Dozens of Wayne Week readers and other members of the community have reached out to the paper in recent weeks to express their outrage over what they perceive to be a slight against the memory of the beloved former Sheriff, Carey Winders — a man we lost far too soon.
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CONTENTS
4 Boyette: Shell buildings a "win" Goldsboro City Councilman
Chris Boyette, who serves on the Wayne County Development Alliance Executive Committee, says the Wayne County Board of Commissioners, by approving the construction of two shell buildings at ParkEast, have set the community up for future economic development victories.
7 Mount Olive, again, violates SOC
If the state of North Carolina follows the letter of the agreement it entered into with Mount Olive leaders, the town could be on the hook for more than $80,000 in penalties.
10 Figueroa joins map lawsuit
The head of the Wayne County Democratic Party is among the plantiffs in a lawsuit that claims the new congressional maps approved by the North Carolina General Assembly target black voters.
12 Our take
As the government shutdown continues and SNAP benefits are jeopardized, United Way Executive Director Sherry Archibald said people are getting worried. But she also agreed with us that Wayne County has always looked after its own — and would, this time around, likely prop up friends, family members and neighbors in need.
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Cover story
Dozens of Wayne Week readers and other members of the community have reached out to the paper in recent weeks to express their outrage over what they perceive to be a slight against the memory of the beloved former Sheriff, Carey Winders — a man we lost far too soon.
20 Public Notices
COVER DESIGN BY SHAN STUMPF
NEWS + VIEWS
Boyette: Shell building vote “huge” for Wayne County
Wayne County Development Alliance Executive Committee member Chris Boyette said committing to constructing new shell buildings at ParkEast Industrial Park will lead to
BY KEN FINE
more “major” economic development wins.
Both the public hearing and vote to approve the measure were anticlimactic, but those at the tip of the community’s economic development spear characterized what unfolded inside the Wayne County Courthouse Oct. 21 as “huge.”
And Chris Boyette, a member of the Goldsboro City Council who sits on the Wayne County Development Alliance’s Executive Committee, took it a step further.
In his view, by giving the green light for construction of two 50,000-square-foot shell buildings — the projects are expected to cost $6 million — at the ParkEast Industrial Park, the Board of Commissioners sent a message that Wayne County is ready to fight for some of the nation’s next big economic development contracts.
“What I’m saying is, if you’re not doing this, you have no chance of something happening because your competitors are doing it,” he told Wayne Week. “You’re not in the game if you’re not doing this.”
In fact, Boyette said one of the reasons Pelsan Tekstil announced in May its intention to make Wayne County its future home — and inject some $82 million in capital investment into Goldsboro — was because they had the option to purchase two shell buildings located on a sprawling 32-acre site off Gateway Drive.
“Without those shell buildings as part of the
deal, it would not have happened,” he said. “So, if we want to be open for business, we have to think ahead, and that’s exactly what the commissioners are doing. So, I applaud them for it.”
Along the economic development front, 2025 has been a historic year for Wayne County.
First, in early May, Gov. Josh Stein traveled to the Maxwell Center to announce that Prolec GE Waukesha would be making a massive investment in both Goldsboro — $140 million and the creation of 330 jobs — and North Carolina.
“Economists predict that this will lift North Carolina’s economy by $1 billion over the next 12 years,” the governor said that day. “This company is going to make a huge difference in the quality of life of the people of Eastern North Carolina.”
But it was the “what could have happened” that drives Boyette.
And that is the reason he, from his seat on the City Council, has been leading the charge on everything from pay increases that would help retain and recruit police officers to planning for critical infrastructure projects like street repairs.
“This is exactly why I have been banging the table since I was elected to make sure we were forward-thinking about the water plant, roads,
and public safety,” he said. “When we create a community that these companies want to do business in, just look at those numbers. The tax revenue on that expanded facility and those 330 paychecks is going to be huge.”
The good news did not stop there.
Just two weeks later, Pelsan Tekstil made their own announcement — that the Turkish company that makes breathable polyethylene films for the medical, hygiene, and insulation sectors, would soon create another 216 jobs in Wayne County.
But that, Boyette said, was not a done deal until the last minute, either — reiterating that without “move-in ready” shell buildings, it would not have happened.
WCDA Board Chairman Bob Kornegay agreed, adding that thinking ahead is what tipped the scales in Goldsboro’s favor.
“When we made the decision to invest in a shell building, we weren’t just constructing steel and concrete. We were building confidence,” he said. “We were sending a clear message to the world that Wayne County is ready to grow.”
And NC Global Transpark President Mark Pope doubled down on that logic.
“If we didn’t have two shell buildings sitting out at ParkEast right now, I guarantee you this announcement would have been made in Georgia,” he said.
While he declined to comment on potential deals currently in the works, Boyette said Pope is constantly fielding calls from companies — both domestic and international — about Wayne County.
And that, he said, is proof that local leaders are following the roadmap necessary to ensure a “bright future” for the community and region.
“The fact that the phone is ringing off the wall tells you we’re doing something right,” he said. “And it is absolutely ringing off the wall.”
As for the possibility of near-future economic development announcements now that the Board of Commissioners has given the construction of two new shell buildings the official OK?
“All I can say is that now that these folks know we are about to get to work on those new shell buildings, we are putting ourselves in a great position,” Boyette said. “And I don’t think I’m speaking out of school because I have been saying this all along, but if we, as elected officials, keep our eyes down the field and make the right choices for the future as they come before us, I think people are going to be blown away by what Wayne County has coming down the pike. We’re going to be a powerhouse.” n
Mount Olive, again, violates Special Order of Consent
If state officials follow the agreement, the town could currently owe more than $80,000 in fines for failing to meet moratorium fix deadlines.
FBY KEN FINE
or the second time since this summer, Mount Olive has violated the Special Order of Consent it entered into with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality — and should state officials follow the letter of the agreement, the municipality is going to have to pay because of it.
In a letter sent to the state by Glenn Holland Oct. 16 that was obtained by Wayne Week , the town’s interim town manager admitted that Mount Olive had not completed a project that carried an Oct. 31 deadline.
“Due to the total project coming in over budget, this deadline cannot be met,” he wrote.
More concerning, however, is the fact that a project with a July 31 deadline remains unfinished, as the SOC only allows for missed deadlines without penalty for “an act of God,” “an act of war,” an “intentional act or omission of a third party,” or “an extraordinary event beyond the permittee’s control.”
The bad news for Mount Olive?
“Contractor delays or failure to obtain funding will not be considered as events beyond the permittee’s control,” the SOC states.
Given that reality, the state, based on the agreement, had the authority to begin levying fines against the town — $500 per
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day for the first seven days and $1,000 per day thereafter until the project is completed — three months ago.
And while a request submitted to NCDEQ for the total amount Mount Olive now owes in fines was not fulfilled by press time, if the state, indeed, followed through on the terms of the agreement, the sum would, as of today, be north of $80,000.
This is not the first time is recent months that Mount Olive has been dinged by NCDEQ.
According to a “Notice of Deficiencies” sent to Holland June 23, Mount Olive violated the North Carolina Administrative Code — and was warned that failure to comply with state rules that govern public water systems “may result in enforcement actions, including civil penalties.”
From a lack of the ability to contain “very hazardous” chemicals at “either water treatment plant” to iron concentrations in treated water “consistently near or above” the “Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level,” state officials recommended immediate action be taken.
Then, in August, an official from NCDEQ
“Contractor delays or failure to obtain funding will not be considered as events beyond the permittee's control.”
told members of the Town Board that Mount Olive had been violating the moratorium placed on the town in 2015.
And engineer Caroline Bari, a Mount Olive native who was assigned to the distressed wastewater system less than two years ago, said the violations were “serious.”
“In the original consent order, among other things was a list of items that needed to be completed and dates. These milestones, the
town got behind and was starting to get fined … so the state and the town renegotiated the consent order and signed the new one in April 2025. The main revisions relate to the dates in which these different items are due,” she said. “But in both of these consent orders, one very important issue is that the town of Mount Olive is not allowed to add wastewater capacity to the wastewater system. That’s the flow moratorium that everybody has heard about. You
cannot add additional flow to your system.”
The town, though, did anyway, a fact Bari said she became aware of June 30.
“I advised the town to immediately report this to (the state),” she said. “Just from my professional opinion, I thought it was better for them to hear it from the town than from another source.”
Then, a face-to-face meeting between town and state officials was held in July.
“We had a lengthy discussion about the violations that had taken place and the consent order requirements,” Bari said. “Unfortunately, the bottom line is (the state) made it clear that if there are further violations of the flow moratorium, it could result in additional actions by the state, including an injunction or criminal prosecution. So, this is a pretty serious issue.”
Mayor Jerome Newton agreed.
“We have to be very concerned, but mostly, we have to enforce these rules because, as was stated earlier, it could become criminal,” he said. “The corrective action is to stop it.”
Editor’s Note: Wayne Week attempted to reach Holland for comment, but the paper was told he is on vacation and no timetable for his return to Town Hall was given. n
NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP
APPROVED OCTOBER 22
Realigned districts
Wayne County Democratic Party leader joins congressional map lawsuit
Viola Ryals Figueroa is among those who claim that the North Carolina General Assembly targeted black voters when its members approved new congressional maps in October.
BY KEN FINE
The leader of the Wayne County Democratic Party is among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging the North Carolina General Assembly’s creation of new congressional district maps disenfranchises black voters.
Viola Ryals Figueroa is among a group of plaintiffs that filed a 47-page document at the end of October that argued that what they characterized as “an unnecessary, mid-decade redistricting” actually “targets a historic black opportunity district that has elected a black representative to Congress for more than 30 years.”
“North Carolina gained a congressional district after the 2020 Census, almost entirely due to an increase in the state’s minority population,” the filing states. “But the General Assembly has gone to great lengths to ensure that the increase in minority population does not translate into any increase in minority electoral opportunity.”
The suit alleges that the new district maps violate the 14th and 15th Amendments and the Voting Rights Act.
The following are excerpts from the sprawling document that apply to Wayne County. They have not been edited:
The Northeast (Congressional Districts 1 and 3)
95. Northeast North Carolina includes North Carolina’s “Black Belt” counties, as well as other counties with significant Black populations, which together form a community of interest in this region.
96. Under the 2022 Plan, the Black Belt was contained in CD-1, and the district had a Black Voting Age Population (“BVAP”) of 41.23%, which afforded Black voters the opportunity to elect their preferred candidates. In the 2023 Plan, the General Assembly reduced the BVAP to 40.42%, but Black voters were still able to elect their candidate of choice in the district, Don Davis. The 2025 Plan completely reconfigures CD-1, decreasing the BVAP of CD-1 by more than eight additional percentage points to 32.34%, resulting in a district in which Black voters are effectively prevented from electing their candidates of choice.
97. The dismantling of CD-1 was accomplished by extracting Black communities and counties with significant Black populations in former CD-1 and reassigning them to CD3. For example, Wilson (37.5% BVAP), Greene (36.2%), Wayne (30.0%), and Lenoir (39.1%) Counties were moved out of CD-1 and into CD-3. In exchange, numerous predominantly
white counties, including Dare (1.8% BVAP), Beaufort (22.1%), Craven (19.4%), Pamlico (17.1%), Carteret (4.7%), and small segment of Onslow (13.0%) Counties were moved out of CD-3 and into CD-1. This county exchange increased the BVAP of CD-3 by more than eight percentage points, from 21.35% under the 2023 Plan to 29.4% under the 2025 Plan. Despite this increase in BVAP, CD-3 in the 2025 Plan remains a district in which Black voters have no opportunity to elect their preferred candidates.
98. The reshuffling of counties between CD-1 and CD-3 affected Black voters more than any partisan group. While the newly-configured CD-1 decreases the Democratic voter percentage by approximately 4 points, the BVAP in CD-1 fell more than 8 percentage points. In other words, 2025 Plan moved Black voters at a far greater rate than Democrats.
99. The 2025 Plan’s redistribution of Black voters from CD-1 to CD-3 comes at the expense of traditional districting principles, including respect for communities of interest and political subdivision and geographical boundaries. For example, CD-1 and CD-3 together contain more county splits under the 2025 Plan than they did under either the 2022 or 2023 Plans. Under the 2022 Plan, Granville, Onslow, and Sampson Counties were each wholly contained
in single districts. And, under the 2023 Plan, Onslow County was entirely contained in a single district. Under the 2025 Plan, however, all of these counties are split. CD-1 reaches small tendrils into both Granville County and Onslow County, while CD-3 splits Sampson and Onslow Counties.
100. Under the 2025 Plan, the Black Belt counties in the Northeast are newly combined with far-flung white communities in order to limit the influence of Black voters living in these counties. CD-1 starts with an oddly shaped appendage that reaches into a section of Granville County, grabbing Black populations there, and combines them with the Black Belt counties; but the district then reaches east and south to connect these communities with predominantly white counties along the coast. CD-1 now includes all of the coastal counties along the eastern shore and reaches south to include Carteret County and a tiny sliver of Onslow County.
101. These changes to CD-1 and CD-3 unlawfully dilute the voting strength of Black voters in Northeast North Carolina, dismantling a Black opportunity district in CD-1 while ensuring that Black voters remain unable to elect candidates of their choice in CD-3 as well.
102. Black voters were not placed in or
removed from this district to comply with the Voting Rights Act. To the contrary, Black voters are now less able to elect candidates of their choice.
Extent to Which Black North Carolinians Have Been Elected to Public Office
134. As a consequence of stark racial polarization in voting and the state’s history of racial discrimination, as well as its ongoing effects, Black North Carolinians have struggled to be elected to public office in the state.
135. It took the creation of the state’s first two majority-Black districts in the early 1990s — CD-1 and CD-12 — for Black North Carolinians to win election to federal office in the 20th century. The citizens of CD-1 and CD-12 have elected a Black representative in every election since 1992. And for the first time in 2022, North Carolina elected three Black representatives to Congress, from CD-1, CD-12, and CD-4. The 2025 Plan’s dismantling of CD-1, however, is likely to make it impossible for a Black representative to win election in CD-1.
CAUSES OF ACTION COUNT I — 2025 Congressional Plan’s violations of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution U.S. Const. amends. XIV and XV; 42 U.S.C § 1983 (Intentional Discrimination)
140. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees racial and ethnic minorities equal protection of the laws. U.S. Const. amend. XIV. And the Fifteenth Amendment guarantees that their votes will not be denied or abridged on account of their race or color. U.S. Const. amend. XV.
141. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbid states from enacting laws for which a racially discriminatory intent or purpose is a motivating factor.
142. To establish intentional discrimination, a plaintiff need only show that discriminatory purpose was “a” motivating factor in the legislation — not the only, or even the predominant, factor. Vill. of Arlington Heights v. Metro. Hous. Dev. Corp., 429 U.S. 252, 265 (1977).
143. “Intentions to achieve partisan gain and to racially discriminate are not mutually exclusive.” Veasey v. Abbott, 830 F.3d 216, 241 n.30 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc). As the Fourth Circuit has clarified, “intentionally targeting a particular race[] . . . because its members vote for a particular party, in a predictable manner, constitutes discriminatory purpose. This is so even absent any evidence of race-based hatred and despite the obvious political dynamics.” McCrory, 831 F.3d at 222–23; see also Washington v. Davis, 426 U.S. 229, 242 (1976) (“[D]iscriminatory purpose may often be inferred from the totality of the relevant facts, including the fact . . . that the law bears more heavily on one race than another.”).
144. The Supreme Court has identified the fol-
lowing non-exclusive list of factors that may tend to prove intentional discrimination: (1) “The impact of the official action — whether it bears more heavily on one race than another … Sometimes a clear pattern, unexplainable on grounds other than race, emerges from the effect of the state action even when the governing legislation appears neutral on its face.” (2) “The historical background of the decision … particularly if it reveals a series of official actions taken for invidious purposes.” (3) “The specific sequence of events leading up to the challenged decision also may shed some light on the decisionmaker’s purposes … Departures from the normal procedural sequence also might afford evidence that improper purposes are playing a role.” (4) “Substantive departures too may be relevant, particularly if the factors usually considered important by the decisionmaker strongly favor a decision contrary to the one reached.” (5) “The legislative or administrative history may be highly relevant, especially where there are contemporary statements by members of the decisionmaking body, minutes of its meetings, or reports.” Arlington Heights, 429 U.S. at 266–68 (quotations omitted).
cation or prerequisite to voting or any standard, practice, or procedure that has the purpose or effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race, color, or membership in a language minority group. 52 U.S.C. § 10301(a). Plaintiffs establish a violation when “the totality of circumstances” show that a state’s “political processes . . . are not equally open to participation by” members of a minority group “in that [they] have less opportunity … to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice.” Id. § 10301(b). A plaintiff establishes an intentional Section 2 vote dilution claim by demonstrating that the plan was enacted with a discriminatory intent and had a discriminatory effect. See, e.g., Harding v. County of Dallas, 948 F.3d 302, 312–13 (5th Cir. 2020).
COUNT III — 2025 Congressional Plan’s violations of the Fourteenth Amendment and Article I, § 2 of the U.S. Constitution U.S. Const. amend. XIV; Article I § 2; 42 U.S.C § 1983 (Malapportionment)
172. Ordinarily, a state’s consideration of race in lawmaking will be subject to strict scrutiny, but courts have been willing to tolerate the consideration of race and the pursuit of partisan advantage in redistricting because they are seen as essential to the necessary task of adjusting districts to reflect population changes after each decennial census. See Miller v. Johnson, 515 U.S. 900, 916 (1995); Rucho v. Common Cause, 588 U.S. 684, 700–01 (2019). But here, nothing about North Carolina’s mid-decade redistricting is necessary, and the General Assembly is thus unable to justify consideration of race or any pursuit of partisan advantage in adopting those districts. The General Assembly’s voluntary decision to revise previously enacted districts therefore violates the Constitution.
173. In ordinary decennial redistricting, the Supreme Court has held that complaints about partisan gerrymandering are nonjusticiable in that context, because prohibiting pursuit of “partisan interests” in redistricting might make it impossible for partisan legislatures to draw districts at all. Rucho, 588 U.S. at 700–01. The Supreme Court has also emphasized that legislators will “almost always be aware of racial demographics” when they draw districts, and it has therefore imposed a higher standard before subjecting districts drawn with an awareness of race to strict scrutiny — otherwise, redistricting might be impossible. Miller, 515 U.S. at 916.
145. When “a State intentionally dr[aws] district lines in order to destroy otherwise effective crossover districts, that [] raises[s] serious questions under both the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.” Bartlett v. Strickland, 556 U.S. 1, 24 (2009) (plurality op.)
146. The 2025 Plan was adopted, at least in part, with a racially discriminatory intent to discriminate against Black voters in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
147. The 2025 Plan will have a discriminatory impact on Black North Carolinians — a fact that was foreseeable when Defendants drafted and passed the Plan. The General Assembly has limited Black voters’ ability to elect or even influence elections through the purposeful cracking and packing of these voters.
148. In particular, the 2025 Plan intentionally dismantles CD-1, CD-6, and CD-14, which were effective Black opportunity districts under the 2022 plan.
COUNT II — 2025 Congressional Plan’s violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
152. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits the enforcement of any voting qualifi-
161. When districts are not drawn to contain equal populations, voters in districts containing a larger population have their votes diluted in that they have less ability to influence the outcome of an election when compared to voters in districts that are not overpopulated. See Kirkpatrick, 394 U.S. at 531 (“Equal representation for equal numbers of people is a principle designed to prevent debasement of voting power and diminution of access to elected representatives.”).
162. North Carolina did not make a goodfaith effort to achieve mathematical equality across districts. Quite the opposite — North Carolina acted in bad faith by redrawing its districts without care for any of the population shifts that have occurred since the 2020 census — all in a race-based gambit to increase the number of Republican representatives from the state’s congressional delegation at the expense of its own citizens.
COUNT IV — 2025 Congressional Plan’s violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV; 42 U.S.C § 1983 (Freedom of Speech and Assembly and EqualProtection Clause – Racial Data and Partisan Advantage)
174. Those rationales take as a given that the act of redistricting is necessary, or at least desirable. Absent a court order (and there is no such order here), mid-decade revision of previously enacted districts is entirely optional, so there can be no necessity justification for the legislature’s use of race or for its pursuit of partisan advantage.
175. The North Carolina General Assembly’s voluntary choice to make unnecessary mid-decade changes to the state’s congressional districts eliminates any inevitability justification for the use of racial considerations or the pursuit of partisan advantage in the redistricting process. Even if racial and partisan considerations are an unavoidable part of redistricting, there is no need for legislatures to take those considerations into account more than once in a single decade, unprompted by a court order or the necessity of replacing a court ordered map.
Despite repeated requests for comment, Congressman Don Davis has shown little desire to publicly weigh in on the new maps, his political future, or his thoughts on the legal challenges to the General Assembly’s move.
But he did signal, in comments he provided Oct. 27 to NOTUS , an online news agency that describes itself as covering government and politics with “fresh eyes,” that he would run in either the first or third congressional district in 2026. n
U.S. Representive Don Davis
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EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP
FOOD BANK
When the Wayne County community sees a need, or when it’s time to step up, it does.
So, it is no surprise that United Way Executive Director Sherry Archibald has been fielding phone calls already from local churches and others about getting ready just in case those who are in danger of losing their SNAP benefits — or local people who might face a government furlough because of the shutdown in Washington — need extra help.
And she, and others like her in the nonprofit community, are hearing it, too, from those who might actually be affected by the stalemate in Washington.
“There is a lot of worry, that’s for sure,” Archibald told us. “It has gotten more intense as the date has gotten closer.”
That date, by the way, is Nov. 1.
This is not an editorial about right, wrong, who’s to blame, or what action should be taken about the budget and the shutdown. That is for another day.
This is about answering the call for those who might need us in the next week or two.
There is no question that the trouble in Washington is going to have a trickle-down effect.
And while it is true that there might be people who are gaming the system — who have been using what is supposed to be a temporary benefit as an income source for years — we can assure you that there are plenty of others who are struggling to get by and who need that extra support as they try to work hard to care for themselves and their families.
And many of those people are proud. They don’t want to ask for a handout. They will try to tough it out.
But it is our job as a community to make sure they don’t have to.
Being there can be as simple as keeping your eyes open.
If you know someone who might be affected, or sense that a neighbor, a family member, or a friend is struggling, just reach out.
It could be a dinner invitation or a care package.
It doesn’t have to be a big thing — perhaps, providing the makings for a meal or a few staples to help out.
Because the truth is, sometimes a gift from someone you know is easier to take than a handout from a stranger.
And if you are a person who has a little more than the average bear and who can afford to make a donation of significance to a local food bank, this is the time to do it. Sure, holiday gifts are nice, but when there is a need is the moment when donations matter.
Archibald says Wayne County is blessed. Since the pandemic, she said food pantries have popped up all around the area. Churches have them and there are even a couple designed for specific needs, like inside Wayne County schools and at Wayne Community College.
And for those who might need a little help just to get by, the United Way’s 211 line is a great source for finding everything from rental and utility assistance to food pantries and other outreach services. No cost. No hassle.
Just someone on the other end of the line who has access to locations, numbers, and connections for those in need.
And there is another local option, too. The UCAN effort — United Community
“This is about answering the call for those who might need us in the next week or two.”
Assistance Network — is a program that has some funds to disperse, and plenty of information about ways for families and individuals who need help to find it.
Funded in part by a $50,000 allocation from the Goldsboro City Council, the money is meant to last about eight months, Archibald said, so it is not a waterfall of available assistance, but making the connection could be just what a Wayne County family in need requires to get over the hump.
And right now, there is absolutely more need.
Archibald said the United Way is in the
FOOD RESOURCES
ALDA, Inc.
919-299-4450
Bethel Church Food Ministry
919-734-2330
Community Soup Kitchen
919-731-3939
Goldsboro Family YMCA
919-778-8557
Harvest Fellowship 919-736-2909
HGDC Community Crisis Center 919-734-6836
High Calling Ministries 919-583-1652
The House of Fordham 919-736-7352
Make a Difference Food Pantry
919-252-3700
The Salvation Army 919-735-4811
List Provided by the City of Goldsboro
midst of its grant-awarding process — the time when the organization makes sure the donation dollars it is charged with dispersing are used not just to address critical and foundational needs in the county, but also result in measurable outcomes.
The idea is to make sure that United Way supporters get the biggest impact for their donation dollars.
No waste here, she said.
Just responsible use of funds to make a difference.
By the way, it’s worth noting that it is not easy to get a United Way grant.
And that’s how it should be.
But as the committee looks over the applications — and the organization continues to create a more responsive and targeted system to address the community’s needs — Archibald said the demand is not diminishing.
Requests from local nonprofits, she said, are up 42 percent.
So, as you can imagine, your neighbors need you now more than ever.
If you are not currently a United Way donor, consider adding it to your plans for the coming year. Your gift is used responsibly, and it makes a difference.
But that’s long term.
Right now, local nonprofits, churches, and other groups need all of us to step up.
If you want to run a food drive, call the United Way office and the staff there will connect you with local food pantries — the people who can get the food, toiletry items, and other needs to local families to tide them over as the battle in Washington continues.
They have a list.
If you are a Key Club or other service organization in a local high school, how about a food collection challenge?
Harness your school spirit and challenge each other to a friendly competition.
We bet there is even a generous booster or two who might be willing to sponsor a pizza party for the winners.
And there are plenty of really great local church youth groups who could mobilize, too.
They know all about serving their community and they do — all year long.
Well, here’s another chance to do something that will have an immediate impact.
How about the Fellowship of Christian Athletes or local Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops?
Those young people understand what a call to serve is and how to get things done. It doesn’t stop there, either.
Neighborhoods, community groups, we all have a connection that could be used to step up now. And if we get a tremendous response and there are leftovers, heck, we are coming up on the holiday season when the need is intensified anyway.
Those contributions could give those drives a big head start.
There is no question that any collections you run will allow people who might not otherwise know how to help the chance to give back.
And then there is the call being put out by The Salvation Army because that organization is anticipating an intense need over the next couple of weeks.
And they are asking the community to help them make sure they are ready. There’s a great place to give, too.
Bottom line?
Wayne County is good at this.
So, we feel certain this need will be answered.
But our final message is to the family or individual out there who might be embarrassed or worried about asking for help. Please ask.
There is no shame.
It happens to all of us at one time or another because life is full of unexpected setbacks.
Some of us just have more places to turn than others.
So, consider this community part of your extended family.
And remember, if you need us, all you have to do is ask and we are certain the help will be offered with a kind smile and a reassurance that you came to the right place. After all, we can get through anything if we keep faith, a sense of community, and kindness at the forefront of our minds.
We can talk about how we got here — and how to ensure it never, ever happens again — later.
Let’s get going.
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CAREY WINDERS: MORE THAN JUST A NAME ON A SIGN.
BY RENEE CAREY
When you have been around as long as we have, you know stuff. You have not just heard the stories about the heroes and the champions of Wayne County, you have met them.
So, when you get phone calls, emails, and messages on Facebook from around the county — a lot of them — asking about what looks like a move to remove the honor bestowed on one of those heroes, you scratch your head and wonder if, perhaps, it was simply an oversight.
You hope it is not about politics and power. And then, you make sure it is not about politics and power.
Most, if not all, of you likely remember Carey Winders. He was not just a great sheriff who believed in putting the bad guys behind bars, no matter who they were.
He was a man with a heart and a love for the community he served — and its people.
He was a regular guy and not some self-important, power-hungry partisan who was more about getting attention than doing his job.
He was out in the trenches and made the rounds, spending hours meeting the public and listening to them — and not just, by the way, when it was time to gladhand at the fair ahead of another campaign.
He did not need to pull strings or call in favors.
And he did not have to cajole or intimidate challengers or their supporters.
He did the work — and he made the connections — because he was honest and himself, a simple country boy who grew into a man who believed in justice.
That, by the way, is the reason he was so effective and so electable.
Wayne County residents like people who are real.
Here’s, apparently, what they don’t like — you know, according to the dozens and dozens of you who have reached out to us in recent weeks.
They don’t like people who have proven that they cannot be trusted.
But more on that later.
For now, just know that Carey Winders meant a lot to many — including those of us who have worked in Wayne County media for more than two decades.
He was a friend.
He was someone we respected.
And when his untimely death took him from us, the news hit us like it hit many of you.
We felt we had lost a family member and that the community had lost a champion.
So, years ago, we were thrilled to hear that when the county’s new detention facility was constructed, it would bear his name.
It was the right thing to do for a good man.
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And the first time we drove down William Street and saw Carey’s name on that sign by the road, it was an emotional experience.
It was, in a way however small, a chance to be reminded of our friend every single day. Fast forward.
As we stated earlier, we have been receiving calls, emails, and notes on Facebook for weeks alerting us to the fact that the sign bearing Carey Winders’ name was no longer in front of the detention center.
And when we quietly started asking around about what happened, we were told that his name was still there — on “the side” of the “original” building.
Sure, it was not on the entrance the public uses every day or on a sign in front of the complex.
Sure, you have to bend your neck to even find his name now.
But that, some said, was always the intent. Just look, we were told, at the Wayne County website.
It clearly states that the “Wayne County Detention Center” connects to “the existing Carey A. Winders Detention Center that was built in 2017.”
In other words, we have two new detention centers with two names on one site.
Um. OK.
"A lot of people are upset, and this has quickly become a watercooler conversation."
Well, that is certainly not how we remember the plan.
And given the number of you who have reached out to us — you were outraged, by the way — we are far from the only ones confused.
FYI: Many of those who have contacted us are current and former deputies, county employees, and others who have used the word “hero” and “mentor” to describe what Winders meant to them.
And they said it looks very much like the plan was to relegate Winders’ name to a
place that won’t remind Wayne County of the kind of leader we used to have before he was taken from us far too soon.
So, here’s the bottom line.
A lot of people are upset, and this has quickly become a watercooler conversation.
To them, it looks a little bit like some political power-brokering — like someone might be a little jealous of the respect that Carey Winders still garners in this community.
We don’t know for sure, but we must admit, it absolutely sounds like a possibility. And because it has not been discussed publicly or explained by county leaders — and you
know they have to know this is not going over well — it also looks very much like there are some people who hoped no one would notice.
Well, bad news, folks.
They did notice.
They brought it up to their friends, coworkers and family members.
They posted their thoughts on social media.
And then, they reached out to us.
So, let’s start by saying we sincerely hope they — and we — are reading this wrong.
We hope that the county merely replaced the sign during the detention center expansion process and ensuring Winders’ name was front and center slipped the minds of the project managers.
We hope our county commissioners, a group we have faith in because they have done incredible things in recent months, including providing an unprecedented windfall for Wayne County Public Schools, can clear this up with a formal announcement that the facility will remain as it was intended — named after a man who was, and remains, a very important part of this community.
But just in case the uneasy feeling we have that there might be something else afoot turns out to be more than just a suspicion, we would be happy to talk about how you get a building named in your honor. First off, you do not have a major scandal
involving your drug-dealing
and a
and leads to
and a pair of guilty
Second, you don’t get busy when election time rolls around and try to strong-arm votes.
You might also try not trying to rewrite history because your own is under scrutiny and dump on the memory of a man who used to be your boss.
And while we certainly aren’t thinking of anybody in particular, if you happen to be reminded of someone who might fit those descriptors, feel free to pass along that advice.
You can pass this along, too.
Carey Winders was not a fancy pants politician with connections.
He was a lawman who loved serving his county and considered it an honor to do so.
That is what made him so special.
That is why seeing his name relegated to the back office, so to speak, upset a whole lot of people.
And one more thing.
As the old rats in the local media barn, we have seen a lot of jockeying for position in the political world.
Frankly, it is disgusting.
When someone who has not been able to garner the respect or the accolades that his or her predecessor had — and
"This community honors its own, and its residents take those memorials very seriously."
worse yet, has actually been part of something that looks really bad — they always seem to want to try to tarnish the reputation of the person who served before them.
You know the type.
They are the kind of people who are never happy unless they are running down someone else — usually someone who has achieved something.
We hope that’s not what is happening here. And just in case this argument comes up, when an addition is added to a government building — a school for instance —
Keen Plumbing Co.
the name of the school does not change.
Why?
Respect.
That, friends, is why so many people have called us — and if you have any social media connections, you have likely seen the furor there, too.
This community honors its own, and its residents take those memorials very seriously.
And just one more itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny bit of advice in case there might be more than one person trying to jockey for position here.
You do not just slap a name on a building
to secure a legacy.
You do it by serving your community with dignity and respect — and humility.
We can give you more than a few names, past and present, that fit that bill, including the most recent honoree, Borden Parker.
And you also do not keep power by bullying and throwing your weight around.
That’s how you get ousted and how you became a footnote rather than a major player.
We can give you quite a few examples, past and present, of that, too.
If Carey Winders were here, he would probably be laughing and nodding his head before rattling off a story akin to this one.
Trust us when we say we heard more than a few of his tales over the years.
But this one would, as they typically did, probably end with a moral — that you can never go wrong by listening to the people you serve.
And this time, those people are doing a whole lot of talking.
Let’s hope somebody is listening — or, if they aren’t, those same people will show them the door as soon as the opportunity to do so presents itself some November not so far, far away. n
the SPECTATOR
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PHOTOS By J.D. MEDLIN
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the Estate Kelsie Edward Imes, deceased of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before January 12, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 12th day of October, 2025.
Katheryn Imes
Administrator of the Estate of Kelsie Edward Imes 809 South Andrews Avenue Goldsboro, NC 27530
Published October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025, and November 2, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Jackie Kearney Taylor, deceased of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 12th day of January, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 12th day of October, 2025.
Hillarie Taylor Williams, Administrator of the Estate of Jackie Kearney Taylor 205 North Woodridge Drive Pikeville, NC 27863
Published October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025, and November 2, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF SAMUEL FREDERICK KORSCHUN
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Samuel Frederick Korschun, Deceased, of Wayne County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before January 12, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 12th day of October, 2025
Stuart Blair Korschun, Executor c/o Anna H. Winger, Attorney Heritage Law 200 First Avenue NW, Suite 304 Hickory, NC 28601 828-855-1889
October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025, a nd November 2, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF ELSIE P. MOYE
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Elsie P. Moye, late of Wayne County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before January 19, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 19th day of October, 2025.
Robin Jackson Executor of the Estate of Elsie P. Moye
334 Leon Flowers Road Mount Olive, NC 28365
Published October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025, November 2, 2025, and November 9, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF ELSIE P. MOYE
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Elsie P. Moye, late of Wayne County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before January 19, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 19th day of October, 2025.
Robin Jackson Executor of the Estate of Elsie P. Moye
334 Leon Flowers Road Mount Olive, NC 28365
October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025, November 2, 2025, and November 9, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Barbara B. Hughey, late of Wayne County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before January 26, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 26th day of October, 2025.
John Danny Davis III, Administrator of the Estate of Barbara B. Hughey 157 Landis Road Stantonsburg, NC 27883
October 26, 2025, November 2, 2025, November 9, 2025, and November 16, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF ROBERT JOSEPH MANISCALCO
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Robert Joseph Maniscalco, late of Wayne County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before January 26, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 26th day of October, 2025.
Jessica Pounds
Executor of the Estate of Robert Joseph Maniscalco 142 Bennett Farm Lane Goldsboro, NC 27530
October 26, 2025, November 2, 2025, November 9, 2025, and November 16, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Charles Mercer, late of Wayne County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before January 26, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 26th day of October, 2025.
Kimberly Mercer Boswell, Administrator of the Estate of Charles Mercer 4064 Nahunta Road Pikeville, NC 27863
October 26, 2025, November 2, 2025, November 9, 2025, November 16, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF LILLIAN COLEEN DAVIS BEST
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Lillian Coleen Davis Best, deceased, of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 26th day of January, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 26th day of October, 2025.
Karen Best Hobbs, Executor of the Estate of Lillian Coleen Davis Best c/o Mark J. Hale, Jr. Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C.
October 26, 2025, November 2, 2025, November 9, 2025, and November 16, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF PEGGY JOYCE CRISP GURLEY
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Peggy Joyce Crisp Gurley, deceased, of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 26th day of January, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 26th day of October, 2025.
Sharon Gurley Jeans and Carolyn Gurley Rathbone, Co-Executors of the Estate of Peggy Joyce Crisp Gurley c/o Mark J. Hale, Jr. Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C.
October 26, 2025, November 2, 2025, November 9, 2025, and November 16, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Bettye Jean Boone Lewis, late of Wayne County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before January 26, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 26th day of October, 2025.
Kim Lewis Howard, Administrator of the Estate of Bettye Jean Boone Lewis 10114 Sunnifa Aly Orlando, Florida 32832
October 26, 2025, November 2, 2025, November 9, 2025, and November 16, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF GARY RALPH EMERY
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Gary Ralph Emery, late of Wayne County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before February 2, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 2nd day of November, 2025.
Kimberly Harper Executor of the Estate of Gary Ralph Emery 129 Charlie Braswell Road Goldsboro, NC 27530
Published November 2, 2025, November 9, 2025, November 16, 2025, and November 23, 2025
PUBLIC NOTICE
SALE OF COUNTY PROPERTY
An offer of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) has been submitted for the purchase of certain property owned by the County of Wayne and the City of Goldsboro located at 305 N. Vance Street, Fremont (PIN: 3605651227) more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the Western edge of Vance Street, and in the center of the run of Aycock Branch, at the intersection of said Branch by said street, it runs in a Southerly Direction with Vance Street 98 feet to a stake; thence Westerly in a line parallel with North Street, 82 feet to the center of a ditch; thence Northerly with the center of said ditch to a point in the center of the run of Aycock Branch; thence Easterly with the center of said Branch to the Point of Beginning. And being the same property conveyed by deed recorded in Book 714, at Page 411; being also the same property conveyed to Stephen Edgar Ferrell and wife, Frances G. Ferrell by deed dated September 9, 1971 which will be found duly recorded in the Wayne County registry, in Book 794, at Page 54. And being the same property conveyed to Ernest W. Hamilton and wife, Mary S. Hamilton by deed recorded in Book 1342, Page 657 of the Wayne County Registry.
Persons wishing to upset the offer that has been received shall submit a sealed bid with their offer and the required deposit to the office of the Wayne County Manager, 224 E. Walnut Street, Goldsboro, NC 27530 by 5:00 P.M. on November 12, 2025. At that time the Clerk to the Board shall open the bids, if any, and the highest qualifying bid will become the new offer. If there is more than one bid in the highest amount, the first such bid received will become the new offer.
A qualifying higher bid is one that raises the existing offer at least 10% of the first $1,000 and 5% of the remainder. A qualifying bid must raise the existing offer to an amount not less than $6,350.00. A qualifying higher bid must be accompanied by a deposit in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid; the deposit may be made in cash, cashier’s check, or certified check. The County will return the deposit
on any bid not accepted, and will return the deposit on an offer subject to upset if a qualifying higher bid is received. If no other bids are made the original offer to purchase will be accepted.
Further information may be obtained at the Wayne County Manager’s Office, 224 E. Walnut Street, Goldsboro, NC 27530 or by telephone at (919) 705-1971 during normal business hours.
Andrew J. Neal County Attorney PO Box 227 Goldsboro, NC 27533 (919) 705-1971
Published November 2, 2025
NOTICE OF SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER A LIEN
NORTH CAROLINA WAYNE COUNTY
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO: 25SP001350-950
RAGE N MISFITS GARAGE vs. WILLIAM GARLICK and CAPITAL ONE AUTO FINANCE
TO: WILLIAM GARLICK AND CAPITAL ONE AUTO FINANCE
TAKE NOTICE THAT:
A petition seeking relief to satisfy a motor vehicle lien has been filed. The nature of relief sought is to satisfy $8,101 for towing, storage, and services to a 2018 Toyota Camry VIN# 4T1B11HK4JU117006 by sale of such vehicle which is registered in your name. The vehicle is being sold pursuant to N.C. General Statute 44A-4.
Rage N Misfits Garage, 2579 Old Smithfield Road, Princeton, NC, 27569, 10 a.m., November 24, 2025 (Location of Sale, Time, Date)
This is the 2nd day of November 2025.
Rage N Misfits Garage, Petitioner 2579 Old Smithfield Road Princeton, NC 27569 919-576-5507
Published November 2, 2025, and November 9, 2025
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