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Pedestrian, bike safety projects move forwardBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

Work on a bike and pedestrian pathway under the Heide Trask Drawbridge will begin in the coming weeks and Wilmington city officials expect the project to be completed before the finish of tourist season.

The pathway is part of the Gary Shell Cross-City Trail, which will be finished this year, and much of the remaining work targets the final stretch of the trail near Wrightsville Beach.

Among the planned pedestrian and cycling improvements are crosswalks at the busy intersec-tion of Wrightsville Avenue and Eastwood Road and a multi-use path under the mainland side of the Heide Trask Drawbridge.

WBS students prepare for severe weatherBy Terry LaneStaff Writer

Scrunched down on her knees, her head tucked down, 8-year-old Audrey Sica was among the 360 Wrightsville Beach School students participating in a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday morning. During the tornado drill, the students calmly moved from their class-rooms to the hallway, where they took cover up against the wall, the safest place in the building in the event of a tornado.

“Sometimes people say ‘what’s the big deal, it’s just a tornado drill,’” said Sica, who added that the drill wasn’t scary for her or her classmates. “But if it was actually real, this is a big deal.”

The drill was part of a state-wide tornado drill conducted Wednesday, March 9, across North Carolina by the National Weather Service.

Schools are equipped with a weather radio that will sound an alert and give teachers and administrators enough time to

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Candidates for county board talk beach funds, economic developmentBy Terry LaneStaff Writer

A heated campaign between Republicans for the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners will conclude next Tuesday, March 15, when voters go to the polls for the primary election. While there have been some sharp attacks in the campaign, the candidates have mainly sounded a similar note when it comes to funding coastal storm damage reduction efforts, including beach sand replenishment.

“The county has to continue with its lobbying efforts and keep focusing on the whole state legislature to make sure we have a place at the table,” said can-didate Patricia Kusek, a local financial advisor, who is also the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County joint appointee to the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, where she serves a chairperson. Her term ends June 2017. “Everyone, Democrats and

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By Simon GonzalezStaff Writer

Noah was a little suspicious of the menu. Pancakes — made from sweet potatoes? Whipped cream — made from beets?

But the third-grader at Forest Hills Global Elementary in Wilmington has been taught to give all foods a try, so he took a bite. And another, and another. The snack proved to be much better than he expected.

“The sweet potato pancakes are really good, considering they are made from vegetables,” he said. “They tasted really, really sweet and really, really good. The whipped cream looked very delicious, and was very delicious, and very sweet compared to a root.”

The surprisingly good pancake and whipped cream, topped by local honey, was whipped up in the Seahawk Food Wagon, the food truck operated by University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus Dining. The truck made a stop at Forest Hills on Tuesday, March 8 to fix the nutritious snacks for every third-grader, and was scheduled to visit Winter Park Elementary on Thursday, March 10 and Wrightsboro Elementary the following day to prepare pancakes for second-graders.

The food truck visited the schools as part of a partnership between UNCW Campus Dining and FoodCorps, a nationwide program that works with schools to teach healthy eating to young students, many of them at-risk of obesity and diabetes because of poor nutrition.

“A lot of these students don’t have access to fresh fruits and

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studentsBy Krys EstesContributing Writer

More than 200 gues t s attended a fashion show at the Country Club of Landfall on March 8 to show their support for Communities In Schools of Cape Fear.

The show, entitled Comunitá Amore Fashion Show, was the organization’s inaugural event and showcased spring styles for men and women.

“Carla Lewis and I were look-ing for an organization for at-risk kids in our community,” said Debbie Mitchell, one of the nine committee organizers for the fashion show. “Communities in Schools gives a kid a better opportunity to succeed.”

Proceeds from admission, raf-fle tickets and an auction were netted at more than $21,000, and 100 percent of the funds raised

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Walkers enjoy temperatures in the 70s in Wrightsville Beach on Wednesday, March 9. ~ Allison Potter

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Students in Ashley Hodges’ third-grade class at Forest Hills Elementary School make sweet potato pancakes Tuesday, March 8 during a visit by the University of North Carolina Wilmington food truck. The cooking event was led by Jordyn Appel of Feast Down East FoodCorps and Matt Rogers of UNCW Campus Dining.

Fair weather brings people outdoors

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Students and staff at Wrightsville Beach School participate in a statewide tornado drill Wednesday, March 9 as part of Severe Weather Preparedness Week in North Carolina.

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Church parking lots on Thursday’s agendaBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

For years, Wrightsville’s beachgoers have found respite from parking fees by parking in several church lots around the island and, on busy holidays, the churches staff the lots to maintain order and accept monetary dona-tions in return. But the town could decide to regulate this practice.

March 10, the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen will discuss whether to develop an ordinance allowing the churches to charge for parking. Currently, churches and other businesses are not allowed to charge for parking without having a conditional use permit.

Most churches currently allow free parking in their lots, although they staff the lots and accept a donation on holi-day weekends. Wrightsville Beach Baptist Church accepts donations for its mission trip to Haiti, said one of the church’s staff members, Mike Edmonds.

During the last board of aldermen meting, when the church parking lots were brought up as part of a larger discussion on parking changes, Edmonds said the church’s staffing of the lot on busy holidays keeps the situation under control.

“If we weren’t down here, it would be a big mess for all the neighbors,” he said, adding that without super-vision, the free lot would fill way beyond its capacity and the nearby Coral and North Channel drives would get trashed.

Budget public hearingThe board will also invite the public to offer opinions

on what they would like the town to prioritize in its bud-get this year.

The board will hold workshops throughout April and May to hear the needs of each department. The process involves deciding what projects, equipment or programs are necessary to implement this year and what can wait for future budget cycles.

In June, before the final budget is adopted, the board will hold another public hearing.email emmy@luminanews.com

Marketing campaign still met with mixed responseBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

Wrightsville Beach’s marketing advisory committee is considering combining part of the town’s advertising budget with that of Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wilmington to market the area as a whole, but March 8 the committee members decided the ben-efits of joining forces were outweighed by too many concerns for them to approve the concept — yet.

“I feel like this decision is above my pay grade,” committee member Pres Davenport said, explaining that although the market-ing committee’s role is to advise the board of aldermen, he wanted to bring the town’s leaders into the discussion of such a signifi-cant budget reallocation.

The committee agreed to schedule a joint meeting with the aldermen as well as a joint meeting with Kure and Carolina Beach’s mar-keting committees. The beach towns must proceed together with the campaign or the initiative won’t work.

“We’re a three-legged stool,” committee member John Andrews said. “Take one leg out and we all fall, so I’d love to hear what they have to say.”

The benefits of a joint campaign would be a larger budget, helping the campaign reach a greater audience, and the unique selling point of the three distinctive beach

towns plus the city.The $500,000 budget for the joint campaign

would allow for more full-page print ads, more video, full-season billboard placement and an expanded market placement, Clean Design brand strategist Travis Conte told the committee.

“It will give you highly visible, more com-petitive ads,” he explained.

But the joint campaign would require a shift in the beach towns’ mentality from rivals to teammates, at least until the consumer’s focus was narrowed down to New Hanover County. The real competition, Conte said, are desti-nations like the Outer Banks and the Crystal Coast, which have large marketing budgets due to joint campaigns similar to the one pro-posed for New Hanover County’s beaches.

In addition to creating a more competitive budget, the joint campaign would allow local beaches to stand apart from the Crystal Coast and Outer Banks by highlighting the beaches’ proximity to Wilmington.

The $500,000 budget would be split in the fairest way possible, Clean Design director of media strategy Tom Hickey said.

Wilmington would contribute 100 percent of its budget. A joint campaign would not be a significant departure for the city because it already brands itself as “Wilmington and Beaches.” The beach towns would each con-tribute 33 percent of their budgets.

Hickey and Conte envisioned the campaign

being a series of ads mentioning all three beaches and the city while highlighting one in particular with a large photo and accompa-nying headline. The split of ads highlighting each beach would correspond to the dollar amount each beach contributed to the total budget.

The joint campaign would target consumers in the initial phases of trip planning, which Conte called the “dreaming phase.” Each beach town would use the remaining 66 per-cent of its budget to draw in consumers when they get to what Conte called the “planning phase” — choosing a specific location and booking lodging.

While the committee members realized the benefits of the joint campaign, they were concerned with giving a third of their budget to a campaign that didn’t specifically mar-ket Wrightsville Beach. Carolina and Kure Beaches’ marketing committees feel the same, Conte and Hickey said.

The agency representatives agreed that with the committees’ evident skepticism and joint meetings to schedule, the campaign would not be implemented this fiscal year, even if it were eventually approved. Instead, Wrightsville Beach will, for now, put its entire market-ing budget into its own campaign, while the beach towns’ marketing committees continue to explore the potential for a joint campaign in the 2017-18 fiscal year. email emmy@luminanews.com

Wilmington’s historic district boosted by funding tools, national preservationist saysBy Terry LaneStaff Writer

Wilmington’s success in pre-serving historic buildings comes partly from a unique funding tool that buys buildings before they are destroyed, the leader of the nation’s largest historic preservation group said Tuesday, March 8.

In making her first-ever visit to the Port City, Stephanie Meeks, president and chief executive officer of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, came to help commemorate the twin anniversaries of the Historic Wilmington Foundation and the National Historic Preservation Act, both of which turn 50 years old in 2016.

“It certainly lives up to the reputation,” Meeks said of Wilmington’s historic district. “Wilmington is a city that gets it.”

Meeks said that Wilmington

was one of only about two dozen cities in the country that used a “revolving fund” to help pre-serve buildings. She said that kind of funding tool would have been ideal in helping to preserve a nearly 120-year-old cottage torn down on Wrightsville Beach two weeks ago.

“Buying the property is the best option” for historic preser-vation, Meeks said. “A revolving fund can be used to step in and help groups purchase the property.”

Wilmington was the first city in the state to adopt a revolv-ing fund, said George Edwards, Historic Wilmington Foundation executive director.

The revolving fund works by serving as a financial vehicle to provide loans to groups or indi-viduals to buy properties for historic repairs and upgrades. Once the property is properly restored, it will be resold, but

not before an easement is placed on the structure, preventing future owners from making any changes.

Started in 1984, the fund has been directly used in the preser-vation of at least 110 buildings in Wilmington.

“And the example that the fund sets has saved even more buildings,” Edwards said, add-ing that the revolving fund was used to help save the Coastline Convention Center where Meeks spoke to the public and mem-bers of the Historic Wilmington Foundation.

In a speech that reviewed how the federal historic preservation bill helped establish a register of 90,000 historic places, Meeks said that Wilmington is one of the American cities where the downtown is experiencing a “renaissance,” driven partly by the younger generation’s interest in historic buildings.

Wilmington has 6,000 historic buildings in the eight national registry districts in the area.

“Preservation is a force of economic development in cit-ies,” Meeks said. She added that the broader historic pres-ervation campaign in America was “coming into our own as a movement.”

Kent Stephens, president of the Historic Wilmington Foundation board of trustees, agreed with Meeks’ assessment.

“Historic preservation is an economic engine. You can’t quantify it, but you can’t tell me it’s not,” he said. “It’s why people come here to visit.”

Edwards said that hav-ing Meeks visit will help Wilmington raise its profile as a historic city.

“It puts a spotlight on it,” Edwards said. “We like to hope that we serve as an inspiration to her.”email terrylane@luminanews.com

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Board favors Nauti Times’ continued operationsBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

When Wrightsville Beach lead-ers voted last year to require boat rental facilities to hold conditional use permits, most businesses were able to comply. Nauti Times Boat Rentals was not, but March 8 the town’s planning board was in favor of making boat rentals a permitted use so the business could continue operating without a permit.

The planning board voted unan-imously to recommend the town

make boat rental facilities a permit-ted use instead of a conditional use, simplifying the process of opening such a business because owners wouldn’t have to go through the lengthy conditional use permitting process.

It would also allow Nauti Times Boat Rentals to continue operating as it has for the past 15 years.

Owner Jeffrey Hughes was not able to complete the conditional use permitting process because he could not get authorization from Seapath Yacht Club, the marina

out of which he rents his four boats. The yacht club’s Board of Commanders reviews Hughes’ business annually and while they were willing to allow him to con-tinue renting boats this year, their bylaws prevented them from tak-ing the necessary steps to help him secure the permit.

When town leaders made boat rental facilities a conditional use last year, they did so because they believed it would give them more control over such businesses. But under a permitted use, rental facil-ities would still have to meet a number of conditions: in this case, no more than four boats allowed, no Jet Skis allowed, no storage of boats on trailers, hours of opera-tion limited from dawn until dusk and a business plan required that shows where boats will be stored, maintained and fueled.

Hughes’ agent, attorney Geoffrey Losee, said, “With the supplemen-tal regulations, the town has the opportunity to have all the control or oversight it feels is appropriate, so you get the same benefit without the CUP particular process.”

Town staff and leaders mainly wanted control over boat rental

facilities for safety purposes — to ensure powerboats weren’t rented by inexperienced or care-less boaters — but Losee and Hughes assured board members Nauti Times would not allow that to happen.

Hughes pointed out that all four boats are his, so he would never rent them to someone who would operate the vessel recklessly. His safety standards include requiring captains have five years’ boating experience before they rent, which he said is “way above the insurance and state requirements.”

Board members were comfort-able casting a vote that would allow Nauti Times to continue operations, but they were care-ful to consider how such a vote might affect other businesses in the affected C3 zoning district. Director of planning and parks Tony Wilson said the boat rental facilities that already have con-ditional use permits will not be affected, because CUPs trump regular zoning laws.

The board of aldermen will vote on the amendment in April and adjust the regulations as it sees fit.email emmy@luminanews.com

For The RecordQuestion and photographs by Alexandra Golder

Emergency officials conducted a statewide tornado drill this week. What kind of a disaster plan do you have in place for you or your family?

Caitlin Lafferty Wilmington “Google it.”

David Cignotti Wrightsville Beach

“I’m happy I’m a retired school teacher because now I don’t have to do those drills where you run into the hallway and get down and cover your head.”

Heather Wilson and Zachary Alphin

Wilmington “We have a safe room in our house and

all the kids know to go there. We’ve prac-ticed before and they think it’s great fun.”

Allison, Jenny and Matthew Campbell Wilmington

“We don’t have a basement, so our plan is to go to an interior closet.”

Rebecca Guthrie Wilmington

“We review everything with our kids whenever any kind of weather event is

going to happen.”

Weekend Police ReportFriday, March 4Citations

• Kevin Fernandes was cited for not having a driver’s license.• William Carpenter was cited for careless and reckless driving and for running a red light.

• Christopher Slog was cited for expired registration.• Grace Lawton was cited for speeding.• Scarlet Fretwell was cited for impeding traffic.

Warning tickets

• Anne Behn was warned for failure to use turn signal.• Bradley Williams was warned for a headlight violation.• Mary Olivia Tatum was warned for a registration issue.• Maria Tofalo was warned for an equipment violation.

Saturday, March 5Arrests

• Maria Serrano was arrested on a pending DWI charge.

Citations

• George Bradshaw was cited for a stop light violation.• Douglas Ronald was cited for a stop light violation.• Monica Ibrahim was cited for expired registration.• Mary Carty was cited for expired registration. • Regan Johnson was cited for simple possession of marijuana, open container in a vehicle and underage consumption.

• Maria Serrano was cited for open container and speeding.• Connor Chase was cited for a seat belt violation.• James McKinney was cited for an expired registration.• Janet Gray was cited for speeding.• John Buechele was cited for an expired registration.• Olympia Fragos was cited for speeding.• Lois Fowler was cited for speeding.• Cole Kellner was cited for a stop sign violation.• Jessika Medina was cited for expired registration.• Christina Anthony was cited for speeding.

Warning tickets

• Jesse Jackson was warned on a stop sign violation.• Richard Woodcock was warned for speeding.• Thomas Brennan was warned for stop sign violation.

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• Ryan Tolhurst was warned for expired registration, inspection violation and unsafe tires.

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Parks and rec manages new projects, programsBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

State parks and recreation grants have helped fund big Wrightsville Beach projects like the events stage and a new bas-ketball court in Wrightsville Beach Park, and now the town is compiling a new list of projects for which it will seek another grant.

The deadline for the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund Grants is May 2. Grants require an equal match from the town. The public will have the opportunity to provide input on all proj-ects being considered during an open house, which is tentatively scheduled for April 18.

The Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee has narrowed down a list of potential projects, which includes lighting on the tennis courts, lighting on the pedestrian paths behind the tennis courts, a new fence around the softball field, fitness equipment around the John Nesbitt Loop and a multi-use trail along the park’s northeastern perimeter.

Town staff has already created a rough rendering for the multi-use trail, and during its March 10 meeting the board of aldermen will vote whether to hire landscape architect Scott Stewart to complete a conceptual design.

The town’s initial rendering for the pedestrian and cyclist path shows it stretching from Causeway Drive to Salisbury Street with bollards at the entrances to prevent vehicles from accessing it. The path would likely include a boardwalk overlooking the marsh, an observation deck and lighting.

Another major parks and recreation project, installation of a handicap-accessible playground, will be underway soon. Parks and recreation program supervisor Katie Ryan expects installa-tion to start the first week in April and finish by the end of May.

While the new equipment is being installed, the playground will not be open. Part of the existing equipment, the 2–5 play set, will be relocated to the Harbor Way Gardens, but how soon that new play area will be available to the public is not yet determined.

How fast the playground is finished depends largely on how quickly one piece of equipment, the Liberty Swing, arrives. Only one vendor — located in Australia — carries the wheelchair-accessible swings, Ryan explained.

The playground will also include fitness equipment like cardio machines facing the playground for parents to use, as well as core-strengthening and plyometric apparatuses.

The parks and recreation department is managing not only its ongoing and upcoming projects, but also its new programs, which include youth flag football and a six-week afternoon Hammerheads soccer skills program. Interest has been especially high for the youth flag football, Ryan remarked, saying the pro-gram’s spring season had a waitlist.

Some of the town’s summer programs are almost full, Ryan said, like the Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue junior lifeguard camps. The popularity of last year’s inaugural camp prompted organizers to offer two camps this summer, but Ryan said, “the first camp is full, and the second one is almost full.”

For more information on parks and recreation projects or pro-grams, visit www.townofwrightsvillebeach.comemail emmy@luminanews.com

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A young, enthusiastic American, a mission-ary of sorts, travels to communities to teach the basics of good nutrition to children at risk of obesity and diabetes.

It sounds like a story from a developing nation.In fact, it’s a story I covered many times while

working in the nonprofit world. I wrote about nutrition programs — efforts to provide sup-plemental food in at-risk communities and to educate mothers and children about the basics of healthy eating — always in developing nations: the Philippines, Honduras, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia.

But shockingly, it’s happening at home, in our own backyard.

Maybe I’m naïve and sheltered, even ignorant, but I was genuinely surprised when Jordyn Appel told me about a program right here in Wilmington.

J o r d y n w o r k s w i t h FoodCorps, an organization with more than 200 members active in 17 states with a mis-sion to teach children and parents about healthy eating. She has been in Wilmington since August, working with all the third-grade classes a t Fores t Hi l l s Global Elementary and the second-grade classes at Winter Park Elementary and Wrightsboro Elementary.

The students participate in weekly garden and nutrition-based lessons. It sounds like a great program. Most of us have tried to get our kids to eat more fruits and veg-etables. Anyone who can reinforce their importance is a welcome voice.

The shocking part is the need for the program. Jordyn called it vital. She said there was a recent study at one of the schools that found there’s a very high rate of children coming into kinder-garten already at risk for obesity and diabetes. Malnutrition is a real concern.

“A 5-year-old shouldn’t be at risk for obesity,” she said, and she’s right. Children should not be dealing with health and nutrition issues, not here in the United States.

Matt Rogers, director of campus dining at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and the driving force behind the school’s clean and green food truck that’s fixing healthy snacks for students at the three schools this week, said I’m not alone in my ignorance.

“We’re quick to be outwardly focused as a nation,” he said. “We don’t realize it starts at home. I’m on the board of the food bank, and one of our mottos is ‘the face of hunger will surprise

you.’ It’s in your neighborhood. It’s not just a worldwide problem. It’s an American problem as well.”

The problem is twofold. Children — and their parents — lack knowledge about healthy eating, and they lack access to nutritious food.

These kids aren’t at risk of obesity because they eat too much food. It’s because they eat the wrong kind of food. That’s where the education component comes in.

Jordyn is young (24 and two years out of college) and enthusiastic. She is a wonderful ambassador for the program. She knows her stuff, and the kids listen. She teaches them how to grow plants in the gardens at all three schools, about the life cycle of a plant, and about the ways that different fruits and vegetables nourish different

parts of the body. This week, with the help of

the UNCW food truck, the kids are learning that nutri-tion-rich foods like sweet potatoes and beets can actu-ally be used to make tasty meals.

The hope is that the knowl-edge will spread when the kids take the lessons home with them. They will tell their parents that sweet potato pancakes are actually pretty good, and give them Miss Jordyn’s recipe for kale chips. When they visit the store, they can ask for beets and tomatoes and not just chips and cookies.

That is, if they go to a grocery store with beets and tomatoes. Sections of Wilmington are classified as a

food desert, areas where people don’t have access to a car or a supermarket within one mile. Corner stores in these areas tend to lack healthy options.

The problems are complex, and the solutions aren’t simple. Politics might be part of it, but simply throwing more government money around is rarely efficient. Bureaucracy frequently exac-erbates an issue.

Knowledge is a great place to start, both in educating folks like me that this is an issue right here at home and in taking the lessons of nutri-tion and healthy eating to students and parents.

People like Jordyn and Matt are definitely a key component. They are enthusiastic ambassadors, and advocates for local and sustainable food.

Community gardens and grocery stores in food deserts are a must. Connecting people without access to nutritious food with groups like Feast Down East and local farmers would help.

These and more should be tried. The problem is too important to ignore.

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will surprise you.’ It’s in your neighborhood. It’s

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vegetables,” said Jordyn Appel, a FoodCorps service member who teaches at the three schools. “By teaching them and engaging them on how to grow their own food and translating that knowledge to cooking, it’s not only making their lives healthier but helping their parents.”

Some of the sweet potatoes and beets used in the food truck were grown in gardens at the schools planted by Appel and the sec-ond- and third-grade students and teachers.

“All of the beets and the sweet potatoes are either from the school garden or they’re from local community farmers in the area,” Appel said. “The honey is local. Everything is sourced locally and it’s natural.”

The students didn’t just get to enjoy the pancakes. They also got to participate in creating them.

“They peeled all the potatoes and smashed the beets,” said Matt Rogers, regional district manager for Aramark, the company that administers UNCW campus din-ing and the creative force behind the university’s food truck. “They did everything.”

That included measuring the ingredients for the pancake mix.

“This is perfect,” said Hannah Hawkins, a third-grade teacher at Forest Hills. “We just learned about fractions, and they are having to use fractions in the measurements. It integrates math and science and healthy living.”

And they got to go into the truck to help mix up the topping

and flip the pancakes on the griddle.

“We’re learning how to oper-ate in a real kitchen,” Appel said. “A lot of them have never used a stove at home before. We’re also just having fun and getting more connected with food and being able to cook it and trying something new they probably wouldn’t ever try before.”

Trying something new is a key part of Appel’s classes.

“FoodCorp’s hashtag is ‘try things,’” Appel said. “Something that’s really great about them is even if they don’t like it, they’ll still try it. If they know going into it, ‘I’m not the biggest fan of beets,’ they’ll still give it a try. It’s a new way of eating it. A

lot of them probably didn’t know that you could make whipped cream using beet juice.”

After they tried the food they had the opportunity to rate it. There were charts on the food truck with columns for “I loved it,” “I liked it” and “I tried it.” The students could register their opinions by putting a sticker in the appropriate place. At Forest Hills, the pancakes got an over-whelming “I loved it” response, while the beet whipped top-ping was drawing almost equal amounts of “loves” and “tried its.”

The rating categories are by design. No negative language is supposed to be heard when talk-ing about food. Students aren’t

supposed to declare that some-thing is yucky. “I’m not a fan” or “It’s not for me” are the pre-ferred options.

It’s all part of the effort to help the students to think positively about healthy options, and to keep an open mind that food that is good for them might actually taste good.

“The kids don’t like vege-tables that much. They like to eat what they like,” said Forest Hills third-grade teacher Carman Peruyero. “This is a good oppor-tunity for them to try different things. This program shows them how important it is to try a variety of vegetables and fruit. They try it, and they say it’s not too bad.”

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will benefit at-risk students in New Hanover and Pender counties.

The fashion show featured stu-dents served by Communities In Schools and recognizable faces from the community, including Marla Doster, Brad Bass, Cindy Vach, Kelly Barnes and Bobby Brandon plus celebrities Frances Weller and her sister Margaret Weller Stargell, modeling cloth-ing from local stores including Bloke, Carlisle, Palm Garden, Island Passage and others.

Louise Hicks, executive direc-tor of Communities In Schools, said the organization’s mission is to surround students with a community of support, empow-ering them to stay in school and be successful in life. Working in partnership with New Hanover and Pender County Schools, Communities In Schools impacts the lives of more than 13,000 stu-dents each year.

Communities In Schools con-nects students across the K-12 spectrum and their families to basic and critical educational and community-based resources tailored to each student’s individ-ual needs. As the nation’s leading dropout prevention organization, Communities In Schools is the

only one proven to both decrease the dropout rate and increase the graduation rate, she said.

“We provide assistance to stu-dents who need additional help in order to make it through school. A lot of times it’s associated with poverty, other times it’s academic or social behavior issues,” Hicks said. “It’s incredibly impactful to know that you make a difference every single day.”

There are 38 affiliates of the organization across North

Carolina, Hicks said.“Our staff is so passionate

about what they do and engaged as well as determined to help the kids they are working with,” Hicks said.

The students don’t choose to be in an unfortunate situation, Hicks explained, and they are coming to school every day while experiencing violence in their community, or enduring hunger at home, or lacking basic neces-sities or parental guidance. For

these children, having a trusted adult volunteer can add much-needed stability and effect a true life change.

“I love volunteering for Communities In Schools,” said Charlotte Warren, a New Hanover High School student. “I have worked for the organi-zation for two years. I go and I help kids or I do simple events like this show. I enjoy working for them.”

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Republicans, from what I’ve heard, agrees on this,” Kusek said.

Politicians at the federal, state and local level have all expressed worries that federal government will allow beach renourishment funding to lapse, leaving it to the state, county and local government to fund the multi-million dollar projects. Until the time comes when the board of commissioners may have to consider a new fund-ing model, candidates for the board generally agreed that promoting the importance of the region’s beaches to the statewide economy was the board’s primary role.

Commissioner Woody White, one of seven Republican candi-dates running for three open seats on the board, said the most impor-tant role for the county board was to help promote the importance of beach sand funding to the state leg-islature, as the board isn’t likely to be faced with any sort of vote on the issue in the near future. A cur-rent interlocal agreement between

the county and the beach towns, including Wrightsville Beach, would have the towns contribute 17.5 percent of the funding for beach renourishment projects in future cycles, though there are dis-cussions about developing a new financial arrangement.

“The general consensus is that it has to be a collaborative approach by everybody,” said White, who added that he serves on the Port, Waterway and Beaches Commission, which also works to promote the economic benefits of the beaches and waterway. “We’ve seen tremendous progress in recent months on educating the folks in Raleigh on why they need to be helping us” on beach sand fund-ing. White also serves on the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority with a term expiring in 2018, as does Commissioner Rob Zapple.

Campbell Dodd, who is making his second run at a county com-mission seat, also agreed that the board’s mission will be to educate state legislators on the “shared ben-efits” that the beach brings to the state economy. Another candidate,

Derrick Hickey, a Wilmington sur-geon, said while there may not be disagreement, there’s also not a plan for beach renourishment fund-ing, and that should be more of a priority for the board.

However, White said one area where there may be disagree-ment on the board in the near future is how funding for the Tourism Development Authority is allocated.

Republican candidates for the board said the economy was the issue that most voters wanted to discuss.

For Dodd, an insurance and real estate broker, one of the best ways to improve the economy would be to change county zoning laws that require special use permits for industrial development, which he said can drive away manufactur-ing jobs. He also said the county needs to accelerate infrastructure improvements in the U.S. 421 cor-ridor, where the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority recently extended water and sewer lines.

“How can you attract business there when we don’t have the

infrastructure set up,” Dodd said.For Kusek, finding ways to

cut spending would be another priority for her on the board of commissioners.

“We must broaden our tax base, look at the budget more closely, and find a way to do more with less,” she said.

For candidate and board chair Beth Dawson, her goal is to dem-onstrate her fiscal record over the past four years.

“I think a lot of folks that are independent will see I have a fis-cally responsible record,” Dawson said.

For Hickey, the CFPUA itself is an issue. He said the authority hasn’t been able to lower water bills and the county board should break it up and return it to the control of New Hanover County. Hickey also said the board of commissioners should improve its working relationship with the New Hanover County Board of Education.

John Babb and Jim Brumit are also Republican candidates for the board of commissioners. Brumit

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Plans for the pathway under the bridge were released last year, but March 1 the Wilmington City Council approved a $649,050 contract with Intracoastal Marine, LLC to build it.

“Our goal is to be done, and out of there, before the heart of tourist season,” said Wilmington Parks and Recreation Superintendent Amy Beatty.

The 8-foot-wide path will be concrete over land and board-walk over water. It will start near the intersection of Airlie Road and Wrightsville Avenue, pass under the drawbridge as an open-slat timber boardwalk, and connect to the cross-city trail on the north side of Wrightsville Avenue.

Plans also indicate the pathway will be lit at night and include an octagonal gazebo on the north side.

The pathway will give those traveling the cross-city trail a safe path to the other side of Eastwood Road, allowing them to access the businesses and res-taurants on Airlie Road. It will also facilitate safer pedestrian and cyclist traffic flow for those traveling to and from the beach by eliminating opposing traffic on the drawbridge’s north side.

The new pathway will put those traveling east on the bridge’s southern side and those traveling west on its northern side, Beatty said, explaining that currently “you’ve got all the pedestrians and cyclists on the same side of the bridge on a fairly narrow sidewalk traveling in both directions.”

The pathway must extend into the Intracoastal Waterway in order to obtain necessary vertical clearance between the path and the underside of the drawbridge. In order to ensure minimal impact on that environment, the city received a Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) major

permit and permission from the Federal Highway Administration.

The project will be mostly funded by a $560,000 transpor-tation grant the city received in 2013. Beatty does not antici-pate any significant impacts to boat or vehicular traffic during construction.

Several crosswalks and another stretch of multi-use path will fur-ther improve safety just west of the drawbridge near the inter-section of Eastwood Road and Wrightsville Avenue. A cross-walk will connect the end of the bike lane on Wrightsville Avenue near Harris Teeter to a multi-use path to be con-structed on the opposite side of the street, and several more crosswalks with signal heads will span Wrightsville Avenue, Canal Drive and Eastwood Road intersection.

Beatty said construction of those crosswalks should begin this week. The final gap in the cross-city trail, near Randall Drive and Kerr Avenue, is cur-rently being completed as part of an ongoing project to widen Kerr Avenue.

The entire 15-mile trail, from Wade Park to Wrightsville Beach, will be done by the end of this year, Beatty confirmed.

“We know that there is a tre-mendous amount of cycling activity…and people enjoy get-ting to the beach that way, so we’re trying to make it as safe as possible for them to do that,” she said.

Another project to improve biking over the drawbridge to the beach will be underway this fall. The North Carolina Department of Transportation will install lightweight steel plates over the drawbridge’s metal grids. The plates will be 30 inches wide and coated with a non-skid material.

Cyclists have expressed con-cerns about the safety of biking over the metal grids, especially after a rainstorm.email emmy@luminanews.com

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get the students into a safe posi-tion in the event of a tornado, said Wrightsville Beach School principal Jackson Norvell. It took about a minute to get stu-dents from the classrooms to the wall where they could take cover. The school also has nine portable classrooms behind the school, where it took about three minutes to get those students into place in the school’s cafeteria.

“Our goal is to create in the stu-dents respect for a real event,” Norvell said. “We’re always trying to instill that sense of importance and respect.”

The drill is one of four regular disaster exercises that students prepare for, said kindergarten teacher Kim Guthrie, includ-ing fire drills, earthquake drills and lockdown drills to protect against an unauthorized intruder. Regardless of the emergency, the drills help train the students to be ready in the case of any event.

“I believe the drills are very effective,” Guthrie said. “Families appreciate know-ing that their children are safe at school. It’s another practice opportunity so that we can pre-pare for any possibility.”

For Sica, she said she’s pre-pared at home for a tornado, too. Her family has a room under the stairs where they can seek shelter from a violent storm.

“I would feel very safe there,” she said.

A spokeswoman for the New Hanover County school system said all students participated in

the tornado drill. County employ-ees also drilled on how to take cover in the event of a tornado.

Steven Pfaff, the National Weather Service Wilmington warning coordination meteo-rologist, said the drills are helpful in raising awareness of weather safety across the com-munity, which is the goal of this week’s severe weather awareness campaign.

“The kids will say what they did in school today and it can get the discussion going on weather safety,” Pfaff said. “We’re head-ing into severe weather season; we need to be on our toes.”

The school’s weather alert radio will respond if the school is in an area where a tornado warn-ing has been issued, but the alert system will also send warnings to mobile phones, providing a redundant warning. School offi-cials can also initiate the tornado drill if they see a funnel cloud or believe a tornado is imminent.

While the statewide drill is observed by state agencies, Pfaff said it is important for businesses to participate as well, as North Carolina can be prone to tornado strikes. In one example, he said a Lowe’s Home Improvement store in Sanford initiated its tornado drill procedures before the store was hit by a tornado in April 2011, preventing any loss of life.

“For families, agencies and businesses, the only way we’re going to be weather ready is by planning for emergencies and being ready to act on those plans,” Pfaff said.email terrylane@luminanews.com

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serves as vice chair of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, his term expires this year.

Voting on March 15 is sched-uled from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. email terrylane@luminanews.com

Staff photo by Terry Lane

Jessica Edwards and her daughter, Maggie, model spring fashions to raise money for Communites in Schools of Cape Fear on Tuesday, March 8 during the Comunita Amore Fashion Show at the Country Club of Landfall.

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Matt Rogers of University of North Carolina Wilmington Campus Dining helps students get their finished sweet potato pancakes off the grill in the UNCW food truck Tuesday, March 8.

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Weston Williams, 19, has liked flying since he was 5, when his grandfather, Cliff, began to take him on flights.

“We’d go to Fayetteville, Raleigh, Kinston, just little airports and go get lunch,” he said.

Cliff was an instructor at Air Wilmington, the FBO (fixed base oper-ation) at Wilmington International, and had two planes — a Cessna 150 and a Cessna 172. Cliff started giving Weston lessons when he was 15. After 60 hours of flight time, he passed his written test and gained his private pilot’s certificate in January 2015.

The love of flying developed at Air Wilmington continues. Williams plans to attend flight school at Aerosim Flight Academy in Florida this summer. His ultimate goal is to become a commercial airline pilot.

“I need to get my instrument rating,” Williams explained. “Then after getting instrument, you can fly commercial.”

He will have to pass instrument ground school, log a specified num-ber of instrument flight hours (flying without visibility) and pass an instrument rating check-ride.

He will also need a multi-engine rating. To receive it, Williams will need to take more lessons and pass a multi-engine check-ride. Then, he plans to become a certified flight instructor.

“The pay isn’t good but the whole point is to gain flight hours,” he said. “No airline will even look at you unless you have 500 hours, due to insurance requirements.”

Williams rents a Cessna 172 at Air Wilmington but has also flown a Van’s RV-4, a light, two-seat, homebuilt aircraft.

“I’ve done aerobatics on Wrightsville Beach,” he said. “I want to learn to do that — just for fun. But you really have to know your airplane.”

Williams’ experience at Air Wilmington has been nothing but positive.

“I’ve been to a bunch of different FBOs. Air Wilmington is great. They are really nice people. It’s not a bunch of people in suits and rich people. They are laid back,” he said.

Air Wilmington has made its home on the field of Wilmington International Airport since 1975. FBOs exist outside of the crowds in the main terminals, so many air passengers don’t know about them. For this reason, president of Air Wilmington, Bill Cherry, described

FBOs as the quiet side of aviation. One of the FBO’s primary roles is to help private, independent

pilots land at airfields that are not their home airport. It addition to offering fueling, hangaring and maintenance, Air Wilmington also provides services like aircraft rentals, flight instructions and con-cierge services. It has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 40 years.

Most of Air Wilmington’s business is corporate travel, serving many of the area’s top businesses. Live Oak Bank has three jets based there, helping the bank with its only physical location in Wilmington stay competitive nationwide. Air Wilmington has plenty of area to position

visiting planes, utilizing 10 acres of ramp space, with more than five more acres being prepared at the north end of the airport.

Vince Tryer, vice president and division manager for Thomas Construction Group, first got his private pilot’s license from Air Wilmington in the late 1980s. In addition to a corporate jet, he owns and operates an RV-4. He said that Air Wilmington is a superb loca-tion for recreational flying.

“An airplane is no different than your car; it breaks down,” Tryer said. “You cannot pull over when something is wrong. To have as professional and as talented a group over there is pretty awesome.”

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Visit Tree Hill EyeCon: A “One Tree Hill” ConventionMarch 11-13, Starting at $40Wilmington Convention Center

The convention features photo opportunities with “One Tree Hill” stars Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty and Bethany Joy Lenz. Personal meet-and-greet times will be scheduled with individual stars along with and Q-and-A events. Saturday night will host the One Night at Tric party. To purchase tickets, visit www.eyeconfla.com

The Rhythm is Gonna Get You“In The Heights”March 11-13; March 18-19, $15Scottish Rite Temple, 1415 S. 17th St.

Kathy Snow Productions presents the Tony award-winning Broadway musical “In the Heights,” which takes place in the Dominican-American neighbor-hood of Washington Heights in New York City, performed by local talent aged 13 to adult. For show times, visit www.kathysnowproductions.com

Luck o’ the Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade and FestivalSaturday, March 12, 11 a.m., FreeDowntown Wilmington

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a parade starting at Red Cross and North Front streets. Watch from Front, Dock or North Second Street. Following the parade, a festival will take place with the main stage at North Front and Princess streets. Bands Blarney Brogues and Striking Copper will perform. Food, beverages and crafts will be available for sale.

Pi DayFamily Science SaturdaySaturday, March 12, 10 a.m., FreeCape Fear Museum

In honor of Albert Einstein’s birthday, celebrate Pi Day at the Cape Fear Museum. Parents and kids can play with math by measuring, estimating, and plotting their way through interactive math prob-lems that can fit in to everyday life. Kids can create their own math button to wear. For more details, visit www.capefearmuseum.com

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Staff photos by Allison Potter

Weston Williams, top, learned to fly at Air Wilmington, earning his private pilot’s certificate in January 2015. His favorite plane to fly is the Cessna 172. Above: the cockpit of the Cessna 172.

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The stakes are high for UNCW cheerleaderBy Alexandra GolderIntern

While the University of North Carolina Wilmington men’s basketball team geared up for the CAA Championship in Baltimore, Maryland, last weekend, one UNCW cheer-leader was facing a similar type of pressure.

On Saturday, March 5, senior Bayley Harmon cheered the men’s team to victory after trying out for the Baltimore Raven’s cheerleading team.

“My favorite thing about cheerleading is the stunting and my favorite type of stunting is co-ed,” Harmon said. “That’s why I picked the Ravens.”

The Ravens are the only NFL team to have co-ed cheerlead-ers. Harmon said the benefit of having both males and females on the team is the ability to stunt. Other NFL teams that are female-only do not perform stunts, opting for more dance routines instead.

Conveniently, tryouts fell on the same weekend as the

championship. This provided Harmon with support from her teammates the morning of tryouts.

“They’re really excited,” Harmon said.

In recent years, no other UNCW cheerleader has tried out for an AFC team.

To prepare for tryouts and the championship, Harmon attended cheer practice twice a week. In addition, she takes group exercise classes at UNCW.

Andrew Midgett, Harmon’s boyfriend, also helped her prac-tice by stunting with her.

“I’ve been a part of a lot of different sports programs, played with and against some incredible athletes, and I’ve always had a healthy respect for cheerleaders,” Midgett said. “But I truly had no clue just how much goes into every-thing they do, especially with co-ed stunting, until I practiced with Bayley.”

For Harmon, the excitement of stunting overpowers the risk factor.

“They could drop me or really anything could go wrong, from breaking a bone to breaking multiple,” Harmon said, “but I do it because it’s thrilling to be thrown in the air.”

When Midgett watched vid-eos online he was always impressed, but at the same time, in the back of his head, he thought he could probably do that.

“But there’s so much form that goes into it and chemistry as well with your partner,” he said. “Definitely took me a lot of failures before I even got one stunt down.”

Harmon’s family was support-ive in helping her prepare.

“My mom flew out to drive me to and from tryouts and the championship,” she said.

Although Ravens’ cheerlead-ers do not earn much, this does not affect Harmon’s decision to pursue this career.

“It’s my passion,” she said. “I’ve been cheering for 16 years and this is something I’ve always wanted to do.”

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

www.littlechapel.orgWorship: 8:30 a.m.

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 Service: 9-10 a.m.Sunday School: 10:10-11 a.m.

Celebration Services: 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

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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

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

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TAKING THOUGHTS — OR NOTMarch 10

Matthew 6:31, “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?”

MATTHEW 6:25-34The Greek word used here for “thought” is “merimnao” and denotes

“to be anxious or careful.” In this passage, as well as the parallel pas-sage in Luke 12:22-32, Jesus is commanding us not to worry or be anxious about our material needs being met. It would be impossible to have no thought whatsoever about our physical needs. Even Jesus thought about His need for money to pay taxes (Mt. 17:24-27). We are simply not to be preoccupied with thinking about riches or spending our time worrying about necessities. These things will be added unto us as we seek first the Kingdom of God.

The way we take or receive an anxious thought is by speaking it. Doubtful thoughts will come, but we do not sin until we entertain

them. According to this verse, speaking forth these thoughts is one way of entertaining them; therefore, don’t speak forth these nega-tive thoughts.

It is imperative that we watch the words we say. Begin to speak words in faith that line up with God’s Word, then positive results will follow. If we speak words of doubt, we will eventually believe them and have the negative things that these words produce. There are no such things as “idle” words which will not work for or against us. Death or life is in the power of every word we speak (Prov. 18:21). Our words can be our most powerful weapon against the devil, or they can become a snare of the devil (Prov. 6:2).

Today watch your words. Speak only things that will express your faith, trust, and confidence in the Lord and not your fear about the situations you face.

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My children, take the blessings you have and feed this nationWhere you start is not important but the method you use will

take you to a new stationA station not frequented by trains, but a station that can only

be entered with praiseBeyond the natural you will feed the nation’s flocks with a

love that staysWalk free from all the processes and procedures and follow

through with a new thingThe lost sheep and sheep of the holy pasture will be free to

worship and singWalk forward and never look back because the pasture before

is better than the one behindSearch your heart for the joy that you can feed the souls of the

lost and help them findThe joy of heaven that begins with Jesus and salvation of their

soul and eternal lifeOnly the words of heaven can keep them nourished and feed

them the answers to their strifeYou are all shepherds and responsible to feed the lost sheep of

this nationBring health to their walk and feed them the nourishing words

to keep them from being a patientSing the praises of heaven with joy and freedom that is yours

to enjoyWalk side by side with no fear and know that I Am is the pro-

vider of your joyWhat was will no longer be as you take back this nation for Me

C ARL WATERSH2OLivingSo feed My people with the freedom you enjoy and they too

will become free

(Psa 81:16 NRSV) I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

(Isa 40:11 NRSV) He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.

(Isa 58:14 NRSV) then you shall take delight in the LORD, and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

(Ezek 34:23 NRSV) I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.

(John 21:15 NRSV) When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

(John 21:17 NRSV) He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust executed by Brandon M. Cullen, an unmar-ried person to Lender’s Title and Escrow, Trustee(s), which was dated October 30, 2014 and recorded on October 31, 2014 in Book 5848 at Page 1516, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the under-signed 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 court-house for conducting the sale on March 15, 2016 at 10:00AM,

and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Car-olina, to wit:

That certain tract or parcel of land designated as Lot 10 situ-tated in the City of Wilming-ton, Mercer Block, Wilmington Township, New Hanover County, North Carolina as depicted on that plat of survey dated June 10, 1997 by Michael Underwood and Associates, P A Incorporated herein by reference, the metes and bounds description as relat-ed thereon being Commence at a point in the center line of 30th Street (public) at its intersection with the center line of Chest-nut Street (public), thence along and with the centerline of 30th Street in a southerly direction 110 40 feet to an existing PK nail, thence along and with the north right of way line of Loring Alley (formerly known as Content-ment Alley) N 89-10 E a distance of 225 21 feet to the southwest comer of Lot 10, Mercer Block, the Point of BEGINNING, thence along and with the east line of Lot 8, Mercer Block N 01-13-28 W a distance of 95 04 feet to a point, thence along and with the north line of Lot 10 Mercer Block

N 89-10-32 E a distance of 52 60 feet to a point thence along and with the west line of Lot 12 Mer-cer Block S 01-13-28 E a distance of 95 03 feet to a point in the northern right of way line of Lor-ing Alley, thence along and with the northern right of way line of Loring Avenue S 89-10 W a dis-tance of 52 60 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 4998 square feet, more or less

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

Said property is commonly known as 3011 Loring Alley, Wilmington, NC 28405.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. 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 encumbranc-es or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the prop-erty is/are Brandon M. Cullen.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after 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 contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mort-gagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termi-nation of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective 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 inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLCSubstitute Trustee

Brock & Scott, PLLCAttorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 15-21739-FC01March 3 and 10, 2016

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust executed by Glenn V. Edwards and Cynthia L. Edwards to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated October 26, 2007 and recorded on October 31, 2007 in Book 5246 at Page 1084, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of

Trust be foreclosed, the under-signed 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 court-house for conducting the sale on March 22, 2016 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Car-olina, to wit:

Being all of Lot 259, Section 6, Courtney Pines, as shown on map recorded in Map Book 48, Page 180 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 1310 Zest Court, Wilmington, NC 28411.

A cash deposit (no personal 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

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statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately 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 encumbranc-es or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the prop-erty is/are Glenn V. Edwards and wife, Cynthia L. Edwards.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after 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 contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mort-gagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termi-nation of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective 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 inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLCSubstitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCAttorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 13-23680-FC01March 10 and 17, 2016

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust executed by Bernard Smith to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated September 9, 1998 and record-ed on September 10, 1998 in Book 2431 at Page 0340, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the hold-er of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the court-house door of the county court-house where the property is located, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the coun-ty courthouse for conducting the sale on March 22, 2016 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situ-ated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

BEGINNING at a point in.the Northern line of Meares Street 150 feet Westwardly from its intersection with Western line of Sixth Street and run-ning thence Northwardly paral-lel with Sixth Street 135 street; thence Westwardly parallel with Mears Street 37 feet; thence Southwardly parallel with Sixth Street 135 feet to the Northern line of Meares Street; thence Eastwardly along the Northern line of Meares Street 37 feet to the point of BEGINNING, the same being a part of Lots 4, 5, and 6, in Block 21, according

lo the Plan of the City of Wilm-ington.

And being the same property conveyed to Charles W. Rog-ers and wife, by deed dated the 10th day of June 1960, and recorded in Book 664, at Page 440, in the office of the Regis-ter of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina. Being also the same property con-veyed or intended to be con-veyed to Seymour Williams and wife, Elien Williams, by Warran-ty Deed dated march 17, 1969, and recorded March 17, 1969, in Book 852 at Page 681 of the said Registry.

SUBJECT TO all easements and restrictions of record.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior con-veyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 515 Meares Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. 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 representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environ-mental, health or safety con-ditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assess-ments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or excep-tions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Ber-nard Smith.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the prop-erty is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement 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 ter-mination 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 contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termina-tion [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rent-al agreement prorated to the effective date of the termina-tion.

If the trustee is unable to con-vey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no fur-ther remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLCSubstitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCAttorneys for Trustee Servic-es of Carolina, LLC5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 15-24843-FC01March 10 and 17, 2016

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Patri-cia S. Delair and Port City Seed & Feed, Inc. to C. Phillip Marion, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated January 8, 2001 and recorded on January 9, 2001 in Book 2864 at Page 107, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by

the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the under-signed 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 court-house for conducting the sale on March 22, 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:

TRACT ONE:

BEGINNING at a point in the western line of Third Street six-ty-six (66) feet from the south-ern line of Campbell Street, and running thence southward-ly with and along the western line of Third Street sixty-four and 51/100 (64.51) feet, thence westwardly and parallel with Campbell Street ninety (90) feet, thence northwardly and paral-lel with Third Street sixty-four and 51/100 (64.51) feet and thence eastwardly and parallel with Campbell Street ninety (90) feet to the western line of Third Street, the point of beginning, the same being a part of the eastern half of Lot 2, Block 233, according to the official plan of the City of Wilmington, North Carolina, together with all and singular the lands, tenements, easements and appurtenanc-es thereto belonging or in any wise appertaining. The above land was conveyed to Audubon Enterprises, LLC, by instrument recorded in Book 2179 at Page 114 of the New Hanover County Registry.

TRACT TWO:

BEGINNING at a point in the western line of Third Street, one hundred thirty-four (134) feet northwardly from its inter-section with the northern line of Red Cross Street, running thence westwardly and paral-lel with Red Cross Street, one hundred (100) feet thence northwardly and parallel with Third Street sixty-six (66) feet thence eastwardly and parallel with Red Cross Street one hun-dred (100) feet to the said west-ern line of Third Street, thence southwardly along said western line of Third Street sixty-six (66) feet to the point of beginning, same being parts of Lots 2 and 3 and Block 233 according to the official plan of the City of Wilmington, together with all and singular, the lands, tene-ments, easements and appur-tenances thereunto belonging for and any wise appertaining. The above land was conveyed to Audubon Enterprises, LLC, by instrument recorded in Book 2179 at Page 114 of the New Hanover County Registry.

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

Said property is common-ly known as 511-A North 3rd Street and 511-B North 3rd Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. 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 Christopher C. Delair.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursu-ant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after 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 contained in the notice of

sale, provided that the mort-gagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termi-nation of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective 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 inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan with-out the knowledge of the trust-ee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Sale is subject to the deed of trust recorded in bk 2864 pkg 95.

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.: 16-00118-FC01March 10 and 17, 2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPE-RIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of John Francis Appaneal 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 20th day of May 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 18th day of Febru-ary, 2016.Robert P. Balland, Executor7309 Fisherman Creek DriveWilmington, NC 284052/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Execu-tor of the ESTATE MACK R. FANN, deceased of New Hano-ver County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to pre-sent them to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of May, 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 216 Gardenview Court, Leland NC 28451.

This the 17th day of February, 2016. Kristy Fann Boone, ExecutorEstate of Margaret V. LearyJames A. MacDonaldThe MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102Wilmington, NC 284032/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Execu-tor of the ESTATE DAVID A. PYLE, deceased of New Hano-ver County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to pre-sent them to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of May, 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 4209 Craven’s Point Road, Wilmington NC 28409.

This the 17th day of February, 2016. LINDA H. PYLE, ExecutorEstate of Margaret V. LearyJames A. MacDonaldThe MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102Wilmington, NC 284032/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

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 Ronald Lee Kennedy of New Hanover County, North Caro-lina, 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 3rd day of June 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 3rd day of March, 2016.Wendy Kennedy, Executrix10 Holland DriveCastle Hayne, NC 284293/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24/2016

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 Emil Seredick of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons hav-ing claims against said estate to present them to the under-signed at the address shown below on or before the 3rd day of June 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebt-ed to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 3rd day of March, 2016.Patricia Myers, Executrix8209 Market Street, Suite A #173, Wilmington, NC 28411s3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Admin-istrator of the Estate of Rob-ert J. Damarodas, late of New Hanover County, North Caro-lina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said dece-dent to exhibit them to the undersigned c/o Jill L. Peters, 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 13th day of June, 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 10th day of March, 2016.Robert C. Damarodas, Adminis-trator of the Estate of Robert J. DamarodasJill L. PetersSmith Moore Leatherwood LLP300 N. Third Street, Suite 301Wilmington, NC 284013/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPE-RIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of Arnold R. Potter of New Hanover County, North Caro-lina, 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 11th day of June 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 10th day of March, 2016.Kenneth Potter, Executor277 Foxwood Lane Wilmington, NC 284093/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPE-RIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of Edward Avery Wilson of New Hanover County, North Caro-lina, 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 11th day of June 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 10th day of March, 2016.Robert E. Wilson, Executor528 Hilldale Drive Decatur, GA 300303/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPE-RIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of Margaret Crabtree Holt 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 11th day of June 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 10h day of March, 2016.Christian Curtis Ellis, Executor522 Mills StreetRaleigh, NC 27608J.C. Hearne, IIAttorney at Law265 Racine Drive Suite 104Wilmington NC 284033/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPE-RIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of James Edmund Tragesser 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 11th day of June 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 10th day of March, 2016.Terry W. Evans, Executor112 Cardinal Drive Ext. Suite 105Wilmington, NC 28405 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPE-RIOR COURT

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

The undersigned having quali-fied as Executor of the Estate of Jeraline Wilson Tragesser 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 11th day of June 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.

This is the 10th day of March, 2016.Terry W. Evans, Executor112 Cardinal Drive Ext. Suite 105Wilmington, NC 28405 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31/2016

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UNCW beats Hofstra in overtime thriller to punch NCAA ticketBy Terry LaneStaff Writer

For the first time in a decade, the University of North Carolina Wilmington Seahawks will be “dancing” in March as the men’s basketball team qualified Tuesday, March 7 for the NCAA tournament with their overtime win in the conference tournament final.

The Seahawks defeated Hofstra 80-73 in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament final in Baltimore, Maryland, aveng-ing a home loss to the Pride two weeks ago that knocked UNCW out of sole possession of the

regular season’s first place. The Seahawks shared the regular sea-son title with the Pride, but came into the conference tournament as the second seed behind Hofstra after the tie breaker.

Under the guidance of second-year head coach Kevin Keatts, the Seahawks return to college basketball’s “big dance,” often called March Madness, where they will be one of 68 teams that could rightfully claim to be college basketball’s national champion if victorious. Keatts was named the CAA coach-of-the-year last week, an award he also won in 2015 after turning UNCW back into a conference

contender in his rookie season. It’s UNCW’s fifth time claiming the CAA basketball title.

“I told everybody coming into the tournament that we were built for a tournament run,” Keatts stated in a UNCW press release. “We bent a little bit, but didn’t break. Every time they made a run and built a lead, it could have been easy for our guys to fold, but they didn’t. These guys just stuck in there and I’m so proud of all of them.”

The Seahawks, 25-7, fell behind the Pride by as many as 12 in the first half, but made a run in the second half and retook the lead with six minutes remain-ing before the two teams battled to a 68-68 tie to end regula-tion. But the Seahawks made their first four shots in overtime and outpaced the Pride in seiz-ing the victory. UNCW senior guard Craig Ponder buried the three pointer that completed the Seahawks second-half come-back and led the Seahawks with 20 points.

UNCW won’t know when or which team they will play until the NCAA announces its tourna-ment selection March 13. The Seahawks will certainly draw a lower seed in the tournament and would be playing for the chance to be one of the Cinderella teams

to knock of a higher-profile col-lege basketball team. ESPN’s college basketball expert Joe Lundardi forecast the Seahawks to draw a No. 14 seed and face 11th-ranked Miami, drawing a No. 3 seed for the tournament, in a game played in Brooklyn, New York.

Though the tournament has a slate of first-round games in Raleigh, the NCAA tournament usually doesn’t give low-seeded teams like UNCW the benefit of a home-crowd advantage. Other potential locations for UNCW’s game include St. Louis, Denver, Oklahoma City, Providence, Des Moines or even as far as Spokane, Washington.

UNCW wasn’t the only team to take a title last weekend. The Cape Fear Community College women’s basketball kept alive its winning streak in Region 10 tournament in Bolivia, North Carolina, defeating Louisburg College 70-68 to earn a berth in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II Tournament, which will be played in Overland Park, Kansas, from March 15-19. The CFCC men’s team lost in the Region 10 tournament final to Spartanburg Methodist, 75-72.email terrylane@luminanews.com

Sports/Marine

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

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

3/10 Thu 02:01 AM -1.3 L 08:02 AM 4.66 H 02:20 PM -1.25 L 08:24 PM 4.76 H

3/11 Fri 02:51 AM -1.23 L 08:54 AM 4.5 H 03:07 PM -1.19 L 09:19 PM 4.75 H

3/12 Sat 03:43 AM -1.02 L 09:48 AM 4.27 H 03:55 PM -0.99 L 10:15 PM 4.66 H

3/13 Sun 05:39 AM -0.7 L 11:44 AM 4.02 H 05:49 PM -0.71 L

3/14 Mon 12:12 AM 4.49 H 06:44 AM -0.38 L 12:39 PM 3.76 H 06:52 PM -0.42 L

3/15 Tue 01:09 AM 4.28 H 07:56 AM -0.15 L 01:37 PM 3.53 H 08:03 PM -0.22 L

3/16 Wed 02:09 AM 4.06 H 09:04 AM -0.06 L 02:38 PM 3.36 H 09:11 PM -0.14 L

Second week of March looking very fishy

Hook, Line & Sinker

By Skylar Walters

The weather outside is delight-ful and the seas and winds are lightful. OK, that’s not a word and sounds kind of silly, but it does make sense with this week’s fishing weather report. Sunny skies, temperatures in the middle 70s, light winds and slight seas through the weekend — what more could an angler ask for? Well, some fish would be a good start, but just getting out after the long offseason and inhaling some salt air will do wonders for one’s mental and physical faculties.

Anglers wanting to fish off-shore, should they be lucky enough that their schedule allows, will probably have made at least one fishing trip, if not more by the time this report is published, so expect some decent offshore reports for next week’s edition. There will probably even be some inshore reports, although those have already started and while fishing is slow, there are fish out there to catch. Water tempera-tures are in the middle 50s and should rise a little more later this week. Fishing season has begun and it should only continue to get better from here.

Inshore, there was talk last week about the sea mullet showing up in the lower Cape Fear River. While they haven’t showed in abundance, there have been rumblings during the past week that a few fish are showing here and there. Puffer fish are reportedly making an appearance again, which is a

sure sign that the mullet will not be far behind as these fish seem to be found together both early and late in the year. With this week’s warm conditions, that mullet fishery could fire off at just about any time.

The red drum and speckled trout have continued biting here and there for those target-ing them the past few weeks, but this week could prove to be a very good week of fishing for these species as conditions will significantly improve. The area docks along the waterway and the creeks should be good locations to target for the drum while fishing the deeper chan-nels and creeks where there’s flowing water will be the better locations for trout.

Offshore, expect to find plenty of hungry wahoo and with the calm conditions, it should allow for the boats to fish multiple locations until they find the fish. There may also be a few blackfin tuna found along with the possibility of an occasional billfish. Closer to the beach, the bottom fishing should be good, with the better fishing for quality and quantity being found around 30 miles out while areas in the 20-mile range will produce some fish, although anglers will more than likely have to fish through the smaller ones.

No matter what, the week should be excellent for an outing on the water. Hopefully there’ll be plenty of reports next week and we can get this fishing sea-son off to a fabulous start.

Whitted wins third biathlon in a rowBy Emmy ErranteStaff Writer

Charleston paddleboarder Jeremy Whitted opened a lead over 30 other participants in the seventh annual Wrightsville Beach Biathlon on March 5 and never relinquished it, win-ning the race for the third time in a row.

Virginia Beach paddler Steve Dullack finished second and Harrison Deisroth, one of the race’s youngest competitors, finished third. A relay team from Wrightsville SUP won the corporate relay division and Vicky Lowe from Hatteras Island won the women’s divison.

Conditions were ideal, participants agreed. The race started at 10:30 a.m. in Banks Channel, just minutes after low tide, which made for fewer currents during the 4-mile flatwater paddle and hard-packed sand for the 4-mile beach run. Light northeast winds ruffled the surface of the water, and the texture made maneuvering the 14-foot flatwater boards easier, Whitted said.

Whitted led the racers in the counter-clockwise loop around Money Island, starting against the current and fin-ishing with the current. Whitted said it was nice to get that push from the tide during the second half of the race.

Paddlers encountered one unexpected obstacle midrace: a massive dredge anchored in the shoals near Money Island. Racers could either cut through the narrow, shallow chan-nel between the dredge and the island or take the longer way around.

The lead pack, which included Whitted, Deisroth and Wrightsville SUP team member Kevin Rhodes, paddled around the dredge because they had to cross Banks Channel anyway, but several paddlers took the short cut and, in doing so, appeared to gain on the leaders.

Whitted finished the paddle leg about 30 seconds ahead of Rhodes and Deisroth. He paused to rip off his waterproof

booties and hydrate before running barefoot to the beach strand. Whitted’s transition took no more than 10 seconds, but several com-petitors didn’t spare even that much time.

Deisroth completed both legs of the race barefoot, although he admitted a few of his toes were numb by the end of the run. Vicky Lowe raced both legs in the ankle-high Neoprene booties she said she usually wears when she kiteboards around the windy Outer Banks.

Whitted continued to pull away from the other biathletes during the 4-mile beach run and crossed the finish line in 1:16:57. Dullack, whose strong run leg propelled him to a second-place finish over Deisroth, said his beach-running strategy was finding the 20-foot wide, undu-lating path of hardest-packed sand close to the water’s edge.

Deisroth finished third, but Dullack and Whitted joked that since this was only Deisroth’s second paddleboard race ever, next year’s biathlon might be a different story.

While Deisroth’s paddleboard results are limited, his experience on the water is not. He’s an accomplished outrigger canoeist who lived in Hawaii and California before his father’s profession brought them both to Wilmington a month ago.

Despite being new to the East Coast paddle community, Deisroth was congratulated warmly by all his competitors after the race. That fun but competitive atmosphere the biathlon creates is what brings paddlers like Vicky Lowe back four years in a row.

“It’s just a low-stress, well-organized event,” she said.email emmy@luminanews.com

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Jeremy Whitted finishes the paddle leg of the Wrightsville Beach Biathlon Saturday, March 5 on his way to winning the event for the third straight year.

Staff photo by Emmy Errante

Harrison Deisroth finishes third in the annual Wrightsville Beach Biathlon Saturday, March 5.