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Swimmer dies during triathlonBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

Calls to the New Hanover County 911 center and inter-views with an eyewitness event volunteer reveal Roger Ackerman, a 68-year-old from Sewanee, Ga., swam to an off-duty lifeguard on a paddleboard after the start of the swim portion of the PPD Beach2Battleship Triathlon began Saturday, Oct. 25. Ackerman was report-edly on the paddleboard talking to the lifeguard prior to being brought ashore non-responsive.

The 911 recordings document multiple calls between 9:12 a.m. and 9:13 a.m. while two-man CPR was in progress on a dock near Carolina Yacht Club.

Ackerman began the swim at 8:30 a.m., entering the water at the yacht club, 401 S. Lumina Ave. with approximately 1,200 fellow competitors in the Half Iron Distance competition.

Wrightsville Beach officials declined to identify the paddle-boarder who pulled Ackerman on his board and then onto a nearby safety boat. The paddle-boarder, one of several dozen contracted by Set Up Events to monitor swim activity, began performing CPR as the boat transported Ackerman to a

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Memories of the MOIBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

In 1957, Tony Bennett sang the lyrics “in the middle of an island, in the middle of an ocean,” accompanied by a mel-low Hawaiian guitar. That same year, Charlie Fells built a mod-est, one-story building on Harbor Island. Fells’ wife, Iris Kelly, named the establishment Middle of the Island.

Kelly’s son, Allen Kelly, remembered the restaurant hav-ing a large outdoor patio in the early years where locals caroused on warm summer evenings. It endured through the decades, gaining popularity for its diner atmosphere and delicious food.

For Christopher Wright Rogers, who grew up on the island in the 1970s, pancakes and bacon at Middle of the Island with his grandfather was a morn-ing routine on the way to school. The routine stuck, even after Rogers began driving himself.

The restaurant was also a pop-ular lunch spot, with patrons waiting in long lines just to sit down at a table. Rogers recalled seeing surfers feasting after a morning surf session, police officers relaxing on their lunch breaks, his classmates from

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By Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen and the Wrightsville Beach Planning Board held a joint workshop Oct. 28 to discuss improvements to crosswalks on Waynick Boulevard and the ini-tial phases of appealing FEMA’s preliminary flood zone maps, among other issues.

Town manager Tim Owens presented an image illustrating changes to several crosswalks on Waynick Boulevard to make them more visible to motorists. The improvements included yield signs on either side of the crosswalk.

Alderwomen Lisa Weeks and Elizabeth King voiced concerns about crosswalks at the inter-section of Waynick Boulevard and Causeway Drive. Weeks said there is a blind spot where

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Judicial candidates outline experience, philosophiesBy Miriah HamrickStaff Writer

Voters will choose between two judicial newcomers to replace longtime 5th Judicial District Court Judge Rebecca Blackmore during the 2014 gen-eral election, while District Court Judge Melissa Crouch defends her seat on the bench from a challenger.

District courts, considered an entry-level trial court, are where most people facing legal charges find themselves. District courts hear all civil cases involving less than $10,000 in controversy, family law cases and juvenile cases, and misdemeanor crimi-nal cases.

The 5th Judicial District encom-passes New Hanover and Pender counties.

Kent Harrell, a private attorney from Burgaw, ran an unsuccess-ful campaign against Blackmore in 2006. He cited his Pender County roots as both his motivation to run

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Heather Wells, North Carolina Coastal Reserve and Estuarine Research Reserve research biologist, leads a discussion during a public input meeting for the coastal reserve’s management plan update Monday, Oct. 27, at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Center for Marine Science.

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Mayor Bill Blair and planning board chairman Ace Cofer attend the joint meeting between the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen and the planning board Tuesday, Oct. 28.

public, committee discuss Masonboro managementBy Cole Dittmer Staff Writer

The future management of Masonboro Island was the topic of dis-cussion during two meetings Monday, Oct. 27, and Tuesday, Oct. 28, during which the public and members of the Masonboro Island Local Advisory Committee shared opinions about the subject.

Chris Ellis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration social scientist, and staff from the North Carolina Coastal Reserve and Estuarine Research Reserve coordinated both meetings.

Every five years the coastal reserve is tasked with updating its management plan for its 10 statewide sites and the meetings serve as one of the first steps in drafting the 2016-2012 management plan.

The public input meeting Monday evening drew a crowd of 37 peo-ple. A group of those in attendance were members of Masonboro.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the island.

The crowd was split into groups to develop ideas about differ-ent topics surrounding the island’s management, like current and emerging issues, public perception of the coastal reserve, commu-nity benefits of Masonboro Island and how the coastal reserve could improve its relationship with the community.

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preservation of marine vegeta-tion, estuaries, fisheries and oyster beds,” Walker said. “To restore these areas costs a lot of time, money and manpower from marine fisheries, the Division of Water Resources and even the United States

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dredge are approved by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management the N.C. Dredge and Fill Law.

As destructive as prop dredg-ing can be for sea life, it can be equally detrimental to water-craft as well.

“When you push an engine that hard it can cause over-heating,” said MarineMax technician Dennis McCain. “Water intake valves can also become clogged with sand and shells which is especially prob-lematic for inboard props.”

Prop dredging is primarily reported by locals who have witnessed the event taking place. Reports are sent to the Division of Coastal Management.

“Violations of the Clean Water Act can imprison some-one for up to two years and $100,000 in fines for negligent acts,” said Don Connelly, public information officer of the U.S. attorney’s office for the eastern district of N.C. “For intentional acts, people can go to jail for up to six years.”

In congested areas l ike Wrightsville Beach, N.C., ille-gal prop dredging is less likely to take place. However, in more remote areas like Hampstead and Topsail Island, dredging has been reported by locals. Those who think they have witnessed illegal prop dredging can file a complaint with the Wildlife Resources Commission or U.S. Coast Guard.

Boat owners have concocted elaborate and creative ways to clear waters with their engines.

“I’ve seen boats weigh down PVC pipes with cinder blocks and drag them underwater to make undesignated channels,” said Ryan Glass, a commercial fisherman for six years. “It’s a terrible abuse of power for per-sonal gains and it affects my livelihood.”

Glass reiterated the act impacts sea life habitat, espe-cially stone crabs, which live under soft mud and are the first to be displaced or killed. Restoration can take up to 10 years.

“These individuals need to realize that no matter how far their property extends these are still public waters,” Glass said.

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The North Carolina Holiday Flotilla Committee met for the final time Monday, Oct. 27, with flotilla weekend approaching Nov. 28-29.

After extensive efforts to nail down a grand prize, chairman Pres Davenport suggested the committee offer a cash prize for Best in Show.

The committee unanimously voted to offer a grand prize of $5,000.In place of a single title sponsor, Davenport said he was final-

izing several sponsorships in the area of $5,000 from businesses that agreed to donate only if a portion of the funds went to the sci-ence, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program at D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy, which helps students develop skills and research careers in these fields.

“It’s a very underprivileged school; they’ve got a big STEM acad-emy that they’re launching this year,” Davenport said.

Castle Branch Incorporated initiated the effort and Davenport said the company was helpful in recruiting other major sponsors.

Eric Irizarry, principal of D.C. Virgo, will also serve as one of the boat parade judges.

Davenport said at the very minimum, this particular fundraising effort would raise $8,000.

“Sixty percent of that we give away, 40 percent of we keep, so [we keep] roughly $3,000 or $4,000, but give potentially another $10,000, so that’s exciting,” Davenport said.

Committee member John Andrews, who is in charge of merchan-dise, said he thinks the donation is a wonderful avenue because people wonder where the sponsorship money goes.

“[D.C. Virgo is] a young school in desperate need of help, with a lot of young people who want an opportunity,” Andrews said.

Andrews said the 2014 flotilla logo would be a retro compilation of the best elements from the 30-year history of the festival. The logo would be placed on long- and short-sleeved shirts.

Jimmy Gilleece reported seven boat captains have confirmed for the boat parade, but committee members agreed announcing the grand prize might persuade many who were on the fence about entering.

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Last month Captain David Wayne Luther was cited for continually using his vessel, The Raven, to prop dredge waters in Surf City, N.C., despite multiple warnings. The area dredged was delicate oyster nurseries. Now Luther faces prison time along with $200,000 in fines.

Often used to illicitly main-tain boat slips and deepen routes for watercraft, prop dredging occurs when boat captains lower their engine into shallow depths and use it as an enormous blender. Underwater, anything hapless enough to get in the propeller’s way is churned up and spit out elsewhere. Sensitive vegetation and wildlife species become victims.

“Prop dredging can be done with any size propeller if the area is shallow enough,” said Michele

Walker, N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources public information officer. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be a large vessel.”

Walker said individuals who prop dredge without proper permits are in violation of the

Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) and the Federal Clean Water Act. These laws are meant to preserve wildlife and their natural habitats, not just hunt down illegal dredgers.

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Wide dunes and quick-to-form shoals suggest how sand erodes and accretes on beaches and in inlets, but results of the county’s first shoreline mapping surveys will provide the data to prove it.

Survey results will be presented during a Nov. 12 Wilmington-New Hanover Port, Waterway and Beach Commission meet-ing by a coastal engineer from Raleigh-based Moffatt & Nichol.

The firm studied cross-sections of the strand on Wrightsville Beach, Masonboro Island, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and around the Fort Fisher State Park March through May 2014. The first report will compare col-lected data to one year of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers records on sand placement and move-ment on New Hanover County beaches.

The surveys will also track sand movement in county inlets,

although no historical data exists to compare to the first year of results.

Layton Bedsole, county shore protection coordinator, said the surveys will be useful over time. The surveys will be conducted every year, ultimately providing enough data to show how sand moves naturally and in response to big storms and coastal storm damage reduction projects, or renourishment.

“If you’re going to manage the coast, you need to monitor annually. Otherwise, you know what you’re doing. You just don’t know why you’re doing it,” Bedsole said.

The surveys are required by project agreements out-lined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which performs renourishment on the county’s three federally authorized proj-ects at Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach and Kure Beach.

Wrightsville Beach Town Manager Tim Owens said new

understanding of the sand’s behavior will be useful as beach towns continue to discuss different funding scenarios for renourish-ment and dredging if federal or state contributions are lost.

“These projects are very expen-sive, and the more we have to put our money in the game, the more important it is to know where the sand’s going, how it’s moving, how it’s reacting in the environ-ment,” Owens said.

N e w H a n o v e r C o u n t y Commissioners approved use of $150,000 from the county’s room occupancy tax coffers to fund the first batch of surveys in July 2013. The project required an additional $50,000, allocated in February, to review Corps records. Subsequent surveys will cost $150,000.

The Nov. 12, PWBC meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the New Hanover County Government Center finance department con-ference room. email miriah@luminanews.com

“Violations of the Clean Water Act can imprison someone for up to two years and $100,000 in fines for negligent acts.

For intentional acts, people can go to jail for up to six years.”

A fox squirrel climbs up an oak tree with a nut along the fairway of No. 9 on the Country Club of Landfall’s Dye Course Friday, Oct. 24. ~ Cole Dittimer

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Results of sand movement study to be shared

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Weekend Police ReportOct. 24arrests

• Reid Emerson Newell was arrested for driving while impaired.• Jonathan Simms was arrested for driving while impaired.

citations

• Robert Phelps was issued a citation for speeding.• Christopher M. Capone was issued a citation for expired registration.

• Melissa Mary Lane was issued a citation for seatbelt violation.• Jordan B. Gudaitis was issued a citation for possession of malt beverage under 21 years of age.

• Zachary M. Avrette was issued a citation for possessing or con-suming open alcoholic beverage inside a motor vehicle.

• Trenton A. West was issued a citation for possessing or consum-ing open alcoholic beverage inside a motor vehicle.

• Christopher Michael Powers was issued a citation for speeding, 50 in a 35 mph zone.

• Brian Michael Howell was issued a citation for failing to comply with driver’s license restrictions.

• Reid Emerson Newell was issued a citation for failure to comply with driver’s license restrictions.

• Shiasia Morgan was issued a citation for driving during revocation.

• Jonathan Simms was issued a citation for driving during revoca-tion and failure to maintain lane control.

warning tickets

• Marion L. Collie Jr. was issued a warning ticket for speeding.• George B. Kelly was issued a warning ticket for speeding. • Normand Edward Garrity was issued a warning ticket for speeding.

reports

• Assault was reported.• Misdemeanor breaking and entering, and assault was reported.• Simple assault was reported.

Oct. 25 citations

• Serhiy A. Kostyshyn was issued a citation for speeding.• Stuart William Welch was issued a citation for speeding.• Casey Mariak was issued a citation for speeding, 51 in a 35 mph zone on West Salisbury Street.

warning tickets

• Emily A. Sanderson was issued a warning ticket for speeding.• Lisa Bryant was issued a warning ticket for registration. • Haley Marie Hunter was issued a warning ticket for speeding.• Jay Andrews was issued a warning ticket for speeding.

civil penalties

• Two civil penalties were issued for human waste.

reports

• Hit and run was reported.

Oct. 26arrests

• Staci Marie Stewart was arrested for possession of schedule I substance (heroin), possession of a schedule II substance (crack), possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while impaired, and careless and reckless.

citations

• Whitney C. Foster was issued a citation for speeding.• John Cole was issued a citation for speeding.• Joshua Joseph Reda was issued a citation for failure to reduce speed.

• Shawn Edward Good was issued a citation for stop sign violation.• Staci Marie Stewart was issued citation for driving while impaired, and careless and reckless.

warning tickets

• Zoie Simone-Cole Samson was issued a warning ticket for speeding.

• Joshua Blake Maddox was issued a warning ticket for speeding. civil penalties

• One civil penalty for noise was issued to Buddy’s Crab House.

reports

• Found property was reported.

By Miriah HamrickStaff Writer

Protestors again greeted Gov. Pat McCrory during an Oct. 22 stop in Wilmington.

McCrory was invited to the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission meeting at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside by Chairman Frank Gorham to learn about current coastal issues and share his plan for offshore drilling.

Members of the University of North Carolina Wilmington Envi ronmenta l Concerns Organization were removed from the room for interrupting McCrory as he outlined his off-shore energy priorities for the next two years, which include seismic testing to know what oil resources lay under the sea floor. After testing determines what resources are available,

he said he plans to investigate options for extraction.

“My first goal is to find out what we have, and then find out the best way to get it in a safe, environmentally sound way, if there is a market for it,” McCrory said.

McCrory said he would not allow offshore drilling until federal law enabled companies to share profits with the state, which he promised to share with coastal communities to offset the cost of beach renourishment and inlet dredging.

UNCW ECO pres iden t Mat thew Duffy sa id the group felt compelled to speak because the discussion was unbalanced, offering only the governor’s perspective instead of all perspectives. Duffy called McCrory’s pledge to reinvest offshore drilling profits into the coast a contradiction.

“Saying you’re going to drill offshore and then offer us renourishment with the rev-enues from that is like giving someone a third-degree burn, and then offering a Band-Aid,” Duffy said.

The meeting was open to the public, but the public was not invited to speak or participate in the discussion. Duffy said the group wanted to air concerns while the governor was present, instead of during a short public comment period the following day.

“We need these issues to be heard. I feel like Gov. McCrory is deceiving a lot of people that have an interest in property. [Offshore drilling] is going to degrade property values and the economic value of our coast,” Duffy said.

McCrory called the interrup-tions a political stunt.

Gorham said he invited the governor to share his plan for offshore drilling because the public dialogue has centered on disadvantages.

Gorham was listed as the pan-elist discussing offshore drilling in the CRC agenda.

“There is no panelist. I’m just going to tell you that com-munities are concerned. The communities would like to have some upside,” Gorham said, before he opened the floor to McCrory.

Offshore drilling was the last topic on the agenda, follow-ing presentations from coastal leaders on the economic value of the coast, dwindling federal funding and increasing federal regulations, rising homeown-ers insurance premiums, and the possibility of expanding dredging windows.email miriah@luminanews.com

speeding and drinking A Wrightsville Beach Police Department officer initiated a traf-

fic stop on Eastwood Road west of the Heide Trask Drawbridge after observing a vehicle traveling 53 in a 35 mph zone around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22.

The officer smelled alcohol inside the car and conducted a field sobriety test on 25-year-old James Fraser. Fraser was arrested after his blood alcohol concentration registered .15 percent.

drinking denial A vehicle pulled off West Atlanta Street onto North Lumina

Avenue and accelerated at rapid speed while a Wrightsville Beach Police officer was patrolling the area around 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. The officer recorded the vehicle traveling 35 in a 25 mph zone and initiated a traffic stop.

Upon approaching the driver, 23-year-old Reid Newell, the offi-cer noticed his glassy eyes. Newell denied he had been drinking. However, the officer also noticed a beer bottle protruding from the passenger seat pocket.

Newell’s blood alcohol concentration registered .17 percent and he was arrested.

bar closing time affray Wrightsville Beach Police officers responded to a report of an

altercation near 22 North just past 2 a.m., Friday, Oct. 24. The officers tried to separate 23-year-old Jordan Iglhaut from

the group and Iglhaut punched a bystander. Iglhaut was arrested and it was discovered he had an e-cigarette with an unidentified narcotic inside.

Iglhaut had swelling over his own left eye so WBPD took him to a hospital and then to the New Hanover County Detention Facility.

Overcorrecting A WBPD officer noticed a Honda car taking a wide turn onto

East Salisbury Street around 2:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, and continued behind it.

The officer witnessed the vehicle nearly hit the guard rail on the Salisbury Street Bridge and overcorrect to cross the double yellow line.

After initiating a traffic stop the driver, 30-year-old Jordan Simms, stepped out of the car and was immediately unsteady on his feet. Simms’ blood alcohol concentration registered .14 percent and he was arrested.

BEACH BLOTTER

Governor’s offer to share drilling profits challenged

iMpOrtant datesMonday, nov. 3

New Hanover County Board of Commissioners meeting, 4 p.m., New Hanover County Historic Courthouse

Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting

4 p.m., Town Hall Conference Room

tuesday, nov. 4

Election Day, Fran Russ Recreation Center 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Wrightsville Beach Planning Board meeting 6 p.m., Town Hall Council Chambers

Wilmington City Council meeting 6:30 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers

Antique boat hits Cape Fear Museum auction blockBy Jacob MohrIntern

The Cape Fear Museum is offering Wilmington residents an oppor-tunity to own a piece of nautical history; it is 18 feet long and floats.

Saturday, Nov. 8, the Cape Fear Museum will auction off the origi-nal 1958 Simmons Sea-Skiff currently on display in the museum’s maritime pavilion.

The event will begin with a preview of the skiff at 2 p.m., followed by the live auction at 3 p.m. The skiff was donated by maritime historian David Carnell, said Cape Fear Museum public relations specialist Amy Mangus.

“He was a maritime historian here, and he owned the boat and used it from his dock on Pages Creek before he donated it to us. He used the boat to draw up the plans for the Simmons Sea-Skiff we have on our website,” Mangus said.

Mangus said the sale of the skiff is part of the museum’s larger

housecleaning effort to eliminate duplicate items or items that have little connection to the Lower Cape Fear region from the museum’s collection.

“We have a duplicate skiff on display that’s in near-mint condi-tion,” Mangus said.

Carpenter Thomas Norwood Simmons developed the Simmons Sea-Skiff in the late 1940s after a local fisherman commissioned him to build a boat that could be launched off the beach for seine fishing. Simmons skiffs are distinguished by their characteristic shal-low, v-shaped bottom near the bow; flat bottoms toward the stern; high, raking transoms and a signature well for the outboard motor. They are prized among fishermen and collectors for their high per-formance and handling.

Proceeds from the auction will benefit Cape Fear Museum’s artifact and conservation fund. To examine the boat, visit the muse-um’s Market Street maritime pavilion. To find auction rules visit www.capefearmuseum.com

Staff photo by Allison Potter

Gov. Pat McCrory asks a question as six panelists discuss current coastal issues during a N.C. Coastal Resources Commission meeting Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside.

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“It can happen so fast/ Or a little too late/ Timing is everything,” are the lyrics of a Garrett Hedlund country western song.

And timing was everything Saturday for the sev-enth annual PPD Beach2Battleship Iron Distance triathlon at Wrightsville Beach.

The weather was near perfect with a turnout of over 2,000 athletes, but the event organizers and their representatives receive a failing grade for the timing of how they responded when tragedy struck and the subsequent serious delay in releasing infor-mation to the public.

Questions are being asked because event orga-nizers have not been forthcoming with transparent answers about what occurred regarding several aspects of how they handled things.

A swimmer had died. It took more than eight hours for an initial press release to be sent out from a PR agency to a news outlet. Inexplicably, only a per-centage of the media was notified. Neither the list of news outlets the informa-tion was sent to could be confirmed four days after the event, nor those who had been notified of a 9:30 p.m. press conference at the convention center.

The next of kin had been notified within the hour of the death; why the wait?

The correlation between the delay in making the death known to the public via the media and the winning racers crossing the finish line at PPD has been called into question.

Wrightsville Town Manager Tim Owens said Monday it was relayed to him Saturday afternoon from one of his emergency managers that Set Up Events was issuing a press release concerning the death.

Dick Jones, CEO of the YMCA, which contracts with Set Up Events to stage their triathlons, said Monday he “approved what the press release looked like at 1 p.m.,” but he didn’t know why there was a time lag in getting that information out to the public and media. He said he would find out and make that known when he did. Jeremy Davis of Set Up Events referred all questions back to Dick Jones.

A second more-troubling set of questions has also not been adequately answered.

Triathlon participant Roger Ackerman of Sewanee, Georgia, became distressed almost imme-diately following the start of the half iron distance swim which launched from the beach, sound side of Banks Channel, at the Carolina Yacht Club at 8:30 a.m.

The 68-year-old was taken to shore by one of approximately two dozen paddleboarders hired to monitor the swimmers as they made their way across Banks Channel, around South Harbor Island

to exit the water on temporary ladders constructed at the transient dock at SeaPath Marina. The tide was at its highest at 8:47 a.m. at Masonboro Inlet and would have been going out after that point.

From the off duty lifeguard’s paddleboard, Ackerman was moved to one of several boats also hired to monitor the swim portion of the event. One or more Coast Guard vessels from the nearby station was standing by, too.

The chain of events that followed is still not clear multiple days later. In those first few moments, radio contact was made with event organizers, with event medical responders, but 911 was not immedi-ately called. CPR efforts, however, were ongoing.

Once an unresponsive Ackerman was brought to shore approximately 500 yards south of the Blockade Runner, someone ran to the Carolina Yacht Club to break down its doors to retrieve a defibrillator. The Coast Guard did not have one on board.

Understanding what hap-pened is clouded because race organizers continue with a pattern of not sharing infor-

mation that began immediately. Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue director Dave

Baker said Wednesday, “We were there within two minutes of the 911 call. ... Once we are called through the 911 system, we respond as we always do.”

While not calling into question the profession-alism of the responders who attempted to revive Mr. Ackerman, to not immediately call 911 is cer-tainly problematic.

Mayor Bill Blair is one of those concerned. He also expressed shock that a defibrillator was not on a Coast Guard boat. He said Wednesday he had spoken to Tim Owens and an alderman to schedule consideration of how the town can better handle the process of permitting these large sporting events, and to ensure that all of the safety gear and mea-sures that the town thinks is necessary are required and verified.

He expressed a degree of disengagement between the town and event organizers who are permitted to hold events in the town, and a desire to tighten up requirements to more than the minimum.

With another major sporting event permitted this weekend — the three-day North Carolina Surf to Sound Challenge, Friday, Oct. 31 to Sunday, Nov. 2 — the mayor’s concerns are valid.

Several hundred standup paddleboarders are set to traverse the oceanfront, the often contentious inlet and the town’s channels. In light of the tragedy last weekend, it would be prudent of the town to know what the NCS2S and all future event organizers have planned for emergency medical response.

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A swimmer had died.

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dock near the yacht club, said Wrightsville Beach Police Chief Daniel House during an Oct. 27 phone interview.

House, who was not on duty during the start of the race, speculated EMS might have been able to respond faster if 911 had been called immediately, although he said it likely would not have made a difference in this situation.

The first caller was unable to identify his exact location but he said the Coast Guard boat was there at the dock where Ackerman was receiving two-man CPR.

The second caller also referred to two people performing CPR at a dock opposite 275 Waynick Blvd., 500 yards south of the Blockade Runner.

“One of our lifeguards from ocean rescue was working for the event and was on the paddle-board and he happened to be the one who saw this guy,” House said. “So it’s not like he didn’t

get the medical attention. It was just that it took so long for the ambulance to actually pull up there. ... There was a breakdown in there somewhere.”

Standby EMS units included an ATV gator at the Blockade Runner Beach Resort, 275 Waynick Blvd., and another full-sized EMS unit located at Seapath Yacht Club, House said in a follow-up phone interview Tuesday, Oct. 28.

The eyewitness is audibly heard on the 911 recording shouting to the Coast Guard asking if a defi-brillator is on board. The caller tells the 911 operator the Coast Guard says, “no.”

Joshua Meek, U.S. Coast Guard, was the first 911 caller reporting “cardiac, not breathing at all.”

Kevin Smith, Carolina Yacht Club manager, confirmed some-one broke down the yacht club door to obtain a defibrillator. House confirmed first responders attempted to revive Ackerman for approximately 30 minutes.

Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue Director Dave Baker said Oct. 29, “Once we were called through the 911 system, we responded as we always do. We

were there within two minutes of the 911 call.”

Baker, who was also not on duty during the event, said WBOR would have had a defibrillator as standard equipment, and the events to locate one at the yacht club were news to him.

Baker’s response time is con-firmed in the 911 event reports. EMS was on site in three minutes and 30 seconds after the first call.

Dick Jones, Wilmington YMCA chief executive officer, said Ackerman was an avid runner. He took up the sport of running at age 50 and completed more than 20 100-mile runs. He also completed a feat known by endurance run-ners as a home run, which is four 100-mile runs in a single season.

In addition to running, Ackerman competed in a swim last month in Georgia to raise money for the Livestrong Foundation.

“He was an amazing athlete,” Jones said during an Oct. 25 phone interview.

Ackerman had a family history of cardiovascular disease. Last spring, he had a stint placed in

his heart. Doctors were impressed with his healthy lifestyle and he had been cleared to resume all physical activity.

“We’re going to debrief and investigate to make sure that all our procedures were followed,” Jones said, “and any improve-ments in our system, but right now we believe everything that could have been done was done.”

More than 14,000 competi-tors have participated in the Beach2Battleship Triathlon over the years, Jones added, and this was the first incident of this nature.

Jones said he spent Saturday afternoon with Ackerman’s wife, who is also an athlete and frequently participated in races alongside her husband.

“This was his first triathlon,” Jones said. “He was excited about participating in it and looking forward to finishing, and even thinking about getting a new bike afterwards. He loved life; he was obviously an active healthy adult, a loving husband and grandfather.”email emmy@luminanews.com

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for office and an advantage over challenger Lindsey McKee Luther, a prosecutor working in the dis-trict attorney’s office since 2007. He said none of the nine judges currently serving the 5th district are from Pender County, adding that his experience practicing in Burgaw equipped him with expe-rience in criminal and civil cases.

“Being in a small town, you do a little bit of everything,” Harrell said.

Luther sees her experience working in the district court room, managing a docket of 250 criminal cases scheduled to be heard and prosecuted on behalf of the state each day, as her big-gest advantage over Harrell.

“I’m responsible for handling every case on that docket,” Luther said. “I have to be familiar with the cases. I have to know the law

in the cases. I have to know to run the courtroom, essentially.”

Harrell said experience in civil and criminal cases is crucial for judges expected to rule on both types of cases in district court.

“She’s a good prosecutor, but that’s where all of her experi-ence lies: the district attorney’s office. There’s a whole world of civil law out there that we handle in district court that she doesn’t have any experience in,” Harrell

said.Luther previously served as

an advocate for abused and neglected children in court as a Guardian ad Litem.

Harrell is the Pender County Guardian ad Litem attorney, and said he also practices a lot of family law through his pri-vate practice, while Luther said she has also prosecuted domestic violence cases during her time as an assistant district attorney.

Harrell described his judicial philosophy as fair, equal and consistent application of the law to every person without passion or prejudice. Luther described her judicial philosophy as gathering all possible information to get to the root of each case. Both candi-dates see the law as flexible when it comes to second chances for people who acted out of charac-ter, or who have initiated efforts to change.

Judge Melinda Crouch is defending her seat against a chal-lenge from Wilmington attorney Charles “Duke” Lineberry. Crouch has served on the bench for seven years.

Both Crouch and Lineberry boast more than 20 years of experience practicing civil and criminal law, especially family law. For six years of her time on the bench, Crouch has served as one of three judges who hear all family court cases in

New Hanover County.Crouch said experience as

a private attorney is helpful, but pointed to a learning curve between making a case as an attorney and making a decision as a judge.

“You have a lot more respon-sibility as a judge. Making sure that the process is fair is really the most important thing, making sure that everyone who appears has notice and opportunity to be heard,” Crouch said.

Crouch described her judicial philosophy as approaching each case with an open mind and knowl-edge of the law, noting that judges should be patient enough to hear all facts of the case or explain the process to people who show up without an attorney.

Fifth Judicial District Court Judges Chad Hogston and James Faison III are running for reelec-tion unopposed.email miriah@luminanews.com

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New Hanover High School min-gling and his friends from church dining.

“I would always see someone I knew,” Rogers said during an Oct. 24 phone interview. “A rela-tive, a cousin.”

Because of the eager, hungry crowds, Rogers said he never lin-gered over his food for very long.

“You would get served right away and then it was almost like if you didn’t eat in a cer-tain amount of time people were going to be sitting on top of

you!” Rogers said.The food most people remem-

ber is the fare served by C.M. Rogers, who took over Middle of the Island in 1988. Rogers described the restaurant as one big family.

“To see the different crowds and all the people that worked for me,” he said. “You had the fisher-men, the college kids, the surfers, the people with second homes, so it was a good mix.”

In 2006 Rogers called it quits, turning over the building to his friend Nathan Sanders. Wrightsville Beach was changing, Rogers said, and it wasn’t the best

environment for a diner anymore. Chain restaurants in shopping cen-ters like Mayfaire Town Center were drawing business away from local spots, Rogers added.

Sanders had a new vision for the property. He designed a mixed-use project that would span five lots with six landscaped areas within the building footprint. The property would contain first-floor commercial units and 10 residen-tial units.

At the time, Sanders called the project one of the most exciting on which he had ever worked. He said the design, which was inspired by the Grand Floridian

Hotel, would mark the entrance to Wrightsville Beach.

After a lengthy process that spanned more than one year, the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen granted the property a conditional-use permit to make allowances for parking, setback and driveway requirements. Residents and town officials seemed supportive of the project.

Soon after Sanders received approval to begin building, the economy crashed. He put the project on hold until the market improved. Not until recently has the economy begun to recover, he said, although it is not yet healthy enough to support the project he had previously planned.

“What might have been the best use for the property then, might not be the best use for it now,” he said during an Oct. 24 phone interview. “The market will determine ulti-mately what goes there.”

With the economy stabilizing, Sanders revealed he is in fact work-ing on a proposition that he should be able to announce by early 2015.

“It would just be a fabulous thing for the beach,” he said.

Not a week goes by that he doesn’t receive a phone call asking him what he plans to do with the property, he added. And inevitably, along with the inquiries come spe-cific requests.

“The question I get is not ‘Can you put a restaurant there,’” Sanders said. “The question is, ‘Can you put Middle of the Island there.’”email emmy@luminanews.com

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motorists making a right turn onto Waynick Boulevard could not see pedestrians crossing the street.

“I’ve seen so many people almost get hit there,” Weeks said.

Owens said vegetation has been removed in that area, helping to improve visibility.

Board members also discussed

the future of the mixed-use properties located in the central business district. Sue Bullock, representing the Wrightsville Beach Chamber of Commerce, addressed board members’ con-cerning the future of the district in the event of a catastrophic occurence.

“There are many issues that could face us with that down-town area if we’re not proactive,” Bulluck said. “We’re not ready

as a town to act on the request of the people who own those buildings. ... If you really look at those conditional-use permits and how they all exist you will find a mish-mash of parking require-ments and building materials.”

Bullock suggested a committee be formed, made up of residents, planning board members, alder-men and business owners to develop a master plan for the downtown district.

Fishing off the public docks at Wynn Plaza was an issue brought to aldermen’s attention by plan-ning board members. Owens pointed out there were compet-ing interests at the docks, with people trying to fish and others attempting to dock their boats to visit town businesses.

Mayor Bill Blair asked the plan-ning board to look carefully at the issue and come up with a solu-tion that was, most importantly,

consistent town-wide.Board members once again

addressed FEMA’s preliminary flood zone maps, proceeding cau-tiously in what Owens referred to as phase one of appealing the maps.

“I’ve talked with some people in Maine and Massachusetts who have actually appealed these flood zone maps,” Owens said. “I’d like you guys to consider just sending out this RFP . . . just to see if we have an appeal here.”

Owens said he should receive the RFP (request for proposals) by Nov. 24 and by December have recommendations. The ini-tial phases of challenging FEMA’s data and appealing the maps would cost around $15,000, Owens said.

“$15,000 could be one resident’s savings if they went from VE to AE,” Weeks pointed out.

The board voted unanimously to send out the RFP.email emmy@luminanews.com

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Some of the most common responses to those topics included balancing the human impacts on the island with the pristine ani-mal habitats, assessing the effects of sea level rise, increasing the public awareness of the coastal reserve and its programs and maintaining free and open use for recreational purposes.

Masonboro.org President Richard Johnson said making sure the coastal reserve supports a commitment to public recre-ation on the island was a topic he wanted to stress.

“We have a great relationship with the coastal reserve and we feel like we have some justified concerns about how some of the language may be less supportive of public recreation,” Johnson

said. “Plus the language [about public recreation] in the manage-ment plan has gotten more and more watered down.”

Hope Sutton, coastal reserve stewardship coordinator and southern sites manager, said she was pleased with the turnout for Monday’s public input meeting and the level of public engage-ment was expected.

“That is one thing about Masonboro, you never have to be concerned that there are not people who care,” Sutton said. “It is a better place to be than some of our other sites where we have a challenge rallying interest; we never have that problem here.”

Many of the same concerns about Masonboro’s current and future management were also expressed in the Masonboro Island Local Advisory Committee meeting the following day where

Ellis posed similar questions. Much of the conversation

around the current and future management of the island revolved around two main ideas: continuing stewardship of the island as a living research laboratory for coastal systems and species as well as a public recreation area, and developing better public understanding of the coastal reserve and its programs.

When posed the question of what single activity was the most important for the coastal reserve to continue the next five years, the LAC members’ responses included research, stewardship, management and promotion of the island, the system-wide monitoring program, promot-ing responsible public use of the island, and balancing research, education and recreation.

In response to the question of

what issue the Masonboro coastal reserve was most uniquely posi-tioned to address, most of the responses centered on using the uninhabited barrier island’s pristine habitats and coastline to study bird and turtle species of concern, human impacts on a barrier island and the effects of coastal system concerns like sea level rise, erosion and the effects of terminal groins.

Sutton said all of the prelimi-nary suggestions and findings from the meetings would help address some of the broad topi-cal areas addressed in the plan.

Ellis said the draft coastal reserve management plan would be presented during a pubic meet-ing in fall 2015 and available for comment. email cole@luminanews.com

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Lumina News file photo

A live auction was conducted at Middle of the Island restaurant by Wester Auction and Realty Nov. 15, 2006.

Left to right: Kent Harrell, Lindsey MkKee Luther, Melinda Crouch, Charles “Duke” Lineberry

“We’re going to debrief and investigate to make sure that all our procedures were followed.”

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By Miriah HamrickStaff Writer

The Wrightsville Beach School PTA is planning an evening of family fun with food, books and live music to kick off the 2014 fall book fair.

Book fair committee chair Lori Kilbourne said the book fair is always successful, with kids lined up at the door when the fair opens on the first day, but this year, the committee wanted to invite families to share the experience.

Kilbourne partnered with social committee chair Lynn Hildreth to create a memorable experience around books and reading.

“It’s so important for the kids to have an appreciation of reading, to love to read. These are things they’ll remember,” Hildreth said.

Food trucks will set up outside the school from 5-8 p.m. Nov. 4,

the first day of the book fair. The committee picked food vendors to suit a variety of tastes: the Catch food truck for vegetarian and sea-food options, Poor Piggy’s food truck for picky young eaters, plus Trolly Stop as a crowd-pleaser. So Sweet Chocolates will offer hand-made dolphin-shaped chocolate,

flavored coffee and hot chocolate for dessert.

By providing dinner, Hildreth hopes to make it easier for fami-lies to attend.

“A lot of the parents see it as a way to escape. Obviously it’s a busy time of the year. This is a nice opportunity for families to be able to slow down and say, ‘Okay, we know dinner is taken care of,’” Hildreth said.

Cornhole and other outdoor games will be set up and school music teacher David Dimuro will perform live music.

The book fair will open to stu-dents at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 4 and remain open through Nov. 7. All classes will visit the book fair and create a wish list to take home during the Nov. 4 school day.

The public is invited to attend the Book & Dine. If the event is successful, Kilbourne said the committees will likely collabo-rate again to plan a similar event during the spring book sale, ten-tatively scheduled for April.

Profits from the biannual book sale are used to buy more books for the school library and resources for teach-ers. An online book fair is also available Oct. 30 through Nov. 12 at www.bookfairs. scholastic.com/homepage/wrightsvillebeachelemsch1email miriah@luminanews.com

COmmuniTY news

For the recordQuestion and photographs by Miriah Hamrick

Clocks fall back one hour to standard time Nov. 2. Are you looking forward to the end of Daylight Saving Time?

Chris Benson Raleigh, N.C.

“Not really. The thing I don’t like is how short the days are. When I go into work, it’s dark, and when I come out of

work, it’s dark.”

Crystal Henry Charlotte, N.C.

“No, it’s dark for longer periods of time each day.”

Meghan Oldis Charlotte, N.C.

“I’m not looking forward to it getting dark so early.”

Cara Catalfumo Charlotte, N.C.

“I don’t love that it gets dark early, but it reminds me that the holidays are com-ing and I’m really excited about that.”

Eugene Stein Fayetteville, N.C.

“I’m looking forward to the extra hour of sleep.”

Tour four and toast a landmark during preservation celebration finale

Night of family at WBS book fair

By Marimar McNaughtonStaff Writer

C e l e b r a t e d s t a t e w i d e , Preservation North Carolina’s 75th anniversary culminates in Wrightsville Beach with a nod to the 50th birthday of the Blockade Runner Beach Resort, Sunday, Nov. 9. The afternoon begins with a buffet-style lunch served from noon-2 p.m. offering tour goers a chance to meet up or min-gle while exploring the Blockade Runner’s recently renovated Mid-Century Modern lobby. The self-paced tour of homes begins at 1 p.m. Each address is within walking distance of the landmark hotel at 275 Waynick Blvd.

Four historic beach cottages — the Fishblate-Bellamy Cottage, the Davis-Smith Cottage, the MacRae Cottage and the resort’s own vacation cottage — will open for a leisurely walk through attended by volunteer docents.

Located in the 300 block of South Lumina Avenue are the

MacRae Cottage, owned by Hugh and Bambi MacRae; and the Fishblate-Bellamy Cottage, owned by Lillian Bellamy Boney. The Fishblate-Bellamy Cottage dates to 1890, making it one of the oldest developed properties on Wrightsville Beach. Built for Solomon H. Fishblate, mayor of Wilmington from 1878-1898, the home was purchased by John D. Bellamy in 1950. The central structure was destroyed in 1954 during Hurricane Hazel, leaving a detached kitchen and a pair of servants’ quarters that now comprise this unique com-plex featuring many architectural details featured in “Historic Architecture of New Hanover County North Carolina,” pub-lished in 1986.

To the north of the Blockade Runner, in the 200 block of South Lumina Avenue, the Davis-Landis Cottage is the summer home of Ginny Anne Landis Smith. Built in 1925 by Holmes Davis, the home was later

occupied by the Johnston family who ran a tea room there. Stacked oceanfront porches are an archi-tectural feature of this cottage purchased in 1965 by members of the Landis family, who trace their roots to the Landis Hotel. At the time of purchase, the cot-tage was furnished with authentic rattan and wicker pieces still in use today.

Immediately next door to the Davis-Landis Cottage is the Blockade Runner’s Cottage, a circa 1930s guest home boast-ing 13 bedrooms and nine baths. Interior features include the generously proportioned central staircase and second level mez-zanine. Exterior porches frame splendid views of the Atlantic Ocean and Banks Channel.

The Bellamy Mansion Museum is hosting the event with tour partners, the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History and the Blockade Runner Beach Resort. Reservations are $35 and can be made by calling 910-251-2700.

reservations and call ahead seating

(910) 256-4646100 south lumina ave, wrightsville Beachwww.southbeachgrillwb.com

• “Local’s Lunch” special all week $7.95, includes a beverage!!!

• Tuesdays all bottles of wine are half price.

• Wednesdays its BaCK !!! half price Crab nachos & Draft Beer

• Thursdays and Sundays “sunset starters” all appetizers are half off from 5-7pm.

Gorgeous sunsets over Banks Channel no charge

Casual Dining . . . Serious Foodcelebrating 17 years of

“A lot of the parents see it as a way to escape.”

The Harbor Island Garden Club named the Winslow home on Atlanta Street as the October Yard of the Month. ~ Cole Dittimer

higc Yard oF the month

Staff photo by Allison Potter

Tour the Fishblate-Bellamy Cottage at 315 S. Lumina Ave. Sunday, Nov. 9, during Preservation North Carolina’s 75th anniversary celebration.

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Bringing the Beach together

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w h a t ’ s C o m i n g D o w n t h e p i p e l i n e t h i s w e e K e n D ?

A Play by One’s Peers“twelve angry Men”Thalian Hall Studio TheatreThursday, Oct. 30 to Sunday, Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m., 3 p.m.

Reginald Rose’s “Twelve Angry Men” tells the story of a jury considering the verdict in a murder trial. A guilty verdict appears imminent except for a lone dissenting voice — one juror who sows the seeds of doubt. Contact the box office at 910-632-2285 to reserve tickets, $15-$25.

Change Gonna Cometechmoja dance and theater co.cameron art MuseumSunday, Nov. 2, 3-4 p.m.

A dance, spoken word and music performance art piece commemorates the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act. The performers will be surrounded by the CAM’s exhibition, “School Pride: the Eastern N.C. Story.” Tickets are $5-$10. Visit www.cameronartmuseum.org for details.

Big Writers On Campusuncw’s writers weekUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonMonday, Nov. 3 - Friday, Nov. 7

Creative writing-oriented panel discussions, read-ings, workshops and meet-and-greets are led by keynote guest Kathryn Miles, award-winning jour-nalist and author. Joining her are visiting writers Chantel Acevedo, Belle Boggs and Brock Clarke, among others. Admission is free. For more infor-mation visit www.uncw.edu/writers /wwschedule.html

Good Tunes Risinga tribute to creedence clearwater revivalOdell Williamson Auditorium, Brunswick Community CollegeThursday, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Hear Randy Linder and his band rock CCR’s greatest hits from 1968 to 1972, as well as some of lead singer John Fogarty’s solo hits, like “Fortunate Son,” “Proud Mary” and “Bad Moon Rising.” Visit www.randylinder.com or call 910-755-7416. Tickets may be purchased online at www.etix.com for $10-$29.

It was 9:30 p.m. Oct. 25. Adrenaline fueled Laura Hull as she placed one foot in front of the other and made her way down Water Street. The blackness of the Cape Fear River was to her left, the glow of the finish line was in front of her, and 140 miles were behind her.

Although the race began at 7:30 a.m., when she splashed into Wrightsville Beach’s Banks Channel alongside almost 600 competitors in the PPD Beach2Battleship Ironman Triathlon, her real iron journey began much earlier.

Hull was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at age 24.“It’s humiliating,” she said. “It has many side effects but the worst is that you lose bowel

control … so I had to lead a really restricted life. Even riding in the car with friends, you don’t know if you might need to pull over all of a sudden. … It robs you of so much.”

Hull participated in clinical trials with PPD to test new medications, but surgery was required to completely eradicate the illness from her body. At age 39, after 15 years of battling ulcerative colitis, Hull had her large intestine removed.

At age 50, after her youngest child went to college, she found herself suddenly searching for a new goal in life. She decided to take a beginner’s course in training for a triathlon. After completing the course, she entered a super-sprint triathlon, consisting of a 250-meter swim, a 5-mile bike ride and a 1.25-mile run.

She was hooked.“It’s kind of sneaky, because there are four different levels of triathlons,” she said. “So

you go, ‘If I can do a sprint, let me try and enter a national distance.’ And after that, I still didn’t know what my body could do, so five years later here I am.”

She was grateful, however, that her quest to conquer the longest triathlon would end with the Ironman distance.

“If there’s another longer one, like I don’t know, a double Ironman, I hope I don’t hear about it!” she said.

Hull said her first Ironman got off to an ideal start, with a stiff current pushing her through the 2.4-mile swim much faster than she anticipated.

“I had my watch set to vibrate on my wrist every half mile, because it just encourages me,” she said. “And my watch just kept buzzing and I was thinking, is my watch broken?”

She climbed out of the water at Seapath Yacht Club and ran to Wrightsville Beach Park to retrieve her bicycle. She donned her purple PPD jersey as one of 15 PPD Heroes, com-petitors participating in the race to raise awareness for the importance of clinical trials.

“The bike ride was wonderful,” Hull said. “There was no headwind, so you got to just speed along I-40. You know, the way to irritate grown men is to have a 55-year-old woman on a little bike pass them.”

After finishing the 112-mile bike ride, Hull still had a 26.2-mile marathon to run, a distance she had never before attempted. The course looped twice through downtown Wilmington, meaning competitors would pass by the finish line as they were beginning the second loop.

“I thought I would like that, because it kind of divides the course into equal segments, but for some reason it really mentally messed with [me],” Hull said. “[I was] taunted by the finish line.”

Passing by the finish line also took her by groups of cheering friends and family, however,

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which brought her emotions to the surface and gave her energy to continue on.“I just started crying and said, ‘I need hugs!’ because it was just starting to get really

hard,” she said. “It’s a very emotional thing when you’re pushing your body beyond the limits of what you think you can do.”

Nearly 14 hours had passed since Hull jumped into the water to begin the race, and yet she drew on the endurance to keep placing one foot in front of the other; endurance she learned through years of fighting her painful illness.

“I think anyone who deals with a long-term disease, you have days when you just have to mentally make it through the day or the treatment or whatever,” she said. “I believe in a strange way that was training ground for what I’m doing now. ... That endurance has been used to discover a sport that I love. … Out of pain came joy.”

Shortly after 9:30 p.m., Hull neared the end of the race, spurred on by cheering specta-tors. Friends and family met her as she ran across the finish line. And although she was the last PPD Hero to finish the race, almost all of the others were standing there as well, waiting for her.

In crossing the finish line, Hull became an Ironman, a goal not even conceivable during her 15 years of illness.

“There’s rarely a day when I’m exercising or training that I don’t remember when I was too weak to do anything. This is a gift. … It’s like having a second chance at life. I did this to delight in the fact that I’m healthy.”email emmy@luminanews.com

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Dancing into Cucalorus’ 20th yearBy Cole Dittmer Staff Writer

The lines between dance and film will blur Wednesday, Nov. 12, when the annual Cucalorus Film Festival kicks off its 20th year with the eighth installation of Dance-a-lorus at 7 p.m., at the Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts.

Cucalorus director Dan Brawley said Dance-a-lorus has grown into a unique event with the help of a partnership between

his organization, The Dance Cooperative and New York’s Dance Films Associated.

“We have a core group of cho-reographers and artists who have really built Dance-a-lorus into a cherished tradition,” Brawley said. “As we went through this year’s process, I thought a lot about what that meant to watch a program grow from the ground up. Really it is all due to the fact that there are a hefty number of choreographers in Wilmington who dedicate a good part of their

Local poet to read reflections of VermeerBy Pam CreechContributing Writer

A poet, storyteller and painter since fourth grade, Michael White’s love for writing and visual art led him to pen his newest poetry book about the artwork of 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. White will read from “Vermeer in Hell” Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. in the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Kenan Hall, room 1111.

White’s research for “Vermeer in Hell” spanned 10 years and involved expansive travel, he explained.

“I traveled around the world looking at Vermeer paintings,” White said. “Each chap-ter title has the name of a city — Hague, Amsterdam.”

It was in Amsterdam where White discovered his interest in Vermeer paintings.

“It was an impulse trip,” he explained. “I was just trying to get out of Wilmington for a week-end. I had some frequent flyer miles saved up.”

The paintings White saw in Amsterdam inspired him to take more solo trips to view more of Vermeer’s work. “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window,” which is on display in Dresden, Germany, had a particularly strong impact.

“It’s one of the most beautiful paintings I’ve ever seen,” White said.

White was intrigued that such an exquisite painting is displayed in downtown Dresden, which was heavily bombed by British Royal and United States Army air forces during a WWII air raid. His intent became an exploration of the

evil and placidity within life and human nature. The book’s final poem, which takes place during the infamous air attack on Dresden, particularly reflects this idea.

“That was a breakthrough poem for me,” White said. “Any full expression of human life has to include both sides. It has to include our darkest, as well as our brightest sides. We do horrible things to each other, but we are often capable of serene reflection.”

White also said the poem is a reflection of writ-ings by Victor Klemperer, a German of Jewish heritage who experienced the raid first-hand.

“He had received his papers to Auschwitz that morning,” White said. “Oddly enough, the bombing of Dresden was the best thing and the worst thing that ever happened to him.”

The air raid allowed Klemperer and his wife to flee the country and avoid being sent to a concentration camp.

White compares his book to Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, “Eat, Pray, Love.”

“Instead of eating pizza in Italy, I looked at art in Amsterdam. I spent hours standing in muse-ums and I was completely happy,” he said.

White is chair of the creative writing depart-ment at UNCW. His work has been published in the Kenyon Review, the Florida Review, the Missouri Review, Image Journal, Memorious and the Journal. White has received the Colorado Prize for Poetry (1998), the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry (2005) and the Florida Review Editor’s Prize Competition in Poetry (2010). He won the 2013 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Prize for “Vermeer in Hell.”

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Dance-a-lorus, a collaboration of dance and film, will kick off the Cucalorus Film Festival Wednesday, Nov. 12.

year for this performance.”The Dance-a-lorus lineup

includes nine performances total, from both local and New York City-based choreographers.

Brawley said the performances would span all genres of dance performance.

“There is a nice mix — every-thing from really entertaining, high-energy fun stuff to some somber, thoughtful pieces and even some stuff that is really experimental in terms of how they are using technology,” he said. “There is not a common theme and that is how we pro-grammed it. We are looking to represent different styles and dif-ferent artistic voices.”

Choreographers to be featured

include Mirla Criste, Linda Ann Web, Phillip McGee and James Devita, Kevin Lee-y Green and more.

Dance-a-lorus has steadily grown each year since its incep-tion in 2007 and its popularity is reflected in more dance-themed programming in Cucalorus itself. Instead of one block of short films about dance, this year’s festival will include two blocks and more feature films focused on dance.

“It is a real gift for Cucalorus and the Wilmington community, and one of the great things about it is now Dance-a-lorus has a rep-utation that is expanding so there are dance groups from other cit-ies who are applying to be part

of it now,” Brawley said. “It has helped us expand our program-ming around dance so we will have a nice selection of dance workshops this year.”

Brawley said he could not think of a better way to kick off the fes-tival’s 20th anniversary.

“I don’t think any of us would have dreamed that it would become such a pivotal event for the film festival and for Wilmington,” he said. “Artists from all disciplines are experi-menting with film and the possibilities that are presented by the moving image are pushing them to take risks and experi-ment, and that is at the core of what Cucalorus does.”email cole@luminanews.com

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Food day a feast for all at uncw By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer

Feast Down East and the University of North Carolina Wilmington celebrated national Food Day 2014 with plenty of kale tastings, local chef battles, and information about sustain-able agriculture and eating local Friday, Oct. 24.

During the sustainable food fair and food drive Friday after-noon, community members and students visited the various infor-mation booths stationed around UNCW’s amphitheater, witness-ing and smelling the preparation of locally sourced produce.

UNCW campus dining chef Cory Webb was hard at work cre-ating creamy tomato bisque with kale, sweet potato and basil on an outdoor burner while another UNCW chef prepared an autumn squash bisque.

At a table in the middle of the

amphitheater, competitors sat down in front of bowls of freshly cooked local kale to see who could devour the leafy greens the fastest. The kale-eating competi-tion was won by UNCW senior public health studies major Steven Kuzmenco, a repeat kale-eating contest winner from last year’s Food Day celebration.

He said the secret was a healthy portion of kale in his everyday diet.

“It is amazing because it is so cheap and healthy,” Kuzmenco said. “I practice what I preach and I am all about eating healthy and local.”

N e w H a n o v e r C o u n t y Commissioner Beth Dawson was nearby observing the contest.

“I am glad to see so many com-munity members participating, from college students to retirees,” Dawson said. “There are a tre-mendous amount of opportunities around local and sustainable food

in our community for people to get involved.”

One of the opportunities on dis-play during the Food Day fair was the Cape Fear Crop Mob. The mob consists of a fluid group of individuals who care about small farms, sustainable agriculture and local produce who come together for projects on local farms.

“We are a loose-knit group of people that gets together and helps a small, local farmer with a project that needs to get done,” said crop mob organizer Chris Dean. “We provide the net-working for anyone interested in helping out and the farmer will direct us from there about what needs to be done.”

The goal of the Cape Fear Crop Mob mirrored the goal of Food Day, with a series of dis-cussions, films and presentations focused around connecting the community to local farmers and vice-versa.

Justin Bradley, AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service for America member and Feast Down East coordinator, said the event effectively gathered com-munity support for the local food system.

“What we are trying to do here is educate the public about the importance of supporting the local food systems,” Bradley said. “We work with a lot of limited-resource farmers in North Carolina and are trying to connect them with communities to help support the local farmers and the communities that lack resources like fresh and healthy foods.”email cole@luminanews.com

Performance Club kids share stage, spotlightBy Jacob MohrIntern

The Performance Club Studio Theater for Young Actors will soon present its next evening of Children’s Theater in the Park, bring-ing Dorothy, the Scarecrow and other well-loved characters to the Wrightsville Beach Park Amphitheater.

Performance Club’s Oct. 30 production will be an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz,” a show director LJ Woodard said lends itself to a younger cast.

“This version allows for a cast of about 45, so everybody gets a moment to shine,” Woodard said. “There’s a couple of Dorothys, a whole lot of munchkins, more than one Lion, more than one Scarecrow, etc. I think the kids could do it without a script — it’s very popular.”

Performance Club produces two to three plays each year, with past productions ranging from “Finding Nemo” to “Peter Pan” and “Romeo and Juliet.” Club sessions take place once per week, and start slowly to create a pressure-free environment.

During Performance Club meetings, children ages 5 through 13 learn the basics of stage performance, including singing, stage directions and improvisation. Woodard divides her pupils into two groups based on age — or more accurately, on reading level.

“I start them up with a warm-up game to get the blood moving,” Woodard said. “Because it’s October and Halloween, I usually teach them the ‘Thriller’ dance. Improv and acting games teach them act-ing skills and give them confidence and teach them how to find their characters, find that emotion.”

Rehearsal takes up the second half of each meeting. “We go through the script scene-by-scene,” Woodard said. “We

do blocking, we do entrances, we do cues, choreography, you name it. And at the end we do a sort of meet-and-greet, because everybody likes to share what they’ve been doing on the weekend. Kids like to express themselves.”

Woodard said she based her concept for Performance Club on her own experiences in the field. A Screen Actors Guild-accredited actress, Woodard has appeared on “One Tree Hill,” “Shades of Pink” and “Silk Stalkings,” as well as played the lead in stage productions like “Nuts” and “9 Lives.”

“I think about my experience growing up and doing theater and dance and music, and I know it’s intimidating and frightening to step into this world,” Woodard said. “Everybody’s had a teacher that told you that you weren’t good enough. I’m trying to create a positive environment.”

Woodard said her ultimate goal is to provide kids with a positive first theater experience.

“I have very clear rules for Performance Club,” Woodard said. “Listen to your director: that’s basic. Rule two is be positive. This creates a safe environment without judgment. Rule three is keep your hands to yourself, and rule four is have fun.”

“The Wizard of Oz” will be performed at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 at the Wrightsville Beach Park Amphitheater. Admission is free. For more details, visit www.performanceclubkids.com

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John Bunting, Al Oliver and 42 other celebrities will play a friendly round of golf on Landfall’s Pete Dye Golf Course Nov. 9 for the 12th Willie Stargell

Celebrity Golf Tournament.The three-day event serves to

honor the late Pittsburgh Pirate from whom the tournament derives its name while raising money to fight kidney disease.

T o u r n a m e n t p r e s i d e n t Margaret Stargell said the tour-nament keeps her late husband’s legacy alive.

“The decision was made after my husband passed away in 2001 from kidney disease, we wanted to do something to keep his legacy alive,” Stargell said during an Oct. 24 phone interview.

Although the weekend will culminate in a golf tournament on Sunday, there will be sev-eral opportunities throughout the weekend for members of the pub-lic to meet and mingle with the celebrities.

Friday, Nov. 7, many of the celebrities will visit the Willie Stargell Kidney Dialysis Unit at New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) to spend time with patients undergoing three- and four-hour dialysis treatments.

“The patients really like the time that our celebrity guests spend with them time and time again,” Stargell said. “The big-gest purpose is to allow the celebrity guests to see what the money raised is going to do.”

Stargell said a large part of funds raised from the event would likely go to support the Willie Stargell Dialysis Unit at NHRMC, which already has state-of-the-art dialysis machines. Money will also be used to bring medical trans-plant teams from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Duke Medical Center to NHRMC to save those patients travel expenses and time.

Saturday from 9-10 a.m. the celebrities will sign autographs at the new Dick’s Sporting Goods location in Mayfaire Town Center. The event is free and open to the public. Event director Michelle Hackman said the autograph signing was moved to Dick’s this year to accommodate the large crowds the event draws.

“We’re changing it up by doing it at Dick’s because it’s larger,” Hackman said during an Oct. 24 phone interview. “Where all the running gear is in the store, we’ll have our Olympic runners and over by the football and baseball stuff we’ll have our football and baseball celebrities.”

Saturday evening is a din-ner, auction and dance held at the Country Club of Landfall. Hackman said tickets for the evening sold out faster than ever before.

In addition to the generous community support, Hackman said for 2014 they also reached the maximum number of celebri-ties allowed in the tournament.

Margaret Stargell said many of the celebrity guests are former teammates of her late husband.

“They want to come continue to honor him and remember him because he was truly a remark-able human being,” she said.

For more information visit www.williestargellfoundation.orgemail emmy@luminanews.com

By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer

“It’s about time,” thought com-petitors and event organizers of the Landfall Tradition golf tour-nament throughout the weekend of nearly 80-degree sunny conditions.

In the recent past, the annual women’s collegiate golf tourna-ment has played in a variety of less-than-favorable conditions, including frosty temperatures and Superstorm Sandy.

“I thought it was an incred-ible weekend, not only with the weather, which really lent itself to favorable scoring, but a lot of people coming out to watch,” said Cindy Ho, University of North Carolina Wilmington head golf coach. “It was perfect and prob-ably one of the best weekends we have had in the 13 years of the tournament.”

The Wake Forest women’s golf team’s play was as consistent as the weather. The team shot a com-bined final score of even par for the whole tournament to win the school’s third Landfall Tradition tournament. The University of Alabama, 2013 Landfall Tradition champions, finished second with a final total team score +4. The University of Notre Dame and the University of South Carolina tied for third place at +7.

After the first day of competi-tion Friday, Oct. 24, Alabama head coach Mic Potter said he was happy his team was in contention and he is always happy to come to a tournament at Landfall’s Dye Course.

“The course is there for you today; you can shoot some low scores,” Potter said. “We told the tournament organizers that when-ever it is on this course we are probably going to come because

we love the course, we love Wilmington and the best national championship we have ever been to was here.”

Landfall Tradition tournament co-chair Tim Meeker said the atmosphere around the tourna-ment is what makes it special and allows it to draw such a strong field every year.

“You talk to the teams and they will tell you this is one of the best, if not the best tourna-ment they go to in the country,” Meeker said. “A lot of it is the course but a lot of it is we have had a great volunteer base … and the spectators they get out here. Coaches say that is one of the things that makes the young ladies feel like they are really in a pro tour event.”

Host team UNCW finished the tournament 16th but Ho said her team gained some needed con-fidence after rebounding from a

rough start on day one. “I chose to play with Alabama

on purpose because they were the 2012 national champions and I wanted them to feel what it was like to play with a national champion,” Ho said. “That first day we played a little scared and did not handle the pressure and execute as well as I knew we are able to. But the second day I just had to tell them to own their con-fidence and their game, and they had to believe they belong in that setting.”

In addition to the invaluable experience of playing against many of the top-ranked women’s golf teams in the country, the Landfall Tradition also serves the UNCW team by contributing to its funding every year. Since the inaugural event, the tournament has raised more than $250,000 for the UNCW golf program. email cole@luminanews.com

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It is hard to believe that we are already about to round out the month of October. Warm days along with a couple of record high temperatures meshed with sunny skies have been the norm for the past cou-ple of weeks, contributing to the spectacular fishing anglers have been enjoying.

Water temperatures are still reading in the lower 70s, giv-ing yet another contribution to the fishermen’s success. But that’s all about to change. The weekend is calling for the chilliest weather yet this fall, with highs only reaching into the 50s and lows dipping down into the 30s. No doubt this will have a significant impact on our fishing, but we cannot really complain as we are arriving into the month of November.

King mackerel fishing has been nothing short of fantastic this fall and anglers are talking about the large numbers of fish that haven’t been seen in local waters like this for a number of years now. As of early this week, the fish were loaded up in the 10-mile range with a few fish still being found closer to the beach. Live and dead baits slow trolled are both getting attention from the kings and a lot of the fish are hefty speci-mens, weighing in the mid 20s. For pier anglers, there’s still hope, with a couple of fish caught last week. But after the end of October, targeting these fish will more than likely be from boat only. Spanish mack-erel are also still being caught by anglers trolling Clark Spoons, but with much fewer

numbers than in recent weeks. These too will more than likely disappear in the coming days.

Pier and surf anglers fishing for bottom fish are finding plenty of Virginia mullet in the sloughs on fresh shrimp and sand fleas. While most of the fish are weighing less than 1 pound, good pan size, the larger fish should start show-ing about any time. Spots are being caught locally, mainly at night, but beaches to our north and south are having more luck. Red drum are also being caught from the surf and some drum have been much larger than those seen in recent years. Fish up to about 30 pounds have been a common occurrence for those targeting them and also by-catch by those fishing live bait for king mackerel.

A quick side note on over-slot fish: Landing it and then taking it somewhere to be weighed is technically being in possession of an illegal fish, even if the intent is to release it. Even though they seem like tanks, these fish are fragile and can’t stand being kept out of the water for minutes on end. The best practice is to catch the fish and remove the hooks, if you can do so without causing damage, take a quick picture if you wish and immediately release the fish, preferably reviving it gently prior to it swimming away. Anything other than this causes undue stress on the fish, and its chances for mortality increase with every minute it’s out of the water.

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LS3P Associates stole the spotlight during the 2014 AIA Wilmington Architectural Design Awards, when two of the firm’s projects were selected as award winners.

A jury of architects from the AIA Chesapeake Bay Chapter in Maryland consid-ered a pool of eight submissions and selected two standouts. Brenden Frederick, president-elect of the Chesapeake chapter, said the jury felt compelled to recognize two winners because the projects were successful in different ways.

The jury selected the renovation and expansion of the IKA Works North American Headquarters, located in the NorthChase Industrial Park, as the honor award recipient. Frederick praised the building for its wow factor. He said the jury was impressed by the continuity of the building’s sleek, modern aesthetic, from the updated two-story façade in which the building seems to float on top of floor-to-ceiling glass to light fixtures and furniture choices.

“They felt like everything in that project was the complete package,” Frederick said.

Danny Adams, associate principal at LS3P Associates and president of AIA Wilmington, served as lead architect for the IKA Works proj-ect. He said it was important to the client to create a space that left visitors with a clear impression of the company’s corporate culture, since the build-ing serves as headquarters for all North American operations.

“It really had to reinforce their brand and estab-lish their identity,” Adams said. “They are focused on functionality and efficiency and I think that sort of modern, minimalistic aesthetic reinforces that.”

The design relied on clean lines and a crisp German aesthetic to update the façade of the business’s nondescript industrial space, add a showroom to showcase the company’s line of laboratory and industrial processing equipment, and vamp up administrative spaces using pops of color and plenty of natural light.

IKA Works managing director Refika Bilgic said employees have benefited from the build-ing’s transformation from dark and cluttered to a work space that inspires pride and productivity.

“It worked for its purpose, for what we needed to do, but with the new building and the renovated space, our employees feel very proud,” Bilgic said.

The project snagged an AIA North Carolina honor award earlier in October. Adams called the project a rare opportunity in which all the cards were stacked for success.

“This was one of those great projects. It had a great owner, a great contractor, a great story to tell and that resulted in a great design,” Adams said.

LS3P got the job in spring 2011 and kicked

off the design process with a trip to Germany to see and experience the company’s main head-quarters. Construction of the 16,500-square-foot addition began one year later, with work phased to minimize interruptions to the company’s manu-facturing and assembly operations.

Construction wrapped up in 2014 but some spaces are still coming together, including interior finishes for the showroom, so clients are not yet stopping by to test products. Bilgic said the new building is already helping the company estab-lish a stronger American presence as a symbol of contemporary European design in Wilmington.

The merit award winner also excelled at cap-turing a sense of place in a company’s built environment, although on a much smaller scale. An LS3P design team led by architect Taylor Simms designed the SECU Hospice House of Brunswick in Bolivia, N.C., to channel Brunswick County’s agricultural heritage and coastal culture, creating a comfortable but elegant place for end-of-life care.

At first, the two con-cepts seemed to be at odds, but as Simms worked with a group of stakeholders from the Lower Cape Fear Hospice to develop plans and priori-ties for the project, a vision emerged for a rustic, barn-like building with land-scaping and outdoor features evocative of the beach.

Simms said the project felt success-ful after community members, many of whom donated money and land, welcomed the building as an expression of home.

“It’s amazing the people that came out of the woodwork, to have all these people who really cared,” Simms said. “They seem like they’re really proud of that building.”

Frederick said the jury was impressed with the cultural expression of the building, and sensing that a lot was done with fewer resources, wanted to recognize the effort.

“Usually it’s the flashier projects that win, so it was nice that the jury recognized it,” Simms said.email miriah@luminanews.com

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Designs capture culture and accolades

Top and left: The IKA Works North American Headquarters in NorthChase Industrial Park was renovated and expanded in two phases from 2012 to 2014. An LS3P Associates design team led by Danny Adams applied a clean, minimalistic German aesthetic to update the building’s façade, uplift administrative spaces, and add a showroom for the client’s products. The project won AIA Wilmington and AIA North Carolina honor awards in October. Bottom: Exterior and interior before renovation.

Supplied photo by Walt Dowdy

Supplied photo by Walt Dowdy

Supplied photos courtesy of LS3P Associates

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Alternative investments: one way to manage investment riskProvided by RBC Wealth Management and Dave Dupont

Looking for a way to manage portfo-lio risk? Alternative investments may be a good choice.

An alternative investment is loosely defined as an investment in something other than publicly traded, long-only stocks, bonds or cash. Alternative investments are typically used to enhance the risk-adjusted return of a portfolio that can be achieved through diversifying the portfolio across strat-egies that maintain low correlation to equity and bond markets; depending on a client’s risk profile this could also be achieved through return-enhancing strategies.

The alternative investment world is primarily made up of three buckets: hedge funds, private equity and real assets.

This type of investment shares typical characteristics. Every investment has its own share of risk and alternative investments are no exception. But some of the common risk factors include:

• Higher fees

• Diverse investment structure from registered mutual funds to less regulated structures such as limited partnerships

• Valuation risk — the value of the investment will fluctuate

• Leverage risk — leverage can cut both ways; in a good year it can enhance returns but it can also magnify losses

• Illiquidity risk — getting capital back is driven by the terms of the structure in which you have invested

Because of these characteristics, due diligence is required before buying alternative investments.

Alternative investments as part of a portfolioDuring the 2008 stock market plunge, many investors watched

the value of their securities decline and their overall portfo-lio value shrink. A way to hedge against this is through asset diversification.

There are a number of ways investors can diversify a port-folio. Risk can be reduced by owning stocks from different sectors, bonds from different issuers with different credit rat-ings and maturities, or a variety of both equity and fixed income investments.

Adding alternative investments to a portfolio is another way investors could reduce risk exposure. These investments are known as “non-correlated asset classes” meaning they are less likely to suffer the ups and downs of the stock, bond and cash markets. By losing less value as compared to a volatile bench-mark, an investment may recover faster and grow more quickly even if the growth rate is lower.

Another option for investors may be investing in a mutual fund that holds alternative investments. This provides diver-sification as well as the professional management associated with any mutual fund.

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Practice over profitsBy Miriah HamrickStaff Writer

Businesses go green for many reasons: to set an example or secure a competitive edge against other businesses; to attract and retain new customers; to save on energy costs.

SurfBerry owner Rick Civelli’s motivation is simple. He sees it as the right thing to do.

“If I’m going to be in business, we’re going to do everything the right way, the way that’s good for both the environment and the local community,” Civelli said. “We’re going to put our practice over our profits.”

Civelli tries to reduce, reuse and recycle as much as possible. SurfBerry just launched a bottle return system for cold-pressed juices this month, in which all juices are bottled in-house in glass bottles. When a customer buys a juice and returns the bottle, he or she receives a 25-cent credit toward another juice.

All SurfBerry treats are served in biodegradable cups with bio-degradable spoons, which costs thousands of extra dollars each year. Civelli considers the extra money spent an investment in the future of the community his busi-ness serves.

“We spend a lot more money because it’s important to me. We live in the greatest place in the world, and we need to take care of it and cherish it,” Civelli said.

Civelli is one of many Wrightsville Beach business owners motivated to make con-servation a priority. Like Civelli, Annex Surf Supply Manager Chris Batten runs a plastic bag-free business. Batten repurposes cardboard shipping boxes as price tags and discarded wood for racks and displays to eliminate as much waste as possible. The Blockade Runner Beach Resort stocks rooms with reusable mugs and glasses, making disposable cups available upon request only.

Many of these choices are made without recognition or reward, but Wrightsville Beach — Keep It Clean coordinator Ginger Taylor wants to change that.

WB — Keep it Clean volunteers work with Ocean Conservancy to track trash picked up from the beach strand, and with reported numbers creeping toward 1,000 straws collected during only four months, May through August, Taylor is thinking about ways to encourage businesses making efforts to reduce waste, especially single-use plastics like straws.

Taylor invited local business owners to attend a roundtable dis-cussion during the North Carolina Marine Debris Symposium in September, and Blockade Runner co-owner Bill Baggett attended. After the discussion, Taylor asked him if he would revisit the resort’s straw policy. The next morning, he notified her via email of the Blockade Runner’s new policy

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reputation for being a very clean and beautiful beach. We want to add to that, not take away from it,” Weikert said.

Attendees of the marine debris symposium voiced support for an accreditation program to recog-nize coastal businesses that reduce single-use plastics. Taylor sees straws as a good starting point.

“We have to decide together what’s important and where we can make those changes, one step at a time. So if we start with straws, we can work on something else,” she said.

Some efforts, like investing in biodegradable to-go containers, cost more money and require business owners to weigh envi-ronmental values against profits.

“We want to do things because it’s the right thing to do, but being a business, obviously it’s nice to be recognized for it,” Weikert said.email miriah@luminanews.com

to serve straws by request only. “It’s awesome that Blockade

Runner took the lead in doing this. I think that will inspire other coastal businesses to say, ‘Hey, we can do that, too,’” Taylor said.

Down the beach strand, ocean-front Oceanic Restaurant serves compostable straws made from plant-based plastic upon request only. LM Restaurants district manager Scott Weikert attributed the policy to a heightened aware-ness of the restaurant’s impact on the beach.

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LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE BOARDWALk PRESByTERIAN CHuRCH (u.S.A.)

Rev. Patrick Thomas Rabun, pastor2 W. Fayetteville St., 910-256-2819, ext. 100

Beach Service at Public Beach Access No. 4: 8 a.m.Early Worship: 8:30 a.m.Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m.

ST. ANDREW’S ON-THE-SOuND EPISCOPALThe Rev. Richard G. Elliott, rector

101 Airlie Road, 910-256-30347:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m.

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHuRCH MT. LEBANON CHAPEL (Near Airlie Gardens)

8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.Holy Eucharist, Rite II

WrightsViLLe Beach Baptist churchKeith Louthan, church pastor

601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682Traditional Service: 9-10 a.m.Sunday School: 10:10-11 a.m.

Celebration Services: 11:10 a.m.-12:20 p.m.

WrightsViLLe united Methodist churchBob Bauman, senior pastor

4 Live Oak Drive, 910-256-4471Worship Services: 8:30, 9:45, 11:15 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

ST. THERESE CATHOLIC CHuRCHFather Joe Vetter

209 S. Lumina Ave., 910-256-2471Mass: Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.;

Monday, noon; Tuesday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday – Thursday noon;

Thursday noon followed by Eucharistic Adoration

ST. MARk CATHOLIC CHuRCH Father Patrick A. Keane

1011 Eastwood Road, 910-392-0720Vigil Mass: Saturday 5 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. en Español

Monday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday Masses: 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wednesday Mass: 8:30 a.m.Thursday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Friday Mass: 8:30 a.m. followed by Adoration with Benediction at 9 p.m.

BETH SIMCHA MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONCongregational Leader/ Rabbi Marty Schilsky

7957 Market St.Wilmington, N.C. 28411

910-681-0117Shabbat Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday

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Mercy

My people come before Me asking for the mercy of heavenMercy flows from the throne room in abundance, seven times sevenEvery day I grant a blessing to My worshipers like a fireGiven freely to those who on their heart have a desireTo reach out and serve the kingdom with My mercy in handSeek the weary and those confined throughout this landOpen your hands and hearts to pass on My mercy in every wayA simple hug, the touch of your hand, with the sick you prayAll healings and blessings from heaven flow from the mercy seatThrough your love and compassion the devil’s plan you will defeatYou alone can be the difference for a life if salvation comesFrom an encounter with a single soul you have the mercy to give

to the oneWho needs a touch to change the direction of their lifeMercy is given to all who seek salvation and a life without strifeEnter into worship and ask for the mercy only I can give youIt comes down from the mercy seat of heaven for everyone, not

just a few

carl watersH2OLiving(Exo 33:19 NRSV) And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The LORD’; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”(Psa 23:6 NRSV) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD my whole life long.(Hosea 2:19 NRSV) And I will take you for my wife forever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy.(Mat 5:7 NRSV) “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.”(Luke 10:36 - 37 NRSV) 36 Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? 37- He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”(2 Cor 4:1 NRSV) Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.(Titus 3:5 NRSV) he saved us, not because of any works of righ-teousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(1 Pet 2:10 NRSV) Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

God of this worldWeek 16 in a multi-part series

I cannot imagine how God must feel about the way He is misun-derstood and misrepresented on the earth today. Especially, since he sent His son to die such a horrible death for us. Unfortunately, His own church is one of the worse perpetrators of this character assas-sination. For instance, when a natural disaster occurs, devastating people’s lives, it is labeled an “act of God.” When a child dies for whatever reason, some well-meaning believer will comment, “God just wanted another angel in heaven.” Furthermore, the vilest acts of sinful man, destructive weather patterns, famines, plagues, poverty and most of everything evil in our world is blamed on God’s judgment.

From the fall of man until this very day, Satan has had dominion over the earth. When Satan deceived Adam into sin, all of man’s complete dominion was given to him.

Because of this, Satan is known in scripture as “the god of this world.” In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them (II Corinthians 4:4 NKJV). We know [positively] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] is under the power of the evil one (I John 5:19 Amplified). Jesus himself said in John 14:30; I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil genius, ruler) of the world is coming…(Amplified).

In spite of the overwhelming evidence in the natural realm and in

Scripture, most people cannot accept the fact that evil rules our world. Satan has so blinded the minds of man that we deny his existence while blaming God for perpetrating or allowing the world’s evil.

I do not believe that one can fully appreciate what Jesus did for us on the cross until we accept the fact that the whole world [around us] is under the power of the evil one (I John 5:19 Amplified).

When we are born, we are automatically under the subjection of Satan and his kingdom of darkness. No matter how good we try to be or how religious without Christ we may become, our destiny as an unbeliever is fixed. As an unbeliever we are unknowingly subject to the wiles, (strategies, deceits) of Satan (Ephesians 6:11 NKJV). Greed, pride, fear, lust and selfish ambition are just a few of the wiles that he uses to control us into doing his will. After using us like puppets, our ultimate destination is a place of torment and eternal separation from God called Hell.

That’s what makes the Gospel (good news) so amazing, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ we can be “born again” this time into the Kingdom of God, (John 3:16) escaping the dominion of darkness and an eternity in Hell. … to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me’ (Acts 26:18 NKJV).

I believe before we can fully appreciate our freedom in Christ, we must first accept the fact that we were once helpless captives. Instead of blaming God for the evil around us, we should be thanking Him continually that through Jesus Christ He has provided a way of escape.

Signs and onders Buddy DawsonW

Buddy and Maude Dawson are the founders and directors of the River of Life Worship Center, 3504 Carolina Beach Rd., Wilmington, NC. therolwc.org/buddydawson@ec.rr.com

October 30REJOICE IN THE LORD — ALWAyS

John 16:33 “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

JOHN 16:33The world experiences joy and happiness in direct proportion to

their circumstances. Bad circumstances produce depression and sorrow, while good circumstances produce joy and peace. That’s bondage, and does not have to be the case for a Christian. Our joy is not dependent on things, but rather on the person of Jesus Christ. He is our peace and joy.

The way we take advantage of this joy and peace in the midst of tribulation, is to have our minds and hearts stayed on things above and not on things of this earth. The invisible things of God are eter-nal while the visible problems on earth are only temporary. All the problems of this life grow very dim when we compare them to the

glory of God that is ours through Jesus.We can rejoice in the Lord always (Phil. 4:4) because rejoicing is

an action, not a reaction to our environment. Joy is a gift from God that was given to us at salvation. It was placed within our born-again spirit and it doesn’t fluctuate or diminish; it is constant. The Lord has put the joy inside us and we are to “work it out” by choosing to obey this command in scripture.

We are commanded to rejoice “IN THE LORD.” Many people are not experiencing true joy because their joy is in their circumstances. That is, they are waiting to rejoice when things in their lives are going good, and that doesn’t happen very often. We are supposed to “rejoice in the Lord always.”

That means we are suppose to rejoice in who the Lord is and what He has done for us. He never changes (Heb. 13:8) and His mercies and compassions are new every morning (Lam. 3:22-23).

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14 sp 657

nOtice OF FOreclOsure sale

nOrth carOlina, new hanOver cOunty

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust executed by Cheryl Ann VeHorn to The law offices of Daniel A. Fulco, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated Jan-uary 19, 2007 and recorded on January 23, 2007 in Book 5132 at Page 1946, New Hanover Coun-ty 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 hold-er 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 court-house door of the county court-house where the property is located, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 4, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situ-ated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Beginning at a point in the northern line of Church Street 110 feet eastwardly from its intersection with the eastern line of Sixth Street, and run-ning thence eastwardly along the said northern line of Church Street 30 feet, thence north-wardly and parallel with Sixth Street 66 feet, thence west-wardly and parallel with Church Street 30 feet and thence south-wardly and parallel with Sixth Street 66 feet to the beginning, the same being a part of the western half of Lot 6, in Block 105, of the official plan of the City of Wilmington, NC and also being that same property conveyed by Frances Drushlen Mitchell to Irene Starkey Palmer, by deed dated August 6, 1955, and recorded August 15, 1955 in Book 576, at Page 212 of the New Hanover County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior convey-ances of record.

said property is commonly known as 609 church street, wilmington, nc 28401.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FOR-TY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no person-al 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.

Said property to be offered pur-suant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environ-mental, health or safety con-ditions 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 assess-ments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or excep-tions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are cheryl ann vehorn.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of

a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-nation.

If the trustee is unable to con-vey 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 with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. 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, LLCSubstitute Trusteebrock & scott, pllcattorneys for trustee services of carolina, llc5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 14-16046-FC01October 23 and 30, 2014

14 sp 213

nOtice OF FOreclOsure sale

nOrth carOlina, new hanOver cOunty

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Rich-ard Porrazzo to Statewide Title, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated February 13, 2007 and record-ed on March 5, 2007 in Book 5150 at Page 702, New Hanover 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 hold-er 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 court-house door of the county court-house where the property is located, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 4, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situ-ated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

All of Lot 13 of Block 12 of Spring View Subdivision, Section 6, as shown upon that map of said subdivision recorded in the New Hanover County Registry in Map Book 14 at Page 27.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior convey-ances of record.

said property is commonly known as 617 hillview drive, wilmington, nc 28405.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FOR-TY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no person-al 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.

Said property to be offered pur-suant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environ-mental, health or safety con-ditions 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 assess-ments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or excep-tions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current

owner(s) of the property is/are all lawful heirs of richard porrazzo.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-nation.

If the trustee is unable to con-vey 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 with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. 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, LLCSubstitute Trusteebrock & scott, pllcattorneys for trustee services of carolina, llc5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 13-17220-FC01October 23 and 30, 2014

13 sp 1054

aMended nOtice OF FOre-clOsure sale

nOrth carOlina, new hanOver cOunty

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dar-rell Thames to Home Title Con-nect, LLC., Trustee(s), which was dated December 17, 2008 and recorded on January 16, 2009 in Book 5370 at Page 964, New Hanover 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 hold-er 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 court-house door of the county court-house where the property is located, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 4, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situ-ated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Situated in New Hanover Coun-ty, North Carolina:

Being all of Lots 10 and 11, Block 18, Carolina Place as the same is shown on a map recorded in Map Book 48, Page 180, of the New Hanover County Reg-istry, reference to which is here-by made for a more particular description.

Being the same property con-veyed to Darrell Thames, (unmarried) by deed from Eddie Jones, Jr. and wife, Lattie M. Jones (formerly Lattie R. Moore) recorded 06/16/1992 in Deed Book 1607 Page 230, in the Reg-ister of Deeds Office of New Hanover County, North Carolina.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior convey-ances of record.

said property is commonly known as 1914 pender ave-nue, wilmington, nc 28403-1024.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FOR-TY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no person-al 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.

Said property to be offered pur-suant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environ-mental, health or safety con-ditions 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 assess-ments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or excep-tions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are darrell thames.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-nation.

If the trustee is unable to con-vey 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 with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. 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, LLCSubstitute Trusteebrock & scott, pllcattorneys for trustee services of carolina, llc5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 13-19122-FC02October 23 and 30, 2014

14 sp 678

nOtice OF FOreclOsure sale, north carolina, new

hanover county

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust execut-ed by adam a. bryn and wife, temple b. bryn dated May 1, 2007 to BB&T Collateral Service Corporation, Trustee for Branch Banking and Trust Company, recorded in Book 5176, Page 2315, New Hanover County Reg-istry; default having been made in payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the neces-sary findings to permit foreclo-sure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of New Hanover County, North Caroli-na; the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at pub-lic auction to the highest bidder for cash, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of New Hanover and State of North Carolina, and more par-ticularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 22, Seabreeze Sound, as the same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 50 at Page 354 of the New

Hanover County Registry, refer-ence to which is hereby made for a more particular descrip-tion. Property address: 1013 saltspray lane, wilmington, nc 28409 Date of Sale: October 31, 2014 at 10:30AM Location of Sale: New Hanover County Courthouse Record Owner(s): Adam A. Bryn and wife, Temple B. Bryn TERMS OF THE SALE: (1) This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbranc-es, easements, right-of-ways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies. (2) The property is being sold “as is”. Neither the benefi-ciary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or repre-sentations concerning the prop-erty, including but not limited to, the physical or environmen-tal condition of the property. Further, the undersigned Sub-stitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property. (3) The highest bidder will be respon-sible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclo-sure sale. (4) At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expira-tion of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period. (5) Any person who occupies the prop-erty pursuant to a rental agree-ment 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 ten-ant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the ter-mination. (6) An order for pos-session of the property being sold may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession, by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the prop-erty is sold.

sMith debnaM narrOn drake saintsinG & Myers, l.l.p. Cara B. Williams, Attor-ney for Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute Trustee P. O. Box 26268 Raleigh, NC 27611-6268 (919) 250-2000 File No. ALS 97356689, 1114676 10/23, 10/30/2014

14 sp 671

nOtice OF FOreclOsure sale

nOrth carOlina, new hanOver cOunty

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust executed by James C. Hendricks and Wendy Hendricks to Robert G. Collins, Trustee(s), which was dated February 19, 2003 and recorded on February 25, 2003 in Book 3660 at Page 845 and rerecord-ed/modified/corrected on May 7, 2009 in Book 5403, Page 2624, New Hanover 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 hold-er 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 court-house door of the county court-house where the property is located, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 12, 2014 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-

lowing described property situ-ated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being all of Lot 13, Beasley Vil-lage Subdivision, as shown on a revised map recorded in Map Book 41 at Page 93 of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds reference to which map is made for a more particular description thereof.

Together with and subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Beasley Village Subdivision recorded in Book 2879 at Page 510 in the New Hanover County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior convey-ances of record.

said property is commonly known as 1101 shelby court, wilmington, nc 28409.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FOR-TY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no person-al 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.

Said property to be offered pur-suant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environ-mental, health or safety con-ditions 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 assess-ments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or excep-tions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are James c. hendricks and wendy hendricks.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-nation.

If the trustee is unable to con-vey 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 with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. 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, LLCSubstitute Trusteebrock & scott, pllcattorneys for trustee services of carolina, llc5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 12-31407-FC02October 30 and November 6, 2014

14 sp 237

nOtice OF FOreclOsure sale

nOrth carOlina, new

hanOver cOunty

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jack J. Coffman and Lisa D. Coffman to M. Scott Boyles, Trustee(s), which was dated May 1, 2008 and recorded on May 1, 2008 in Book 5308 at Page 2506, New Hanover 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 hold-er 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 court-house door of the county court-house where the property is located, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 12, 2014 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situ-ated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being all of Lot 258, Section 6, Millbrook Subdivision as shown on map of same recorded in Map Book 16 at Page 29 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is made for a more particular description.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior convey-ances of record.

said property is commonly known as 125 south colony circle, wilmington, nc 28409.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FOR-TY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no person-al 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.

Said property to be offered pur-suant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environ-mental, health or safety con-ditions 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 assess-ments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or excep-tions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Jack J. coffman and lisa d. coffman.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-nation.

If the trustee is unable to con-vey 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 with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. 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

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Trustee Services of Carolina, LLCSubstitute Trusteebrock & scott, pllcattorneys for trustee services of carolina, llc5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 14-05326-FC01October 30 and November 6, 2014

11 sp 1024

nOtice OF FOreclOsure sale

nOrth carOlina, new hanOver cOunty

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust executed by Christy M. Raley to Robert W. Garrison, Trustee(s), which was dated August 24, 2006 and recorded on August 30, 2006 in Book 5072 at Page 2844, New Hanover 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 hold-er 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 court-

house door of the county court-house where the property is located, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 12, 2014 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situ-ated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being all of Lot 5, Section 1, Brandywine Subdivision, as shown on that map recorded in Map Book 19 at Page 50 in the New Hanover County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior convey-ances of record.

said property is commonly known as 118 west brandy-wine circle, wilmington, nc 28411.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FOR-TY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no person-al 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.

Said property to be offered pur-suant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representa-

tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environ-mental, health or safety con-ditions 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 assess-ments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or excep-tions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are christy M. raley.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-nation.

If the trustee is unable to con-vey 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 with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. 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, LLCSubstitute Trusteebrock & scott, pllcattorneys for trustee services of carolina, llc5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 11-07710-FC01October 30 and November 6, 2014

12-sp-1180

aMended nOtice OF sub-stitute trustee’s FOre-

clOsure sale OF real prOperty

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust exe-cuted and delivered by kathy O. ransom and william ran-som, dated August 30, 2005 and recorded on August 31, 2005 in Book No. 4897 at Page 3325 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby

and failure to carry out and per-form the stipulations and agree-ments contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the hold-er of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the under-signed Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on November 12, 2014 at 11:00AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situ-ated, lying and being in the City of Castle Hayne, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more par-ticularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. address of property: 16 logan road, castle hayne, nc 28429. Tax Parcel ID: R01811-004-017-000 Present Record Owners: Kathy O. Ransom and William Ransom. The terms of the sale are that the real property here-inbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. 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. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property here-inabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other

conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Further-more, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Resi-dential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pur-suant 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the land-lord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-nation. Any person who occu-pies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protect-

ing Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009.

rogers townsend & thomas, pc, Substitute Trustee (803)744-4444, 113473-06834 P1115536 10/30, 11/06/2014

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aMended nOtice OF sub-stitute trustee’s FOre-

clOsure sale OF real prOperty

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust exe-cuted and delivered by Gilberto J. aracena, dated June 14, 2007 and recorded on June 14, 2007 in Book No. 5195 at Page 1662 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and per-form the stipulations and agree-ments contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the hold-er of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the under-signed Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on November 12, 2014 at 11:00AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situat-ed, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Caroli-

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na, and being more particularly described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. address of property: 4110 Morton court, wilmington, nc 28403. Tax Parcel ID: R05515001012081 Present Record Owners: Sher-ee S. Arcena. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bid-der. 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 ten-dered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and spe-cial assessments. Other condi-tions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this prop-erty or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Fur-thermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discre-tion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgag-or, the Mortgagee, the Mort-gagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 proper-ty is sold. Any person who occu-pies 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 land-lord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-nation. Any person who occu-pies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protect-ing Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009.

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aMended nOtice OF FOre-clOsure sale

nOrth carOlina, new hanOver cOunty

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust executed by Loran H. Smith and Alice J. Smith to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated October 19, 2010 and recorded on October 25, 2010 in Book 5519 at Page

2513, New Hanover County Reg-istry, 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 hold-er 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 court-house door of the county court-house where the property is located, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 12, 2014 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situ-ated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being all of Lot 313, Section 7, Whitney Pines, as shown on plat recorded in Map Book 46, Pages 183-185 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior convey-ances of record.

said property is commonly known as 7516 brittany lakes drive, wilmington, nc 28411.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FOR-TY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no person-al 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.

Said property to be offered pur-suant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environ-mental, health or safety con-ditions 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 assess-ments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or excep-tions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are loran h. smith and wife alice J. smith.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after receiv-ing the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-

nation.

If the trustee is unable to con-vey 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 with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. 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, LLCSubstitute Trusteebrock & scott, pllcattorneys for trustee services of carolina, llc5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 12-12171-FC01October 30 and November 6, 2014

14-sp-660

nOtice OF substitute trustee’s FOreclOsure sale OF real prOperty

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by will pieper, dated January 25, 2008 and recorded on January 25, 2008 in Book No. 5272 at Page 596 in the Office of the Regis-ter of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the pay-ment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stip-ulations and agreements con-tained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on November 12, 2014 at 11:00AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situat-ed, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Caroli-na, and being more particularly described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. address of property: 4420 Jay bird circle, unit 206, wilming-ton, nc 28412. Tax Parcel ID: Ro7100-002-069-071 Present Record Owners: Will Thomas Pieper. The terms of the sale are that the real property here-inbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. 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 ten-dered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and spe-

cial assessments. Other condi-tions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this prop-erty or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Fur-thermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discre-tion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgag-or, the Mortgagee, the Mort-gagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 proper-ty is sold. Any person who occu-pies 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 land-lord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termi-nation. Any person who occu-pies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protect-ing Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009.

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nOtice OF service OF prOcess by publicatiOn

state OF nOrth carOlinacOunty OF new hanOver

General cOurt OF JusticesuperiOr cOurt divisiOn

14 cvs 2925us bank na as legal title

trustee for truman 2013 sc4 title trustplaintiff,

v.daniel Grover adams, Jr.

aka daniel G. adams; stacy adams; Ford Motor credit

company llcdefendant(s).

To: Stacy Adams; Daniel Grover Adams, Jr. aka Daniel G. Adams

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

1. That the Court determine that the Deed of Trust record-ed in Book 4731 Page 304 was drafted and recorded in a man-ner sufficient to give a reason-able title searcher notice of the interest of the Plaintiff’s lien on the property located at 7355 bright leaf road, wilming-ton, north carolina 28411.

2. That the Court reform the Deed of Trust recorded in Book 4731 Page 304 in the New Hanover County, North Caro-lina Public Registry to include

the legal description as follows:

BEING all of Lot Number 33 of Willow Brook Subdivision, Phase 3, as the same appears on a map of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 34 at Page 305 of the New Hanover County Public Registry

3. That the Court further reform the Deed of Trust as if recorded after the vesting Deed.

4. That the Court enter an Order that such reformation relate back to the original recording date of the Deed of Trust on March 28, 2005.

5. The Court declare that the Deed of Trust is a valid first lien on the Subject Property as drawn;

6. That the Court’s Order, grant-ing the reformation of the Deed of Trust, shall be duly record-ed in the New Hanover County Register of Deeds, and indexed according to those parties named in said Deed of Trust.

7. In the alternative, that the Court declares that Defendants Daniel Grover Adams, Jr. and Stacy Adams hold the Proper-ty described herein subject to a constructive trust and equi-table lien to the benefit of the Plaintiff; and

8. For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than December 10th, 2014 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This, the 28th day of October, 2014.brOck & scOtt, pllcThomas E. McDonald, NC Bar # 40498Attorney for PlaintiffPO Box 3004Wilmington, NC 28403Telephone: (910) 392-4988 x 4238Facsimile: (910) 202-2929October 30, November 6 and 13, 2014

state OF nOrth carOlina

cOunty OF new hanOver

nOtice tO creditOrs

The undersigned, Kaitlyn Nicole Rockwell, having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of ivan roy rockwell, Jr., Deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the Dece-dent to exhibit same to the said Ivan Roy Rockwell, at the address set out below, on or before January 23, 2015 , or this notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said Decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.

This the 22nd day of October, 2014Kaitlyn Nicole RockwellEXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF Ivan Roy Rockwellc/o ROBERT H. HOCHULI, JR. 219 RACINE DR., SUITE A6 WILMINGTON, NC 2840310/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/2014

state OF nOrth carOlina

cOunty OF new hanOver

nOtice tO creditOrs

The undersigned, Patricia L. Persico, having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Frank persico, Deceased, here-by notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the Decedent to exhibit same to the said Frank Persico, at the address set out below, on or before January 24, 2015 , or this notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said Decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.

This the 23nd day of October, 2014Patricia L. PersicoEXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF Frank Persicoc/o ROBERT H. HOCHULI, JR. 219 RACINE DR., SUITE A6 WILMINGTON, NC 2840310/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/2014

state OF nOrth carOlina

cOunty OF new hanOver

in the Matter of the estate of

eric w. krier, deceased

in the General cOurt OF Justice

superiOr cOurt divisiOn

beFOre the clerk

14-e-1187

nOtice tO creditOrs

BLAIR D. KRIER, having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of eric w. krier, deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corpo-rations having claims against the decedent to exhibit same to the said Blair D. Krier at the address set out below on or before Janu-ary 28, 2015, or this Notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.

This the 23rd day of October 2014.BLAIR D. KRIER, AdministratrixEstate of ERIC W. KRIER, Deceasedc/o MARSHALL, WILLIAMS & GORHAM, L.L.P.14 South Fifth StreetPost Office Drawer 2088Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-208810/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/2014

state OF nOrth carOlina

cOunty OF new hanOver

in the General cOurt OF

Justice

superiOr cOurt divisiOn

beFOre the clerk

File # 14 e 1265

nOtice tO creditOrs

Having qualified as EXECUTRIX of the Estate of dOnna r. shan-nOn, deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or cor-porations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 30th day of January, 2015,

or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immedi-ate payment to the undersigned.

This, the 30th day of October, 2014HOLLY M. BARHAM, Executrixof the Estate of DONNA R. SHANNONc/oPAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY107 N. 2nd Street, Suite CWilmington, North Carolina 28401Telephone: 910-769-289610/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20/2014

state OF nOrth carOlina

cOunty OF new hanOver

in the General cOurt OF Justice

beFOre the clerk OF supe-riOr cOurt

executOr’s nOtice

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of sue l. britt of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons hav-ing claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 29th day of January 2015, or this notice will be plead-ed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 30th day of October 2014.William Britt, Executor50 Borough Spur Rd Currie, NC 2843510/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20/2014

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