an ineligible player. They lost their athletic director because of that.

The summer was filled with parents calling for the firing of the A.D. and the principal.

The baseball coach was also fired and soon after Simmons resigned.

The next resignation was that of boys basketball coach Craig Wilson. Wilson led the Patriot varsity basketball team to the playoffs in his first year. He replaced long time coach Gary Battle. Wilson left due to family obligations along with opportunity.

“It was all about opportunity, “said Wilson. “My family was still in Raleigh and I had the opportunity to get a job that was closer and was better financially. I enjoyed the year at Pender and really loved the kids. It was a tough decision because that is my alma mater, but family comes first.”

Wilson will be the head coach at Wilson Prep School this winter.

Pender announced that last years junior varsity coach Rayford Hankins will take over the varsity position. Mr. Hankins is also a graduate of Pender High. “I have been in touch with Coach Hankins this summer and I think he will do a great job, “said Wilson.

Baseball coach Jeff Lee left the school and his position as well. Lee took the varsity job on short notice when the incoming coach backed out at the last minute. There were several factors that led to Coach Lee leaving the school.

None had to do with the players or the program. “I wanted to be the guy to break the “oneand-done” baseball coaching cycle at Pender, but it was not to be. I loved everything about Pender High School sports and the school community. I felt truly blessed to be a Patriot and part of it all. But I didn’t feel very successful as

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In My Opinion There is a new sheriff in town over at Topsail High school. What can now be classified as the former principal at Pender High school in Chris Madden is now the top dog at the Hampstead facility. Meanwhile the former principal at Burgaw Middle is at Pender. Heide Trask has a new principal as well with Dr. Diggs moving on to greener pastures. There were several other moves made with most of them being assistant principals being moved.

While I know that the current administrators with Pender County Schools have their reasons for making these moves, I question moving people just for the sake of moving them. That appears to be what is happening.

Yes, I know that Topsail High School needed a principal. I also know that you can’t put just any administrator over there. We all know that the parents over there will eat the average administrator alive. However, Chris Madden worked wonders over at Pender in every phase of the school.

So, you move him and put in place an administrator that has no idea what the school is all about. Yep. Chris Madden is just what Topsail High School needs. He is a tough but fair man who will take all suggestions and then make the right decision based on what’s best for the school as a whole. That is exactly what he did at Pender and I am not only proud of Pender’s accomplishments under Madden but also relieved that the people at

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Pender entrusted him to make the tough decisions.

I have heard it all. Why are you so tough on Topsail? Why are you picking on Topsail? First of all, I have what I consider to be friends at Topsail. For instance, I believe that volleyball coach Hill Pearsall is a very good coach and a better man. The varsity football coach Wayne Inman is cut from the same cloth as myself when it comes to being old school and what he expects from his players.

Eric Phillips is a good softball coach and a good man.

I was also a fan of former principal Barry Simmons.

I have no vendetta against Topsail High. I just call it like I see it. After all, this column is called Just My Opinion.

Entitlement. In one word that is the problem I have.

Well folks, that attitude will get you know where with the new sheriff in town. I hope they hire an athletic director in the same mold as Chris Madden. Fair but firm. If I had to describe Chris Madden it would be fair but firm. Good luck Mr. Madden. You’re going to need it.

Post & Voice Top Performers Year in Review: April

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The County High Schools were coming off spring break in the first week of April.

Week 1. The Pender baseball team earned a big come from behind win over East Carteret. Senior Chase Norris went 2.1 innings while Josh Roberts worked two innings. Daniel Parker went 1.2 inning with junior standout Tyler Norris pitching one inning of scoreless baseball in the win. Stephen Brunetti led the Patriot bats with a 2-4 performance that included two runs batted in and two runs scored while Tyler Norris was 2-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.

The Topsail baseball team won three games in tournament play. Jake Luchansky threw a seven-inning complete game with eight strikeouts as Topsail earned a 2-1 win over West Springfield. Alex Holland took to the mound and struck out nine in a dominant 13-0 win in the tourney.

Starting pitcher Noah Gaither earned the win in an 11-1 five-inning win over Lewis County (WV). Evan Blanton hit a three-run dinger to left-center field. He was 2-for-3 with the homer and three runs batted in.

The Topsail softball team staged an improbable comeback. Down 8-1 to Washington heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Lady Pirates scored nine runs to earn the win. The big hit was a two-run single by sophomore Lauren Strnad, finishing a 10-8 win.

Julia Sullivan was 3-for-4 with a run scored and a ribbey in a win over West Carteret.

Week 2. The Trask baseball team earned a tough 3-1 win over Lejeune. Senior left hander Nathan ‘Big Nasty’

Harrell threw a complete game seven hitter, striking out 11 Devil Pups along the way. Chase McPherson led the Titans at the plate with two hits and a run batted in while Chase Foxbower and Miles Jordan each drove in a run.

The Pender baseball team picked up an impressive win over Lejeune. Tyler Norris went all five innings, allowing just three hits while sending three Lejeune Devil Pups back to the dugout via the strikeout. Josh Roberts, Josh Barnhill and Chris Olivas each collected one hit.

The Trask soccer team earned three wins. Freshman Leana Pfeiffer picked up three wins in the net, earning two shutouts along the way.

Anisa Lewis scored three goals and had two assists while Caleigh Bell had two goals.

The Lady Titan softball team earned an 11-4 win over Lejeune. Senior right hander Brittany Foy earned the win in the circle and also was good at bat.

The Topsail softball team beat Ashley. Freshman standout Sydney Hartgrove had three hits and knocked in two runs while sophomore Lauren Strnad included a double among her three hits that produced three RBIs, and sophomore Annalee Hart, making her first start behind in the plate, had two hits and knocked in a run.

The Pender Lady Patriots earned three wins. In the process they pounded out 48 hits. Ashley Dupalavich had three hits and three runs batted in against Lejeune and two hits and three ribbeys against Ashley.

Week 3. The Topsail Lady Pirate softballers won two of three. Sophomore Maggie

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LaValle’s wrestling season sets foundation for future

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer There were many outstanding efforts put forth by teams and individual athletes this past year at Topsail High School, including but not limited to the outstanding Mid-Eastern 3A Conference championship and 3A regional and state showings by the Lady Pirates’ girls’ cross-country team, the continued renaissance of the girls’ basketball team, another outstanding year – inclusive of two victories over otherwise unbeaten New Hanover – by the baseball squad,, and the outstanding individual efforts by girls’ track performers Payton Little, Madison Lofton, Isabella Buffalini, and Makayla Obremski.

But it would be hard to not single out of effort of Topsail sophomore Noah LaVallle, who followed a solid campaign as a running back on the Pirate football team, with 1,097 yards on 151 carries (7.3 per-game average) in just 10 games, with a 38-5 record on the mat – inclusive of the Mid-Eastern Conference 182-pound championship to go along with the 2018 NCHSAA 3A East Regional crown.

In 2017, as a freshman, LaValle rolled through the conference’s 160-pound weight class before falling to Laney’s Austin Harrison. That loss served as the impetus to a run in the 3A East regional that saw LaValle pine two of the four opponents he faced at 160 before putting the regional trophy on his mantle with an 8-5 decision over Corinth-Holders’ Mike Darden. In his first trip to the 3A state championships, the young fresh-

Performers Continued from page 6A Smith had two hits, including a double while driving in three runs while classmate Lauren Strnad added three hits, doubling twice and knocking in two runs in support of the two-hit, four strikeout pitching effort of sophomore Addy Howard as Topsail defeated Hoggard 9-1. Topsail beat South Brunswick behind the play of Tyesha Williams and Darby Lisk.

McFadden Continued from page 6A It took a little time before the Pender County strong man realized that the game of baseball was just that.

“In high school I was way too hard on myself. I was kind of immature. I realized going into my junior year that it was just a game. I tried to have fun every time I stepped on the field. I was still focused on being the best that I could be, but I just handled things better. I think that was the turning

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Williamson takes it to another level

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When the Heide Trask Titan varsity football team takes the field this year they will do so with an abundance of high expectations.

The team has had back to back winning seasons in which they won more games than ever.

This year’s team will be led by several upperclassmen that has endured both the good years as well as the bad years.

One of those players is rising senior Foster Williamson.

Foster plays the linebacker spot the way it should be played. He is a hitting machine but also plays within himself. His discipline on the field as well is in the weight room has made him a rising star.

Williamson had 133 tackles last year including 92 solo stops. He led the team with 13.3 tackles a game.

Foster Williamson looks to take it to another level in 2018.

Noah LaValle man loss both of his matches.

This past year, LaValle entered the conference tournament on a mission at 182 pounds. He accomplished that mission in style, recording a 15-0 win by technical fall over West Brunswick’s Sae’vyon McCray, a 1:07 win by fall over Ashley’s Nathan Allen in the semifinals, and a decisive 12-5 win by decision over North Brunswick’s Bryan Aragao in the championship bout.

As the No. 1 seed in the 3A regional, LaValle quickly established his superiority with two first-period (0.24 & 0.37) pins in his first two matches, and a 19-1 (2:09) win by technical fall over Havelock’s Lenny Rosario.

That set up a championship match with North’s Aragao, and the talented Scorpion grappler did everything he

could to avenge his conference loss before LaValle prevailed 11-9 in overtime or the regional crown.

LaValle was awarded a win by forfeit for his first-ever state championship win. A 10-3 loss in round two pushed Noah into the consolation round where he recorded his first win on the mat with a 1:37 win by fall. A 7-6 loss in the next round ended his journey as the state’s seventh-best 3A wrestler in North Carolina.

Moving forward, LaValle will probably move up in weight class to 195 or possibly 220. Competing at those weights would not be a problem for Noah according to long-time Laney wrestling coach and teacher – now retired – Alan Sewell, who knows more about wrestling in Eastern North Carolina and the state that most people.

“When you look at LaValle he’s what we call a thoroughbred, for sue,” Sewell said. “He’s a stud. What I was impressed this past year with him most was desire to keep going through a leg injury. He hung in there and kept going.

“Moving up in weight class I think the higher he moves up, the better chance he has to become a state champion. The higher you move up, generally, the less wrestling skills are required. So a kid like him, with his wrestling skills to go along with additional weight that would make him a force, definitely state-championship material. He is one of the better all-around athletes in this area, and a young man who handles his success with class.”

Jake Volpe led the Topsail men’s lacrosse team to a big conference win over South Brunswick. He scored five goals with Eli Copeland adding two goals.

Isabela Bufalini won her event at the Ashley Invitational. Adam Hart won both the shot put and the discus throw at the meet.

Week 4. The Topsail softball team was still in the hunt for a conference crown after winning two important games in week four. Sophomore Lauren Strnad had two hits and knocked in four runs while

classmates Darbie Lisk and Maggie Smith combined for four hits and six ribbeys as Topsail defeated New Hanover 19-2.

Addy Howard threw a seven-inning complete game in which she gave up three hits and one earned run with three walks and four strikeouts in a win over South Brunswick.

The Topsail Pirate men’s lacrosse team celebrated Senior Night with a 19-0 win over South Brunswick. Jake Volpe scored seven goals while Eli Copeland added two goals, Five seniors scored

, Taner Beaudoin, Leighton Randall, Jonah Glass, Jorge Maldonado, and Jeremiah Richardson.

Trask got a complete game performance from Nathan Harrell in a 6-4 win over East Carteret. Senior Will Andrews had a base knock to drive in the winning run.

The Pender baseball team beat Richlands. Tyler Norris led the Patriot offense with three hits, three runs scored and two runs batted in. Stephen Brunetti had two hits and two RBI while Chris Olivas had two hits.

point in my baseball career.

Maturing as a player and a person.”

McFadden signed with Wake Tech out of high school and played one year before red shirting. “I found out that you had to do the work in the classroom that first year,” said McFadden. “I reassessed everything and buried myself in the books.”

He transferred to Prince George Community College in Maryland. That’s where his collegiate career took off.

“The coaches there believed in me from the beginning and I felt comfortable. I

was named a captain that fall.

That meant a lot to me and my game took off.”

Dakota was named to the second team all-Maryland Juco team and was named to the first team all-region squad while at Prince George. His accolades also included being named third team All-American Juco.

“I learned a lot from Coach Buddy Foster. That time at Prince George really changed my life.”

Currently Mr. McFadden is playing in Worcester Massachusetts for the Worcester Bravehearts in the Futures

Collegiate Baseball League as a pitcher/outfielder. The 6-3 230-pound hardballer recently made the All Star team in the league. He will play his senior year at Keystone College in the spring with hopes of playing professionally.

“I’m working on my degree in sports and recreation management, but I hope to play professionally. My coaches have told me that have a good shot at playing professionally, either in the major leagues or independently. I’m just going to keep working hard and hopefully things will work out for me.”

take a job as an art teacher in another school system. Art was my actual major in college and is the area in which I have the most experience. I think I’ll be of better service to young people and my em-

ployer in that capacity.”

Coach Davis or the current administration has yet to announce the hiring of a new baseball coach.

Pender football coach Tim Smith will remain on the

job. He will enter his second season at the helm and will benefit from a full summer of workouts along with the familiarity of the studentathletes he will be working with.

through high school and went to community college for it so he always liked the game and growing up we learned to like the sport,” said Miles, who has a 4.4GPA entering

his senior year. “Growing up there was no pressure or anything, I just tried to learn and do what I could do. I play because I enjoy it and I have fun doing it. Whatever happens

moving forward is going to happen.

“We always talk and we share stuff with each other, and it’s good to know what they went through, and hope-

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Clayton looks forward to football season

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer In the world of high school football there are a lot of things that can be taught. There are things that can be corrected and even overlooked.

However, one thing that can’t be taught is size. Rising senior lineman Brandon Clayton has that size that is coveted by high school coaches.

Mr. Clayton stands 6-3 and weighs in at 235 lean pounds.

He is strong and quick and has the wingspan that is often coveted by college football recruiters.

Last year Brandon had some good games while playing part time. This year he should be on the field on most plays. That will enable him to get into rhythm. The Topsail Pirates play in a tough conference filled with size and strength.

The Pirates coaching staff will need a big season out of Brandon Clayton. The senior strong man should be up to the challenge.

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Anglers await cooler weather

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic The area anglers are awaiting the cooler temperatures to get here. It has in fact been a few degrees cooler in the last week or so. However, the water temperatures are still unusually warm.

There have been some reds caught in the inland waters and marshes. Find a structure such as a dock.

Keep a look out for schools of baitfish and work the perimeters with your choice of baits.

The flounder bite has been decent. Pender Counties flat fish whisperer Wendy Lewis landed yet another whopper last week. She does the bulk of her fishing in the Carolina Beach area. However, don’t ask Wendy her secrets, she ain’t telling.

The surf has produced a mixed bag of fish with some black drum and mullet. A bottom rig baited with cut bait or shrimp will work here.

The piers are reporting a mixed bag being caught late and early. Fishing in the heat of the day will only get you sun burned.

The fresh water anglers

are also working early in the morning and late at night.

Red worms will work for the pan fish while the cats will hit anything stinky as well as cut up chicken livers.

This weeks tip With Pender County resident Wendy Lewis catching yet another doormat of a flounder, I thought we would go over some tips on catching flounder. These are not Wendy’s tips, cause again, she ain’t telling!

The first thing to look for when fishing for the flat fish is to find the bait. Where there is baitfish, there is flounder.

Remember, Founder do not move off of the bottom and don’t move very much at all. Bait presentation is key to catching these tasty fish.

They tend to stay close to the banks. Try dragging your bait across the area with varying types of twitches.

Finally, a medium type of rod and reel with a 1015 pound test line is all you need to fish for flounder. You can use a Carolina rig for both live and dead baits.

While the best part of catching flounder is the actual catch, eating a properly cooked flounder comes in a close second.

Pender County’s flounder whisperer Wendy Lewis landed this whopper last week. fully I can use their experiences to make me better. I’ve gotten some looks from colleges, and it’s definitely a goal of mine to play at that level.

What serves as one of my big-

Lana hopes to find her niche with Pender

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender High School volleyball team lost seven seniors from last year’s playoff team. Among those players was the heart and souls of the team in Caroline Peterson and Kam Thompson. However, don’t feel sorry for veteran coach Matt Davis. He has a good group of young players on board this year. They showed a glimpse of how good they could be during the summer volleyball league.

Among the newcomers is Faith Lana. Miss Lana is also a valuable part of the Patriot track and field team that found great success last spring.

Faith brings athleticism along with a great work ethic to the volleyball court. According to Coach Matt Davis, she showed great promise.

The Lady Patriots could be the class of the Coastal 8 Conference this year. Faith Lana will a big part of the team’s success.

gest motivators is having a Mom and Dad always driving me around and always supporting me. That’s one of the main things that pushes me to do well.”

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William Davis Jones III Dave Jones, who for many years was responsible for labor relations with the traditional craft unions at The News and Observer and heralded by the newspaper for creating an atmosphere “that rendered unions unnecessary at the company,” died Saturday, July 21, 2018. He was 91 years old.

Mr. Jones was a lifelong newspaperman. He began his career immediately after college as Editor of The Enfield Progress in Enfield, NC. He moved on to The Wilson Daily Times and, on his 23rd birthday, joined The News and Observer where he remained for 42 years, starting first as an advertising salesman, eventually serving as a member of the board of directors and completing his tenure as Associate Publisher. Following his retirement, he worked as a business

consultant with expertise in family-owned newspapers and for 15 years served as an advisor to the publisher of The Wilson Daily Times. He facilitated the launch of The Mini Page created by Betty Debnam Hunt in 1965, which originated at The News and Observer and later became one of the most widely syndicated features in publishing history.

William Davis Jones III was born Nov. 24, 1926 in Biltmore, to William Davis Jones, Jr. of San Angelo, TX, originally of the William Davis and Peter Fite Jones families of Virginia and Atlanta, and Ruth Catherine Culbreth of Falcon, daughter of Julius Ainslie Culbreth, well-known and influential founder of the first Pentecostal Holiness movement in North Carolina and the Falcon Children’s Home.

As a boy, Dave moved with his family from North Carolina to New Mexico then to Oregon and Kansas, ultimately settling in Raleigh in 1941. He spent many carefree summers in Falcon with his maternal grandparents and cousins. He remained close to his paternal aunts and cousins. His love of books and natural writing skills were recognized and supported by his parents throughout his formative years. He attended Needham Broughton High School and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1948.

He volunteered for the United

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States Army immediately after high school graduation and served for seven months in the waning days of World War II, then served for two years during the Korean War when he was recalled in 1950. He fell in love with and married Susie Burnett of Burgaw in 1953 after a six-month courtship, and they were married for 64 years.

During his lifetime, Mr. Jones was active in business, civic and cultural organizations. He served as president of the Chowan College Graphic Arts Foundation, the North Carolina Newspapers-in-Education Foundation, the North Carolina Press Foundation and the Raleigh Little Theatre. He was campaign chairman of the United Way of Wake County in 1977 and its president in 1982.

He was a member of the Board of Visitors of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Chapel Hill and was inducted into the North Carolina Jour nalism Hall of Fame in 1994. In 1996, he received the Knight International Press Fellowship to work with the emerging free press in the Republic of Georgia following the break-up of the Soviet Union. He spoke often of the difficulty of explaining the concept of objective journalism to writers who had known only state-controlled media. He and Susie spent three months in the Republic of Georgia as

ambassadors for the Knight Fellowship and a North Carolina cultural exchange.

He was a member of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church for 27 years prior to transferring to Christ Church in 1981.

Mr. Jones was predeceased by his parents, his sister, Nancy Colbern Jones Park, his daughter-in-law Karin March Jones, and his eldest son, William Davis Jones IV. He is survived by his wife, Susie, and four children and their spouses: Ainslie and Robert Uhl of Raleigh, Annetta and Norfleet Hoggard of Raleigh, Adam and Susan Jones of Chapel Hill, and Della and David Fried of Atlanta. He is also survived by twelve grandchildren: Hart, Colbern, Everett and Henry Uhl; Culbreth Jones Ferla (Joe) and Deaton Jones; Frances and Edward Hoggard; Lilly and Ainslie Jones; and Benjamin and Joscelin James Fried.

A patriot and a poet, he loved and was loved.

A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, July 25 at 11 a.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton St., Raleigh. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parish hall. A private interment will be held at Oakwood Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the UNC School of Media & Journalism - www.mj.unc.edu.com, or News in Education (NIE) -

www.nie.newsobserver.com Arrangements by BrownWynne Funeral Home, Saint Mary’s St., Raleigh.

Paula Renee Hand Rodriguez ROCKY POINT -- Paula Renee Hand Rodriguez, 38, of Rocky Point passed all too soon from her earthly life on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at her home.

She was born April 27, 1980 in Wilmington, the daughter of Imogene Sinclair Owens and the late Lance Hand. Paula was preceded in death by her sister, Constance Hand.

In addition to her mother, Paula is survived by her sons, Jacoby McKeithan, Michael Lance Hand Hewlett and Johan Rodriguez; brothers, Dale Hand (Tina), Edwin West (Elizabeth), Ricky West (Kim), Dennis West (Lucy); step-father, William “Bill” Owens; and many extended family and friends that all loved Paula and will miss her dearly.

Paula was a graduate of Carteret Community College in Morehead City.

She was a loving, giving person who dearly loved her children. She loved the Christmas season, parties and celebrating all family/friends events - birthdays, weddings and fun get togethers. The family received friends 6 to 8pm Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at Quinn McGowen Funeral Home in Burgaw.

A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2018 at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Wilmington with the The Rev. Merrell McKoy conducting the service.

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

Geraldine Wheeler Harvell Geraldine Wheeler Harvell died July 14, 2018 at her residence. Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday July 20, 2018 at Potts Memorial Church. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. prior to the service.

Topsail Military Kids Club honors American Legion Post 167 Auxilary

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The Military Kids Club of the Topsail schools has reached out to show their appreciation to a local group for encouraging them in their efforts. The Military Kids presented the American Legion Auxiliary Post 167 of Hampstead with a certificate of appreciation and an autographed picture of the club members.

The certificate and picture were presented to the ladies of the auxiliary in appreciation of the year-long support.

Dolly Fisher is currently the treasurer, historian and public relations representative for the American Legion Auxiliary Post 167, in Hampstead. She was excited about the beautiful gift of appreciation presented by the club.

“The Military Kids Cub is an organization made up of kids who have parents who are in the military right now,” said Fisher. “Stacey Holmes, who was in the Navy, is out now and she has formed this organization in the school. It kind of supports the kids and gets them together to share their experiences. She brings other military people in the explain what their experiences were. It helps the kids to understand that what they are going through is not just them, that others share that experience, and highlight the

positive side to it. It’s a support group for kids.”

The Auxiliary provides treats and snacks for the club’s monthly meetings. At the end of the school year, the kids wanted to show their appreciation. They created a picture and everybody signed it to say thank you to the Auxiliary for supporting them and letting them know that they care.

Fisher said that Stacey is looking to expand the organization into the other schools in our area. The Auxiliary members can empathize with what the kids are going though, being from military families themselves. The group plans to continue supporting the growing club’s efforts.

“Everybody that belongs to the Auxiliary are spouses or have had parents who have been in the military, so that’s our connection,” said Fisher.

“We are used to being that support group for the veterans and the families, so we just carry it on.”

The Auxiliary currently has 52 active members. They participate in a variety of activities to help the community, such as visiting veterans in our local nursing homes.

They make regular visits to Woodbury Wellness, and they also drive up to Kinston and distribute care packages to the veterans who are in the hospital there.

The Auxiliary group re-

cently supported the local American Legion baseball program by sponsoring the concession stand. Next month they will be holding a fish fry fundraiser Aug. 17. The event is open to the public. Other fundraising events are held throughout the year such as a kids’ breakfast with Santa Clause in December. Anytime the American Legion Post 167 has a fundraiser, the Auxiliary jumps in to lend a hand in the kitchen and by serving food.

The group will be hosting a booth in the Spot Festival selling crafts. Proceeds from those sales will be used to buy the Christmas gifts for the nursing home. They also buy wreaths for the Wreaths Across America project in the Wilmington Cemetery.

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 167 is also collecting school supplies for the students of Topsail schools.

Anyone wishing to help area schools can drop off school supply donations to the American Legion Post, 16660 Hwy 17 N, Hampstead.

They will be accepting donations Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from noon until 2 pm, July 30 through Aug. 24.

They will also accept donations during their monthly craft sale and flea market Aug. 4 from 7 a.m. until noon, and during their Fish Fry from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. Aug. 17.

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Bill Howard Outdoors which there was a full or new moon to coincide with the trip as well.

Shrimp, artificial bloodworms that resembled Big Red chewing gum with cheese paper stuck in it, and sand fleas were the bait on most occasions. We would use a double drop rig, some with beads, some with skirts, some just plain ole monofilament line with shrimp on the top hook and bloodworm on the bottom, or vice versa, all in the name of trying to find out what was biting what.

It was strange that it worked that way. We would laugh when the shrimp would only get eaten when on the top rig, or the bloodworm would only be taken if there was a piece of shrimp on the bottom hook.

But for whatever reason, we would catch spot, croaker, pinfish, small sharks, sea robin, and sometimes blues or reds.

And that is why this time of year is so special for coastal fishing.

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist During the summer months two things can be expected.

It gets hot. People go to the beach. It is what summer is about.

While several hundred million billion (maybe I am exaggerating the numbers slightly, but only slightly) descend upon the sandy shores of the Carolinas, there is something else going on besides sun tans, sun burns, sandy feet, and afternoon thunderstorms.

The fish bite.

Just like mosquitoes in a uncut yard surrounded by stagnant standing water, the fish are on the hunt. And that is truly one of the great things about summer.

Used to, when my oldest was younger and his cousins were too, we would take a trip out to one of the coastal piers for an overnighter. Usually we would try to find a weekend in

Just glancing at several recent reports, I see that citation trout are being pulled in.

Big bull reds can be caught on oyster beds and off the surf at night. Blues attack anything shiny. Flounder have found an appetite for mud minnows.

Kings and Spanish are wandering just close enough to be lipped at the end of piers. And of course, the usual pinfish and other bottom fish such as black sea bass will attempt to steal anything that dabbles from a hook just inches from the floor of the salty waters.

Yes, a Reader’s Digest version of a coastal fishing report might read as this: If there are pylons, piers, bridges or bouys, fish with shrimp, minnows, sand fleas, small crabs or anything artificial that is shiny, noisy, and will show movement to catch anything that has scales or doesn’t have scales.

In the surf, cast to the breaks, past the breaks, in front of the breaks, or through

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the breaks. Make sure the hook is sharp and don’t yank when setting the hook, they will hook themselves. They of course is anything with scales or without scales.

If you go out on a boat go inshore, nearshore, or offshore.

There will be inshore fish, nearshore fish, and offshore fish in the calm, tidal, or rough waters. Be sure to use artificial baits unless you have live bait, as both work equally well.

Yes, the fish are hungry and plenty. And this time of year is great to be at the beach.

–Bill Howard is a lifelong North Carolina resident and hunter. He is a lifetime member of the North Carolina Bowhunters Association, an associate member of Pope and Young, and an official measurer of both. He is a certified hunter education (IHEA) instructor and bowhunter education (IBEP) instructor.

Please share your stories with Bill at BillHowardOutdoors@ gmail.com.

Town of Burgaw Government News July 26, 2018

PARKS AND RECREATION NEWS Save The Date: December 31st, 2018. 1st Annual New Year's Eve Blueberry Drop presented by the Town of Burgaw and the North Carolina Blueberry Festival Association! The official Blueberry Drop will be held at 7PM EST, which happens to be midnight Greenwich Mean Time. This way you can celebrate 2019 without having to stay up until midnight. Stay tuned for more information.

There is still room for our last mini-camp of the summer!

Fairy Garden Fun: Gardens are magical especially when there are fairies to be found. In this class, children will paint pots and build special fairy gardens limited only by your imagination. Ages 5-12.

Pre-registration is required. To register call 910-259-1330.

Workshop will take place at the Burgaw Community House 102 E Wilmington Street Burgaw, NC 28425.

Date: August 14th 9am -12pm.

Cost: $5.00 per participant VOLUNTEER NEEDED The Town of Burgaw is accepting applications for the Planning & Zoning Board. There is currently one vacancy which requires an applicant that resides within the town limits or a qualified nonresident business or property owner. Applications may be downloaded from our website at www.townofburgaw.com. For more information please make contact with the Town Clerk at 910663-3441 or via email at townofburgaw@townofburgaw.com.

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Town of Surf City Government News July 26, 2018

The recent delivery of three new, lightweight robots for the state’s Bomb Squad arrived just in time for the Fourth of July, often a busy time for the State Bureau of Investigation’s bomb technicians.

With 64 calls since January, the members of the Bomb Squad welcome the new robots that weigh about 70 pounds, can go up and down stairs, have six cameras, can lift about 15 pounds and cut wires. They don’t need a big truck to be deployed, and they have the capability to remotely locate and neutralize Improvised Explosive Devices in confined spaces, such as aircraft, buses and trains.

“These new robots will be small enough to enter tight spaces where bomb technicians had to go before, and that was a very high-risk environment for them,” said Tim Luper, commander of SBI’s Bomb Squad.

Surf City Town Council 6:30pm Planning Board 5:30pm

MEETING TIMES 1st Tuesday of the month at 2nd Thursday of the month at

PUBLIC NOTICE

The public will take notice that the Town Council of the Town of Surf City will on the 17th day of August, 2017 in the Town Hall Council Chambers, pursuant to G.S. 160A199, will consider a resolution to close a particular portion of S. Shore Drive Alley, located behind 100 S. Shore Drive.

All abutting property owners are hereby notified to appear at this meeting to present any objections that they may have with respect to the closing of the street.

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PENDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS WANTED! A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! VOLUNTEER! The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following Boards/Commissions/Committees: # of Name of Board Vacancies Positions/Categories Advisory Board of Health 3 Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist*** Board of Adjustment 2 District 3, District 4 Pender Housing Initiative Board 2 Low Income Rep., Private Sector Rep. Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Nursing/Adult Care Committee 1 Public Citizen Pender Memorial Hospital Board 2 District 2 (Unexpired Term) Tourism Development Authority 1 Collector District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek District 5 = Burgaw; Holly *** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed. Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov or write or call Melissa Long, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.

Public Hearing Notice On Monday, August 6, 2018 the Pender County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the abandonment and closing of Penderlea School Road (SR 1330) as requested by the Pender County Board of Education. At the meeting, the Board will receive comments from all interested parties. The Board Meeting will be held at 805 S. Walker St., Burgaw, in the Public Assembly room and will begin at 4:00 p.m. For more information, please call (910) 259-1200.

Request for Proposals Pender County is requesting proposals from interested consultants to update and modernize the County’s Unified Development Ordinance and Official Zoning Map. The Request for Proposals may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/PenderUDO2018RFP Submission Deadline: Monday August 6, 2018 – 12 p.m.

For more information, please contact Pender County Planning & Community Development at 910-259-1202 WANTED RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS Pender County is seeking general contractors for the rehabilitation of homes funded under the county’s North Carolina Disaster Recovery Act (NCDRA) Program. Both licensed and unlicensed contractors may submit bids (however, if an individual unit bid is greater than $30,000, the bidder must be licensed as a NC General Contractor). Contracts will be awarded based on a competitive bidding process.

A contractors’ meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 26, 2018, at 10:00 AM, in the Board of County Commissioners chambers located at 805 South Walker Street, Burgaw, NC. The county will distribute bid proposal packets and review the work required for the rehabilitation of four (4) units, and the rehabilitation and elevation of one (1) unit at this meeting. There is no charge for receiving bid packages. A contractor or their representative is required to attend an advertised contractors’ meeting as a prerequisite to bid unless otherwise specified in writing by the Program Administrator. Bids will be opened and read promptly at 10:00 AM, Thursday, August 9, 2018 in the Board of County Commissioners chambers located at 805 South Walker Street, Burgaw, NC. Pender County is an equal opportunity employer/service provider and encourages participation by historically underutilized businesses, including small, minority, and female-owned businesses.

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7/26/2018 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: August 7, 2018 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 Garry Gentry, applicant, on behalf of Whitebridge Development LLC, owner, is requesting approval of a Zoning Map Amendment for a general use rezoning of one (1) tract totaling approximately ±1.00 acres from RP, Residential Performance zoning district to O&I, Office and Institutional zoning district. The subject property is located in the Topsail Township at the intersection of US HWY 17 and Whitebridge Road, to the east of US HWY 17 and to the north of Whitebridge Road, and may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 3282-30-4135-0000.

Zoning Text Amendment Pender County, applicant, is requesting approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance. Specifically, the request is to amend Chapter 11 ‘Road Naming and Addressing,’ Section 11.8 ‘Size, Color, Maintenance, and Location’ and Section 11.9 ‘Subdivisions,’ to revise addressing standards to provide additional clarity and to bring those standards into compliance with the North Carolina State Building Code. A detailed description of the proposed changes is available in the Pender County Planning and Community Development Department Offices.

Zoning Map Amendment Dominion Land Corp., applicant, on behalf of BSH-17, LLC and T. Farnell Shingleton, owners, is requesting approval of a Zoning Map Amendment for a general use rezoning of four (4) tracts totaling approximately ±15.28 acres from RA, Rural Agricultural zoning district to GB, General Business zoning district and IT, Industrial Transitional zoning district. The subject properties are located at 13011 US HWY 17, in the Topsail Township, along the west side of US HWY 17 across from Whitebridge Road and McFayden Court and may be further identified by Pender County PINs: 3282-20-8811-0000; 3282-21-6106-0000; 3282-21-8289-0000; and 3282-21-00150000.

Conditional Zoning Map Amendment RHH Land Investors, applicant, on behalf of Lanwillo Development Co., owner, is requesting the approval of a Zoning Map Amendment for a conditional rezoning of two (2) tracts totaling approximately ±18.00 acres from RP, Residential Performance zoning district to RM-CD3, Residential Mixed Conditional zoning district 3, as part of a Master Development Plan that also totals ±18.00 acres. This request is to allow for 51 single family, detached residential dwellings.

The subject properties are located approximately 1,000 feet to the east of US HWY 17 and west of, and adjacent to, the intersection of Deerfield Drive (SR 1673) and Creekview Drive (SR 1674), in the Topsail Township and may be further identified by Pender County PINs: 3282-73-86140000; and 3282-83-0888-0000.

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 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Betty K. Neale, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Betty K. Neale, to present them to the undersigned on or before October 11, 2018 at 1945 U.S. Hwy. 117 S., Burgaw, NC 28425 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 5thday of July, 2018.

Rebecca N. Prochazka 1945 U.S. Hwy. 117 S. Burgaw, NC 28425 #8287 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-645 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

DOUGLAS JAMES BECK, JR., owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO DOUGLAS JAMES BECK, SR. 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 0.36 acre, Parcel ID Number 3255-08-4241-0000 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 August 27, 2018.

This day, July 5, 2018.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8289 7/12, 7/19, 7/26/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-646 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

DOUGLAS JAMES BECK, JR., owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO DOUGLAS JAMES BECK, SR. 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 0.2 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 3255-08-4258-0000 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 August 27, 2018.

This day, July 5, 2018.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8290 7/12, 7/19, 7/26/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-653 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO DOUGLAS JAMES BECK, SR. 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 Tracts 1-3, Holly Township, Parcel ID Number 3255-08-4376-0000 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 August 27, 2018.

This day, July 5, 2018.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8291 7/12, 7/19, 7/26/2018

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 18SP23 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY TAMMY MILLS AND JACK JARMAN DATED JANUARY 26, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3153 AT PAGE 140 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on July 31, 2018 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a stake at the intersection of the Western line of the Penderlea Road with the Southern line of the Savannah Road and running thence in a Southerly direction with the Western line of the Penderlea Road 105 feet to a stone; thence in a Westerly direction and perpendicular to the Penderlea Road 166 feet to a stone; thence in a Northerly direction and parallel to the Western edge of the Penderlea Road 166 feet to a stone in the Southern edge of the Savannah Road; thence with the Southern edge of the Savannah Road in an Easterly direction 169 feet to the point of Beginning, containing one acre, more or less.

And Being more commonly known as: 2855 Penderlea Highway, Burgaw, NC 28425 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Tammy Mills and The Unknown Heirs of Jack Jarman.

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

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

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

The date of this Notice is June 29, 2018.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 18-097217 Client Code: CWF #8293 7/19, 7/26/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-291 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

CHRISTY ZIMMERMAN MAY BE KNOWN AS CHRISTY ZINNERMAN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CHRISTY ZIMMERMAN MAY BE KNOWN AS CHRISTY ZINNERMAN 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 19.32 acres, Parcel ID Number 2278-72-3426-0000 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 September 4, 2018.

This day, July 12, 2018.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8295 7/19, 7/26, 8/2/2018 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 Clarence W. Sox, Jr., deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Clarence W. Sox, Jr., to present them to the undersigned on or before October 25, 2018 at 54 Wembury Drive, Clayton, NC 27527 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 19th day of July, 2018.

Thomas Bryan Sox 54 Wembury Drive Clayton, NC 27527 #8301 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/2018 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 18sp93 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY LINDSEY A MATHIS DATED APRIL 24, 2017 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4642 AT PAGE 313 AND MODIFIED

BY AGREEMENT RECORDED ON AUGUST 18, 2017 IN BOOK 4649, PAGE 1573 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on July 31, 2018 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot B-R as shown on a map entitled “LINDSEY A. MATHIS” recorded in Map Book 60 at Page 57, Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

And Being more commonly known as: 9165 Old River Rd, Burgaw, NC 28425 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Lindsey A. Mathis.

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

This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser

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

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

The date of this Notice is July 10, 2018.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 18-099537 #8298 7/19, 7/26/2018 18 SP 84 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Andre Taylor and Erica C. Taylor to CB Services Corp, Trustee(s), which was dated April 11, 2007 and recorded on April 11, 2007 in Book 3205 at Page 017 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on April 7, 2008 in Book 3438, Page 270, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 3, 2018 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Tract A as shown on a map entitled “Recombination Survey for Joseph Leroy Shepard and Adell Shepard Nixon”, recorded in Map Book 44, Page 12 of the Pender County Register of Deeds.

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

Said property is commonly known as 165 Union Bethel Road, Hampstead, NC 28443.

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

This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Andre Taylor and wife, Erica Taylor.

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

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

believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 11-00921-FC04 #8296 7/19, 7/26/2018 17 SP 21 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Timothy Harry Coyle and Heather Coyle to Peter F. Makowiecki, Trustee(s), which was dated September 5, 2007 and recorded on September 7, 2007 in Book 3311 at Page 280 and rerecorded/ modified/corrected on September 26, 2007 in Book 3325, Page 213, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 3, 2018 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Lot 22 as depicted on Plat of PIKE CROSSING recorded in Map Book 43 at Page 1, to which reference is made for complete description, being a portion of the property conveyed to Carolina South Builders, Inc. by deed recorded in Book 2900 at page 278, Pender County.

Subject to restrictive covenants recorded in Book 3044 at Page 246.

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

Said property is commonly known as 221 Catrush Lane, Burgaw, NC 28425.

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

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

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

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

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-00174-FC01 #8297 7/19, 7/26/2018

NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FILE NO. 18 SP 107 Under and by virtue of the powers of sale contained in that Deed of Trust executed by Ronald W. Dorton and wife, Esther V. Dorton to Clifton L. Painter, Trustee for Four Oaks Bank & Trust Company, Beneficiary, dated April 30, 2007 and recorded April 30, 2007 at Book 3221, page 123, Pender County Registry, North Carolina, which instrument describes a tract of land located in PENDER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained, and United Community Bank, successor by merger to Four Oaks Bank & Trust Company, the present holder of the indebtedness thereby secured having demanded a foreclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness, and the Clerk of Superior Court of Pender County, granting permission for the foreclosure on July 3, 2018. That Four Oaks Bank & Trust Company, the current owner and holder of the aforementioned Deed of Trust having named Luther D. Starling, Jr., as Substitute Trustee, by that instrument recorded in Book 4665, Page 2286 of the Pender County Registry. Said Luther D. Starling, Jr., Substitute Trustee, will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Pender County Courthouse door in Burgaw, North Carolina, at 10:00 A.M. on the 31st day of July, 2018, as improved, conveyed in said Deed of Trust, the same lying and being in PENDER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 13, Section 1, Tropical Winds Subdivision, as the same is shown on a map recorded in Map Book 34, Page 37, of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more accurate and particular description.

In the Substitute Trustee’s sole discretion, the sale may be delayed for up to one (1) hour as provided in Section 45-21.23 of the North Carolina General Statutes. The record owner(s) of the real property not more than ten days prior to the date hereof are Ronald W. Dorton and Esther V. Dorton.

The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale AS IS, WHERE IS and will be sold subject to all superior liens and judgments, unpaid taxes, special assessments, conditions, easements and restrictions of record. The sale will be held open for (10) days for upset bids as by law allowed. This sale will be further subject to the right, if any, of the United States of America to redeem the above-described property for a period of 120 days following the date when the final upset bid period has run.

To the extent this sale involves residential property with less than fifteen (15) rental units, you are hereby notified of the following: a.An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to Section 45-21.29 of the North Carolina General Statutes in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold; and b.Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit.

Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition and the reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee in his sole discretion, if he believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Terms of the sale of the above tract of land in Pender County, including the amount of the cash deposit, if any, to be made by the highest bidder at the sale are: FIVE (5%) of the amount of the highest bid must be deposited with the Substitute Trustee or his agent pending confirmation of the sale.

DATED this 3rd day of July, 2018. __________________________ LUTHER D. STARLING, JR., SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE By virtue of the instrument recorded in Book 4665, page 2286, Pender County Registry, NC POSTED AT THE PENDER COUNTY COURTHOUSE DOOR ON THE 3rd DAY OF July, 2018. #8300 7/19, 7/26/2018

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices DOCUMENT 00 11 16 INVITATION TO BID Sealed bids will be received by Town of Burgaw, on August 8, 2018 until 2:00 p.m., EST, for construction of Pender Memorial and Osgood Canal Stormwater Improvements, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud at City Hall Conference Room, 109 North Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425.

Bids must be submitted on the complete project and must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to Karen Dunn, Planning Administrator, Town of Burgaw, City Hall Conference Room, 109 North Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425. Outside of the envelope must be marked “Bid for Pender Memorial and Osgood Canal Stormwater Improvements.�

Envelope must also bear, on the outside, the name of the bidder, bidder’s address, and bidder’s license number. All bids must be made on blank forms provided and included in the bound document or as provided

by Addendum prior to bid.

The work will consist of installing a parallel 36� reinforced concrete pipe storm drainage system along East Satchwell Street and replacing existing culverts along the Osgood Canal at East Fremont and South Cowan Street. The existing culverts at East Fremont Street are currently both 84 feet long consisting of 72� and 42� pipe. The existing culverts will be replaced with a single 13’-1� x 8’-4� aluminum structural plate pipe-arch.

The existing culvert at South Cowan Street is 53 feet long and includes a single 72â€? pipe and will be replaced with a single 12’-5â€? x 7’-4â€? aluminum box culvert. Both culvert replacement locations will require stream by-pass pumping, aluminum endwalls, stream bank stabilization, plantings, trafďŹ c control, erosion control, roadway reconstruction, paving, sidewalks and minor utility relocations.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a cash deposit or certiďŹ ed check, drawn on a bank or trust company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in an amount equal to not less than ďŹ ve percent of the proposal. In lieu thereof, the bidder may offer a bid bond of ďŹ ve percent of the bid prepared on the Bid Bond form contained within the Contract Documents or a Surety Company’s Standard Bid Bond form, duly executed by the Bidder as principal and executed by a surety company licensed under the laws of North Carolina to execute such bonds and listed in the latest issue of U. S. Treasury Circular 570, conditioned that the surety will, upon demand, forthwith make payment to the obligee upon said bond if the bidder fails to execute the contract in accordance with the bid bond. Said deposit shall be retained by the Owner as liquidated damages in event of failure of the successful bidder to execute the contract within ten days after the award or to give satisfactory surety as required by law.

Plans, SpeciďŹ cations and Contract Documents may be examined at: W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc., 909 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 and Town of Burgaw, City Hall, 109 North Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 . Plans, SpeciďŹ cations, and Contract Documents are available for purchase by going to Plan Room at www.wkdickson.com. Please note that only registered plan holders may bid as a General Contractor.

No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of 90 days.

Bidders must comply with the President’s Executive Order No. 11246, as amended, which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex, or national origin.

The Contractor shall comply with the Department of Labor Safety and Health Regulations for construction promulgated under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (PL91 596) and under Section 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (PL91 54), or latest revisions.

General Contractors are notiďŹ ed that “An Act to Regulate the Practices of General Contractingâ€? ratiďŹ ed by the North Carolina General Assembly on March 10, 1925, and as subsequently amended will be observed in receiving bids and awarding General Contracts.

All Equipment/Manufacturer “OrEqualâ€? QualiďŹ cation Packages, per Paragraph 11.0 of the Instructions to Bidders, Document 00 21 14 must be submitted at least ten days prior to the advertised bid date.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities and technicalities. #8302 7/26/2018

18 SP 15 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by James E. Miller to Neal G. Helms, Trustee(s), which was dated June 1, 2005 and recorded on July 5, 2005 in Book 2708 at Page 239 and rerecorded/modiďŹ ed/corrected on January 5, 2006 in Book 2856, Page 165, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse

where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 10, 2018 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 19, SECTION 2, BELLHAMMON PLANTATION AS SHOWN ON A MAP RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 31 AT PAGE 40 OF THE PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 136 Bellhammon Drive, Rocky Point, NC 28457.

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

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

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-00457-FC01 #8306 7/26, 8/2/2018 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualiďŹ ed as Executor of the estate of Robert Harold Cox, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Robert Harold Cox, to present them to the undersigned on or before November 1, 2018 at Hanger Law, 11837 Rock Landing Dr, Suite 103, Newport News, VA 23606 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 26th day of July, 2018.

Millard Harold Cox 1259 Hendrix Avenue Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. #8303 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/2018 State of North Carolina County of Pender In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division 17 E 65 Notice to Creditors and Debtors Having qualiďŹ ed as Administrator of the Estate of C. Sandy Midgett, II aka Carl Glenn Sandy Midgett, II deceased of Hudson FL, Estate ďŹ led in Pender County, this notice is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said decedent, C. Sandy Midgett, II aka Carl Glenn Sandy Midgett, II to present any such claims to the undersigned on or before October 31, 2018 at 2927 Foxhall Cir, Augusta, GA 30907 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 18th day of July, 2018 Kimberly M. Swain Adminstratrix 2927 Foxhall Cir. Augusta, GA 30907 #8308 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/2018

State of North Carolina County of Pender In the general Court of Justice Superior Court Division 17 E 430 Notice to Creditors and Debtors Having qualiďŹ ed as Executrix of the Estate of John Fredric Mihal deceased of Doylestown, OH, Ancillary Estate ďŹ led in Pender County, this notice is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said decedent, John Fredric Mihal to present any such claims to the undersigned on or before October 31, 2018 at 205 Vineyard Way, Doylestown, OH 44230 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 18th day of July, 2018 Joyce B Mihal Executrix 205 Vineyard Way Doylestown, OH 44230 #8307 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 18 E 160 Having qualiďŹ ed as Executor of the Estate of William Murry Hicks of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said William Murry Hicks to present them to Julius C. Hicks , 301 Keeler Mill Road, Travelers Rest, SC 29690, Executor

by November 1, 2018 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This the 19th day of July, 2018.

R. V. Biberstein, Jr. Attorney for Julius C. Hicks, Executor 102 South Walker Street P. O. Box 428 Burgaw, NC 28425 #8310 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/2018 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Robert Paul Smith, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Robert Paul Smith, to present them to the undersigned on or before November 1, 2018 at 212 Grey Beard Drive, Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 26th day of July, 2018.

John Paul Smith 212 Grey Beard Drive Rocky Point, NC 28457 #8304 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/2018 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 18 Under and by virtue of the authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated April 26, 2012, securing a Note and indebtedness of $67,805.24, which was executed by Faronda D. Brown aka Faronda Donella Brown and Terrell M. Tolson, and which is recorded in Book 4072, at Page 19, Pender County Registry, the undersigned having been appointed Substitute Trustee by instrument recorded in said Registry, default having occurred in the payment of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust, and at the request of the holder of said Note, the undersigned Substitute Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of said Deed of Trust, will offer for sale at the usual place of sale at the Pender County Courthouse to the highest bidder for cash at 11:00 o’clock a.m. on the 7th day of August, 2018, in Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, all of debtors’ right, title and interest in the real property known as 490 Rhyne Road, Willard, NC, 28478, which is more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL OF LOT B AS SHOWN ON MAP ENTITLED FAMILY DIVISION FOR FARONDA DONELLA BROWN AND RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 53, AT PAGE 75 PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. TOGETHER WITH ALL PRIVILEGES AND APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO BELONGING. TOGETHER WITH A 2000 HEND, VIN # HHC013194NCAB MANUFACTURED HOME AND ANY ADDITIONAL ACCESSORIES AND FURNISHINGS LISTED IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME RETAIL INSTALLMENT CONTRACT AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENT (THE “SECURITY AGREEMENT�) DATED APRIL 26, 2012 EXECUTED BY FARONDA D. BROWN AND TERRELL M. TOLSON. SAID PERSONAL PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING SAID SECURITY AGREEMENT, AND ALL MODIFICATIONS, RENEWALS AND EXTENSIONS THERETO. The present title holder of said personal property is: Faronda Donella Brown and Terrelle Montreal Tolson.

The record owner of said real property as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this notice is: Faronda Donella Brown.

Trustee, or Trustee’s agent conducting the sale, may begin the sale up to one hour after the time ďŹ xed herein as provided in NCGS §4521.23. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to NCGS §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any tenant who resides in residential real property containing less than 15 rental units

that is being sold in a foreclosure proceeding under Article 2A of Chapter 45 of the General Statutes may terminate the rental agreement for the dwelling unit after receiving notice pursuant to G.S. 45-21.17(4) by providing the landlord with a written notice of termination to be effective on a date stated in the notice of termination that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement under this section, the tenant is liable for the rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination payable at the time that would have been required by the terms of the rental agreement. The tenant is not liable for any other rent or damages due only to the early termination of the tenancy. If you are a tenant and have any questions about your legal rights, please consult an attorney.

Said property will be sold subject to taxes, including all transfer taxes associated with the foreclosure, assessments, and any superior easements, rights of way, restrictions of record, liens, or other encumbrances prior to the lien of the deed of trust being foreclosed, said sale to remain open for increased bids for ten (10) days after report thereof to the Clerk of Superior Court. In the event the debtor files a bankruptcy petition prior to the expiration of the 10-day period required by G.S. 45-21.27, an automatic stay of the foreclosure will be imposed in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §362) and the bidder must pursue relief through the bankruptcy court.

The Substitute Trustee may require the high bidder to deposit cash at the sale in an amount equal to the greater of ďŹ ve percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or $750.00. If no upset bid is ďŹ led, the balance of the purchase price, less deposit, must be made in cash upon tender of the deed. Third party purchasers at sale must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) as required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

Lisa W. Powell Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 1550 High Point, NC 27261 (336) 889-8733 #8305 7/26, 8/2/2018 VILLAGE OF ST. HELENA RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENT TO CONSIDER THE CLOSING OF SEBASTIAN STREET, GARIBALDI STREET, VERONA STREET AND A PORTION OF SECOND STREET WHEREAS, The owner of the property known as blocks C, G, K, and O as shown on the map of St. Helena at Book 60 Page 99 of the Pender County Registry has requested that the roads dividing the property be closed; and WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statue 160A-299 authorizes the Village of St. Helena Counsel to close public streets and alleys; and WHEREAS, G.S. 160A-299 requires the Village Council to conduct a public hearing prior to the closing of any street or alley for the purpose of giving consideration to the matters required to be considered in such hearing by said Statute; NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED by the Village of St. Helena Council that: •The Council intends to consider permanently closing Verona St., Sebastian St., Garibaldi St. as shown on the map of St. Helena at Book 60 Page 99 and a portion of Second St. under the provisions of G.S. 160A-299. The portion of Second St. under consideration to be closed is the portion that runs from Main St. to North St.. •A public hearing will be at 6:30 p.m. on the 16th day of August, 2018 in the Village Hall. •The Village Clerk or Building Inspector is hereby directed to publish this Resolution of Intent once a week for four successive weeks in the Pender Post-Voice. •The Village Clerk or Building Inspector is further directed to transmit by registered or certiďŹ ed mail a copy of this Resolution of Intent to each owner of any property who may access their property utilizing any of the streets under consideration. •The Town Clerk or Building Inspector is further directed to cause adequate notices of this Resolution of Intent and the scheduled public hearing to be posted as required by G.S. 160A-299.

Adopted this 19th day of July, 2018.

Mayor Robert Barnhill Mary Bakan, Town Clerk #8312 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 18 E 333 Having qualiďŹ ed as Administratrix of the Estate of Katherine Elois Herring of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said Katherine Elois Herring to present them to LaToya B. Turner, 303 16th Street, Adel, GA 31620, Administratrix

by November 1, 2018 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This the 19th day of July, 2018.

R. V. Biberstein, Jr. Attorney for LaToya B. Turner, Administratrix P. O. Box 428 Burgaw, NC 28425 #8311 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/2018

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Topsail Youth Basketball camp a rousing success

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail Basketball Association, in conjunction with the Topsail High School varsity girls’ and boys’ basketball teams and coaches, held its annual youth basketball camp in the Topsail gymnasium last week, and it was a resounding success enjoyed by all.

“This is my ninth camp and we had 97 registered and about 93 showed up,” said Topsail Basketball Association Vice-President and Director of Operations Bob Willard.

“It takes a lot of planning and preparation, especially when you get upwards of 90 kids.

We give out awards to some of the kids who the coaches felt did well and showed improvement over the four days, and who gave 100 percent, but I think just about everyone went home happy.”

One of the camp standouts was 12-year old rising seventh-grader Moira Easton, who showed tremendous skills and outstanding court awareness, especially for someone her age.

“We were looking around for basketball camps because I love the game, so we decided to give this one a try, said the well-spoken and articulate Ms. Easton, who won one of the camp’s awards. I’ve lear ned a lot about being more confident in my offense,

and as a player, and it helped a lot with that as well as helping to improve my basic skills. I hope to get a chance to play in middle school and, if we are still stationed here, for Topsail High because they have program.”

Jaden Maggard is a diminutive seven-year old attending hi first-ever basketball camp.

“It was a lot of fun and I learned how to dribble better and I got a chance to work on my shooting,” Jaden said.

“The coaches helped me a lot and I learned a lot of different things. I hope I can come back next year and lear n some more and get better.”

Certainly contributing to the success of the camp were the “counselors/coaches,” from the Topsail boys’ and girls’ varsity teams. Rising Pirate senior Johnathan Ward is working out with the Topsail football team and played with the Pirate boys in the recent Coastal Christian High School basketball team, so he is already involved in a busy summer. Yet he chose to volunteer to help at the camp instead of hanging out at the beach.

“I came out because I like helping out with the young kids, helping them improve and get more strength, and

Backpack funraiser held by Eastern Star

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer A backpack fundraiser was held by the local Priscilla Chapter No. 248, Order of Eastern Star. The group collected 20 backpacks to be distributed to Burgaw students. Janet Sanders is the secretary of the chapter, and committee leader LaDreama Jordan headed up the effort.

“Our chapter is about 28 members,” said Sanders. “We are from the Burgaw and Rocky Point areas and we are a nonprofit. We do community service for our community.”

The Priscilla Chapter participates in a variety of community projects. They recently gave a donation for the Pender High Cheerleaders.

“The cheerleaders were in need of some things. We presented them with a $100 check so that they could get

Water Continued from page 1A of surface water from one river basin and discharge of all or any part of the water in a river basin different from the origin. The purpose of the Interbasin Transfer Law is to ensure it is good public policy to move water from one river basin into another, according to DEQ, which permits the transfer of 2 million gallons per day (mgd), from one river basin to another.

“The approval of the Interbasin Transfer Certificate for Pender County and our fellow partners is the culmination

Surf City Continued from page 1A ing the Surf City project behind a similar project in Topsail Beach, thus eliminating the need for mobilizing the dredging equipment – it will already be in place. Performing this renourishment during the winter months will minimize the disruption caused to homeowners by booster pumps needed to move the sand from the Bland Avenue area all the way to the 9th Street crossing.

In response to a direct question from Councilman Don Helms, Mr. Gibson explained that “with a normal high tide you should see 140 feet of beach in front of its current position; at low tide, more than 200 feet”.

Charles Poindexter, developer of The Arbors and The Terraces, presented the Council with a proposal to establish a Surf City Greenway, a multi use paved trail

the things that they needed.

We were also a sponsor for the Pender Youth Association for the girls’ basketball team.

We have done that for the past two years. We have also done food drives for the sick and for the shut ins. Then we also do other events that are brought to our attention. As a group, we vote on projects and decide to be a part of them or support them financially where help is needed,” said Sanders.

The Burgaw Chapter has been in existence since 1952.

Members must be 18 or older.

The organization is located on Satchwell St. in Burgaw. They are Prince Hall Affiliate of comasonry and their state chapter is located in Durham.

According to its website, the Order of the Eastern Star is the largest fraternal organization in the world to which both men and women may belong. The Eastern Star of years of cooperative work within the region to ensure a sufficient water supply for the next 30 years and beyond,” said Kenneth Keel, Pender County utilities director.

“This was a joint request with the Town of Burgaw, Surf City, Topsail Beach, Wallace and Pender County Utilities,” said Randell Woodruff, Pender County manager. “This action benefits our region.”

“This is a win for our region,” said Margaret Gray, the project manager for Pender County Utilities.

Gray explained that only seven IBT requests have been granted in North Carolina.

“Pender County Utilities would like to thank the Pender

connecting Dogwood Lakes, his development, Lowes and Harris Teeter. Mr. Poindexter proposes to encumber a portion of his property to construct a parking lot at the trailhead, and construct a 60foot wide asphalt path from the trailhead to the Greenway, and a 10-foot asphalt path along an existing easement to connect Dogwood Lakes to Harris Teeter.

This Greenway is ultimately slated to be part of the Mountains to Sea trail. While the Council members seemed to support this proposal, the developer was seeking a Letter of Assurance to allow him to construct the trail while the site is under construction, rather than having to return to the site at a later date.

Since the developer seeks to recover his costs through a reduction in System Development Fees, the council requested the Finance Officer to work with the developer to get a realistic estimate of the total costs involved.

just giving back to the community,” Ward said. “I didn’t have the opportunity to attend the camp when I was younger but I love the game, and I just wanted to help out, and it was a lot of fun. We helped out with ball movement, working on their weak hands, and working on their shot. All the kids worked hard and I saw some who could eventually wind up in a Topsail High uniform.”

Rising junior Julia Sullivan missed Monday and Tuesday while visiting family in Texas. She got off a plane Tuesday evening, came to help out with the camp Wednesday and Thursday, played with the Lady Pirate volleyball team in the summer league Thursday night, and traveled with the girls’ basketball team for a tour nament in Clinton on Saturday.

“I came to help out with the younger kids and to help

my grandfather,” said Julia, who is Bob Willard’s granddaughter. “I went through the camp when I was younger and coming up, and I feel it’s a good way of giving back to the people that helped me, and helping the kids coming along now. I know it helped me.

Football, softball camps Now that basketball has enjoyed a successful camp, the Pirate football and softball programs will be hosting camps.

All youth entering grades kindergarten-thru-ninth grade for the fall of 2018 are invited to sign up for the 2018 Topsail Football Youth Camp to be held at the Topsail High School practice field(Behind the school) starting Monday (July 23) to Wednesday (July 25) from 6-8 p.m. The campers will receive tutoring from the Topsail High School coaching staff and players in the fundamental skills of football

(passing, catching, blocking), and will receive a free Topsail football T-shirt.

The cost of the camp is $75 (T-Shirt provided), and you can register online at www. topailfootball@outlook.com.

If you have questions you can send an email to the same website.

The Topsail Lady Pirates 2018 Summer Softball Camp will be held July 28 (Saturday) from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the high-school softball field. The coaching staff will include the current coaching staff plus former Topsail and Liberty University standout Blair Lacik (Lawrence), and former Lady Pirate and Lenoir-Rhyne University star Jordin Phillips.

The cost is $100 per participant and will include a camp shirt and lunch. Re gister by contacting Head Coach Eric Phillips at 1-910-228-4403.

Walks-ups will be accepted.

Ordinances

nance of the beach and beach access, and Chad Merritt illustrated a few of the major problems faced by his department. These are the need to fill the large holes dug by beach visitors each day which are a danger to bathers, wildlife, and emergency vehicles, the protection of the dunes from beachgoers, and the ever present problem of trash on the beach. He explained that the removal of trash cans located on the beach, and their relocation to the street side of the dune line had resulted in a significant decrease in beach litter this year. He also credited the efforts of the police patrols on the beach with helping to reduce the littering problem.

Unlike more formal Town Council meetings, this workshop did not impose any order on speakers, so that the question and answer session which followed the staff presentations was somewhat chaotic.

While not exactly pertinent to the agenda, Salty Turtle Brewery and Topsail Steamer owners complained that ordinances restricting food trucks and outdoor vendors/paddlers need to be revised – though the inadequate parking at their business would still make joint ventures impractical.

One resident, however, pointed out the obvious – that it doesn’t matter whether or not the town council determines that an ordinance is appropriate or should be modified, without any enforcement it is simply a waste of time and energy. This position was reinforced by several residents, particularly as it applied to the

unsightly and unsanitary piles of garbage and overflowing cans which dot the Surf City landscape. It was noted that surrounding towns levy stiff fines for failure to properly put out and take in trash cans, and residents were very much in favor of implementing such a fine in Surf City – except that there is no code enforcement officer to do so.

A business owner tried to impress upon the meeting the pressing need for a resolution to the parking problem, suggesting the use of off island parking and a shuttle to the beach, dismissed out of hand by the Mayor. He did, however, indicate that there was an upcoming need to demolish the Town Hall, and that property would be a suitable site for a multi-level parking garage with paid parking. He did not indicate how to reconcile a multi-level garage on the island with his aim to preserve the face of the community.

A better solution might be to examine the town “rightof-ways” with an eye toward expanding available street parking.

Medlin indicated that the Town would consider having additional meetings of this type in the future. Residents and business owners are encouraged to attend the regular meetings of the Town Council normally held on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. A July meeting will be held July 20 at 9 a.m..

The public is also encouraged to attend the monthly council workshop meetings, normally held on the third Friday of each month at 9 a.m.

signage lining the streets, he seemed focused on the weeds which were overgrowing the drainage ditches on each side of the road, and the tree limbs overhanging the multi-use path. Maintenance and mowing of these ditches is the responsibility of the state, but they clearly are not interested in fulfilling their obligation.

Surf City Parks and Recreation has mowed the grass adjoining the roadway, but does not have the equipment to properly maintain the ditches. Nevertheless the Council has directed Mr. Merritt to assign personnel and equipment to beautify this corridor, the first impression made on the vacationing public. In addition, Mr. Shugarts requested that the property owner of the land which will soon become a Go Gas

across from the Food Lion be ordered to clean up the trash and debris currently littering the lot. Councilwoman Albury weighed in “We started off with a small town. We didn’t have all these problems. Now all the new ones coming in … they want the town to do everything…”

The council reappointed a number of persons to its advisory boards, prompting Councilman Shugarts to recommend that a representative from each advisory board attend future meetings on a regular basis to bring the council up to speed on what each board is working on. This suggestion seemed to be welcomed as sensible.

The next council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Surf City Town Hall.

is a social order made up of people with spiritual values.

However, it is not a religion and is open to all faiths. They believe in character-building lessons portrayed in ritualistic work. A fraternal bond exists between the members.

The purposes of the orContinued from page 2A ganization are charitable, educational, fraternal and scientific. However, there is beach area, with beachgoers more to it than that. Dr. Rob parking at will, blocking acMorris, the Poet Laureate cess for fire apparatus, ambuof Masonry, founded the Or- lances, and residents. der using inspiring biblical Community Development examples of heroic conduct Todd Rademacher identiand moral values. These ex- fied the challenges facing the emplify the noble principles Community Development which Eastern Star members personnel, and these included strive for. Eastern Star be- Commercial Landscape Mainlieves in the principles of love tenance, Storage Buildings, and service, and is dedicated Temporary Signs/Banners/ to charity, truth and loving Flags, Itinerant Merchants/ kindness.

Vendors/Peddlers, and Grass For more information about Mowing/Junk in Yard Order of the Eastern Star, While identifying these please visit www.oes-nc.org. code violation areas is easy, code enforcement is not. The enforcement of these ordiCounty Board of County Com- nances is hampered by monmissioners, our co-applicants etary constraints, fear of - Burgaw, Surf City, Topsail offending residents, problems Beach, Wallace, and Utilities with consistency of enforceInc. - and the NC Department ment, limited manpower, and of Environmental Quality, the fact that people often don’t our consultants of Highfill, support code enforcement unCH2M/Jacobs, HDR, Lower less they are directly impacted Cape Fear Water (WASA) ,and by a violation. our outstanding staff in their According to Rademacher, efforts and support through- there are many benefits to out the process,” said Keel. Code Enforcement. These “The ability to move drinking include the fostering of a water across the county allows sense of community, the enus much greater flexibility in hancement of health and meeting the demands of our safety, increased economic citizens and the growth of our development, the attraction of thriving area.” tourism and housing developFor more information re- ment, and improved property garding the IBT, please call values.

Pender County Utilities at There is currently no Code 910-259-1570.

Enforcement Officer in Surf City, and efforts to establish Unlike the evening council the position were dropped meetings, the daytime work from the 2018-19 budget. session meetings are always Parks and Recreation is sparsely attended by the pub- responsible for the maintelic. Nevertheless, resident Patricia Gilbride addressed the Councilman Buddy Fowlcouncil on its meeting agenda practice of slating Public er pointed out that council Comment on the agenda members were elected to prior to any business being represent the residents. If conducted, thereby prevent- a resident has a question ing the public from comment- on any item on the agenda, ing on any business actually which is available in the conducted. Her request that Town Hall lobby and online Public Comment be placed on prior to a meeting, he should the agenda toward the end of contact his councilman or the meeting seemed to gain the Town Clerk, and when the item in question comes up, acceptance.

This prompted Council- the councilperson can voice man Jeremy Shugarts to ask, that concern. The meeting is on behalf of another resi- not intended for the resident dent, if there could be two to get their 15 minutes of public comment periods. His fame, the council is there to constituent was concerned do business.

Councilman Donald Helms that one of the first actions of the council is always to adopt addressed the concern that a Consent Agenda, often the main route for traffic involving subjects unfamil- into Surf City, the Rt 210 iar to the residents. Public and Rt 50 corridor, was an comment after the consent unsightly mess which ought agenda is already adopted is to be cleaned up. While he did not appear to be concerned rather pointless. about the proliferation of

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Learn blacksmithing at Poplar Grove

By Lori Kirkpatrick, Post & Voice StaffWriter

Blacksmith workshops are currently being offered at Poplar Grove Plantation. The classes are offered by Poplar Grove’s resident blacksmith Autumn Day, and will be held on weekends through March. The beginner four-hour blacksmith workshop will cover the basics of using a coal-fired forge and operating a bellow. Participants will explore the processes of tapering, twisting, squaring, drawing out, and many others. The student will leave with a finished hook, fire rake, or fire poker. The workshop is open to participants who are 18 and older.

The workshop will also be open to specific projects, if feasible. Those who wish to attend must register for the course 48 hours prior to the workshop. The cost is $90 and will include gloves, eye and ear protection, as well as necessary materials. The workshops are being offered Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons from noon until 4 p.m. Participants must wear long pants and closed-toed shoes. Studio hours and extra instruction are also available upon request.

Instructor Autumn Day studied blacksmithing and metal working under Phillip Gaddy at UNC-Charlotte as an elective through the College of Architecture. She also attended several blade smithing workshops at Tryon Arts and Crafts in Tryon. with Gery Drew. After 16 years of blacksmithing, Autumn joined Poplar Grove in April of 2016 where she offers demonstrations and workshops. She has been featured by the Post & Voice and other local media “I’m booking through March right now,” began Day. “I’m primarily just opening up the weekends since Poplar Grove is operating under their low season hours, and because most people can’t take a workshop during the day on weekdays. I generally have two people per class. I can accommodate four people in a workshop, but then I will have to go up from four hours to six hours on the length of the class.”

Day said that she will be teaching anywhere from seven to ten different methods, and each participant should leave with a finished piece. They will also have the opportunity to come back and work with her in the future after completing the initial course.

“I also have publications that I am willing to share. I will be glad to let people check them out and borrow them. I would like for this to be an open resource for people who want to come and take the class. Maybe we can even find some people who are interested in volunteering at Poplar Grove later. That’s something that we are looking for,” said Day. Poplar Grove is located at 10200 US Hwy 17 N. The blacksmith workshops are set to begin this weekend. For more information or to register, email Felicia Greene at Felicia@poplargrove.org. Autumn Day can also be reached at (828) 817-6701 or by email at amsh2324@yahoo.com.

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Religion

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Making a way for God

By Dr. Ray W. Mendenhall Contributing Writer

ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heavens!â€? Then Jesus entered the Temple; and when he had looked around at everything‌ he went out to Bethany with His disciples‌ Then they came (back) to Jerusalem. And Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers‌. Is it not written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?â€?

But you have made it a den of robbers.

Mark 11: 7-11, 15-17

A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.

Then the Glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all the people will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.�

Isaiah 40: 3-5 Then the disciples brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it and Jesus sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields.

Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our

Isaiah 40 is traditionally an Advent passage. It speaks of God coming to meet His people and bring them home.

In this it may speak to and parallel what is happening here in Mark’s gospel, what we call the triumphant en-

try. Isaiah 40 speaks of the making of a way in the wilderness for His people, a road back, as it were, to God. As Jesus enters Jerusalem, He is preparing a way to bring God and His people together once again.

Jesus is making his way into Jerusalem, but in a larger sense Jesus is making a way into the hearts and the minds of the people. They welcome Jesus as King, they celebrate His ministry. He is the� blessed one who comes in the name of the Lord.� But Jesus for his part is opening a way into their world, into their lives and into ours.

There are in fact two stories in this triumphant entry, one played out in the streets, and one played out in the temple later; both are about making way for God. In the temple, Jesus encounters the ancient version

of a religious supply store.

Booths are set up to supply, for a price, everything a respectable Jew might need to worship and sacrifice to God properly. There is haggling, trading, money changes hands, suitable coin to pay the temple tax, pure animals for an effective sacrifice. It was, I am sure many thought, a convenience.

But here’s the rub. This shopping mall was set up in the outer temple court, in holy space, the space reserved for sincere Gentiles to come to worship the God of Israel.

The Temple was set up in concentric courts with the holy of holies at the center.

Only the priest could go into the holy of holies and only when it was their turn. The first court next to the center was the inner court where all the Jewish men came to wor-

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ing Starbucks at the sanctuary door. That is why he is so strong in pointing out that God’s house was a house of prayer for all nations.

The merchants and their religious cohorts had turned the space into a commercial enterprise, crowding out any would be worshippers with their wares.

Jesus is always making a way for God in the world, for God and His people to come together in worship, prayer and ministry. Jesus has made and is making a way for us to come to our God with grateful and faithful hearts and find blessing in God’s Presence.

Whenever and wherever we meet our God, we are on holy ground, and Jesus makes a way there for us, a space and a place to dwell in Presence of our Holy God.

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The second court was where the Jewish women and I suppose children came to worship God. The third court was reserved for Gentiles who wish to come and worship the God of Israel. Not being Jews they could not worship in any of the court reserved for Jews.

It was here in the third court, the only place an outsider seeking a relationship with God could come, where the merchants had set up shop.

When Jesus came to clear the temple court, to drive out the merchants and reclaim the space, he was making a way for God and he was making a place for those outside of Judaism to worship God. He was clearing what was in fact space consecrated as worship. It would be like sell-

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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.

WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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.

MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

BURGAW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

110 E. Bridgers Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-2295 Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

BARLOW VISTA BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

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CENTERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

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

CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH

WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

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

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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.

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www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.

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

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Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

Pastor Mark Murphy

Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m.

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CALVARY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH

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

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.

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

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

THE CHURCH AT WILMINGTON

10509 US Hwy. 117 S., Rocky Point Business Park Rocky Point, NC • 910-232-7759

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

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.

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.

BURGAW BAPTIST CHURCH

BLAKE’S CHAPEL ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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

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

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

Hope’s Cooking Corner

By Hope Cusick Contributing Writer It is the season for North Carolina shrimp. T hese shrimp are tasty, sweet, and very fresh. They work well in most recipes especially as shrimp cocktails or ceviche.

They can be boiled, grilled, baked, broiled, steamed, sautĂŠed, and/or fried.

If purchasing shrimp from roadside stalls make sure they smell fresh and are firm to the touch. I buy my shrimp in bulk from roadside stands and freeze it in one-cup portions in zip lock sandwich bags.

To add to these shrimp recipes, here is a nice sangria for a summer dinner or party.

The longer it sits the better it tastes. Light white wines are a better choice.

Enjoy!

Shrimp and crab casserole with sherry Serves 8 to 10.

2 stalks celery, chopped 1 medium Vidalia or sweet onion, chopped 2 cups water 2 pounds shrimp, peeled and flash cooked 1 pound crabmeat, cleaned 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons all-pur pose flour 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup cheddar cheese Ÿ cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste ½ cup sherry 1 cup flavored breadcrumbs 4 tablespoons butter, melted tomato slices, about Ÿ inch thick (optional) 4 bacon strips, cut in half (optional) Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a large saucepan or pot mix together celery, onion, and two cups of water; cook on medium heat until tender, about 5-7 minutes. Drain.

To this mixture add shrimp and crabmeat. Set aside.

In another saucepan melt butter and stir in flour until smooth. Add cream and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Add cheeses, salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in sherry. Combine sauce with seafood mixture and place in a greased 3-quart dish. Stir together melted butter and

breadcrumbs and sprinkle over top of casserole. Top with tomato slices and bacon strips, Optional.

Bake for 35-45 minutes until golden brown and bubbly.

Peach and mango white sangria ½ cup peach schnapps or Grand Marnier Ÿ cup granulated sugar 1 cup frozen mango chunks, they work as ice cubes 1 cup peach slices, cut in half crosswise 1 cup pineapple juice 1 bottle white wine (chardonnay, pinot grigio, sauvignon blanc, Proseco, or similar) In a large serving pitcher stir together wine and sugar until dissolved. Stir in peach schnapps. Add mango and peach chunks and stir, pour in pineapple juice and stir.

Refrigerate for 2-3 hours until well chilled. Sangria gets better 8 to 24 hours after making it.

Pickled shrimp 1 pound shrimp, peeled and flash cooked 1/3 cup white wine, champagne, or rice vinegar 1/3 cup olive oil 2/3 cup mayonnaise 1 clove garlic, finely minced then smashed ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard Ÿ teaspoon turmeric powder 2 teaspoons lime juice

½ teaspoon lime zest In a large bowl toss together shrimp with oil and vinegar; refrigerate for 30 minutes.

In another bowl whisk mayonnaise, garlic, mustard turmeric, lime juice and lime zest. Drain shrimp and serve with dip.

Pasta with broccoli, cheddar cheese and shrimp 8 ounces uncooked penne pasta 2 cups steam in-bag broccoli florets 1 cup chicken broth 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons all-pur pose flour 12 ounces shrimp, shelled and deveined Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste 2 cloves garlic, minced then smashed ž cup cheddar cheese Cook pasta according to package directions; drain, and set aside.

Heat broccoli according to package directions; cool slightly.

I n a bl e n d e r c o m b i n e broth, milk, and flour; blend; add broccoli and blend until smooth.

In a skillet vegetable spray over medium heat. Add shrimp and garlic and cook for about 2 minutes until shrimp just turn pink. Remove to a bowl

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and set aside.

Add broccoli mixture to pan and bring to a boil, stirring for 4-5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Stir in shrimp and garlic.

Stir in pasta, then cheese.

Serve hot.

Shrimp and crab with peas in pastry shells Serves 6.

1½ pounds shrimp, cooked and peeled 8 ounces crabmeat, cleaned 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons all-pur pose flour 2 cups half-and-half 4-6 tablespoons sherry, to taste 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded ½ cup frozen peas, thawed 6-8 pastry shells, cooked according to package directions.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a saucepan melt butter, add flour. Slowly add the half and half, stirring constantly.

Cook until thick. Add sherry, to taste. Stir in crab and shrimp, mix evenly, fold in peas.

Fill pastry shells with mixture and place on a cookie sheet. Tops with grated cheese.

Bake for 30 minutes. Serve immediately.

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