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Columbus County111 Washington StreetWhiteville, North Carolina 28472Sealed bids for Water System Extensions for Water Districts I, II, III, IV & V including, but not limited to:4,950 LF 16-inch PVC Water Main2,450 LF 12-inch PVC Water Main4,405 LF 8-inch PVC Water Main 18,930 LF 6-inch PVC Water Main1,955 LF 2-inch PVC Water Main3,377 LF 6-inch thru 12-inch Di-rectional Bore8 EA Fire Hydrants5 EA 2-inch Blow-off Assem-blies65 EA 2-inch thru 16-inch Gate Valves 9,858 LBS Ductile Iron Fittings74 EA \’1a-inch Water Service Connections1 EA 400 GPM Duplex Water Booster Pump Station with Tur-bo Meterwill be received by the Colum-bus County at Columbus County Commissioners Chambers, 112 West Smith Street, Whiteville, North Carolina until February 23, 2021, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the follow-ing locations:Columbus County - Whiteville, North CarolinaConstructConnect- Plan Room- Online ServiceGreen Engineering, P.L.L.C.- Wil-son, North CarolinaCopies of the CONTRACT DOC-UMENTS may be obtained at the office of Green Engineering, P.L.L.C. located at 303 Golds-boro Street East; P.O. Box 609; Wilson, North Carolina 27893 upon a non-refundable payment of $ 250.00 for each set. The Owner has developed a goal of ten percent (10%) for partici-pation of minority-owned and women-owned business enter-prises in construction contracts awarded pursuant to NCGS 143-128. Bidders must comply with

the Owner’s requirements for W/MBE documentation.”“The County reserves the right to reject any and all BIDS.BIDDERS shall be properly li-censed under Chapter 87, Gen-eral Statutes of North Carolina.Small, minority and women’s businesses and labor surplus area firms are encouraged to submit BIDS.Columbus County is an equal opportunity employer and ser-vice provider.January 29, 2021Ricky Bullard, ChairmanColumbus County Board of CommissionersJan 29, 2021

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Town of Tabor CityTabor City Community BuildingGeneral NoticeThe Town of Tabor City is re-questing Bids for the construc-tion of the following Project:Community Building Construc-tion Sealed Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the Town of Tabor City at P.O. Drawer 655, Tabor City, NC 28463 until February 25, 2021 11:00 AM local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. The bidder shall show such evidence by clearly displaying his or her current license number on the outside of the sealed envelope in which the proposal is deliv-ered, to ensure that the BIDDER is properly licensed under Chap-ter 87, General Statutes of North Carolina.The project will include the con-struction of 2-story Community Building and surrounding Site.Owner anticipates that the Proj-ect’s total bid price will be ap-proximately $950,000. The Proj-ect has an expected duration of 270 days.Obtaining the Bidding Docu-mentsThe Information for Bidders, Bid Form, Contract Plans, Specifi-cations and other CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations: 1. Tabor City Town Hall, 1108 E. 5th St., Tabor City, NC 284632. The ADAMS COMPANY, Inc., 708 Abner Phillips Rd., Warsaw, NC 28398Digital copies can be sent to interested parties at no cost via email. Paper sets of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS and PLANS may be obtained at the office of the Engineer located at The ADAMS COMPANY, Inc., 708 Abner Phillips Rd., Warsaw, NC 28398 upon payment of $ 250.00 for each set. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through email from the Engineer. Neither Own-er nor Engineer will be respon-sible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, ob-tained from other sources.Pre-bid ConferenceA pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on February 11, 2021 at 10:00 am at Tabor City Town Hall, 1108 E. 5th St., Tabor City, NC. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is en-couraged but not required.Instructions to Bidders.For all further requirements re-garding bid submittal, qualifica-tions, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.No bidder may withdraw his/her bid within 60 days after the ac-tual date of the opening thereof.The Town of Tabor City reserves

the right to waive any informality or to reject any or all bids.Bid, Performance and Payment Bonds will be required for this project.This Municipality is an Equal Op-portunity Employer.This Advertisement is issued by:Owner: Town of Tabor CityBy: Royce HarperTitle: MayorDate: January 25, 2021Jan 29, 2021

noticeTo all persons claiming an inter-est in: 1989-14’11”-STARLINE-AGRESSOR-OMM04477I889-1989-40HP-YAMAHA-40ETLF-6H4L557734MICHAEL LANEapply to SCDNR for title on wa-tercraft/outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803) 734-3699. Upon thirty days after the date of the last ad-vertisement if no claim of inter-est is made and the watercraft/outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall is-sue clear title.Case No: 20200918950603Jan. 22, 29 & Feb 5, 2021

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publicationSTATE OF NORTH CAROLINAIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICECOUNTY OF COLUMBUSDISTRICT COURT DIVISIONFILE NO.: 20 CV 867COUNTY OF COLUMBUS,PlaintiffvsUNKNOWN HEIRS OF KEN-NETH CARL WILLIAMSON AND ALLEN ( a/k/a ALAN) “PETE” WILLIAMSON; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Depart-ment of the Treasury, Claimant(Lienholder),DefendantsTo: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF KEN-NETH CARL WILLIAMSON AND ALLEN ( a/k/a ALAN) “PETE” WILLIAMSON above named De-fendants:Take notice that a pleading seek-ing relief against the Defendants UNKNOWN HEIRS OF KEN-NETH CARL WILLIAMSON AND ALLEN ( a/k/a ALAN) “PETE” WILLIAMSON and naming you as a Defendant has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Tax Foreclosure for the collection of past due Columbus County, NC property taxes.You are required to make de-fense to such pleading not later than the 11th day of March, 2021 said date being 40 days from the first publication of this Notice and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This the 26th day of January, 2021. WILLIAM E. WOODATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF100 COURTHOUSE SQUAREWHITEVILLE, NC 28472TELEPHONE: 910/642-3965STATE BAR NO.: 5901Jan 29 and Feb 5 & 12, 2021

re-notice of foreclosure saleNORTH CAROLINACOLUMBUS COUNTYSpecial Proceedings No. 20 SP 79Substitute Trustee: Philip A. GlassDate of Sale: February 4, 2021Time of Sale: 3:00 p.m.Place of Sale: Columbus County CourthouseDescription of Property: See At-tached DescriptionRecord Owners: Saundra C. Etheridge, aka Sandra EtheridgeAddress of Property: 305 S. Thompson StreetWhiteville, NC 28472Deed of Trust:Book : 772 Page: 423Dated: February 27, 2004Grantors: Saundra C. Etheridge, a/k/a Sandra Etheridge, unmar-riedOriginal Beneficiary:

State Employees’ Credit Union”“CONDITIONS OF SALE: Should the property be pur-chased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of For-ty-five Cents (45¢) per One Hun-dred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and assessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leases. This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be re-quired to make payment for any such county land transfer tax.A cash deposit of 5% of the purchase price will be required at the time of the sale. Any suc-cessful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or at-tempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance pur-chase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, includ-ing single-family residential real property: an order for posses-sion of the property may be is-sued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of supe-rior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pur-suant to a rental agreement en-tered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after re-ceiving notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by provid-ing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.Dated: 1/7/21Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trust-eeNodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P.Posted on 1/7/21Exhibit ALying and being in the Town of Whiteville, Whiteville Town-ship, Columbus County, North Carolina, and on the East side of Thompson Street between Columbus and Webster Streets, having a frontage of 58 feet and a depth of 143 feet, and being Lot No. One (1) of a plat des-ignated as a Survey for J. Her-man Leder, prepared by John K. Burns, R.S., from a survey made in May, 1961, which said plat is recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 43, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Columbus County, and is referred to and incorpo-rated herein for particularity of description.Being the same as conveyed by J. Herman Leder, et al to Homer C. Causey and wife, by deed dated December 13, 1967, re-corded in Deed Book 248, Page 530, Columbus County Registry.For further chain of title, see deeds recorded in Deed Book 342, Page 374, and Book 467, Page 909, all references to the Columbus County Registry.PIN: 0291-03-10-0164Property Address: 305 S. Thompson St. Whiteville, NC 28472Jan 22 & 29, 2021

notice to creditorsHaving qualified as Administra-tor of the estate of WILLIAM JAMES LONG, deceased, late of Columbus County, the un-dersigned hereby notifies all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent to present them to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in-debted to said estate will please make immediate payment.This the 22nd day of January, 2021. James Michael Harrell,Administrator of the estate of 4575 New Centre DriveWilmington, NC 28405Jan. 22, 29 & Feb. 5 & 12, 2021

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publicationSTATE OF NORTH CAROLINAIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICECOUNTY OF COLUMBUSDISTRICT COURT DIVISIONFILE NO.: 20 CV 764COUNTY OF COLUMBUS,PlaintiffvsCHALDEA OMORA COOPER; MONA LISA ELIOTT; HAROLD O. McKENZIE; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF LUCINDA COOPER AND CARL COOPER; STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Office of Indigent Defense Ser-vices, Judgmentholder (Lien-holder),DefendantsTo: CHALDEA OMORA COO-PER, MONA LISA ELIOTT and UNKNOWN HEIRS OF LUCINDA COOPER AND CARL COOPER above named Defendants:Take notice that a pleading seek-ing relief against the Defendants CHALDEA OMORA COOPER, MONA LISA ELIOTT, HAROLD O. McKENZIE and UNKNOWN HEIRS OF LUCINDA COOPER AND CARL COOPER and naming you as a Defendant has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Tax Foreclosure for the collection of past due Colum-bus County, NC property taxes.You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than the 11th day of March, 2021 said date being 40 days from the first publication of this Notice and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the re-lief sought.This the 27th day of January, 2021.WILLIAM E. WOODATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF100 COURTHOUSE SQUAREWHITEVILLE, NC 28472TELEPHONE: 910/642-3965STATE BAR NO.: 5901Jan 29 and Feb 5 & 12, 2021

notice to creditorsSTATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF COLUMBUS The undersigned, TONY PRINCE, has qualified as Administrator of the Estate of OLLIE G. PRINCE, late of Columbus County, and this is to notify all persons hav-ing claims against said Estate to

present them to the undersigned on or before April 29, 2021, pur-suant to North Carolina General Statute 28A-14-1, or this notice shall be pled in bar of their recov-ery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immedi-ate payment to the undersigned at the following address: This the 29th day of January, 2021. TONY PRINCE, ADMINISTRA-TOR203 W. Lewis Street Whiteville, NC 28472Williamson, Walton & Scott, L.L.P.Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 1467 Whiteville, NC 28472 Jan 29, Feb 5, 12 & 19, 2021

notice to creditorsHaving qualified as Administra-tor of the estate of HELLEN ANN VAUGHT, deceased, late of Co-lumbus County, the undersigned hereby notifies all persons hav-ing claims against the estate of said decedent to present them to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said es-tate will please make immediate payment.This the 29th day of January, 2021. Antwan M Williams,Administrator of the estate of Hellen Ann Vaught209 Valley Acres DriveWhiteville, NC 28472Jan 29, Feb 5, 12 & 19, 2021

notice to creditorsHaving qualified as Administrator of the estate of MOCILE LILLIAN LENNON, deceased, late of Co-lumbus County, the undersigned hereby notifies all persons hav-ing claims against the estate of said decedent to present them to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said es-tate will please make immediate payment.This the 8th day of January, 2021. Sankie Allen Lennon,Administrator of the estate of Mocile Lillian Lennon1815 Vale StreetDurham, NC 27703Jan 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2021

notice to creditorsHaving qualified as Co-Executrix of the estate of GORDON R. BATTEN aka Gordon Roosevelt

Batten, deceased, late of Co-lumbus County, the undersigned hereby notifies all persons hav-ing claims against the estate of said decedent to present them to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said es-tate will please make immediate payment.This the 22nd day of January, 2021. Laurie Ann Batten,Co-Executrix of the estate of Gordon R. Batten573 Inman Lake Rd.Whiteville, NC 28472Kimberly Batten TaylorCo-Executrix of the estate ofGordon R. Batten633 Middleton AveCary, NC 27513Jan. 22, 29 & Feb. 5 & 12, 2021

notice to creditorsHaving qualified as Executor of the estate of JAMES ALLEN STEPHENS, deceased, late of Columbus County, the under-signed hereby notifies all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent to present them to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recov-ery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immedi-ate payment.This the 8th day of January, 2021. Mark Otto Stephens,Executor of the estate of James Allen Stephens14022 Lambert Castle DriveCharlotte, NC 28273Jan 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2021

notice to creditorsHaving qualified as Executor of the estate of MARION RUDOLPH ROSS, deceased, late of Co-lumbus County, the undersigned hereby notifies all persons hav-ing claims against the estate of said decedent to present them to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said es-tate will please make immediate payment.This the 29th day of January, 2021. Marion Chris Ross,Executor of the estate of 14370 New Britton Hwy ENakina, NC 28455Jan 29, Feb 5, 12 & 19, 2021

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