Sports •Area high school basketball resumes this week. See page 1-B. in today’s issue ThePublished News since 1896 every Monday and Thursday forReporter the County of Columbus and her people. Monday, January 3, 2011 Last month coldest December in 56 years N25 nights with freezing or below tem- or 33 degrees. 1989 and 2000 was the average high reading under Volume 114, Number 53 The new record average for December displaces 50 degrees. Whiteville, North Carolina perature leads to record average daily reading. 1989 where the average daily temperature was just The station also noted just 1.67 inches of rain for 36.3 degrees. December, plus four inches of snow on Dec. 26. The 50 cents By BOB HIGH This is the year the mercury dropped to minus rainfall was about 1.5 inches below normal. Total Staff Writer 2 degrees on Dec. 26, following an 18-inch snow rainfall at the Border Belt location for 2010 was over most of the county – the lowest reading in the 40.86, a drop of almost nine inches under the yearly The high temperature on Dec. 1, 2010 was 74 de- county’s known history normal at the station. Inside Today grees at the Border Belt Research Station northwest The lowest temperature recorded last month was September had the most rain – 10.69 inches, with of Whiteville. The high on Dec. 31 was 67 degrees. 15 twice, the 8th and 15th. It was 16 degrees on Dec. April the lowest at only .74 of an inch. 4-A Those were the only two days last month the mer- 16, and 18 degrees on Dec. 9. Four other nights last Bill Ghent of Whiteville recorded just .78 of an •Man robbed Sunday cury climbed above 60 degrees. month the temperature hovered barely above freez- inch of rain for December at his Columbus Street The average daily temperature was just 35.8 ing. It was 33 degrees three mornings and 34 once. home, plus three inches of snow. in Roseland area. degrees, the lowest for December in the 56 years of The average high temperature last month was Ghent’s figures show 21 nights the temperature records at the research station. Last month there just 45.8 degrees – another record – at the Border was freezing or below, with his lowest number at 21 were 25 nights with temperatures at 32 or below, Belt station, a drop of nearly 20 degrees from 2009 on Dec. 8. The highest temperature in the city was and another four nights the mercury dropped to 34 when the average was 64.4 degrees. Only in 1964, on Dec. 1 when the mercury reached 75 degrees. No resolution over rural water lines By NICOLE CARTRETTE Today’s Staff Writer American Profile In an attempt to work out an agreement features “Towns- over a pending lawsuit involving former people Get Leaner Chadbourn Rural Water customers, the town of Chadbourn and Columbus County, by Leaning on Each officials met in a closed mediation but no Other.” resolution appears to be in sight. “We didn’t agree on anything at this point but we might be able to still work out something,” County Attorney Mike DIDYOB? Stephens said this week. No court date is set regarding the battle over waterlines that were quit-claim Did you observe? … deeded to the county more than a year ago by former officers of the now-dissolved Richard and Melanie Chadbourn Rural Water Association. Capps celebrating Several association members joined in a their 15th wedding suit filed by attorneys for the Town of Chad- anniversary at the bourn in 2010 that alleges the dissolution of Grove Park Inn in See Mediation, page 2-A Asheville? ... Dale Hammond report- Photo courtesy of Teddie Fairley ing that he saw New New DA Property Year’s Eve TV host Jon David took his oath as the new district attorney Saturday, Jan. 1, at 11:30 a.m. at his home Ryan Seacrest take in Leland. District Court Judge Bill Fairley, right, administered the oath as David’s wife, Amy, and tax deadline his granddaughter son Tyson, watched. The Bible was one presented to David’s mother, Elizabeth Randall David, Briana Hammond’s upon her graduation from Duke University in 1965. There will be ceremonial swearings-in for Da- vid in each of the three counties, with the Columbus County event set for Jan. 11 at 1 p.m. at the hand in Times nears courthouse here. Square? Briana, By NICOLE CARTRETTE a Whiteville High Staff Writer junior, was on the Dec. 30 death Trapping season starts County taxpayers have until Jan. 5 to pay trip with her mother their taxes if they want to avoid late fees and and stepfather, Pam raised fatality penalties. NSlight increase in number of state trapping license and written per- Richard Gore, the Columbus County tax and Ronnie Enzor. trappers taking to the field. mission from the landowner. Specific total to 26 trapping regulations can be found at administrator, urges residents to come in … Christmas decora- before the deadline. After Jan. 5, a 2 percent By JEFFERSON WEAVER www.ncwildlife.org. tions slowly disap- N M a n f r om e d ge of interest penalty will be added to balances Bladen County died in Staff Writer Lt. Matt Long of the Wildlife Re- pearing? ... sources Commission said the hobby is due and additional interest charged each two-vehicle crash. month thereafter. With the end of deer season Saturday, challenging and fun. He traps beaver and otter, he said, but other Wildlife offi- About $16.5 million of more than $23.7 By BOB HIGH another type of hunter is taking to the cers also trap raccoons, coyotes, bobcats million had been collected in property taxes, Staff Writer field. not including vehicle taxes, as of Dec. 22. After steadily declining for years, and other furbearing species. County Deaths “It’s an enjoyable activity,” he said. The county tax office mailed more than The crash of a small Ford officials have noted a slight increase in “It’s something different, and some- 36,000 notices in August. Those wishing to Focus and a Toyota pickup the number of trappers. The increase Whiteville thing you can do with your family. cash in on a 2 percent discount had to have truck at the intersection of comes despite a drop in fur prices and Trapping’s just another good reason to their taxes paid by Aug. 31. A total of 52 Cleveland Ellis Lennon Old Lumberton and Red Store fewer sales of live coyotes and foxes to be in the outdoors.” percent of taxpayers took advantage of that Evelyn Rouse Rmsey roads northwest of here last hunting preserves. Columbus County has a local ordi- and tax collections are slightly higher at 59.2 Thursday evening took the life Foxes are covered by local ordinance Cerro Gordo nance prohibiting the use of foothold percent in comparison with collections this of one of the drivers. that prohibits trapping after Jan. 31, but Donald “Red” G. Prince traps on dry land before Jan. 1. In much time last year of 57.7 percent. Cleveland Levern Lennon, other furbearers can be trapped without of the state, land trapping for coyotes Delinquent tax notices will be published Hallsboro 57, of Rosetta Ellis Drive, limit through Feb. 28. Beavers can also in the newspaper in the near future, Gore Aaron Jerome Bryant be trapped year-round under special and other species started Nov. 1. The See Fatality, page 4-A Chadbourn circumstances. Trappers must have a See Trapping, page 2-A See Tax deadline, page 2-A Steven Robinson Jr. Tabor City Connie M. Cox Milligan Whiteville native merging gymnastics, journalism Hilda King Smith By FULLER ROYAL younger competitors. true when he landed an internship Staff Writer About that same time, he joined the with Inside Gymnastics magazine in High Times newspaper staff under the Atlanta, Ga. Index Twenty-one-year old Brian Taylor tutelage of former WHS teacher Mar- Taylor moved to Atlanta on May 9 Editorials ...... 10-A has found a way to combine his two sha Burney. and went to work immediately for the Obituaries ...... 8-A passions – gymnastics and journal- At the time, Whiteville High 30,000-circulation magazine, which is Sports ...... 12-A Crime ...... 4-A ism. School’s High Times was an actual 16- published six times a year. Lifestyles ...... 5-A The East Carolina University senior page broadsheet newspaper. Taylor wrote articles for the maga- – a graduate of Whiteville High School Taylor was on staff when the pa- zine and its sister website. – is majoring in communications with per won its first national first place His summer with the magazine a concentration in journalism. award. culminated in covering the national At age 3, Taylor started taking The following year, Taylor served as gymnastic championships in Hart- gymnastics. By middle school, he was editor, leading the school to its second ford, Conn. competing in events across the coun- national first place win. He spent one week at the event inter- try, bringing home medals. Little did Taylor know at the time viewing athletes and posting stories By the time he was in high school, that his two passions would unite in on the website. his competition days were over, but he college. “It was a little hectic,” he said of the was working as a gymnastics coach for Last summer, Taylor’s dream came See Taylor, page 3-A Brian Taylor 2-A – The News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011 This week, on... Trapping Continued from page 1-A

Whiteville late start allows trappers to healthier animals and less .com avoid non-target catches of competition for food, and pre- deer hounds and give animals vents the spread of diseases Local. News. Now. time to develop thicker fur, such as rabies and “cross- January 3, 2011 the “prime” pelts preferred by species” distemper, which furbuyers. can wipe out some species. A Whiteville.com Dan Jones of Fair Bluff, combination of distemper and Reader who has trapped since he was rabies is thought to have led to “seven or eight,” said he will the disappearance of skunks Photos be trapping for coyotes, foxes in eastern North Carolina in and bobcats, as well as coons. the 1970s and 1980s. “The only thing I’ve done For the larger species of longer than trapping is shag- furbearers, Long said, there ging,” Jones, 62, laughed. is virtually no way to control “I’ve been shagging since I numbers without trapping and was four.” hunting. Jones is a district director “Many furbearers don’t for the N.C. Trappers Asso- have many natural enemies,” ciation, which has seen a few Long said. “The trapper helps more new members this year. control the population. While “We have a lot of the guys coyotes don’t do the damage interested in trapping coy- to deer herds some people otes,” he said. “Coyotes are think, they can negatively “This is a “Snow Lady” the number one thing people affect herd numbers. The made by my grands Kaley are interested in catching – most effective way to control & Kaleb Smith. They made they’re also the hardest. Deer coyotes is through trapping, this at our home in Ever- hunters, farmers – everybody so the trapper is providing a green NC. Hope every- wants their coyotes trapped, service to other sportsmen, one enjoyed the snow as or they want to learn how to wild game, and people who much as us.” catch them.” might be affected by coyotes Submitted by: Karen King Coyotes have been in ev- through property damage or ery county in the state since loss of pets.” Whiteville.com 2000. An invasive species, While fur prices are pro- Biser Ball coyotes came to North Caro- jected to rise slightly this year, lina through a combination most trappers don’t count on Sports Trivia of natural migration follow- fur sales for a living. Fashion Question #79: The East ing deer herds and through tastes drive demand up and Columbus High School accidental releases from fox down, and unstable political football team posted a preserves. Many eastern coy- climates in countries such 1-10 record during the otes show DNA evidence of as Russia, China, Greece and school’s inagural 1992 interbreeding with Canadian Turkey often cause price fluc- season. What school did brush wolves, while most true tuations. the Gators defeat that Western coyotes imported for Jones said that even with season? fox preserves were true coy- the departure of the “glory Answer: Find it today, otes. The species filled the gap days” of the 1970s’ – when fox at Whiteville.com, in our left when Carolina Panthers hides brought $50 to $75 – he Sports Section. and wolves were extirpated still loves trapping. from the state a century ago. “It gets in your blood,” he Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist Whiteville.com Trapping can provide ser- said. New year gardener Poll Question vice to landowners as well Jefferson Weaver as other game species, Long Peggy Prince of Tabor City enjoyed the frst day of her new year enjoying the sunshine of the Week 910-642-4104, ext 227 said. Lowering the number of in front of her home, sitting in a rocking chair, straightening her plant beds for a new What’s your New Year’s raccoons and foxes allows for [email protected] season and watching friends drive by on Swamp Fox Highway West. resolution? Given the choice of only one resolution, the largest Mediation group of our respondents - Continued from page 1-A 25 percent - said they plan to lose weight this year. The the non-profit was improper on it. In an unexpected move ty Water District II customers ning permits for the intercon- filing. second largest group, at 21 and done without their con- in 2009, the association’s at- will see a decrease in water nection with existing lines on “We know that Chadbourn percent, want to save mon- sent or notification. torney, Jim Hill, on behalf of district taxes as a result of Chadbourn Highway when is going to suffer from this ey, while the group wanting The lines belonged to the Chairman David Boege and the addition of the roughly 120 a lawsuit was filed naming and we don’t want to hurt to reduce their stress came non-profit association but the association, quitclaim customers. officers of the association Chadbourn, but the system is in a close third, at 18 per- have been maintained, oper- deeded any interest in the Taxpayers in the cash- and Columbus County as de- ours,” Stephens said. cent. A hardy 15 percent ated and serviced by the town lines to Columbus County. strapped water district could fendants. Attorneys for the town and resolve to exercise more, of Chadbourn for decades. Chadbourn Mayor Kenne- see a 7 cents per $100 value “We’ve been meeting water customers claim the and we learned that 10 Chadbourn stands to lose th Waddell asked the county to special water tax on all prop- with Chadbourn officials dissolution was made by a few percent of our respondents $65,000 a year in water sales delay any such action but the erty drop to 5 cents. The and trying to put together people, not a complete board. want to “Just be a nicer revenue. Board of Commissioners in a district is one of two where an agreement, then the next They claim several board person.” Ambition leads to C h a d b o u r n o f f i c i a l s 4-3 vote accepted the gift and the water system’s debt and thing we know Chadbourn members no longer live in the workplace for 7 percent thought they had a valid con- moved forward with a $25,000 operation expenses exceed Town Manager Stevie Cox the district or are deceased. who want to improve their tract with the association un- appropriation to interconnect water sales. is on television threatening There had been no meeting careers. We had 3 percent til 2019 but failed to produce the systems. The county was in the pro- a lawsuit,” Stephens told of the association for 10 years resolve to Take the Lake, a document with signatures County officials say Coun- cess of engineering and obtai- the judge at that time of the prior to the dissolution. which as a percentage of Seventeen of the 99 Chad- the county would mean that bourn Rural water customers more than 1,500 residents Tax deadline joined the lawsuit and their would show up for the La- Continued from page 1-A affidavits are included in the bor Day event! Everyone 20-page complaint. seems pretty content with said. with the exception of Lake waste fees increased from $123 at Lake Waccamaw to 68 cents The complaint alleges rea- their charitable giving, as This year the county initi- Waccamaw. The county col- to $128 per year. Fire district per $100 value in Tabor City. sonable efforts to obtain busi- only one person noted ated 78 tax foreclosures with lects taxes for the towns of and other special taxes apply The county tax rate is 81.5 ness records were blocked, that he or she resolves to 15 of them completed. Brunswick, Boardman, Cerro to several districts. cents per $100 value. that a plan of dissolution donate to more charities. Whiteville residents did Gordo, and Sandyfield in addi- A total of 2,871 notices “(Taxpayers) can go to was filed without proper due This Week: How did you not receive a separate tax bill tion to Whiteville. totaling $1.7 million were columbusco.org to pay their process given to the members do in 2010? from the city this year. The County and city residents mailed for Whiteville. Bruns- taxes online by credit card (customers) of the waterlines, county agreed earlier this saw a $5 increase in their solid wick’s mailing included 250 through official payments,” among other allegations in- year to combine the town’s waste user fees. Those fees notices totaling $62,777. Cerro Gore said. They may also pay cluding breach of contract and This week’s phoTos billing and collection with are billed annually to county Gordo’s 149 tax notices total over the phone to official pay- unfair trade practices. the county. City officials say residents with their tax no- $11,802. Sandyfield residents ments at 1-800-272-9829 using Customers continue to it will save the town as much tices and increased from $210 received 296 notices billing code 4368. pay their bills to the town of as $10,000 annually. to $215 for county residents $40,585. To avoid fees associated Chadbourn, which continues The county bills for all outside of the municipalities. Municipal tax rates range with the service payments to operate the lines. No court municipalities in the county Town and city residents’ solid from 20 cents per $100 value may also be mailed to the of- date has been set in the mat- fice or paid in person. Mailed ter. payments will not be consid- ered late as long as they are Nicole Cartrette postmarked by the deadline. 910-642-4104, ext 225

IP remains county’s top taxpayer The tax office is located at [email protected] 125 Washington Street, Suite By NICOLE CARTRETTE pany Inc. (IP’s real estate) Collectively the top 10 tax- A, in Whiteville. For more Staff Writer ranks fifth and pays $266,000 payers account for more than information contact the office FRANK THEATRES on its $31.7 million valuation $5.2 million of the county’s at 640-6635. COASTAL International Paper re- each year. $23.7 tax billing. STADIUM 10 mains the county’s top taxpay- Ranked sixth in totals County Tax Administrator Nicole Cartrette Showtimes (910) 754-7469 er. With a valuation close to $4 paid is West Fraser Inc, (saw Richard Gore said that large 910-642-4104, ext 225 www.FRANKTHEATRES.com billion, the company’s annual mill) valued at more than $21 taxpayers such as BB&T and [email protected] 5200 Bridgers Road tax bill amounts to more than million and pays more than others may be listed with mul- $3.3 million annually. $202,000 in taxes. tiple accounts, meaning that View the front pages of Brunswick Electric Mem- RBS Asset Finance (a com- the total taxes paid is not ac- our main sections for bership Corporation is Colum- pany that leases equipment to cumulated on one account or every edition of The News bus County’s second highest IP) with a valuation of more identified as a top taxpayer. Reporter in 2010. taxpayer. With a valuation than $12 million pays $114,000 of more than $446 million, annually in taxes for seventh Nicole Cartrette the cooperative pays about place. 910-642-4104, ext 225 $379,000 annually in taxes. Carolina Telephone, now [email protected] FREE Progress Energy is the owned by CentryLink, pays standard third largest taxpayer with about $103,000 for eighth SHIPPING more than $40 million valua- place. on all orders over $20 tion and tax liability of slight- Walmart Real Estate Busi- DEBT RELIEF ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS at Latest Photos, ly more than $352,000. ness Trust, ranked ninth, pays & ALL INSURANCES ARE WELCOME! Whiteville.com. Top Tobacco ranks fourth slightly more than $100,000. Bankruptcy with a valuation of more than Bellsouth Telephone Cor- Stop Foreclosures Lake Waccamaw Primary Care is a medical practice Check back here, on page 2-A $38 million that contributes poration finishes out the top 10 dedicated to all your family’s medical needs. of The News Reporter each week about $318,000 to the county with a valuation of more than for tips and insights on the latest Get A Fresh Start from Whiteville.com. coffers in tax dollars. $9.4 million and an annual li- Federal Paper Board Com- ability of about $87,000. Attorney WALK-INS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. James Robbins We recognize life is busy and we guarantee

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Brian Taylor, left, interviews Michigan gymnast Sam Mikulak, 17, at the National Cham- pionships in Hartford, Conn. Taylor later posted the interview on Inside Gymastics’ website. Taylor Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist Continued from page 1-A All in the family Keith Gerald and his grandchildren, Jael Ehman, 7, and Christopher Ryan Ehman, 5, national meet. “From 9 a.m. story. Taylor said the journalism spent some of Sunday afternoon relaxing on the front porch and playing in the yard of until 1 a.m. (the next morning) As his graduation looms, course at WHS made a giant his Whiteville home when his dog Morja ran up to the porch to greet them. we were working on stories.” Taylor has applied to numer- impact on his life. Taylor said his own ex- ous media from print to broad- “The journalism class at periences with gymnastics casting. WHS was the best thing at the provided him with a lot of He said he would love to high school,” he said. Money talk insight into the questions he work someday for USA Gym- Taylor is the son of Linda By STANLEY JAMES If the European Union’s If Spain, Portugal, Italy prepared for the interviews nastics or the U.S. Olympic and Billy Taylor. bailout of Greece is success- and Ireland experience major and the answers the athletes Committee. For the first time in many ful, and that is still an un- economic downturns, those provided. “The internship was some- Fuller Royal years the U.S. stock market is known, damage to the U.S. who sold stocks in mid-May No stranger to competitive thing that I always wanted,” 910-642-4104, ext 228 being strongly influenced by stock market will not be seri- will have guessed right. events, Taylor knew what he said. “I love covering gym- [email protected] the countries of Europe. ous. needed to be reported in each nastics.” PrivilegesPlus to host events  Southeastern Regional featuring digestive health Bunco tou r nament on Medical Center’s Privileg- wellness tips from Gastro- Thursday, Jan. 27 at 1:30 p.m. esPlus, a group for people enterologist Dr. Harvey Al- in Southeastern Regional ages 50 and older, will host the len Jr., of the Southeastern Medical Center’s Community following events in January Digestive Health Center on Education Classroom II, near as part of the re-launching of Thursday, Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. in The Gift Shop at SRMC on the program, which now offers Southeastern Regional Medi- main campus. more activities and benefits to cal Center’s Community Edu- Light refreshments will be its members: cation Classroom II, located served at the January events PrivilegesPlus kick-off re- near The Gift Shop at SRMC and pre-registration is pre- ceptions on Monday, Jan. 10 on main campus. ferred. In order to attend any from 9-11 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. Coffee and Conversation PrivilegesPlus events, indi- at Southeastern Day Spa, featuring Southeastern Re- viduals must be a member of located behind the South- gional Medical Center Em- the program and 50 years old eastern Lifestyle Center for ployee Assistance Program or older. SeniorDay Fitness and Rehabilitation Specialist Jack Crain discuss- Individuals can join the Tuesday, at 4895 Fayetteville Road in ing New Year’s resolutions on program prior to the events or Lumberton. Monday, Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. at at the door. Annual member- January 4 Members who attend the Southeastern Day Spa behind ships are $10. 86731*56

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belk1 (23551) 4A - The News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011 Crime briefs Robbery Wounded Clarence Levone Ste- A chocolate Labador was phens, 47, of N.C. 410 South, wounded in both hind legs on Chadbourn, told a sheriff’s Jan. 1 when the dog was shot deputy Sunday he was robbed from a vehicle passing a resi- in the parking area of the dence along Golf Course Road Roseland Volunteer Fire De- north of Whiteville, according partment. to a sheriff ’s report. Stephens said he was walk- Candy Soles Hernandez said ing across the railroad tracks the dog was wounded at 1 p.m. beside Clarendon-Chadbourn Road at 2 p.m. when a vehicle stopped. The driver put a pistol Shots to Stephens’ head and demand- Frank Lynn Hammonds of ed money, the sheriff ’s report Vinegar Hill Road, Clarendon, showed. reported shots fired at his home on the night of Jan. 1 shattered his glass storm door Copper and hit the front of his pickup Two copper gutters were truck. Hammonds and his son, stolen from apartments along Frankie Hammonds, 20, were West Lewis Street here, and the at home when the shots were theft of the same item from a fired from the road, a sheriff ’s third residence was attempted report noted. at 7 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, accord- ing to police. Cocaine Lori Hinson said she was awakened by noise and saw Robert Matthew King of two men trying to steal gut- Knight’s Cove, Whiteville, ters from her residence. Josh was arrested for possession of Shelly and Paul Leder reported cocaine here Jan. 1 after he was the theft of gutters from their found sleeping on a sidewalk units. along West Virgil Street, and Esther Shipman of Pine- some of the illegal drug was wood Drive here, reported found in his pockets, according to Whiteville police. Jan. 1 the theft of copper water Staff photo by Les High pipes from under her home Fatal crash here. Pills Chadbourn and North Whiteville frefghters removed the northwest of Whiteville. Lennon died of injuries, and became Kayla Mi- roof of the Ford car at the right to remove Cleveland Levern the 26th highway fatality of 2010. Anthony Lee Blackmon, chelle Smith, Lennon, 57, of Bladenboro, after a 6 p.m. wreck Dec. 30 43, of Evergreen, driver of the pickup truck, left, received Chase 2 1 , o f N. C . A man fled on foot from a 2 4 2 S o u t h , at the intersection of Old Lumberton and Red Store roads minor injuries, according to a Highway Patrol report. wrecked 1992 Ford car at 1 a.m. Bladenboro, on Dec. 31, and escaped from was arrested a sheriff’s deputy on Dothan last week on Fatality Arrest made Thursday Road, according to a report. a charge of Continued from page 1-A Sgt. Mark Lewis said he trafficking in Smith partment personnel to remove responded to a call about the opium/heroin by possession of Bladenboro – near the Colum- in Wednesday chase bus-Bladen line – died of inter- him from the wreckage, and he attempted theft of a dog, and several Endocet pills on a war- S h a w n T a k e i a violation, but drove nal injuries in the Columbus was taken to the hospital by met the suspect vehicle on N.C. rant obtained by Sheriff’s Drug “Fooh” Jackson, 32, aw ay wh i l e b e i n g Regional Healthcare emer- the Chadbourn Rescue. (See 904. Lewis began a chase, but Detective Barett Thompson. of Westside Drive, questioned. The chase gency room here, according to today’s Obituary Page) the driver wouldn’t stop until Smith was a passenger in Chadbourn, was ar- reached speeds above a Highway Patrol report. 25 were rural he wrecked in the 6500 block of a vehicle from Bladen Coun- rested Dec. 30 on 100-mph, and the sus- Lennon’s death was the 26th Blackmon’s injuries were Dothan Road. ty that was stopped after a charges of felony flee- pect was out of sight highway fatality of 2010 in the not considered serious, Walker The male suspect fled to a traffic violation at Broadway ing to elude arrest of pursuers during county, and the 25th in rural said. The pickup’s air bag home and church in the 6400 and Old Stake roads south of after a vehicle chase some of the time, and wrecks. deployed, and saved him from block of Dothan Road, but the Chadbourn. She had 13 Endo- We d n e s d ay n i g h t turned off his head- Didn’t yield major injuries. suspect’s father went to the cet pills in a Soma prescription south of Chadbourn Jackson lights during some of Highway Patrol Trooper The 26 highway deaths in church and locked the door and bottle, plus one Percocet pill in which he wrecked and fled the pursuit. Ronnie Walker said Lennon 2010 included 25 on rural roads, wouldn’t allow Lewis to check and three Xanax tablets. There from the scene on foot. The chase covered portions was driving north on Red and one inside Tabor City’s inside, the report noted. The were no Soma in the bottle, Jackson, brother of Glen of Cedar Branch, Peacock, Store Road at 6 p.m., and didn’t limits. The year’s toll compares car was towed and stored. Thompson said. Carlton Jackson, 37, who was Hubert White, Rough-N-Ready yield as he attempted to cross to 28 for the county in 2009, arrested for fleeing from a roads, plus N.C. 410. Shawn Old Lumberton Road in his with 26 of the victims dying sheriff’s drug detective on Jackson wrecked as he crossed 2007 Ford Focus. Anthony Lee from rural wrecks. Another Dec. 14, ran across a field cov- the railroad tracks at Ward’s Break-ins, thefts noted Blackmon, 43, of Paul Wil- 2009 victim was a Whiteville ered with snow and through Station at a high rate of speed, The following were victims uchanan, 14700 block of Old loughby Road, Evergreen, driv- pedestrian, and there was a woods and lost his pursuers and lost control of the Jeep, of a break-in and/or theft re- Lake Road, Riegelwood – theft ing the 2008 Toyota pickup, was fatal crash inside Fair Bluff ’s after the wreck. Herring noted. ported on date shown: of Plainsfield .30-caliber rifle. headed east and slammed into limits. Sheriff’s Drug Detective Shawn Jackson turned • Jan. 3 – Progress Energy • Dec. 30 – Dennis James the driver’s door of the Ford. There were six murders in Aaron Herring said Shawn himself in to authorities last – theft of 75 to 100 feet of cop- Cartrette, Sycamore Drive, Walker said Blackmon was the county in 2010 – three in Jackson had 56 Xanax tablets Thursday afternoon. per wire from equipment along Chadbourn – theft of five-gal- traveling at 50 mph at the time rural areas, two in Chadbourn in his 2005 Jeep Grand Chero- Chauncey Town Road north of lon can of scrap copper, three of the crash. Lennon was be- and one in Tabor City. kee, and was also charged with Lake Waccamaw. vehicle radiator cores. hind another vehicle that had Another victim died last possession of the controlled • Jan. 2 – Maria Del Car- just crossed Old Lumberton year from the accidental dis- New DA sworn in medication with intent to sell, men Hernandez Gatica, Hick- Road, and Walker said Lennon charge of a weapon, three Drunk enters home plus maintaining the Jeep as a ory Ridge Drive, Whiteville had just left the home of a people died in fires, and one on Jan. 1. place to keep and sell drugs. – break-in while family at- A drunk man entered a cousin, and was going home. drowned. Herring said Shawn Jack- See today’s Page 1 tending church, theft of Sony rural Whiteville home at 1:30 The impact pushed both ve- Two of the rural fatalities son stopped after a traffic PlayStation III and equipment, a.m. on Jan. 1, and left with- hicles 42 feet into the southeast are being treated as homicides Sony laptop computer. out incident, according to a part of the intersection, and because both at-fault driv- • Jan. 2 – International Paper, sheriff ’s report. Lennon’s car was in the road- ers are charged with driving John Riegel Road, Riegelwood The resident where the in- side ditch. The roof of his car drunk, and they have been – theft of a chain hoist from a cident took place said a young had to be cut off by Chadbourn charged with second-degree $200 REWARD pumping station work site. male visiting his granddaugh- and North Whiteville Fire De- murder in the vehicle deaths. • Jan. 1 – Patrick Wesley ter went outside to start his Helo, an 11 month Brown Jr., Ten Mile Road, vehicle to allow it to warm, and old male Mastiff Tabor City – break-in, theft of found the drunk man in it. The Injuries in some wrecks with reverse brindle LG TV. drunk got out, went to the rear One recent single-vehicle was ejected at 9:35 p.m. Dec. 25 • Dec. 31 – Jerry Cecil of the home and entered. wreck caused serious injuries to in a wreck on U.S. 701 in the New color, pinned ears, Greene, Rough-N-Ready Road, The suspect then walked to the driver when he was ejected, Hope community, a Highway and docked tail Cerro Gordo – theft of eight the edge of the road and got but other crashes reported by Patrol report showed. vehicle batteries. into a vehicle, and left the area, the Highway Patrol and police Babson was driving an esti- was last seen • Dec. 30 – Larry Stuart B the report showed. agencies resulted in minor mated 70 mph when he drove off Dec. 21st in the injuries. the road to the right and struck Dickie Deryle Babson Jr., 44, a ditch, and was ejected as his New Hope area. of Arn Ward Road, Whiteville, vehicle overturned and landed If you see him, please call on its top. County Fatalities A wreck Sunday, Jan. 2, at the 910-642-5266 (home), 910-840-2983 To this date intersection of Madison and Co- (cell) or 910-840-5310 (cell). lumbus streets here, involved ve- 2011 …………… 0 hicles driven by Brandon Chay 2010 ..…………...0 Ward, 17, and Kay Coleman Total 2010...... 26 Rooks, 63, both of Whiteville. There were minor injuries in Total 2009...... 28 The law frm of the 12:15 p.m. crash. Michael R. Ramos Man stabbed, one cut Attorney at Law Mitchell Powell, 74, owner the ground outside the Cerro is Pleased to announce of a junkyard and a metal Gordo Fire & Rescue building. recycling business just south Powell had a stab wound in his the association of of Cerro Gordo’s town lim- lower left stomach. its, was stabbed, and one of Several suspects went to Mr. Rex Gore, Attorney at Law his attackers was cut during Powell’s business and “jumped a fight in the driveway to on” him and Mark Powell. and District Attorney Powell’s home at 9:30 p.m. on Roger Powell told Smith he cut New Year’s Eve, according to one of the assailants during for Brunswick, Bladen and a sheriff ’s report. the fight along Cedar Grove Columbus Counties Deputy Sgt. Brian Smith Church Road. The name of said when he arrived in Cerro the injured suspect was not 1990 - 2010, Gordo he found Powell lying on known, the report showed. with the frm as “of counsel”. We Have Moved Te Firm will concentrate in Federal and State Criminal Law Attorney David S. Tedder Michael R. Ramos, Attorney at Law Board Certified Specialist in Federal and State Criminal Law is pleased to announce the relocation of his Rex Gore, Attorney at Law, Of Counsel Cupcakes Staff Photo by Bob High offce to 100 Memory Plaza, Whiteville, NC A row of shrubbery along the entrance to First Citizens (across the street from old offce) Effective January 1, 2011 Bank here looked like cupcakes late last week with left- 5010-1 Sellers Street, Shallotte, North Carolina over snow from the Dec. 26 storm appearing as “icing” (910) 642-2526 910-754-7557 on the shrubs. Lifestyles Te News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011 -- 5A Leaving the comforts of Carolina for ministry in Germany

Editor’s Note: At the sugges- couldn’t shake his persis- Immanuel has a mis- tion of The News Report- tent voice. sions focus as well. Many er, Whiteville native Mason Within weeks of surren- members engage in mis- Smith is telling his story of dering to this uncomfort- sional opportunities in how he accepted a ministry to able idea, I found myself such countries as Roma- a German church. connected with Immanuel nia, Cambodia and Ghana. The congregation wants By MASON F. SMITH Baptist Church in Wies- baden, Germany. to strengthen its role as Comfortable is, well, When does a pastor’s a missional church, and comfortable. We all like heart fall in love with a looks to the future with the familiar. What do we congregation? For some hopeful ambition. I cannot do, then, when God calls us it takes a few years of express how exciting it is out of our comfort zones? faithful presence and love, to go to a church that rec- In short, we face what countless funerals, baby ognizes that the fields are Henry Blackaby has often dedications and baptisms. still ripe for the harvest. called a “crisis of belief.” With Immanuel Baptist Yet, as I have said to We are forced to consider Church, the congregation I many dear friends, Imman- whether or not we trust am now preparing to serve, uel is a struggling church. God, as well as our ability it was love at first sight. Mainly, she is struggling to to perceive God’s subtle There is an authenticity, grow beyond her current voice. This is the very cri- a genuineness about them size and financial short- sis I have faced in the past and their faith that simply falls. Through years of few months. drew me deeply in. military downsizing in the I am quite comfort- I m m a n u e l B a p t i s t area and some unforeseen able here in Northeast- Church is an international financial losses, Immanuel ern North Carolina, even congregation of disciples has not been able to sup- more so at the First Baptist who simply seek to love, port a full-time pastor for Church of Elizabeth City. worship and serve the more than three years. My family has a home risen Christ with simple This too has taken a toll here. We are not too ter- praise and sincerity. Im- on the membership and ribly far from family and manuel, however, has a life energy of the church. friends. The church is lov- mission. Its mission has In fact, the church cannot ing and active. It would many foci. afford to fully support a make sense to remain in Foremost, Immanuel pastor even now. So, they this location as long as seeks to reach English are truly stepping out on possible. speakers in the Wiesbaden faith, as am I. God does not always ask area with the love and As I seek to raise a por- us to do what makes sense. life-changing message of tion of my support, they are For the past few years, Jesus Christ. Imagine the also sacrificially providing God, through friends, foreigners’ struggle in for my arrival and tenure prayer times, scriptures, Germany, living as strang- as their shepherd. Their media, and an inner gnaw- ers in a strange land, far struggle has hooked my ing hunger, has steadily away from family, friends, heart. However, it is their called me to do something and their home churches. focus and commitment in that may not make sense: Immanuel’s mission is the midst of struggle that, “Sell much of what you to be a family and a wor- more than anything, has own, store or give the rest shiping home for these warmed my heart. away, uproot your family, wonderful people. This is I can hardly wait to leave the ones you love an area of ministry that I serve in the company of behind, and go to a land I began to feel called to even such wonderful and loving will show you!” disciples. They are already before encountering this Mason and Kim Smith with sons Wesley, left, and Wilson He was calling me to congregation… funny how family. Please pray for me overseas ministry. In my God does that! and the membership of Mauldin. Both sets of par- at Campbell University and college minister at standard way I first re- The congregation also Immanuel Baptist Church ents live in Whiteville. where I graduated in 1999 Memorial Baptist Church plied, “Say what, God?” reaches out to the many as we step out on faith to- Mason and Kimberly with a religion and Chris- in Buies Creek, chaplain Yet, in time I simply could military and Department gether. Our flight departed have two adventurous lit- tian ministries major. I at the Boys and Girls not escape God. I made a of Defense families sta- on Dec. 30 and my first day tle boys, Wilson, 8, and received a D.Min. from Homes of North Carolina commitment to God that tioned in Wiesbaden. In of service was Jan. 2. Wesley, 5. Duke University Divinity at Lake Waccamaw and wherever in the world fact, the church was first What a way to begin the “I was raised here in School in 2003. Currently in a number of mission he called me, I would go. established in 1957 spe- new year! Columbus County and I am completing a Doc- appointments throughout Now, don’t get any wrong cifically to minister to U.S. Smith family bio graduated from Whiteville tor of Ministry program the years. Most recently he ideas about me here. I’m military forces stationed in Mason Smith is the son High School in 1995,” Ma- at Columbia Theological served as senior pastor of no super faith man or any- post-war Germany. There of Rick and Fran Smith son said. “After gradua- Seminary. That degree, the First Baptist Church thing. It’s not as if I read- is simply a gut-wrenching and he has two brothers, tion I began serving in the D.Min., will confer in of Elizabeth City for the ily and easily answered need to care for those who Richard and Todd. His wife summer missions until I May, 2011.” past five and a half years. God’s call. As I said, God invest themselves in serv- Kimberly is the daugh- began my freshman year Mason served as a youth was inescapable! I simply ing their nation overseas. ter of Jimmy and Joyce WCHS students perform DNA analysis Heather McPherson’s curriculum and teacher module activities and ex- biology students at West professional development periments into his or her Columbus High School with a team of educators classroom. Destiny offers recently performed a lab and a fleet of vehicles 15 different science mod- exercise called “Get a that travel throughout ules, each aligned with Clue.” Students assumed the state. the N.C. Standard Course the role of forensic sci- Destiny and Discovery, of Study. entists and performed two custom-built, 40-foot The Destiny program DNA restriction analysis buses equipped as mo- was created by UNC-Cha- - popularly known as DNA bile science laboratories, pel Hill in 2000. Its princi- fingerprinting - to ana- bring advanced science pal funders are the State lyze drops of “blood” and and technology equip- of North Carolina and other kinds of evidence ment to students who GlaxoSmithKline, with found at crime scenes as otherwise might not see additional support from they determined which high-tech experiments or Bio-Rad Laboratories and suspects were guilty or what a career in science from the North Carolina innocent. can offer. The mobile sci- Biotechnology Center. The Destiny Traveling ence labs are powerful vi- Since 2006, Destiny has Science Learning Pro- sual images that heighten been part of Morehead gram is a science educa- public awareness of the Planetarium and Science tion outreach initiative importance of and fund- Center. of Morehead Planetarium ing necessary for quality Alex Collins and Quentin Strickland Kayla Jenkins and Science Center at science education. UNC-Chapel Hill, serving To be eligible to request pre-college teachers and a visit from a Destiny students across North mobile science lab, each Carolina. Destiny devel- participating teacher ops and delivers a stan- must attend workshops to dards-based, hands-on learn how to incorporate

Freddy Perez WCHS students pose with the Destiny Bus 6A--The News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011 Junior Cotillion coming here Willett-Maultsby wed Sexual assault victims The National League of Junior Cotillions, a program of etiquette, character education and social dance training for Amanda Bryant Mault- middle school students, plans to establish its national program sby and Jeremy Louis Wil- support group formed in Columbus County in 2011. lett were wed Aug. 28 in a 4 A sexual assault survivors support group is offered weekly on “We will be selecting a director for a local chapter who will p.m. ceremony at Whiteville Tuesdays. The morning group meets 11 a.m.-noon. The evening receive training and an exclusive territory for expansion,” said United Methodist Church. group meets from 5:30-6:30 p.m. For more information contact Elizabeth Anne Winters, NLJC national director. “The program The Rev. Bill Boykin offici- Natasha Gore, sexual assault advocate for Families First, Inc., is making a positive impact on students across the nation, and ated. The bride is the daugh- at 642-5996. we are delighted to know that more young people in the area ter of Mr. and Mrs. William A supportive environment helps sexual assault victims work will have the opportunity of this vital training.” Maultsby of Whiteville. She through very difficult situations. Support groups also help vic- The NLJC has chapters in 37 states providing instruction to graduated from Whiteville tims bring a sense of closure to their trauma. Victims of sexual students to learn courtesies and manners for daily life. Students High School, Peace College assault may suffer physical pain and trauma that may include learn skills through a creative method of role-playing, skits and East Carolina Universi- a loss of trust in people, depression and low self-esteem. They and games. ty. She is employed with Per- may often experience shame or guilt, fear, confusion, anger, “One of the best parts of the program is when the children sonalized Therapy in Green- humiliation, and loneliness. have the opportunity to learn how to dance properly,” said ville. The groom is the son The Sexual Assault Survivors Support Group offers a safe Winters. “Standard ballroom and line-dancing is taught, and of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Willett Mrs. Jeremy Willett and nurturing environment for victims to work through many we have nationally approved top 40 music.” of Sanford. He graduated of the feelings they may face. In addition to the usual courtesies connected with dancing from Sanford High School ushers were Stephen Willett and etiquette, instruction is also provided regarding honor, and East Carolina Univer- and C. Brian Harrington. respect ethics, sportsmanship, acknowledgement of gifts, be- sity, and is employed with The bride’s parents hosted Christmas meeting for DAR havior at cultural and civic events, correspondence, interaction Woodmen of the World. a reception at Whiteville in groups, introductions, paying and receiving compliments, Hillary Hawks and Lau- Country Club. The groom’s The Major General Robert Howe Chapter of the Daughters ren McNeill were maids of receiving lines, table manners, instructional dinners, electronic parents hosted a rehearsal of the American Revolution met Dec. 8, at the home of Dr. Ron honor. Bridesmaids were dinner at Whiteville Method- and Barbara Whitson. Members enjoyed a Christmas program areas and other areas of social conduct. Nicole Craven, Megan Si- The program, headquartered in Charlotte, was established in ist Church fellowship hall. presented by several Southeastern Community College repre- ernos, Elizabeth Weinstein Sally Mann directed the sentatives. 1979 and continues to grow with licensed cotillions nationwide. and Kasey Willett. Honorary The cotillion includes monthly classes, a Holly Ball, a Spring wedding. Dottie Inge attend- Music majors Tenikia Shipman and Jamilla Jones sang sea- bridesmaids were Jessica ed the register. Program at- sonal music, accompanied by Jennie Ulrich, staff accompanist Ball and instructional three, five and seven-course dinners. Stewart, Katie Gander, Ash- tendants were Jenny Mills and adjunct piano teacher. Both students study under Robin “The program has met with equal success in metropolitan areas ley Vallery, Emily Maultsby, and Kristi Maultsby. Fort, SCC instructor. Dr. Sharyn Edwards, coordinator of the including Atlanta, Orlando, Minneapolis, Houston and small Sarah Beth Duyck and Sa- The couple honeymooned communities across the county,” said Winters. “We believe it mantha Mills. SCC music department, entertained members with several in the Dominican Republic. piano pieces, also celebrating the holiday season. Renee Noll, will be an important addition to the training of young people Music was provided by pia- They reside in Greenville. in the area.” nist Tammy Strickland and communicationns instructor, concluded the program with an Applications are now being received for cotillion directors. soloists Mary Osborne and informative reading of George Washington’s Christmas Eve For more information or to receive an application visit www. Donald Perrell. Tax-Aide crossing of the Delaware with his Continental Army, which nljc.com, email [email protected] or call 1-800-633-7947. Best men were the groom’s would lead to the surrender of Trenton, N. J. and eventually father and John Hallow. volunteers needed “We are now searching for directors in the community who the formation of the American government. Groomsmen were Tim Wil- want to lead a cotillion program,” explained Winters. “The AARP Tax-Aide, the nation’s Fellowship and refreshments were enjoyed. Co-hostesses were lett, Zack Maultsby, Garrett program builds self-confidence, character and boundaries of largest free, volunteer-run tax Sue Gore, Mary Mintz, Jayne Smith and Sara Cartrette. Caulfied, Craig Wicker and assistance and preparation ser- behavior, and we are looking forward to finding a director in Josh Seymour. Honorary the community.” vice, is looking for volunteers Genealogy group Delta Sigma Theta for tax counseling and elec- to host seminar tronic filing of returns. will meet Jan. 8 Each year from Feb. 1 through The Southeastern North The Whiteville Alumnae Social Security serves veterans April 15 Tax-Aide volunteers Carolina Genealogical Society Chapter of Delta Theta Sigma prepare tax returns for tax- will meet at Westminster Pres- Sorority will host a financial By BRENDA B. BROWN Excludes any cash or in- are covered for the same Social payers with low and middle byterian Church, 307 South planning seminar on Satur- Social Security kind payments provided by Security survivors, disability, incomes, with special attention Franklin Street, Whiteville, day, Jan. 8, from noon-2 p.m. at Friendship Missionary Public Affairs Specialist AmeriCorps State and Nation- and retirement benefits as ev- to those 60 and older. Volunteers on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. Baptist Church, 239 W. Colum- eryone else. Military person- are needed from the Whiteville Those who wish may gather On Nov. 11, we honored our al and AmeriCorps National bus St., Whiteville. nel have been covered under area to assist taxpayers at the at 1 p.m. for conversation and nation’s veterans for their ser- Civilian Community Corps Topics will include annui- Social Security since 1957, and Carolyn T. High Library. Vol- sharing family histories. vice to America. What better from countable income. ties, life insurance, long-term Social Security also makes people who were in the service unteers of all ages and back- Jean Williamson will dis- time than now to tell you about cuss “Families from North- care, mortgage protection, it easy to get information about prior to that may be able to get grounds are welcome. You do not the many benefits and the eastern North Carolina,” with and college education fund- special credit for some of their have to be an AARP member to wealth of information Social benefits for wounded warriors. several of those families hav- ing. Gilbert Peacock, finance service. volunteer. professional of Freedom Fi- Security has available for vet- The first place to go is the ing ties to Southeastern North To learn more about Social In January, Tax-Aide coun- nancial Advantage of Char- erans and military personnel. website designed specifically Carolina. Security for current and for- selors receive comprehensive lotte will be the presenter. In September, the agency for wounded veterans: www. Society members and those mer military service members, free tax training in cooperation For more information con- published final rules about the socialsecurity.gov/wounded- interested in genealogy and read Military Service and with the Internal Revenue Ser- tact Cheryl George at 840-5722. Heroes Earnings Assistance warriors. There, you will find history are encouraged to at- Social Security. You can find vice and become IRS certified. tend. Lunch will be served. and Relief Tax (HEART) Act. answers to a number of com- the publication online at www. Knowledge of the tax code and The HEART Act changes the monly asked questions, as well socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10017. basic computer literacy are way we treat some cash pay- as other useful information html. required. Bridal show GED classes ments to members of the uni- about disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income Volunteers assist in filing the formed services and veterans 1040 tax form and basic sched- at LuMil set at Delco under the Supplemental Se- (SSI). Please pay special atten- Homebuyers ules. Taxpayers with complex Men and Women United curity Income (SSI) program. tion to the fact sheets available A free bridal show will be tax returns are advised to seek held at LuMil Vineyards in for Youth and Families, Com- As Social Security Commis- on that website, Disability education at paid tax assistance. Volunteers Dublin on Sunday, Jan. 16 munity Development Corpo- sioner Michael Astrue noted Benefits for Wounded War- are asked to give a minimum of from 2 to 5 p.m. ration is sponsoring a GED at the time, “This law allows riors and Expediting Disabil- DREAM Center four hours a week during the Brides-to-be, family, friends class through Southeastern the men and women of our ity Applications for Wounded Warriors. The Columbus County 10-week tax season. Tax-Aide and guests are invited to at- Community College. armed forces, veterans, and tend to meet vendors, win You will also find a “webi- DREAM Center will begin volunteers get a great deal of Classes are held on Tues- their families to keep more prizes and enjoy refresh- homebuyer’s education work- satisfaction from helping people day and Thursday from 6:30 of their military-related pay- nar” that explains the Social ments. For more information shops Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. The with the challenges of prepar- – 9:30 p.m. in the Community ments while also maintaining Security disability application call 866-5819 or visit www.lu- event will help potential hom- ing their tax forms. It’s a great Support Agency on U.S. 74-76 eligibility for valuable cash process and expedited process- milvineyard.com eowners with the home buying way to learn new skills and help at the Acme exit. and healthcare benefits.” ing available to wounded war- process, and is offered by the people from communities in the For information call Sheri The HEART Act does the riors. This outreach program Homeward Bound Housing Whiteville area. Veterans meet at 655-3811 or 910-655-0698 ext. following: provides general information Services Group of the DREAM The Tax-Aide program start- 103. Treats most cash military about Social Security disabil- Vietnam Veterans of Amer- Center. ed in 1968, with just four AARP compensation as earned in- ity benefits as well as topics ica meet the first Tuesday of The workshops will offer volunteers helping older people come for SSI purposes, which unique to wounded warriors, each month at 7 p.m. at 1028 S. information that will answer prepare their returns. Since www.whiteville.com generally provides a higher and is a great way to orient Madison St., Whiteville. yourself to disability benefits questions about home buying, 1980, the program has operated benefit to the service member under a cooperative agreement for veterans and active duty including budgeting, credit, as a result of the SSI program’s with the Internal Revenue Ser- military. down payment assistance, ap- more favorable consideration vice as part of its Volunteer Coming Friday January 6th It’s important to note that plying for a mortgage, hiring of earned income. Income Tax Assistance (VITA) benefits available through So- realtors, attorneys and inspec- Excludes certain state an- program. cial Security are different than tors. These workshops will pro- nuity payments to disabled, Last year, more than 34,000 those from the Department of vide necessary tools to make The Sale blind or aged veterans from AARP Tax-Aide volunteers Veterans Affairs and require a homeownership a reality. countable income and resourc- helped more than two million separate application. The DREAM Center is locat- es used to determine SSI eli- people file their federal and state Military service members ed at 403 S. Martin Luther King You Have gibility. Jr. Ave. , Whiteville. Register returns. The program is offered by contacting Amber Bellamy in more than 7,000 sites around at 642-0633 or ccdreamhome@ the country, including libraries, N.C. Coastal Federation aol.com. churches and senior centers. Been For more information on how announces photo contest you can join the Tax-Aide team, Healthy eating call toll free at 1-888-687-2277 Waiting Celebrate North Carolina’s ecutive director. “Our goal is to or visit www.aarp.org/tavol- coast by entering a photo of bring attention to these places If one is avoiding meat, unteer8. Locally, contact Daryl your favorite coastal place and help residents and visitors what can compensate in the Patrick at 642-7565. in the 2010 Photo Contest, become better stewards of the diet? For! sponsored by the N.C. Coastal environment.” When avoiding meat one Federation and Emerald Isle The first place photo will should turn to nuts and veg- Congratulations Realty. The prize is $500. win $500 and the opportunity etables and beans. Images will be judged on to be published in a federation Also one should eat fish and Magdalene technical excellence, composi- publication. Second and third eggs to get needed iron and Phillips-Fulks Our tion, originality and subject place prizes are $250 and $100 zinc. matter. Photos taken of a N.C. awards. coastal landscape between Jan. The contest is open to any- 1, 2010 and April 15, 2011 are one 18 years and older. Com- eligible. plete rules and instructions th “North Carolina’s coast for submitting entries can be Happy Birthday is unique because it is still found on the N.C. Coastal Fed- My Two Grandsons healthy and productive. With eration website at http://www. more than 4,200 miles of shore- nccoast.org/photo-contest. Andrew-3 Kevin-6 line along our coastal sounds, asp. 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More than 173,000 adults have eastern Community College been trained in Stewards of Children since its implementation offers students the chance to in 2005. The organization has trained more than 2,200 facilita- prepare for a fast-paced career tors of the program in 47 states and 10 countries. in video production as vid- Stewards of Children is available in the Columbus County eographer, audio technician, community and is proven to change beliefs, actions and attitudes lighting technician, video toward child sexual abuse. It is a two-hour training program editor, director or producer. that emphasizes child safety as an adult’s responsibility. Train- Graduates may also work as ings are open to the public and are of specific interest among freelancers for production parents, youth sports organizations, coaches, camp counselors, companies or start their own youth service organizations, faith centers, teachers and other business as wedding or event school personnel. Each participant is taught to take personal videographers. responsibility in preventing this epidemic. The curriculum was devel- Stewards of Children facilitates discussion about the inci- oped by Christopher Vaughn, dence and consequences of abuse and presents information lead instructor. He has forged about child protection policies and reporting mandates. Con- key relationships with local tinuing education hours for professionals in various fields can experts in the field to deter- also be obtained. mine what skills students Trainings are offered each month at Crossroad Women and need to enter this competitive Family Services Inc. a community-based organization located field. He has bachelor’s and in Whiteville. To schedule trainings contact Patrina Wright, an master’s degrees in digital authorized facilitator at (910) 234-3092. The training costs $25 per media from East Tennessee person and includes a training kit consisting of an interactive State University.His experi- workbook, companion brochure and a copy of the Seven Steps ence includes being part of SCC Broadcasters to Protecting Our Children, a guide for responsible adults. an award-winning produc- Students from the SCC broadcast production technology program work on location to Darkness To Light (D2L) is a national non-profit, 501c3, dedi- tion team, working on inde- flm a science fction television show. Left to right are Justin Presney, instructor Chris cated to the prevention of child sexual abuse through public pendent films and operating Vaughn, Ashley Walker and Ron Addison. education and awareness. Research shows that one in four girls his own creative production and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of 18. company. In the first year, students positions, allowing them to for transfer or employment In the U.S. alone, it is estimated that 40 million Americans are “Students in this program receive a strong technical experience the responsibili- purposes. victims of child sexual abuse. are very hands-on,” he said. foundation necessary for per- ties of each role in a produc- The program will provide D2L programs raise awareness of the prevalence and conse- “We are currently working forming a number of tasks, tion crew. students with the necessary quences of child sexual abuse by educating adults on the steps on a science fiction television such as camera operation, “The students will be wear- skills to pursue further stud- they can take to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the show. The students wrote the lighting, audio acquisition ing different hats all of the ies in film or digital video reality of the sexual abuse of children. script, scouted the location, and editing. During the sec- time, preparing for a career production; however, they are Charleston, S.C. resident Anne Lee, a child sexual abuse got the props and costumes, ond year, students focus on and getting work experience,” ready to enter the workforce survivor, founded D2L in 2000 and serves as the organization’s and served as the actors, di- the creative and aesthetic said Vaughn. “Being on a upon graduation. president and CEO. rectors and camera operators. skills required for the field production crew requires that “The goal is for graduates Since its founding, D2L has created public education pro- The show will be completely and studio. they learn to be good team of the program to have the grams in 47 states and 10 foreign countries. These Stewards of filmed this semester. One of the advanced cours- members who are able to ap- qualifications and experience Children training programs form a grassroots push at the com- Next semester, the students es that students can take in ply their skills whenever and to be hired as functioning munity level to educate parents, youth service organizations, will work on the post-produc- their first semester is studio wherever they are needed.” members of a production youth sports leagues and coaches, faith centers, and teachers tion and edit the film. Ulti- production, which requires The shows created by stu- crew,” said Vaughn. and school leaders. mately, we will have a showing them to create and air a show. dents could air on the col- Spring registration at SCC Additionally, a nationally-acclaimed advertising and promo- on campus for the college and Throughout the course, stu- lege’s cable education chan- is Tuesday, Jan. 4 through tional campaign helps spread a multi-media message through the public. This will serve as dio and field techniques are nel, EDU-Cable. Graduates Wednesday, Jan. 5, 8 a.m. to 7 partners, including CNN, Comcast, Time-Warner, AOL, Life- an important portfolio piece stressed as students take on will leave the college with a p.m. Spring semester classes time, Oxygen and others. for the students.” multiple tasks and rotate digital portfolio of their work begin on Thursday, Jan. 6. Blood donors needed here Roseland VFD Brunswick VFD Losing teeth linked to meet Jan. 6 Throughout the month of from keeping donation appoint- to meet Jan. 18 January, the American Red ments. However, the need for The annual meeting for Brunswick Volunteer Fire to losing your mind Cross celebrates the contribu- blood remains constant in the Roseland Volunteer Fire De- Department will hold its an- tions of thousands of volunteer early months of the year. partment will be held Thurs- nual business meeting on Elderly people showing found to visit the dentist rarely, blood donors who give the gift of Giving blood is a way to day, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. Election Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. early signs of dementia are of officers and other business if at all, which is one possible life with every blood donation. support the community by Election of officers will be will be conducted. more likely to lose their teeth, explanation for the study’s All blood types are needed. helping to ensure that a stable held at this meeting. and this in turn may even findings. However, principal The American Red Cross inventory is available for pre- speed the decline in memory investigator Dr. Nozomi Oka- urges all eligible Columbus mature babies, cancer patients, function, according to new moto revealed that there may County blood donors to at- or the many people who suffer Grand Ole Gospel schedule research published in BioMed be other links to tooth loss and tend one of the following blood accidents and other illnesses The Chadbourn Arts Center Grand Ole Gospel will be open Central’s open access journal, a decline in cognition. drives: that may require transfusions. “Behavioral and Brain Func- “Infections in the gums National Blood Donor Month on Jan. 4 and 18 featuring live southern gospel music. Wednesday, Jan. 5, Whiteville Admission is free and starts at 7 p.m. and is located at 120 N. tions.” that can lead to tooth loss may not only honors those who give City Schools from 10:30 a.m. Brown Street. Researchers at the Nara release inflammatory sub- -3 p.m. and sponsored by blood each year, but is also a Medical University and sur- stances, which in turn will en- Whiteville City Schools and time to educate and encourage rounding hospitals in the hance the brain inflammation Whiteville High School HOSA. new donors about the impor- Nara region of Japan exam- that causes neuronal death and For appointments, visit www. tance of giving blood. Blood has ined the teeth of more than hasten memory loss,” she said. membersforlife.org/cbsr/sched- a shelf life of only 42 days, and, 4,000 volunteers 65 and older. “The loss of sensory receptors ule , click on “Search by Spon- therefore, must continually be Lake Waccamaw Depot The number of natural teeth around the teeth is linked to sor Code” at the top of the web replenished. Donors can give remaining in the gums was some of the dying neurons.” page site and enter sponsor code blood every 56 days, or up to six Museum calendar of counted by a qualified dentist, This may even be a vicious 8282. For more information call times a year. events for January and participants also under- cycle situation. If these brain 1-800-RED-CROSS. You can make a difference. went a psychiatric assessment connections are lost, the teeth Tuesday, Jan. 11, Columbus All it takes is a willingness to 3,10,17,24 Rummikub Club, museum 1 p.m. to determine the level of mild will fall out and a fewer num- Correctional Institute from help someone in need and a pint 4,11,18,25 Railroad Bridge, museum 1 p.m. memory impairment. Taking ber of teeth contribute to cog- 1:30–6 p.m. For appointment of your blood. Most healthy peo- 10 Lake Waccamaw Woman’s Club, museum into account other factors that nitive decline. call 642-3285. Walk-ins are ple age 17 and older, or 16 with 7 p.m. 16 Special Sunday - Join us to watch the 1936 may affect the health of the Though the explanations welcome. parental consent, who weigh at film version of the opera, “The Bohemian Girl” teeth, it was discovered that for the research findings have least 110 pounds, are eligible January has been designated starring our all time favorite comedians, Laurel those with fewer teeth, or even been corroborated in animal National Blood Donor Month to to donate blood and platelets. no teeth, were significantly and Hardy. The original opera was composed by models, further experimental raise awareness of blood dona- Donors who are 18 and younger Michael Balfe and first produced in London in 1843. more likely to have some form evidence needs to be obtained tion during the time of year must also meet specific height The production ran for 100 nights and has enjoyed of memory loss, or even early to confirm this in humans. when blood supplies often fall and weight requirements. many revivals worldwide. Could it be that the well- stage Alzheimer’s disease. Nevertheless, the findings to their lowest levels. Donations All eligible donors are asked traveled, cultured Captain Sam Potts saw the op- When asked questions offer a reminder as to why it traditionally decline during the to schedule an appointment to era and named his famous Lake Waccamaw steam about their use of healthcare is so important to brush your post-holiday season, due to busy donate blood by calling 1-800- boat for it? 3:30 p.m. at the museum. Popcorn and services, participants with teeth and maintain good oral schedules and inclement weath- RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or drinks provided. memory loss symptoms were health. er, which can prevent people visiting redcrossblood.org. Klondyke- Chadbourn FD to meet Jan. 18 The annual meeting for Klondyke-Chadbourn Fire Department will be held Tues- day, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. Election of officers and other business will be conducted.

White Marsh- Welches Creek VFD to meet The White Marsh-Welches Creek Community Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual meeting and election of officers on Thursday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. at the fire depart- ment. N. Whiteville VFD to meet Jan. 10

North Whiteville Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual business meeting on Monday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. at the fire station. Election of officers will be held at this meeting. Deaths Shiloh Church Te News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011 Page 8A Cemetery Fund JEANNETTE McMILLAN LOIS MARIE HILDA KING SMITH CHARLOTTE ANN SOLES In honor of loved ones who are buried at Shiloh Cemetery, several families are coming together to establish a trust fund SINCLAIR McKEITHAN TABOR CITY -- Hilda King CLARENDON -- Charlotte for the protection, grounds-keeping and enhancement of the LUMBERTON -- Jeannette BLADENBORO -- Lois Smith, 58, died Wednesday, Ann Soles, 63, died Thursday, cemetery. They are establishing a board of directors who McMillan Sinclair was born Marie McKeithan, 75, died Dec. 29, 2010, at Columbus Dec. 30, 2010. She was born will be tasked with the administration of the Shiloh Church June 10, 1934 to the parents Wednesday. Dec. 29, 2010. Regional Healthcare. She in Horry County, S.C., the Cemetery Fund, overseeing the monthly and weekly upkeep of Willie and Dollie Wooten Final rites were held Sat- was born in Marion, the daughter of the late Eldered of the cemetery grounds and grave markers. Plans include McMillan of Whiteville in urday, Jan. 1, at New Light daughter of Madie Lee King Soles and Mable Prince Soles placing a fence around the property and the acreage will be the Mt. Olive community. She Freewill Baptist Church in and the late Benjamin Ray and the widow of Wilbur enlarged. died Monday, Dec. 27, 2010, Bladenboro. Burial followed King. Hinson Small. She was a “My parents were dedicated to Shiloh Methodist Church so at Southeastern Hospice in Singletary Cemetery in Final rites were held Sun- member of Antioch Baptist my brother and I followed suit,” said John R. Ross of Damas- Center. She was preceded in Butters. Lewis & Bowen Fu- day, Jan. 2, at Inman Funeral Church in Whiteville. cus, Oregon. “We have family and relatives in the cemetery. death by her husband Rev. neral Home of Bladenboro Home Chapel in Tabor City. Final rites were held Mon- Memories will always connect us to the church. Where we Julius Vance Sinclair, and a handled the arrangements. Burial followed in Benton day, Jan. 3, at Inman Funeral leave our loved ones is hallowed ground and we must care son, Ernest McMillan Sr. She is survived by two Bethel Cemetery, Ash. Home Chapel in Tabor City. for it as such.” She was a member of sisters, Janet Hughes of the Survivors include three Burial followed in Princev- It is the group’s intent to pay respect to friends and family members interred at Shiloh. Anyone who has a family mem- McCormick Chapel AME home and Etta Littles of daughters, Wanda Cribb ille Cemetery, Loris, S.C. ber buried there is asked for support. A contribution of any Church. Ash. of Ash, Denise Brodgen of She is survived by four size would be put to good use. Final rites were held Sun- Green Sea, S.C., and Rhonda daughters, Denise Johnson “My mother would dress up her three boys and take them day, Jan. 2, at McCormick EVELYN ROUSE Ali of Columbia, S.C.; two of Loris, S.C., Laura Small to church every Sunday,” said James R. Dew of Whiteville. Chapel AME Church, 215 RAMSEY sons, Ernest Ray Smith of of Tabor City, Rhonda Lee “I will always remember the Christmas plays and the people Main St., Lumberton with WHITEVILLE -- Evelyn Ash, and Anthony Smith of Clarendon, and Tessa who went to Shiloh Methodist Church. Shiloh church has Rev. H.A. Ingram and Rev. Rouse Ramsey, 72, died Sat- of Tabor City; her mother, Hayes of Mullins, S.C.; a always been a part of my life.” Dr. Judy Johnson officiating. urday, Dec. 25, 2010, at Cape Madie Lee King of Fayette- son, Woodrow F. Lovette Jr. The Shiloh Church Cemetery Fund is a non-profit fund Burial followed in the Blanks Fear Valley Medical Center ville; two brothers, Raymond of Whiteville; three step- that follows Internal Revenue regulations and contributions Family Cemetery. Revels Fu- in Fayetteville. King and Ricky King, both children, Eugene Small of are tax deductible. neral Home of Lumberton Final rites were held Sat- of Fayetteville; two sisters, Conway, S.C., Sylvia West of “I am happy to be a part of the organization that wants to handled the arrangements. urday, Jan. 1, at First St. Beverly Lowe of Fayette- Socastee, S.C., and Debbie clean, maintain and preserve the cemetery at Shiloh,” said Norita Osborne Kay of Fort Mills, S.C. “This is where all of Survivors include four Paul Missionary Baptist ville, and Gayle Connell of Sammons of Goose Creek, my family who have passed on are laid to rest.” daughters, Helena Stephens, Church, 76 Campground Raeford; and 10 grandchil- S.C.; a sister, Wanda Seagle Loretta Locklear, Barbara dren. of Loris, S.C.; 15 grandchil- Checks should be mailed to Shiloh Church Cemetery Fund, Road, Whiteville with Rev. c/o Gene Jones, 5917 Portburn Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28211. Logan, all of Lumberton, and dren: six great-grandchil- Clarence Sinkler officiating. SANDRA GAIL ‘SANDY’ Board members include Gene Jones, Charlotte, (704) 377- Wanda Harris of Cambria dren. She was preceded in Burial followed in Belvue WORLEY 6372; Norita Kay, Fort Mills, S.C., (803) 547-5912; Charles Dew, Heights, N.Y.; two sisters, Do- death by a son and two great- Cemetery in Chadbourn. NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, Whiteville, 642-4512; James R. Dew, Whiteville, 642-5335; ris Patterson of Whiteville, grandchildren. Peoples Funeral Home of S.C. -- Sandra Gail “Sandy” Sally Ward, Whiteville, 642-6680; Thurmon Blackmon, Hope and Mary Bovian of Hacken- Memorials may be made Whiteville handled the ar- Worley, 61, died Monday, Dec. Mills, 425-5610; Terry Miller, Whiteville, 642-4053; Mary Ann sack, N.J.; and 62 grandchil- to St. Jude Children’s Hospi- rangements. 27, 2010, at Grand Strand Re- Blackburn, Whiteville, 642-2621; Bobby D. Jones, Whiteville, dren. tal, 501 St. Jude Place, Mem- 642-6863; and William K. Jones, Whiteville, 642-3638. Survivors include two gional Medical Center after phis, Tenn. 38105. DONALD ‘RED’ GEORGE daughters, Jennie Johnson a courageous battle with of Killen, Texas, and Sha- PRINCE cancer. Born on December JAMES BERNARD risse Ramsey of Lithonia, CERRO GORDO -- Don- 11, 1949 in Carthage, she was LASLEY REVIVALS Ga.; two sons, Ernest Rouse SERVICES ald “Red” George Prince, 54, the daughter of the late Al- CHARLOTTE -- Jim Las- of Freeport, N.Y., and Mi- died Sunday, Jan. 02, 2011 at fred Wesley and Mary Greer ley, 92, died Sunday, Jan.2, chael Ramsey of Hampton, Green Acres Baptist Church his residence. He was the Parrish Williamson. 2011, at his home. The son of Forest Lawn Baptist Church son of the late George and Va.; and two stepdaughters, of Tabor City will hold its youth She was a member of the late Sallie Strader Lasley presents at U.S. 701 Tabor City revival on Jan. 10-14 at 7:30 Bernice Causey Prince. Rozenith Chestnut of Spring First Baptist Church of and Joseph Bernard Lasley, Kid’s Club held on the second p.m. daily. Guest speaker will Lake, and Judy Hutchinson Prince was employed at North Myrtle Beach. he was born Oct. 10, 1918 in Saturday of each month from 9 be Prophetess Frieda Huchin- of Uniondale, N.Y. Nordic Air in Chadbourn. The family would like to the home of his maternal a.m.-noon., There will be Bible son from To God Be the Glory A memorial service will stories, music, special guests, STEVEN ROBINSON JR. extend our deepest gratitude grandfather, John Thomas of Tabor City. The church is lo- be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, recreation, puppets, crafts, and CHADBOURN -- Steven to our Aunt Donna Worley Strader, near Reidsville, and cated at 439 Pine Circle Drive. Jan. 4, at Cedar Grove Bap- games. The club is for children Robinson Jr., 66, died Thurs- for the loving sacrifices and grew up in the Groometown Thomas Nelson is the pastor. tist Church with Rev. Jeff ages 5-10 years. For more in- day, Dec. 30, 2010, at Colum- devotion she held for our community near Greens- Stocks officiating. The fam- formation call 843-421-0895 bus Regional Healthcare. mother through this long boro. Passport Photos ily will receive friends 1-2 Final rites will be held journey as her caregiver. He is survived by his wife Honey Hill Missionary Baptist The News Reporter p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4 (one at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, at The family will receive of 69 years, Myrtle Edna Bai- Church of Hallsboro invites the only $10.00 hour prior to the service) at community to Sunday school at Zion Wall Freewill Baptist friends from 6 to 8 pm on ley Lasley, formerly of Chad- the church. 10 a.m., preaching at 11 a.m., Church in Chadbourn with Wednesday, December 29, bourn. Jim is also survived He is survived by his Sunday night at 6 p.m. and Bishop Wendell Gore officiat- 2010 at Lee Funeral Home. by sons, Jansen B. Lasley wife, Linda Gail McCracken Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. ing. The body will lie in state Funeral services will be of Greensboro and John H. Edna Earl Prince of the home; a daugh- Thomas “Tony” Ward Jr. is the one hour before the service. held at 1 pm on Thursday Lasley of West Chester, Ohio ter, Shelia Locklear of Con- pastor. The church is located at Britt Burial will follow in Belvue at First Baptist Church of and daughter, Justina Lasley 6140 Honey Hill Road. way, S.C.; a step-son, Timmy 4/5/35 - 12/31/09 Cemetery. Visitation will be North Myrtle Beach. Burial Minifie of Mount Pleasant, Johnson of Connecuticut; held Monday, Jan. 3 from 6-7 will follow in North Myrtle S.C. several grandchildren AWANAS (Approved Work- and a grandchild. men Are Not Ashamed) meets p.m. at Friendly Chapel, 217 Beach Memorial Gardens. and great-grandchildren; at Peace Baptist Church, 653 S. Brown St., Chdbourn. Survivors include her hus- brother, Donald B. Lasley of CLEVELAND ELLIS band, Harold G. Worley of Love Mill Road, Whiteville, each Survivors include his wife, Greensboro, Gene Lasley of Sunday from 5:45-7:15 p.m. LENNON Little River. S.C.; a son, H.G. Doris Pridgen Robinson of Nashville, Tenn. and Elwyn AWANAS is for children ages WHITEVILLE -- Cleveland the home; two daughters, Worley Jr. of North Myrtle Harris of Chadbourn. 3 through 5th grade. Students Ellis Lennon, 57, died Thurs- Michele Hollingsworth, and Beach, S.C.; two daughters, He was predeceased by sis- have counsel time, handbook day, Dec. 30, 2010, at Colum- Crystal Hollingsworth, both Lindsey Blair Worley and ters Varina Lasley Venable time and game time, as well as bus Regional Healthcare. of Lake Waccamaw; a son, Jessica Gail Worley, both of Elizabeth Lasley Osborne, a light snack. For more informa- Tere was a girl named Tifaneigh; Arrangements are incom- Jamond Pridgen of Chad- Little River, S.C.; four sis- both of Greensboro and Lu- tion call 642-0251, 640-7237 or she danced and was in pageants, and plete and will be announced bourn; three sisters, Eunice ters, Geri Bibey of Shallotte, cille Lasley Eichelberger, 770-1271. Chip Hannah is the was the happiest girl alive until one by Smith Funeral Home of Brenda Butler of Loris, S.C., pastor. day she lost her best friend. Te girl’s Hamelton of Tabor City, both of Atlanta; brothers, best friend was always there for her Whiteville. (See front page Beulah Stevens and Mattie Bobbie Justice of Freder- Thomas H. Lasley of San- no matter what the situation was. Union Chapel Freewill Baptist story) Peoples, both of Gainesville, icksburg, Va., Rhonda Bar- ford and Robert M. Lasley of Te girl always looked up to her best Church of Whiteville will hold a Fla.; and Beulah Stevens nette of Virginia Beach, Va. Nashville, Tenn. friend and talked to her about any- BURLON ALEXANDER three-night service starting on and three grandchildren. Lashley graduated from thing and everything. Te girl would GAULT and Mattie Peoples, both of Jan. 5 through Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. stay out of school just to spend time In lieu of flowers, memo- Jamestown High School in ATLANTA, Ga. – Bur- Gainesville, Fla.; and two nightly. Various preachers and with her best friend when she was rials may be made in her 1935 and from North Caro- alone and ill. Te girl knew that her lon Alexander Gault, 54, of brothers, Billie Butler of choirs will be on the program. memory to The Esopha- lina State University in 1939 best friend was the most wonderful, Smyrna, Ga., died in an At- St. Stephens, S.C. and Gusie Wednesday, Elder Ronald geal Cancer Awareness with the degree of Bachelor amazing, woman and grandmother lanta hospital on Jan. 1, 2011. Butler of Gainesville, Fla. Brown and Love Grove Church in the whole world. Te girl never Association, Inc., P.O. Box of Mechanical Engineering family; Thursday, Elder Edward He was the son of Frank and thought of losing her best friend until CONNIE MAXWELL COX 55071#15530, Boston Mass., and was licensed by the state Gore and St. Stephens Church Gean Claire Gault of Lake one day when God came to take her MILLIGAN 02205-5071 or First Baptist of North Carolina as a regis- family; Friday, Eldress Van home; all of a sudden, poof, she was Waccamaw, N.C. TABOR CITY -- Connie Church of North Myrtle tered engineer. LeSane and Jerusalem Chapel gone forever. Tis has really put a big A graveside service will toll on the girl and somewhat made Maxwell Cox Milligan, 98, Beach Building Fund, 200 a director of the N.C. Church family. be held Thursday, Jan. 6, at 2 her forget who she really was. Even died Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010, Hwy 17 South, North Myrtle State University Alumni As- p.m. in Columbus Memorial until this day, the girl thinks back, at Trident Medical Center Beach, S.C. 29582. sociation, a member of the Joy Night will be held on Friday, breaks down and cries for hours at Park, Whiteville. A memo- Jan. 7 at El-Bethel Church, in N. Charleston, S.C. Born N.C. State University Athlet- a time. All this girl dreams of now is rial service was scheduled in Columbus County, she 415 W. Walter St., Whiteville at to spend one more day with her best FAYE LUCILLE BAYSDEN ics Council, and a member in Atlanta today (Monday). was the daughter of the late 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker friend to hug her, and tell her how RICHLANDS -- Faye Lu- of the executive committee much she loves her. What most peo- Franklin Evander and Laura will be Bishop Larry Williamson AARON JEROME cille Baysden, 64, died Fri- of the N.C. State University and the New Life Church family ple don’t realize is you never know Lell Caines Cox. BRYANT day, Dec. 31, 2010 at Lenoir Foundation. from Chadbourn. Elder Robert how good something or someone is Final rites will be held at until you lose it forever. Once you HALLSBORO -- Aaron J. Memorial Hospital in Kin- A service to celebrate his D. Williams Sr. is the pastor. 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at In- lose someone so dear to you, it is so Bryant, 54, died Sunday, Dec. ston. life will be held at 11 a.m., hard to bounce back to normal. It is man Funeral Home Chapel 26, 2010, at Columbus Re- Final rites will be held Wednesday, Jan. 5, at Provi- Zion Hill Missionary Baptist hard to stand up, dance, or anything in Tabor City. Burial will gional Healthcare. at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, at dence United Methodist Church of Bolivia will hold a else in front of people knowing your follow in Norris Cemetery, best friend is not front row center Final rites will be held at Johnson Funeral Home, Church in Charlotte. The Deacons Appreciation Program, Tabor City. Visitation will be Fulflling Our Duty to God, Sun- like she always was. To this girl, it is 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, at Richlands, with Revs. David family will receive friends in so hard to know that you only have held from 1-2 p.m. at the fu- day, Jan. 9 at 4 p.m. The guest Union Funeral Home Cha- Jarman and Louise Wood the church atrium following pictures and memories and not the neral home. speaker will be Rev. Gregory pel in Whiteville. Cremation officiating. Burial will fol- the service. real thing. You should never take She is survived by three Hewett, of St. Louis Missionary anything for granted, because you will follow. Viewing will be low at the Onslow Memorial In lieu of flowers, the fam- sons, George Truett Milligan Baptist Church of Chinquapin. never know what could happen. held on Tuesday, Jan. 4 from Park. The family will receive ily suggests memorials to of Naperville, Ill., Roy Car- They will render the musical *R.I.P. Ma Britt 1-5 p.m. and Wednesday, Jan. friends from 12:30-2 p.m. The Clare R. Bailey Family service. Refreshments will be mel Milligan of Greenville, Words can’t even begin to 5 from 9-11 a.m. at the funer- at Johnson Funeral Home, Endowment, Southeastern served following the service. S.C., and Norman Barry explain how much al home chapel. Richlands, on Tuesday, Jan. Community College Founda- The church is located at 2001 Milligan of Moncks Corner, I love and miss you! Survivors include a son, 4. tion, P.O. Box 151, Whiteville, Zion Hill Road. S.C.; 10 grandchildren and 13 Tifaneigh Rabon Diante Aaron Bryant; five She is survived by her N.C. 28472; The University grandchildren. She was pre- #1691 sisters, Bertha Bryant, Syl- mother, Lucy Whaley Bays- of South Carolina Lan- ceded in death by a son John via Sexton, Linda Boone, den of Richlands; a brother, caster, James B. Lasley Leckman Milligan. Flossie Chaistie Batts, and George W. Baysden of Chad- Engineering Scholarship, Martha Bellamy; and two LESLIE MARIE POPE bourn; three sisters, Linda P.O. Box 889, Lancaster, S.C. brothers, Daniel Bryant and CHARLOTTE -- Leslie Baysden and Brenda J. Bay- 29721; First United Method- Bobby Bryant. Marie Pope, 35, daughter sden, both of Richlands, An- ist Church Building Fund, of Joel and Rhonda McAbee nette Cortez of Richlands. P.O. Box 608, Lancaster, S.C. Gently used Pope, of Charlotte, formerly Flowers or memorials 29721; or Providence United of Whiteville, died at her may be made to the Ameri- Methodist Church Building clothing needed home in Dayton, Tenn., on can Cancer Society. Fund, 2810 Providence Road, A Woman’s Choices Preg- Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Charlotte, N.C. 28211. nancy Care Center, a life-af- A memorial service was firming Christian ministry, held on Sunday, January 2, SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY is seeking donations of gently- at Dayton Spiritual Revival used winter clothing in sizes Center, in Dayton, Tenn. newborn - 3T. The center is Survivors include her located at 116 Premiere Plaza, parents, two sons, Bodhi and DENIED behind Waffle International, Gavin Buffenbarger, a sister, in Whiteville. If you have been denied disability, we would like to help you. We are • Traditional Funeral Services • Cremation Services Office hours are Tuesdays Amber Heintz of Hunters- paid a fee only if we can win your case and you collect benefits. We • Graveside Services • Pre-need Planning and Thursdays from noon - 4 ville, and her grandmothers, can come to your home and meet with you. As your representative, • Video Memorial Tributes p.m. Clothing can be taken to Shirley Smith of Zebulon, our job is to make sure you are treated fairly. the center or picked up, and and Virginia Pope of Rock 112 Jefferson St. • Whiteville, NC 28472 a receipt will be provided for Hill, S.C., both former resi- HAL GRIFFIN ASSOCIATES, INC. 910.642.2128 • 910.642.6733 tax purposes. Call 642-2677 for dents of Whiteville. more information. Call Toll Free 1-800-392-7392 www.mckenziemortuary.net 9A -- The News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011 Get Fit for Life with Continuing Education Classes Exercise Your Options

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Class requires pre-registration. To pre-register or for textbook information call (910)642-7141, ext. 296 or 397. Editorials Te News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011 Maintaining the Do we still status quo isn’t have airplane mechanics? acceptable in ‘11 By Dr. MIKE WALDEN N.C. Cooperative Extension While there are many aspects of Colum- bus County to be proud of, challenging the A couple of weeks ago I heard a status quo is a must as 2011 begins. caller to a radio program lament that Whether we like it or not, the world we the U.S. economy no longer has airline mechanics. He was exaggerating, but live in is fast-paced and ever changing, his point was that good-paying skilled in large part due to monumental leaps in jobs in our economy are falling by the technology. As a result, societies that don’t wayside. grow or advance are destined to wither on People’s concerns are not just that the vine. the recession has taken away jobs With the advent of the new year, we en- — most people realize unemployment courage county leaders -– elected, appointed rises during recessions. Instead, the or volunteer – to look past conventional wis- worry is more deep-seated, and it’s dom. Just because something has worked based on two factors. One is a long- well in the past doesn’t mean it will work held worry that technology and mod- just as well in the future; in fact, given time, ern equipment are replacing jobs. The second is newer: that trade with other it probably The point countries is cutting jobs here. won’t. Technological change has been a T h o u g h Having the courage, con- factor in the labor market forever. But it’s easy to viction and confidence rather than destroying jobs, the his- be critical torical record shows technology alters of our insti- to embrace change and the distribution of jobs. The replace- tutions be- move past the status quo ment of the mule by the tractor dra- cause of the is the only way to emerge A ‘Shore’ enough waste of time matically increased the productivity recession, from the past decade and of farming and allowed fewer farmers a d v a n c e s to grow more. In North Carolina, the meet the challenges of the millions of former farmers provided here are be- By JEFFERSON WEAVER know, except that even sharks have undying love for one of the tooth- the labor supply that attracted the ing made, next one. Staff Writer values. some young women by repeatedly textile and furniture industries. in large part The cast then gets to live in a big lacing his protestations with exple- Like many men, I thought there beach house wired with cameras In recent decades improved tech- because the status quo has been chal- tives. If that doesn’t impress a girl, could be no worse television pro- in every corner, so the viewer can I don’t know what will. nology and equipment have been re- lenged. gram than “Project Runway.” watch everything the cast does. Then the whole cast was taken to sponsible for a plunge in manufactur- In the schools, for example, county Miss Rhonda, like many women, Both the men and women seem to another night club (after spraying ing employment. Yet manufacturing schools’ scores took a big leap this year loves the program. Whether it’s the spend most of their time wearing down with what I hope was cologne, output in both the nation and North because of changes, every Whiteville High glamour of clothes which will nev- next to nothing, drinking large but might have been Lysol) where Carolina have continued to increase. School student has a laptop, the county er be worn outside of a catwalk, or quantities they signed autographs, yelled into In our state, the labor released from schools will open a tech prep program in the melodrama that goes on behind of alcohol, each other’s ears about this girl factories has allowed for the expan- Fair Bluff, students are dong well in SCC’s the scenes, I cannot tell. Nor do I g o i n g t o or that guy, danced provocatively sion of companies and employment relatively new Early College program, and care. I have been known to seek out the beach, with strangers, and fell down some in areas like information technology, health care and personal services. school-aged children are getting more learn- semi-fresh roadkill to skin when w o r k i n g more. The liberal application of The impact of foreign trade on the ing opportunities earlier. that program is on the air. minimum- alcohol only made things sadder, wage jobs job market has coincided with im- In economic development, collaboration There are a few things worse which was why one of the girls than a bunch of shrieking androgy- for which called “Sweetheart” decided to get proved communication and transpor- with Brunswick County at the International nous semi-seamstresses trying to t h e y a r e even drunker. tation capabilities that have brought Logistics Park may prove fruitful if an in- clothe bored women who have fig- not quali- Drinking, falling down, having countries closer together. While many terested 1,000-job industry locates there. ures that look like little boys. There fied, and go- random sex and trying to dredge people have concluded world trade has The good news is that the economy is are a few worse things—and one of ing to night deep thoughts from dreadfully been a net negative for U.S. jobs, the slowly beginning to emerge from its deep reality is actually more complicated. them comes from New Jersey. clubs. They Weaver shallow minds seem to be the pri- hole, though economists say it could be Now, I know some very nice d o m u c h mary plotlines of the program. One There are three ways international years before the recovery is complete. people from New Jersey, despite the same thing at the night clubs, of these days I’m going to carry trade can create domestic jobs. One Still, it’s time to stop whining about that state’s well-earned reputation except for demonstrating hereto- through with my threat to create a is through U.S. exports to other coun- the past and looking to the future. It takes of being, well, New Jersey. One of fore unsurpassed incompetence at true reality program. tries. U.S. exports to foreign countries have been growing rapidly, and many courage, confidence, a can-do attitude and my favorite people is actually from unskilled labor. I’d call it Rice Bowls, a nod to economists see tapping into foreign conviction to change the status quo. Oth- there, although thankfully she got Even in a time where profanity the ancient African tradition of out before it was too late, and has is considered more common than markets as one of the best ways erwise, Columbus County will continue to casting a broken rice bowl back little desire to return. not, I was a little shocked at how through the door of the family to boost both revenues and jobs at tread water. It would be unfair, I suppose, many words on that show have to hut when a youngster failed in the home. Though the county has many challenges, to judge the entire state of New be bleeped, even for cable televi- rights of passage. Jobs can also be created at home we believe the next decade will be a good Jersey by the television program sion. Successful young’uns were when foreign companies decide to one so long as citizens encourage and elect Jersey Shore. However, the Garden I counted 26 bleeps in the course equipped with everything needed establish operations on U.S. soil. leaders who have a vision that embraces State has a heckuva lot of catching of five minutes while watching to be a hunter or a housewife (de- Economists argue that even buying change. up to do by allowing the waste of so Jersey Shore. Back when I was a pending on the gender) but the un- foreign-made products can create U.S. much broadcast time. stevedore, that much of type of successful candidates were never jobs. How so? If the foreign-made prod- I am not a fan of so-called reality language would have gotten you seen again. ucts save money for U.S. consumers, shows in the first place; I will admit thrown out of the less-respectable I’d like to take the hunky young then those consumers have funds left that I love some of the semi-docu- places where we hung out—never fellows from Jersey Shore and over to spend on other things, and this, mentaries like American Pickers mind the better class of dives I oc- make them work on a logging in turn, can create domestic jobs. Quotes of and Billy the Exterminator. casionally frequented. I mean, we crew, run a trapline, tend a field, or While these job-benefiting impacts Reality shows, in my opinion, had sailors in those places. hustle their way through a 12-hour of international trade do not necessar- are little more than a way for voy- But I digress. shift at a mill. ily mean globalization has been a net eurs and narcissists to co-exist in a I did a little reading about Jersey I’d turn Snooki, Sweetheart and job-gainer for the U.S., they do suggest the week relationship that is not quite para- Shore before I decided to write this the other vixens over to several the job losses and job gains may be sitic, but not quite saprophytic, column; it was not out of apprecia- grandma-ladies I know for some much closer. either. tion or even morbid curiosity, but So how have all these impacts “We also have to renovate the existing training in being a lady, then I’d like Jersey Shore, I think, must be out of a desire to see exactly how worked to change the job market re- courthouse. A lot of other people like to see them work a 40-hour-a-week the apex of such mutually ben- much closer we are to the rapture job, look after a handful of children cently? Because we know recessions the City of Whiteville and mostly all of eficial evolution. Thankfully, the as promised in Revelation. If the and manage a household. knock out just about all kinds of jobs, the legal community feels like it needs genre can’t get any worse—things program is any indicator, y’all bet- I’d also hire my assistant prin- let’s look at job changes between 2000 to stay near the existing courthouse.” simply have to go up from here. ter get to church. cipal from elementary school, (after globalization began in full force) – County Commissioner Buddy Byrd, Purely by accident, I ended It seems one of the most popular who had little tolerance for foul and 2008 (before the latest recession re- chairman of the county’s courthouse commit- up watching about 10 minutes of characters, a rather cute young language but did possess a really ally kicked-in).The results fall nicely tee. The committee is leaning toward build- Jersey Shore the other day. I was lady with the equally cute name stout ruler. into three groups. First are occupa- ing a new, smaller structure near Courthouse reminded of a really tragic train of Snooki, once got so drunk in an Sadly, such a reality show would tional categories that gained jobs, and Square and renovating the historic court- wreck. oceanfront bar that she couldn’t never work. For some reason, these were professional, construction house. As near as I can tell, the produc- find the beach. masses of mindless mammon-seek- and service occupations. Second are ers went looking for a group of very Falling into the sand didn’t help, ers think the flibbertygibbets of occupational categories experiencing “My wife and I couldn’t live here,” he attractive young folks who spend nor did the crashing waves a few Jersey Shore are, in the patois of little change in total jobs: manage- said. “Well, I guess we could, but what most of the summer on the beach yards away. She was utterly lost. the day, hot. ment, sales, clerical, maintenance would two people and four dogs need in New Jersey and have nothing to Thankfully a nice police officer One good thing about Jersey and repair, and transportation oc- with this much room?” do but partake of alcohol, pose and was nearby to help her get home. Shore, I guess: Project Runway cupations. Last are two occupational – David Jones, who bought the “White be promiscuous. Why they couldn’t And no one saw much if anything might not be so bad, after all. And groupings that lost jobs: farming and House” on Madison Street. Jones probably have made it Amity Island, and wrong with the whole escapade. if I can’t find any roadkill to skin, manufacturing. With the shift in our economy to won’t live there because of the structure’s thrown in a huge shark, I don’t One fellow even recounted his there’s always the OFF button. jobs requiring more reasoning and size, but he will look at the possibility of a complex decision-making, it’s logi- “mixed use,” which would require zoning cal that professional jobs have been Thumbs down changes. The hawk and the snake the fastest-growing occupational category. “I got angry.” This isn’t being done Not necessarily. Personal service by good hunters – this is being done by By RAY LUNDY idly skyward, but Wilbur noticed the observation that the hawk did jobs — particularly in health care criminals.” NR Writers Group something strange: the hawk had not need to fight the snake. All — are on the rise, as were construction – Loretta McCumbee, who is upset with not grabbed the snake directly she had to do was let the fall do jobs prior to the recession. Many of people who killed a mother bear and her cub My good friend, the late Wilbur behind the head, and the snake the job. The hawk flew away with these jobs also require face-to-face or and dumped the carcasses on her land. Cole, told me a story about an was able to strike at the big bird’s the snake in hand, a fresh meal on-site contact, so it’s hard for them to event that happened on the back breast. Several times the snake for her chicks. be out-sourced to other countries. “Waste Management submitted a of his farm. tried to bite the hawk. Wilbur quipped: “On the farm, In contrast, communication (cell permit application to the Solid Waste He was plowing one day and The hawk, realizing that the there is something happening all phones) and computer technology Section that included all of the septage noticed a big hawk soaring high snake could kill her, turned loose the time that is unusual or very have likely made workers in the sec- waste types for the draft permit. If above. The hawk circled as if and let the big rattlesnake fall interesting.” ond grouping of occupations — man- the land application permit is issued it hunting, and her circles became to the earth from high up in the As we rode on to get breakfast, agement, sales, clerical, etc. — more tighter and tighter. Suddenly, the we passed two large, ancient oaks would currently allow the application air. The hawk circled for a minute efficient, and therefore, not as many hawk dived over the field where in the Spring Branch Community of commercial/industrial septage un- or more, and suddenly dived back workers are needed as the economy Wilbur had just plowed. to earth again. where he was born. less Waste Management requests that expands. Technological advances are Wilbur stopped the mule and This time, the hawk had the “Oh,” he said, “Did I ever tell the permit not include commercial/in- also behind the decline in the number stood watching the hawk grab snake in its grasp directly behind you about the time that I helped dustrial septage.” of farmers. And manufacturing jobs something in its big talons. When the head, and the snake was unable old Miss Vic make ribbon cane have been hit by the double whammy – Cathy Akroyd, N.C. Division of Waste she lifted up, the hawk had a to move. syrup? It was right there between of technology and foreign competi- Management spokesman, saying that Waste rattlesnake in her claws. The high fall had almost killed those two old oaks. She could tion. Management’s application for its septage “She probably had a nest and him. There was no resistance left make the best.” But by the way, there are still over area in the Green Swamp would allow for some little ones close by,” he in the big rattlesnake. How I miss the old sage, Wilbur 120,000 airplane mechanics at work treated commercial and industrial wastes on commented. The hawk rose rap- Wilbur concluded his story with Cole. in the U.S. the site. The News Reporter • Monday, January 3, 2011 (EALTHIER#OLUMBUS A 52 Week Focus on Health Reipe Happy New Year 2011 Yam Cornbread Stuffng Healthy Recipe

Making Ingredients: Your 2 cups fresh sweet potatoes Resolutions (yams), peeled and chopped 1 cup chopped onion Stick 1 cup sliced celery By Sarah Gray 2 tablespoons light margarine Many people look forward to 1/4 cup chopped parsley the New Year for a new start 1 teaspoon ground ginger on old habits. ~Author Unknown 5 cups crumbled cornbread 1/4 cup pecans can’t tell you how Chicken broth I many New Year’s resolutions that I have Directions: made and broken thus In a large skillet, cook sweet far. Every year I set out potatoes, onion and celery in thinking that I am going to margarine for 5 to 7 minutes, or lose 50 pounds, climb Mt. University of Maryland Medical Center “Action precedes motivation, not the until just tender. Spoon mixture Everest, or fnally persuade my sweet and associate professor of psychiatry other way around,” said Dr. Dubin. into a large mixing bowl. Stir in husband to pick up his dirty socks off at the University of Maryland School “People often think that they should wait the foor and put them into the laundry of Medicine. “You need to break things until they are motivated to start doing parsley and ginger. Add corn- hamper. The problem is, by January down into small steps that you can man- something good for themselves. They bread and pecans. Toss gently 5th, I usually have already given up on age.” say, ‘I’ll start that diet or ftness program to coat. Add enough chicken whatever New Year’s Resolution that I For example, Dr. RachBeisel says when I’m really well rested and have a broth to moisten. have made. that, instead of trying to lose 50 pounds, lot of energy’. But it doesn’t work that Place stuffng in a casserole There are plenty of bad habits that you should focus on losing fve pounds way.” dish which has been sprayed most of us have including overeating, at a time. Instead of trying to lose fve Dr. Dubin says that instead of waiting with nonstick coating. Bake un- not exercising enough, or smoking. Most pounds a week, focus on losing one for inspiration to act on your goals, you covered for 45 minutes or until of us will make resolutions to change pound a week. need to take action frst and inspiration heated through. these habits but the key to changing is “Create bite-sized jobs for yourself will follow. Your initial action doesn’t that we must prepare ourselves psycho- that you’ll be able to accomplish,” states have to be anything big. Just by putting Recipe logically. Dr. RachBeisel. “If your goal is too big, on your sneakers and hopping on the Experts agree that no matter how you’ll feel defeated before you even get treadmill for 10 minutes, you will make makes about stubborn a habit you’ve developed, started.” that energy you are “waiting” for materi- 6 cups there are ways to break those negative According to Hinda Dubin, M.D., a alize. patterns and keep healthy resolutions clinical assistant professor of psychiatry “Once you initiate an action, even the throughout the New Year. The trick is to at the University of Maryland School of smallest of actions, you pick up momen- keep everything in perspective. Medicine and psychiatrist at the Univer- tum and you realize, ‘Hey, this isn’t so “Focus on realistic goals with measur- sity of Maryland Medical Center, the key bad,’ and it becomes a lot easier to keep OUR able results,” says Jill RachBeisel, M.D., to achieving even your most lofty goals moving forward and to stay motivated,” director of Community Psychiatry at the is to get started immediately. says Dr. Dubin. Resolutions According your resolutions. Dr. Dubin says that it helps to our non- to share your goals with friends, who can scientifc poll gently nudge you in the right direction when you veer off course. at Whiteville.com, the top four resolutions Give them some meaning. According you are making this 5to Dr. RachBeisel, people sometimes year are: make goals that aren’t necessarily Advicefrom the meaningful to them. Your goal should be something you really desire to change or • Lose Weight achieve, not something that society says is good for you to do or your family members Experts would like to see you do. • Save Money Take baby steps. Set realistic goals University of Maryland experts offer these additional tips to help you 6 that are attainable and then take small reach your goals: steps that are likely to be met with suc- • Reduce Stress cess toward those goals. Don’t try to lose Avoid perfectionist thinking. While we your goals, ask yourself what kept you from 10 pounds in a week or quit smoking cold 1 certainly always want to better our- achieving them and then try to make correc- turkey with no preparation. selves, it is healthier to think in positive tions. • Exercise More terms than it is to focus on how much we Fine-tune your spirituality. Dr. Dubin fall short of our aspirations. In other words, Don’t make absolute resolutions. says that it is important to add a spiritual students should view the grade of an A- as Keep them realistic. For example, Dr. 7 What are your New 3 dimension to your goals. For example, if Year Resolutions better than a B, rather than not as good as Dubin suggests that instead of saying one of your goals is to get ft, you may also an A. you won’t yell at your kids or spouse any- resolve to get outdoors more often instead this year? more, resolve to yell at them less often. of going to the gym. Time outside will help View setbacks as lessons for growth. you get in balance with nature, and will 2Mistakes can be, and usually are, oppor- Don’t keep your resolutions to honor both the physical and spiritual sides of tunities for learning. If you fall short of 4 yourself. Tell someone you trust about yourself.

The Columbus County Health Department hopes that whatever resolution that you decide to make for this year that you are successful and that it will bring you a renewed sense of health and prosperity for the New Year. Upcoming Community Health Events “Preparing for the Promise Land” Faith and Health Summit. Join us to learn how to make your church healthier! A free event! Sat. Jan. 29, 2011, 10 a.m. Thanks, North Carolina, from the bottom of our lungs. Jan. - 2 p.m. Southeastern Community College, T Building, Whiteville, NC 29 Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Nathaniel Samuel Murrell. For more information or to reserve your spot, call Columbus County Health Department at 910-640- Dining out in our state is healthier, thanks to the one-year- 6615 ext. 362 old smoke-free restaurants and bars law. The local health Whiteville United Methodist Church Exercise Group. Adults ages department encourages Columbus County residents Mon.Wed. 50+ Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. in to celebrate one year of serving smoke-free air in North Thurs. the church parlor. Please call 642-3376 for more information. Carolina by visiting a local restaurant... Be sure to visit the Columbus County Farmer’s Market for the freshest pro- Sat. duce. Hours are Saturday from 7:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. For more information or to report a possible business violation, call the local health department, visit www.smokefree.nc.gov, Do you know about an upcoming Community Health Event? To include your event in or call the Care-Line at 1-800-662-7030. Get up and Go, email the full information to [email protected]

Brought to The Columbus County you by: Health Department The News Reporter Sports Te News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011

West Columbus senior center Anthony Williams slams home a dunk during the East East Columbus senior forward Albert Demery moves the ball to the inside in last week’s Columbus Holiday Basketball Tournament held Dec. 20-21 at the ECHS gym. West ECHS Holiday Basketball Tournament. East Columbus fell to South Columbus in opening- Columbus defeated East Bladen and South Columbus to win the tournament for the round play, but the host Gators came back to defeat East Bladen in the second round. second straight year. Dowe gets back-to-back double-doubles High-school hoop teams for Lady Niners in Doubletree Classic

During her four seasons Dowe has played in all 15 to resume play this week as a member of the South UNCC games this season, get- Columbus High School girls ting starts in two and averag- basketball team, gaining ing 4.2 points and 5.2 rebounds By DAN BISER double figures in scoring per game. Sports Editor This week’s schedule and rebounding each game She is one of three Colum- were common occurrences for bus Countians on Coach Karen After having an eight-game TUESDAY’S GAMES Amanda Dowe. Aston’s Lady Niner team. winning streak snapped in the Last week in the Tulane Former Whiteville High final of the Wallace-Rose Hill West Brunswick at Whiteville, 4 Doubletree Classic at New standout Shannon McCallum Basketball Bash Tournament, +South Columbus at North Brunswick, 4:30 Orleans, Dowe pulled off her is a senior starter who led the the Whiteville Wolfpack boys *Waccamaw Academy at West Columbus, 6 first collegiate double-doubles team in scoring and rebound- team will be back to get on the in back-to-back games. ing last season while gaining winning track Tuesday night On Wednesday, she gained All-Atlantic 10 Conference when it is scheduled to play WEDNESDAY’S GAMES East Bladen at East Columbus, 4 that distinction for the first Second Team honors. host to West Brunswick in a time at the college level as she McCallum’s younger sister Waccamaw 2A-3A Conference pulled down 12 rebounds and Paige McCallum is a part-time match-up. FRIDAY’S GAMES tallied 10 points and helped starter at a forward position Amanda Dowe The Wolfpack’s season re- Red Springs at East Columbus, 4 lead the UNC Charlotte Lady and one of the team’s top re- cord stands at 8-2. East Bladen at South Columbus, 4 Niners to a near comeback bounders. A junior, she trans- In another Waccamaw Con- remaining for the margin of Whiteville at West Bladen, 4 over Old Dominion. ferred to UNCC this past year ference boys match-up South Old Dominion held on to after playing for two seasons victory. Shannon McCallum Columbus will travel to take West Columbus at Fairmont, 4 win the game 81-75 to snap a for the reigning National Ju- led Charlotte scorers with on North Brunswick. However, *Fayetteville Christian at Waccamaw Academy, 6 seven-game Lady Forty-Niner nior College Division I cham- 12 points and Dowe collect- the SCHS squad will be with- win streak. pion Gulf Coast Community ed seven rebounds. Paige out head coach Alan Stewart. *Girls and boys varsity games only On Thursday, the 6-foot-4 College. McCallum had a solid “off- Stewart was ejected during sophomore from Tabor City On Sunday, Charlotte pulled the-bench” performance. the final moments of the Stal- +Boys junior varsity, girls and boys varsity games only had 16 points and 10 rebounds out a 60-58 victory over visiting The Lady Niners, who lions’ loss to West Columbus in Charlotte’s 80-54 win over Virginia Tech with Shannon compete in the Atlantic 10 in the championship game All other dates have girls and boys junior varsity, followed Nicholls State in the third- McCallum hitting a dramatic Conference, are now carrying of the East Columbus Holi- by girls and boys varsity. place game. 3-pointer with seven seconds a 12-3 record. day Tournament. The North Brunswick boys were the team that knocked off Whiteville 56-53 in the championship game of the Wallace-Rose Hill team is coming off its second it marked the first time in tournament. straight championship in the three seasons that Coach Jerry The South Columbus girls East Columbus Holiday Tour- Singletary’s Wolfpack did not team, now with an 8-2 record nament and are holding a 4-4 win an eight-team holiday and fresh off its first-ever record. The WCHS girls are tournament. championship in the East Co- 0-6. In both 2008 and 2009, WHS lumbus Holiday Tournament, East Columbus will return won the Nathan Gay Memorial has an important match-up to the floor on Wednesday for Holiday Tournament. with the North Brunswick a non-conference clash with “We had plenty of chances,” girls team, which is coming off East Bladen. said Singletary, whose Wolfpack a championship performance The East Columbus team had opened Waccamaw Confer- in the Wallace-Rose Hill Tour- picked up its first win of ence play with a win over the nament. the season by defeating East North Brunswick team. “We At 3-5, the South Columbus Bladen 86-68 in the third-place just didn’t play very smart boys team already has two game of the ECHS Holiday down the stretch, and North more wins than it did last Tournament, The Gators now Brunswick did a good job of season. The Stallions will be have a 1-6 record. The ECHS pulling it out in the end. without Stewart on Tuesday girls team is now 5-2 following “Our conference is very as well as on Friday in their its loss to South Columbus in competitive this season,” conference road game at East the ECHS Tournament and Singletary said. “We’re going Bladen. will be taking on a powerful to have to be sharp every night The Whiteville girls team East Bladen team, which suf- out to be successful.” will be going against the same fered its first loss to South SCHS athletic director said West Brunswick team it de- View in the championship that Stallion boys junior var- Pee Wee bowlers feated in the Wallace-Rose Hill match of the recent girls tour- sity coach Jordan McPherson 701 Lanes of Whiteville held a fall Pee Wee Bowling League with fve teams participat- nament held at Wilmington’s will probably have to swing event. The Lady Wolfpack has ing. Participants were, front row, left to right, Austin Nobles and Taylor Smith, middle a 3-7 record. Brogden Hall. double-duty and also direct In other Tuesday night When the Whiteville boys the SCHS varsity in Stewart’s row, Kesharius Robinson, Kaylee McCullen, Dylan Nobles, Luke Insley, Grayson Smith action, West Columbus will fell to North Brunswick in absence. and Ashton Prince. Back row, Mason Insley and Grayson Campbell. Not pictured, play host to Waccamaw Acad- the championship game of “We’ll try to handle it the Blake Barnes. The Mi Amigos team, composed of Luke Insley and Mason Insley, won

emy. The West Columbus boys the Wallace-Rose Hill Bash, best we can,” Fonvielle said. the league title Continued from 1B The News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011--13A Exercise your options with resistance workouts

Exercisers can’t lose. the time, because intensity interval training with a Whether a workout is a lei- is the exercise factor that single high-impact burst,” surely walk in the park or drives fitness levels up most Goldwater said. “Also, warm flat-out wind sprints up a quickly. up and cool down to transi- hill, the benefits of both “Since a vigorous workout tion into the highest inten- low-resistance exercise and sometimes has the draw- sity phase. Take a day or two high-resistance exercise are back of being a race against off; even three times a week many. time, and fewer people can is enough to see results with Here are tips from Amy find the time to exercise for high-impact exercise.” Goldwater, M.S., educator, several hours each week, an However, don’t let the in- former body-building cham- alternative is to fit the work- tervals become easy. Once pion, and physical fitness outs into less time by add- you conquer the pace, step it expert for TOPS Club Inc., ing intensity,” she said. The up again, safely, and expand the nonprofit weight-loss downside of intense exercise your comfort zone. support organization. is that it may produce more TOPS Club Inc. (Take Off “Exercising at the lower injuries. However, there are Pounds Sensibly), the origi- end of the intensity zone ways to avoid this: Speed nal, nonprofit weight-loss has benefits, too,” Goldwa- work, sometimes called wind support and wellness edu- ter says. “Gentler exercise sprints, limits intensity to a cation organization, was es- First Kill can decrease fatigue and in- very short time. Cross-train- tablished more than 62 years Brooke Paschell, 13, daughter of Janet Byrd of Latta, S.C., got her frst deer on crease energy, especially for ing, or using muscles for a ago to champion weight-loss Dec.31 while dog hunting with her grandfather, Lane Todd of Loris, a member of those who are older, under different activity than usual, support and success. Found- Olyphic Hunting Club in southeastern Columbus County. Club president Jim Murph the weather, stressed, or eat adds intensity. Lift weights, ed and headquartered in poorly.” especially with machines. Milwaukee, Wis., TOPS pro- says Brooke exhibits a warm and friendly personality but takes her deer hunting se- In these situations, high- Interval training adds motes successful, affordable riously. She took down this big doe with one shot while it was running at top speed resistance exercise creates short bursts of intensity to weight management with a across a narrow woods road. A little later in the day Brooke was overheard telling more work for the body at a typical workout. Consider philosophy that combines her granddad, “Now I want a buck!” For information on Olyphic Hunting Club call rest. The body says, for in- these examples: Jogging, healthy eating, regular exer- (843) 756-7900. stance, “I can’t fight this where a slower pace is punc- cise, wellness information, cold and build muscle at tuated with running. Swim- and support from others at the same time” or “I can’t ming a slow lap and then a weekly chapter meetings. build the necessary muscle, race lap. Running with wind TOPS has about 170,000 mem- GOSPEL SINGS repair tissue, and do all the sprints at intervals. Riding bers in nearly 10,000 chap- Easy money in wonderful things I’m sup- a stationary bike with two- ters throughout the United posed to on junk food’s emp- minute periods of high-re- States and Canada. Visitors The Corner Stones have a ty calories.” sistance pedaling. Jumping are welcome to attend their gospel jubilee every Thursday For this group of exer- rope at a moderate pace, first TOPS meeting free of hard times? night from 7-9 p.m. The loca- cisers, low-impact exercise then adding a fast minute or charge. To find a local chap- tion is the second building past becomes the better choice. two periodically. ter, view www.tops.org or By Attorney General Roy Cooper Car City on U.S. 701 South of Low-impact activities can “It’s important to begin call (800) 932-8677. Whiteville. For more informa- be an enjoyable break in the tion call Harold Register at 642- day, making it easier to stick While more and more North Carolinians are our of work, 8979 or 234-5303 or Harry Bat- with a routine. The stretch- COMMUNITY con artists and crooks are working full time to prey on unsus- ton at 876-3687. ing and strengthening Vineland pecting victims using fake sweepstakes and lottery pitches. components are performed NEWS You may get a telephone call, email or letter telling you Laddy Cannon and Donna using only body weight as that you’ve won a foreign lottery, or urging you to apply for a Spivey will be performing ev- resistance. Station sweepstakes because you’re already a finalist. During these ery Tuesday night from 7:30- Available for Options are as plentiful as Alcoholics Anonymous uncertain economic times, the promise of easy money can be 10 p.m. at W.N. Railroad St. exercise mats. Calisthenics, meets at First Presbyterian wedding receptions especially tempting. But be skeptical because scammers use in Clarkton at the “Jam.” Music yoga, Pilates, and low-im- Church on Monday, Wednes- & other events the promise of winnings to try to steal your money and your played is gospel and variety. pact aerobics can produce day, Thursday, and Satur- personal financial information. The “Jam” is open to the public. 640-2030 great results. Swimming is day nights at 8 p.m. A guest Remember, it’s illegal in most places, including North Car- For more information call 640- a good example of a low-im- olina, to require purchases or the payment of fees and taxes 8465. speaker will be at the meet- pact exercise that requires ing on the last Thursday of upfront before you can receive a prize. a significant amount of en- each month. The church is lo- In some cases, the scammers may send you a very legiti- ergy. Cardio-boxing, where SHORT Facts of Life Church (of Ta- cated on Thompson Street in mate looking check that is supposed to cover taxes and fees the person delivers blows or bor City will hold its frst Annual Whiteville. BROS. you’re told to pay before you can claim your prize. Once you F.O.L.C. Choir Extravaganza punches to a heavy boxing cash the check and wire the money, the check turns out to be training bag, is a newer op- on Sunday, Jan. 9 at 3:30 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous Se- fake—just like the promised prize. All choirs, groups and soloists tion that is popular for the RENT-A-CAR My office recently heard from a consumer who received an total body fitness it deliv- renity II Group meets on Fri- must pre-register by Wednes- days from 8 - 9 p.m. at the Bi- email pretending to come from Powerball, directing her to day, Jan. 5 with three selec- ers. $ 95 a legitimate-looking website to claim her $1.5 million prize. On the other side of the ble Way Full Gospel Church, tions, no more than 15 minutes 403 East Institute Drive, DAILY The website looked identical to the real Powerball website but stage time. Call 918-7302 or gym, Goldwater notes, high- 19 Chadbourn. For more informa- Hwy. 701, South of Whiteville has the wrong telephone number and email address. Luckily, 377-3008 for details. Funds intensity exercise can yield the consumer realized she had not purchased a Powerball the same or better results tion call Gailya at 212-0548 or raised will go to the building Alex at 991-2036. ticket and decided to call my office and report the scam. fund. The church is located at than low-impact in just half 642-4175 Also beware of the so-called Nigerian letter scam, which 24678 Peacock Road. starts with a letter, fax, or email asking for help transferring money out of a foreign country. If you let the writer trans- fer the money through your bank account, you’re promised a cut. But once you give them your bank account informa- FUNDRAISERS tion, they quickly take money out instead of putting in any money. First Presbyterian Church Many of these sweepstakes, lottery and money transfer women will have cookbooks scams originate in other countries, and my office works for sale for $10 each. The with federal and international law enforcement to try to stop cookbooks are available at them. But the best way to stop these scammers is to get you the church located at 511 N. not to respond to their pitches. Thompson St., Whiteville. Of- If someone tells you that you’ve won a sweepstakes: fce hours are Monday-Friday, • Be skeptical. If someone tells you that you’ve won a prize 8:30 a.m.-noon and 1-2:30 or contest you don’t remember entering, it’s probably a p.m. scam. • Never give you personal information, such as your social The Lake Waccamaw United security number or bank account number, to someone you Methodist Women have reor- don’t know who calls you on the phone or sends out an email dered cookbooks just in time or letter. for the Christmas season. The • Never agree to wire money in order to claim a prize. cost is $15 each. To purchase • Don’t cash even legitimate looking checks that come with call Veronica Marsh at 646- a letter telling you that you’ve won a sweepstakes or lottery. 1534, church at 646-4471 or To help cut down on the number of sweepstakes offers and Phyllis Russ at 646-3748. solicitations you receive: Looking for a new • Sign up for the Do Not Call Registry, by calling (888) 382- 1222, to cut down on telemarketing calls. 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In fact, we’d rather lose a at competitive prices. us so that our database can REUNIONS be updated prior to sending customer, than lie to out registration forms. Informa- one. You may not If what you’re looking for is WHS Class of 2000 is plan- tion can be emailed to: rhbdut- ning for its 10th reunion. For [email protected] “WHS Class always like what HONESTY, RELIABILITY and more information email Ashley of 1976” is also on Facebook Brown Britton at ashleylbbrit- and Classmates.com The third you hear...but we [email protected]. Send her your planning meeting will be Jan.13 ACCURACY with over 40 years of name, address and spouse’s at 6 p.m. at Southern Kitchen. promise you’ll al- name. Call any of the following com- mittee members, if you have ways hear the truth. combined experience from a company The Nakina High School information about a classmate class of 1990 is making plans or would like to help with the re- Now isn’t that what for its 20th reunion. The class union: Rhonda Hinson Bullard- that’s been in Columbus County since has set up a website for shar- Dutton 642-5069/640-8080; you really want in a ing announcements and reg- Laura Pridgen Duncan, 642- 1990, give us a call! istering contact information at 6060; Connie Baker, 642-3099; car deal...honesty? www.nakinaclassof90.com. Keith Watson, 640-3931; Curtis For more information call Sh- Watts 642-3036; Kenny Lee, eryl Long at 919-755-8914 or 914-9665; Margaret Blanks, [email protected]. 212-2721; Kenny Lee, Theresa Turner Clifton, 625-7161/648- SHORT WHS Class of 1976 will begin 5208, Rita Collier Parker 642- 910-642-8084 planning its 35th Class Re- 7387; Phyllis Griffn Merritt 642- union. The reunion is planned 3619, Alex Jordan, 862-9357; BROS. 2764 Old Pine Log Road for Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. or Deborah Gore, 642-7550. Suggestions on the place, en- West Columbus High School AUTO SALES tertainment, caterer, etc. are Class of 1968. Anyone inter- Whiteville welcome. 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Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist Boxcar beauty The Carolina Southern Railroad boxcars in storage on tracks along West Virgil Street in Whiteville never look so colorful as when they and the landscape all around them is covered in snow. Several inches of snow blanketed the county Sunday, Dec. 26 morning, wreaking havoc on travelers and bliss on those just enjoying the scenery. Letters about local Boy Scouting Last year, the Boy Scouts of I like Cub Scouts, it is a lot of have laughed you out of the Boy Scout to attain the rank paid for my volunteer work in I think everyone should be in America’s Cape Fear Council fun. I have met a lot of friends. room. Yet, that is how I have of Eagle. Scouting: smiles from Scouts Scouts. asked Scouts and Scouters to I like getting awards. spent the last five years. Scouting is celebrating its when requirements have been Take it from me it’s a life write letters to the editor in Macon Hammond My son joined Scouting six 100th anniversary this year. completed; pride and tears changing experience. order to qualify for the BSA years ago and the introduc- So, there must be something from parents when Scouts Garet Tyree Centennial Patch. I learn to help others. We tion began. The last five I have meaningful and worthwhile received awards and ranks, Here are a few from Cub learn to do our pledge and spent being a Tiger Cub Den in a program that survives a hugs, thank-you notes, eating We’re both Scouts Scout Pack 513. that every Cub Scout needs Leader, as well as assisting century. ice cream and singing sitcom I never thought about be- ing in Scouts until my son We get to work together. We to be nice. in many areas of Scouting for Hundreds of parents, busi- theme songs after lights-out, became interested. We took have different adventures. We Jacob Memory Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. nesses, communities, support- pies in the face, friendships, on this Scouting thing to- Scouted for food. We also got The statement “Only one hour ers of Scouting and volunteers learning, and the time of my gether. to go camping/ Everything What does Cub Scouts a week” has long left my mind have crossed my path at Scout- life. What a great choice we was awesome. I also got to go mean to me? and there is no truth to it! ing events, registrations, Linda C. Tyree both made. He’s well on his underground. It has helped me learn. Scouting becomes an in- camps and training way to becoming an Eagle Ethan Turner It’s fun. I enjoy doing the centive to become a better I am inspired by their sto- I personally think that projects. individual for yourself and ries of what Scouting means to Scouting is a great experience Scout and I’m on my way to What Cub Scouts means Ronnie Holman. those who surround you. them. Hundreds of these same for boys of all ages. It lets boys having a very good time in a to me. That is a lifestyle, not a seg- individuals have stepped up to get in touch with their inner leadership role with my local We learn to love God and to I think going to Scouts is ment of time on the clock. You volunteer their time, money selves. Troop. love the Pack and respect each fun. At Scouts, I get to make become part of a worldwide and facilities when there was It also lets them get out of I encourage any parent to other. We learn to help people. new friends. “family” through Scouting. a need. Multiply that world- the house. They get out and become active with your son We have fun all the time. Tandem Hamilton I have met many super wide and you have a world of do things they wouldn’t nor- in Scouting. What a wonder- John Isaac Byrd Tiger Cubs who are growing Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, mally do while earning merit ful time of learning, growing If you told me five years ago into fine young boys and many Friendly, Courteous, Kind, badges. Doing badge work is and just having a good time What Scouting means to I would be walking through wonderful Scouts who are Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, a great activity. But it’s not with some great people in the me. the woods at night chant- developing into respectable Brave, Clean and Reverent all work. Scouting community. I like making projects. I ing “Cub Scouts Don’t Wear young men. They spend count- people. We usually have fun play- Please, support your like going camping. I like No Socks,” singing Bazooka less hours learning and earn- Yes, Scouting is an impor- ing Frisbee or football. There’s Scouts. And if you see one, learning new things. I like Zooka Bubble Gum at camp- ing ranks and merit badges. tant program. always great food. When it wish them a happy 100th earning beads. I like wearing fires and spending the night Much dedication is required Just look around you and comes to Scouts there’s always Anniversary. Happy Anni- my uniform. in a tent only to wake up to a for Cub Scouts to earn Arrow ask someone what it means a great time. And there’s ad- versary BSA. Brantley Evans frozen bottle of water, I would of Light and even more for a to them. Sure, I have been venture around every comer. James (Jimmy) Tyree TheThe Connection ALL THE HELP YOU NEED . . . To have your business included, call us at 642-4104, extension 236, 237, 238 or 239. HIGH SPEED HUGHES NET Low Cost Satellite Internet Available Value you can throughout all Columbus County and surrounding areas depend on! $ 39.99 mo. REAL VISION SATELLITE TV 877-251-1680 NO PHONE LINE NEEDED FOR THIS SERVICE! Also ask about our Satellite TV Services - $24.99 mo

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Part time Positions available 2009 NISSAN MURANO, 2WD, V6 ber, and pulpwood - 5 acres or greater. Apply at store location 3.5L, CD. $20,995. 910-739-8371 Call days 642-2909. Lumberton Nissan. MAJOR COMPANY seeking outside OLD WOOD DECOYS, antique guns, territory manager for established area. 2009 NISSAN ROGUE Wagon knives, swords, old stuff. 796 Conway Salary, Commission, Auto, insurance S, AWD, 4dr, theft recovery, 42k, Road, Fair Bluff. Call 910-649-7227. 28 BLADE BURCH hydraulic disc and more. Send resume to Sales $15,995. Lumberton Nissan 910- with all new blades & bearings. Like 2 BEDROOM HOUSE with carport Rep at P.O Box 1071, Danbury, CT 739-8371 TIMBER - WANTED TIMBER. Large new. $1,800. 90 hp heavy duty Hard- Central heat/air, Good location. $500 or small tracts. Please call 910-520- ee 6’ Bushhog, like new. $900 firm. 06813 2003 GRAND AM, silver, sunroof, am/ 2010 FORD ECONOLINE 350 SD, month + dep. 910-840-1433 4728 day or night. Call 910-840-6156. fm, power window. 107k miles Call 640-8364. XLT, 3dr van, 16k. 12 passenger WANT TO BUY - BUCK STOVE. 28 BLADE BURCH hydraulic disc $19,900. Fair Bluff Ford Mercury 2 BEDROOM UNFURNISHED house, Call 910-770-0902 with all new blades & bearings. Like 2003 INFINITY G35 2 dr coupe, V6, 649-7531 1/2 mile out of city limits. Deposit & new. $1,800. 90 hp heavy duty Hardee Part time 2 to 3.5L, moonroof, 73k, $12,995. Lum- references required. No pets. Call DENTAL HYGIENIST - 2010 NISSAN CUBE Hatchback, 6’ Bushhog, like new. $900 firm. Call 3 days per week, hard working, ded- berton Nissan 910-739-8371 642-3740. 910-840-6156. CVT, 4dr, 16k, $15,995 Lumberton icated individual to perform thorough 2005 CADILLAC CTS, 4dr sedan, Nissan www.lumbertonnissan.com high quality treatment in a friendly 2 BR HOUSE, 3 miles south of White- MASSEY FERGUSON 5460 4x4 trac- 3.6L V6, gold. 95k, $10,800. Fair Bluff 910-739-8371 ville. No pets. Dep. and references patient centered practice in Whiteville. Ford Mercury 910-649-7531 100 Pets & Animals tor. Kinzie Planter 8 row narrow. Call Email resume to smile_assistant@ required. Call 642-3723. 910-648-4004 yahoo.com 2005 FORD FIVE Hundred SEL 4dr, 3.0L V6 auto. 81k. $9,900.Fair Bluff 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATH furnished ADORABLE, FUZZY BLACK kittens 230 Miscellaneous GO PHARMACY, INC. is currently Ford Mercury 910-649-7531 2005 HONDA 4 WHEELER RANCH- house, excellent neighborhood. $700 free to a good home. Call 910-840- recruiting for a qualified Pharmacy ER. Execellent condition. $2,700. per month. Deposit & references 3895. Technician/Biller. 2006 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX, 5dr, 910-625-7573 required. No pets. Call 642-4923. 6X12 CLOSED IN TRAILER with fold Please visit our website at hatchback, 78k, $8,995. Lumberton down back door & side door. Ladder, www.evergreeenbehavioral.com Nissan www.lumbertonnissan.com 6 BR, 3 BATH house rent to own, 3 table saw, all roofing tools; too many to apply. 910-739-8371 houses, 3 BR & 4 BR Mobile homes tools to list; also 5x10 trailer with 2 GO Pharmacy, Inc. is an Equal for rent. Also Lots: rent to own & land Vineland axles. Small freezer. Call 918-3378. Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V 2007 FORD FOCUS SE, moonroof, & lots for sale. Owner financing Call 4dr, alloys, 70k miles, $7,900. Fair 910-770-2227. 7 PIECE DINETTE SET $100. Elec- PCS AGENCY SEEKING RN to per- Bluff Ford Mercury. 649-7531 tric stove $125. GE washing machine, form Assessments, Supervisory vis- Station 2007 MERCURY MONTEGO 4 dr, BRICK HOUSE, 3 BR, 2 bath 1,600 $145. GE Electric Stove $145. 8 selec- its, supervise CNAs, etc.. Health/Life 104 BARDY HIGH RD, Hallsboro, 4 sq. ft. City. $725 month + security Available for tion Pepsi machine $150. Antique Insurance, PTO, competitive wages, sedan, V6, alloys, 46k, $11,995. Lum- berton Nissan 910-739-8371 BR., 2 ba, side garage, large shelter dep. 336-870-2501. wedding receptions Lance candy machine $100. Kelvina- and mileage reimbursement. PCS on 2 lots. $89,000. 641-4136. & other events tor antique electric ice cream freezer. experience preferred but not nec- 2008 MERCURY MILAN I-4, 42k V6, NEW HOPE AREA 2 BR, 1 bath 640-2030 $100. Call 642-2600. essary. spoiler, new tires. $13,500. Fair Bluff I BUY Houses and Mobile Homes. house $450 + dep, 3 BR, 1 bath Apply by resume only to B-1223, The Ford Mercury 649-7531 Any Area And Any Condition. mobile home $400 + dep. 770-0534 News Reporter, P.O. Box 707, White- Quick Sale Call Ricky 910-740-9100 ville, 28472 2008 NISSAN VERSA sedan, 4dr, SMALL 2 BEDROOM house for rent auto, theft recovery, 46k, $10,595 on Bussy Rd. in Hallsboro. No pets. SERVICES Lumberton Nissan, 910-739-8371 For Sale By Owner PECAN Call after 6 pm 642-8694. www.lumbertonnissan.com ORCHARD - New listing. Spa- cious 2000 sq. ft. house; 4 BR, 2 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S, auto, baths, sunroom, large landscaped 4dr sedan, white. 48k. $14,500. Fair lot. Immaculate condition! Corian Bluff Ford Mercury. 649-7531 countertops, new roof, appliances. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT in city Extra lot with wired workshop/storage limits. No pets. Deposit & references *** Dee Watts Backhoe building. Call 642-6469 for appt. required. Call 642-3740. Service **** Insured, tree removal, bucket truck, LAKE WACCAMAW - 2 bedrooms, 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT. No pets. top soil, fill dirt, marl for driveway, 2008 FORD F-250 Super cab, XL, 1 1/2 bath, near water. Completely Please call J.L. Powell & Co., Inc. Call land clearing. 640-2463 or mobile 4WD, 4x2, 105k $9,900. Fair Bluff remodeled, new appliances and sid- 642-4049. 770-0534. Ford Mercury. 910-649-7531 ing, garage w/wash room, large lot w/ storage building. 919-921-6675/910- 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT for rent. 640-9533 Nice neighborhood. Deposit & refer- ATTENTION: Hairstylists, Nail Technicians! ence required. Call 640-8098. Are you interested in being Self-Employed? 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, unfur- nished @ Jamestown Square. Con- Do you want to manage your own tact J.L. Powell & Co. 642-4049. time on your own terms? If this is you then contact me as soon as 2 BR, 1 BATH APARTMENT. Range, Reduced! House for sale by you read this advertisement. What dishwasher, built-in microwave, refrig- owner Country Club Estates, 3BR, erator. Water & garbage incl. Single- do I have to offer you? A Beautiful 2 bath. 1,700 sq ft. Excellent con- tary Rd S. Whiteville. $600 month, Modern Hair & Nail Salon located dition. $135,000 910-642-8393 $600 dep. Ask for Fred 910-840- downtown Fair Bluff, N.C. If you are 4734. interested in changing your work The status, environment or location then WACCAMAW SHORES, L.W. 1 br this could be the perfect solution! Subscribe Today, duplex, large kitchen, full bath, laun- Rental rate is very reasonable! dry & living room, front porch, rear News Reporter Call or email 910-207-8215 or patio. References & lease required. No pets. Call 640-8646 or 654-6792 [email protected] Call 642-4104 The News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011 - 19A

on, at, or relating to the property being Exhibit A to any such conditions are expressly Webb & Graves, PLLC we offer in order to better serve our offered for sale. This sale is made Lying and being in Whiteville Town- disclaimed. 5700 Oleander Drive customers. The following changes subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, ship, Columbus County, North Caro- The real property will be sold sub- Wilmington, NC 28403 are planned: any unpaid land transfer taxes, spe- lina and more particularly described ject to any and all prior and superior (910) 790-9944 We may no longer carry Azteca on cial assessments, easements, rights as follows: deeds of trust, mortgages and liens, Dec. 27, 2010, Jan. 3, 2011 the Digital Tier. If that occurs, we aa of way, deeds of release, and any Lying and being on the South side restrictions, easements and other may reposition Azteca to the Nuestra Cypress Village other encumbrances or exceptions of Hwy. 130. matters of record, if any, and to all NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND Tele Tier or cease carriage altogether Apartments of record. To the best of the knowl- Beginning at a stake in the South unpaid ad valorem taxes and assess- DEBTORS OF of Azteca. edge and belief of the undersigned, edge of the above mentioned high- BETTY SUE ADAMS 197 Orange St., Fair Bluff, N.C. ments, if any, which became a lien On or about January 6th, the follow- 10-E-166 1 and 2 bedrooms. the current owner(s) of the property way and being at the outer edge of a subsequent to the recordation of the ing additions are planned for Basic Free laundry room + Community is/are Bernice Crawford. Grader ditch, also being J.G. Inman’s Deed of Trust. Further, this real prop- Having qualified as Administrator Cable: Comedy Central HD Channel room ****24 hour maintenance*** An Order for possession of the prop- North corner of the tract of land on erty will be sold subject to the right, if of the Estate of Betty Sue Adams, 1304, MTV HD Channel 1450, BET Rental Assistance Up to 100% erty may be issued pursuant to G.S. which Mrs. J. G. Inman now lives, any, of the United States of America deceased, of Columbus County, HD Channel 1308, VH1 HD Chan- Seniors 62 years and older 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and and runs with the South edge of N.C. to redeem the above-described real North Carolina, the undersigned does nel 1454. 910-649-7971 against the party or parties in posses- Hwy 130, North 41 degrees 30 min- property for a period of one hundred hereby notify all persons, firms and Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am-2 pm On or about January 6th, the following sion by the clerk of superior court of utes West 95 feet to a stake in the and twenty (120) days following the corporations having claims against TDD Relay 1-800-735-2962 addition is planned for the Digital Tier: the county in which the property is south edge of said highway, it being the estate of said decedent to exhibit Equal Housing Opportunity date when the final upset bid period The Hub HD Channel 1211. sold. Any person who occupies the at the outer edge of Grader ditch, has expired. them to the undersigned on or before On or about January 6th, the follow- property pursuant to a rental agree- also in G. L. Thompson’s East line; Subject to applicable federal law, an the 20th day of March, 2011, or this ing addition is planned as part of a ment entered into or renewed on thence South 42 degrees 30 minutes Order for possession of the property notice will be pleaded in bar of recov- subscription to Cinemax: 5 StarMax or after October 1, 2007, may, after West 628 feet to an iron pipe; thence may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. ery. All persons, firms and corpora- HD Channel 1725. receiving the notice of sale, termi- South 63 degrees East 95 feet to a §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser tions indebted to the said estate will On or about January 6th, the follow- nate the rental agreement upon 10 stake; thence North 42 degrees 30 and against the party or parties in please make immediate payment to ing addition is planned as part of a days’ written notice to the landlord. minutes East 600 feet to the point possession by the clerk of superior the undersigned. subscription to Showtime: Showtime The notice shall also state that upon of beginning, containing 1.45 acres, court of the county in which the prop- This the 20th day of December, Beyond HD Channel 1736. 2010 2BR MOBILE HOME for rent. No termination of a rental agreement, more or less. Being the same as erty is sold. Any person who occu- On or about January 19th, Jewelry TV pets. Deposit & references required. the tenant is liable for rent due under conveyed by Johnnie Bland, et al, to pies the property pursuant to a rental David Duncan Channel 374 will be available as part 1/2 mile from Walmart, quiet neigh- the rental agreement prorated to the Percy H. McNeill and wife by Deed agreement entered into or renewed on 69 Justin Avenue of Digital Broadcast. borhood. 640-3243. effective date of the termination. dated March 23, 1954 and recorded or after October 1, 2007, may, after Whiteville, NC 28472 On or about January 19th, the follow- If the trustee is unable to convey title in Book 199, Page 196, Columbus receiving the notice of sale, terminate Dec. 20, 27. 2010, Jan. 3, 10, 2011 3BR, 2 BATH doublewide set up on ing additions are planned for Basic to this property for any reason, the County Registry. 1 acre lot, ready to move in. Assume the rental agreement upon 10 days Cable: Nickelodeon HD Channel payments. Call Oakwood Homes, sole remedy of the purchaser is the Being also the same land conveyed written notice to the landlord. Upon Time Warner Cable 1205, Spike TV HD Channel 1310, Chadbourn, 910-654-4128 return of the deposit. Reasons of by Deed dated August 16, 1956 by termination of a rental agreement, CMT HD Channel 1460. such inability to convey include, but Percy McNeill and wife to Emery M. the tenant is liable for rent due under Time Warner Cable’s agreements with On or about January 19th, the fol- ASK US ABOUT our layaway pro- are not limited to, the filing of a bank- Perritt and wife and recorded in Book the rental agreement prorated to the programmers and broadcasters to gram, how you can use this while you lowing additions are planned for the ruptcy petition prior to the confirma- 209, Page 69, Columbus County Reg- effective date of the termination. carry their services and stations rou- wait for Uncle Sam. Call Digital Tier: Disney XD HD Chan- tion of the sale and reinstatement istry and being also the same land as tinely expire from time to time. We OAKWOOD HOMES, CHAD- The record owners of the above- nel 1202. BOURN, NC 910-654-4128 of the loan without the knowledge conveyed by Deed dated June 27, described Columbus County real are usually able to obtain renewals or On or about January 19th, the follow- of the trustee. If the validity of the 1967 from E.M. Perritt and wife to property as reflected on the records extensions of such agreements, but in ing additions are planned as part of a USE YOUR TAX MONEY for the sale is challenged by any party, the J.P. Williams, L.A. Hinson, and Char- of the Columbus County Registry order to comply with applicable regu- subscription to Showtime: Showtime gift that keeps on giving. Buy your trustee, in their sole discretion, if they lie Formyduval, Trustees of Calvary not more than ten (10) days prior to lations, we must inform you when an own home. We have homes start- Next HD Channel 1738, Showtime believe the challenge to have merit, Baptist Church and recorded in Book the posting of this Notice are John agreement is about to expire. The fol- ing at $29,900 windzone II. Oak- Women HD Channel 1740. may request the court to declare the 246, Page 606, Columbus County lowing agreements are due to expire wood Homes, Chadbourn, NC 910- George Russ and Linda D. Russ. On a date to be determined, the fol- 654-4128 sale to be void and return the depos- Registry. Any successful bidder may be soon, and we may be required to lowing addition is planned for Digital it. The purchaser will have no further And being also the same property required to deposit with the Substi- cease carriage of one or more of these Broadcast: Russia TV Channel 183. remedy. conveyed by Deed from L.A. Hinson, tute Trustee immediately upon con- services/stations in the near future. The new services listed below can- Substitute Trustee et als, as Trustee of Calvary Baptist clusion of the sale a cash deposit of Service: American Life, BBC Amer- not be accessed on CableCARD- Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Church to Jeffrey L. Fisher and wife, the greater of five percent (5%) of the ica, BBC America HD, BBC Ameri- equipped Unidirectional Digital Cable 1200 SQ. FT. OFFICE, Memory Plaza. By:______Betsy W. Fisher and Norman Sell- amount of the bid or seven hundred ca On Demand, Bandamax, Current Products purchased at retail without Will up fit to tenants needs. Call 642- (SEAL) ers and wife, Evelyn Sellers by Deed fifty dollars ($750.00). Any successful TV, De Pelicula, De Pelicula Classi- 5824. additional, two-way capable equip- Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 dated March 25, 1974, and recorded bidder shall be required to tender the co, E!, Encore(East), Encore(West), ment: Comedy Central HD Channel COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR Brock & Scott, PLLC in Book 277, page 292, Columbus full balance of the purchase price so Encore HD, Encore Action, Encore 1304, MTV HD Channel 1450, BET RENT with over head doors. Fenced Attorneys for Trustee Services of Car- County Registry. bid in cash or certified check at the Love, Encore Mystery, Encore Drama, HD Channel 1308, VH1 HD Channel in lot. Near hospital. Call 640-8098. olina, LLC And being also the same proper- time the Substitute Trustee tenders a Encore Westerns, Encore Wam, Erotic 1454, The Hub HD Channel 1211, 5 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 ty conveyed by Deed from Jeffrey Networks, FUSE, FUSE HD, The Golf FOR LEASE - OFFICE SPACE, one deed for the property or attempts to StarMax HD Channel 1725, Showtime block from Courthouse. 3 offices, Wilmington, NC 28403 L. Fisher and wife, Betsy W. Fisher tender such deed, and should said Channel, The Golf Channel HD, Life- Beyond HD Channel 1736, Nickel- waiting room and kitchenette. Plen- PHONE: (910) 392-4988 and Norman Sellers and wife, Eve- successful bidder fail to pay the full time, RetroPlex, Sprout, Starz(East), odeon HD Channel 1205, Spike TV ty of parking & storage. Call Brenda FAX: (910) 392-8587 lyn L. Sellers to Lewis B. Thompson balance of the purchase price so bid Starz(West), Starz Cinema, Starz HD, HD Channel 1310, CMT HD Channel Worley Realty. 642-9970. File No.: 08-01345-FC01 and wife, Martha S. Thompson by at that time, said bidder shall remain Starz Kids & Family, Starz In Black, 1460, Disney XD HD Channel 1202, Dec. 27, 2010, Jan. 3, 2011 Deed dated April 24, 1984, recorded liable as provided in N.C.G.S. §45- Starz Edge, Starz On Demand, Style, FOR RENT Downtown Commercial Showtime Next HD Channel 1738, in Book 357, Page 117, Columbus truTV, truTV HD, TV Azteca, Weather Building. Spacious parking. Call J.L. 21.30. The owner and holder of the Showtime Women HD Channel 1740, Powell & Co., Inc. (910) 642-4049. Notice of Public County Registry. indebtedness secured by the Deed of Channel. Russia TV Channel 183. Being the same property as described Trust may make a credit bid. In addition, from time to time we make January 3, 2010 NEWLY RENOVATED OFFICE space Hearing in Deed dated October 23, 1995 from Should the property be purchased certain changes in the services that for rent. Busy location. $450 per Whiteville City Lewis B. Thompson and wife, Martha by a third party, that party must pay month. For more information call S. Thompson to Michael Ray Richard- the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) 642-6725. Council son and wife, Linda D. Richardson, per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) WANTED: The Whiteville City Council will hold a and recorded in Book 506, Page 390, required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). public hearing as follows: Columbus County Registry. This sale will be held open ten (10) FARM LAND TO RENT Date: January 11, 2011 The real property to be offered pur- days for upset bids as required by Time: 6:30 p.m. suant to this Notice of Sale is being law. Notice of Location: Council Chambers at offered for sale, transfer and convey- IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTEC- Foreclosure Sale Whiteville City Hall ance “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither TION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT Public Hearing Item: Request for the Substitute Trustee nor the holder OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A of the Note secured by the Deed of RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PRO- 10 SP 0281 a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate a taxicab Trust being foreclosed or the offi- CEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO NORTH CAROLINA, COLUMBUS cers, directors, attorneys, employees, YOU PURSUANT TO A STATUTORY COUNTY business. Citizens interested in the proposal agents or authorized representatives REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFOR- Under and by virtue of a Power of of either the Substitute Trustee or the MATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND Sale contained in that certain Deed of are invited to attend and participate in the public hearing. Changes may holder of the Note make any repre- IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT Trust executed by BERNICE CRAW- sentation or warranty relating to the TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT FORD to BRIAN L. BAZAR, Trustee(s), be made in the above proposal as a result of debate, objection, or dis- title or any physical, environmental, TO COLLECT, ASSESS OR RECOV- 1854 Smyrna Rd., Whiteville, NC 28472 which was dated March 2, 1999 and health or safety conditions existing ER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE recorded on March 16, 1999 in Book cussion. RONALD FISHER BYRON FISHER Fore more information contact: in, on, at or relating to the real prop- DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. 0584 at Page 0287, Columbus County erty being offered for sale and any This the 9th day of December, 2010. Home: 910-642-3663 Home: 910-640-1843 Registry, North Carolina. Debbie Smith City Clerk and all responsibilities or liabilities /s/ Robbie B. Parker”“““ Robbie B. Cell: 910-840-1130 Cell: 910-840-7318 Default having been made in the pay- arising out of or in any way relating Parker, Substitute Trustee ment of the note thereby secured by January 3, 2011 the said Deed of Trust and the under- signed, Trustee Services of Caro- Notice of WELLONTON lina, LLC, having been substituted Substitute THOMPSON as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and ESTATES APARTMENTS the holder of the note evidencing said Trustee’s Sale of 200 W. 6th St. indebtedness having directed that Real Estate APARTMENTS Chadbourn, NC 28431 HOME CARE the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the 103 Jones Place undersigned Substitute Trustee will Family Households STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Whiteville, NC offer for sale at the courthouse door IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUS- 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Now Hiring! of the county courthouse where the TICE Now accepting applica- property is located, or the usual and SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION tions. 1 bedroom units, Apartments Full Time PHYSICAL customary location at the county COUNTY OF COLUMBUS handicap accessible units courthouse for conducting the sale COLUMBUS 10 SP 206 Units for Persons with THERAPY ASSISTANT on January 5, 2011 at 10:00AM, and available. Total electric COUNTY OF ALEXANDER with range & refrigerator Disabilities Available will sell to the highest bidder for cash ALEXANDER 10 SP 174 Physical Therapy Assistant the following described property situ- In the Matter of the Foreclosure of furnished. Head of house- Rental Assistance ated in Columbus County, North Car- the”“ Deed of Trust of John George hold must be 62 or older. Available needed for Columbus & Bladen olina, to wit: Russ and wife, Linda D. Russ to Rent based on income. LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN BB&T Collateral Service Corpora- Please Call: County. Must be independent, COLUMBUS COUNTY, NORTH CAR- Offce Hours tion, Trustee, dated October 16, 2007, Tuesday & Thursday 910-654-3067 computer savvy, and have OLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY and recorded in Book 909, Page 8:30 am - 5:00 pm TDD/TYY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 591, Columbus County Registry and 1+ years of PTA experience. BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 5 AS SHOWN recorded in Book 513, Page 1659 640-3315 1-800-735-2962 AND DELINEATED ON THE CERTAIN Alexander County Registry Office Hours: Great pay & benefits. MAP ENTITLED “PLAT FOR R.R. Robbie B. Parker, Substitute Trust- Mon. - Fri. 9 - 2 pm Email [email protected] SMITH JR.” BY BILLY M. DUNCAN, ee, Other times by appointment R.L.S., DATED FEBRUARY 9, 1988, See Substitution of Trustee as record- “This institution is an equal opportunity or call 910-362-9405 to apply. REVISED DECEMBER 23, 1990, ed in Book 991 at Page 262 of the provider and EQUAL HOUSING RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 54, PAGE Columbus County Registry and in Dynamic Property Management OPPORTUNITY employer.” 3, COLUMBUS COUNTY REGISTRY, Book 542, Page 968 of the Alexander WHICH SAID PLAT IS HEREBY REF- County Registry ERENCED TO FOR MORE PARTICU- Under and by virtue of the power and LARITY OF DESCRIPTION. authority contained in that certain Save and except any releases, deeds Deed of Trust executed and delivered of release or prior conveyances of by John George Russ and Linda D. record. Russ, dated October 16, 2007, and Said property is commonly known recorded in the Office of the Regis- as 1151 Dessie Road, Chadbourn, ter of Deeds for Columbus County, NC 28431. North Carolina, in Book 909 at Page Third party purchasers must pay the 591, because of default in the failure excise tax, and the court costs of to carry out or perform the stipula- Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hun- tions and agreements therein con- dred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to tained, pursuant to the demand of the NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit owner and holder of the indebtedness (no personal checks) of five percent secured by said Deed of Trust and (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), Superior Court for Columbus County, whichever is greater, will be required North Carolina, entered in this fore- at the time of the sale. Following the closure proceeding, the undersigned, expiration of the statutory upset bid Robbie B. Parker, Substitute Trustee, period, all the remaining amounts are will expose for sale at public auction immediately due and owing. on the 6th day of January, 2011, at Said property to be offered pursuant 12:00 p.m. at the courthouse door of to this Notice of Sale is being offered the Columbus County Courthouse, for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS Whiteville, North Carolina, real prop- IS WHERE IS.” There are no repre- erty (including any improvements sentations of warranty relating to the thereon) as described on Exhibit A title or any physical, environmental, attached hereto and incorporated by health or safety conditions existing in, reference herein. The News Reporter, Monday, January 3, 2011 – 15-A State’s hog population Winter storm creates urgent call for blood donors The current winter storm sponsored by Whiteville City 110 pounds and be in general has caused the loss of more Schools and Whiteville High good health. Donors are also than 1,600 units of blood School HOSA. Call 642-4116 reminded that they must bring on downward trend throughout the region, fur- ext 1239 for appointments. an ID in order to donate. By RAY WYCHE said. mostly constant, with the ther jeopardizing an already Walk-ins are welcome. Staff Writer The figures show that there consumption of beef at about fragile blood supply. Tuesday, Jan. 11, Columbus DIDYOUKNOW was a 12 percent decline in the 60 pounds per person, and at The American Red Cross Correctional Institute from North Carolina’s hog farms number of sows in the Sep- about 50 pounds of pork per urges eligible blood donors to 1:30 p.m.-6 p.m. The inauguration of Ron- were raising fewer pigs last tember-November 2010 period person. donate as soon as possible. Call Sgt. Scott Kurtyka at ald Reagan was the biggest, month than in December compared to the same period During the same period, The following Columbus 642-3285 for appointments. fanciest, and costliest in 2009, in keeping with the na- in 2009. consumption of chicken County blood drives are open Walk-ins are welcome. American history. Comedian tionwide trend of Americans The number of breeding showed a steady increase, to the public: Eligible blood donors must Johnny Carson observed eating less pork and beef and hogs in the state, according to with the pounds-per-person Wednesday, Jan. 5, the be at least 17 years of age or 16 wryly: “This is the first ad- consuming more poultry. figures of the North Carolina consumption in 2008 standing Whiteville City Schools from years of age accompanied by a ministration to have a pre- The downward trend in office of the National Agricul- at about 60 pounds, up from 10:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. This drive is parent, weigh a minimum of miere.” the numbers of all categories ture Statistic Service of the about 20 pounds per person in of hogs — breeding stock and U.S. Department of Agricul- the 1960s. market hogs of all sizes — re- ture, has been reduced from Columbus County has 34 sulted in an 8 percent decrease 930,000 in December 2009 to high-intensity hog farms at in total swine in the state 840,000 in December 2010. present, Creech-Greene said. since December 2009. The statistics service es- A possible connection be- Columbus County swine timates that 450,000 sows tween consuming red meat producers, both independent produced 4.5 million pigs in and heart disease is consid- farmers and those raising pigs the September-November 2010 ered to be partially responsi- on contract for large corpora- period, down 8 percent from ble for the increase in chicken tions, are part of the trend, the same period last year. consumption. according to Extension Ser- Other than a lower demand Pork has held its own vice Livestock Agent Phyllis for pork products in the super- against beef in the consum- Creech-Greene. market, factors leading to the er marketplace, according “They have cut production decline in swine production to some officials, because Open 7 Days A Week by cutting down on the num- include larger litters, leading more women are entering ber of sows,” she said. to a reduced need for breeding the workforce and have less January Specials - Prices Good January 1-31, 2010 Actions of the large cor- sows. time for cooking; more time porate pork businesses have Pigs saved per litter aver- is required to prepare a meal New at our Lake Waccamaw and also contributed to a reduc- aged 10.0 during the period of beef than of pork. tion in the number of hogs in in 2010 compared to 9.6 for The state has placed a mor- across from hospital locations: the state, as the companies the same period the previous atorium on any new hog farms weeded out the less productive year. in North Carolina. growers. 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Spring 2011 Basic Skills Classes & Small Business Center Seminars

(GED)Test Get Fit for Life FREE Small Business Center FREE North Carolina residents wishing to take the GED high FREE school equivalency exam may qualify by doing the FREE Earn Your GED at SCC following: Seminars Students may enroll anytime. • Enroll in one of SCC’s free GED preparation classes Pre-registration is required for all seminars. To pre-register, • Score at a high school level on the reading, math and contact SCC’s Small Business Center at (910) 642-7141, ext. 397 or Basic Skills Education language assessments. e-mail [email protected]. MTTh 8am-9pm; • Earn a passing score on the GED practice test. SCC, Room B-103 W 8am-5pm; 1/10-5/05 TEST DATES F 8am-3pm January Test Day Time Date Location CSA, Delco TTh 6:30-9:30pm 1/11-5/05 Time Management for Healthcare Professionals Orientation T 9am or 6pm 2/01 SCC, B-101 W 9:30am-noon 1/12 Interim Centre M. Collins Bolton Sen/Yth Ctr TWTh 5:30-8:30pm 1/11-5/05 Writing W 8:45-10:45am 2/09 SCC, T-122 Th 9:30am-noon 1/13 Interim Centre M. Collins Bolton Sen/Yth Ctr Sa 9am-1pm 1/15-4/30 Math W 11:15am-1pm 2/09 SCC, T-122 Customer Service for Healthcare Professionals Chadbourn Elem Sch MW 5:30-8:30pm 1/10-5/05 W 1-3:30pm 1/12 Interim Centre M. Collins Science Th 8:45-10:05am 2/10 SCC, T-122 Evergreen Elem Sch TTh 6-9pm 1/11-5/05 Th 1-3:30pm 1/13 Interim Centre M. Collins Hallsboro Elem Sch TTh 6-9pm 1/11-5/05 Social Studies Th 10:30-11:40am 2/10 SCC, T-122 How to Start a Home Based Business Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, Reading Th 11:55am-1pm 2/10 SCC, T-122 T 6-8pm 1/18 SCC, T-111 J. Siler TTh 6-9pm 1/11-5/05 Cerro Gordo Test Day Time Date Location The Art and Science of Communication Nakina Middle Sch TW 6-9pm 1/11-5/04 W 9am-noon 1/26 SCC, T-122 J. Bullins Orientation T 9am or 6pm 3/08 SCC, B-101 Tabor City Elem Sch WTh 6-9pm 1/13-5/06 Cultural Competency Writing Sa 8:45-10:45am 3/12 SCC, T-101 Tabor City Elem Sch WTh 9am-noon 1/11-5/05 W 1-4pm 1/26 SCC, T-122 J. Bullins Math Sa 11:15am-1pm 3/12 SCC, T-101 Whiteville - Central Mid Sch TTh 5:30-8:30pm 1/11-5/05 Science Sa 8:45-10:05am 3/19 SCC, T-101 February Whiteville DREAM Center TTh 9am-noon 1/11-5/05 Social Studies Sa 10:30-11:40am 3/19 SCC, T-101 Williams Township Sch MW 5:30-8:30pm 1/10-5/04 Multitasking-Keeping all the Balls in the Air T 1-4pm 2/01 SCC, T-122 C. McLaurin Reading Sa 11:55am-1pm 3/19 SCC, T-101 From Passion to Paycheck-Turning Your Past-Time into Test Day Time Date Location another Revenue Stream Orientation W 9am or 6pm 4/20 SCC, B-101 T 6-9pm 2/01 SCC, T-122 C. McLaurin Writing W 4:45-6:45pm 4/27 SCC, T-122 Business Plan Basics T 6-8pm 2/08 SCC, T-111 A. Mako Math W 7:15-9pm 4/27 SCC, T-122 The ABC’s of Business Basics 101 Science Th 4:45-6:20pm 4/28 SCC, T-122 Th 6-8:30pm 2/10 SCC, T-121 D. Spry Social Studies Th 6:35-7:45pm 4/28 SCC, T-122 Basics for Writing & Discovering Grants Sa 9am-4pm 2/19 SCC, T-122 S. Gore Reading Th 7:55-9pm 4/28 SCC, T-122 Individual Leadership and Organizational Skills The testing fee is $7.50 for new examinees and $2.50 for T 1-4pm 2/22 SCC, T-120 S. Carver students retesting in writing. English as a Second Language (ESL) Appraising Fundamentals Required orientation session will last approximately 1 hour. T 6-9pm 2/22 SCC, T-120 S. Carver SCC, B-103 MTWTh 8am-9pm; F 8am-3pm 1/10-5/05 Students need to arrive 30 minutes before each test. Tax Implications for Starting a Business To pre-register, call (910) 642-7141, ext. 432 SCC, B-101 TTh 6-9pm 1/11-5/05 Th 6-8pm 2/24 SCC, T-120 J. Taylor or e-mail [email protected]. Family Literacy Program Mt. Olive Head Start MW 8am-2:30pm 1/10-5/05 TC Elementary Sch MT 8am-2:30pm 1/10-5/03

General Educational Development Education (GED) Online For more information, call SCC at (910) 642-7141, ext. 401 GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TESTING SERVICE or visit the Basic Skills Lab on the college campus in B-103. A program of the American Council on Education®

Sixteen and 17-year-olds may enroll in the Basic Skills Programs with special permission. For further information, contact For more information about the SBC, contact Brenda Orders Denise Young at (910) 642-7141, ext. 432. at (910) 642-7141, ext. 419 or e-mail [email protected]

Call (910) 642-7141 ext. 296 or 397 for information about SCC’s Continuing Education Spring 2011 Workforce Development Classes.