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By Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

About 40 environmental advocates lined up and joined hands near the water’s edge at Wrightsville Beach on May 21 for the annual Hands Across the Sand event that, this year, served as both a protest and a celebration.

The 2015 event protested off-shore drilling, but since then, the federal government has announced it won’t allow off-shore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean through 2022.

“And that’s thanks to a lot of people who are here today, who have worked so hard,” said Ethan Crouch, chairman of the Cape Fear chapter of Surfrider Foundation.

But while he congratulated the group gathered around him at the south end of Wrightsville Beach, he also urged them to shift their focus to other ongoing issues like preventing seismic testing in the Atlantic and seeking a more long-term outlaw of offshore drilling.

“We want to prevent offshore

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By Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

While Wrightsville Beach offi-cials don’t anticipate Memorial Day crowds to be as boisterous as those on July Fourth, the town will still increase its police pres-ence and enforce its new parking rules, making full use of its new police officers.

The town’s police depart-ment was not fully staffed last Memorial Day, and Capt. J. Bishop said returning tour-ists would notice an “obvious” increase in police presence this year.

That the new officers have never worked a summer holiday weekend at Wrightsville Beach

before is “a bit of a concern,” Bishop added, but said, “the job is still the same, it’s just a little bit busier. … At least we’re not shorthanded, and we’ve got a good group of guys that should be able to handle whatever comes up.”

The increased presence will be focused in certain areas of the island like the beach strand and the downtown bar district. Three officers instead of two will patrol the beach strand all day, where Bishop said the most frequent violations are open containers of alcohol.

To manage the downtown bar district, the town is adding reserve officers and deputies to

Wilmington Sharks baseball is a labor of love for staff

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Swimmers urged to be wary of rough surfBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

With the formation of a low-pressure system possibly coinciding with the arrival of thousands of Memorial Day visi-tors to Wrightsville’s beach strand, the town’s lifeguards want swim-mers to be especially wary of ocean conditions.

Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue Capt. Jeremy Owens urged beachgoers to know their swimming ability, emphasizing, “The biggest thing we tell people — and it might seem obvious — but if you can’t swim, stay out of the ocean.”

That includes wading in shal-low water, Owens said, or using a flotation device to compensate for lack of swimming ability. Troughs and sandbars make the ocean floor unpredictable, so, Owens said, “You could be standing in knee-deep water and take one step and be over your head.”

Environmental advocates join hands at Wrightsville

Memorial Day closings and delays

• The U.S. Post Office at 206 Causeway Drive will be closed Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. It will reopen Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

• Wrightsville Beach Town Hall will be closed Monday and reopen Tuesday.

• Lumina News offices will be closed Monday and reopen Tuesday.

Police target drunken, drugged boaters and drivers this weekend By Terry LaneStaff Writer

State law enforcement offi-cials used Wrightsville Beach as a backdrop to launch its annual “On the Road, On the Water, Don’t Drink and Drive” campaign on Tuesday, warning drivers and boaters of patrols and sobriety checkpoints over the Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer.

The campaign comes as the North Carolina General Assembly moves to increase penalties for drunk boating accidents that result in inju-ries. District Attorney Ben David said that he supports the

legislation’s proposed increase in punishments.

“Boating accidents can result in much different punishment, even though they are no less fatal,” David said.

The legislation, named after 17-year-old Sheyenne Marshall, who was killed last year when she was hit by an intoxicated boater on Lake Norman, will make a fatality or serious injury occurring from drunken boating a felony.

Current state law deems drunken boating a misdemeanor with a minimum $250 fine.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will

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Environmental advocates join hands at Wrightsville Beach’s Hands Across the Sand event Saturday, May 21 to stand against seismic testing and for alterna-tive energy sources.

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The Wilmington Sharks 2016 season opens Tuesday, May 31.


The town of Wrightsville Beach will increase its police presence to handle the crowds over Memorial Day weekend.

By Simon GonzalezStaff Writer

The other day, Wilmington Sharks general manager Pat Hutchins drove to Holly Springs to pick up balls and bats. When he got back to town, he and assis-tant general manager Courtney Wright hung “Welcome to the Shark Tank” signs at Buck Hardee Field at Legion Stadium.

Such is life as a front office executive for a baseball team in the Coastal Plain League.

“We’re the janitor, the accoun-tant, the organizer, everything,” Hutchins said.

While their major-league counterparts are thinking about trades, evaluating minor-league prospects and preparing for the

WBPD increases presence for Memorial Day weekend

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Chamber of Commerce president retiringBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

The president and CEO of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Connie Majure-Rhett, announced her retirement May 20 after 22 years with the chamber.

Majure-Rhett joined the chamber in 1994 as president and CEO. Under her tenure, the chamber celebrated achievements like infrastructure improvements, successful bonds and investments in economic development.

A May 20 press release states

particular successes the chamber achieved under Majure-Rhett’s leadership were the creation of the flagship program Cape Fear Future, helping secure the pas-sage of the City of Wilmington parks and transportation bonds and two education bonds for the New Hanover County School system and lobbying for cre-ation and expansion of roadways to support Wilmington’s growth.

In the release, Majure-Rhett called the decision to retire one of the toughest decisions she’s ever had to make, but added, “Today, I can retire with confidence,

knowing that the chamber has never been in a better position, and that a team of capable, expe-rienced leaders is at the helm.”

Due to family-related reasons that require her immediate atten-tion, the press release goes on, Majure-Rhett’s retirement will be effective immediately. Day-to-day operation of the Wilmington Chamber will be handled by COO Faye Dunaway and cham-ber staff, with direction by 2016 chamber chairman Mitch Lamm as an executive search process commences to fill the vacancy.email [email protected]

Coastal Federation hosts Titan-Free victory celebrationBy Krys EstesContributing Writer

The North Carolina Coastal Federation gathered members of the community to Battleship Park on Sunday, May 22 to cel-ebrate the victory in stopping the construction of a cement process plant by Titan America in Castle Hayne.

The Titan-Free Jamboree fea-tured live music, free food and family-friendly activities, which organizers said went to recog-nize eight years of support from volunteers and the community to oppose the project.

“This is a community-wide event celebrating the fact that the community has a voice and how we want our community to be designed,” said Jennifer Salter, North Carolina Coastal Federation clean communities organizer. “Titan was a threat to our community in many ways, so when Titan finally pulled out, we wanted to get the community together and share that our voices mattered in this.”

On March 10, Titan announced it would end efforts to build the

controversial plant. A month later, the N.C. Court of Appeals approved the North Carolina’s Division of Air Quality dismissal of the permit application, for-mally ending the long process.

Mike Giles, advocate for N.C. Coastal Federation, said eight years ago it was revealed that the cement company was requesting government funding to build the cement plant, with little notice.

“The community got fired up and we stood up and said ‘No, we don’t want you to do this,’” Giles said.

G i l e s s a id t he coun ty forced a delay in the proj-ect. Shortly after, the Stop Titan Coalition was formed by the North Carolina Coastal Federation, Cape Fear River Watch, Citizens Against Titan, Penderwatch & Conservancy, N.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club, Southern Environmental Law Center and Duke University’s Environmental Law & Policy Clinic to stop the plant from being built and allow the community to express their apprehensions with the proposed project.

“The situation had a life of its own,” Giles said. “People were heated about not being involved in the decisions that affect their community.”

H o w e v e r , t h e N . C . Department of Environmental Quality said the air permit approved by the department

would have required state-of-the-art air pollution controls, and the department conducted extensive analyses showing the facility would comply with all applicable air-quality standards and regulations.

The department said it con-ducted a series of public

hearings on the proposed per-mit for the Titan facility that were attended by thousands of local residents. The department held two hearings on Oct. 20, 2009, and three more hearings on Sept. 27 and 29, 2011.

Kemp Burdette, Cape Fear River Keeper for the Cape Fear

River Watch, said they focus primarily on water and river issues and the plant was a huge concern for the group.

“When a community works together, we really do make a difference in the community, especially with what truly mat-ters to us,” Salter said.

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TOWN OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NCPROPOSED 16/17 BUDGET — PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

A copy of the proposed Town of Wrightsville Beach Fiscal Year 2016/2017 Budget will be submitted to the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen on May 31, 2016. A public hearing will be held on the budget proposal at the regularly scheduled Board of Aldermen meeting on June 8, 2016 at 5:30pm (or soon thereafter) at the Wrightsville Beach Town Hall. The Budget was prepared in accordance with the North Carolina Local Government and Fiscal Control Act. A summary of the projected revenue and expenditures by Fund are as follows:

Summary of Revenue and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2016/17

Fund Revenue Expenditure General Fund $10,580,410 $10,580,410 Enterprise $ 2,983,290 $ 2,983,290 Total $13,563,700 $13,563,700

The proposed Ad Valorem Tax Rate for the upcoming Fiscal Year is $.133 per $100 of value and represents no change over the FY15/16 tax rate. The budget proposes an increase in water and sewer maintenance fees of $10 per month for the standard residential customer. Water and sewer maintenance fee increases are proposed for all meter sizes and vary. A copy of the proposed budget and budget ordinance will be filed in the office of the Town Clerk and will be available on May 31, 2016 for review at the Wrightsville Beach Town Hall located at 321 Causeway Drive, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 during normal business hours. A copy of the document can also be viewed at www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com on May 31st. 8916 Woodcreek

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For The RecordQuestion and photographs by Sarah Sullivan and Lexi Schimelfenig

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces. What does Memorial Day mean to you?

Will Smelson Belmont, N.J.

“I lost some friends that went to ’Nam (Vietnam) and the few that came back

from various wars they’re just not right. It’s sad and what makes it sadder is everybody just comes

down to party.”

Russell Ballard Wilmington, N.C.

“I think it’s very important to remember the people who did give that ultimate sacrifice. They left their family, their friends, their hometown …so I just think we need to take some time to

remember that.”

Tonya Prince Wilmington, N.C.

“To celebrate the veterans that fought in wars.”

Hannah Buckingham Wilmington, N.C.

“Traditionally on Memorial Day, I like to hang out with my family. Usually

we go to the lake and hang out with our family and friends.”

Dana Hebert Castle Hayne, N.C.“More time with family

and just recognize how we got here as a country.”

Weekend Police ReportFriday, May 20Citations

• Sylvia A.Johnson was cited with no operator’s license. • Jeronimo D. Aguilar was cited with no operator’s license.• Erik Valentin Martinez-Marcial was cited with no operator’s license.

• Michael John Santilli was cited with expired registration.• Alvaro N. Hernandez was cited with no operator’s license.• Hector S. Lopez was cited with no operator’s license.• Misael Martinez-Marcial was cited with no operator’s license.• Holly Michelle Brook was cited with no operator’s license.• Andrew Brewer was cited with speeding.• James Waters was cited with speeding.

Warning tickets

• Michel R. Steinkohl was warned for expired violation• Bridget Oneill Draper was warned for violation on a one-way street

Saturday, May 21Citations

• James E. Cumalander was cited with running a stop sign.• William T. Harris was cited with unsafe movement. • Elise Sinclair Bunzey was cited with not wearing a seat belt.• Jason Harry Radtke was cited with running a red light.• Matthew Jeffries Dixon was cited with not wearing a seat belt.• Louise Dibrell Sloan was cited with not wearing a seat belt.• Carter Stafford Mayes was cited with a lane violation.• Laurie Ann Hanvey was cited with having an expired registration.

• Nickolas Dalton Salyer was cited with speeding.• William Cole Bartow was cited with speeding.• Cacey Jane Bunch was cited with expired registration and expired inspection.

• Delon Doddridge Soloman was cited with running a stop sign.• Cameron Bolish was cited with speeding.

• Justin Wells was cited with impeding traffic.• Samuel Spake was cited with impeding traffic.• James Marion was cited with alcohol on the beach.• Maura Bearden was cited with alcohol on the beach.• Theador Seagroves was cited with glass on the beach.

Warning tickets

• Trina S. Williams was warned for speeding.• Regan T. Richardson was warned for speeding. • Duran Quintero Pedro Pablo was warned for seat belt violation.• Elizabeth Anne Flint-Somerville was warned for an expired registration.

Sunday, May 22Citations

• Megan B. Maccoy was cited with speeding.• Tyson C. Pearson was cited with a seat belt violation.• Trevor Austin Hansen was cited with a seat belt violation.• Scott Pealer Ogden was cited with crosswalk violation.• James Richard Conner was cited with crosswalk violation.• Susan Scott Carter was cited with speeding.• Chadwick Dwayne Bell was cited with glass on the beach.• Chris Claude Fulk Jr. was cited with alcohol on the beach.• Skip Martin was cited with alcohol on the beach.• Beverly Miller was cited with alcohol on the beach.• Jack Lock was cited with alcohol on the beach.• Arthitha Sihabout was cited with alcohol on the beach.

Warning tickets

• Beth C. Brampton was warned for running a stop sign.• Stella N. Osemeka was warned for speeding.• Simon Tisman was was warned for speeding.• Courtney Demarcus Mcduffie was cited with speeding.• McKenzie Grace Massarelli was warned for leaving an animal at large.

• Avery Ann Lennon was warned for a stop sign violation.

Foundation grant funds Masonboro Island field-trip programBy Terry LaneStaff Writer

Soon, every fifth grader in New Hanover County may have a chance to visit Masonboro Island, after Masonboro.org announced during its fundraiser Thursday that the Duke Energy Foundation awarded a $35,000 grant to the nonprofit organization.

The grant will be enough to take up to 1,200 students to the island as part of the Masonboro Island Explorer program. Last year, the program took about 800 students.

As the organization continues to fundraise, it seeks to raise enough to take all 2,000 New Hanover County students to the island for the science-based field trips, said Tom Hackler, Masonboro.org’s new president.

For many students, the jour-ney to the uninhabited barrier island between Wrightsville and Carolina beaches is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, Hackler said.

“Some have never been to the beach before. Some have never even been on a boat,” he said.

At the Bradley Creek Marina, Masonboro.org held its annual fundraiser party, where visitors enjoyed food from Vito’s Pizza

and C Street Mexican Grill, lis-tened to bluegrass music from Masonboro Sound and bid on several auction items, including a surfboard, a boat excursion and hand-crafted wine racks. Overall, the event raised $9,200.

Hackler said the organization would have to raise $50,000 to extend participation to all of the county’s fifth graders.

Taking the s tudents to

Masonboro Island is an expen-sive proposition, Hackler said, mainly due to insurance. It costs about $35 to fund each student’s field trip to the island.

Duke Energy Foundation rep-resentative April England said the island explorer program fits within the foundation’s K-12 STEM education program.

“It’s giving an opportunity to children that they’ve never had

before,” England said. “It’s an opportunity for them to be edu-cated about where they live.”

In addition to running the is land explorer program, red-shirted Masonboro.org vol-unteers will help keep the island clean by collecting trash after weekends when the island gets a large number of visitors, like July Fourth.

Woodworker Mike Fox

brought selections from his Re’Wine studio, including a wine rack constructed from wine bar-rels and a hand-crafted Backbone longboard. Fox stood by the items, engaging with interested shoppers.

“I like to connect with the people interested in the boards,” said Fox, whose board sold for $250. “When I see something cool, I like to make some-thing that’s even cooler. I want the bidders to know the story behind these items.”

The Masonboro.org fund-raiser is in its sixth year. One of the early organizers was board member Audrey Holloman, who staged fundraisers at the Buddy’s Crab House & Oyster Bar, the former Wrightsville Beach

watering hole that she managed.She made her first visit to the

island when she was 7, which also held special memories of her grandfather. She said she wanted today’s younger generation to make their own connections with the island, putting an early emphasis on the need to care for and preserve the island.

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Editorial/Opinion

Earlier this week we sent a pair of our intrepid interns out to talk to people for our “For the Record” feature. This week’s question: What does Memorial Day mean to you?

Frankly, I feared they would come back with responses like, “It’s a great opportunity to go to the beach,” or “I get to have a cookout and a party.”

But thankfully, most of the folks they talked to nailed it.

“I think it’s very important to remember the people who did give that ultimate sacrifice,” said Russell Ballard of Wilmington. “They left their family, their friends, their hometown … so I just think we need to take some time to remember that.”

Exactly, Russell. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Memorial Day is not just a three-day weekend and an excuse to get to the beach, or grill, or to shop the many sales. It is not just the kick-off week-end to the summer season. The purpose of the holiday is to remember the sacrifice of those who gave their lives in defense of their country.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website states, “Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service.” Since the Revolutionary War, that’s about 1.8 million deaths we are commerating.

It is one of our oldest holidays, with roots stretching back to the Civil War. The bloodi-est conflict in American history prompted the establishment of the country’s first national cem-eteries. In the years following the war, it became tradition to hold springtime tributes to the fallen soldiers by decorating their graves with flowers and saying prayers.

John A. Logan, a former general in the Union Army and national commander of the “Grand Army of the Republic” — an organization for Northern Civil War veterans — issued a General Order 11 on May 5, 1868, designating May 30 as a day for “strewing with flowers or other-wise decorating the graves of comrades, who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every City, Village, and hamlet, church yard in the land. In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but Posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and

testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.”

General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on the first Decoration Day, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.

During World War I, the holiday began to memorialize military personnel who died in all American wars. It continued to be observed on May 30 until 1971, when Memorial Day became a federal holiday to be observed on the last Monday in May.

The Uniform Monday Holiday Act gave many of us a three-day weekend and unofficially established Memorial Day as the begin-ning of summer. There’s little doubt that it also shifted the focus from solemn to fun.

For a lot of people, Memorial Day is also the start of back-yard barbecue season. Some 57 percent of us are expected to fire up the grill on Monday. For others, it’s a day of party-ing. The town of Wrightsville Beach is making sure it has ample police presence for the expected crowds — and alcohol consumption — this weekend.

There’s nothing wrong with having a little fun over the

Memorial Day weekend. But this year, let’s at least spare a thought for the many who have fallen while serving to ensure the freedoms we enjoy.

Put out an American flag or drape the house in bunting.

Locally, there are at least two observances. In keeping with the original spirit of Decoration Day, there is a ceremony scheduled at the Wilmington National Cemetery — which dates back to the Civil War era — at 11 a.m. on Monday. The Battleship North Carolina holds its annual event, free to the public, at 5:45 p.m., with speakers, a 21-gun salute by a Marine Corps Honor Guard, the playing of taps, and a memorial wreath cast onto the Cape Fear River.

No matter where we are or what we are doing, we can all take part in the national moment of remembrance at 3 p.m., when all Americans are asked to observe a minute of silence to remember and honor the fallen.

Although it technically doesn’t fall within the auspices of the holiday, let’s also say a prayer for those injured — physically and mentally — while serving.

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the regular shift officers. Bishop said at least nine officers would work the night shift, focusing especially on the area between Stone Street and Johnnie Mercer’s Pier “once the bars get cranked up.”

He also anticipates an increase in traffic stops as the department participates in a Click it or Ticket campaign this week.

Multiple law enforcement agencies will be watching the water as well. Town officers will patrol the waterways around Wrightsville Beach in one boat, providing backup to the two ves-sels manned by the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office.

In addition to enforcing wake zones and reckless boat-ing, Bishop said his officers would “be available to assist the county if they have any issues at Masonboro [Island] or up at Mason Inlet.”

Sheriff’s office public infor-mation officer Jerry Brewer said his officers will mainly be responding to calls for service, like people causing problems due to intoxication, boating inju-ries or boat passengers falling

overboard.“There’s a ton of different

issues that they respond to,” he said. “They’re just there to make sure everyone’s safe.”

Wrightsville Beach police will also be looking out for boaters who appear to be ferrying people to or from Masonboro Island. Unauthorized water taxying — accepting payment in return for ferry services — is against town Wrightsville Beach ordinances and punishable by a $100 fine, if the boat driver does not have a cap-tain’s license or a master’s license.

Bishop said the town is trying to stop the practice because it leaves people stranded on the uninhabited island and they usually attempt to swim back through the inlet to the mainland.

“Obviously we don’t want peo-ple swimming Masonboro Inlet,” he said. “It creates a public safety issue not only for themselves, but for the ocean rescue officers who are having to pluck people out of the inlet.”

Returning Memorial Day visi-tors will also notice new parking rules around Wrightsville Beach. The town now meters parking lots with bathroom facilities until 7 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. and it recently added pay stations to

Wrightsville Beach Park and town hall. Those pay stations allow two free hours, but visi-tors must still obtain a parking receipt and place it on their

dashboard to avoid a ticket. The intent, town manager Tim

Owens said, is to deter all-day beachgoers from parking there so the spaces will be available to

those using the park. New regulations regarding park-

ing in church lots will also be in effect May 27–30. While beachgo-ers will still be allowed to park in

the lots, the rules require churches to provide the lots with trash receptacles and at least one adult attendant to prevent tailgating. email [email protected]

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be patrolling waterways in Wrightsville Beach and around the state to maintain safety and look for boaters who are intoxi-cated, Capt. Todd Radabaugh said.

While the most common offense is usually equipment violations, Radabaugh said that officers do have tests that can assess if a boater is intoxicated, similar to the field sobriety test for drivers.

“It focuses on paying attention and being able to do several little things at one time,” Radabaugh said. “It’s very difficult for intox-icated people.”

North Carolina ranks 10th in the nation in boating fatalities, the commission said, with opera-tor inattention being the leading cause of boating accidents, the majority of which come in May, June and July.

In addition to checks on the water, Capt. Alvin Bachelor of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said that its officers would also have check points by boating ramps.

The problem of intoxicated boating can magnify itself once boaters are off the water,

said LaRonda Scott, executive director of the North Carolina chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Boaters who have been drink-ing on the water will then load the boat onto a trailer attached to the back of a vehicle, driving drunk while towing a heavy load.

“Those thousands of pounds turn into a weapon on the high-way,” Scott said. “It’s a 100

percent preventable crime.”Along with looking for drunk

drivers, David said more atten-tion is being paid to drugged driving, especially as abuse of opioids and other prescription drugs continue to be a problem in the Wilmington area.

Earlier this week, a grand jury indicted Melissa Henderson, the mother of a 13-month-old boy killed in a fiery wreck in April,

with charges that include pos-session of schedule IV narcotics. Henderson swerved off the road and hit a tree, causing the car to catch fire. David said driving impaired with a child in the car is the same as child abuse.

“There is more death and destruction from driving while impaired than from guns and knives,” David said.Email [email protected]

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upcoming draft, Hutchins and Wright are hustling up sponsor-ships, trying to find host families for the players, persuading local restaurants to pony up free meals — whatever it takes.

“What don’t we do?” Wright said. “It’s just Pat and me here. Everything that goes into a base-ball operation, we handle. People call up and say, ‘how can I sign my kid up for kid camp?’ That’s us. People say, ‘how can I do a sponsorship?’ I’ll say you’re talking to the right guy. We handle sponsorships, marketing, promotions, everything.”

That means long, hectic days as they gear up for another sea-son of what they’ve dubbed

affordable, family-fun baseball. Time is growing short. The players will begin to arrive on Saturday, May 28. Opening Day is Tuesday, May 31. It can mean increased stress levels with last-minute details still to be taken care of.

But it doesn’t matter, because this is truly a labor of love.

“We have a ball doing this,” Hutchins said.

The Sharks play in the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate sum-mer league with 16 teams across Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The play-ers are amateurs, playing after just finishing their freshman, sophomore and junior years in college. They have dreams of playing professionally someday, and have hopes of attracting the

attention of scouts.Hutchins became the club’s

GM four years ago, mostly by chance. He is the president of Financial Data Systems, a med-ical billing agency on Military Cutoff close to Wrightsville Beach that he started in 1997.

“A friend came to me about four years ago and said the Sharks are looking for a new GM,” he said. “My business had been built, and practically runs itself, and I was looking for something to do. I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, who would not want to do that?’ I interviewed and took the job.”

The excitement of being a baseball general manager quickly gave way to another emotion.

“I had absolutely no idea what

I was doing,” he said. “It was Opening Day in two weeks, and I was terrified.”

It helped when Wright showed up to spend her summer work-ing as an intern.

“It was the blind leading the blind,” she said. “We figured it out. That 2013 season was one for the books.”

Wright was hired as assistant GM before the 2015 season after graduating from James Madison University with a degree in sport and recreation management. Now the management team works on building the fan base with promo-tions like hot dog Mondays, taco Tuesdays and thirsty Thursdays.

“It’s affordable family fun,” Wright said. “We want everybody to come out here, have a cheap beer, a cheap hotdog, and just

have fun watching the game.”Unlike big-league GMs,

Hutchins is not responsible for player procurement. That job falls to Scott Wingo, the new head coach after serving as an assistant last year. Wingo, a former all-conference second baseman at the University of South Carolina and a member of the coaching staff at North Greenville University, relies on his college contacts to recruit players.

Hutchins just has one request.“Courtney and I feel strongly

that we have to have some local flair,” he said. “So we always tell them, when you’re picking your squad we want at least two kids from UNCW, and we want some kids that played high school here locally.”

This year’s roster includes

Ryan Jeffers, a catcher from University of North Carolina Wilmington; Clark Cota, a pitcher from UNCW by way of Topsail High School; Ward Coleman, a corner infielder from New Hanover High School who hit .526 in 19 at-bats his freshman year at Davidson; and North Brunswick High School products Chris Graham, an out-fielder playing at University of North Carolina Greensboro; and Shelton Perkins, who now pitches for East Carolina.

“We’re looking forward to another great season,” Wright said. “We’ve seen so much change in the past four seasons. We’re proud of that and we want to continue to see it grow.”

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drilling from being included in the next five-year leasing plan,” he said. “We want to permanently protect the Atlantic.”

Many of this year’s Hands Across the Sand participants were also advocating for alter-nate energy sources like wind and solar.

Wind and sunlight are avail-able off the coast, Cape Fear Sierra Club member Priss Endo said, gesturing to the sparkling

whitecaps offshore.“We just need to capture it,”

she said.Joining hands at Wrightsville

Beach, while advocates on 13 other beaches up and down North Carolina’s coast do the same, “shows that we’re united to stop dirty fuels,” she added.

“It represents the solidarity of citizens who call the coast home,” said Kevin Piacenza, offshore drilling campaign coor-dinator for Surfrider Cape Fear.

One of those local residents in attendance was former

Wrightsville Beach Mayor David Cignotti.

“I think it’s very important for the average citizen to become involved in an issue as impor-tant as this,” Cignotti said. “I live here at Wrightsville Beach and I don’t understand how anyone who lives at the beach would not be a strong environmentalist.”

Clean energy is the future, Cignotti added.

“We need stop living in the past,” he said.

Most of the environmentalists referenced “the future” when

explaining their motivation for taking part in events like Hands Across the Sand. Plastic Ocean Project executive director Bonnie Monteleone simply pointed to her daughter, who was standing next to her.

Endo explained the sentiment by saying, “We’re standing here to protect marine life, to oppose seismic testing and to keep our beaches clean from oil spill, but ultimately we’re standing here because we want to have the healthiest beach for the future.”email [email protected]

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He also described a scenario in which a swimmer wades through a trough at low tide to reach the ankle-deep water on the sandbar. As the tide rises they attempt to wade back to shore but find the water in the trough is now over their head.

“So people who cannot swim get into trouble,” he said.

Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue, a squad of 32 regular guards and a number of part-time guards, man the island’s 13 lifeguard stands between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. starting the Friday before Memorial Day. Guards will also be patrolling in two trucks and four or five ATVs, with one Jet Ski available.

They respond to a variety of issues on the beach strand and in the water, but when a large ocean swell is forecasted, as it is for Memorial Day weekend, Owens said his guards are most frequently called into action for ocean rescues.

“This weekend looks like it has the potential for high risk of rip currents,” he said.

When beachgoers arrive on the strand, he said, they should immediately check to see what color flag the lifeguards are fly-ing from their stands.

The flags indicate risk of high surf or strong currents — red indicates high risk, yellow indi-cates medium, green means low. If beachgoers have questions, Owens encouraged them to talk to the lifeguards.

Several parts of the beach always have rip currents, like Johnnie Mercer’s Pier and Crystal Pier. Fixed rips, as Owens called them, tend to form around structures like piers, or the jetty at the island’s south end.

For that reason, he added, the town has installed signs warning beachgoers not to swim within

200 feet on either side of the piers. May 14, bystanders pulled a drowning victim out of the rip current at Johnnie Mercer’s Pier and gave him CPR until life-guards arrived and restored his breathing and consciousness.

But rip currents don’t just form around structures, Owens added. They can form anywhere and in a variety of conditions and tides. A spot in the ocean where waves aren’t breaking can indicate a rip current, and because rip currents suck sediment out to sea, Owens said they usually look like “a little brown river pulling away from shore.”

If a swimmer gets caught in a rip current, they should, first and foremost, stay calm and not fight the current, Owens added. Swim to the left or right to swim out of the rip current, then to shore. If they can’t swim out of the cur-rent, they should float or tread water while waving to a lifeguard for assistance.

Bystanders who observe a swimmer caught in a rip should call 911 or get a lifeguard, Owens added. Nearby surfers can — and often have — rescued drowning victims with their boards, Owens said, but swimmers should not try to perform a rescue.

They can throw a flotation device to the victim, he added, but said, “A major concern, if a large number of people go out to try to make a rescue, is that they become a victim themselves.”

The other main issues to which lifeguards respond on holiday weekends are missing children and medical emergencies, Owens said. He advised parents to watch their children at all times on the beach and, in the case of a medi-cal emergency, call 911 and then seek a lifeguard.

“We just want everybody to come down here and be safe,” he said.email [email protected]

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Staff photo by Terry Lane

State law enforcement officials launch the annual “On the Road, On the Water, Don’t Drink and Drive” campaign Tuesday, May 24 at the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission public boat ramp in Wrightsville Beach.


Andre Gonzales plays in the sand at Wrightsville Beach with his daughter, Ashton Gonzales, Memorial Day weekend 2015.


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LIFESTYLES

W H AT ’ 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 ?

Tunes on the TownDowntown Sundown Summer Concert SeriesFriday, May 27, 6-10 p.m., FreePrincess and North Water streets

Across from the Wilmington Riverwalk, the 11th Annual Downtown Sundown Summer Concert series kicks off with the Coldplay tribute band 4.2 and opening band Striking Copper. The con-cert series runs rain or shine through Sept. 2. For more information, call 910-763-7349 or go to www. wilmingtondowntown.com

Boomin’ BoardwalkFireworks by the Sea and Live MusicFriday, May 27, 6:30-9:30 p.m., FreeCarolina Beach Boardwalk

Enjoy the family-friendly attractions of the Carolina Beach Boardwalk and then at 6:30 p.m., live music featuring Jack Jack 180. After sundown, watch fireworks over the ocean. For more details, call 910-458-8434 or email [email protected]

Classic Laughs“The Fantasticks”May 26-29, $32Thalian Hall

A funny, romantic musical that ran in NYC for more than 50 years comes to downtown Wilmington. Narrator El Gallo guides the audience through the tale of a boy and a girl who fall in love. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday. To purchase tickets, call the box office at 910-632-2285.

Start with ArtFourth Friday Gallery NightFriday, May 27, 6 p.m., FreeVarious Wilmington venues

This free, self-guided tour of galleries and art studios features various mediums like photography, paint-ings, ceramics, mixed media and more. Live music, wine and food are included. For more information, call 910-343-0998 or email [email protected]

More than 60 mostly barefoot sets of fifth-grade feet scampered around the protective fencing on the south end of Wrightsville Beach on Monday as they

jostled for position to peer through a scope and see the variety of nesting shorebirds in the island’s nest-ing sanctuary.

Their interest in these birds is part childhood won-derment, with a fair share of artistic expression. It will be their artwork of these birds that will help remind visitors to the south end not to disturb them during their nesting season. Each of the students of the fifth-grade class of Wrightsville Beach School had drawn pictures of the different birds, with different messages, urging visitors to stay away.

“Don’t be a pest, save our nests,” reads the sign drawn by Katie Speaks. Samuel Felton’s message is, “Don’t destroy our habitat.”

Now, these drawings have been converted into signs by Audubon North Carolina, and the students were there to see their artwork in action. But first, before seeing their signs, they learned a lesson about the birds’ nesting habits, including the dangers they face, with an emphasis on actions the kids can take to help keep the birds stay safe and healthy.

“We want the birds to stay because they won’t be dis-turbed,” said Marlene Eader, volunteer coordinator for Audubon North Carolina. “These are colonial nesters; they make a community. We can all learn from them.”

The shorebirds that commonly nest on the south end by Masonboro Inlet include common terns, least terns, oystercatchers and black skimmers.

Eader showed how the birds nest in the sand and stand overtop their eggs to protect and shade them. To demonstrate, Eader said she was “going to need some helpers,” and hands shot skyward as every one of the students wanted to be involved. Several students played the nesting birds, digging special-sized holes and placing inside a chick. Another student played a dog walker, while another was a crab and a third played a crow.

If a dog frightens the birds, they will attack en masse, Eader explained, and the kids playing the birds had fun chasing down the stuffed dog. But in leaving their nests unguarded, in came the crab and crow to snatch some chicks. If the parent birds are gone for too long, Eader continued, the eggs can literally cook

in the hot sand.“After learning about the birds it made me really

want to stay away,” student Bailey Futch said. “I liked learning about how they travel all over the world and have to take long trips.”

Students took the opportunity given to them by the school’s marine science coordinator, Cissie Brooks, to add some artistic creativity. Inspired by her older sis-ter, Sarah Hartzler’s sign showed a bird saying, “I’m getting my tan,” with the ocean in the background.

“I was really hoping I would see it,” Hartzler said after having her photo taken by it. “I liked to do the ocean. I used different colors of blue.”

Others were there to see the birds, as chaperones helped the students sight and peer through magnified bird-watching scopes to see the young chicks.

“They’re really small and speckly,” Lawton Mayo said after spotting one.

This is the fifth year the Wrightsville Beach School stu-dents have created sign designs for the beach fencing and as it turns out, they are trend setters. Walker Golder, Atlantic Flyway coastal program leader with the national Audubon Society, said the program is now being cop-ied in Connecticut, Florida, New York and New Jersey. The proj-ect is supported by the Harbor Island Garden Club, which spon-sors the school’s Rooty Rascals student organization.

For club member Kim Waters, one of the adults scampering after the kids, the project is a way of “putting something back” into the community.

But for Hartzler, it is a unique opportunity to impact her environment.

“I love birds and always want to do what I can to protect them,” she said.Intern Sarah Sullivan contributed to this story.Email [email protected]

Wrightsville Beach students draw visitors away from nesting birdsBY TERRY LANE, STAFF WRITER

Conservation by Crayon

Staff photo by Allison Potter

Above: Wrightsville Beach School student Noah Young looks at nesting shorebirds through a scope with Audubon North Carolina vol-unteer Marlene Eader, right, Monday, May 23 at Wrightsville’s south end. Center: Wrightsville Beach School students Nellie Harris, right, and Bella Ellison, act as birds chasing a predator, Andrew Warshaw, from their nests during a field trip with Audubon North Carolina Monday, May 23. Top: Signs designed by Wrightsville Beach School fifth graders surround the bird sanctuary at Wrightsville’s south end.

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The Good News

Church Services NEAR THE BEACH

LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE BOARDWALK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.)

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

www.littlechapel.orgBeach Service: 8 a.m., Public Beach Access No. 4

Sunday School (for all ages): 9:15 a.m. Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Nursery provided.

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

101 Airlie Road, 910-256-30347:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH BAPTIST CHURCHJohn McIntyre, senior pastor

601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682Traditional Worship: 9-10 a.m.

Sunday School for all ages: 10:10-11 a.m.Contemporary Worship: 11:10 a.m to 12:20 p.m.

WRIGHTSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHDoug Lain, 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

SYMPTOMS OF A HARD HEARTMay 26

Mark 8:17, “And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?”

MATTHEW 16:1-12; MARK 8:11-21Just a few days before this instance, hardened hearts caused Jesus’

disciples to be amazed when they saw Jesus walk on the water to them. Here, Jesus’ statements reveal some of the characteristics of someone with a hardened heart.

First, a hard heart keeps us from perceiving spiritual truths. This is why everyone in a church service hears exactly the same message yet, some will receive while others won’t. It’s not the Word that is the variable, but rather the condition of the hearts. A hard heart stops spiritual perception.

Second, a hardened heart stops us from understanding spiritual

truth. When a person doesn’t understand God’s Word, Satan finds no resistance when he comes to steal it away.

Third, a hard heart keeps us from remembering. This isn’t to say that we can’t recall facts or scriptures. As related in Mark 8:19-20, the disciples remembered the facts of the two miraculous feedings, but they had forgotten any spiritual lessons they might have learned. Likewise, some people can quote scripture or remember what the sermon was about, but they can’t perceive the spiritual life in the message or retain what they did perceive.

A hardned heart blinds us to any spiritual perception and keeps us thinking only in the natural realm. Small faith and a hardened heart are the same. Hebrews 3:12-13 parallels an evil heart of unbelief to a hardened heart. It takes great faith to keep our heart sensitive to God. Seek Him with your whole heart today.

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Prepare your souls and ready your hearts for the Messiah is soon to be part of this earth

His reign will last for generations and there will be no value to religion, it will lose its worth

Only worship from within will bring you to the place where you need to be

Open to receive the Messiah and all His glory and splendor to set you free

Raise up your banners and dance will all abandon to show your loving respect

For the Messiah of all will set you free and none of your prayers He will reject

Let your flesh know what your heart feels when the Messiah touches your hand

Submit all that you are to the values of heaven and in the name of Christ make a stand

Rise up against all the lies that are spoken and speak the truth that is in your heart

Stand in worship and song alongside the Messiah and keep hope alive as a start

Pull close to you the needy and the ones searching for truth and guide their steps forward

Know that you are the contact between what they were and the truth of My word

Flowing into their lives with worship and song that Jesus the Messiah inspires

Show them what can be when they open up and free their soul to have a desire

C ARL WATERSH2OLivingTo greet the Messiah in dreams and visions and listen to His voiceAs faith rises up within, your heart will fill with joy at your choice

(Dan 9:25 KJV) Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.(Mat 1:18 NRSV) Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.(Mat 16:15 - 16 NRSV) 15 - He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 - Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”(Luke 24:46 NRSV) and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,(Acts 2:36 NRSV) Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”(Acts 17:3 NRSV) explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This is the Messiah, Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you.”(Rev 11:15 NRSV) Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever.”

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

File No. 15-SP-660

New Hanover County, North Carolina

Under and by virtue of the Decla-ration recorded in Book 1819, Page 990, and Book 1853, Page 0170, New Hanover County Register of Deeds, and the provisions of Chap-ter 47F of the North Carolina Gen-eral Statutes, and because of the Respondents’ failure to pay assess-ments duly assessed by The Lakes at Johnson Farms, Inc. (“Associa-tion”) as shown by the Claim of Lien for Assessments filed on December 19, 2014, File No. 14-M-1478, in the Office of the New Hanover County Clerk of Superior Court, and pursuant to an Order Allowing Foreclosure of Claim of Lien for Assessments entered by the New Hanover County Clerk of Court on January 21, 2016, the undersigned Trustee will expose for public sale at auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at 11:00 a.m. on the 2nd day of June 2016 at the Courthouse door, New Hanover County Judicial Build-ing, 316 Princess Street, Wilming-ton, North Carolina, the following property (including any improve-ments thereon) located in New Hanover County, North Carolina:

BEING ALL of Lot 29 in Phase 2 of The Lakes at Johnson Farms as per map thereof recorded in Map Book 34 at Page 274, New Hanover County Registry, to which map ref-erence is made for a more particu-lar description.

Also commonly known as 5009 Gate Post Lane, Wilmington, NC 28412-8497.

The record owners of the above-described real property as reflect-ed by the records of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds ten (10) days prior to posting the Notice are Ronald Jackson and wife, Michelle Jackson.

The above-described property will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS,” and is subject to any and all superior mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, judgments, unpaid taxes, ease-ments, conditions, restrictions, and other matters of record, including, but not limited to, Deed of Trust recorded in Book 5106, 49, of the New Hanover County Regis-ter of Deeds.

The successful bidder will be required to deposit with the Trust-ee immediately upon the conclu-sion of the sale a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders a deed for the property. If for any reason the Trustee does not tender a deed for the property, the successful bid-der’s sole remedy shall be a return of the deposit.

To the extent this sale involves residential property with less than fifteen (15) units, you are hereby notified of the following:

(a) An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to § 45-21.29 of the North Carolina General Statutes in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold; and

(b) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rent-al agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the Notice of Sale, terminate the rental agreement upon ten (10) days written notice to the land-lord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agree-ment prorated to the effective date of the termination.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. THE UNDERSIGNED IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.This the 19th day of April 2016.Charles D. Meier, TrusteeN. C. State Bar No. 13039MARSHALL, WILLIAMS & GOR-HAM, L.L.P.14 South Fifth StreetPost Office Drawer 2088Wilmington, NC 28402-2088Telephone: (910) 763-9891Facsimile: (910) 343-8604E-Mail: [email protected] 19 and 26, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

15 SP 680

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kathryn B. Shaw and Lawrence Carl Pie-discalzo, Jr. (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Larry C. Piediscalzo and Kathryn B. Shaw) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 18th day of November, 2005, and recorded in Book 4939, Page 1329, in New Hanover County Regis-

try, North Carolina, default hav-ing been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the under-signed, Substitute Trustee Servic-es, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Caro-lina and the holder of the note evi-dencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Sub-stitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclo-sure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 31, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEING all of Lot 104, KIRKWOOD AT ARRONDALE, Section 1, as shown on a map of same record-ed in Map Book 42, Page 104, of the New Hanover County Reg-istry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more partic-ular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6300 Naples Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Subject to the Covenants, Con-ditions and Restrictions for KIRK-WOOD AT ARRONDALE, Section 1, recorded in Book 3270, Page 129, of the New Hanover County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dol-lars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursu-ant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and con-veyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, direc-tors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities aris-ing out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, spe-cial assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to appli-cable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hun-dred fifty dollars ($750.00), which-ever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Resi-dential Real Property

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant 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 property is sold.

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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agree-ment by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mort-gagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES,

INC.SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEc/o Hutchens Law FirmP.O. Box 10284317 Ramsey StreetFayetteville, North Carolina 28311Phone No: (910) 864-3068https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.comCase No: 1167521 (FC.FAY)May 19 and 26, 2016


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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Timothy Peters and Melissa Peters (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Tim Peters and Melissa Peters) to Douglas P. Clark, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of January, 2003, and recorded in Book 3623, Page 725, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Sub-stitute Trustee Services, Inc. hav-ing been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instru-ment duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evi-dencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Sub-stitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclo-sure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 31, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEING a Unit Ownership in Real Property, Unit 8 Bldg E, under and pursuant to Chapter 47-A of the North Carolina General Statutes, entitled “Unit Ownership Act” and being more specifically described as all of Unit 8 of Building E of SUn Skipper, Phase 5, a condo-minium project situated upon real property located within the Town of Carolina Beach, State of North Carolina, as said real prop-erty is described in the Supple-mental Declaration creating Unit Ownership of Property under the Provisions of Chapter 47-A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, referred to hereinbelow, said Unit being more specifically described by reference to and shown on the set of plans of Sun Skipper, Phase 5, which are recorded as Exhibit “A” to said Declaration which is recorded in Book 1248 beginning at Page 1202 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, NC reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description thereof, said plans also being recorded in Condominium Plat Book 6 beginning at page 70 in the Registry, said Unit also being more defined in said Supplemen-tal Declaration together with all appurtenances thereto belonging, including but not limited to, the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of Sun Skip-per, all Phases, appurtenant to said units as the same is established in said Supplemental Declaration Together with and Subject to all rights privileges, easements, obli-gations, restrictions, covenants and conditions applicable and appurtenant to said Unit, specifi-cally, and to until ownership of Sun Skipper, in general as the same are stated in said Declaration referred to hereinabove Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 1509 Carolina Beach Avenue North, #E8, Carolina Beach, North Carolina.


Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dol-lars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursu-ant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and con-veyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, direc-tors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities aris-ing out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, spe-cial assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to appli-cable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hun-

dred fifty dollars ($750.00), which-ever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.


Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Resi-dential Real Property


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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agree-ment by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mort-gagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC.SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEc/o Hutchens Law FirmP.O. Box 10284317 Ramsey StreetFayetteville, North Carolina 28311Phone No: (910) 864-3068https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.comCase No: 1179839 (FC.FAY)May 19 and 26, 2016

JWT 97357252

NORTH CAROLINA

NEW HANOVER COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK

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IN THE MATTER OF THE FORE-CLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DANIEL THOMAS TYNAN, JR. AND CHRISTINA M.

WOOD DATED August 30, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4901,

PAGE 967, NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY, TO BB&T

COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPO-RATION, TRUSTEE.


Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by DANIEL THOMAS TYNAN, JR. AND CHRIS-TINA M. WOOD dated August 30, 2005 to BB&T COLLATERAL SER-VICE CORPORATION, Trustee for BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, recorded in Book 4901, Page 967, NEW HANOVER Coun-ty Registry; default having been made in payment of the indebt-edness thereby secured; and the necessary findings to permit fore-closure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of NEW HANOVER County, North Caro-lina; 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 particularly described as follows:

All that certain parcel of land lying and being situated in the County of New Hanover, State of NC, to wit:

Being all of Lot “B” as shown on a map of division for John C. Caldwell recorded in Book 38, Page 394, in the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. Said Lot “B” also being all of Lot 158B and part of Estate 5, Section “B”, Forest Hills as shown on a map recorded in Map Book 3, Page 51, in the New Hanover County Reg-istry.

Tax Map Reference: R05412-002-001-000

Being that parcel of land conveyed to Daniel Tynan and wife, Chris-tina Wood, Tenants By The Entirety from John C. Caldwell and wife, Marie M. Caldwell by that deed dated 11/23/1999 and recorded 11/29/1999 in Deed Book 2673,

at Page 209 of the New Hanover County, NC Public Registry.

PROPERTY ADDRESS/LOCA-TION: 707 Colonial Drive Wilm-ington NC 28403

DATE OF SALE: June 7, 2016

TIME OF SALE: 10:30 A.M.

LOCATION OF SALE: NEW HANOVER County Courthouse

RECORD OWNER(S): Daniel Thomas Tynan, Jr. and Christina M. Wood

TERMS OF THE SALE:

(1). This sale will be made sub-ject to: (a) all prior liens, encum-brances, 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 Rev-enue 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 beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the under-signed Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations concerning the property, includ-ing but not limited to, the physi-cal or environmental condition of the property. Further, the under-signed Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property.

(3) The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees pay-able to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure 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, which-ever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expi-ration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period.

(5) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rent-al agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving this Notice of Foreclosure Sale, ter-minate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termi-nation to the landlord, to be effec-tive on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this Notice of Foreclo-sure Sale, provided that the mort-gagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective date of the termination.

(6) An order for possession 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 property is sold.

(7) If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mort-gagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Substitute Trustee.

This the 10th day of May, 2016.SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKESAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P.Cara B. Williams, Attorney forJeff D. Rogers, Substitute TrusteeP. O. Box 26268Raleigh, NC 27611-6268 (919) 250-2000Fax: (919)250-2211May 26 and June 2, 2016

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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 certain Deed of Trust executed by Ricky J. Shields to PBRE, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated February 22, 2006 and recorded on February 22, 2006 in Book 4982 at Page 1298, New Hanover County Regis-try, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the under-signed, Trustee Services of Caro-lina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evi-dencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Sub-stitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and custom-

ary location at the county court-house for conducting the sale on June 7, 2016 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being all of Lot 18, Bridgewater Bluffs, Phase II, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 42 at page 298 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 4122 Cape Landing Road, Castle Hayne, NC 28429.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hun-dred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), which-ever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Follow-ing the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHAS-ERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

Said property to be offered pursu-ant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and con-veyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physi-cal, environmental, health or safe-ty conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, ease-ments, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encum-brances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the cur-rent owner(s) of the property is/are Ricky J. Shields.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the pur-chaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the 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, ter-minate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termi-nation to the landlord, to be effec-tive on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agree-ment prorated to the effective date of the termination.


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.: 14-20704-FC01May 26 and June 2, 2016

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Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Cecil Kent Lee, Sr. and Dianna Hall Lee to TRSTE, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated October 27, 2005 and recorded on October 27, 2005 in Book 4927 at Page 2344 and rere-corded/modified/corrected on January 13, 2012 in Book 5611, Page 635, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the under-signed, Trustee Services of Caro-lina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evi-dencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Sub-stitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and custom-ary location at the county court-house for conducting the sale on June 7, 2016 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being all of Lot 164, Section 10, Woodberry Forest Subdivision, as shown on map of same recorded in Map Book 30, at Page 112 in the New Hanover County Registry, ref-erence to which is hereby made for a more particular description.


Said property is commonly known as 3401 Amber Drive, Wilmington, NC 28409.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hun-dred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), which-ever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Follow-ing the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHAS-ERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

Said property to be offered pursu-ant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and con-veyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physi-cal, environmental, health or safe-ty conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, ease-ments, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encum-brances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the cur-rent owner(s) of the property is/are Cecil Kent Lee, Sr. and wife, Dianna Hall Lee.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the pur-chaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the 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, ter-minate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termi-nation to the landlord, to be effec-tive on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agree-ment prorated to the effective date of the termination.



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Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Don-ald Terrill and Linda Terrill to Judy H. Woody, Trustee(s), which was dated September 26, 2006 and recorded on September 27, 2006 in Book 5084 at Page 1723, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the under-signed, Trustee Services of Caro-lina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evi-dencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned

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Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for con-ducting the sale on June 7, 2016 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property sit-uated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being all of Lot 83, Section 4, Gor-don Woods, as shown on map of same recorded in Map Book 34, at Page 168 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.


Said property is commonly known as 2202 Winter Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28411.

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 imme-diately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

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 representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmen-tal, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Donald Ter-rell.

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 prop-erty is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date con-tained in the notice of sale, pro-vided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of ter-mination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rent-al agreement, the tenant is lia-ble for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effec-tive date of the termination.

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 inabil-ity to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and rein-statement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is chal-lenged 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 purchas-

er will have no further remedy.



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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mark R. Cutshall and Kathryn A. Slagle and Cathy T. Cutshall to Col-lins & Collins, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of April, 2006, and recorded in Book 5008, Page 794, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the under-signed, Substitute Trustee Servic-es, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebt-edness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the court-house door in the City of Wilm-ington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclo-sure sales, at 12:00 PM on June 7, 2016 and will sell to the high-est bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Caroli-na, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEING all of Lot 92, Phase 3, Silver Creek Village at Jasmine Cove, as shown upon a map of same recorded in Map Book 34 at Page 11 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more par-ticular description.

Property: 4410 Jasmine Cove Way, Wilmington, NC 28412

Parcel: R07110-001-140-000


Should the property be pur-chased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hun-dred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pur-suant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agree-ment, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attor-neys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representa-tion or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmen-tal, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsi-bilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are dis-claimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold sub-ject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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 inabil-ity to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and rein-statement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is chal-lenged 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.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rent-al units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property


Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rent-al agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, ter-minate the rental agreement by providing written notice of ter-mination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mort-gagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agree-ment, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC.SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEc/o Hutchens Law FirmP.O. Box 10284317 Ramsey StreetFayetteville, North Carolina 28311Phone No: (910) 864-3068https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.comCase No: 1095764 (FC.FAY)May 26 and June 2, 2016


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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Peggy M. Brummitt to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 5th day of May, 2003, and recorded in Book 3783, Page 868, and Modi-fication in Book 5640, Page 1152, in New Hanover County Regis-try, North Carolina, default hav-ing been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the under-signed, Substitute Trustee Servic-es, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebt-edness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the court-house door in the City of Wilm-ington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclo-

sure sales, at 12:00 PM on June 7, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Federal Point, in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

All that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the City of Caroli-na Beach, Federal Point Township, New Hanover County, North Caro-lina; Being all of Lot 24 of Forest by The Sea as the same is shown on the map recorded in Map Book 19, Page 69 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, to which said map refer-ence is hereby made for a more particular description, Togeth-er with and subject to all of the rights, easements, privileges, and obligations made appurtenant thereto by The Declaration of Cov-enants, Conditions and Restric-tions recorded in Book 1163, Page 1898 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County. Together with all the rights, privi-leges and obligations of a Class A Membership in Lagoon Boatown-er’s Assn., Inc. as set forth in the Declaration of Covenants, Condi-tions and Restrictions recorded in Book 1163, Page 1911 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, which Class A Membership is hereby made appurtenant to and insepa-rable from the conveyance of the above described lot by whomso-ever owned whether or not con-tained in any subsequent Deed. Including the Unit located there-on; said Unit being located at 1200 Saint Joseph Street Unit 24, Carolina Beach, North Caro-lina.


Should the property be pur-chased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dol-lars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursu-ant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and con-veyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Nei-ther the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representa-tive of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any rep-resentation or warranty relat-ing to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities aris-ing out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this prop-erty is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hun-dred fifty dollars ($750.00), which-ever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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

if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rent-al units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property


Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rent-al agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, ter-minate the rental agreement by providing written notice of ter-mination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mort-gagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon ter-mination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC.SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEc/o Hutchens Law FirmP.O. Box 10284317 Ramsey StreetFayetteville, North Carolina 28311Phone No: (910) 864-3068https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.comCase No: 1174758 (FC.FAY)May 26 and June 2, 2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER


BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPE-RIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Cecil Elmer Turner of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to pres-ent them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 8th day of August 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 5th day of May, 2016.David Stuart Turner, Executor109 Santa Ana DriveWilmington, NC 284125/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26/2016



In the Matter of the Estate of

SUE BONEY IVES, Deceased


SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

BEFORE THE CLERK

16-E-599

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

LESLIE BONEY IVES, having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of SUE BONEY IVES, deceased, here-by notifies all persons, firms or cor-porations having claims against the decedent to exhibit same to the said Leslie Boney Ives at the address set out below on or before August 19, 2016, or this Notice may be pleaded in bar of any pay-

ment or recovery of same. All per-sons indebted to said decedent will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned at the address set out below.

This the 12th day of May 2016.LESLIE BONEY IVES, ExecutorEstate of SUE BONEY IVES, Deceasedc/o MARSHALL, WILLIAMS & GOR-HAM, L.L.P.14 South Fifth StreetPost Office Drawer 2088Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-20885/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2/2016





EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executrix of the Estate of Bonnie Caneer Culp 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 12th day of August 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 12th day of May, 2016.Linda Jeneane Culp Tadlock, Executrixaka Jeneane Culp Tadlock100 Water StreetWrightsville Beach, NC 284805/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2/2016





EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executrix of the Estate of Paul Kenneth Schearer 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 19th day of August 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 19th day of May, 2016.Ann Bullard, Executrix107 Ronald AvenueCastle Hayne, NC 284295/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of RUSSELL B. LONG, SR., deceased of New Hanover Coun-ty, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 20th day of August, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immedi-ate payment to the undersigned.

Claims should be presented or paid in behalf of the undersigned at:1405 White Oak Church RoadApex, NC 27523 This the 19th day of May, 2016.Randall K. Daniels, Executor of the Estate of Russell B. Long, Sr.1405 White Oak Church RoadApex, NC 27523The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Rd., Ste. 102Wilmington, NC 284035/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9/2016




BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

FILE NO. 16 E 0641

ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE

The undersigned having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of Lois M. Smith, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to pres-ent them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 19th of August, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 19th day of May, 2016. Dawn S. Cox, Administratrixc/o Robert A. O’Quinn, Attorney at Law Post Office Box 1364Wrightsville Beach, North Caro-lina 28480 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9/2016





EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Rebec-ca Britt Nance Walter 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 26th day of August 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 26th day of May, 2016.Ken Nance, Executor10 Willow Lane White Lake, NC 283375/26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16/2016

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Sports/Marine

New cobia regulations baffle anglers

Hook, Line & Sinker

By Skylar Walters

It is rather hard to believe that there is slightly less than one week left in the month of May; where has the time gone? Water temperatures are reading in the lower 70s and the fish are biting just about everywhere and in some locations the fishing is only going to get even better. Unfortunately, though, one of the most anticipated fish for this time of year, the cobia, has seen a significant regula-tion adjustment that anglers need to know about because they’ve already gone into effect. While these regulations are affecting everyone, they will have an impact on the boating fishermen the most.

The regulation change was handed down late last week from the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries in the form of a proclamation that was enacted this past Monday, May 23. The decision to change the state cobia regula-tions from the federal mandate of no possession of cobia that was going to launch on June 20 was quick and is somewhat confusing as there are several scenarios on what cobia you can keep depending on when and how you are fishing. We’ll cover just the basic recre-ational changes because the charter and commercial folks normally stay abreast of the ever-changing rules.

For all recreational anglers, the minimum size limit for cobia has increased to 37 inches fork length. That’s pier, surf and boat recreational anglers. If you are fishing from the pier or surf or sound-side pier, basi-cally anything where you are attached to land, then you can legally possess one cobia per day, seven days a week, pro-vided it is at least 37 inches long. For the recreational boat-ing angler, however, things get

a bit more complicated. Anglers may possess one cobia a per-son or two cobia per boat only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays; if it’s any other day of the week, then you are not allowed to possess a cobia in state waters. And the fish has to be at least 37 inches in length. This regulation is scheduled to run through the month of September when possession of all cobia will be restricted to none.

Another niche that makes this regulation even more confusing is if you are fish-ing in state waters (within three miles of land) after the federal regulations go into effect on June 20 and you happen to catch a cobia that is allowed in state waters, you’ll be risking a fine or worse if you decide to later head out into federal waters with that fish. The same goes if you happen to catch a legal cobia in federal waters before June 20, but bring it back to the docks, which would be in state waters, on one of the four days of the week that are not allowed.

One final proverbial wrench in the spokes is that the federal government has not approved this change that the state has decided to implement before the federal regulations go into effect. If the federal govern-ment does not think the state’s change meets the current federal fishery management plan, then the state could be required to change or imple-ment additional restrictions or face issues with future federal funding.

Aside from the new cobia regulations that are somewhat puzzling and dominated this week’s report, there are fish to be caught — so get out there and catch some and be safe this Memorial weekend!

Latitude 34° 11’ N, Longitude 77° 49’ W

TIDESMasonboro InletDate Time ht(ft) Time ht(ft) Time ht(ft) Time ht(ft)

5/26 Thu 05:12 AM 0.09 L 11:15 AM 3.35 H 05:06 PM 0.3 L 11:40 PM 4.24 H

5/27 Fri 05:58 AM 0.14 L 12:04 PM 3.44 H 06:00 PM 0.41 L

5/28 Sat 12:28 AM 4.18 H 06:53 AM 0.13 L 12:54 PM 3.59 H 07:09 PM 0.46 L

5/29 Sun 01:17 AM 4.13 H 07:54 AM 0.04 L 01:48 PM 3.79 H 08:23 PM 0.37 L

5/30 Mon 02:11 AM 4.07 H 08:52 AM -0.13 L 02:47 PM 4.03 H 09:29 PM 0.17 L

5/31 Tue 03:11 AM 4.03 H 09:47 AM -0.35 L 03:49 PM 4.33 H 10:28 PM -0.07 L

6/1 Wed 04:14 AM 4.04 H 10:39 AM -0.56 L 04:52 PM 4.68 H 11:26 PM -0.31 L

Swimmers race pier to pier in memory of Wrightsville watermanBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

Swimmers from around the country stroked from Johnnie Mercer’s Pier to Crystal Pier May 21 in memory of a for-mer swimmer and Wrightsville Beach lifeguard who died in a 2013 mountaineering accident.

Despite a forecast of thunder-storms, 107 swimmers took part in the third annual Stoked to Go Out Grey Liston Memorial Swim. Participants included current and former University of North Carolina Wilmington swimmers, Wrightsville Beach lifeguards, members of Liston’s Wilmington swim team, his childhood friends from Raleigh

and a few West-Coasters who knew Liston from time he spent in Portland, Oregon, after college.

“Grey just had a lot of friends,” his brother Seth Liston said after the race, adding that he loved seeing such an eclec-tic group of people from around the country brought together every year by the commonality of their friendship with Grey.

For the second year in a row, 13-year-old Jared Carter won the 1.7-mile race with a final

time of 36:14. This year’s race conditions were tougher due to high surf, Carter said.

“The water was rough so you had to swim further out,” he said.

Carter, like many of the other participants, used to swim with Grey Liston on the Raleigh swim team New Wave. Other racers had lifeguarded along-side Grey with the Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue squad, on which he served for four years.

A group of current lifeguards

swam the entire race alongside Grey’s mother, Gail Liston, who completed her first open-water swim ever in 2014’s memorial race. The guards’ moral sup-port motivated her to finish this year’s, her son Seth said, and while she finished in 1:25:22, most of the participants stuck around to cheer her in.

“I think if those guys weren’t swimming alongside her, she would mentally defeat herself,” Seth Liston said.

The race earned the Stoked to Go Out name because Grey was so active — he excelled at climbing, hiking, biking, ski-ing, swimming and surfing, the event’s website stated.

In addition to lifeguard-ing, he spent four years on the UNCW Seahawks’ Swimming and Diving team. Many UNCW swimmers partici-pated, and proceeds from the race benefitted the Grey Liston Endowment Scholarship Fund for UNCW swimming and div-ing student-athletes.

The fund grew large enough this year to award the inaugu-ral scholarship to recent UNCW graduate Sarah Doyle. The money helped pay her senior year tuition, she said. She has partici-pated in the memorial swim every year alongside her teammates, and they decided to continue the tradition as graduates.

They managed to s tay together the whole race, cross-ing the finish line hand in hand. Local swimmers are a close-knit community, Doyle said, and the memorial swim repre-sented that.

“To have all these people come out every year and sup-port something like this, it’s awesome,” she said.email [email protected]

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Jared Carter wins the Grey Liston Memorial Swim at Wrightsville Beach Saturday, May 21.

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Swimmers race into the water at Johnnie Mercer’s Pier to start the Grey Liston Memorial Swim at Wrightsville Beach Saturday, May 21.

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