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County board approves land use plan, excludes water resource mapsBy Terry LaneStaff Writer

The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners approved a comprehen-sive new future land use plan Monday that updates the county’s process for reviewing and permitting development proposals for the first time since the 1970s.

“Plan NHC: Charting a New Course,” which won the votes of all five commission-ers, was the product of three years of work and at least 57 public meetings. However, there was division on the commission later over issues related to water resource and wetlands maps.

“This is a good plan that updates a 1970s ordinance, addresses the issues of density and gives planning staff more flexibility,” commissioner Woody White said.

Chris O’Keefe, county development ser-vices supervisor, told the board the plan would improve the quality of decision making at the staff level, steer growth and development in unincorporated areas and promote economic development. The plan includes the creation of a unified develop-ment ordinance that would rewrite county zoning ordinance to include all of the county regulations related to development. Currently, the county relies on state-man-dated Coastal Area Management Act maps and plans to govern development.

“Vacant developable land has become scarce,” O’Keefe said of the challenges to development in New Hanover County.

Masonboro’s oystercatcher population is thriving

By Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

Oystercatchers, a species of shorebirds, need a very specific type of environment to raise their young. Masonboro Island provides that, and this year the island’s oystercatcher population is thriving.

Four or five years ago, the island’s oystercatchers didn’t pro-duce any successful fledglings, said Lindsay Addison, Audubon North Carolina coastal biologist. So far this year, the 40 pairs of oystercatchers have produced 24 fledglings.

In order to maintain a healthy population, Addison said, the population should produce about one chick for every two pairs of adults.

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Environmental groups tour Carolina coast to oppose seismic testingBy Katie DickensIntern

Volunteers from environmental groups Oceana, Surfrider Foundation and Environment North Carolina campaigned in Topsail Beach and Kure Beach this week to encourage more public opposition to seis-mic blasting and testing off the coast of the Atlantic.

The educational tour follows the U.S.

Department of the Interior’s March announce-ment for a five-year prohibition of industrial drilling for oil and natural gas off of the Atlantic Coast. Although offshore drilling has been suspended, the government is still reviewing numerous seismic blasting permit applications, Environment North Carolina representatives stated.

Seismic blasting, or testing, refers to the first step of the offshore drilling process in which seismic air guns are towed behind

ships and shoot compressed air at the ocean floor to gauge if there is oil underneath. Studies suggest the testing poses a threat to marine wildlife.

“The seismic guns go off every 10 seconds, 24 hours a day for months at a time,” said Mackenzie Dalton, an Environment North Carolina intern. “They can devastate the area, especially in how they interrupt whales and dolphins, because it can disturb how they

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By Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

Two local surfers took home honors in a national surfing competition, continuing a string of recent success by surfers who call the waves of Wrightsville Beach home.

Wilmington’s Gabe Morvil won the Explorer Men’s Division of the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) national championships in Huntington Beach, California, on July 3, and Wrightsville Beach’s Leah Thompson was named Rookie of the Year for making the Open Girls final and the Explorer Girls semi-final in her first national competition.

In 1994, local surfer Ben Bourgeois won the national contest on his way to a World Championship Tour career, representing Wrightsville Beach on a competitive cir-cuit usually dominated by Californians and Hawaiians. Last year, Wilmington’s Bo Raynor became the first to follow in Bourgeois’ footsteps with his own national title.

Morvil and Thompson’s achievements come one year after Raynor won the Explorer Boys division. After this year’s contest, West Coast residents were remark-ing on the recent success of Wrightsville Beach surfers, noted Thompson’s father, Daniel Thompson.

That run of success shared between mul-tiple surfers is likely no coincidence. All three — Raynor, Morvil and Thompson — surf together, and they push each other to improve.

“We like to better each other’s moves,” Morvil said, adding, “It’s fun.”

Morvil said it is especially nice to win, and for his friends to win, in the power-ful, larger West Coast surf, coming from a beach where, he admitted, “There are

By Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

Some of the best surfers on the East Coast, plus a rising star from California, will com-pete for a $15,000 purse in the 11th annual O’Neill Sweetwater Pro-Am at Wrightsville Beach this weekend.

Organ ize rs expec t the July 15-17 contest to draw about 300 participants across all divi-sions — professional, amateur and guppy. Wrightsville Beach’s Ben Bourgeois, event cham-pion in 2014 and a former world tour competitor, is returning this year, contest volunteer Danielle Bourgeois said, as are local stand-outs Knox Harris, Connor Lester, Dylan Kowalski, Bo Raynor, Gabe Morvil and Darsha Pigford.

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Leah Thompson and Bo Raynor chair Gabe Morvil up the beach after he wins the Explorer Men’s title during the NSSA national championships June 26–July 3 at Huntington Beach, California.

Pros and locals compete in Pro-Am surf contest

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The judges tower and event sponsor tents line the sand at Wrightsville Beach’s Columbia Street access during the O’Neill Sweetwater Pro-Am on July 18, 2015.

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Lindsay Addison, Audubon North Carolina coastal biologist, measures an oystercatcher chick at Masonboro Island on July 12.

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Scouts build retaining wall to benefit fire departmentBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

As the temperature climbed toward 90 degrees around midday Saturday, eight teenaged boys lifted and placed cement bricks, carefully layering them to form a low wall behind Wrightsville Beach’s public safety building.

The boys, a group of rising ninth graders, are members of Boy Scout Troop 13. They spent the steamy summer day stacking bricks to help their friend Harrison Spicuzza complete his Eagle Scout service project.

All scouts must perform a service project to reach Eagle Scout rank, and Spicuzza wanted his project to benefit the town because he lives nearby. He approached Katie Ryan, Wrightsville Beach parks and rec-reation program supervisor, earlier this year to find out if there were any projects the town needed completed.

His t iming was excel-lent. Wrightsville Beach Fire Department workers had just

approached Ryan the day before to ask if the town could build a retain-ing wall behind their facility. Every time it rained, they said, water flooded off the roof and dragged mulch and debris into the drain.

“The Fire Department said [a wall] would save money and time in maintaining and cleaning the area each month,” Spicuzza said.

He created a project proposal and presented it to the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen for approval during the board’s May 12 meeting. He flicked through a PowerPoint presentation as town leaders, staff and commu-nity members looked on.

The 15-year-old admitted to being nervous at first, but Mayor Bill Blair and the other board mem-bers praised him and approved his project unanimously.

Spicuzza then created a lengthy project plan in which he detailed all aspects of the project. He gathered tools like wheelbarrows, shovels, levels, rakes and gloves. He bought bricks from The Home Depot and spent hours watching tutorial

videos on the company’s website.He enlisted the assistance of his

troop, because troop members typ-ically help each other during the execution phase of their respective Eagle projects. Spicuzza’s mother, Chris Spicuzza, was impressed to see seven or eight scouts brave the heat to help her son. Only the most committed scouts — about 4 percent of those who start as children — advance to the Eagle Scout rank. Spicuzza became a Cub Scout in first grade. Of the 11 boys in his original troop, three are still enrolled.

“A lot of people quit,” he explained. At each of the seven ranks, they must earn badges and pass tests. It’s time consuming, but Spicuzza balances his scout commitments with lacrosse prac-tice, surfing and homework.

After he completes his ser-vice project, he must pass one final test, which his mother described as an oral quiz lasting well over an hour in which he

must demonstrate his knowledge of skills like treating snake bites, navigating through the woods and tying knots.

Children need to learn those

types of hands-on skills, said Donald James, a local masonry business owner and friend of the Spicuzza family who volun-teered to help the scouts build the

retaining wall.“We have to take our skills that

we as adults have, and teach them to our kids,” said James, who learned masonry from his father. “We need to do more projects like this with kids.”

The boys, each one clutching a cement block, gathered around James while he demonstrated how to use a level to stack the blocks evenly and where to squirt the glue to give the wall stability. The scouts pulled up weeds and spread mulch to make their work an aes-thetic improvement as well.

They worked until about 1 p.m., when the air became too swelter-ing, and made plans to complete everything on Sunday.

While the Eagle projects teach manual skills, Spicuzza’s mother said, she has also seen her son develop confidence and organization.

“And leadership,” she added, noting the scouts are good friends, so it’s challenging for each one, in turn, to step into the leadership role while the others follow directions.email emmy@luminanews.com

Home prices continue rise as local agent reaches $1 billion in salesBy Terry LaneStaff Writer

June’s home sale statistics continue to show an improving Wilmington real estate market, with home sale prices up almost 20 percent from 2015.

“The Wilmington real estate mar-ket can only be considered as very robust,” said Don Harris, presi-dent of the Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors (WRAR). “Local real estate sales continue to be a major economic stimulus for

our region. For many people, it is a fantastic time to buy or sell.”

Statistics from WRAR show that the Wilmington area saw more than $1 billion in home sales for the first half of 2016, with the number of units sold rising 18 percent over last year. WRAR’s data shows that the average home sales price was $295,750 during that period, up by 20 percent over the $246,041 average sales price from the first half of 2015.

Harris noted that other posi-tive data included continued low

interest rates of 3.5 percent and a 13 percent drop in time a house is on the market, down to an average of 103 days.

Meanwhile, a local real estate agent for Intracoastal Realty reached a lifetime milestone in June when he eclipsed $1 billion in lifetime sales. Keith Beatty has sold more than 4,000 units over his 23-year career, and has been ranked as high as No. 27 on the Wall Street Journal’s list of top real estate professionals, Intracoastal Realty stated in a press release.

“It is a milestone achieved only through commitment, service and perseverance,” Jim Wallace, Intracoastal Realty CEO, stated in the release. “Keith is an expert in his field and yet he is constantly seeking new skills and ideas to stay out front in a very competi-tive business.”

Beatty was Intracoastal Realty’s top seller in 2015, closing on 330 units to total more than $95 million, averaging 1.26 prop-erties sold every business day. He was awarded the Lifetime Marketing Achievement Award from the Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association.

“No one individual can achieve this milestone,” Beatty said in the release. “It has been a collective effort from my team, the manage-ment and staff of Intracoastal, all the builders we have worked with and most importantly the thou-sands of buyers and sellers we have been fortunate enough to represent.”Email terrylane@luminanews.com

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Weekend Police ReportFRIDAY, JULY 8

Citations

• Harold Kern was cited with expired tags.• Robert Lazollk was cited with expired tags.• Brian Eubank Jr. was cited with alcohol on the beach.

• Christopher Campbell and Tom Williamson were cited with glass on the beach.

• Adam Stauffer was cited with noise violation for fireworks.

• Christian Reilly was cited with impeding traffic.

Warning tickets

• Deann Moser was cited with expired registration.

• William Raymond Taylor was warned for one-way street violation.

• Jonathan Ryan Schlarb was cited with expired license.

SATURDAY, JULY 9Arrests

• Zachary Dean James was charged with intoxicated and disruptive behavior.

Citations

• Grisevelia Martinez was cited with pulling into traffic without looking.

• Melissa Covert was cited with excessive speed before collision.

• Britt Jaynes was cited with driving while license revoked.

• Taylor Stegall was cited with stop sign violation.

• Paul Vincent Davis was cited with expired registration.

• Miguel Sandoval was cited with no operator’s license.

• Janell Sumpter was cited with improper child car restraint.

• Julie Brown was cited with failure to yield right of way.

• Phillip Young was cited with vehicle tint violation.

• Elijan Greer, Kawand Turner, Elizabeth Scott and Michael Nance were cited with alcohol on the beach.

• Eric Nissan was cited with glass and alcohol on the beach.

• Berry Clayton was cited with dog off a leash.• Alfredo Grace was cited with human waste.• Danielle Marieguy, Jacob Eubank, Abraham Diaz, John Arnette, Timothy Fossel, James Caudle, Hugh Carr, William Long, Prince Patel, Mauricio Harrison and Jaronn Mcallister were cited with impeding traffic.

Warning tickets

• Grayson Hannah Bass was warned for speeding.

SUNDAY, JULY 10Arrests

• Jamel Stanfield was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Durham County.

• Daniell Goff was arrested on an outstanding warrant in New Hanover County.

Citations

• Sarah Bower and Nicole Basch were cited with driving while license revoked.

• Jamel Stanfield was cited with driving without a license.

• Blayne Wolf, James Leonard and Lawson Kincaid were cited with glass on the beach.

• Alexander Johann was cited with alcohol on the beach.

Warning tickets

• Kerry Wesson was cited with equipment violation.

• Carl Holt was cited with speeding.

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Wilmington moving toward ballot measure for parks bondBy Terry LaneStaff Writer

The Wilmington City Council will ask the public to consider voting on borrowing nearly $38 million for parks, with a public hearing scheduled for the July 19 meeting to consider put-ting a special bond referendum on the November ballot.

City staff told the city coun-cil that a lack of funding in Wilmington’s capital improve-ment budget meant that there wasn’t funding for several pro-posed projects. The entire list of proposed city park projects totals $60 million, staff told the city council during a May 16 brief-ing, with the parks bond funding approximately two-thirds of the proposals.

“We learned through our citizens survey and the compre-hensive plan that parks are a high priority for the public,” said Amy Beatty, Wilmington’s superinten-dent of recreation and downtown services.

She said 68 percent of survey respondents said they would probably or likely support a parks bond.

Primarily, the bond would fund the $20 million North Waterfront Park proposal, which would include a performance area, lawns, a children’s area and a water feature. It would also

devote $10 million to building a new soccer complex.

“We have a shortage of soc-cer fields or multipurpose fields that can also host lacrosse or ultimate Frisbee in the city,” Beatty said. “These fields would meet the needs of local play and increase tournament play as well. The Hammerheads youth football club hosts the Seaside Classic, which brings in teams and families from all across North Carolina and has a large economic impact.”

The city staff report said several other projects that the bond would fund were laid out, including:• Improvements to the Gary Shell

Cross-City Trail.• Upgrades to the Bradley Creek/

Pecan Park kayak launch facility.

• Improvements to the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center.

• Expansion of the Derrick Davis Community Center.

• Demolish building and expand playground at Wade Park.

• Resurface and add trails at Halyburton Park.

• Refurbish a bridge at Greenfield Lake.The city council voted June 20

to apply for a special bond refer-endum with the North Carolina Local Government Commission, which will allow the city to put the bond on the ballot if it approves the resolution during the July 19 meeting.Email terrylane@luminanews.com

Chicks hatch at ArboretumBy Terry LaneStaff Writer

The New Hanover County Arboretum became home to at least nine baby chickens Tuesday after three weeks of incubation at the gardens.

The arboretum took posses-sion of a dozen chicken eggs, a project of the New Hanover County 4-H, three weeks ago. Nine chicks hatched in the incubator Tuesday and at least one more hatch was possible Wednesday. With news of the hatching, more than 130 people have visited the chicks so far.

Miriam Pohl, of Hampstead, brought her granddaughters Norah and Camille to see the eggs hatch.

“We’ve been watching the eggs for quite a few days,” Pohl said. “We love to come here, to see the chicks, feed the fish and learn about the trees.”

Wilmington resident Ranger Kelejian, age 9, helped turn the eggs three times a day and came to the arboretum on weekends

to help monitor.“We’re really lucky to have

10,” he said.The arboretum has hosted

chicks in prior years, but didn’t in 2015 due to the avian influ-enza outbreak. Arboretum staffer Marge Parrazzo said in years past as few as six chicks survived, and she suspected the success this year was due to Kelejian’s and others’ diligence to keep the eggs regu-larly turned, even on weekends.

The eggs were kept in an

incubator that maintained the temperature for the chicks at 100 degrees, Parrazzo said, and once the chicks’ feathers dry out in two days or so, they will be placed in a brooder box, where they will grow for two more weeks before being sent to vari-ous homes in the area.

One will go home with Kelejian, who said he will keep three hens at his home after sepa-rating out the roosters. Email terrylane@luminanews.com

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Editorial/Opinion

This has been an incredibly difficult, emotionally wrenching week for our country.

On Tuesday, July 5, police in Baton Rogue, Louisiana, shot and killed Alton Sterling. The fol-lowing night, Philando Castile was shot and killed by police in Minnesota. Then, on Thursday July 7, a gunman opened fire on the police at a protest rally in Dallas, killing five and wounding nine.

Surely everyone felt sickened by the deaths of Sterling and Castile, one captured in gruesome detail on social media video with the aftermath of the other narrated by the dying man’s girlfriend.

Surely everyone shed tears watching any of the coverage of the senseless, needless murders of Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer Brent Thompson and Dallas Police Department officers Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol, Mike Smith and Lorne Ahrens.

Those are, or should be, the natural responses. Shame on anyone who thought, even for a second, that Sterling or Castile must have deserved it. And shame on anyone who thought, even for a second, that violence perpetrated against police is a justifi-able response.

Beyond having a sick feeling in the pit of the stom-ach, it’s hard to know what to feel, or how to react.

Some would like us to believe that the shootings of Sterling and Castile, two black men, are yet more evidence of pervasive racism by cops. Activists called the shootings “murder,” just the latest epi-sodes of overt and intentional police brutality against blacks.

Politicians shamelessly weighed in, long before any facts were known. Minnesota governor Mark Dayton said the shooting in his state would not have happened if Castile had been white instead of black.

Those sentiments are based on a narrative that rac-ist cops are indiscriminately gunning down unarmed black men, but it’s a narrative not supported by facts.

Earlier this week, Harvard University professor of economics Roland G. Fryer Jr. released the results of an exhaustive study on police shootings. He and stu-dent researchers examined 1,332 shootings between 2000 and 2015, assembling data from police reports in Texas, California and Florida. The report con-cluded that “when it comes to the most lethal form of force — police shootings — the study finds no racial bias.”

“It is the most surprising result of my career,” said Fryer, who happens to be black.

Not only don’t the numbers support the narrative, but those who perpetuate it very well might be hav-ing a negative impact on the very people they are trying to help.

There is growing evidence police are now not engaging lest they be accused of racism, a so-called “Ferguson affect.” A study published this year in the Journal of Criminal Justice found that crime rates in cities with large black populations and already high rates of violence rose significantly in the 12 months after the Michael Brown shooting.

None of this is to suggest that there are no

unjustified shootings, that racism doesn’t exist in police departments, or that racial profiling is a myth.

There are more than 900,000 police officers in the land. Many, hopefully most, are good cops who take seriously their oath to serve and protect. Some are afraid. Some are bullies, using their uniform, badge and gun to intimidate and abuse their power. Some are incompetent. Some are racist. Just as there are people on a power trip, who are incompetent, and who are racist in every single profession or in any other group that size.

What, then, should be our response?Perhaps we could try being empathetic. If we

set aside our biases and prejudices, maybe we can begin to understand things from someone else’s perspective.

I can’t imagine what it’s like to be black in American society. I can’t imagine what it’s like to be racially profiled, to be pulled over by the police solely because of the color of my skin. I’ll never know what it’s like to feel historically victimized. I’ll never have the kind of experiences that would lead me to believe bias conspiracy theories that contradict forensic evidence and court testimony.

Likewise, I can’t image what it’s like to be a cop in a situation where adrenaline and fear are flowing and with seconds to decide whether force is necessary. I’ll never know what it’s like to be in an inherently dangerous profession —123 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2015 — and put my life at risk simply by show-ing up for work.

I do know that this cannot be allowed to become us vs. them — blacks vs. cops, Republicans vs. Democrats, progressives vs. conservatives. We don’t need hashtag wars between #blacklivesmatter and #bluelivesmatter.

I know that violence on top of violence is not the answer. Rioting and attacking policemen is not the answer. Plots to kill more cops, like the one just uncovered in Baton Rogue, is not the answer.

There have been glimpses of hope. Last Sunday, a group of Black Lives Matter protesters encoun-tered a group of counter-protesters at an intersection of Dallas. It could have been a volatile situation. Instead, they discussed their differences peacefully and it ended with hugs and prayers.

Let’s learn from that example. Let’s acknowledge that the black community still faces incredible chal-lenges in this country, and do what we can to bring about change. Let’s take up the challenge in Dallas Police Chief David Brown’s poignant words: “We don’t feel a lot of support most days. Let’s not let today be most days. Please, we need your support.”

Let’s examine ourselves, and see what we can do to enact the prayer from president Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address.

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right … let us bind up the nation’s wounds.”

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“We’re beating that goal,” she said, “and that’s the first time Masonboro Island has done that in quite a few years.”

Oystercatchers are what N.C. Coastal Reserve stewardship coordinator Hope Sutton called an umbrella species, meaning their success indicates the success of other species in the area. The success of Masonboro’s oyster-catcher population also indicates the success of North Carolina’s oystercatcher population, because Masonboro provides nesting habitat for 10 percent of the state’s oystercatchers.

“So not only is it important to protect these birds because they add to the special nature of Masonboro Island,” Addison said, “but it’s important to protect them because … if the oyster-catchers on Masonboro Island are doing well, the state’s popu-lation has a good chance of doing well, too.”

The oystercatchers are thriving because the N.C. Coastal Reserve has removed a few predators, like red foxes, from the island, Sutton said. Red foxes “can live just about anywhere,” Addison added, while oystercatchers are “habitat specialists” that can only flourish in a specific environment like Masonboro.

Even nearby Wrightsville Beach isn’t ideal, she said — she only counted four pairs in Wrightsville’s south end bird sanctuary this summer. Oystercatchers are territorial, not colonial, so each pair needs space to nest, and they eat shellfish like oysters and ribbed mussels, which are plentiful in the marshes near Masonboro.

To b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d Masonboro’s oystercatcher

population, N.C. Coastal Reserve and Audubon North Carolina staff members have been band-ing the fledglings. They visited the island July 12 to band and release two chicks.

They band chicks when they’re about 25 days old — old enough to carry the weight of the band but not old enough to fly, Addison explained, cradling a chick in her hands. She care-fully wrapped dark green bands bearing the letters CW9 on the bird’s legs.

No other bird will have identi-cal bands, she said. The banding process makes the birds easily identifiable in the field, and they band both legs because the birds frequently stand on one foot and tuck the other beneath them.

The bands are made from a special plastic that’s durable and doesn’t fade in the sun, Addison said. Through banding the birds, she has learned the population’s demographics and migration patterns.

In addition to Masonboro’s summer population of nesting birds, she said, there are also oystercatchers that migrate to the island from Massachusetts or New Jersey during the winter and oystercatchers that stay on the island year round.

Mellissa Dionesotes, one of Masonboro’s sea turtle moni-tors, helped Addison band one more chick. After taking a few measurements, they carried the fledglings over to the beach strand and placed them on the sand. After a few moments’ hesitation, the chicks scurried side-by-side in the direction of the adult oystercatcher soaring toward them.

“That’s probably the mom,” Dionesotes said with a smile.email emmy@luminanews.com

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barely any waves.”In his final, Morvil beat three

surfers with experience in the larger surf: two Hawaiians and a Californian. The surf was “pretty tough,” he said — stomach-high and closing out. Instead of pad-dling out near the pier where the other surfers were hassling for waves, he found his own spot further south.

“Gabe was able to catch any wave he wanted,” said Leah Thompson, who, along with Raynor, cheered him on from the beach.

Morvil and Raynor have com-peted at nationals for years, but it was Thompson’s first trip. She wasn’t expecting to advance through the prestigious Open divi-sion, much less make the final and finish fourth overall. She advanced to the final in dramatic fashion, catching the winning wave of her semifinal in the dying seconds.

She entered both the Explorer and Open divisions, but she assumed that when she lost her Explorer semifinal, she’d lost her chance to win at Nationals. She and her mom booked their flight home before Open division finals.

But Thompson advanced through the opening rounds, so they postponed their flight and drove to the beach for Thompson’s quarterfinal. Even then, her mother only paid one hour’s worth of parking.

“I didn’t want to be presumptu-ous,” she said, laughing.

She soon found herself feeding the meter again. And again, after Thompson’s thrilling semifinal performance.

With five minutes to go, Thompson needed a seven-point wave to advance to the final. She

caught a wave but it closed out, so she frantically paddled back to the lineup. With one minute to go, a wave appeared in front of her, right next to the pier. She stroked into it but only had room to pull one maneuver.

She rode the whitewater to shore. She couldn’t hear the beach commentators, so she looked for her mom’s expression to gauge whether she’d gotten the nec-essary score. Her mom was grinning.

“I was like, ‘I made it!’ I was so

happy,” Thompson said. In the final, Thompson came

up against three well-known Californians, including the top young female surfer in the United States, Caroline Marks.

“It was so cool to surf against her, she’s such a huge name,” Thompson said.

She didn’t finish No. 1, but she did earn an unexpected honor: the Carissa Moore Rookie of the Year award, named after the world champion from Hawaii. The award was even more

special because Thompson met Moore last year after a southern California surf session.

Thompson has plenty of inspi-ration closer to home. Since returning from California, she has shared the waves with Bourgeois. A lot of young, local surfers look up to him and hope to have his success, her dad said.

“Sooner or later, somebody was going to break through, and last year, Bo did,” he said. “Now these guys are following.”email emmy@luminanews.com

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Overall, the plan won the support of both environmental advocates and business devel-opment interests, with the North Carolina Coastal Federation, the Wilmington Regional Area Realtors and Business Alliance for a Sound Economy (BASE) all speaking in support of the plan.

While the plan had diverse support, there was still an under-lying disagreement over whether to include maps in the plan that designate aquifer sensitiv-ity and potential wetlands area maps. The planning staff’s draft didn’t include the maps, which first sparked disagreement in December 2015 when the board considered the fourth section of the plan.

While the N.C. Coastal Federation spoke in favor of the plan, Karen Dunn, clean com-munities coordinator, said the maps should be included. She said the other 19 counties in North Carolina under CAMA rules include separate wetlands maps in their land use plans. One county resident also spoke in opposition to the plan, voicing concerns that the plan didn’t ade-quately address water resources.

“With this wetland information readily available, why would New Hanover County choose not to include this information in the comprehensive land use plan?” Dunn asked. “The aqui-fer sensitivity map is critical to elevate the importance of safe-guarding of our water resources that are vital to health and to our economy.”

Countering, Tyler Newman of BASE said the maps would cause confusion over the rules, regulations and processes that

developers would have to follow. “It’s an ambitious plan. It’s

critical to the continued pros-perity of New Hanover County,” Newman said. “Wetlands are delineated on the ground by environmental professionals and checked by the Army Corps of Engineers. A model map isn’t necessary. We saw how com-plicated the aquifers are; there are a lot of people with straws in the drink.”

While the maps weren’t included in the plan, the staff included in the report recommen-dations for a regional drinking water study. Commissioner Rob Zapple proposed a motion that would prioritize staff to study county water resources, lead-ing to a potential request for a qualifications process that would fund a third-party study.

There were some questions about the timing and the scope of Zapple’s motion, with county manager Chris Coudriet telling the board he couldn’t provide a timeline for when the staff could have initial recommendations.

The motion passed 3-2, with White and commissioner Skip Watkins voting against the motion. White argued that the staff recommendation signifi-cantly addressed the controversy over the water resource maps and that the request for a quali-fication process could be costly and confusing.

White said the county staff should work with the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority to compile the existing studies on the county’s groundwater supply before hiring outside consultants. The U.S. Geological Survey is also working on a groundwater study for the region.Email terrylane@luminanews.com

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communicate and hear.”The goal of the environmental

groups is to encourage the federal government to ban seismic test-ing, and encourage the use and development of newer testing technology, Dalton said.

“We have loggerhead sea turtles and whales off the North Carolina coast that are currently threat-ened,” Dalton added. “Testing could also seriously impact fish-eries because fish flee the area if there is extreme noise in the same place over time. Local businesses rely on those fish.”

Following environmental advo-cates’ success in rallying local opposition to federal offshore drilling plans, the groups said they want to get similar citizen and local government support behind opposition to seismic testing. Randy Sturgill, Oceana’s senior campaign organizer for the Southeast region, noted that more than 80 percent of North Carolina’s coastal towns passed resolutions against offshore drilling and testing, including Wrightsville Beach in September 2010.

Sturgill said the three-day tour has been very successful so far, as the groups gathered 117 signatures for a petition at the three-day tour’s first stop in Atlantic Beach on Monday,

urging the Department of the Interior to ban seismic testing. After the tour, the groups will also begin contacting local coastal businesses to encour-age their support as well.

“One of my favorite things to see if that we’re standing with bipartisan support,” Sturgill said. “We have people who are the most right-wing possible and people that are extremely to the left that agree that this is dangerous for coastal com-munities. Coastal residents are saying no — not on our beach.

Our beach is not for sale.”Sturgill added that social

media has been a valuable tool for spreading his organization’s message. Over the course of the day, visitors posed with an Instagram cutout and other props and tweeted at President Barack Obama.

“Over the course of these three days we are using social media and reaching out to bring in people that aren’t already in our corner, but also people who are vacationing from all parts of the country so they become

aware of this too,” Sturgill said.Anna Windle, an Environment

North Carolina intern from Elkton, Maryland, said she encourages residents of North Carolina beach towns to write to their local representatives about the issue.

“This could happen across the coast,” Windle said. “Citizens truly have power. You can do a lot to make change if you show that you care.”

Sturgill said Wednesday’s destination of Kure Beach is an example of the power of the

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The contest previously attracted well-known talents like Rob Machado and Pat O’Connell, and this year it drew the top-ranked junior surfer in the county, as ranked by the World Surf League: 17-year-old O’Neill team rider Kei Kobayashi from San Clemente, California.

Heats get underway Friday morning and continue Saturday and Sunday. The scoring format is different than most contests, in which a surfer’s top two wave scores are combined for their heat total. In the O’Neill Sweetwater Pro/Am, only a surfer’s top wave score will count, a format that organizers introduced to encour-age progressive surfing in the

inconsistent lineup.In each 20-minute heat, contest

director Brad Beach explained, the ocean might only deliver three quality waves. So the two-wave scoring format might favor the more aggressive surfer instead of the better surfer.

“Someone could advance with two mediocre scores when there’s a better surfer out there who just couldn’t get a second wave,” he said.

The new format ensures no surfer is ever out of contention because they could earn the lead with one radical maneuver in the final seconds of the heat. It creates a more exciting contest for both the competitors and the spectators, Beach said.

Entertainment for the thousands of onlookers will also occur on

the beach strand. Beach said the contest would include give-aways and games, and O’Neill is sponsoring an initiative to have Carolina Skin and Vein Center on site to give free skin cancer examinations.

The guppy division, for the youngest surfers, is also a crowd favorite. Most of the guppies can’t paddle into waves them-selves, so volunteers push them into waves and cheer them on.

After competition concludes Saturday afternoon, most compet-itors and spectators will migrate over to Wrightsville Beach Park for an art and music festival that lasts until 10 p.m. Three local bands — Michael Eakins and the Feels, Zeal and Blue Footed Boobies — will perform while local artists sell their crafts.

The event features kid-friendly activities like tie-dye, arts and crafts and a touch tank of sea creatures provided by the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Food trucks will be on site and all pro-ceeds benefit Hope From Helen and the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s surf team.

“Everyone brings their beach chairs and spreads out on the lawn,” Beach said. “It’s a great evening.”

While both the contest and the festival draw a number of out-of-town surfers and a handful of curious tourists, Beach said the weekend feels like a neighborly gathering of family and friends brought together by surfing.

“It’s pretty much a community event,” he said. email emmy@luminanews.com

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grassroots movement against offshore oil drilling.

“Kure Beach is a great exam-ple of the power of the voice of the people,” Sturgill said. “Two years ago, when their former mayor sent in a letter to the federal government in sup-port of offshore drilling, people absolutely flooded the town

hall, saying that action did not represent their views.”

Kure Beach’s former Mayor Dean Lambeth was defeated by challenger Emilie Swearingen in the 2015 election. One of Swearingen’s first acts as mayor in January was to lead the town’s council to pass a reso-lution opposing offshore drilling.

Photo courtesy of the Thompson family

Leah Thompson focuses on the beach before one of her heats.

Staff photo by Katie Dickens

Volunteers from environmental groups Oceana, Surfrider Foundation and Environment North Carolina toured area beaches this week to garner more public opposition to seismic blasting and testing off the East Coast.

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Fashion-forward juniors chip away at LandfallBy Katie DickensIntern

More than 200 children aged 7-15 braved the 90-degree heat during the annual Drive, Chip & Putt competition at the Country Club of Landfall’s Nicklaus Course on July 7 for what local golf pros said was a testament to the growth of local junior golf.

“This competition has been great for youth golf, which really has grown in the area,” said Sara Bush, head golf professional at Landfall. “For many of these kids, this is their first experience holding a club and competing. We try to shape their first experi-ence like this into something fun and lighthearted.”

The boys and girls competed in separate driving, chipping and putting events, with the top three scorers from the four age groups advancing to the sub-regionals in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in August. The competition teed

off at 10 a.m. and continued throughout the day. More than 50 volunteers, many of whom are club members, offered their assistance during the competition

alongside local pros. While the challenge is what

is keeping these young players striving to develop their swing, Bush said one thing draw-ing many of these kids into the game is a youth golf movement that features fashion as much as exciting play.

“Many of the girls on the LPGA are endorsed by Puma, Adidas and Under Armour, all very fashion-forward compa-nies,” Bush said. “These kids want to act and look like their role models. Fashion definitely plays a part in making the kids come back to the course.”

On Thursday, these fun fash-ions were on display as the young golfers took to the course. Neon shirts, matching socks and trendy belts were among the styles seen on young golfers like 6-year-old Rief Aliah from Wilmington, who donned rainbow and flower-patterned long socks.

“I like these socks because of the cool rainbows,” Aliah said, pointing to the decorative pat-terns on his knee-high socks. Aliah, who has been playing golf for about eight months along-side his brother, said his favorite player is Jordan Spieth.

Another stylish golfer was the girls 7-9 division’s first-place winner, Ella June, who wore a purple shift dress over white frilly leggings, along with her favorite Jack Nicklaus hat.

Ella said her favorite color on and off the course is gold, adding, “I like to be No. 1.”

Brothers Cooper and Casey Arnold, ages 8 and 7 respectively, wore color-coordinated, bright outfits as they competed in the tournament for their third year. Both wore head-to-toe Under Armour, complete with neon socks. Their grandfather, Kevin Arnold, said the boys’ mother works at the University of South Carolina, which has a partnership with the athletic wear company.

“Mom gets them hooked up. She helps them get their outfits together,” he said.

Winners included Ell ie Hildreth, first place in girls 10-11 division; Ellie Burnete, second place in the girls 10-11 division; Jude Aliah, third place in the boys 10-11 division; Ehan Burnette, second place in the boys 7-9 division; and Rief Aliah, third place in the boys 7-9 division.

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Summer conditions prevail but fishing continues to be strongBy Skylar Walters

Hook, Line & Sinker

The month of July has been filled with the typical sum-mertime weather everyone has come to expect: stifling heat, even worse humidity and plenty of thunderstorms to round it out. Unfortunately, this week is no different as warm and muggy conditions will persist along with the abundance of possible storms, some of which could produce severe weather. Add to the forecast water temperatures in the low-to-mid 80s and there really shouldn’t be much fish-ing, let alone catching, going on. Despite all of the odds against the anglers, there has been some really great fishing being found both inshore and just off the beach. The offshore fishing has been hit-or-miss due to the winds but there have been a few opportunities here and there. Whatever your fishing prowess is, make sure you are ready for what Mother Nature might throw your way. Your crew will thank you, and you will thank yourself, for the extra preparations.

Inshore, the flounder fishing continues to improve, with bet-ter quantity and quality of fish being caught. While there are still a lot of undersized fish being reported there are also a lot of decent-sized keepers being landed. With the abun-dance of live bait available, a lot of anglers have switched to Carolina Rigged live minnows, which require a little less effort than fishing artificial, although both baits are producing fish. The deeper channels and creek mouths are producing fish as are the inlets and areas around the area docks. Higher tides and mud banks along the marsh grass are also good spots to try as the darker bottom tends to be a bit cooler than a sandy one. Red drum are also holding in the same locations.

Surf and pier anglers con-tinue to report decent fishing

with fresh shrimp. Virginia mullet, pompano and a few black drum and croakers are the main fish being found. Cut bait and minnows have resulted in some catches of bluefish, red drum and a few flounder.

Just off the beach, the Spanish fishing has once again shown signs of life with good amounts of Spanish in water depths of 25 to 35 feet. While there are a few small fish mixed in, most fish are keep-ers and anglers have reported limits of fish in just a few hours when they find them. Trolled 00 Clark Spoons are the baits of choice rigged on fluorocar-bon leaders. Early and late in the day are the best times to try your luck.

Also just off the beach, those looking for them have been finding really good action from a variety of sharks in the 4- to 8-foot range. Fishing in the area of a shrimp boat is a good location to try, but just drifting a large slab of bait along with a little chum should draw them close enough to take interest. Of course, if you haven’t done this before, taking someone who is seasoned in this type of fishing would do you and your anglers a lot of good. They can help you with rigging, baiting, hooking and getting one of these fish to the boat — and that is only part of the battle. Once at the boat, getting one unhooked or even boated can be a disaster for anglers if they don’t know how to properly handle a large shark. An angler is just asking for someone to get hurt if it’s done carelessly. And there is always the task of properly identifying what you’ve caught and what the size or possession limit is as well as properly preparing it for the ride home. Having someone with some knowl-edge will definitely assist you in your endeavor.

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Runners race to benefit wellness program for cancer survivorsBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

Gutsy winning performances highlighted this year’s Tri-Span 5K and 10K, a race held annually for 34 years to benefit the Wilmington Family YMCA’s LIVESTRONG program for cancer survivors.

About 500 runners took part in the race through downtown Wilmington on July 9. They jogged down Water Street Saturday morning, 150 of them on course to complete the 5K. Soon, two run-ners distanced themselves from the rest of the field and finished the race steps apart.

Sixteen-year-old Jamie Witmer, a cross-country runner at John T. Hoggard High School, sprinted across the finish line in 16:22, less than one second in front of 20-year-old UNCW runner Alex Boseman. A handful of their team-mates also entered the race.

Witmer said he ran faster than he thought he would, because the course was flat and the air tempera-ture wasn’t too hot for mid-July. It also helped having Boseman pushing him for three-fourths of the race, he added.

The 10K finish was less dramatic, but still featured a come-from-behind win. Daniel Ellis from Jefferson, Georgia, started quickly, at one point opening up a one-fourth mile lead on Wilmington runner Sam Brandt, but Brandt reeled him back in and finished 20 seconds in front with a final time of 36:35.

“I just had to focus and close the gap,” Brandt said.

The course, which traversed three bridges, including the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge and the Isabel Holmes Bridge, was challenging, he added. But he was familiar with at least part of the route, being a member of the Wilmington Road Runners Club, which regularly trains in

downtown Wilmington.A number of his fellow club

members entered the race, Brandt said, noting how active the Wilmington running community is.

“We’ve got a good group down here today,” he said. “[The running community] is huge, and everyone

supports each other.”Also supporting the runners

were volunteers wearing yel-low shirts bearing the phrase “LIVESTRONG at the YMCA.” The race raised money for LIVESTRONG, the YMCA’s free health and wellness program designed for adult cancer survivors. Participants meet for 75 minutes twice a week for 12 weeks, pro-gressing through exercises tailored to their specific needs.

They are invited to share what procedures and surgeries they’ve had, and what exercises they can and can’t do. Kemille Moore, who just finished the program in April, said her classmates were “totally nonjudgmental” during that conversation.

“Everyone just cheers each other on,” she said.

“We all have different cancers,” Kelly Breita added, “but we can all relate to each other in some way.”

They emerge from the class not only healthier physically — with a free six-month YMCA mem-bership — but also healthier emotionally, with a new support group.

“We started out strangers, but we’re all friends now,” Breita said.

Going through chemotherapy and radiation can be isolating, Lynette Hone added, and the oth-ers nodded in agreement.

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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

JESUS, THE WISDOM OF GODJuly 14

Luke 11:49 “Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute.”

LUKE 11:46-49This phrase “Therefore also said the wisdom of God,” is a part of

Luke’s narrative and not the words of Jesus. Luke is saying that Jesus is the wisdom of God, a truth well-established in scripture.

There is no way to access the wisdom of God except through Jesus. Until a person receives Christ, he is missing the only source of true wis-dom. Men and women are incapable of receiving the wisdom of God, but those who submit themselves to God have access to the wisdom of God on their own, through the Holy Spirit. We must be dependent upon the Holy Spirit to receive the wisdom of God in our lives.

A Christian who has not received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit can

have some revelation knowledge, but it will be limited. One of the greatest evidences that an individual has received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the tremendous amount of God’s wisdom that becomes available to him.

The truths of the Gospel, and the power of God that these truths release, can only be imparted through the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Human wisdom, regardless of how eloquent it is, cannot convey the life of God. Much of the preaching of the Gospel today is done in man’s wisdom. It’s impressive to the carnal mind, but it leaves the spirit starving for the touch of God. The greatest need among ministers today is not to have more of the world’s education, but to receive the revelation knowledge of the Holy Spirit. Only words spoken by the Spirit of God can reach the spirit of man. Spiritual thoughts have to be spoken with spiritual words (1 Cor. 2:13).

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June 24, 2016, 7:55 p.m. CourtesyIt is with courtesy that you listen to the perils of a friend’s dayAnd in kindness you take their hands in yours and with faith begin

to prayShowing them the love from heaven that is in abundance to share

freely with allThen you wrap them in your arms and pull them close to you and

answer their callYour courtesy will open the doors to share the glories that affect all

believersStrength will manifest itself as each of you share stories of defeating

the deceiverWhere two are I am and all My love is yours to share between youIt is a gift freely given to all My believers and is a courtesy I extend

to all, not a fewThe softness of your heart will reflect the faith you walk with day

after dayShow the gentleness that is needed to convince a lonely heart that joy

will come as they prayWhen you walk out in courtesy you open yourself so that others can

see your heartIt is a vulnerable place to be, but it is the place where you need to startTruth is the only way to share My word so being open will bless your

encounterCourtesy is the beginning of a relationship that when tested will not

flounderAs you worship you cast off all boundaries that man has placed you inYou are free to show your love and dedication to Me and not a slavery

to sin

C ARL WATERSH2OLiving(Luke 7:44 – 48 NRSV) 44 - Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45 - You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 - You did not (in courtesy) anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 - Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” 48 - Then he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

(Acts 24:4 NIV) 4 - But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough (show us the courtesy) to hear us briefly.

(Titus 3:1 - 7 NRSV) 1 - Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 - to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show every courtesy to everyone. 3 - For we ourselves were once foolish, disobe-dient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another. 4 - But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 - he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 - This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 - so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lamar R. Brown and Joy L. Rhinehart Brown to Pamela S. Cox, Trustee(s), dated the 11th day of February, 2014, and recorded in Book 5797, Page 1719, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the pay-ment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been sub-stituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Reg-ister of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having direct-ed 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 Coun-ty, North Carolina, or the cus-tomary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on July 19, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particu-larly described as follows:

Being all Lot 1, Section 1 of Grainger Point as the same is shown on a map thereof record-ed in Map Book 18 at Page 53

of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more partic-ular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7200 Masonboro Sound Road, Wilmington, North Carolina.

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 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

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 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: 1164156 (FC.FAY)July 7 and 14, 2016

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AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTI-

TUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust exe-cuted and delivered by Cynthia L Nemeth dated March 22, 2010 and recorded on March 29, 2010, in Book 5475 at Page 2461, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Car-olina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipula-tions and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned of Poore Substitute Trustee, LTD (Substitute Trustee) will offer for sale at the court-house door in the City of Wilming-ton, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary loca-tion designated for foreclosure sales, on July 20, 2016 at 10:00 AM, 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 in the above referenced Deed of Trust:

Address of Property: 1712 Car-olina Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403

Tax Parcel ID: R05407-004-014-020

Present Record Owner: Cynthia L Nemeth

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

The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Sub-stitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the holder is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308 (a) (1).

The real property described above is being offered for sale ‘‘AS IS, WHERE IS’’ and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assess-ments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

If the Trustee or Substitute Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey title include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstate-ment of the loan without knowl-edge of the Substitute Trustee(s).

If the validity of the sale is chal-lenged by any party, the Substi-tute Trustee(s), in its/their sole discretion, if it/they believe(s) the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice where the Real Property is Residential with less than 15 Rental Units:

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant to 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or/after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rent-al agreement by providing writ-ten notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the Notice that is at least ten (10) days, but no more than ninety (90) days, after the sale date contained in the Notice of Sale, provided that the mortgag-or 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 such termination.

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debt collector. The purpose of this Communication is to col-lect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy pro-tection.

If you are under the protection of the bankruptcy court or have been discharged as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding, this notice is given to you pursuant to statutory requirement and for informational purposes and is not intended as an attempt to col-lect a debt or as an act to collect, assess, or recover all or any por-tion of the debt from you per-sonally.

Attorney at LawThe Hunoval Law Firm, PLLCAttorney for Poore Substitute Trustee, LTDSubstitute TrusteeJuly 7 and 14, 2016

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AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTI-TUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE

SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust exe-cuted and delivered by Barbara T. Harrison and Daniel C. Reid and Kelly E. Reid dated April 29, 2011 and recorded on May 6, 2011, in Book 5562 at Page 267, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Car-olina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipula-tions and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned of Poore Substitute Trustee, LTD (Substitute Trustee) will offer for sale at the court-house door in the City of Wilming-ton, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary loca-tion designated for foreclosure sales, on July 20, 2016 at 10:00 AM, 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 in the above referenced Deed of Trust:

Address of Property: 6301 Pin Tail Court, Wilmington, NC 28403

Tax Parcel ID: R5606-003-0016-000

Present Record Owner: Law-rence S. Craige, Guardian of the Estate of Barbara T. Harri-son and Barbara T. Harrison and Daniel C. Reid and Kelly E. Reid

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

The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Sub-stitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the holder is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308 (a) (1).

The real property described above is being offered for sale ‘‘AS IS, WHERE IS’’ and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assess-ments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

If the Trustee or Substitute Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey title include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstate-ment of the loan without knowl-edge of the Substitute Trustee(s). If the validity of the sale is chal-lenged by any party, the Substi-tute Trustee(s), in its/their sole discretion, if it/they believe(s) the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice where the Real Property is Residential with less than 15 Rental Units:

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant to 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 occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or/after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rent-al agreement by providing writ-ten notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the Notice that is at least ten (10) days, but no more than ninety (90) days, after the sale date contained in the Notice of

Sale, provided that the mortgag-or 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 such termination.

This is a communication from a debt collector. The purpose of this Communication is to col-lect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy pro-tection.

If you are under the protection of the bankruptcy court or have been discharged as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding, this notice is given to you pursuant to statutory requirement and for informational purposes and is not intended as an attempt to col-lect a debt or as an act to collect, assess, or recover all or any por-tion of the debt from you per-sonally.

Attorney at LawThe Hunoval Law Firm, PLLCAttorney for Poore Substitute Trustee, LTDSubstitute TrusteeJuly 7 and 14, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Derek W. Matthews to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of May, 2005, and recorded in Book 4845, Page 44, in New Hanover County Reg-istry, 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 July 19, 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:

All that certain property situated in the Municipality of Wilmington in the County of New Hanover and State of North Carolina and Being described in a Deed dated 04/13/2004 and recorded 04/28/2004 in Book 4295 Page 303 among the land records of the county and state setforth above and referenced as follows: Lot 81, subdivision Phase 18, Mary-mount at Marsh Oaks, Plat Book 42, Plat Page 2. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 202 Hilliard Court, Wilmington, North Carolina

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 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

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 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: 1177228 (FC.FAY)July 7 and 14, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James M. Martin, Sr. and Linda L. Mar-tin, (James M. Martin, Sr. and Linda L. Martin, both deceased)(Heirs of Linda L. Martin: James Martin, Jr., and Jamie Stutts) to J.C. Hearne II, Attorney at Law, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of January, 2001, and record-ed in Book 2879, Page 317, 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 July 19, 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 10, Section 1, Lehigh Estates Subdivision, as shown on map of same record-ed in Map Book 12, Page 15 of the New Hanover County Reg-istry, reference to which is hereby made for a more partic-ular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 205 Lehigh Road, Wilmington, North Carolina.

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 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

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 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 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, provid-ed that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the ten-ant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the ter-mination.

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: 1183779 (FC.FAY)July 7 and 14, 2016

NORTH CAROLINA

NEW HANOVER COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

13-CVS-4201

FIRST BANK,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN D. FIFE, JR.,

Defendant.

NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE

Judgment Creditor First Bank hereby gives notice that under and by virtue of a judgment entered in the above-entitled action and a writ of execu-tion issued by the Clerk of New Hanover County Superior Court to the New Hanover County Sheriff on the 28th day of April, 2016, the New Hanover County Sheriff will offer for sale certain personal property of Judgment Debtor John D. Fife, Jr. to the highest bidder for cash. The personal property being sold is described as a membership and interest in Atlantic Yacht Club, Inc., a non-profit corporation organized and existing in the State of North Carolina, and all benefits and privileges thereto as more particularly described in that certain membership cer-tificate issued by Atlantic Yacht Club, Inc. to John D. Fife, Jr. on the 26th day of June, 2007 (Membership Certificate Num-ber G04). The membership includes a right and interest in a dry boat slip with physical dimensions of 28 feet in length, 9 feet in width, and 7 feet high located at 130 Short Street, Wrightsville Beach, North Caro-lina 28480. The membership is subject to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Cove-nants, Conditions and Restric-tions for Atlantic Yacht Club, Inc. recorded in Book 2823 at Page 778 of the New Hanover County Registry. The execution sale by the New Hanover County Sheriff will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on the 21st day of July, 2016, at 1623 Hewlett Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401. North Carolina law does not provide for upset bids after the execu-tion sale of personal property, so the sale of the personal property described herein will be final.

The 11th day of July, 2016.FIRST BANKNed MurchisonVice PresidentJuly 14, 2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of Eleanor Sneeden Davis of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the under-signed at the address shown below on or before the 26th day of September 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 under-signed.

This is the 23rd day of June, 2016.John C. Davis, Jr., Executor10601 Marabou CourtRaleigh, NC 276146/23, 6/30, 7/7, 7/14/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPE-RIOR COURT

EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executrix of the Estate of Dallas E. Stoudenmire of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 26th day of September 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per-sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 23rd day of June, 2016.Sylvia Orrell Stoudenmire, Exec-utrix5905 Turnstone CourtWilmington, NC 284096/23, 6/30, 7/7, 7/14/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Ancillary Administrator of the ESTATE OF MICHAEL A. ATKINSON, deceased of Wilmington, North Carolina, this is to notify all per-sons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of October, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment.

Claims should be presented or paid in behalf of the under-signed at 121 Buckeye Drive, Wilmington, NC 28411.

This the 30th day of June, 2016.Joyce J AtkinsonEstate of Michael A. AtkinsonJames A. MacDonaldThe MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102Wilmington, NC 284036/30, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA   COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

The undersigned, having quali-fied as the Limited Personal Rep-resentative to Provide Notice to Creditors Without Estate Admin-istration for the Estate of PERCY T. BARBOUR, also known as P.T. BARBOUR and PERCY THURMAN BARBOUR, Deceased, of New Hanover County, North Caroli-na, (New Hanover Probate File #16E858) does hereby notify all persons, firms and corpo-rations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before Octo-ber 3, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recov-ery.  All persons indebted to said Estate will please make imme-diate payment to the under-signed.

This the 30th day of June, 2016.DENNIS THURMAN BARBOUR, Limited Personal Representativec/o Richard A. Horgan, Esq.Attorney at Law1213 Culbreth DriveWilmington, NC 28405-3639(910) 256-0202June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Mary T. Sipple, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations hav-ing claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned c/o Misty L. Piekaar, Attorney at Law, 8801

Fast Park Drive, Suite 301 Raleigh NC 27617 on or before the 29th day of September, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.  All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 30th day of June, 2016Elizabeth Sipple, Executrix of the Mary T Sipple estateMisty L. PiekaarAttorney at Law8801 Fast Park Drive, Suite 301Raleigh, NC 27617June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPE-RIOR COURT

EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executrix of the Estate of Glorine Williams of New Hanover County, North Caroli-na, does hereby notify all per-sons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 7th day of October 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per-sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 7th day of July, 2016.Katandra Waddell, Executrix203 Heather LaneCastle Hayne, NC 284297/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28/2016

Notice to Creditors and Debtors

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT

DIVISION

Having qualified as Admin-istrator of the estate of Don-ald Louis Stevens, deceased, of New Hanover County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Donald Louis Stevens, to present them to the under-signed on or before October 14, 2016 at 830 Lambrook Dr, Wilm-ington, NC, 28411, or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 7th day of July, 2016.Nancy M Stevens, Administrator830 Lambrook DriveWilmington, NC 284117/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Nora Sprinkel Rothrock, deceased, of Caroli-na Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them in care of the undersigned at PO Box 3127, Bonita Springs, FL 34133, on or before October 10, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per-sons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

The 7th day of July 2016. Roy Steven Milton, Executor of the Estate of Nora Sprinkel RothrockRadha Rothrock, AttorneyRothrock Law Firm PLPo Box 3127Bonita Springs, FL 341337/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Henry Carlton Rothrock, deceased, of Caroli-na Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them in care of the undersigned at PO Box 3127, Bonita Springs, FL 34133, on or before October 10, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per-sons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

The 7th day of July 2016. Roy Steven Milton, Executor of the Estate of Henry Carlton RothrockRadha Rothrock, AttorneyRothrock Law Firm PLPo Box 3127Bonita Springs, FL 341337/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of THOMAS RICHARD FULDA, a/k/a Thomas R. Fulda, Thom-as Fulda of New Hanover Coun-ty, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 14th day of Octo-ber 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recov-ery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make imme-diate payment to the under-signed.

This is the 14th day of July, 2016.Martha S. Fulda, Executor603 Mason Knoll CourtWilmington, NC 284097/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of Lynne Robertshaw Nelson of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 14th day of October 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per-sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 14th day of July, 2016.John David Thomas Jr., Executor5031 Marathon Landing Ct.Castle Hayne, NC 284297/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executrix of the Estate of Jessie Smith Moseley of New Hanover County, North Caroli-na, does hereby notify all per-sons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 12th day of October 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per-sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 14th day of July, 2016.Charlotte Moseley Worsley, Executrix1808 Verrazzano DriveWilmington, NC 284057/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4/2016

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