•Revisit Whiteville High School’s 1965 Wolfpack foot- ball team, which went as far as the state allowed that year, See this week’s Pigskin Picks winning all but its first game

Sports of the season. See page 3-B. winners on page 1-B. ThePublished News since 1890 every Monday and Thursday Reporterfor the County of Columbus and her people. Thursday, September 10, 2015 ‘Residents Volume 125, Number 21 Whiteville, North Carolina suffer’ when 75 Cents EMS calls Inside are missed By ALLEN TURNER 2-A Staff Writer •Possible animal Columbus County EMS Medical Director ordinance on hold at Dr. Joseph Dell’Aria said last week at a meet- Lake Waccamaw. ing with rescue officials at Cerro Gordo res- cue that ‘fuller staffing’ would resolve many 3-A problems but made it clear that patients suffer when calls are missed. •Brady-Kendall Cerro Gordo Rescue officials say they need exhibit opens at more funding from the county to alleviate CCAC tonight. issues. Radio, equipment, ambulance and personnel issues as reasons they cite for other departments having to take their calls. 4-A “The calls that you’re going on, there has •Winston-Salem never been an issue with (quality of care). It’s man killed in getting you to the patient’s bedside and then to Tuesday wreck. the emergency room that we’re talking about,” See Rescue, page 9-A DIDYOB? Gina Deans puts her Spanish students to work on their Chromebooks Wednesday at Whiteville High School. Students easily logged into a game that tested their knowledge. Did you observe ... Old Dock Lake Waccamaw gymnatorium resident Anthony City schools roll out Chromebooks Martin, complet- By NICOLE CARTRETTE ago but many of the laptops and product but six years is a long haul News Editor iPads needed to be replaced. for a notebook. They started dying approved in ing all four Take the The Chromebooks were selected on us and we didn’t have enough Lake Events? More than 600 Chrome books are for affordability and durability, for an influx of students,” he said. in the hands of students at White- said Anthony Martin, chief tech- Last year, the school system capital budget Martin had back ville High School and in the coming nology officer for Whiteville City launched a pilot program with high By NICOLE CARTRETTE weeks every student at Central Schools. school freshmen to test out a Dell News Editor surgery less than Middle School will also have access “We turn the Chromebooks Chromebook. two years ago. ... to a Chromebook that they can use in at the end of the lease but are Martin said further research The Columbus County School Board re- Kadance Ham- at school and at home. given the option to buy some at lead the district to focus in on the cently approved a nearly $2.9 million capital The Whiteville City School fair market value if we would like,” Lenovo notebook. outlay budget that includes $750,000 in local monds attending the board opted to lease roughly 1,400 Martin said. “It meets all of our educational county appropriations for the Old Dock School of the Lenovo Chromebooks for While a Chromebook cost as needs for online courses and Black- building project. Yankees and Braves three years at a cost of $96,510 much as $500 in 2011, they are far board,” Martin said. “Chrome- The funding will cover the cost of con- game at Turner per year. It furthers the district’s more affordable at as little as $250 books – they are certainly taking structing a combination gym and auditorium One-to-One initiative and covers per book today, Martin said. the education world by storm. at the school and roofing needs, according to Field in Atlanta on students in grades six to 12. “Our MacBooks were getting There are a lot of different dis- Assistant Superintendent Jonathan Williams. a recent Saturday The district first launched its a little bit long in the tooth, some tricts moving to the Chromebook “That part of the project wasn’t covered,” One-to-One initiative eight years of them were pushing six years platform.” Williams said. Because the school must meet night? ... Carl Cutler, ago. A mix of grants and technol- old and some of them were just Central Middle School Prin- present-day building regulations, costs will at 61 years young, ogy funding made possible a bulk sheer dying,” Martin said. “They overrun insurance proceeds from a fire earlier Mac purchase roughly six years had great life, and are a wonderful See Chromebooks, page 9-A this year. taking fifth place in Williams could not provide a drawing of the gymatorium or offer dimensions but did the annual “Take the say the stage would feature storage areas and Lake 16 Mile Run/ Take The Lake saw big turnout dressing rooms for productions. Walk”? Carl was one The capital outlay budget is increased by By JEFFERSON WEAVER pants train all year for TTL, while last week,” Stocks said. In the TTL more than $1 million from fiscal 2014-15. The of over 400 partici- Staff Writer others begin just a few months out, X-Treme contest, entries do all four and focus on one challenge. challenges in one day. Tommy Mintz See Gym, page 3-A pants in this year’s Of the 900 participants in last Organizers called the event a of Ash, a previous X-Treme winner, event. ... weekend’s Take The Lake, more than success, despite contrary winds, took honors at this year’s intense 800 finished their events. threatening storm clouds and the contest, and still participated in “We had a big time at Lake Wac- usual hurdles. the traditional TTL events over the Urgent care center camaw,” said Town Manager Harry A large number of the athletes Labor Day weekend. County Deaths Foley. took on – and completed – multiple Some changes were made in this opens Monday at Take The Lake (TTL) is an an- challenges, organizer Julie Stocks year’s events, including an early Whiteville nual personal fitness challenge that said. A total of 349 people completed start for traditional runners and Columbus Regional Okie Sellers traces its roots to the Lee Greer La- the walk/run; 53 the paddle chal- different routes for family cyclists bor Day swims. Entrants swim, bike, lenge; 390 for the bike ride; and 14 and single riders. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new John Briston Glass Sr. walk or run, and paddle their way for what many consider the toughest “It was a safety move,” Stocks urgent care facility at Columbus Regional Duane Everett Regan around a course covering several challenge, the swim. A total of 75 explained. Participants and volun- Healthcare System will be held this (Thurs- miles at Lake Waccamaw. Ruby C. Long Newman didn’t complete their events, for a teers noted the change was a positive day) afternoon at 4 p.m. The center officially The event is not designed to be Billy Wayne Todd variety of reasons, Stocks said. move, and helped reduce congestion opens and will start seeing patients Monday. a race; it was founded instead as a Lillian Faulk Edwards “Many in the 900 entries also CRHS spokesperson Terrie Priest said, personal challenge. Many partici- See TTL, page 6-A Evergreen participated in the X-Treme event “Sometimes there’s a medical need that Noah Elton Floyd doesn’t require emergency care (and the long wait that might entail) but it also can’t wait Chadbourn until your primary care physician’s office John William Crawford Local man was killed in 9/11 attacks opens again. You need an interim level of By JEFFERSON WEAVER moved to the western part care – something that eases the pain, sets the Staff Writer of the county when he break, and treats the burn – until you can see was young. Troy gradu- your regular doctor.” Index A family with deep local roots has a special reason ated from West Columbus The clinic is located on the east side of to pause Friday on the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11, High School in 1968, and the hospital campus adjacent to the visitors’ Editorials ...... 10-A 2001 terrorist attacks. like many young African- parking area. Obituaries ...... 8-A Willie Q. Troy, a graduate of West Columbus High Americans, he moved Priest said, “In an urgent health care situ- Sports ...... 1-B who was born in Delco, and came home to Columbus north looking for a good ation, there’s no face people would rather see Crime ...... 4-A county as often as he could, was killed at the Pentagon job. He was one of many than that of the familiar, friendly Larry Bur- roughs, PA, who will be one of the primary Living ...... 1-C when American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the area natives who rode the building. Troy was among the 125 Pentagon employees bus from Wilmington to providers. He’s been taking care of Columbus and “59 non-terrorist individuals,” including 53 non- New York every Sunday County patients in the hospital’s emergency terrorist passengers and six crew, killed in the attack night and returned ev- department for the last 35 years. He’s knowl- that day in Washington. More than 2,900 people were ery Friday night. The bus edgeable, calm and quick with a funny story killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center in New route made stops at major or reassuring anecdote – whichever you need.” York (including at least one woman from East Arcadia), Willie Q. Troy cities along the way. Burroughs said, “There’s a place for the Washington and when passengers overpowered terror- Troy was drafted into the emergency room and a place for your primary ists in another plane near Shanksville, Pa. U.S. Army in 1970, and found his calling. care doc. We’re not going to replace either. One of those Pentagon employees was Troy. He served both in combat and rear support positions, We’re just a great middle step for you when General’s guard being chosen as a personal guard for Gen. Creighton it’s Friday and 5 o’clock and your child needs Troy was a soldier’s soldier. Abrams. Abrams was known for only allowing the medical attention for something that’s not Born in Delco in March 1950, Troy and his family See 9/11, page 9-A See Urgent care, page 5-A 2-A – The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 Work continues on state Possible animal ordinance on hold at Lake Waccamaw park’s forest rehabilitation By JEFFERSON WEAVER Several other problems with “I offered to do whatever By JEFFERSON WEAVER explained. “The loggers in the park, Hall said. Staff Writer dangerous or threatening the town deemed right to fix Staff Writer this case are a topnotch pro- “We know we have the red dogs have been reported to the this,” Brooks said. “We just fessional crew, and they aren’t bay ambrosia beetle, which Lake Waccamaw’s danger- town, according to the mayor. want this to be over with. I told Progress is slow but sure on leaving a lot of heavy stuff on destroys our red bay trees,” ous dog ordinance will be on “There have been a number them (town officials), to issue the 238-acre longleaf restora- the ground.” he said. hold until the county finishes of incidents,” said Mayor Dan- me a citation if that’s what we tion project at Lake Waccamaw Longleaf pine habitat is “It came in on firewood updating its own rules. iel Hilburn. have to do.” State Park. dependent upon regular burn- brought from outside the park. Town Attorney Sherry Police Chief Scott Hyatt Hilburn and several mem- “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” ing to maintain soil fertility With a cleaner forest, we can Prince was asked by town used the county’s ordinance bers of the board asked if the Superintendent Toby Hall said. and proper pH balance. Where more quickly get a handle on commissioners last month to as a guideline to create the complaints were “retribution” “What we’re asking people is to lightning strikes once caused management problems like the review the new rules. Prince town’s rules. for the complaint that started keep an eye on the long-term fires that burned for months in red bay beetle, and eliminate said Tuesday she found sev- The first citation under the whole review of the dog picture here. In 10 years, this eastern North Carolina, forest some problems before they get eral inconsistencies in termi- the ordinance was issued in ordinance. Both Mr. and Mrs. will be dramatically closer to managers today carefully man- a foothold.” nology. She asked the board July to Buren Harrelson after Brooks said no. the longleaf forest it once was.” age and control burns for much Park visitors and residents for permission to wait until his dogs allegedly cornered a “You can’t legislate matu- Longleaf pines were nearly smaller tracts. of Bella Coola are being asked the county’s new rules come neighbor. Harrelson appealed rity,” Mrs. Brooks said. “We extirpated in North Carolina “After we have a prescribed to keep a sharp eye out for into play before drafting a new the citation to commission- appreciate what the town is due to overharvesting. The burn, then next fall we plant heavy trucks and equipment, ordinance for the town. ers, who instructed Prince to trying to do, but we just want trees grow slowly but produce longleaf pines,” Hall said. “The Hall said. Lake Waccamaw passed a review the ordinance. it all finished.” copious amounts of high-grade fire helps prepare the land and “There is always a lot of ma- strict new section in the ordi- Brooks and his wife Jackie Hilburn noted that the resin, which was used for ev- the soil. It takes time for all chinery associated with a thin- nance earlier this year after attended Tuesday’s meeting to Brooks’ cat was killed not erything from waterproofing the factors to be in place. For ning project like this,” he said. the Jim Brooks family saw find out more about the town’s just on their property, but in boats and ropes to medicines the whole area we’re restor- “Park staff has been flagging their cat killed in their carport plans. They said they had an- their garage. until the early 1900s. ing, first we have mechanical off areas, and making sure our by a neighbor’s roaming dog, swered complaints about the “That’s why we need an Some trees can be tapped thinning, then careful, planned visitors stay informed about and a girl and her dog were family’s surviving cat. The ordinance like this,” he said. for more than a decade before site preparation, then we can what’s going on and where. We attacked in another incident. complaints ranged from ac- “The last thing anyone wants dying. Tapped-out longleafs restore the natural longleaf just ask that folks keep their cusations of a cat scratching a is for a child to be hurt or were usually converted to community.” eyes open, and drive carefully.” car roof to cats defecating on killed.” lumber, shingles and barrels, Hall pointed out that the While some cleared areas a porch and in the neighbor’s The commissioners will or left to rot. restoration of the longleaf might not be as aesthetically WoW ceremony yard. None of the complaints review the new proposal at a The longleaf forests began forest will have benefits other pleasing as others over the life resulted in a citation. future meeting. to run dry around the advent than just the re-creation of the of the project, Hall said the at Friday game of modern timber harvesting proper habitat. payoff will be worth it. Woodmen Life Chapter 137 and sawmilling, and the long, “When you have thick slash “Look at what it will be in will conduct an “In Honor clear lumber produced by the pine,” he said, “you can’t prop- 10 years,” he said. “We’ll have And Remembrance” cere- erly burn the forest off. It gets the longleaf forest well on its hundred-foot-plus trunks was mony at the Whiteville High too thick, and we can’t elimi- way back to what this place is in high demand until after School football pregame show nate the pests, insects, and supposed to look like. It won’t World War II. Friday night, Sept. 11 at Le- invasive species that move in. be quick, but it will be worth The forests that had been gion Field, beginning at 7 p.m. We have thousands of invasive the effort.” bled dry were then timbered All first responders and species, and all of them can and replaced with faster grow- law enforcement officers will have an effect on the natural ing species. be asked to stand and be rec- balance of the park and the The state park is on track to Correction ognized and those who died restore as much of the proper- surrounding area. A clear un- In a story on page 9-B of in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 ty to longleafs as possible, Hall derstory with a longleaf pine today’s issue about about will be remembered. Buying Grain said. The timber project started forest makes it so we can detect World War II pilots, Dr. Sam Woodmen Life Chapter 137 with 38 acres of slash pine. and manage invasive species Whitehead should have been will also dedicate a 30-foot “The first step is to remove before they become a problem.” included as the pilot of a B-29 flagpole they recently do- the slash pine, then start plan- One such varmint is already bomber. in Whiteville having a negative impact on nated to Legion Field. ning for a site burn,” Hall Prestage Farms Corner of S. Canal & Maultsby Streets Land Use Plan needs input 641-8900 800-524-3732 By JEFFERSON WEAVER that allowed adult entertain- factors that have changed city’s growth and develop- Staff Writer ment establishments in some since the last version, includ- ment, Marziano explained. communities hadn’t been ing business trends, updated The city will pay CFCOG City officials and a rural discovered. “Cottage style,” demographics and the mas- $8,000 for the project, with planning organization are “courtyard” and “tiny houses” sive rework of the parks and completion this fall. seeking input on Whiteville’s residences hadn’t been in- recreation master plan. Some The project cost is split next land use plan. vented yet. state and federal funding agen- between the last fiscal year The Cape Fear Council of The previous plan also an- cies require a current land use and FY 2015-16, because the Governments (CFCOG) has ticipated a population of more plan be in place when local project fell midway through released a questionnaire to than twice today’s actual 5,000 governments apply for grants the budget cycle. help city residents, property residents, but it did not take and loans. owners and businesses to have into account intense retail The new plan will be a zon- input on Whiteville’s new land development south of town, or ing tool that can be updated use plan. The questionnaire is at the U.S. 74-76 Bypass. much easier than the cur- Whiteville’s Newest available online through the The new Land Use Plan rent document, depending Now city’s website, and paper cop- will combine a number of on trends and changes in the ies are available by mail or at Open Restaurant city offices. “To give the city the best plan we can, we need to know Christian talent on display what the people involved and affected want to see in White- Chicken ville’s future,” said Jacob Va- at fairgrounds Saturday res of the COG. Vares is work- The Columbus County starting at 11 a.m. ing on the plan with fellow Fairgrounds will be the site The winner will open the Plates COG planner Allen Serkin and Saturday, Sept. 12, of several Sunday, Oct. 4, crusade event starting at city planner Hiram Marziano. Christian music and theme for Newsong in the South Co- Fry The 10-topic questionnaire individuals and groups au- lumbus football stadium. $ 29 asks respondents to describe ditioning to get a chance to A second winner will be 4 their relationship to the city perform during the Go Tell “The People’s Choice” – to Offering the Best – whether they live and work Columbus Crusade For Christ be chosen by votes at $1 each here, own property or just coming to South Columbus from those attending the Sept. shop in the city – then asks High School’s stadium Oct. 4-7. 12 event. In Wings & Chicken Tenderloins the respondent some basic Out of county judges will The winner will perform questions about priorities in select an overall winner from at the crusade’s Youth Rally 2 pc. Snack to 40 wing Party Tray development, shopping op- competition that begins at set Saturday, Oct. 3, in the portunities, etc. 12:30 p.m. Saturday, with sound South Columbus High School “We tried to keep it where checks and other preparations auditorium. Fast • Affordable • Delicious it would provide the data we need, yet still reach the widest Eat in or Take out scope of respondents,” Vares said. 1306 South Madison St., Whiteville The questionnaire also has several questions focusing on 207-6322 In front of Roses rating needs such as traffic, the railroad, farmland/green space preservation, and other issues. Vares said the more re- sponses the city gets to the Coverage that never takes a survey, “the more we can see how to serve the people of the city in the future.” While the majority of the time-out. planning work will be done in house by the city plan- ning staff, Marziano will work closely with Serkin, Vares and Jeff Jackson Glenn Ray Revice Butler Teddy Tedder Tray Burke of the COG. The Agency LUTCF Agent Agent Manager Agent 642-8206 642-8206 plan is being paid for by the 642-8206 642-8206 city’s general fund. The city will save upwards of $20,000 by working with CF- COG rather than a private con- sultant, Marziano explained. It’s not uncommon for land use plans to cost more than $50,000 James Edwards Jeff Register Mike Waddell Jordan Carter for a city the size of Whiteville, Agent Agent LUTCF, FSS Agent he said. 642-8206 654-1100 Agent 654-1100 The city’s previous plan 654-1100 was written in 1995, before the advent of many businesses considered common today. Vape shops, e-gambling par- lors and tattoo shops were not in existence in Whiteville – and in many cases, didn’t exist at all – when the original plan was written. A loophole The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 – 3-A Malpass is Gold Award Scout Lake commissioners By FULLER ROYAL school, I joined as a Lifetime Low Birthplace in Savannah, Staff Writer Member. This summer I’ve Ga. has been the most inspir- upset with detour been employed by Girl Scouts ing,” Malpass said. “In 1910, By JEFFERSON WEAVER encouraged the board to do Lillie Rebecca Malpass has of N.C. Coastal Pines. she started a troop with eight Staff Writer the same. earned Girl Scouting’s top “I love being able to work girls and it has been empower- “We have some say-so in honor – the Gold Award. for the organization that has ing girls since then. When E.S. Wagner Co. be- this,” he said. The East Carolina Uni- helped shape me into the per- “Her life makes me want gins replacing the Canal Cove Project engineer Tom Wat- versity sophomore, 19, is the son I am today.” to help other girls achieve culvert with a bridge, com- son did not immediately re- daughter of Amy and Eddie “My favorite parts of Scout- their dreams and experience missioners want a different turn telephone calls regarding Malpass. ing were the opportunities to the great things scouting has detour than is currently being the project. “Earning the Gold Award travel,” she said. “After my to offer. considered. means that I am one of only freshman year of high school, “Not only do you get to ex- Officials also expect the 66 in our council to complete I traveled to London, Paris and perience great things (in Girl contractor to pay for a tanker an 80-hour service project this Switzerland. I saw Phantom Scouts), but you make lifetime to serve residents affected by a year,” Malpass said. “Getting of the Opera at Her Majesty’s friendships. The women who pending sewer outage associ- a proposal approved can take Royal Theatre in London and are leaders and staff can help ated with the project. months and most girls give up fell in love with theatre. you decide on colleges, careers “There has got to be a better or are scared to try. Receiving “Then as a junior I traveled and help you reach your full way to make this work,” said the Gold is one of the things to New York City and saw it potential. Mayor Daniel Hilburn. I’ve done that I’m most proud again on Broadway.” “I was a Girl Scout for 14 Around 90 homes will be of.” Malpass said her troop was years and have done so much it affected by the detour and Prior to the Gold Award, small “so we all had equal is hard to sum it up,” she said. project, said Town Manager she earned the Bronze and roles. I served at the council “The best part was being able Harry Foley. He received the Silver awards. Submitted photo level on a committee called It to do it with my older sister notice of the pending Sept. 28 “For my Bronze Award, a Lillie Malpass Squared. I was also a voting and my mom as my leader. closure just before Tuesday’s delegate at annual meetings I’ve earned the three hardest fellow Scout and I presented future generations will know town board meeting. for three years.” awards in Scouting and of that information about the dangers of their service. Sewer service will also have She said good leaders do I’m very proud.” of smoking cigarettes, the im- “I also worked with the to be interrupted for a period everything that they expect Malpass is the recipient of portance of using sunscreen Lake Waccamaw Commu- of time during the project so others to do. the Girl Scouts’ 10-year mem- Sen. Jane Smith and eating healthy at a youth nity program, ‘It’s America.’ I a pipe can be moved, Foley “They have a willingness to bership pin, and numerous day held at Whiteville High video recorded my interviews explained. start projects and work hard community service bars and RSP meets School. with World War II veteran “We have a plan in place to but listen to the input of the leadership pins for working “For the Silver Award, the Frank Gault, Vietnam veteran deal with this, using a pumper Senator Jane Smith will others involved,” she said. with younger Scouts. She project was called, ‘Helping Virgil Batten, and with John truck,” he said, “but the con- be the guest speaker at the Of all her badges, her Trav- is also the recipient of the Hands.’ Three of us helped Bell, who was actively serving tractor doesn’t want to foot Columbus County-Whiteville el badge remains her favorite. Dream Maker and Sage Jour- teachers at Hallsboro Middle, in Afghanistan and presented the bill.” Retired School Personnel “I enjoyed earning the ney awards. East Columbus High and East it as part of the program.” The project is expected to meeting to be held at Dale’s Travel badge the most,” she “I also earned the bridging Arcadia Elementary schools Malpass said the best part last 75 days, according to a Seafood in Whiteville at 10 said. “With the Girl Scouts, to Adult membership award,” prepare their classrooms for of being a Girl Scout is that memorandum from Wagner. a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15. Smith I’ve been to our national head- she said. the beginning of the school she can always be a part of Another concern with the will bring updated informa- quarters in New York City. I’ve At East Carolina Univer- year.” Scouting. project, Foley said, is the de- tion about recent legislation. visited two world centers – Pax sity, she is a member of the For her Gold project, she “I joined a troop on my fifth tour. Giving the inspirational Lodge in London and Our Cha- Honor’s College. She is also interviewed the veterans in birthday and was the only one Motorists on Canal Cove thought for the day will be let in Switzerland. an East Carolina Scholar, a her church about their mili- in my troop to stay involved will need to use Bartram Lane Rev. Alonzo Braggs of Mt. “The badge I earned for student mentor and a PASC tary service. She compiled a until my senior year,” she said. to Farley Street to NC 214, then Hebron AME Zion Church of visiting the Juliette Gordon Student Ambassador. record for the church so that “After graduating from high Dupree Landing Road back to Hallsboro. Bartram and Canal Cove to get Members are urged to at- around the project. tend the meetings, pay dues, “We may need a ferry on the bring a gift to be auctioned lake,” joked Hilburn. and are reminded to bring Park proponent calls for trophy case for town hall Foley said he has contacted volunteer hours to the Nov. 17 By JEFFERSON WEAVER end up gathering dust in the in our town,” he said. “People School. DOT officials about the town’s meeting. There will also be fun and games. Staff Writer attic of the concession stand coming through the door of He also noted that a sup- concern with the project, and at Brinkley Park. the town hall would see we porter of one of the softball Lake Wacacmaw athletes Stuart Carroll wants to have a lot to offer.” teams has volunteered to make have a tradition of bringing change that. Carroll is coordinator of the cabinet, using safety glass Whiteville home awards – many of which He presented a proposal to the softball program at the and a finer grade of wood, the Lake Waccamaw commis- park, and said the storage such as walnut or oak. Appliance Repair sioners Tuesday night to place area at the concession stand “All he needs is the materi- Jimmy Pierce Owner/Servicer a trophy case at town hall. has a variety of trophies “but als of your choosing,” Carroll Gym “It wouldn’t just be for the we have nowhere for people to said. “He expects the wood and Continued from page 1-A teams,” Carroll said. “It could see them. supplies to cost around $500, 640-3304 feature awards the town has “We have tons of trophies and he’ll provide the labor Washers - Dryers bulk of revenue for the local received, photographs or other just sitting there,” he said. for free.” Refrigerators & more capital outlay budget comes memorabilia. Carroll suggested the town The commissioners will from county appropriations “It would be a good way to install a cabinet similar to consider the project at a later Reasonable Rates of $1,750,000 and sales tax show some additional pride the case at Hallsboro Middle date. revenue of slightly more than $1 million. Other capital outlay budget highlights include roofing at Brady-Kendall exhibit 372 Artesia Rd. schools budgeted at $500,000 and chiller replacements at Hallsboro East and South Columbus high opens at CCAC tonight schools at $285,000 per school. The 15th Annual Brady- ative interest of the visual arts Improvements at “all Kendall Juried Art Exhibition in Columbus County. These schools” are budgeted at opening will be held Thursday, beloved educators encour- $225,000. Another $150,000 Sept. 10, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at aged budding artists, young will go to purchase security the Columbus County Arts and old, with classes, exhibits cameras and door hardware. Center. The public is invited to and their overall devotion to “Vehicles and mowers” are celebrate local talent and meet the arts. budgeted at $150,000. the artists. The Columbus County Arts The east building at Halls- John Brady and Frances Council honors their signifi- boro Middle School will get Kendall were two outstanding cant contributions to the local floor repairs at $15,000. An- artists who awakened the cre- cultural history. other $50,000 will go the house construction programs at South and West Columbus high schools. Boiler system 5K Run Sat., September 26 repairs at $25,000 and HVAC Pat’s Pet Sitting Service repairs and replacements at In-home pet care for the Whiteville area 7:00 a.m. - On-site PARTICIPANT FEES $25,800 are also in the budget. Registration Opens Another $122,300 goes to an Register online to save! energy contract and $50,000 for 7:45 a.m. - Registration 5K Pat LambertBonded, canopy repairs. 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Open 8-6 Monday-Friday • 8-12 Saturday 4A - The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 Crime briefs Homeless Cocaine Marion Lamont Flowers, 34, Daquadrin Thompson, 19, formerly of of Lavonda Chadbourn Drive, Chad- and now bourn, was shown as arrested on “homeless” Sept. 5 on a and from charge of Wilmington, possession was arrested of cocaine recently in with intent Flowers Thompson Columbus to sell on a County on a charge of posses- warrant obtained by White- sion of a firearm by a felon. ville Police Drug Detective Whiteville Police Drug De- Aaron Herring. Thompson had tective Aaron Herring ob- 3.1 grams of the drug at the tained the warrant that shows time of his arrest. Flowers had a Taurus .40 pis- tol. He was convicted of armed robbery in September 2004, Marijuana according to the warrant. Gregory Terrell King Jr., 26, of Wilm- More ington, was More information about arrested in Staff photo by Allen Turner the three South Carolina men Columbus arrested last week on charges County on This two vehicle wreck Tuesday killed James Robert Bowman, 60, of Winston-Salem, and severly injured his wife. involving heroin – reported by Sept. 5 by this newspaper Monday, Sept. a sheriff ’s 7 – has been released by officers deputy on a charge of from the Sheriff ’s Drug Unit. King Winston-Salem man killed in N.C. 904 crash Roger Keenston Pierce, 54, possession of marijuana with intent to and his nephew Alonzo Lee A 60-year-old Winston-Salem man, on his way home from a the driver’s door and side by a Ford Escape, headed southeast. sell. Pierce, 32, both of Galivant’s visit to a South Carolina beach, was killed Tuesday about 1:45 Rekendall Smith, 30, of Daisy Lane, Tabor City, was the Deputy Paul Rockenbach’s Ferry, S.C., were arrested Sept. p.m. in a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Fronis Strick- driver of the Ford. He sustained an arm injury, and was taken warrant showed King had 11.9 4. Michael James Baker, 36, land Road and N.C. 904 southeast of Fair Bluff. to McLeod Loris Hospital in Loris, S.C., Campbell reported. grams of the drug in three of Aynor, S.C., was arrested Highway Patrol Trooper Melvin Campbell and Coroner Lin- Smith’s car left brake imprints of 22 feet on the road before separate packages. Sept. 3. wood Cartrette said James Robert Bowman died of multiple the impact with the Ford traveling an estimated 40 mph when Detectives said the arrests injuries at the scene of the crash. Bowman’s wife, Susan, 61, the vehicles hit, the trooper added. The two cars spun around were near Fair Bluff and con- Cigarettes was airlifted by helicopter to New Hanover Regional Medical after the impact, and stopped on the shoulder of the intersection. cluded a two-month investi- A male suspect hid four car- Center in Wilmington. The chopper landed at a nearby field in Two Yorkshire terrier dogs, in separate cages, were in the gation about heroin in large tons of cigarettes in his cloth- the Cherry Grove community to get the injured woman. Bowman vehicle, and they were taken by firefighters and rescue quantities being brought into ing at the Marathon Minute- Campbell said many motorists use Fronis Strickland Road workers to Dr. Jeff Burroughs’ veterinary office in Cerro Gordo. – and sold at wholesale prices man Food Mart here on Sept. 8, as a “shortcut” to S.C. 9, the road that leads directly to North One of the dogs did not appear to have been injured in the crash, – Columbus County in the and for some reason returned Myrtle Beach, S.C., and other Grand Strand locations. but the second seemed to be “partially” and perhaps “temporar- Fair Bluff area. The drug then three of the cartons to their Bowman was making a left-hand turn from Fronis Strickland ily paralyzed” in the rear part of the body. The condition might moved into central parts of correct location before going Road onto N.C. 904 when his Chevrolet Impala was struck in get better with more rest, it was reported. this county by others. into the women’s restroom, ac- cording to a local police report. The man eventually left the Assaulted by board Pills store premises in a white car Crystal Beth Ramsey, 39, of Sheena Demetrice Strick- occupied by two females, the Cronly Road, Delco, told Sher- land, 28, an report showed. iff ’s Deputy Steven Shaw Tues- employee of day she had been assaulted and Smokers Ha- hit about her head and shoul- ven in Chad- Misdemeanor ders by a male using a board. bourn, has Rebecca Miriam Harrell, Ramsey reported the incident been arrest- 38, of Gap- at 10 p.m. She was taken to ed on charg- way Church New Hanover Regional Medi- es involving Road, Tabor cal Center in Wilmington by a the sale of City, pleaded Strickland Leland Rescue vehicle. prescription in District The report showed a vehicle medication in June and July Court here was damaged during the inci- while working at the business. on Sept 4 dent, with the windshield and Warrants obtained by Sher- to two mis- Harrell front driver’s window struck. iff ’s Drug Detective Kevin demeanor Norris show Strickland sold crimes, and was put on proba- Oxycodone to an undercover tion for 18 months with a 90-day Staff photo by Allen Turner House damaged buyer on June 26. Strickland jail term suspended. is charged with trafficking by She pleaded to misdemean- Chavin sworn Haywood Horace Fowler, possession, delivery and sale or larceny and fraud by so- Chris Chafin, center, took the oath of office as permanent chief of the Fair Bluff police 62, told Sheriff ’s Deputy Sgt. on the June date. licitation. She was ordered to department Wednesday. Chafin had served as interim chief since Darrell Trivette Tyler Reeves Tuesday that She’s also charged with sell- make $40 in restitution to her resigned to accept the chief’s post in Chadbourn. Town Clerk Peggy Moore, left, ad- some unknown person appar- ing Oxycodone on July 10, and victim. ministered the oath while Mayor Billy Hammond held the Bible. ently stopped in front of his two counts of maintaining the rental home in the 700 block Smokers Haven business as a of Wright Road, Tabor City, place to keep and illegally sell Man shot near Tabor City and fired several shots into the residence. the medication. Break-ins, thefts Jeremy Dewayne Stephens, 25, of the Tabor City area, sus- Fowler’s renter, a woman, The following were victims of a break-in and/or theft reported tained a minor wound to his right shoulder in a shooting inci- was not in the home at the on date shown: dent just before 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, during an argument time of the shooting, reported DWIs • Sept. 9 – International Paper Company, John L. Riegel Road, in the 1600 block of Clyde Norris Road southeast of Tabor City, at 2:12 p.m. Alexandria Desire May, 33, Riegelwood – theft of EZ-GO golf cart owned by United Rentals. according to a sheriff ’s report by Deputy Sgt. Tyler Reeves. of Grist Road, Chadbourn, • Sept. 9 – Dale Meyers, Miller Road, Tabor City – theft of Stephens was in his Dodge Charger when the suspect fired a pleaded guilty to driving while camouflage Honda Rancher four-wheeler. pistol at Stephens. The shot caused a “superficial” wound, and We’re On The Web: impaired (DWI) in District • Sept. 8 – Ernest D. Graham, Vinegar Hill Road, Tabor City – damaged the car. Stephens was treated at the McLeod Loris Court here on Sept. 4, and break-in, theft of 40-inch TV, PlayStation 3 game system, three Hospital in nearby Loris, S.C. www.whiteville.com was put on probation for a computer games, book bag with assorted CDs, cable TV box. year with a 60-day jail term • Sept. 8 – Derrica Maria Jackson, Pocosin Road, Lake Wac- suspended. She was also fined camaw – theft of pit bulldog. PRODUCE $100, and ordered to pay a $100 • Sept. 8 – Lorie Ann Sessions, Vinegar Hill Road, Clarendon – & SEAFOOD DWI fee. She had a blood-alco- break-in, theft of TV, Samsung microwave oven, Toshiba laptop FREEFor Free AD! Stuff hol level of 0.12 when arrested computer, jewelry, Samsung cell phone. Name this year by a Highway Patrol • Sept. 8 – Quanna L. 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A recent have been conducted by coun- Commissioner Buddy Byrd. proclaimed Sept. 19-Oct. 3 as bond sale resulted in lower ty commissioners, but the It was explained the road “Fall Litter Sweep” in the interest rates that will save revision was recommended maintenance is a state func- county. $2.4 million over the life of the by the county planning board. tion instead of a county one They also approved a loan, Faircloth told the board. Changes to the abandoned and that streets and roads change order decreasing costs structure ordinance primarily built since 1974 must be built of the new courthouse con- Almost $14.7 million is George Boren took this picture that surely turned heads owed by Water Districts 2, 3, involve reducing time periods to state standards or the N.C. struction contract by $60,000. for certain steps in the appeals Department of Transporta- The board agreed to a request on U.S. 74-76 near Delco on Labor Day as these flamin- and 5, a debt that will not be gos “migrated” down the busy highway. paid off until 2045. Refinanc- process from 180 days to 60 tion will not accept them into to allow fireworks at next ing the bond debt at the lower days. the state system. month’s Yam Festival in Tabor interest rate resulted in the Votes to change both the Commissioner Amon McK- City and declared September savings. land use and abandoned struc- enzie wondered whether the as “Alcohol and Drug Addic- Church basketball meeting set The refinancing applies to ture ordinances were unani- county could do the work to tion Recovery Month.” The Whiteville Parks and day, Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Any water district debt only; in- mous. bring the roads to state stan- The board scheduled a pub- Recreation Department will church interested in having a debtedness on the courthouse Elder Johnny Moore led a dards by assessing a tempo- lic hearing for Sept. 21 at 6:30 hold an organizational meet- team this year needs to have a was not refinanced. delegation of Peach and Plum rary tax on the property own- p.m. to close out the CDBG ing for the Men’s Church Bas- representative at the organiza- Faircloth’s news probably Streets residents to ask for ers until the money to upgrade catalyst grant and heard that ketball League. tional meeting. was the high point of an un- help in road improvements in the roads had been recovered. R.J. Corman Railroad Group The meeting will be held at Call 642-9052 for more in- usually brief meeting, by their unincorporated area of County Attorney Mike Ste- President/CEO Craig King the Recreation Center Thurs- formation. county commission standards, the county. phens said that would consti- is expected to attend the next that lasted less than an hour. Residents of the neighbor- tute spending taxpayer money county commissioners’ meet- The meeting was preceded hood are not receiving fire, on private property, which is ing. by two short public hear- rescue and trash services not legal. County Manager Bill Clark ings on changes to the coun- because of the condition of “Legally, it’s the taxpayer’s told the board that Corman ty’s land use and abandoned their roads, Moore told the or property owner’s responsi- has tentatively scheduled a structure ordinance, changes commissioners. bility,” said Stephens. reception to officially mark its that were adopted during the “We need help,” he said. Commissioner James Pre- presence in the community for 23rd Annual regular meeting following the “We’re homeowners and we vatte suggested the group Thursday, Nov. 19. Dublin Peanut D.A. Jon David to address Kiwanis on Watch D.O.G.S. District Attorney Jon Da- vid will speak to the Colum- Festival bus County Kiwanis Club on Thursday, Sept. 17, about Saturday, September 19, 2015 the Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Peanuts, Peanuts, PEANUTS Great Students) program that has been successful in schools Salted In Shell, Boiled, Green,We Have It All! across the nation in helping children with and without fa- No Pets Of Any Kind Allowed thers move to greater achieve- Except Service Animals ment in the schoolroom. The program is set for noon No Food or Craft Vendors Allowed on Parade Route at the Southern Sizzler Res- taurant here and is a “Dutch Parade Begins at 10:00 a.m. treat” meal for others who Entry for parade is free except for Queens & Kings. wish to attend. Jon David extra sets of eyes and ears See www.dublinpeanutfestival.com parade section for more info. Fathers in the schools are to enhance school safety helping drive down drop- nity leaders across the country and security, and reduce Bar-B-Que Lunch (School Cafeteria) out rates, improve academic point to the Watch D.O.G.S. bullying, plus improving achievement and increase program to provide positive and building relationships Peanut Cooking Contest high school and college gradu- male role models for students between communities and Classic Cruisers Open Car & Truck ation rates, according to sev- by demonstrating by their their schools, and provide eral national sources. very presence in the schools hundreds of additional “in Show School officials, law en- that education in important. school” volunteers annually forcement officers and commu- The fathers also provide for schools. Food & Craft Vendors Kiddie and Women’s Tractor Pull Urgent Care (Trophies Awarded To Winner) Continued from page 1-A Mechanical Rides Games critical.” miliar Columbus County face ployment screenings as well as Burroughs said that, unlike join Burroughs in the Urgent basic wellness and prevention Our secret recipe Hot Dogs & Sausage during an emergency room Care clinic. services such as physicals and Dogs, Steak & Chicken Fajitas visit, a long wait will not be Marie L. Campbell, DNP, flu shots. the case at Urgent Care. will be joining the practice Columbus Regional Ur- New Rides coming along with some of He added, “The emergency to assist with all that the new gent Care will serve as an room is not supposed to be clinic will offer, including important part of the CRHS your favorites, and activity houses the used as a primary care office, walk-in treatment for every- continuum of care for its kids look for each year! but many people across the day illness and injury, X-rays, patients and demonstrates country have made that a labs, stitches and treatment the hospitals commitment to habit, which only adds to the for broken bones, sprains and meeting the needs of the com- ALL DAY LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: wait time. strains. munity officials say. “Your time is as valuable When Campbell has joined The clinic will coordinate as mine is. You don’t need to the practice and two providers care with other area providers THE BAND OF OZ spend it in a waiting room. are in place, the hours will to ensure patients get appro- We’re going to get you seen be noon to 8 p.m. seven days priate follow-up care. The Mighty Echoes and and on your way as fast as we a week. The current location will be can.” The clinic will also offer temporary. Plans are to per- Black Water Rhythm & Blues Band Later this fall, another fa- employer health services in- Larry Burroughs, PA manently relocate the center to the soon-to-be-vacant MRI FOR ANY CONTEST ENTRY OR ALL INFO VISIT: cluding workers’ compensa- building beside the emergency tion, injury care and pre-em- www.dublinpeanutfestival.com Needed rainfall scarce room entrance. for county in August By RAY WYCHE than two inches.” Staff Writer The eastern end of the county seems to have been Despite rainfall recorded on blessed with more rain than Bryson 21 days in August at the Border the remainder of the county. R. Belt Tobacco Research Sta- Shaw said those crops that tion northwest of Whiteville, are still growing in the fields – Howard precipitation last month was cotton, peanuts, sweet potatoes exactly half of the August and soybeans – are in need of Happy Grandparents Day, September 10 Grandchild of rainfall average in the 61 years moisture now during their last Pastor Robert of weather record-keeping at stages of growth. Sending a big hug & kiss to all of our grandparents & Lisa Williams the station. In some areas of the county, The station’s gauges showed many farmers planted these that 2.68 inches of rain fell four crops as crops to be sold Karli Jacob during the month while the to replace the money formerly Grayson 61-year average for August is brought in by tobacco. Jade Daniel Creech 5.36 inches. County farmers had har- Sullivan Long Born Nov. 14, vested about 75 to 80 percent of 2005 The heaviest rain of the Born Jan. 11, Born March 13, month, 0.58 inches, came on their tobacco crops by Sept.1, 2014 2015 Shaw said. Grandchild of Aug. 7. Grandchild of While rainfalls were fre- Flue-cured tobacco, for Grandchild of Wayne & Janis Susan & John Paul quent during most of the years the main money crop for Lennon Greg Elkins Creech summer, the majority of the county farmers, has shrunk showers provided a low frac- from more than 10,000 acres tion of an inch of moisture. after acreage controls were Even though corn, tobacco voted out for a short time in Carter Cayden Jacob and some other crops were in the 1930s, to about 1,913 acres the midst of being harvested in the current crop year. Creech Stocks Daniel during August, moisture is The average high tempera- Born Aug. 23, Born Sept. 29, Long 2012 2010 needed to help crops still in the ture of the month was 89.26 Born March 13, degrees, slightly above the growth stages mature in some Grandchild of Grandchild of 2015 areas of the county. long-term August average of Wayne & Janis 89.10 degrees. Wayne & Janis Great Grandchild of “The rains were pretty spot- Creech Creech ty,” said Michael Shaw, Exten- The average low for last Wanda Elkins sion Service row crop agent month was 68.39 degrees, for Columbus County. “Some while the long-term August parts of the county got more average low was 67.59 degrees. 6-A – The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015

Mason Stewart, 15, won the Jennie Stocks award for the youngest finisher in the Take the Lake Swim Monday. Pre- senting the award is Laura Vick, the late Lee J. Greer’s daughter. Greer founded the annual swim. TTL Continued from page 1-A

in some areas. tions, and proceeds go to local Foley noted that in addition mission projects. The South- to showcasing the lake’s natu- eastern Oratorio Society also ral beauty, TTL puts a positive performed at the dinner this spotlight on Lake Waccamaw year. for other reasons. Special guests at the dinner “I checked the entries, and this year were the Prescott Rhonda Grice, center, serves dessert to Jessica Overby, left, and Edna Dowless, right. most of those who came were family, who recently donated from out of town,” Foley said. property for the expansion of “Over 65 percent of partici- Brinkley Park. pants weren’t from here, but For the first time, the park they saw our town at its best.” served as a central start/finish Speaker encourages local women Foley said procedures were for several events this year. changed slightly this year with Foley said one unwelcome behind-the-scenes volunteers tradition carried on this year and first response personnel, as well – one of the large Take to be ‘bold’ and ‘courageous’ making it easier to keep track The Lake signs was stolen of participants and watch out sometime during the over- By WALLYCE TODD are currently facing in our for medical emergencies. night hours of Monday leading Staff Writer life, we are called to work A number of riders and into Tuesday. for Him. I loved Ann’s story walkers went down from de- “It’s happened at least once “I come to bring a charge of ‘wild’ prayer and how hydration and other issues, before,” he said. “Those signs and a challenge,” Ann Platz God showed up after she was but were treated at the event. aren’t cheap, but what can we said. bold with her prayer over “There were so many vol- do?” Platz is from Atlanta. She Honduras. unteers, law enforcement, fire Greer’s family was on hand spoke to 75 women who gath- “That story hasn’t left me and rescue, State Park employ- to welcome those who finished ered for the Inspire Ladies nor do I think it will leave the ees, and town staff that really the swim, Foley said, and at- Luncheon at Western Prong ladies who had the opportu- gave their all for this event,” tended the presentation of the Baptist Church Saturday. nity to hear it,” Clark stated. Foley told the town commis- Lee Greer Medal for first swim- The event was a fundraiser “If you were not at all in- sioners Tuesday. “We can’t mers to complete the course. for the Go Tell Columbus terested in Go Tell Columbus thank them enough for their “It was just a great weekend Crusade and to be edified by before today, you’re certain dedication.” for Lake Waccamaw,” Foley the message Platz said. to want to be involved now,” More than 250 people at- said, “and for everybody who Lisa Clark, one of the Virginia Greer said. tended the Take The Plate participated in the events. luncheon coordinators, in- Stephanie Miller, luncheon guest speaker Ann Platz, Bren- “It made me want to go spaghetti dinner Friday night Whether they were compet- troduced Platz. “She’s going da Jolly and Lisa Clark. out and tell others,” Dolo- as well, Foley said. ing, cheering people on from to really call us into action, res Cox said. “I want to do The dinner, hosted by Lake the side of the road, or hand- so buckle in,” Clark said. to those around them with ernment corruption and whatever the Lord wants Waccamaw United Methodist ing out water – it was a great Born and reared in South love and biblical truths. illegal drug trade. me to do.” Church, is funded by dona- weekend for our town.” Carolina, Platz is an inte- Platz asked those who Platz admitted her prayer rior designer, published attended to pray, volunteer was a bold endeavor and author, children’s advocate and consider financially con- atypical for that particular Your source for and more. tributing beyond what they gathering, a secular curricu- & The respected speaker may have already for the lum development session. high quality JEquipmentJ has hosted such dignitaries Go Tell Columbus crusade. Its effectiveness was prov- as Benjamin Netanyahu in “I’m looking forward to see- en in later months, she said. earthmoving equipment her home. ing how you ladies will get The curriculum preparing Rentals “I believe that we’re in a involved,” she said. team met again months later 910-770-0743 time of such turmoil in the Those who invited her and it was publicly noted the Whiteville, NC world, we can’t even believe consider the designer a pow- prayer had been answered in what we’re receiving and erful prayer warrior. much detail. seeing. Where are the righ- Platz shared her experi- “Saturday’s message teous?” Platz asked. “They ence praying for Honduras was so timely about women are folding.” after learning a colleague working to add to the king- She encouraged the In- had had personal and profes- dom of heaven during this spire attendees to contem- sional ties. time of preparation for the plate their areas of individu- The woman was visibly crusade,” Clark said. al influence and to reach out upset about the crime, gov- “No matter the season we Brinkley Park meeting deemed success “CALL US! If we don’t have it, we can get it!” By JEFFERSON WEAVER property, which is on the east- Town staff handled the en- Staff Writer ern side of Brinkley Park. tire cleanup for last weekend’s Among the tentative plans Take The Lake events, for Over 240 Units Available Maintenance and ball fields for the new section are soccer example, but routine mainte- Long or Short Term Rentals Available topped the agenda at the re- and ball fields, walking trails, nance can sometimes result For all your North & South Carolina needs, call cent forum to discuss the fu- additional parking and other in confusion. ture of Brinkley Park and its features. The town manager said Chris Clark Rental Manager 910-770-0743 Foley said 49 people at- a number of people volun- additional 28 acres. 226 Mary White Road, South Whiteville (Just off 701) The town will be receiving tended the public forum, and teered for the Park Expansion formal ownership of the new a big topic of discussion was Committee, which will be [email protected] acreage in the near future, maintenance of the existing co-chaired by Foley and Com- according to Lake Waccamaw facility. missioner Matt Wilson. Town Manager Harry Foley. “We got some excellent “We have a long way to go,” The descendants of Wendell feedback,” Foley said, “and Foley said, “but we have a good Prescott recently donated the some issues were addressed. start.” addition to the town, doubling We need to develop some more Final announcements on the current size of the park. formal agreements.” the PARTF program, which Lake Waccamaw is seeking a Currently the park is main- is administered by the state, Parks and Recreation Trust tained by the town, the county have been delayed until next Fund (PARTF) grant to help parks and recreation depart- year, due to the budget im- with development of the new ment, and volunteers. passe in the legislature. & Cash and Dash EVERYDAY LOW PRICES Premium Beer • Budweiser 18 Pack • Bud Light • Ice House • Miller Light $ 99 $ 99 • Natural Light 8 - 10 and More Marlboro Newport Cigarettes Cigarettes $ 88 $ 08 Per Per Pack Pack *Prices4 may vary in South Carolina locations5 Deaths The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 -- 7A

LORRAINE METTS HELEN WATTS GRAHAM DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE TURNER GREEN SEA, S.C. -- Helen BRITTONS NECK, S.C. Watts Graham, 83, died Mon- JOHN BRISTOL GLASS SR. DUANE EVERETT REGAN -- Lorraine Metts Turner, 68, day, Sept. 7, 2015 at Loris Re- WHITEVILLE -- John WHITEVILLE -- Duane died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 at hab and Nursing Center. Born Bristol Glass Sr., 93, died Everett Regan, 58, passed McLeod Hospice House, Flor- July 14, 1932 in Columbus Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015 at away Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 ence, S.C. Born Nov. 9, 1946 in County, she was the daughter his residence. He was born at Columbus Regional Columbia, S.C., she was the of the late Roston Lee Watts June 17, 1922 in South Bos- Healthcare. He was the son daughter of the late Floyd and May Dee Long Watts. In ton, Va., the son of the late of the late Jean Edward Re- Backman Metts and Dorothy addition to her parents, she George Bristol and Louise gan. Hoffman Metts. In addition to was preceded in death by her Cumby Glass. He was also Final rites will be held her parents, she was preceded husband, William Franklin preceded in death by one at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 in death by two sisters, Vivian Graham Sr.; one brother, Car- sister; and two brothers. at Worthington Funeral Metts and Carolyn Metts. lyle Watts; and two sisters, He was a Home with Dr. Danny Rus- A graveside service will be Eunice Bell and Gwen Fowler. veteran of sell officiating. Interment held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11 Final rites were held the U.S. Army will be in Columbus Memo- in the Hopewell Presbyterian Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Green having served rial Park in Whiteville. The Church Cemetery, Florence, Sea Baptist Church. Burial in WWII. family will receive friends S.C. The family will receive was in Green Sea Cemetery. He was a graduate of C.H. from 1-3 p.m. Friday, Sept. friends one hour prior to the Inman Ward Funeral Home OKIE SELLERS FRANKLIN ‘FRANK’ Friend High School. He was 11 (two hours prior to the service in the church. Other of Tabor City handled the ar- WHITEVILLE -- Okie HARRY TURNER a tobacco buyer and loved service) at the funeral times will be at the home of rangements. Sellers, 87, died Saturday, CLARKTON -- Rev. his family and friends and home in Chadbourn. Roy and Donna Lowman. In- She is survived by two Sept. 5, 2015. He was the Franklin “Frank” Harry playing golf. He leaves to cherish his man Ward Funeral Home of sons, William Dean Graham, son of the late Rufus A. Turner, 81, went to be with Final rites will be held at memory, his mother, Mer- Tabor City is handling the ar- Larry Gene “Boo” Graham, Sellers and Callie Brigman the Lord Tuesday, Sept. 8, 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 le Edwards Regan of the rangements. both of Green Sea, S.C.; two Sellers. 2015 at his residence. at Grace Episcopal Church home; one brother, Furman She is survived by her hus- sisters, Patsy Buffkin, Beth Mr. Sellers He was the son of the with Rev. Dr. Anne Natoli “Eddie” Regan of Chad- band, Jerry Hucks of Brittons Rackley, both of Tabor City; served in the late Forest Cleveland and officiating. Visitation will bourn; one sister, Karen Re- Neck, S.C.; three sons, Roy four grandchildren; and three Air Force dur- Mattie Catherine Coates be held Saturday, Sept. 12 at gan Edwards and her hus- Lowman of Florence, S.C., great-grandchildren. ing the Korean War. Turner and was also pre- the home after the service. band, Steve, of Chadbourn; Bob Lowman of Conway, S.C., In lieu of flowers, memori- He was a member of ceded in death by a son, He is survived by his wife and one nephew, Matthew Nicky Moore of Florence, S.C.; als may be made to the Green White Marsh Baptist Rev. Ronnie Franklin Turn- of 64 years, Ruth Moore Edwards of Chadbourn. one daughter, Angela Cooper Sea Baptist Church Bus Fund, Church. Mr. Sellers worked er; and a daughter, Gloria Glass of Whiteville; one of Johnsonville, S.C.; two sis- P.O. Box 125, Green Sea, S.C. with Bethlehem Steel as a Turner Childress. daughter, Gertrude Glass RUBY CAROLINE LONG ters, Betty Jean Bedenbaugh 29545. welder and the N.C. Depart- He was a NEWMAN of Columbia, S.C., Mary Skin- of Whiteville; one son, CHARLIE HOWARD CASH ment of Transportation as veteran of the WHITEVILLE -- Ruby Car- ner of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; five John B. Glass Jr. (Martha) BLADENBORO -- Charlie a welder with the Bridge Korean War oline Long Newman, 85, died brothers, Raymond Metts of New York, N.Y.; one sis- Howard Cash, 76, died Sunday, Crew and later worked with serving in the Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 at her of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Billy ter, Kitty Glass Davis (Gar- Sept. 6, 2015 at Cape Fear Valley Federal Paper. Marine Corp. and a gradu- residence. She was the daugh- Metts of Kenneshaw, Ga., net) of South Boston, Va.; Medical Center in Fayetteville. Visitation was held Tues- ate of Southeastern Baptist ter of the late Lucy Frink and Charlie Metts of Hartsville, two granddaughters, Kath- He was born in Bladen County day, Sept. 8 at McKenzie Theological Seminary in James Franklin Long Sr. and S.C., Ronald Metts and Donald ryn E. Guthrie of Wilming- Jan. 31, 1939, the son of the Mortuary. Final rites were Wake Forest. the widow of Eugene Curtis Metts, both of Patrick, S.C.; ton, Marietta Glass Fieger late Charlie N. and Lizzie Mae held Wednesday, Sept. 9 in The family will receive “Lucky” Newman. She was and six grandchildren. (Matthew) of Philadelphia, Welty Cash. the mortuary chapel with friends from 6-8 p.m. Thurs- also preceded in death by two Pa.; two grandsons, John He was a vet- Revs. Ray Yow and Eddie day, Sept. 10 at Worthing- siblings, Leo Long and James NOAH ELTON FLOYD C. Guthrie of Fairfax, Va., eran of the U.S. Fort officiating. Burial was ton Funeral Home in Chad- Franklin Long Jr. EVERGREEN -- Noah Elton John B. Glass III of New A r m y. in Columbus Memorial bourn. Final rites will be For more than 50 years she Floyd, 62, died Friday, Sept. 4, York, N.Y.; and several niec- The family will receive Park. held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. along with her husband, oper- 2015 at Duke University Medi- es and nephews. friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Survivors include his 11 at the funeral home with ated Newman Grocery stores cal Center in Durham. He was In lieu of flowers, memo- Sept. 11 at Bladen-Gaskins Fu- wife, Marie Ward Sellers Revs. Randy Speight, David in New Hanover County, born in Evergreen, May 18, rials may be made to Grace neral Home. Final rites will be of Whiteville; two daugh- Crumpler and Kincy L. Bar- Brunswick County and New- 1953, the son of Roy Floyd and Episcopal Church or Low- held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 ters, Diana Sellers Lasater row officiating. Interment man’s Grocery in the Oak Dale Earlie Lee Floyd. He was pre- er Cape Fear Hospice and at the funeral home with Clif- (John) of Pineville and Lin- will be in Columbus Memo- Community of Whiteville. ceded in death by two broth- LifeCare Center, 206 War- ton Kinlaw officiating. Burial da S. Langdon (Ronald Cur- rial Park in Whiteville. Final rites will be held at ers, Kenneth T. Floyd and Roy rior Trail, Whiteville, N.C. will be in Lewis Cemetery in tis) of Wilmington; one son, He leaves to cherish his 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 at E. Floyd. 28472. Bladenboro. He is survived by Charles Sellers (Patricia) memory, his wife, Rachel Worthington Funeral Home A memorial service will his wife, Mattie Johnson Cash of Whiteville; one broth- Jane Edwards Turner of BEULAH LEE KINLAW with Rev. Coy Long officiating. be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Interment will be in White- of the home; one daughter, er, Dale Sellers (Peggy) of the home; one daughter, BLADENBORO -- Beulah Sept. 19 at Whiteville Church ville Memorial Cemetery. The Jenny Wanzy of Fayetteville; Whiteville; three sisters, Theresa Turner Clifton and Lee Kinlaw, 86, died Monday, of Christ, 413 W. Williamson family will receive friends and four grandchildren. Ruthene S. Barnhill and her husband, Dennis, of Sept. 7, 2015 at Lower Cape Street, Whiteville. Wilming- from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. Joyce S. Warwick, both of Clarkton; two siblings, Iris Fear Hospice and LifeCare ton Funeral & Cremation, 9 at the funeral home in Chad- Baldwin Branch MBC Whiteville, Sylvia S. White- T. Gunter of Charlotte and Center in Whiteville. 1535 S. 41st Street Wilmington bourn. head of Cerro Gordo; two Bobby Turner of Bolivia; The family will receive is handling the arrangements. men’s conference Sept. She is survived by one sisters-in-law, Eulee Sellers five granddaughters, Cher- friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, He is survived by three sis- daughter, Sheila Newman 16-17 & 19-20 and Brenda D. Sellers, both yl Wilkerson, Kellie Grib- Sept. 8 at Bladen-Gaskins Fu- ters, Geneva Hall, Lizzie Ham- Horrell of Wilmington; one The Laymen League of of Whiteville; four grand- ble (Stephen), Erica Farm- neral Home in Elizabethtown. mond, Doris Smith; and two son, Donald L. Newman of Baldwin Branch Missionary children; two great-grand- er (Matt), Michelle Turner Final rites will be held at 11 brothers, Neil and Mitchell Harrisburg; two siblings, Baptist Church four-day 2015 children; and several nieces and Taylor Childress; and a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Floyd. Brooks Long of Williamston Men’s Conference, “Building and nephews. five great-grandchildren. Sandy Grove Baptist Church. Pallbearers were Jer- Memorials may be made and Ruth L. Ward of Ash; Men for Christ” will be held Burial will be in Sandy Grove Mt. Tabor MBC fall Sept. 16-17 and 19-20 begin- ry Lanier, Buddy Pierce, to the West Brunswick High five grandchildren; and nine Cemetery. ning at 7 p.m. Butch Sellers, David Rea- School Gloria Childress great-grandchildren. revival Sept. 14-18 She is survived by two sons, Sunday School will be Sept. vis, Johnny Sellers and Scholarship, 550 Whiteville Mt. Tabor Missionary Bap- Jerry David Kinlaw of Golds- 20 at 9 a.m. with morning wor- John Wayne Johnson. Road NW, Shallotte, N.C. tist Church will hold its re- boro, Mark Wayne Kinlaw of ship service at 10 a.m. Memorials may be made 28470. Mt. Olive FWBC sets vival Monday, Sept. 14-Friday, Bladenboro; one daughter, Rev. Dr. Otis McMillian of to White Marsh Baptist Sept. 18 beginning nightly at Glenda Sparks of Greensboro; homecoming Sept. 13 Fayetteville is the guest cler- Church, 341 White Hall CARLTON LEROY three brothers, Frank White Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist 7 p.m. The revivalist for the gyman Sept. 16; musical min- Road, Whiteville, N.C. McLEAN of Raleigh, Emory White and Church will hold its annual week is Rev. Dr. T. Rodney istry by Mt. Olive AME Zion 28472 or Lower Cape Fear COUNCIL -- Carlton Leroy Morris White, both of Eliza- homecoming Sunday, Sept. 13. Murray, senior pastor at First Male Chorus of Elizabeth- Hospice and LifeCare Cen- McLean, 64, died Thursday, bethtown; two sisters, Verna The guest speaker will be Rev. Baptist Church in Lumberton. town. ter, 206 Warrior Trail, Sept. 3, 2015 at Poplar Heights Bowman of Elizabethtown Dallas Byrd of Thomasboro Music will be provided by Rev. Dr. Thurman Everett, Whiteville, N.C. 28472. Nursing Center, Elizabeth- and Mable White of Fayette- Freewill Baptist Church. The various choirs and beginning pastor of Bryant Swamp Mis- town. ville; six grandchildren; and Mt. Olive Messengers will be on Monday night, Mt. Mo- sionary Baptist Church; Blad- Final rites were held Mon- Brunswick Waccamaw seven great-grandchildren. singing. A covered dish lunch riah’s choir will provide the enboro is the guest clergyman day, Sept. 7 at Carver’s Creek will be held after the service. music and on Friday, the First Sept. 17, musical ministry Association Women’s A.M.E. Zion Church with Revs. The church is located on Baptist Church choir will pro- by the Bryant Swamp Male Hardy Ballard Jr. and Freder- Green Chapel MBC Auxiliary sets session Old Glade Road in North vide the music. Chorus. The Baldwin Branch ick McLean officiating. Burial The Women’s Auxiliary of sets pre homecoming Hallsboro. The church is located at Male Chorus will “kick-off” the Brunswick-Waccamaw was in the church cemetery. Green Chapel Missionary 824 Cherry Grove Road, Cerro the conference each week day. Missionary Baptist Associa- Smith Funeral Home of White- Baptist Church will hold its Gordo. A health fair with breakfast tion will observe its 98th an- ville handled the arrange- pre homecoming gospel cel- Antioch BC revival/ Rev. Dr. Thomas Souther- is scheduled for Saturday at 9 nual session Saturday, Sept. ments. ebration Saturday, Sept. 12 land is the pastor. a.m. The health fair features 19 beginning at 9:30 a.m. at He is survived by his moth- at 6 p.m. with various groups homecoming Dr. Melvin C. Gerald of White- the headquarters building, 600 er, Mary McLean Andrews; and and choirs. Antioch Baptist Church Mt. Olive FWBC ville, Dr. Stephen B. Bridgers Pinelog Road, Whiteville. The brothers and sisters, Phoebe Sunday, Sept. 13 will be the will hold its homecoming of Clarkton and Cape Fear service will be rendered by McLean, Gregory McLean, 101st homecoming celebra- Sunday, Oct. 11. Sunday school revival Sept. 14-18 Valley Bladen HealthCare, Frederick McLean, Bobby Elizabethtown. Rev. Leon Dockery and Little tion beginning at 10 a.m. with begins at 10 a.m. and worship Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist McLean, Tony McLean, Timo- Rev. Dr. Louie Boykin, pas- Iron Hill Baptist Church of Ta- Sunday school at 11:15 a.m. The service at 11 a.m. Pastor Chris Church will hold its revival thy McLean, Sharon Maxine tor will present the message bor City. The host church will speaker will be pastor Rev. Hardee will deliver the home- Monday, Sept. 14-Friday, Sept. White, Martha Rodriguez, Jen- Sunday, Sept. 20 with the mu- be Big Macedonia of Supply. Timothy R. Moss. coming message. 18 beginning nightly at 7:30 nifer McLean-Russ and Mary sical ministry by the Baldwin Lunch will be served after Revival services will be- p.m. The speaker will be Rev. Alice Smith. Branch men. the morning service. gin Sunday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. Jonathan Simmons along HOM Outreach nine The church is located at An evening service will be Services Monday-Wednesday with special singing each 4047 N.C. 242 Hwy. South, Eliz- year anniversary Buckhead VFR held at 3 p.m. featuring Rev. will begin at 7 p.m. The guest night. Ronnie Clarida of Pleasant abethtown. The House of Mercy Out- speaker will be Preacher Lar- The church is located on Grove Missionary Baptist reach Ministry will celebrate steak plate sale ry Johnson with special sing- Old Glade Road in North Church along with his male its pastor Robert D. Williams The Buckhead Volunteer ing each evening. Hallsboro. chorus. The church is locat- Happy 4th Sr. ninth year pastoral anni- Fire and Rescue Department ed at 14853 Sam Potts Hwy., versary beginning Wednes- will hold its annual steak Bolton. Birthday in day, Sept. 16-Friday, Sept. 18 at plate sale Friday, Sept. 11 from The American Legion Post at 11 a.m.-until. Plates are $10 Heaven 7:30 p.m. nightly. The final ser- dine-in, carry out. Delivery is Mill Branch MBC vice will be held Sunday, Sept. available for 10 plates or more. Carrie Mae 20 at 9:30 a.m. with lunch fol- For more information call family/friends day 655-8940. lowing the service. Mill Branch Missionary The station is located at 6810 Wednesday, Sept. 16 the Baptist Church will host it’s Greene Old Lake Road, Bolton. speaker will be Apostle Em- annual Friends and Fam- 9/10/42 ~ 11/23/11 manuel Cooper of Emmanuel ily Day/Church Anniver- Temple of Laurinburg. Chadbourn PC sary Sunday, Sept. 13 at 11:15 Thursday, Sept. 17 will be a.m. The speaker will be Rev. Elder Perry Shipman along summer Bible study James Smith Sr. of Mt. Cal- with the Union Chapel church A summer Bible study will vary #2 Missionary Baptist family. be held Wednesday, Sept. 16 Church of Brooksville, S.C. Friday, Sept. 18 will be Pas- from 6-7 p.m. at Chadbourn The church is located at 645 tor Armatha Floyd along with Presbyterian Church. Harrelsonville Road. the United Pentecostal church The church’s pastor, Rev. Rev. Dr. Jerry Ganus is the C.F. McDowell III is leading family. pastor. 112 Jefferson St. • Whiteville, NC 28472 Sunday, Sept. 20 at 9:30 a.m. a study of the Old Testament will be Pastor Shamar Piggott book of Isaiah. 910.642.2128 along with the One Accord The church is located at 600 We’re On The Web: www.mckenziemortuary.net East First Avenue in Chad- Church family. Elder Robert Love, Family#5654 D. Williams Sr. is the pastor. bourn. www.whiteville.com Deaths The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 -- 8A BILLY WAYNE TODD NEIL DELANE DEES MARGARET BOSMAN JEANETTE BARBEE BEST RACHEL LEWIS PORTER JOHN WILLIAM WHITEVILLE -- Billy CONYERS, Ga. -- Neil Delane LORIS, S.C. -- Margaret YANCEYVILLE -- Jeanette BLADENBORO -- Rachel CRAWFORD Wayne Todd, 66, died Mon- Dees, 74, formerly of Chad- Bosman, 73, died Sunday, Barbee Best, 56, formerly of Lewis Porter, 73, died at South- CHADBOURN -- John Wil- day, Sept. 7, 2015 at Lower bourn, died Saturday, Sept. 5, Sept. 6, 2015 at her home. Born Bladenboro, died Tuesday, eastern Regional Medical liam Crawford, 86, died Thurs- Cape Fear Hospice and LifeC- 2015 at Southeastern Regional Sept. 13, 1941 in Horry County, Sept. 8, 2015. Center in Lumberton Tuesday day, Sept. 10, 2015 at Columbus are Center in Whiteville. He Medical Center in Lumberton. she was the daughter of the Final rites will be held at Sept. 8. She was preceded in Regional Healthcare in White- was the son of the late Wil- Final rites will be held late Dolphus Marlowe and An- 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 at death by her parents, Rich- ville. He was the son of the liam Kelly and Stella Fran- at noon Friday, Sept. 11 at nie Mae Shelley Marlowe. In Center Missionary Baptist ard and Louise Lewis; her late Lyle and Velma Turner ces Harrelson Todd. He was Brunswick-Waccamaw Mis- addition to her parents, she Church in Bladenboro with husband, Lawson Porter; one Crawford and was also preced- also preceded in death by one sionary Baptist Association was preceded in death by two Pastor Rev. Dr. Albert Single- brother, William Lewis, and a ed in death by a sister, Grace brother, Bobby Shelton Todd; building, 600 Pinelog Road in brothers; one sister; and one tary officiating. Burial will be half-brother, Robert Lewis. Crawford Cliff. and three half-sisters, Gussie Whiteville with Dr. Rev. Rafael great-grandson. in Kelly Cemetery. Viewing The family will receive Arrangements are incom- Todd, Frances T. Harrelson Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Final rites will be held at will be held from noon-7 p.m. friends from 10-10:45 a.m. plete and will be announced and Gladys Odom. Baptist Church of Atlanta, 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 at Friday, Sept. 11 and Saturday, Thursday, Sept. 10 at Bladen- by Worthington Funeral A memorial service was Ga., officiating. Burial will Community Baptist Church, Sept. 12 one hour prior to the Gaskins Funeral Home in Home in Chadbourn. held Wednesday, Sept. 9 at be Belvue Cemetery in Chad- Loris, S.C. Burial will be in service at the church. Smith Elizabethtown. Final rites He is survived by his wife, Worthington Funeral Home bourn. Smith Funeral Home the Camp Swamp United Funeral Home of Whiteville will be held at 11 a.m. Thurs- Connie Edwards Crawford with Rev. Heath Conner offi- of Whiteville is handling the Methodist Church Cemetery, is handling the arrangements. day, Sept. 10 at the funeral of the home; two sons, Rich- ciating. The family received arrangements. Viewing will be Loris, S.C. The family will re- She is survived by her chil- home with Rev. Bruce Miller ard Scarlet of Detroit, Mich. friends Wednesday, Sept. 9 held from noon-7 p.m. Thurs- ceive friends one hour prior dren, Chevonya Ealey-Brooks, officiating. Burial will be in and Ronnie Scarlet of West- at the funeral home in Chad- day, Sept. 10 in the chapel of the to the service in the church. Octavya Pratt, Lakeya Mor- the Lewis Family Cemetery in land Mich.; one stepdaughter, bourn following the service. funeral home and Friday, Sept. Inman Ward Funeral Home of ris, Michael Gardner Jr., Leya Bladenboro. Cathy H. Cocke of Daphne, He is survived by his wife, 11 one hour prior to the service Tabor City is handling the ar- Gardner, Jennifer Hamilton, She is survived by a sis- Ala.; and five grandchilden. Janice C. Todd of the home; at the association building. rangements. Cheynyla Ealey and Latoya ter-in-law in Bladenboro; one son, Randy Wayne Todd There will be no viewing after She is survived by her hus- Ealey. a nephew; two nieces; four Graham Chapel of Raleigh; four daughters, the service. band, John Bosman; three Friends may visit the fam- great-nieces; and four great- Sandra Kellie Duncan of He is survived by his wife, daughters, Tammy McKenzie, ily at the home of Emory Hall, nephews. sets homecoming Whiteville, Crystal Gayle Geraldine (Maxine) Dees; three Sharon Lynn Williams, Kathy 20741 Hwy. 410 Bladenboro. Graham Chapel A.M.E. Bass of Castle Hayne, Jamie sons, Gregg Dees of Stone Robins, all of North Myrtle Good Shepherd CC Zion Church will celebrate the Sue Valdez of Framingham, Mountain, Ga., Darryl Dees Beach, S.C.; one son, Rob- Sandhill MBC church church’s annual homecoming September events Mass., Billie Jo Bright of of Columbus, Ga., Brian Dees ert Franks of North Myrtle announcements Sunday, Sept. 20. Service will Chadbourn; one sister, Cathy of Las Vegas, Nev.; and three Beach, S.C.; one brother, Joe Good Shepherd Communi- begin at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday Sandhill Missionary Bap- Batten of Chadbourn; three brothers, Carl Dees of Silver Marlowe of Camden, S.C.; ty Church announces its Sep- School followed by morning tist Church church announce- brothers, William “Rocky” Springs, Md., Randolph Dees two sisters, Margie Porter of tember calendar. All services worship at 11 a.m. ments for September are: Todd of Whiteville, George of Chadbourn and Jose Dees Loris, Dora Silver of Santee, are held at the church. The guest speaker for the Sunday, Sept. 13 the Sand- Terry Todd of Clarkton, Don- of Brandywine, Md. S.C.; 10 grandchildren; and 11 Join us as Min. Lanai Sav- afternoon will be Rev. Don- hill MBC Mass and Inspira- ald Reggie Todd of Chad- Friends may visit the family great-grandchildren. age Hyman preaches an ini- ald Mapson, pastor of Mount tional Choir’s will hold their bourn; and five grandchil- at 238 Steele Street, Fair Bluff. tial sermon Saturday, Sept. 12, Pleasant A.M.E. Zion Church anniversaries at 3:30 p.m. Lo- dren. Dr. Steve Pettit 2015 at 6 p.m. of the Armour community cal groups will also be on the Memorials may be made to LILLIAN FAULK The church anniversary and presiding elder of the program. Refreshments will the Billy Wayne Todd Burial EDWARDS speaking at Victory celebration schedule is as fol- Clarkton district. be served. Fund c/o Worthington Fu- WHITEVILLE -- Lillian lows: A meal will be served after Baptist Church Sunday, Sept. 27 the deacons neral Home, 405 Strawberry Faulk Edwards, 76, died Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. the morning service. Dr. Steve Pettit, president of Sandhill will spearhead the Blvd., Chadbourn, N.C. 28431. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 at will be Pastor Terrence Hard- Rev. William Peterson is of Bob Jones University in church’s 106th anniversary/ Lower Cape Fear Hospice and ee. the pastor. Greenville, S.C. will be speak- church homecoming begin- LifeCare Center. Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 7 ing at Victory Baptist Church ning at the 11 a.m. worship ser- Delta Kappa Memorial arrangements p.m. will be Pastor Ray C. Gil- in Whiteville Sunday, Sept. 27 vice. Lunch will be served. An Clarendon FWBC will be announced at a later bert Sr. Gamma meeting at 6 p.m. afternoon service will be held date by the family. McKenzie Thursday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. camp meeting The Omega Chapter of Delta Pettit grew up in Colum- at 3:30 p.m. The guest speaker Mortuary is handling the ar- will be Bishop Elton Bellamy. Kappa Gamma will be held bia, S.C. He graduated from will be Rev. Dr. Timothy A. Clarendon Freewill Baptist rangements. Sunday, Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 at Chad- The Citadel in 1978 and later Lance of Mt. Olive Missionary Church will sponsor The Wilm- the guest speaker will be Pas- bourn Baptist Church. The received a Masters in Pastoral Baptist Church along with his ington Conference of the FWB tor Rodney Gore of First Bap- hostess will be Ethel Thomas. New Townsend TM Studies at Bob Jones Univer- choir and congregation. Church, Inc. camp meeting tist Church, Tabor City. Committee meetings are sity. The church is located at Monday, Sept. 14-Friday, Sept. sets September events Lunch will be served after planned for 6 p.m. followed by Prior to becoming BJU’s 16920 Twisted Hickory Road, 18 at 7:30 p.m. the service. dinner and the program by The Free Man Beyond Me president, he served for 29 Bladenboro. There will be different For more information call Anna Marie Inman, director Foundation will host an Eti- years as the president of Donald L. Thompson is the speakers each night. Pastor Ray Gilbert at 209-4970 of Circle of Hope at 6:30 p.m. quette and Personal Branding the Steve Pettit Evangelistic pastor. The church is located at 3960 Reservations should be Workshop Saturday, Sept. 12 at Team. In this ministry, Pettit or visit the website at www. Williams Road, Clarendon. made by calling Thomas at 10 a.m. at The New Townsend emphasized revival and evan- Liberty WC sets 8th myshepherd.us. For more information call 654-4069 by Monday, Sept. 14. Temple Ministries in Bolton. gelism as he conducted more Good Shepherd Communi- Ethel Cartrette at 653-4674 or The hostess group will pro- All ages are invited to attend. than 800 campaigns through- homecoming Sept. 13 ty Church meets at the Kings- Pastor Bobby Cartrette at 653- vide a gift to be auctioned. The Ushers’ Ministry of out the United States and in Liberty Worship Center ton Lake Building at 3410 4236. The New Townsend Temple more than 21 foreign coun- will hold its 8th homecoming Church Street in Loris, S.C. Ministries will celebrate its tries. celebration Sunday, Sept. 13. A Shipman installation St. James AMEZ sets Anniversary Sunday, Sept. 13 Also on the program will sermon will be given by Pastor service Sept. 20 homecoming Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. be a university music group. Richard Priest at 10 a.m. and Whiteville HC The Men’s Outreach Min- A nursery will be provided. a singing with The Browns of pastoral anniversary The installation service St. James AME Zion Church istry of The New Townsend The church is located at Wallace at 11 a.m. A meal will for Elder Perry Shipman will Whiteville Holiness Church will hold its annual homecom- Temple Ministries will host its’ 2012 South Madison Street be served after the service. be held Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 will celebrate their pastors, El- ing Sunday, Sept. 20. Sunday Annual Men’s Day in the Park (one-half mile south of Wal- The church is located at 89 p.m. at Union Chapel Freewill der Otis Geiger and elect lady school will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 from 11 a.m. mart). North Grove Street, Clarkton. Baptist Church. Elder Kevin Pamela Geiger 18th pastoral and morning service at 11 a.m. -4 p.m. at Bolton Town Park. For more information con- For more information call McGeachy along with the New anniversary Sunday, Sept. 21 The guest speaker will be Rev. The day will feature musical tact Pastor Gary Ledbetter at 840-4325. Prong Chapel Church family at 4 p.m. Darryl Hardy Sr., pastor of talent, poetry, games, motiva- 642-3500. will render the service. The guest minister will St. John Missionary Baptist tional speakers and free food. The church is located on Bethesda UMC be Pastor Helen Jones of Fay- Church of Chadbourn along The New Townsend Temple Grace EC yard sale East Mill Street. etteville First Born Holiness with his choir and church fam- Ministries will celebrate Pas- Grace Episcopal Church homecoming Church. The guest choir will ily. Lunch will be served after tor Lula and Deacon Lloyd will hold a yard sale Satur- Bethesda United Methodist be the Geiger family of North Olive Grove MBC the service. Webb in their 14th Pastoral day, Sept. 19 from 8 a.m.-noon. Church will hold its home- and South Carolina. The guest The church is located 16297 Celebration, Oct. 12-16 at 7:30 There will be household coming Sunday, Sept. 20 with appreciation program organist will be Pastor Kevin Twisted Hickory Road, Blad- p.m. nightly, with the finale on items, baskets, books and fur- worship service at 11 a.m. The Olive Grove Missionary Joyner. enboro. Sunday, Oct. 18 at 11 a.m. niture. Help will be available guest speaker will be Rev. Baptist Church of Fair Bluff The anniversary is spon- Rev. Viola Freeman is the The church is located at 273 to load furniture. Freddie Gore. Lunch will be will hold its Deacon and Trust- sored by the pastor’s aide sup- pastor. Smith Lane, Bolton. The church is located at 105 served. ee appreciation program Sun- S. Madison Street. Rev. Ken Sides is the pastor. port team. day, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. Are You Reading The News Reporter?

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Dell’Aria said. “Unfortunately, cipal Chris Burton likes the great care of the devices. their full potential by using this overshadows everything. durability. “We have found for our de- the best tech tools as possible.” It’s not quality of care that “It’s just not going to break vices the safest place for them While Ketcham has big concerns us. Cerro Gordo’s as easily as the iPad,” Burton has been in (students’) hands plans in the coming weeks, quality of care is as good as said. “That’s definitely one of at home,” Martin said. “There some teachers at Whiteville any and better than many. the bonuses.” is very little theft outside of High School had already woven When you’re there, your skills Parents must sign a permis- the school.” use of the notebooks into daily are there.” sion form for students to bring Burton said with each note- lesson plans. ‘Next step’ the notebooks home and agree book individually issued to a Wednesday students in Gina Dell’Aria asked commis- to pay damages, if necessary. student they take “ownership.” Dean’s Spanish class at White- sioners to take the “next step” The school board opted not to Bruce Ketcham teaches ville High School used the note- in enforcing provisions of the charge any kind of deposit or eighth grade social studies books to participate in a game. county’s contract with the fee to students to ensure better at Central Middle School. As students clicked the squad in a July 29 letter. Cerro access for all students. Wednesday he planned to pick answer on the notebook, their Gordo missed 31 calls between Martin said the notebooks up a green screen that will be responses were immediately Jan. 1, 2014 and June 30 of this are designed for easy repairs used for photo and video proj- registered on a big screen at year. While the county’s peer Cerro Gordo Fire and Rescue EMT-I Ryan Todd invento- and the district has adopted ects that put students “back the front of the room as stu- review committee excused 23 ries supplies in the department ambulance Wednesday, a fee schedule than ranges into history.” dents racked up points. of those calls, the department a daily task undertaken by EMS personnel. from $35 to repair a broken The Chromebooks are was fined $2,000 for eight of charging port to $250 for total equipped with a camera for the calls. who could do that.” vided specific financial infor- replacement of the notebook video and still photography “Even if we missed a call, Under the terms of the mation Worley requested in and carrying case. that can be rotated. the patient did not miss care,” county’s rescue contracts June, she said. “The average iPad would “We are going to do a lot of Cerro Gordo Chief Terry Floyd Fun Day at departments must provide Floyd said poor radio cover- cost $500,” Martin said. “That’s fun things and a lot of proj- said. “Cerro Gordo did not miss at least intermediate level of age in the area was also a prob- another benefit – all of the ects,” Ketcham said. 31 calls where people were Northwest care. lem but had improved since a features we wanted at a lower “They are going to be able left at home without getting “Can you uphold the com- new communications tower cost.” to almost discover what it was The City of Northwest at service.” ponents of that contract that was constructed between Central Middle School is like to live during those times Leland will have Fun Day Other departments an- you have signed on for?” Chadbourn and Whiteville. inviting parents to come to a using this technology.” Saturday, Sept. 12 from 10 a.m. swered the calls and Floyd said Dell’Aria asked. Floyd turned down Wor- parent night in the near future Blogging, web design, bank- until 10 p.m. he did not think they should be There was no specific dis- ley’s offer to have radios re- that will focus on care of the ing, online games and binary There will be activities, called “missed calls.” cussion of the eight missed programmed. His unit’s traffic Chromebooks. code are all part of his lesson entertainment, games, food, In the year-and-a-half pe- calls that were not excused by went to the Fair Bluff tower “From everything I’ve seen plans. bounce house and a street riod covered in Dell’Aria’s let- the peer review committee, instead of to the tower with they are going to be very du- “Social Studies is all encom- dance, fun for all ages. Vendors ter, his unit missed four calls but much time was spent talk- the strongest signal when rable and we are going to be passing,” he said. are welcome, with booth space due to not having the required ing about the reasons for the 23 reprogrammed once before, very pleased,” Burton said. “In our schools today we at $35 for food and $25 for arts personnel for the ambulance missed calls that were excused he said Martin said since the One- have the next Steve Jobs, Ken and crafts. to roll. A lack of pagers is another to-One initiative was launched Burns or Malala Yousafzai,” The public is invited. For ‘Bottom line’ by the committee. Those reasons centered on issue. in the city schools eight years Ketcham said. “It is our respon- more information call 910-655- “Missed calls are missed three primary issues: equip- Six pagers ago that students have taken sibility to help them achieve 3110. opportunities to provide the ment (ambulance) having Just six of Cerro Gordo’s 17 best care for the community,” mechanical problems, non- EMTs have pagers. Dr. Dell’Aria said. “That’s the working communications “We have not been able to bottom line.” 9/11 gear (radios and pagers) and buy pagers to be paged on the Continued from page 1-A If a rescue unit doesn’t lack of enough personnel to old radio system,” Floyd said. respond to the first call that handle calls. His department, like others is sent by EMS, a second call brightest and bravest soldiers the memorial reads, “reflect- dinners for his family, on visits For an ambulance to leave in the county at the time, was goes out to the same unit, and on his personal detail, accord- ing his pride at working at the that the memorial describes as the rescue unit, it must be under the impression that if that call isn’t responded to, ing to the general’s biography. nerve center of the military.” lasting into the early hours of staffed by two EMTs. One the new radios under the new then another unit is called out, The Columbus County man A co-worker described him as the morning. must have intermediate level system would page. Dell’Aria said. was wounded in combat, but “one of the smartest people I’ve When Troy and his brother certification. The 30 or 40 old radios that “That’s eight minutes of refused to leave his post, ac- ever seen.” couldn’t find a good spot to go One paid Cerro Gordo has, which are delay. Well, that’s a problem to cording to his biography on the Back to Columbus fishing, the soldier brought The Cerro Gordo rescue unit not in use, could be utilized for me because if you wait 10 min- National Pentagon Memorial County the fishing home to his brother is staffed during daytime hours paging but it would cost $6,000 utes in the ER to get care for webpage. At the same time, Troy never instead – digging a pond in by one paid EMT-I. The second to bring them back online. The an MI (myocardial infarction Troy didn’t forget his con- forgot his roots at home. He and the backyard and inviting the EMT required before an ambu- department is seeking a grant or heart attack) or stroke or a nections at home – he married Judy regularly traveled home neighborhood to wet a line. lance can roll must come from for pagers, Floyd said. choking episode, that would his “childhood sweetheart,” to Columbus County, where he “He left an impression on ev- the Cerro Gordo’s volunteer “We’ve had to pump out be a significant outcome,” Dr. Judy, three days after he re- bought a home for his now-wid- eryone he met,” Mrs. Troy told roster. Most of the department’s some money on this radio situ- Dell’Aria said. “Ten minutes turned from Vietnam. They owed mother. He made it a point interviewers for the Pentagon volunteers are at work during ation. The county has pumped is pretty much the cutoff for wrote to each other daily while to be home in time to cook large memorial. the daytime, many of them out out some money too, but the brain death, so 10 minutes is he was deployed. The new- of town in jobs with other emer- county has money,” Floyd a big deal and it shouldn’t be lyweds then left Columbus $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ gency medical service agencies. said. “The commissioners can $ $ minimized.” County for White Sands, New Floyd said he could borrow have a tax increase anytime $ ‘No way’ Mexico, his first duty station af- $ an ambulance from another they want it, but we cannot. $ Dell’Aria said, “There’s ter deployment. Their daughter $ service but that it was too much We have to beg them money.” no way you should accept the ReNee was born there. $ $ trouble when his ambulance was Floyd also said that one of fact that you’re letting your Troy had found his calling $ $ out of service for one day only. the back-up methods of com- community residents suffer – he served 15½ years in the $ $ “We have done that in the municating recommended by for eight minutes without any army before his wartime in- $ $ past and it tends to get us in Dr. Dell’Aria was text mes- care. And it (the call ultimate- juries sent him to retirement. $ $ more trouble than it does good. sages via cell phone but is not LET US BE YOUR CASH ly) is not even going to you, it’s The family lived in Washing- $ $ If I borrow a truck from Chad- reliable. going to another service, so it ton, D.C., while Troy was first $ LOAN HEADQUARTERS $ bourn, then they don’t have If a cell carrier’s traffic is a big deal. stationed at the Pentagon. The $ $ a second truck if their truck load is heavy it can take a full “Missed care is a missed family then moved to duty sta- $ FOR ALL YOUR BACK TO $ doesn’t crank, so they probably day or more for a message to opportunity to provide the tions in Panama, Puerto Rico $ don’t want to loan me their be delivered, he said. “Same $ best care for the people of your and Fort Bragg. They moved to $ SCHOOL NEEDS... truck. They will, I’m sure, but with pages,” Floyd said. “I’ve $ community, your parents, your Germany after his retirement, I know they don’t want to,” had pages that didn’t show up $ FROM BOOKS & SUPPLIES $ siblings, your grandparents, spending seven years in civil Floyd said. until the next day.” $ $ your friends. And that’s what service with the army there. Borrowed truck ‘A good job’ $ TO CLOTHES & TUITION, $ it boils down to. And to say it’s The national reduction in force Floyd also said with a bor- “We have done a good job,” $ $ okay to have 31 (missed calls) of the Army meant the family rowed truck, it takes most of Floyd said. “We really have. $ WE WANT TO HELP YOU $ and then dice it up any way had to move again, and Troy the day to inventory supplies The truck and radio issues $ $ you want is not the right way once again took his family back SEND SOMEONE BACK TO and get Cerro Gordo’s gear have made it all look really $ $ to look at this,” Dr. Dell’Aria to Panama. loaded. bad. Plus, there were four calls $ $ said. “When you look at your Troy continued encouraging SCHOOL IN STYLE! “Mrs. Kay (Worley)(County we didn’t respond to because $ grid for the last two years the his wife to better her education $ County Emergency Services we had no personnel.” $ problem is that it’s always the and career opportunities, while $ Director) says she can get me Floyd said “a lot of thoughts same thing … it’s the equip- he attended night school and $ Call 642-5174 $ a truck any time I need one came out” at the meeting but ment, it’s the radios, it’s the earned a degree in computer $ $ and from now on, whenever he is not sure that “anything ambulance, it’s personnel. You science from Stewart Univer- $ $ we have a truck go down. If it’s was resolved. Without some guys are one of nine depart- sity while in Puerto Rico. $ $ going to be more than a day be- additional personnel, I can’t ments in this county and this Coming home $ Cardinal Finance Company $ fore we can get it fixed, we’ll do say I can guarantee that I is not a shining record. It’s not In December 2000, the Troys $ 608 S. Madison St., Whiteville $ that,” said Floyd. “But as far won’t miss calls.” anything to be proud of.” decided it was time to come $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ “Sometimes, I’m not sure ‘Embarrassed’ as for one day, I’m not going home to America. Judy was to borrow a truck, because I’m whether it’s staffing, but I’m He continued, “You’ve got hired for a job in the Aberdeen going to have to call the insur- walking away from here with to believe that what you are Proving Ground/Edgewood ance guys, and make sure all the thought in my mind that if doing makes a difference, area, just outside of the na- the supplies are in it and load he had fuller staffing, it would otherwise you wouldn’t be do- tion’s capital, and Troy went all our stuff in it and by the resolve many problems,” Dr. ing this. I’m just telling you, back to work at the Pentagon. time I’ve done all that the day Dell’Aria said. “Hopefully, we if I was coming on duty and According to the memorial is over anyway. If it’s going to can get it all done.” couldn’t start my ambulance, webpage, Troy continued to be be more than a day, I’ll try to County Commissioner I would be dead-set embar- a soldier’s soldier. see that there’s a truck in the Ricky Bullard said he did not rassed. Or if it’s radios, you’re He awoke every morning at building from somewhere else know if commissioners were on for a whole 10 hours and 4:15 to take the train to work, with Mrs. Kay’s help.” willing to dip into the county’s you haven’t gotten one call. so he could ensure he would Floyd agreed to notify the fund balance to provide more I just want to get you guys arrive on time. “His appear- county EMS when his ambu- funds to Cerro Gordo rescue. fired up.” ance was always impeccable,” lance is down so his depart- “I told Terry earlier to get The doctor added, “We ment won’t be paged to calls. me some financial records don’t feel we’re providing the “Even if it’s 7 in the morning, and I would take it before the level of care that we need to and you see that your ambu- board,” Bullard said. PBS’s American provide to the county in Cerro lance is going to be down for Some departments need Gordo. Clearly, the penalties Experience to the day, call me on my cell help more than others, he said. don’t mean anything because phone and let me know,” Wor- “The smaller departments they haven’t changed any of feature Disney ley said. struggle and I stand by my your statistics. And so I’m sit- Cerro Gordo officials say requests.” On Monday, Sept. 14 and ting here and I’m hearing that they cannot afford additional Three “outsiders” attended Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 9 p.m., eight minutes is okay, that 24 paid staff. the meeting with Cerro Gordo PBS’s American Experience hours is okay, and I’m just kind Rescue tax Fire and Rescue board and presents the life of Walt Dis- of surprised, that’s all. I don’t Earlier this year, Randy department members, Worley, ney. The two-part, four-hour know what to say. I just don’t Guyton of the county’s fire and Dr. Dell’Aria. program is an unprecedented know what to say.” and rescue squad association They were Bullard, who look at the hugely popular Dell’Aria told the group the appeared before the county represents the Cerro Gordo animation/theme park inno- purpose of Thursday’s meet- commissioners to request area, Danny “Bill” Meares, vator, who, when he died in ing was to make the rescue that the county rescue tax be who ran unsuccessfully December 1966, was at the top board aware that the squad’s increased from two cents to against Bullard in the last of his creative abilities. contractual obligations are three cents per $100 of proper- election, and a newspaper American Experience pro- not being met. reporter. ducers had, for years, wanted ‘Was fine’ ty evaluation. Commissioners said they did not implement County commissioners to create an episode about Dis- Floyd responded, “As long the increase because Guyton James Prevatte and Edwin ney, but were denied access to as we were a basic squad, was not able to provide enough Russ, who sit on the peer the massive Disney archives. everything was fine. When we financial data from the nine review committee, were not Last year, that access was had to go to intermediate level, rescue units in the county. invited to the session and did granted and the Disney Stu- then we didn’t have the people Rescue units have not pro- not attend. dios left the producers alone. Editorials The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015

Volunteers run short at rescue units Last Thursday’s meeting concerning Cerro Gordo Rescue’s missed calls and the squad’s appeal for more funding to improve staffing raises the question about how much longer the county can continue to operate a decentralized EMS system where volunteers provide a good deal of the coverage. When looking at the Cerro Gordo situa- Ramblin’ tion, it’s important to understand that it’s much harder to be a volunteer than it was 20 with Ann or 30 years ago, when volunteers could obtain their EMT cer- By ANN WORTHINGTON tificates with The point only 30 to 60 Issues at Cerro Gordo It’s been so much fun this year hours of train- raise the larger ques- as I made many jars of straw- ing, the patient berry and peach preserves that I paperwork was tion: can the county knew my family would thorough- minimal, there continue to rely on vol- ly enjoy during the long, winter weren’t as unteer rescue squads months. I so much enjoy mak- many nursing ing a large pan of biscuits and home or abuse- when volunteers are so standing back and watching and of-service calls, hard to come by. listening as my family brags and and continuing smacks on Mama’s and Grannies’ education requirements were far fewer. good treats. Additionally, each squad today is required Thinking about homemade to operate at least at the EMT-Intermediate Public opinion biscuits, I remember the first level. That’s a positive because the level of time I tried to make the easy- care is much higher, but the hundreds of looking biscuit that was served at hours of training and continuing education role reluctantly, however, with the entry fee usually supports a local most meals at my home. I wasn’t required preclude many people from becom- TTL keeps on hope that others will some day step charity, and that charity then has a too worried about my first try to ing volunteers. As nearly 1,000 people “took” up to take her place. strong interest in its organization. make the bread, because my mom Despite the challenges today, Medical Lake Waccamaw this weekend, I I have felt about Take the Lake While Take the Lake has do- made the biscuit-making look so Director Dr. Joseph Dell’Aria is right: citizens cheered every one of them on from much in the way a parent does with nated thousands of dollars over easy, until I thought I could make who call for an ambulance and expect a quick 5,000 miles away. a child. I knew I couldn’t father it the years, no group will take the them with my eyes closed. Boy, response don’t want excuses, they want help. I helped organize Take the Lake forever, and my greatest hope has responsibility of organizing the was I wrong! By law, this responsibility falls squarely on for six years, and when I left this always been that, after I let go of event without being solely funded The first day I decided to the shoulders of the county commissioners. summer for Peace Corps service in its hand, it would grow to be big- by it. This is perfectly reasonable, make these delicious little treats Columbus County is one of the few re- Moldova, I wasn’t sure how I would ger and stronger than I could ever and, by the way, it makes Julie’s I thought would surely bring a maining counties in the state that isn’t served feel with it all going on without me. make it. work all that much more beauti- round of applause from the fam- by a county-operated EMS system. Most Well, turns out that I missed it very Here in the Peace Corps, we talk ful; she and her committee give ily, so I began my nightmare of counties also provide the highest level of much, but I was excited and even a lot about sustainability. After 50 hundreds of hours to this project cooking. EMS service – paramedic – a service that only giddy all weekend as I watched years of creating projects around each year, purely out of love for I placed a large bowl on the county residents in and around Whiteville it unfold on social media and on the world, and leaving many of their community and out of their table. I then dumped it about half have access to. Whiteville.com. them to fail, we are now very care- desire to help people be healthy. full of flour without checking to Here, nine separate non-profit corpora- All of the organizers, volun- ful to plan each project with a look I say all that to let you know see if it was plain or self-rising. tions have contracts with the county to pro- teers, partners and participants decades into the future. that, yes, Take the Lake is as I thought it wouldn’t really vide EMS. Each gets a county stipend, money did an incredible job and should Is Take the Lake sustainable? strong as ever, but it stands on a matter. I remembered seeing my from a 2-cent tax district, and fees collected be very proud! It will be as long as Julie can keep foundation that is more fragile mom scoop a little hole in the by charging for calls in order to operate. The The committee is already pre- steering it, or if someone equally than that of other fitness events. middle, so I did this too. Then smaller squads, like the one at Cerro Gordo, paring their “Thank you” notes, capable and passionate succeeds So, I invite you to join the Take the I went to Mom’s cabinet and struggle financially because of low call vol- so, I am writing this to thank one her. She is building an impressive Lake committee, help them decide remembered she had added lard ume and revenues. person in particular on behalf of committee, and the other members on a theme for 2016, and gear up to her biscuits. So without wor- Though there is good oversight by the people of Columbus County, of the Take the Lake Foundation for another year. You might even rying about the amount I should Dell’Aria over medical care, the largely and to ask for your help. board of directors, Walter Palmer, find yourself choosing a leading use, I added a large amount of hands-off approach taken by the county Thank you, Julie Stocks. Coburn Powell and Eric Brandt, role in the largest fitness event in this greasy stuff. Without a doubt, causes operational and lack-of-control issues. Now, those who know Julie will have a strong interest in continu- Columbus County. I knew I should either add milk Most squads usually have little difficulty not be surprised to hear of the in- ing what has become a popular Visit the Take the Lake website or water. Since I was not sure of getting their first-out ambulances on the road, credible job she has done leading Columbus County tradition. at www.Takethelake.org to learn the amount, I added a generous but when the ambulances are staffed - mostly this effort. When I announced ear- But, one thing that separates more and to contact the committee. amount of both. Then I was ready on nights and on weekends solely with vol- ly last year that I would be leaving, Take the Lake from thousands of There exists an exciting op- to mix this stuff up, so I plunged unteers who must drive to the station to get she quickly stepped up to ensure fitness events of its size, is that portunity for leadership in Take in with my hands and began the an ambulance, or when there are second or that Take the Lake would continue. it is free to participate. We have the Lake, a chance to take its hand biscuit-making process. In no third calls when the paid staff isn’t on duty, She began organizing a new team been funded enthusiastically by and to help it grow far bigger and time, I had biscuit dough glued response times are often unacceptable. of volunteers in 2014, while I was sponsors over the years, but those stronger than I ever could. to my hands and even some up Emergency Services, for example, has an still in Columbus County, and she other events have something more Mark Gilchrist my arm, but I finally managed to unexplainable policy at the 911 Center of took over completely this year. valuable than the entry fees they Riscani, Moldova scoop out enough of this clingy waiting six to nine minutes before paging out She has taken this enormous charge. See, a fitness event with an stuff to make about 20 circles on the next closest department when a squad’s an ungreased cookie sheet. primary ambulance crew is on a call and I already had the stove heated additional pages go unanswered. Lives have to 500 degrees, so I proudly placed surely been lost because of this policy; yet, no Character education: Good judgment the pan of biscuits in the stove’s one has stepped in to change it. oven and waited for my mouth- It’s time for the commissioners to ask for a By the Rev. TIMOTHY process. peer pressure and emotion.” watering treat to cook. In a few study by an outside source to see either how LANCE When I speak with students Embracing this definition of minutes, I opened the oven door the current system can be improved, or how a Special to The News Reporter regarding the many choices of good judgment compels us to in- to see a nicely browned pan of county-run system would operate. life and the decision-making pro- doctrinate our children with this biscuits. I could hardly wait for In most cases, the system in place works, Every day we awake from slum- cess, they character trait. Our children are the family to take their first bites but as seen by the situation at Cerro Gordo ber in our beds, we are immediate- often tell faced with a tremendous amount of my surprise. and often elsewhere, staffing issues are ly faced with the choice to stay in me that of negative peer pressure, which I noticed they all only took one endangering lives, and the situation is only bed or get out of bed; to wash our they do provokes considerable emotional bite of my treat and left the rest. going to get worse if there aren’t changes. bodies or not to wash; get dressed not have distress. When individuals make So I decided I would take a good- or not get dressed; eat breakfast those decisions in the midst of emo- sized bite too. or not eat; brush our teeth or not choices. tional distress, the consequences I’m surprised I have any teeth brush. If we decide to get dressed, Some are often catastrophic. today because my biscuits were Commentary we must make a choice regarding of them For most of my adult life I so hard, you could have won the Limericks by Bob Aldrich what we will put on. If we decide tell me if have been in some capacity of World Series using one of my to eat, we must decide what we they do leadership and have personally cement-hard biscuits for the ball. will eat. not get witnessed many lives, adults and After a good amount of Syria’s choice is Isis or Assad. As you can see, before we ever out of children, destroyed due to the instructions from my mom, my Both claim guidance from Allah, their God. leave our domicile, we encoun- bed they Lance failure to apply good judgment in biscuits are much, much, better Though Assad is corrupt, ter many choices and decisions will get the decision-making process. In n o w. His Sunni force can disrupt regarding our lives. This deci- a spanking from their parents. I fact, during my college days and My friends, I hope for all of Further terrorist Shiite Jehad. sion-making process continues immediately explain to them that the first couple of years as an of- you many blessings, and as al- throughout the day, every single they do indeed have a choice to ficer in the army, it is only by the ways, until next time, don’t forget Lake dog owners are facing restraints. day, and requires the application get out of bed or stay in bed. In grace of God that my own life was God loves you and so do I. A new law calls for leash strap restraints. of good judgment. addition, I explain the concept not destroyed due to my lack of A dog out of its yard Good judgment is listed among that there are consequences for good judgment in a couple of situa- With no owner on guard the eight character traits identi- every decision. I share with them tions. What provoked me to change Can be put down if there are complaints. Write to us fied in “The Student Citizen Act that they do indeed have the op- my life was the realization of the of 2001.” tion to choose not to get out of unfortunate reality that the con- Send letters to the editor They’re profiling NRA donors. According to the North Caro- bed; however, they do so with the sequences resulting from the lack or contact editorial page Looking at the rough-bearded loners. lina Character Education Infor- knowledge and understanding that of good judgment usually have a editor Les High at leshigh@ They seek the malcontent mational Handbook and Guide the resulting consequence will be a negative impact on many lives. whiteville.com, or mail them Who is anxious to vent – II, “Good Judgment” involves beating. Considering this thought, The 13-year-old who killed him- to PO Box 707, Whiteville Especially assault rifle owners. “Choosing worthy goals and set- it is essential for all to grasp the self playing Russian roulette left N.C., 28472. ting proper priorities, thinking understanding that our decisions his family emotionally distraught All letters must be signed through the consequences of your should be made in direct relation- and in pain for years. The teenager and include a phone number, actions, and basing decisions on ship to the specific goals and objec- who drove while intoxicated and which will not be published. Thumbs up practical wisdom and good sense.” tives we desire to achieve. killed several innocent people With every decision we make The application of good judg- in a head on collision impacted Letters are limited to 400 regarding various choices we words and must be signed •Take the Lake was an- ment in the decision-making several families. The emotion- encounter, there are resulting and include the author’s other huge undertaking process requires an individual to ally distressed, angry young man consequences. Good decisions community. and sucesss thanks to the consider the consequence(s) of that picked up a weapon and usually result in good conse- hard work of the organiz- every possible choice. Answers. took another person’s life not Authors are limited to one quences, whereas bad decisions ing committee. Hats off com defined good judgment as “the only destroyed the life he took, letter every 30 days. Letters almost always result in bad conse- to the people who partici- ability to make the best decision he destroyed his own life and about business and personal quences. Therefore, it is absolutely pate and sustain it year possible on the basis of an objec- caused pain and emotional dis- disputes will not be consid- necessary that we employ good tive assessment of known informa- after year. ered. Letters are subject to judgment in our decision making tion while resisting influences of Continued on next page editing. The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 11-A People, Places and Things Meet Me at the Museum featuring ‘How to Trap, Roy Acuff takes the lake Tag and Track a Bird’ By RAY WYCHE on new numbers. The talk of got me an invitation to a jam enabled them to read the mind Staff Writer the lake, the Anchorage, and session the band engaged in of the piano player who evi- Many types of birds are in simple nest-box project taking the nearby Green Swamp with each night after supper (sup- dently chose what song would Columbus County, more kinds place across much of North The Anchorage at Lake its black bear population, con- per, not dinner). There were come next. than you might think. Some Carolina to benefit, and learn Waccamaw has presented vinced many that this was the only about 12 of us fortunate It was a time of laughter as remain all year, or do they? more about a “piney woods” many faces to the public: place for a different type of va- enough to sit within feet of the well as music. To make sure Some migrate long distances, species of bird. He will have dance hall, bowling alley, cation. The Green Swamp and musicians gathered around everyone (spectators exclud- some short. Some like pines, boxes, plans and prepared skating rink, restaurant, un- its bears convinced the players a well-used upright piano in ed) was in a good-time mood, some not so much. bird specimens on hand for adorned hotel used mainly by of country music, many of the southeast corner of the a bottle was passed among the How do we figure these participants to touch and get hunters and fishermen, and them experienced bear hunt- Anchorage’s big dance floor. players and singers, emptied things out, and why? a close-up look at these amaz- a broad porch with rocking ers from Tennessee, that this A fiddle and a guitar aided the and replaced immediately. The North Carolina Mu- ing animals. chairs where visitors could en- was indeed a paradise. piano; the entire group joined Soon the crowd, tired from seum of Natural Sciences at Gerwin has worked as a joy cooling off-the-lake breezes Since most of in the singing. following the hounds all day Whiteville invites you every research scientist in ornithol- during the sizzling summer- Roy Acuff ’s mu- We were asked and with snootsful of liquid third Saturday to join them ogy since 1988. His studies time. sic makers were to keep quiet sleeping aid, drifted upstairs for family friendly science include birds in different For at least two bear-hunt- natives of East about our soon- and to bed. programs. This month, “Meet landscapes, from urban set- ing seasons about 60 years Tennessee where to-be good luck The signal that it was time Me at the Museum: Saturday tings and national forests, to ago, the Anchorage hosted bear hunting is to be non-paying for sleep was the comment Exploration,” welcomes Re- industrially managed tim- the most popular country a rite of passage spectators at from the piano player; “I’m search Curator of Ornithol- berlands. He conducts 40 to musician and his band who and a necessary what most fans turning in; I can hear the dogs ogy John Gerwin from the 50 public programs each year were seeking a break from the part of a boy’s considered the sniffing at a bear track in their North Carolina Museum of around the state. He also men- frenzied life of making music growing up in best country mu- sleep.” Natural Sciences in Raleigh. tors various youth groups, as at one-night stands. that vicinity, we sic ensemble in Master fiddler-vocalist Gerwin will present “How well as undergraduate and Commercial enterprises in can imagine the the world. Acuff made a short visit to the to Trap, Tag and Track a graduate students through- the town of Lake Waccamaw joy band mem- One feature sing-along, leading the group Bird” on Saturday, Sept. 19 at out the state. Gerwin leads were few during this period, bers felt when of these sing ses- in “Wabash Cannonball,” and 1:30 p.m. He will discuss and nature-based tours around a plus for vacationers seeking they learned that sions that has “The Great Speckled Bird,” demonstrate various ways the United States and in some quietness and peaceful relax- the band’s retreat stayed with me songs that gave him a boost birds are captured, tagged tropical locations. He has ation, and an ideal location for adjoined prime bear land. is that a song was never com- into the title of King of Coun- and how those tags are used done research in nine Span- businesses and groups to stage It was sometime in the pleted as the composer wrote try Music. to track birds. He will show ish speaking countries and is seminars and meetings. early 1950s that Acuff and his it. In the midst of the number, Acuff was the son of a fid- examples from his work with fluent in Spanish. And now, in what many ob- players first fell in love with one of the instrument players dle-playing Baptist preacher birds in the coastal plain and Admission is Free, but servers consider a 180-degree the area; they made some ad-libbed his own lyrics in- in East Tennessee. He learned mountains of North Carolina, donations are greatly ap- change, a Christian-oriented return trips, but the saga gets stead of those of the composer. the basics of country fiddle the coastal plain of South preciated. Please contact the family camp occupies the ram- murky after more than 60 Many of these off-the-cuff playing by watching his father Carolina, and the mountains museum at 910-914-4185 or bling building that had once years after the fact. Many of words are unsuitable for pub- perform. Roy’s reputation as of Nicaragua where he stud- Whiteville@naturalsciences. been home to so many varied the locals — guides, dog han- lication in a family newspaper. an excellent country vocalist ies birds on coffee farms. org for more information. activities. The Anchorage’s dlers and other necessary help There was no director at was well known as was his Gerwin will highlight a clientele mostly consisted of for a big bear hunt — were these sing-alongs, and the stage presence. people of higher-than-average in close proximity to the visi- music issuing from the group It is safe to say that Roy tastes when it came to vaca- tors but unfortunately, most could not by any criteria be Acuff never heard of the tion venues. The outstanding of these are no longer with called a rehearsal. It was popular annual Take The Character education menu and the quietness of na- us to tell of the lusty talk and making music for the sake of Lake event, an effort to make Continued from previous page ture appealed to those seeking jocular comments as the Ten- making music. Columbus County residents something different. nesseans followed the hounds As one who sat near the and others more physically fit. tress for two families. In fact, ing worthy goals.” Soon the word spread and gathered at the Anchorage musicians and marveled at But he and his crew of the entire community often I am suggesting that if we among big band leaders and on for nightly songfests. their ability to pick up the merry music makers did a feels the effect of one indi- want to help children as well to their colleagues in country It was my acquaintance beat after a note or two from good job of enjoying the lake vidual’s failure to embrace and as adults who are still strug- music about the fitness of the with one of these local follow- the piano, I wondered if these and surrounding land, and apply good judgment in his or gling from day to day, we must Anchorage for a band to vaca- ers of the bear hunting fiddle people were blessed with some perhaps most of all, fruitful her decision making. assist them in establishing tion in and to perhaps work players and guitar pickers that sort of mental telepathy that bear-hunting. As I review the North Car- goals and objectives for their olina Character Education lives. Established personal Informational Handbook and goals and objectives often Guide II’s definition of good inspires one to weigh the con- judgment, I am reminded of a sequences of every decision banner I had on my wall when with its appropriateness and County school personnel actions I taught in Fayetteville. The ability to produce the desired banner stated, “Success is a goal. Engaging good judgment The Columbus County Elementary School (75%)/ position) migrant teacher assistant ef- continuous journey toward as we encounter the multitude School board took the fol- West Columbus High School Alyssa Philhower, K-5 arts fective August 31(Avala Nealy the accomplishment of prede- of choices along life’s journey lowing personnel actions on (25%), effective August 17. teacher, effective August 18 position). termined, worthwhile goals.” significantly enhances the as- Sept. 1. Cerro Gordo Elementary (Kristin Frey position) Hallsboro Middle School: The first three words in the surance of achieving success Resignations and School/Evergreen Elemen- Chadbourn Elementary Cheryl Ann Cattelona, ex- Guide’s definition are “Choos- along the way. retirements tary School: Ashley Holmes School: Natalie Gore Grainger, ceptional children’s general Cerro Gordo Elementary from 6-8 art teacher to K-5 art exceptional children’s general curriculum teacher, effective School/Evergreen Elemen- teacher effective August 24. curriculum teacher, effective August 21 (Thomas McLam tary School: Kristin Frey, K-5 (Allysa Philhower/Kristin as soon as a release is ob- position). We Buy or sell lots on art teacher, submits her res- Frey position) tained from present employer, Hallsboro/Artesia Elemen- ignation effective September Allyssa Philhower from K-5 (Elizabeth Benton position) tary School: Brendle Jacobs, Waccamaw Shores 4; Joshua A. Harris, choral art teacher to 6-8 art teacher Chadbourn Middle School: after school program tutor (15 music teacher, submits his res- effective August 24 (Ashley Breanna Ferreira, music hours per week/no benefits), Dupree Landing ignation effective August 30. Holmes/Lori Beth Russell teacher, effective August 31 effective September 2, 2015 East Columbus High position). (Debbie F. Wilson/David Bar- (new position). Development Corporation School: Adrian Doug Lloyd, David Barkley from instru- kley position) Contracts for Central Of- Ed Johnson, President 9-12 mathematics teacher, sub- mental/general music teacher East Columbus High fice: Catherine Little, instruc- mits his resignation effective at Chadbourn Middle School/ School: tional management coordi- (910) 207-2913 August 13; Jane M. Millard, Tabor City Middle School to Melissa Kaye Robon, 9-12 nator/career development 9-12 science teacher, submits music teacher at Tabor City English teacher, effective coordinator. [email protected] her resignation effective Sep- Middle School effective Au- August 17 (Breanne Brunson tember 28. gust 24. position) Evergreen Elementary Kimberly Morris from ex- Marcus Page Skipper, 9-12 NCDOT WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS School: Toni Alexandra Byrd, ceptional children’s teacher social studies teacher, effec- TO U.S. 701 BYPASS FROM SOUTH OF PLEASANT PLAINS ROAD (S.R. 1166) K-5 teacher, submits her res- at Columbus Career and Col- tive August 17, 2015, (Dawn B. TO NORTH OF U.S. 74-76 BYPASS IN WHITEVILLE, COLUMBUS COUNTY ignation effective August 30. lege Academy – Fair Bluff and Strickland position). Guideway Elementary Southeastern campuses to East Columbus High TIP Project No. R-5020 School: Amy Brown, excep- exceptional children’s teacher School/South Columbus The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will hold an infor- tional children’s teacher, sub- at Columbus Career and Col- High School: Sarah Lansing mal Public Hearing for the above-mentioned highway project on September 15 mits her resignation effective lege Academy – Fair Bluff Gore, foods and nutrition/ from 5:00-8:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria of Whiteville High School, 413 North Lee September 4. and Southeastern campuses/ culinary arts teacher, at West Street in Whiteville. Hallsboro/Artesia Elemen- School effective August 27. Columbus High School (first The purpose of the project is to increase the traffic carrying capacity and safety tary School: Tara Pate Bull- Gwendolyn Dixon Best semester)/East Columbus of U.S. 701 Bypass within the project limits. It proposes to make improvements ock, K-5 teacher, submits her from exceptional children’s High School (second semes- resignation effective August 4; teacher at Evergreen Elemen- ter) effective August 17. (new to U.S. 701 Bypass from south of Pleasant Plains Road (S.R. 1166) to north of the Avala Nealy, migrant teacher tary School to exceptional position) U.S. 74-76 Bypass in Whiteville. Proposed improvements include widening U.S. assistant, submits her resig- children’s teacher (day treat- Evergreen Elementary 701 Bypass in the project limits to a four-lane divided roadway with a 23-foot nation effective August 12; ment) at Chadbourn Middle School: Matthew Elton Har- wide raised median. The project is about 4 miles in length. Alternatives will be Jillian McPherson-Edge, K-6 School effective August 27. din, long term fifth grade presented at the meeting. Additional right of way and the relocation of homes teacher, submits her resigna- Guideway Elementary mathematics/science substi- and businesses will be required for this project. tion effective October 1. School: Angela Tyler from tute (substitute rate of pay Interested individuals may attend this hearing any time during the above hours. West Columbus High NC PK teacher to K-6 teacher, until license issued/with NCDOT representatives will display maps and be available to answer questions School: Brian Keith Ransom, effective August 17. benefits), effective August business education teacher, Amelia Waddell from ex- 17. Joshua Lawson, middle and receive comments. Written comments can be submitted at the meeting submits his resignation effec- ceptional children’s teacher at grades (6-9) English/language or later by October 15. Comments and information received will be taken into tive August 10. West Columbus High School to arts/social studies teacher, consideration as work on the project develops. Please note that there will not be Williams Township School/ exceptional children’s teacher effective August 17, (new po- a formal presentation. Nakina Middle School/Cerro at Evergreen Elementary sition). Maps displaying the proposed alternatives and the Environmental Assessment Gordo Elementary School: School effective August 27. Amanda Blair Gore, K-5 (EA) document will be available for public review at the following locations: Ava Webb, AIG teacher, sub- Shawn Strickland Bur- teacher, effective August 17 mits her resignation effective roughs from teacher assis- (Toni Alexandra Byrd posi- o City of Whiteville 317 S. Madison Street, Whiteville; October 1. tant/bus driver at Williams tion). o Columbus County- Planning Department, 111 Washington St., Whiteville; Reassignments Township School to middle Christopher Wolf, music and Toyia Mathis from teacher grades mathematics/science teacher, effective August 18 o NCDOT District Office, 1194 Prison Camp Road, Whiteville assistant /bus driver at Acme teacher (substitute rate of pay (Joshua Harris position). o Document only at Columbus County Library, 407 Jk Powell Blvd, Whiteville Delco Elementary School to until license issued/with ben- Guideway Elementary o The maps can also be found online at: NC-PK teacher at Hallsboro/ efits) at Evergreen Elemen- School: Cynthia Marie Floyd, http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings/ Artesia Elementary School ef- tary School effective August NC PK teacher, effective Sep- fective August 27 (Mary Janet 18. (Amy Arrington position) tember 1, (Angela Tyler/ For additional information, contact Anamika Laad, NCDOT – Human Environ- Maxwell position). Recommendations for Stephanie Worley position); ment Section by phone (919) 707-6072 via email: [email protected]. Gregory Wayne Campbell employment Alene Evans, part-time excep- NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Dis- from instrumental/general Central Office: Barbara B. tional children general cur- abilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this hearing. Anyone music teacher at Cerro Gordo Bell Psychologist Services, riculum teacher (Amy Brown requiring special services should contact Laad as early as possible so that ar- Elementary School/Ever- Inc., contract psychological position). rangements can be made. green Elementary School to services, Hallsboro/Artesia Elemen- Persons who speak Spanish and do not speak English, or have a limited ability music teacher Cerro Gordo Wilmington Hearing Spe- tary School: Judy Rodriguez, to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon Elementary School effective cialists, contract services. K-6 teacher, effective August August 17 (new position). Cerro Gordo Elementary 17 (Tara Pate Bullock posi- request prior to the hearing by calling 1-800-481-6494. Sharon Hamilton from ex- School/Evergreen Elemen- tion); Wanda Carter Tehan, Aquellas personas que hablan español y no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones ceptional children’s teacher tary School: Andrea Brem, after school program site su- para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si at Cerro Gordo Elementary K-5 health/physical educa- pervisor (20 hours per week/ los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494 School to exceptional chil- tion teacher/coach, effective no benefits), effective August Aug. 20, 24, 27, Sept. 3, 10, 14, 2015 dren’s teacher at Cerro Gordo September 14. (Marc Boettger 27 (new position); Terra Long, 12A -- The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015

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By DAN BISER score on the final play of the night. Sports Editor Quarterback Nydir Carr had a big night passing and rushing for well over 200 yards, including a school record 97-yard touchdown The Whiteville Wolfpack will be going run from scrimmage, as the Wolfpack put up 23 against longtime rival West Brunswick for points in the opening quarter. the first time in three seasons Friday night The WHS defense got strong leadership from when they clash at Legion Stadium in a non- seniors Andrew Powell, Garrett Wilson, Nate conference football game. Powell and Wesley Thompson. Nate Powell re- Whiteville, coming off its first win of the turned a West Bladen fumble into an early score. season, and West Brunswick, coming off its “We did a good job on defense even though first loss, will tee it off at 7:30 p.m. West Bladen was able to move the ball on us A festive halftime show is on tap as some,” Little added. “We played hard.” members of the 1965 WHS football team Whiteville’s record now stands at 1-2 as it will be recognized on the field for the 50th opened the season with losses to North Bruns- Anniversary of its Region II 2A champi- wick (28-19) and East Bladen (29-8). onship. Coach Buck Jolly’s ‘65 Wolfpack Coach Kelly Williamson’s Trojans suffered a posted an 11-1 record, including a 19-13 win 34-7 setback to North Myrtle Beach, S.C., after over Burgaw in the championship game at taking season-opening victories over Socastee, Legion championship. (See Page 3B). S.C., 25-13 and South Columbus 20-13. Also, members 2015 Wolfpack baseball Little, a former assistant coach at West team will be presented their state 1A cham- Brunswick, said that he is impressed by the pionship rings in a halftime presentation, Trojans’ size and athleticism. followed by the WHS Wolfpack Marching “They are a good-looking football team,” Band’s first halftime show performance. Little said. “We’ll have to come out sharp again Coach Luke Little’s Whiteville team made Staff photo by Fuller Royal and be ready to play.” amends for error-plagued losses in its first Quarterback Hunter Ashburn operates the two games to completely dominate first half Trojan offense with a lot of foot quickness and of play last Friday in a 35-6 road victory over passing ability. Staff photos by Stuart High previously unbeaten West Bladen. Whiteville and West Brunswick were long- “We took advantage of some early opportu- time rivals in the Waccamaw Conference. The nities, and got some good efforts on both sides Trojans won the last three meetings between of the football,” Little said. “It’s the type game the teams in 2010, 2011 and 2012. we needed after not playing so well in our first Whiteville’s last victory over the Trojans two games.” came in 2009 when it scored a two-point con- The Whiteville defense came up with big version to pull out a 22-21 Homecoming win in plays as the West Bladen team committed five overtime. costly turnovers that helped boost the Wolfpack to a 35-0 halftime lead. West Bladen got its only

Bulldogs to invade South Columbus By DAN BISER Injuries, penalties and turnovers have Sports Editor plagued the Stallions through their first three outings and have yet to gain a lead. It’s always a tall order to have to play the Both Stallion touchdowns in the West Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs on the football field. Brunswick loss were scored by the defense on It’s an even taller order to have to play them a pass interception return and a fumble recov- when they are coming off a rare loss. ery in the end zone. That will be the scenario Friday night when Junior back Dennis Leggett is the Stal- WRHS head coach Joey Price brings squad his lions’ leading rusher. Chase Gore, who scored Bulldogs to Vinegar Hill to take on the winless the lone touchdown last week against Loris, is South Columbus Stallions. in his second season at the starting quarter- Gametime is 7:30 p.m. back position. Price served as South Columbus head coach The SCHS season so far is identical to the for 12 seasons, including 10 Waccamaw Confer- 2014 season when it went 0-4 in non-confer- Fall sport ence championships, before taking the posi- ence play, but rebounded to win five of its sev- tion at Wallace-Roes Hill in 2009. en Three Rivers 1A-2A Conference games and The Bulldogs are the defending state 1AA finish in a tie for runnerup in the final confer- champions, and Price’s first two WRH teams ence standings. Staff photo by FULLER ROYAL won back-to-back state 1A titles in 2009 and Wallace-Rose Hill posted a 15-1 record last Whiteville High tennis player Sarahgrace Snipes returns a shot during Tuesday’s ten- 2010. season in marching to the state champion- nis match with visiting Fairmont. The match was suspended by rain and rescheduled Wallace-Rose Hill fell hard to James Kenan ship. The Bulldogs defeated a strong Star- for a late date. 33-15 last Friday in a battle of the past two mount squad in the 2014 1AA title game last state 1AA champion teams at Warsaw. December and N.C. State University’s Carter- South Columbus went on the road last Fri- Finley Stadium. day and absorbed its third straight loss of the Price’s Bulldogs, paced by All-State back Vikings welcome open date season, bowing to Loris, S.C. 27-7. It was the Johnny Glaspie, compete in the power-packed Stallions’ third straight loss in 24-year rivalry Four County 1A-2A Conference that includes With its first win of the Aynor, S.C. Heide Trask last Friday in a series with the South Carolina squad. Clinton, East Bladen and Midway. season tucked safely under its “It’s a good time for an game that was not completed Coach Kyle Hutchison’s Stallions opened The Bulldogs opened the season with a 42- belt, the West Columbus Viking open date,” said Viking head until after midnight due to a the season with losses to East Bladen 36-6 and 14 win over Laney and a 45-0 thumping of East football team has an open date coach Jason Jones, whose prolonged weather delay. “It’s West Brunswick 20-13. Duplin. Friday while looking forward squad overcame a 20-6 deficit to its Sept. 18 road game at to claim a 22-20 road win over See Vikings on 2B Gators to Angela Slagle Agency VIP PICKS TO WIN take on Match your skills against the VIP Pickers each week! Two ways to Play: In the Sports Section of Monday’s paper or Online at www.whiteville.com

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After last week’s open date, the East Columbus Gators will WEEK 2 take the field Friday night at VIP Winning Picks 7:30 against the visiting Trask Titans. *All printed picks are preliminary, final picks Angela Slagle Coleman Barbour Ted Williams Angie Black Freddy Norris Tim Schedler Brian Murphy Paige Brewer East Columbus is still look- can be changed until online deadline. Allstate Insurance Lifetime Educator Waffle International Sam’s Pit Stop Black’s Tire Johnson Home Med. Murf’s Pawn Southern Tire ing for its first win since the 2013 season while Trask will be Last Week Score 1 11-6 10-7 12-5 11-6 12-5 11-6 10-7 9-8 trying to overcome the effects Overall Score 11 10 12 11 12 11 10 9 of its 22-20 loss at the hands 1 of West Columbus last Friday. West Brunswick at Whiteville Whiteville Whiteville West Brunswick Whiteville Whiteville West Brunswick Whiteville Whiteville Coach Rocky Lewis’ East Wallace Rose Hill at South Columbus Wallace Rose Hill Wallace Rose Hill Wallace Rose Hill Wallace Rose Hill Wallace Rose Hill Wallace Rose Hill Wallace Rose Hill Wallace Rose Hill Columbus team opened its sea- Trask at East Columbus East Columbus Trask Trask Trask Trask Trask Trask Trask son on Aug. 21 with a 46-12 road loss to Word of God Academy Fairmont at Northside Northside Northside Northside Fairmont Northside Northside Northside Northside in Raleigh. St Pauls at West Bladen St Pauls West Bladen West Bladen St Pauls West Bladen St Pauls West Bladen West Bladen In the Gators’ home opener Oregon State at Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Oregon State Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan on Aug. 28, they were shut out by Lakewood 34-0. The Lake- Houston at Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville wood team has not yielded a Wake Forest at Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse Wake Forest Syracuse point in its first three games Tulane at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech this season. East Columbus will be out Notre Dame at Virginia Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame to put a close to its current Oklahoma at Tennessee Tennessee Oklahoma Oklahoma Tennessee Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Tennessee 14-game losing streak. Last NC Central at Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke season, the Gators were domi- NC A&T at North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina nated 36-6 by the Titans. Eastern Kentucky at NC State NC State NC State NC State NC State NC State NC State NC State NC State The Trask squad now stands at 1-2 following last East Carolina at Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida week’s loss to West Columbus. Kentucky at South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina Kentucky South Carolina The Titans held a 20-6 lead be- Oregon at Michigan State Oregon Oregon Michigan State Oregon Michigan State Michigan State Oregon Michigan State fore West Columbus battled back to capture the two-point LSU at Mississippi LSU LSU Mississippi State LSU LSU Mississippi State Mississippi State LSU victory. The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 2B Three Rivers Conference Rasic assumes baseball coaching duties at SCC By DAN BISER football records Sports Editor Conf. Overall PF PA College baseball coaching has taken Milen Rasic from coast- to-coast. Red Springs 0-0 3-0 72 14 He has coached or played for teams in all four time zones. West Columbus 0-0 1-2 88 116 His latest stop has him at Southeastern Community College Whiteville 0-0 1-2 62 63 where he hopes to add on to the longtime excitement that Ram Fairmont 0-0 1-1 52 66 baseball has brought to the area as its new head coach. He replaces Scott Johnson, who guided the Rams to more East Columbus 0-0 0-2 12 80 than 200 victories and three Region 10-Division II champion- South Columbus 0-0 0-3 26 83 ships over the past eight seasons. Johnson, whose 2011 Ram South Robeson 0-0 0-3 18 109 squad advanced to the NJCAA-Division II World Series, re- signed last spring to take a teaching/coaching position at St. Pauls 0-0 0-3 24 137 South Columbus High School. Rasic has spent the last four years as each coach of Col- FRIDAY’S GAMES lege of the Albemarle. This past spring, he guided the Rams to West Brunswick at Whiteville the championship game of the Region 10-Division III Tourna- ment. Wallace-Rose Hill at South Columbus Despite the success of the COA baseball team, the school Trask at East Columbus chose to suspend its two athletic programs - baseball and soft- West Columbus - OPEN ball at the conclusion of the season, Fairmont at Northside Jacksonville Rasic, a native of Southern California, has long been fa- miliar with the Southeastern baseball program as College of New Southeastern Community College baseball coach St. Pauls at West Bladen the Albemarle has been a fellow Region 10 member. He also Milen Rasic, pictured above with SCC athletic director and Red Springs - OPEN served two stints as assistant at Methodist University, which softball coach Karlyn Stephens, coached the past four South Robeson - OPEN annually plays the Rams. seasons at College of the Albemarle. This past season, “With Coach Johnson resigning, a new opportunity opened he guided the CO squad to a runnerup finish round of the for me and I was fortunate to be selected to coach at South- Region 10 Division III tournament. Games begin at 7:30 p.m. eastern,” Rasic said. “Coach Johnson left all aspects of the program in really good shape, and he has been very helpful in LAST FRIDAY’S RESULTS my getting acclimated to my responsibilities here.” braska, and he went on to serve as head coach at Ohio North- He becomes SCC’s seventh head baseball coach in the 51- ern and Alderson-Broaddus of West Virginia. Whiteville 35, West Bladen 6 year history of the school. The SCC baseball team currently has 38 players on it fall West Columbus 22, Trask 20 “I came aboard here in July and everything has been gone roster and the team is preparing for its fall schedule. Loris, S.C. 27, South Columbus 7 very well as far as becoming familiar with the team, the school The fall schedule will include games at showcases hosted East Columbus - OPEN and the area,” Rasic said. “Needless to say, there is a tremen- by Campbell University and Methodist University. dous amount of excitement and support in this area.” The 2015 Rams spring schedule will get underway in early East Bladen 54, St. Pauls 10 Rasic was a standout baseball player at Wilson High School February, Red Springs won by forfeit over Harrells in Hacienda Heights, Calif., and he went on the play colle- SCC baseball and softball teams compete in Region 10 giately at Southwest State College in Hobbs, N.M. along with Brunswick Community College, Lenoir Commu- He went on to assistant coaching positions at Sul Ross State nity College, Wake Tech, Rockingham Community College, SATURDAY’S RESULT in Texas and California Lutheran. Catawba Valley Community College and Virginia’s Patrick Purnell Swett 21, South Robeson 8 His first head coaching position was at York College in Ne- Henry College.

MONDAY’S RESULT Fairmont 26, Ashley 14 Gators down Eagles 4-2 LAKE WACCAMAW - Alex Registration deadline Sept. 11 Alverado, Tavo Palacios, Ger- son Brown and Bray McKeithan each scored a goal Wednesday in the East Columbus Gators’ 38th Columbus 4-2 soccer victory over East Bladen. Coach Curtis Andrews Ga- tors led 3-1 at halftime. Industrial Golf In other high school soccer matches: -- South Brunswick defeat- Tournament ed Whiteville 2-0; South Bruns- wick also won the junior var- sity match 4-2. -- Scotland County defeated drawing near West Columbus 4-0. - West Brunswick defeated The 36th Annual Colum- fee includes green and cart fees, South Columbus 6-0. bus County Industrial Golf free range balls, lunch, social Tournament, hosted by the hour, a golf towel and dinners. Columbus County Chamber Team prizes and door prizes will The of Commerce and Tourism, be awarded. will be held on Friday, Sept. 18 Teams will be flighted based Classifieds at Land-O-Lakes Golf Course on final scores. The first hole- on Bill Hooks Road north of in-one on No. 18 will send the Work Whiteville. The rain date is winner home in a brand new au- set for Oct. 9. tomobile courtesy of Vann Un- Danny McNeill of Bald- derwood Chrysler Jeep Dodge. win Woods Pharmacy and Tournament sponsors are Meredith Jackson of BB&T BB&T, Baldwin Woods Phar- Photo by Hannah Bullock are this year’s tournament macy, Joe’s Barbecue, Columbus co-chairs. County Farm Bureau, CresCom Head shot The Captain’s Choice tour- Bank, CopyPro, Floyd’s Insur- East Columbus High School soccer player Bradley Olson (7) drives a header in nament will begin with regis- ance, Inspire Creative, Inter- Tuesday’s non-conference match against East Bladen at Lake Waccamaw. East Co- tration at 11 a.m., followed by national Paper, First Citizens lumbus stormed to a 3-1 halftime lead and an eventual 4-2 victory over the visiting a shotgun start at noon. The Bank, McDuffie Pest Control tournament is limited to the and McDonald’s. For regis- Eagles. Other ECHS players pictured on the play are Tavo Palacios (9), Ja’meon first 120 golfers registered. tration and further informa- Brown (12) and Cade Andrews. The win put the Gators’ season record at 2-2-1. Entry deadline is Friday, tion, call the Columbus County Reaching people Sept. 11 Chamber of Commerce and does the trick! The $50 per player entry Tourism at 642-3171. Vikings Lady Stallion spikers Continued from 1B a good time for us to let a few injuries heal as well as we look take win over WCHS toward for what lies ahead.” VINEGAR HILL - The nine service points and eight West Columbus now has South Columbus High School kills, while Macy McPherson a 1-2 record with one of it volleyball team put its Three had nine service points. Mad- losses coming against South Rivers Conference record at ison Spencer chalked up four Brunswick by a 43-42 score 2-0 Friday with a 3-0 shutout kills and three aces. Mattie in the season opener. The of West Columbus. Johnson added five kills for Vikings have been paced by Coach David Marlowe’s the Lady Stallions, whose sea- the all-around play of senior SCHS team swept the match son record now stands at 6-1. Fred Evans. by scores of 25-6, 25-7 and South Columbus won the Evans scored all three 25-9. Hailey Sarvis had a big junior varsity match as the WCHS touchdowns in last outing with 13 service points Lady Stallion JVs upped their week’s win, including a 51- and 22 assists. season record to 7-0. yard touchdown pass from Taylor Turbeville had quarterback Johnny McFad- den, Through three games, Evans has nine Viking touch- The Lady Wolfpack bows to downs. Jones is in his second sea- News son as WCHS head coach. The Fairmont in TRC match Staff photo by by Franklin Davis Vikings posted a 4-9 record The Whiteville Lady Wolf- 18-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-23. Columbus Christian Academy soccer player Camron Ard last fall. 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Sports 50 Years Ago: Pack’s winning tradition began

Calendar The 1965 Whiteville Wolfpack lost its season opener to Lumberton 12-0, then reeled off 11 consecutive wins The Players Today, Sept. 10 to capture the Region II, 2A championship. Preston Melton, Royce This was as far as a team could advance in the Odom, Greg Hoose, Link Girls Tennis playoffs in that era. Its first-round win came over Washam, George Lord, St. Pauls at ECHS, 4 p.m. Wake Forest 20-7 before a crowd of 3,500 at Legion Bill Floyd, Ted Stover, Girls Tennis Stadium. More than 4,500 fans watched as Whiteville Randy Ward, Hamp Avant, defeated Burgaw 19-13 in the regional final at Legion. Red Springs at WHS, 4 p.m. Dickie Turner and Tommy Coach Buck Jolly’s team averaged 29 points and Palmer. Middle School Girls Soccer allowed just 5.6 points per game. The Pack averaged Mike FormyDuval, Mel Chadbourn at Central, 4 p.m. 238 yards rushing and 42 yards passing per game. Herring, Ricky Maxwell, Girls Tennis Only one Whiteville opponent rushed for more than Ed Baldwin, Sandy Mc- 35 yards in a game. Neill, Malcolm Smith, Jim WCHS at Fairmont, 4 p.m. Some observers called the team “Jolly’s Blue Gi- Wideman, Danny Suggs, Boys Soccer ants.” Allyn McQueen, Chris SCHS at South Brunswick, Sports editor Jiggs Powers wrote, “Teamwork was Suggs and Dickie Towne. 4:30 p.m. their way of doing the job. Exceptional was this club Calvin Shearin, James because there was never a show of jealousy, never a Smith, Charlie Ripple, Volleyball claim of one of its stars being a “ glory-hog,” never Edward White, Bill Viets, WCHS at South Robeson, junior lying down on the job ... Instead the desire to get the Vinson Bowers, Sidney varsity and varsity, 4:30 p.m. job done in a satisfactory manner came first with all Gibson, Donald Angel, Roy the boys on the squad. That’s what made them the Herring, David Heath, Ron- St. Pauls at ECHS, junior varsity solid unit they were; MADE THEM CHAMPIONS.” nie Barden, Bill Barnes and varsity, 4:30 p.m. and Ball Seelhorst. Boys Soccer More than 3,500 fans were at the championship game. Pender at ECHS, 4:30 p.m. Volleyball Red Springs at WHS, junior varsity and varsity, 4:30 p.m. JV Boys Soccer Fayetteville Christian at WHS 5 p.m. JV Football ECHS at Trask, 6 p.m. Ed White, WCHS at Wallace Rose Hill, Calvin 6:30 p.m. Shearin, James Smith WHS at West Brunswick, 6:30 p.m. and Charlie Friday, September 11 Ripple. Boys Soccer Scotland Christian at Columbus Christian, 4 p.m. Volleyball Scotland Christian at Columbus Christian, 6 p.m. Football The Pack’s winning touchdown Wallace Rose Hill at WCHS, Bill Viets, Vinson Bowers, Sidney Gibson during the final game scored Coach Buck Jolly, assistant coach Jerry Cartrette and WHS Prin- 7:30 p.m. and Donald Angel. by Charlie Ripple. cipal Carlton Prince join the team for a victory photo. West Brunswick at WHS, 7:30 p.m. Trask at ECHS, 7:30 p.m. Saturday September 12 “Quality Care from Our Family to Yours” Cross Country WHS in Seahawk Invitational at Wilmington International Airport 8 a.m. Monday, September 14 Girls Tennis Home Care Specialists WHS at East Bladen, 4 p.m. Visit Whiteville.com Available 7 Days a Week and click on SmugMug Sports to 612 Jefferson St. , Whiteville, NC Find the complete calendar view – and order – any of 910-642-2250 1-800-297-7567 and the latest sports calendar 1120 Ocean Hwy. West , Supply, NC changes on Sports of all The News Reporter’s sports images 1-877-760-7060 Sorts at whiteville.com. www.liberty-ms.com McDonald’s Presents Whiteville High School East Columbus High School West Columbus High School South Columbus High School

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The 5-foot-10, 180-pound senior quarterback The ECHS senior provides strong play The son of Melody and Francisco Torres, the Holt, the daughter of Christie and Howard set a school record last Friday with a 97-yard in the middle for Coach Morgan Jacobs’ junior linebacker sealed the Vikings 22-20 Holt, is a sophomore and the number three touchdown run during the Wolfpack’s 35-6 Lady Gator volleyball team. The daughter win over Trask with an interception in the end seed on Coach Brett Burrough’s young Stal- victory over West Bladen. “We were just try- of Chad and Crystal Williamson, of Halls- zone late in the fourth quarter. Torres enjoys lion tennis team. She sees tennis as a sport ing to get some breathing room (at the three- boro, she said that the ECHS squad is the intensity, the learning experience and that she can participate in for a lifetime and yard line) and hang on to the ball on that working to combine experience with youth the bond he forms with teammates. He cred- also teach to others. Holt enjoys the fellow- play, but all of a sudden I ended up finding in its ranks this season. “We’re starting to its his older brother, Francisco, with pushing ship with her teammates she experiences a seam and getting some good blocks,” Carr bring a lot of things together as a team,” him to become better every day. Torres’ most at practice and matches. She lists Sterling said. “It ended up being a pretty big play.” Carr Williamson said. After playing both her memorable sports experience was last sea- Koonce as her biggest tennis influence. “Mr. eclipsed the touchdown run from scrimmage freshman and sophomore seasons at son’s football playoff win at Elkin. He hopes Koonce has been very encouraging and has mark of 95 yards, set by Bruce Shipman in ECHS, she transferred to play at SCHS to attend college and play football or baseball. helped me become a better player.” Holt 1995 against ECHS. In Friday’s game, Carr last fall. She decided to to return to ECHS He lists the army as a career choice. Torres hopes to attend the University of South Co- rushed for 134 yards and passed for 164 more for her senior year. “She provides a lot of says he loves to act goofy and make people lumbus after high school. She describes her- yards. Hoping to play college football, he has spark and court leadership,” Jacobs said. laugh, but is serious when he needs to be. His self as smart, funny, friendly and outgoing. been contacted by Appalachian State, Camp- Williamson said that pe-calculus is her fa- hobbies are playing Madden and weightlifting. Civics and economics is her favorite subject bell and the Citadel. A member of WHS’s vorite class at ECHS. Williamson hopes His favorite food is fried chicken and favorite in school. Her hobbies include basketball and 2014 state 1A baseball team, he ran track last to attend UNC-Chapel Hill or Western subject area is history. Carolina Panther line- running. Holt has a white lab named Nesta. spring. The son of Rebecca Norris said Span- Carolina to eventually obtain a degree in backer Luke Kuechly is his favorite profes- Her favorite pro athlete is Serena Williams ish is his favorite class and that he would like forensic psychology. sional athlete. and her favorite food is chicken nuggets. to pursue a career as a game warden.

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Septem- gram costs) from the NC Department of Commerce and contributed $50,000 in local matching ber 18th-20th. www.dempseyandco. funds. With these funds, the County cleared four (4) dilapidated structures to address slum and com Call 804-355-1619 for Details. blight, constructed a public park, and provided housing reconstruction, rehabilitation, and oNLINe oNLY baNkRuPtcY AUC- emergency repair assistance to eight (8) low- and moderate- income (LMI) households. The TION. Properties in Lexington, NC. RESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR park itself provides an area-wide benefit to the County with a LMI population of approx. 53%. Bidding Ends Sept. 17th At 1 p.m. Our organization is committed to addressing the needs of Project activities are nearly complete and the County is in the process of closing the grant. Rogers Auction Group. 336-789- 2926. RogersAuctionGroup.com children and youth who have been traumatized by an array of All citizens are urged to attend the public hearing and make their views known prior to the 10%. NCAL#685. situations. BS from an accredited college preferred. Minimum submission of closeout information to the NC Dept. of Commerce. A public information file – high school diploma. Group residential childcare experience exists at the County Administration Building and may be viewed upon request. Residents will Low Price Tire Guarantee preferred. Responsible for the implementation of a residential be given the opportunity to provide oral or written comment on the County’s use of CDBG treatment program for 8-9 troubled youths referred by juvenile funds. For additional information or to submit written comments, please contact Natalie courts, psychiatric hospitals, social workers and private par- Carroll, Special Projects Coordinator, at 111 Washington Street, Whiteville, NC 28472, phone ent placements. This is a live in position. 10 days on, 5 days 910-640-6630. Comments should be received by the County no later than Friday, September off rotating schedule throughout the year. Job description 18, 2015, and a written response will be made within 10 working days. Columbus County does available upon request. THIS POSITION IS IN COLUMBUS not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or familial COUNTY. status in the admission, access to, treatment, or employment in CDBG program and activities. Non-English speaking persons and other persons with disabilities requiring special accommo- Exempt salary position. We offer an excellent benefit pack- dations should contact Joel Perez at 910-640-6615 ext. 7004, TDD Relay Service at 711, at least age. EOE 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. You can apply online at www.boysandgirlshomes.org, by This information is available in Spanish or any other language upon request. Esta infor- email at [email protected], or fax to 910-646-3609 and/or mación está disponible en español o en cualquier otro idioma bajo petición. Por favor, pón- mail applications to Boys & Girls Homes of NC, Inc – P. O. gase en contacto con Joel Perez 910-640-6615 ext. 7004 o en 304 Jefferson Street, Whiteville, Box 127, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450 – Attn: Tesa Bush, Hu- NC, 28472, de alojamiento para esta comunicado. man Resources Manager. For questions, please call Tesa Bush Behind Quality Ford Trent Burroughs, Chairman 106 Quality Street, Whiteville at 910-646-3083 ext 205. September 10, 2015 910-640-FAST (640-3278) 6B - The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015

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12 auctIoNs IN sePtembeR- Homes/Real Estate; Farm Land; Golf 3 1/2 hp motor & small boat; also Carts, Vehicles, 4-Wheelers, Jet Skis, 1450 Harley Davidson motorcycle. and Tractors; Bar/Restaurant Equip- Call 654-4440. ment; and Personal Property. Visit JohnsonProperties.com for details. Was $25,920 Was $26,200 919-639-2231 NCAL7340. absoLute auctIoN- comm ****Publisher’s Notice**** REAL ESTATE - 2 great COMMER- $ $ equal housing opportunity CIAL TRACTS in Rocky Mt - SELLS , , TO HIGHEST BIDDER! Mon, Sept. 21 SALE 21 995 SALE All real estate advertised herein is 21 886 - 6pm - United Country/Stone Auction subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, North Carolina and Columbus & Realty NCAL561. 252-399-9983. Fair Housing Law which makes it ille- www.stone-auction.com 15 Chevy Silverado 15 Buick Verano gal to advertise any preference, limita- Z-71, Crew Cab, #11173 #11011 NEW NEW

Was $48,455 Was $27,325 SAVE $ $ $10,000 SALE - 38,455 SALE 22,986 12 Chevy 14 Buick 08 Buick 95 Toyota 14 Buick 13 Chevy Cruze Enclave Enclave CXL Tacoma LX Verano Sonic

Sale Price Sale Price Sale Price Sale Price Sale Price Sale Price $9,995 $29,950 $14,950 $2,995 $14,995 $9,995 15 Nissan 08 Chevy 07 Jeep 07 Chevy 11 GMC 10 Dodge Altima Silverado Compass Tahoe Terrain Gr. Caravan Crew Cab, Z-71, 4x4 4x4 LTZ, 4x4

Sale Price Sale Price Sale Price Sale Price Sale Price Sale Price $15,995 $21,500 $9,995 $19,995 $11,995 $9,995 Automotive 910-642-2400 John Donoghue Highway 130 East • Whiteville

www.johndonoghueautomotive.com *All prices plus tax & tags and $299 doc fee. See dealer for details on all leases & financing options. The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015- 7B

VILLAGE OAKS APARTMENTS recorded in the Office of the Regis- of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One the notice of foreclosure sale, termi- ning Department at 910-640-6608 Quality affordable housing for the ter of Deeds of Columbus County, Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required nate the rental agreement by pro- regarding questions. elderly/disabled and family in North Carolina and the holder of the by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). viding written notice of termination September 10, 21, 2015 Bladenboro. Immediate open - note evidencing said indebtedness The property to be offered pursu- to the landlord, to be effective on a ings for one and two bedroom having directed that the Deed of ant to this notice of sale is being date started in the notice that is at Notice of service apartments. No application fee - Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned offered for sale, transfer and con- least 10 days but not more than 90 ****Publisher’s Notice**** Application processed imme - Substitute Trustee will offer for sale veyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Nei- days, after the sale date contained in of Process of equal housing diately. Rent based on income. at the courthouse door in the City of ther the Trustee nor the holder of the this notice of sale, provided that the Central heat/air, onsite laundry Publication opportunity Whiteville, Columbus County, North note secured by the deed of trust/ mortgagor has not cured the default All real estate advertised herein is facility, after-hours emergency Carolina, or the customary location security agreement, or both, being at the time the tenant provides the subject to the Federal Fair Housing maintenance service, all electric designated for foreclosure sales, at foreclosed, nor the officers, direc- notice of termination. Upon termina- STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Act, North Carolina and Columbus appliances. Water, sewer, and COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER Fair Housing Law which makes it ille- trash collection included with rent. 1:30 PM on September 22, 2015 and tors, attorneys, employees, agents tion of a rental agreement, the tenant IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUS- gal to advertise any preference, limita- Twenty minutes to Elizabethtown will sell to the highest bidder for cash or authorized representative of either is liable for rent due under the rental tion, or discrimination based on race, and Lumberton, NC. Location 303 the following real estate situated in the Trustee or the holder of the note agreement prorated to the effective TICE color, religion, sex, handicap, familial Pecan St. 2K, Bladenboro, NC. the County of Columbus, North Car- make any representation or warran- date of the termination. SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION status or national origin, or intention Apply in person at 303 Pecan 14 CVS 4296 to make any such preferences, limi- olina, and being more particularly ty relating to the title or any physi- SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVIC- Street, Apt. 2K, Bladenboro, NC. described as follows: cal, environmental, health or safety ES, INC. NEWBRIDGE BANK, tation or discrimination. We will not Office: 910-863-4365. Plaintiff, knowingly accept any advertising for For a tie line begin at the Northeast conditions existing in, on, at or relat- SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE real estate which is in violation of the intersection of the rights-of-way of ing to the property being offered for c/o Hutchens Law Firm v. law. All persons are hereby informed S.R. No. 1703 (Old Tram Road) and sale, and any and all responsibilities P.O. Box 1028 PAULA S. THOMPSON and GARY R. that all dwellings advertised are avail- the right-of-way of Park Road; and or liabilities arising out of or in any 4317 Ramsey Street THOMPSON, able on an equal opportunity basis. To running thence with the northern way relating to any such condition Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Defendants. complain of discrimination, call HUD TO: PAULA S. THOMPSON toll-free at 1-800-765-9372. right-of-way line of Park Road (a 60 expressly are disclaimed. Also, this Phone No: 910-864-3068 foot right of way) South 86 degrees property is being sold subject to all https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Take notice that a pleading seeking 2 bedRoom, 1 bath, carport, cen- East 363.20 feet to an existing iron at taxes, special assessments, and Case No: 1163845 (FC.FAY) relief against you has been filed in tral heat/air. Between Cerro Gordo & 2 bedRoom mobILe home, East- a turn in Park Road; thence continu- prior liens or encumbrances of record September 10, 17, 2015 the above-entitled action. Fair Bluff. 910-654-3894. over Park. Call J.L. Powell & Co Inc. The nature of the relief being sought 642-4049. ing with the eastern margin of Park and any recorded releases. Said 2,400 sQ. Ft. 3 BR, 2 bath brick Road South 24 degrees 46 minutes property is also being sold subject Notice of Public is for sums owed on a promissory house for sale or rent on Love Mill Rd. 2 bedRoom, 2 bath mobile home East 82 feet to an existing iron in said to applicable Federal and State laws. note executed by Paula S. Thomp- 910-840-7705. for rent. Peacock Rd., Chadbourn. road right-of-way line the point and A deposit of five percent (5%) of the hearing son and Gary R. Thompson after $500 monthly, $500 deposit. Clean place of beginning; thence continu- purchase price, or seven hundred default by the same, which promis- 212 W. 3Rd ave-Chadbourn; 2bd. neighborhood. Call 910-654-5725. columbus county sory note is dated May 5, 2011, in the 1ba.; W/D hookup, back yard, lawn ing with said right of way South 24 fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is amount of One Hundred Eighty-Eight care incl; $650/mo. $650 security 3 bedRoom mobILe home fur- degrees 46 minutes East 87 feet to greater, is required and must be ten- Planning board deposit; first month’s rent free for nished for rent in the Chadbourn area. an iron; thence North 65 degrees 38 dered in the form of certified funds at Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dol- lars and Eleven Cents ($188,380.11). qualifying applicant, apply @ car- Call 654-4130. minutes East 138.86 feet to a point in the time of the sale. Notice is hereby given, pursu- You are required to make defense to tretteproperties.managebuilding. the center of a canal; thence with the If the trustee is unable to convey title ant to the Columbus County Land com; contact: 252-756-2920 3 bR, 1 1/2 bath. Power Stat ready. such pleading no later than October center of said canal North 29 degrees to this property for any reason, the Use Regulation Ordinance, that the $375 monthly, $375 deposit. Off 20, 2015, which is forty (40) days fol- 3 bR house for rent. No pets. Cred- Farmers Union Road. Call Linda 770- 34 minutes 101 feet to a point in the sole remedy of the purchaser is the Columbus County Planning Board lowing the date of the first publication it check required. Call 910-840-1318 1211, leave message. center of said canal; thence South return of the deposit. Reasons of will conduct (2) two public hearings of this notice, and upon your failure after 6 pm. 59 degrees 55 minutes West 136.38 such inability to convey include, but on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 3 bR, 2 bath mobile home for rent. to do so, NewBridge Bank shall apply feet to the point and place of begin- are not limited to, the filing of a bank- starting at 6:00 PM in the Commis- 3 bR, 1 1/2 bath house, car- Security deposit required. Call 910- to the court for the relief sought. ning and being all of Lot No. 3, con- ruptcy petition prior to the confirma- sioners Chambers located in the port, $650 month. Security deposit 654-3063 This, the 4th day of September, 2015. taining .30 acre, as shown on the plat tion of the sale and reinstatement Dempsey B. Herring Courthouse required. Call 910-368-6652. s/David L. Ray 3bR, 2 FuLL bath on private acre entitled “Cecil Knight”, dated Feb- of the loan without the knowledge Annex at 112 W. Smith Street in David L. Ray 3 bR, 1 bath house, outside stor- lot. Co trash, Evergreen $400 mo, 400 ruary 19, 1982, prepared by Billy M. of the trustee. If the validity of the Whiteville, NC. The purpose of these age. CH/A. $550 month, + deposit. deposit. Call 910-840-2845 Attorney for NewBridge Bank Duncan, Registered Land Surveyor. sale is challenged by any party, the public hearings is to receive oral and References required. 910-368-6652, 131 Racine Drive, Suite 201 See plat of “Old Ward Park Subdivi- trustee, in their sole discretion, if they written comments from the public 840-1433. Wilmington, NC 28403 sion” recorded in Plat Book 8, Page believe the challenge to have merit, regarding the following applications 910-251-9900 3 bR, 1 bath house. Applianc- 110, of the Columbus County Reg- may request the court to declare for Special Use permits: September 10, 17, 24, 2015 es included. Deposit & references Room FoR ReNt with kitchen, liv- istry. Together with improvements the sale to be void and return the (1) Public Hearing (6:00pm): The required. $550 month. Available Sept. ing/dining room, bathroom, washer/ located thereon; said property being deposit. The purchaser will have no planned installation of a wireless 15. Call 910-840-0389. dryer privileges. Background and located at 617 Blue Jean Road, further remedy. telecommunications tower at 69 659 cedar branch Rd, Chadbourn credit check required by tenant. Call Whiteville, North Carolina. Being the Additional Notice for Residential Timberville Road, Chadbourn, NC. 3BR. 2ba. bonus room; W/D hook- for interview. Call 910-356-4011. same property conveyed to Malcolm Property with Less than 15 rental The application is submitted by SHORT up, private, security system, large L. Pharr by deed from LR Chic, LLC units, including Single-Family Resi- Cellco Partnership D/B/A Verizon yard; water & lawn care incl; $850mo. recorded 09/15/2008 in Deed Book dential Real Property An order for Wireless. BROS. $850 deposit; first month’s rent free 941 Page 403, in the Register of possession of the property may be (2) Public Hearing (6:30pm): The for qualifying applicant, apply @ car- Deeds Office of Columbus County, issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in planned installation of a solar farm at tretteproperties.managebuilding. FoR ReNt - commeRcIaL building RENT-A-CAR North Carolina. favor of the purchaser and against com; office contact: 252-756-2920 completely renovated. Fire alarm sys- 11165 Peacock Road, Chadbourn, tem up to code. Near downtown Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole the party or parties in possession NC. The application is submitted uNFuRNIshed 2 bedRoom, living Whiteville. 642-5179. discretion, delay the sale for up to by the clerk of superior court of the by Brunswick Electric Membership $ 95 room, dining room, kitchen, & bath. one hour as provided in NCGS §45- county in which the property is sold. FoR ReNt Downtown Commercial Corporation. DAILY Whiteville City limits. $490 plus $490 21.23. Any person who occupies the prop- All interested citizens are invited 19 deposit. 910-641-1925. Building. Spacious parking. Call J.L. Hwy. 701, South of Whiteville Powell & Co., Inc. (910) 642-4049. Should the property be purchased by erty pursuant to a rental agreement to attend this hearing to present a third party, that party must pay the entered into or renewed on or after oral and written comments. Con- FoR ReNt/Lease - 1,200 sq. ft. 6 excise tax, as well as the court costs October 1, 2007, may after receiving tact the Columbus County Plan- 642-4175 room office. Powell Plaza. Call Mem- ory Enterprises 910-642-5824. 1 bedRoom furnished downstairs apartment with living room, kitchen, bath. No pets; Also an upstairs fur- nished apartment 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen & bath. No pets. Call mobILe home Lots FoR ReNt. 910-640-3421 294 Thompsontown Rd., Whiteville. 2 bedRoom aPaRtmeNt. No pets. Tony Stanley 840-2454. Please call J.L. Powell & Co., Inc. Call 642-4049. 2 bedRoom aPaRtmeNt for rent. Stove & refrigerator. CALL 914-1384.

MADISON HILL APARTMENTS Notice of 206 S. Madison St., Whiteville, NC One Bedroom Apts. Foreclosure sale Laundry Facilities • Community 15 SP 115 room • 24 hours maintenance Under and by virtue of the power of Rental assistance up to 100% sale contained in a certain Deed of based on income. Income Trust made by Malcolm L. Pharr to restriction may apply The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter Seniors 62 years and older & Britton, P.A., Trustee(s), dated the 910-642-8883 26th day of November, 2013, and Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 am to 2 pm Professionally Managed by recorded in Book RB 1074, Page Community Management 744, in Columbus County Registry, Corporation North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Sub- stitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly

NOTICE OF SALE BY THE COLUMBUS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED BY WEST COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL TRADE AND INDUSTRIES CLASS A public auction will be held on the Grounds of West Columbus High School on Friday, August 21, 2015, at 12:00 NOON.

HOUSE: SPECIFICATIONS • 24X64 – 1536 SQUARE FEET HOME • 50 YEAR ¾ ADVAN-TECH SUB FLOORING • 30 YEAR OWENS CORNING ARCHITECTURAL SHINGLES • CUSTOM BUILT CABINETS • EXTRA BLOCKING FOR ADDED SUPPORT • 2x10 FLOOR SYSTEM • OPEN CONCEPT LAYOUT • FRENCH DOORS ADDED FOR FUTURE DECK • INSULATION ADDED IN ALL INTERIOR WALLS For information call West Columbus High School 7294 Andrew Jackson Hwy. SW, Cerro Gordo, NC 28432 910-654-6111 or Call Bill Phipps, Board Attorney, at 910-653-7770 August 13, 17, 2015 8B - The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015

personal property located within its TELEPHONE: 910-642-3965 persons having claims against the diate payment to the undersigned at This the 20th day of August, 2015. Notice of tax boundaries in accordance with the STATE BAR NO.: 5901 decedent or said Estate to present the following address: Don W. Viets, Jr. Foreclosure sale laws of the State of North Carolina September 10, 17, 2015 them to the undersigned on or before This the 27th day of August, 2015. Administrator CTA for the Estate and the Default Judgment and Order November 21, 2015, a date that is LACY WAYNE FREEMAN, 135 Washington Street of Sale entered on the 31st day of NotIce to cRedItoRs three (3) months from the date of the ADMINISTRATOR Whiteville, NC 28472 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA July, 2015 and is foreclosing on the Having qualified as Administrator first publication of this Notice, or this 1718 Buck Head Road Telephone: (910) 642-701 COUNTY OF COLUMBUS following land of DENISE S. BELLA- of the ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN Notice will be pleaded in bar of any Bolton, NC 28423 Aug. 20, 27, Sept. 3, 10, 2015. IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUS- MY and MARCUS BELLAMY in order SMITH, late of Columbus Coun- recovery. Please direct all claims to Williamson, Walton & Scott, L.L.P. TICE to satisfy the properly assessed but ty, North Carolina, I, pursuant to the attention of Sandra Guiton John- Attorneys at Law NotIce to cRedItoRs DISTRICT COURT DIVISION unpaid taxes and/or special assess- N.C.G.S. 28A-14-1, hereby notify all son, Administrator, Estate Of Alice P. O. Box 1467 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FILE NO.: 15 CV 399 ments upon certain lands. Pursuant persons, firms and corporations hav- Guiton Taylor, 203 East Donaldson Whiteville, NC 28472 COUNTY OF COLUMBUS COUNTY OF COLUMBUS and to the Judgment entered on the 31st ing claims against the decedent to Avenue, Raeford, North Carolina Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17, 2015 The undersigned, ROBBIN R. GORE, TOWN OF BOLTON, day of July, 2015, William E. Wood present them to the undersigned by 28376. All persons indebted to said has qualified as Administratrix of the Plaintiffs has been appointed Commissioner the 10th day of December, 2015 or Estate are hereby requested to make NotIce to cRedItoRs Estate of BARBARA ANN GORE, Vs. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA with the authority to sell the follow- this notice will be pled in bar of their immediate payment thereto. late of Columbus County, and this MARIETTA BROWN; TOWN OF COUNTY OF COLUMBUS ing lands at the Courthouse Door, recovery. All persons indebted to the This the 17th day of August, 2015. is to notify all persons having claims BOLTON, The undersigned, TERRY G. LANI- Columbus County Courthouse in the Estate will make immediate payment SANDRA GUITON JOHNSON against said Estate to present them to Beneficiary (Lienholder), ER, has qualified as Executor of the City of Whiteville, Columbus County, to the undersigned. Administrator of the estate of the undersigned on or before Novem- Defendants Estate of HELEN G. LANIER, late of North Carolina at 12:00 o’clock noon This the 10th day of September, 2015. Alice Guiton Taylor ber 20, 2015, pursuant to North Car- NOTICE is hereby given that the Columbus County, and this is to noti- on the 24th day of September, 2015 RANDY SCOTT SMITH, 203 East Donaldson Avenue olina General Statute 28A-14-1, or COUNTY OF COLUMBUS and the fy all persons having claims against and will sell to the highest bidder ADMINISTRATOR Raeford, North Carolina 28376 this notice shall be pled in bar of their TOWN OF BOLTON as bodies poli- said Estate to present them to the for cash all interest in the following HHC, 1ST SIG BDE T. SCOTT SESSIONS, recovery. All persons indebted to said tic incorporate of the State of North undersigned on or before November described real estate: UNIT 15271, BOX 295 Attorney for the estate of Estate will please make immediate Carolina, are exercising their power 27, 2015, pursuant to North Caroli- Lying and being in Bolton Town- APO, AP 96205 Alice Guiton Taylor payment to the undersigned at the and authority to assess, levy and col- na General Statute 28A-14-1, or this ship, Columbus County, North Car- C/O DENNIS T. WORLEY, The McGougan Law Firm following address: lect taxes against real and personal notice shall be pled in bar of their olina, and being more particularly RESIDENT PROCESS AGENT 130 Jefferson Street This the 9th day of January, 2014. property located within their bound- recovery. All persons indebted to described as follows: WRIGHT, WORLEY, POPE, EKSTER Whiteville, North Carolina 28472 ROBBIN R. GORE, aries in accordance with the laws of said Estate will please make imme- For a tie line begin at an old spike & MOSS, PLLC August 20, 27, Sept. 3, 10, 2015 ADMINISTRATRIX the State of North Carolina and the diate payment to the undersigned at located where the centerline of SR ATTORNEYS FOR THE ESTATE 2205 New Garden Road, Apt. 313 Default Judgment and Order of Sale the following address: 1804 intersects the center line of SR P.O. BOX 457 NotIce to cRedItoRs Greensboro, NC 27410 entered on the 23rd day of July, 2015 This the 27th day of August, 2015. 1800; thence with the center line of TABOR CITY, NC 28463 Having qualified on the 30th day Williamson, Walton & Scott, L.L.P. and is foreclosing on the following TERRY G. LANIER, EXECUTOR SR 1800, South 15 degrees 18 min- 910-653-2082 of June, 2015, as Administrator Of Attorneys at Law land of MARIETTA BROWN in order 197 Timber Cove Drive utes 05 seconds East 5,981.14 feet Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 2015 The Estate Of Albert Gause, Jr., P. O. Box 1467 to satisfy the properly assessed but Whiteville, NC 28472 to an old nail located in the center line deceased, of Columbus County, Whiteville, NC 28472 unpaid taxes and/or special assess- NotIce to cRedItoRs Williamson, Walton & Scott, L.L.P. of SR 1800; thence with the center North Carolina, this is to notify all Aug. 20, 27, Sept. 3, 10, 2015 ments upon certain lands. Pursuant Having qualified as Co-Executors Attorneys at Law of a ditch, North 73 degrees 44 min- persons having claims against the to the Judgment entered on the 23rd of the estate of Frances N. Heflin, P. O. Box 1467 utes 58 seconds 153.89 feet to an decedent or said Estate to present Public Notice day of July, 2015, William E. Wood deceased, late of Columbus Coun- Whiteville, NC 28472 old iron located in the intersection of them to the undersigned on or before has been appointed Commissioner ty, the undersigned hereby notifies Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17, 2015 town of two ditches; said old iron being the December 4, 2015, and date that is with the authority to sell the follow- all persons having claims against POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING; three (3) months from the date of the chadbourn ing lands at the Courthouse Door, the estate of said decedent to pres- NotIce to cRedItoRs Thence from said beginning point first publication of this Notice, or this Columbus County Courthouse in the ent them to the undersigned within STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA so located, with the center of an old Notice will be pleaded in bar of any The Chadbourn Town Council has City of Whiteville, Columbus County, three (3) months from the date of the COUNTY OF COLUMBUS ditch, North 73 degrees 49 minutes recovery. Please direct all claims followed procedure and authorized North Carolina at 12:15 o’clock p.m. first publication, or this notice will be Having qualified as Administrator CTA 40 seconds East 539.10 feet to an to the attention of T. Scott Ses- the demolition of the burned remains on the 17th day of September, 2015 pleaded in bar of their recovery. All of the Estate of Margaret B. Dunn, iron located in the center of a ditch; sions, Administrator, Estate Of Albert located at 404 West Smith Street, and will sell to the highest bidder persons indebted to said estate will deceased, late of Columbus County, thence with the center of said ditch, Gause, Jr., 130 Jefferson Street, Chadbourn, N.C. for cash all interest in the following please make immediate payment. North Carolina, the undersigned here- South 18 degrees 54 minutes 05 sec- Whiteville, North Carolina 28472. All Any persons having objections, ques- described real estate: This the 20th day of August, 2015. by notifies all persons having claims onds East 121.07 feet to an old con- persons indebted to said Estate are tions or concerns should contact the Lying and being in Bolton Town- Karen Heflin Inman, Co-Executrix against the estate of said decedent crete monument; a common corner hereby requested to make immedi- Town Manager at 910-654-4148 prior ship, Columbus County, North Car- 4095 Braswell Road to present them to the undersigned with Waccamaw Lumber Corpora- ate payment thereto. to September 30, 2015. olina, and being more particularly Chadbourn, NC 28431 within three (3) months from the date tion Tract (H.B. Frink Tract, Plat Book This the 28th day of August, 2015. Thank you, described as follows: Marie Heflin Wright, Co-Executrix of the first publication, or this notice 48, Page 13); thence continuing with T. SCOTT SESSIONS, Administrator Robert Jones Being all of that tract of land con- 106 E. Parker Street, will be pled in bar of their recovery. the center of said old ditch, South of The Estate Of Albert Gause, Jr. Town Manager taining 1.03 acres, more or less, as Smithfield, NC 27577 All persons indebted to said estate 20 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds 130 Jefferson Street September 10, 2015 shown and delineated on map pre- Mark Anthony Heflin, Co-Executor please make immediate payment. East 149.92 feet to an iron located in Whiteville, North Carolina 28472 pared by Billy M. Duncan, R.L.S., 475 Garland Duncan Rd the center of said ditch; thence with T. SCOTT SESSIONS, Attorney For dated September 10, 1997, entitled Chadbourn, NC 28431 an agreed line, South 73 degrees 59 The Estate Of Albert Gause, Jr. “Plat for Marietta Brown”. Said map Aug. 20, 27, Sept 3, 10, 2015 minutes 48 seconds West 515.05 The McGougan Law Firm is of record in Book 538, Page 392, feet to an iron; thence South 13 NotIce to cRedItoRs 130 Jefferson Street Columbus County Registry, to which degrees 45 minutes 25 seconds East Having qualified as Executor of Whiteville, North Carolina 28472 reference is made for greater particu- the Estate of Marie B. Maultsby, September 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015 FREE AD! 58.50 feet to an iron; thence South For Free Stuff larity of description. 77 degrees 08 minutes 58 seconds deceased, of Columbus County, Name For source of title reference is made NotIce to cRedItoRs West 51.99 Feet to an iron, a com- State of North Carolina, the under- to Deed Book 316, Page 327, Colum- STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Address mon corner with Jettie Troy; thence signed does pursuant to North Caro- bus County Registry. COUNTY OF COLUMBUS City State Zip with said Troy property line, North 13 lina General Statute § 28A-14-1 here- Being the same property conveyed The undersigned, LACY WAYNE degrees 45 minutes 25 seconds West by notify all persons, firms, associa- Ad text (up to 4 lines, approx. 15 words, typed or printed clearly) by Paul Robinson and wife, Bea- FREEMAN, has qualified as Admin- 129.98 feet to an old iron located in tions or corporations having claims trice Robinson, to Marietta Brown, istrator of the Estate of LACY DEAN the center line of a 25 foot easement; against the estate of the said dece- FREEMAN, late of Columbus County, by deed dated September 11, 1997, thence North 13 degrees 42 minutes dent to present them to the under- and this is to notify all persons having recorded in Book 538, Page 390, 7 seconds West 194.70 feet to the signed on or before the 19th day of claims against said Estate to present Columbus County Registry. November, 2015, or this notice will POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING, them to the undersigned on or before *Name, address & phone # must be completed or coupon will not be accepted. Ad will run for 3 days. The property to be offered pursu- containing 3.49 acres, more or less. be pleaded in bar of their recovery. November 27, 2015, pursuant to ant to this Notice of Sale is being Reference is made to map prepared All persons, firms, associations or North Carolina General Statute 28A- The News Reporter Classifieds Work! offered for sale, transfer and convey- corporations indebted to the said by David B. Goldston, Jr., R.L.S., 14-1, or this notice shall be pled in bar Restrictions: Applies to Lost & Found notices and items being given away for free. Private ance: “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither dated February 24, 1995, entitled estate will please make payment of their recovery. All persons indebted parties only. One item per ad. Limit of 2 free ads per family per 30-day period. Ads can be the Commissioner nor the County immediately. submitted via coupon OR in person in our Advertising Dept. Mail to: Free Classified, The “Map of Survey for Harry M. Ander- to said Estate will please make imme- News Reporter, PO Box 707, Whiteville, NC 28472. No phone calls please. of Columbus, nor the officers, direc- son, Jr. and wife, Addie E. Ander- Authorized and appointed Resident tors, attorneys, employees, agents or son”, and recorded in Map Book 59, Process Agent to receive all citations, authorized representatives of either Page 35, Columbus County Registry. notices, and processes is James the Commissioner or the County of Together with that 25 feet easement E. Hill, Jr., James E. Hill, Jr., PLLC, Columbus make any representa- from SR 1800 to the Western bound- 109 Courthouse Square, Whiteville, tion of warranty relating to the title ary of the above described property, NC 28472. or any physical, environmental, said easement is more fully shown This the 18th day of August, 2015. health or safety conditions existing on said map which is incorporated DON MIZE MAULTSBY, in, on, at, or relating to the property herein by reference. Said property Executor of the Estate of being offered for sale, and any and as commonly known as 1804 Black- MARIE B. MAULTSBY No need to fetch, all responsibilities or liabilities aris- smith Road, Bolton, NC 28423. James E. Hill, jr., PLLC ing out of or in any way relating to This being the same property con- Attorney at Law any such condition expressly are veyed by Jerry Freeman and wife, 109 Courthouse Square disclaimed. Ruth Graham Freeman, to Denise Whiteville, NC 28472 we’ll bring it to you Also, this property is being sold free S. Bellamy, married, by Deed dated Telephone: 910-642-8136 and clear of all taxes, special assess- March 8, 2006, recorded in Book Aug. 20, 27, Sept. 3,10, 2015 ments, prior liens or encumbranc- 884, Page 134, Columbus County NotIce to cRedItoRs es of record against said property Registry. except as may have priority under Having qualified as Executrix of the This property includes a 1993 26x55 ESTATE OF MARJORIE MOORE Federal or State Law, if any. Doublewide Mobile Home located A cash deposit of 20% of the pur- COUNCIL, late of the County of upon the subject property as a fix- Columbus, State of North Carolina, chase price, or $750 whichever is ture and part of the real estate pur- greater, will be required at the time I, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 28A-14-1, suant to NC Law. hereby notify all persons, firms and of the sale with the balance remain- The property to be offered pursu- ing due to be paid in full by cash or corporations having claims against ant to this Notice of Sale is being the decedent to present them to certified funds at the Office of the offered for sale, transfer and convey- Commissioner within three (3) days the undersigned by the 3rd day of ance: “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither December, 2015, or this Notice will after the entry of the Judgment of the Commissioner nor the County Confirmation by the Clerk of Court. be pled in bar of their recovery. All of Columbus, nor the officers, direc- persons indebted to the Estate will Hearing before the Honorable Amy tors, attorneys, employees, agents or W. Nance, Assistant Clerk of Superi- make immediate payment to the authorized representatives of either undersigned. or Court for Columbus County, North the Commissioner or the County of This the 3rd day of September, 2015. Home Delivery Carolina was held in connection with Columbus make any representa- VIRGINIA PICKETT COUNCIL ELLIS, this foreclosure on the 23rd day of tion of warranty relating to the title EXECUTRIX July, 2015 at which time Clerk Amy or any physical, environmental, Save $30 off 822 Green Swamp Road North Nance authorized this foreclosure health or safety conditions existing Bolton, NC 28423 sale as required by statute. in, on, at, or relating to the property O. RICHARD WRIGHT, JR., ESQUIRE Newsstand Price This the 24th day of August, 2015. being offered for sale, and any and WRIGHT, WORLEY, POPE, EKSTER WILLIAM E WOOD all responsibilities or liabilities aris- & MOSS, PLLC COMMISSIONER ing out of or in any way relating to $48/year Attorneys at Law 100 COURTHOUSE SQUARE any such condition expressly are Post Office Box 457 WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 disclaimed. Tabor City, North Carolina 28463 $31/6 months TELEPHONE: 910-642-3965 Also, this property is being sold free Telephone: 910-653-2082/3682 STATE BAR NO.: 5901 and clear of all taxes, special assess- September 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015 September 3, 10, 2015 ments, prior liens or encumbranc- es of record against said property NotIce to cRedItoRs Notice of tax except as may have priority under Having qualified on the 17th day Foreclosure sale Federal or State Law, if any. of August, 2015, as Administrator A cash deposit of 20% of the pur- Of The Estate Of Alice Guiton Tay- STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA chase price, or $750 whichever is lor, deceased, of Columbus County, COUNTY OF COLUMBUS greater, will be required at the time North Carolina, this is to notify all IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE of the sale with the balance remain- DISTRICT COURT DIVISION ing due to be paid in full by cash or FILE NO.: 14 CV 1481 certified funds at the Office of the COUNTY OF COLUMBUS, Commissioner within three (3) days Plaintiff after the entry of the Judgment of vs Confirmation by the Clerk of Court. DENISE S. BELLAMY; MARCUS Hearing before the Honorable Amy BELLAMY; HARRY M. ANDERSON W. Nance, Assistant Clerk of Superi- and ADDIE ANDERSON, Purchase or Court for Columbus County, North Contractholders (Lienholder); CLAR- Carolina was held in connection with quality ENCE M. CAVINESS, JR., Beneficia- this foreclosure on the 31st day of ry (Leinholder), July, 2015 at which time Clerk Amy Defendants Nance authorized this foreclosure NOTICE is hereby given that the sale as required by statute. ford COUNTY OF COLUMBUS as a This the 31st day of August, 2015. body politic incorporate of the State WILLIAM E WOOD THE NEWS REPORTER of North Carolina, is exercising its COMMISSIONER 100 COURTHOUSE SQUARE .com power and authority to assess, levy Call to subscribe today 642-4104 ext 270 or 271 and collect taxes against real and WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 910-642-7121 The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 9B Honoring Columbus VETERANS County Veterans Eyes to the Skies ■ The Columbian interest in flying by Robb Cross Perhaps it was watching a red-tailed hawk riding the thermals over the tobacco field. Or maybe it was the egret taking off low and slow from the marsh or lake. Something drove the boys of Columbus to climb into airplanes. Except for a few assorted fields, the only accepted places to land planes were the large area known as the Davis Airfield, which for a while became the Starlite Drive-in Theatre, and the Sledge Field, a grassy meadow that became the present Columbus County Airport. But something drew our guys to the air. Kiffin and Paul Rockwell were born in Columbus County but their family moved away to Chicago. Both boys ran away to Canada and travelled on to France to become members of the Lafayette Escadrille flying squadron during World War I. Kiffin became the first man to shoot down another plane in aerial combat and later died himself in a dogfight. Paul would survive and travel the country singing the praises of Kiffin. Locally, Whiteville mayor and dentist W. Ross Davis created his own airfield and flew the earliest planes available. Auto parts maven S. Lee Braxton would also get the private license bug early. Three biplane bombers were forced down in a storm and one sat in Claude Oliver’s field for quite a while in 1927, further fueling the aviation bug. In World War II there was no separate Air Force: the Army, Navy and Marines had their own. When our guys stepped up to serve, many chose the Wild Blue Yonder as their new address. Bladenboro native and Whiteville resident Rudy Walters gave up his motorcycle to become a pilot. He flew a P-38 reconnaissance plane up and down the beaches during D-Day and went on to become executive officer at Edwards Air Force Base. Thomas S. Memory became a B-26 Marauder pilot and, while he shared flying time, his plane the Lady Halitosis (which Tom named) was veteran of 40 missions. His cousin Simms M. Spears was a B-17 bombardier and his plane the Nevada Avenger flew 72 missions. The B-17 Nevada Avenger in which Lt. Simms M. Spears was bombardier. The airplane flew 72 missions. Hallsboro native Virgil Ray was a U.S. Navy pilot in the original VMF-122 “Black Sheep Squadron,” operating in the recon work. He was stationed for a while in Korea. South Pacific with “Pappy” Boyington. Ray was lost at sea in 1943. After the Army, Thompson joined the N. C. National Guard and because the organization had decided to scrap its fixed- Other GIs were waist gunners and navigators on board the bombers. Whiteville native David J. Murphy became a wing aircraft, Thompson was checked out on helicopters and spent most of his time flying Huey “slicks” and the OH-1 Tuskegee airman, piloting P-51 fighters. recon chopper. He flew during the race riots in Raleigh and Wilmington and would go on to spend 20 years with the After the war, a flying school was established with former B-17 pilot William E. Kibler as instructor. By 1946 there Guard. were regular air shows and local pilots like Jack Best and Arthur Leinwand and Bolton pilot J.F.Wilson competed in By the Vietnam period David Barksdale was the local star pilot; sadly he too lost his life in the war. Lloyd Morgan races. flew recon in unarmed puddle-jumpers and went on to be an Alaskan bush pilot and was praised for his work with the Local contractor John E. Thompson says he remembers his father buying an airplane after the war. John Senior took Forest Service during fires. John Junior up once and the bug had bitten. Thompson would go on to the Citadel in Charleston, S.C. That school had To this day we maintain an airport at Columbus County Municipal (formerly Sledge Field). Some two dozen craft are an aviation program and Thompson received his private license and went into the Army where he trained in “bird-dog” based there, many of them helicopters. Check the Veterans Memorial Park of Columbus County, Inc. on facebook for more information and photos about the memorial park closing September 2. Upcoming Events for Veterans For more information, 910-840-3848 September 11, 2015 Patriot’s Day & 14th Anniversary 9/11 ALL meet at 1028 S. Madison Street Whiteville, NC 28472 (unless stated otherwise) September 18, 2015 POW/MIA Day Ceremony at 6pm at the Historical Courthouse. September 25, 2015 DAV Boston Butt Sale VVA #962 Meeting (1st Tuesday) 6:30 pm VFW #8073 Meeting (Sept. 13) 2:00 pm September 27, 2015 Gold Star Mother’s Day DAV #35 Meeting (2nd Thursday) 6:30 pm Park Meeting (Sept. 27) 2:00 pm September is Military Suicide Awareness Month. VFW #8073 Meeting (2nd Tuesday) 6:30 pm CBA/MVRA Meeting (Sept. 28) 6:30 pm Military Veterans Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (Press 1) Bike Night (Sept. 17) 6:00 pm VA Rural Health Team (Sept. 30) 10:00 am - 2 pm October 17, 2015 Motorcycle Run fundraiser for Veterans Memorial Park PLAY TODAY! 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SAVE UP TO $10 Take the Lake enjoys another successful year

At the sound of an 8 a.m. Sunday morning horn blast, kayakers begin their 14-mile trek around Lake Waccamaw.

Kayaker Christopher Car- rothers awaits final instruc- tions from Take the Lake Maleah Campbell makes officials. her way toward the dam at Lake Waccamaw.

More than 400 cyclists begin their 18-mile ride along the streets of Lake Waccamaw Sunday afternoon.

Runner Will Gore is off the ground as he rounds a hilly section on the Take the Lake route. Hytham Imseis and Zack Imseis make their way through choppy water, but not the choppiest they would encounter. Living Cyclist Larry Forte The News Reporter, September 10, 2015 Section C

A glance at Take the Lake Photography by Two participants in the paddling event completed the FULLER ROYAL route on their paddleboards. Digital Editor Take the Lake organizers were more than pleased with this year’s numbers as hun- dreds of cyclists, runners, walkers, kayakers and swim- mers showed up to test their personal levels of fitness and Cyclist Davis Inman to have fun. For the most part, the weather cooperated, al- though more than a dozen walkers/runners stopped their event early because of high humidity and a hot sun Saturday. Volunteers along the vari- ous routes provided assis- tance, water, beverages and snacks, and in come cases, A kayaker takes off. places to sit and rest. For most of the partici- pants, the events were not about speed. They were about finishing something they had started and to gain a sense of accomplishment. See today’s front page for a complete follow-up on Take the Lake. And visit Whiteville.com to see videos An unidentified rider enters Jake Zimmerman is “in the of the event as well as links This youngster takes to the final leg of his Take the zone” as he listens to mu- to photos taken by The News the road on her bike for the Lake ride. sic while running. Cyclist Julianna Evatt Reporter. shorter family ride. Runner Crystal Avant Religion The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 -- 2C vice times are 9 a.m. and 11:15 Education Center, Room 1A the attend Community Development a.m. each Sunday with Sunday second Thursday of each month meetings on the fourth Thursday SERVICES school at 10:30 a.m. Believ- at 6 p.m. For more information call of each month at the Columbus ers night Bible study is held on Shauna Nobles or Sonja Green at County Dream Center from 6:30- Acme Presbyterian Church, Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Voices of 642-8011 ext. 9458. 7:30 p.m. For more information call Victory services are aired week- Shelle Blanks at 910-207-8982 or Hwy. 87, Riegelwood, holds chil- Compassionate Friends Sup- dren’s and adult Sunday School ly on WMIR 1200 AM in Myrtle Yolanda Davis at 704-780-8350. Beach, S.C. on Fridays at 4 p.m. port Group (Grief group for par- at 9 a.m. with nursery provided, with streaming available via the ents who have lost children to A Community Garden is avail- and worship service at 10 a.m. internet. The ministry is located death) meets at Grace Episco- able at Chadbourn United with refreshments. at 626 S. Madison Street. Tracey pal Church, 105 S. Madison St., Methodist Church. Persons are invited to come and plant in the Celebrate Recovery meets at A. Troy is the pastor. For more Whiteville the second Monday raised bed plots. For more in- Peace Baptist Church, 653 information call 642-5416 of visit of each month at 7:30 p.m. For Love Mill Rd., Whiteville, each victoryinjesusministries.org more information call 647-8401. formation call 654-5250 or 654- Thursday from 6-9 p.m. For 4069 and leave message, name New Ebenezer Faith Ministries Vietnam Veterans of America and number. more information call 642-0251. will hold its 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Chapter #962 of Columbus Partial funding by Good Shep- 4th Sundays - Sunday school at County meets the first Tuesday herd Ministries. 9:45 a.m. Morning worship is at of each month at 7 p.m. at 1028 FUNDRAISERS The DivorceCare recovery semi- 11:15 a.m. Intecessory Prayer S. Madison St., Whiteville. nar and support group meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Bible study/youth night is held every The American Legion Post First Presbyterian Church at Peace Baptist Church, 653 #233 meets the first Tuesday Love Mill Rd., Whiteville, each Friday at 7 p.m. Every 2nd and women have cookbooks for sale of each month at 6 p.m. at 313 Thursday from 6-8:30 p.m. 4th Friday is “Dine on us” from for $5 each. The cookbooks are Childcare is provided through 6-9 p.m. (Feeding the commu- Phillips St., Whiteville. available at the church located at fifth grade. DivorceCare features nity). The church is located at The American Legion Post 511 N. Thompson St., Whiteville. nationally recognized experts 1705 Southport-Supply Road, #139 meets the second Tuesday Office hours are Monday-Friday, on divorce and recovery topics. Bolivia. Bishop Ronnie McCray of each month at 7 p.m. at 208 8:30 a.m.-noon and 1-2:30 p.m. Seminar sessions include Fac- is the pastor. First Ave., Chadbourn. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Whiteville United Methodist ing My Anger, Facing My Loneli- Church women have prints of ness, Depression, New Relation- Agape House of Worship 8073 meets on the second Tues- the church steeple, by the late ships, KidCare and Forgiveness. will hold its Bible study ev- day of each month at 6:30 p.m. For more information call Peace ery Wednesday at 7 p.m. and at the Vietnam Veterans building Martha Burns, for sale $40 each. Baptist Church at 640-2877. The Sunday services at 11:30 a.m. at 1028 S. Madison St. Whiteville. The print size is 17 x 23. Call the Agape HOW is located at 199 church office Monday-Thursday pastor is Chip Hannah. WoodmenLife Chapter 130 recently donated a new Military Vet Riders Associa- Forest Drive, Whiteville. Bennie cordless phone for use at the Chadbourn Senior from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. for pur- GriefShare seminar and sup- Benjamin is the pastor. tion meets on the last Monday chase at 642-3376. port group meets at Peace Center. shown presenting are Woodmen members of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Baptist Church, 653 Love Mill Fellowship Independent Bap- on left Ramona Barnes, middle Joan Elliott to Ruby the Vietnam Veterans building at Rd., Whiteville, each Monday tist Church will hold its Bible Shelly Center Director. 1028 S. Madison St. Whiteville. Powers reunion from 6-8:30 p.m. GriefShare study every Thursday at 7:30 Ladies Auxiliary #8073 meets The Javie and Mary Hulon is a friendly, caring group of p.m. The church is located at Wednesday at noon. Intercesso- more information call Rev. Mi- on the second Sunday of each Powers family reunion will people who will walk alongside 3070 Hallsboro Road North. El- ry prayer and Bible study are on chael Jones at 646-3083. month at 2 p.m. at the Vietnam be held at Godwin Heights you through one of life’s most Thursday nights at 7 p.m. HOPD der Shawn Maynor is the pastor. Veterans building at 1028 S. Park in Lumberton, Saturday, difficult experiences. For more is located at 1113 S. Madison information call Peace Baptist Green Chapel Missionary Street. Barbara P. Powell is the Madison St., Whiteville. Sept. 19 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Church, 642-0251, 640-7237 or Baptist Church will hold Sun- pastor. COMMUNITY Disabled American Veterans Bring a favorite dish. 770-1271. Chip Hannah is the day school every Sunday at 10 Chapter #35 meets the second For questions or directions pastor. a.m. and worship service every First Missionary Baptist NEWS Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. call Faye Ingram at 642-6867. 2nd and 4th Sundays at 11:15 Church will hold Sunday wor- at 1028 S. Madison St., Whiteville. Members of The Lord’s Chapel a.m. and Midweek service ev- ship services. There will be are on a mission to provide items Family and Community Hope ery Wednesday at 7 p.m. The two services every first through Alcoholics Anonymous meets Subscribe Today, to the community, at a minimal Resources Inc. would like per- church is located at 14853 Sam fourth Sunday at 8:30 and 11 at First Presbyterian Church, 511 fee, from their year ‘round back- sons from 20-40 years of age to Potts Hwy., Bolton. Rev. Timothy a.m. The fifth Sunday will be at N. Thompson St., Whiteville on yard sale. It is located at 2886 8:30 a.m. only. The church is Call 642-4104 Ray Moss is the pastor. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday Hallsboro Road South, Halls- located at 501 Martin Street in nights at 8 p.m. A guest speaker boro. The shop is open Monday Lynn Hill Baptist Church will Elizabethtown. Cliff E. Freeman will be at the meeting on the last – Saturday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and hold a new Sunday school se- Jr. is the pastor. Whiteville United Methodist closed on Wednesday. Items ries on “The book of Revela- Thursday of each month. The “We invite you to worship with us every Sunday” donated will be greatly appreci- tion.” Pastor Schalk is teaching New Mt. Zion Missionary Bap- church is located on Thompson ated. Proceeds go to The Lord’s a thought-provoking series of tist Church Sunday school is Street in Whiteville. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Chapel. power-point messages on the held each Sunday at 10 a.m. Minister - Rev. Paul Stallsworth book of Revelation. Sunday and morning worship service Narcotics Anonymous meets Good News Community Youth school begins at 10 a.m. and the each second and fourth Sun- at Highest Praise Church, 109 N. 902 Pinckney St., Whiteville • 642-3376 Outreach Ministry Inc., 1138 main worship at 11 a.m. There is day beginning at 11 a.m. A Madison St., Whiteville on Tues- Giles Byrd Rd., Hallsboro has also an informative power-point special prayer time is held each days and Thursdays at 7 p.m., at changed the date of their Inform- series on Sundays at 6 p.m. and Wednesday at noon and Bible Mt. Pleasant AME Zion Church, er Bible study from Thursdays Thursdays at 7 p.m. The church study is held each Wednesday 15956 Old Lake Road, Riegel- at 7 p.m. to each Saturday at 3 is located at 620 Lynn Hill Road, evening beginning at 7 p.m. The wood on Tuesdays and Thurs- p.m. to benefit seniors who may near the intersection of Hwy. 74 church is located on Mill Pond days at 7 p.m. not be able to travel at night. For and Union Valley Road. For more Road in the Brunswick commu- Al-anon meets at First Presbyte- more information call 646-4898. information or directions call nity. For more information call 914-0002 or 642-5820. rian Church, 511 N. Thompson Honey Hill Missionary Baptist 445-1022. Rev. Anthony Rowell St., Whiteville on Mondays at 8 Church services. Sunday school The Waccamaw Siouan Tribe is the pastor. p.m. is held at 10 a.m. and service will hold its council meetings the Leamon Rogers Memorial begins at 11 a.m. Sunday night 3rd Thursday of each month at Diabetes Support Group meets Chapel on the Boys and Girls service is held at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Tribal Grounds at Columbus Regional Health- Home Campus at Lake Wac- Wednesday service is at 7:30 on Old Lake Road, Bolton. care, Education Center, Class- p.m. The church is located at camaw is now holding a wor- room 2 the second Thursday of 6140 Honey Hill Rd., Hallsboro. The House of Prayer and Deliv- ship service every Sunday morn- each month at 6 p.m. For more The new pastor is Troy Little. erance will hold its worship ser- ing from 9-10 a.m. The service is information call Shauna Nobles vice every Sunday morning with open to the public. The weekly at 642-9458 or 641-8208. Welcome to Whiteville United Methodist Church. Victory in Jesus Ministries of Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship service will include a Whiteville will hold two morn- morning worship at 11:15 a.m. mixture of traditional and mod- Brain Injury Support Group meets [email protected] ing worship services. The ser- Weekly services are held each ern messages and music. For at Columbus Regional Healthcare, www.whitevilleumc.org

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McDonald’s Fair Bluff Elvington Drug “Your Community Involved Ford 24 Hour Service Restaurant” We Accept All Medicare “We Treat You “Fair” No Bluffing” 608 S. Madison St. South Whiteville Part D Drug Plans 658 Main Street, Fair Bluff NC 28439 Whiteville 642-6871 Fair Bluff, NC 607 Jefferson St., Whiteville 910-649-7531 fairbluffford.com 910- 642-5174 910-649-7721 • 910-649-6126 910-642-8141 The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015--3C Freeman to speak Bethel UMC ‘Cross Talk’ performs at The Ritz Thursday Brother Roy Freeman, Jr. will be speaking Sept. 26 at chicken supper By CLARA CARTRETTE at church events. Victory Seventh Day Adventist Bethel United Methodist Staff Writer In 2008 Smith invited a Church, Riegelwood. Steven L. Church will hold its famous young man, Adam Worley, Gates is pastor. fried chicken supper fund- “Cross Talk,” a group of to join him to play songs at raiser Saturday, Sept. 12 from musicians from the Fair Bluff various times and they be- 4-7:30 p.m. Plates are $8 and area who play Bluegrass Gos- came “Cross Talk.” Worley, a Usher’s Anniversary include chicken, potato salad, pel music, will perform at member of Fair Bluff United Crystal Spring Missionary green beans, biscuit, dessert The Ritz Center in Tabor City Methodist Church and now Baptist Church will hold their and beverage. Thursday, Sept. 10 from 7 to 9 in college at the University of annual Usher’s Anniversary Eat in or take out. Delivery p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults Charleston, is no longer able to on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 3 p.m. Dr. is available for 10 or more and $10 for children 10 and play with the group. Carozell Henry is the pastor. plates by calling 641-7540. younger. Cross Talk has since The church is located at 2733 Tickets are on sale at the changed musicians for vari- M.M. Ray Road, Clarendon. Tabor City Visitor Center. ous reasons and presently per- A part of the non-profit forms Bluegrass Gospel, which Central PC to hold ministry of Fair Bluff ’s Unit- includes traditional hymns yard sale Sept. 12 ed Methodist Church, the and original songs written by Central Presbyterian Beaverdam OFWBC Cross Talk band is comprised Rev. Smith and Lester Drew. Church will hold a yard sale gospel sing of a group of musicians of all Members of the group are and dinner Saturday, Sept. 12 Beaverdam Original Free- ages. But this diverse group Lester Drew, Danny Glascock, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. will Baptist Church will hold has a lot in common: their Marian Williams, Robin Sagen- “Cross Talk” band members include, front, left to right, The church is located at its 15th annual fall gospel sing love of music. dorph, Jason Drew, Jay Lampe, Robin Sagendorph and Marian Williams; back row, Dan- 7280 Hallsboro Road, North, Saturday, Sept. 26. Local tal- The Rev. Neil Smith, pas- Madison Nance and the Rev. ny Glascock, Lester Drew and the Rev. Neill Smith. Clarkton. ent begins at 5:30 p.m. tor of the Fair Bluff/Cerro Neill Smith. Mac Smith is the Sister Tammy Jones Robi- Gordo charge of the United sound engineer. Gospel of Jesus Christ in song. Love that can only be received nett, from Ohio, will be the Methodist Church, organized Many lives have been Music is a common force in through Jesus Christ. featured Ssinger. the band in 2008 from a vision. touched in North and South Veterans meet the lives of people everywhere For more information about Vietnam Veterans of Amer- There will be food, fellow- Music has been a part of his Carolina through the anoint- and Cross Talk does not travel the “Cross Talk” concert call ica meet the first Tuesday of ship and gospel music. The life since he was a small boy ing of the Holy Spirit as Cross to entertain, but to spread that Dianne N. Ward at the Tabor each month at 7 p.m. at 1028 S. event will be held outside. when he sang with his family Talk has traveled, sharing the Old Story of Grace, Mercy and City Visitor Center 653-4141 Madison St., Whiteville. For Columbus County CHURCH DIRECTORY and Surrounding Areas How to Become a Part of Our Westminster Church Directory . . . Presbyterian Our church directory features a version. We’ll include your church name, Church weekly church profile, helpful informa- address, phone number, pastor’s name, 307 S. Franklin St., tion about area churches, a devotional service times and web address. You’ll also Whiteville, NC 28472 thought and daily Bible readings. have an expanded church profile, includ- 642-2762 If you would like your church in- ing church photos, run in the directory Pastor: Rev. Patrick Winkler cluded on this page, we invite you to sometime during the six month period. to us with grace and love in the person call us today at 642-4104, ext. 237. For We encourage you to help make this di- We are a small, loving Presbyterian of Jesus Christ, who lived, died and rose only $21.50 per month (six month com- rectory complete by having your church congregation. God comes to us in free mitment), we’ll include your church in information included. and undeserved favor in the person of for us so that we might have eternal and this weekly directory, plus in our web Jesus Christ that we might belong to abundant life in him. As Christ’s disci- God and serve Christ in the world. Fol- ples, called to ministry in his name, we AFRICAN-METHODIST First Baptist Church of Western Prong Baptist Church lowing Jesus, Westminster is engaged seek to continue his mission of teach- EPISCOPAL Lake Waccamaw 167 Peacock Rd., Whiteville 300 E. Sam Potts Hwy., Lake Waccamaw Rev. Ronnie Wilson • 910-648-2744 in our community, state, nation and ing the truth, feeding the hungry, heal- Mount Horeb AME Church Eric Truesdale, Pastor • 910-646-3727 westernprong.org world and in seeking thoughtful solu- ing the broken, and welcoming strang- 187 Otis Donnell Nixon Rd., Evergreen Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm, Sunday 8:30 am Worship, 9:45 am Church Phone 654 1887 7:00 pm, Youth Group Wednesday 7:00 pm Sunday School, 11:00 am Worship, tions to the challenges of our time. ers. God sends the Holy Spirit to dwell Rev. Sylvester Colvin • 910-371-0604 5:45 pm AWANA, 6:00 pm Youth Group, within us, giving us the energy, intel- Sunday School 9:45 am Happy Home Baptist Church 6:00 pm Bible Study Presbyterians affirm that God comes Sun Morning Worship 11:00 am 2670 Happy Home Rd., Nakina 7:00 pm Worship ligence, imagination, and love to be Wed. 6:30 pm Richard Collins, Pastor • 910-642-7284 Wednesday 7:00 pm Services: www.happyhomebaptistchurch.org Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Christ’s faithful disciples in the world. St. James AME Church Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm White Marsh Baptist Church Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. You are invited to worship 225 West Walter St., Whiteville Wednesday 7:00 pm 341 White Hall Rd., Whiteville Church Phone 642-8832 Rev. Ray Yow • 910-770-5487 Childrens Sermon and fellowship with us Rev. Dewey C. Farmer, Jr., Pastor Lennon’s Cross Roads Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am Chancel Choir Rehearsal Wednesdays anytime at Westminster Sun Church School 9:45 am Baptist Church Wednesday 7:00 pm Sun Morning Worship 11:00 am 13804 Haynes Lennon Hwy., Evergreen at 5:15 p.m. Presbyterian Church. Wed. 6:00 pm Dr. Fred Senter, Pastor • 910-642-4436 Williamsons Crossroads AFRICAN-METHODIST Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 2nd Sunday Baptist Church 4071 Princess Ann Rd., Chadbourn EPISCOPAL ZION of each month 6:00 pm Special Fellow- Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist METHODIST-UNITED PRESBYTERIAN ship Activity, Wednesday 7:00 pm Rev. Larry Nobles, Pastor Church 910-654-1260 Cell 910-317-1892 5548 Silverspoon Rd., Whiteville Chadbourn United Methodist Chadbourn Presbyterian St. Mark AME Zion Church Macedonia Baptist Church Sunday 10:00 am, 11 am Pastor T.A. Lance • 910-648-2476 300 E. 2nd Ave., Chadbourn Church 114 W. Virgil St., Whiteville 100 Macedonia Church Rd.,Evergreen Wednesday 7:00 pm [email protected] Rev. Pat Inman • 910-443-9786 600 E. First Ave., Chadbourn Rev. Charlrean Mapson, Pastor Jimmy Caines, Pastor www.mombcwhitevillenc.com [email protected] Rev. C.F. McDowell III Church Phone: 910-642-7327 CHURCH OF GOD Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am 2nd & 4th Sunday 9:45 am, 10:50 am Sun 9:45 am, 11:00 am 910-654-3449 Sunday School 9:45 am [email protected] Sun, 6:00 pm every Sunday, Wednes- New Life Community Church 1st & 3rd Sunday BTU at 4:00 pm Prayer Tuesday 10:00 am Sun Morning Worship 11:00 am 107 Maultsby St., Whiteville Wednesday 6:45 pm Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am day 7:30 pm Bible Study/Prayer Service Rev. DeWayne Dickerson Fair Bluff United Methodist 1030 Main St., Fair Bluff First Presbyterian Church Tuesday - Noon and 7:00 pm Nakina Baptist Church 910-642-0130 Mt. Tabor Missionary Baptist [email protected] Rev. Neill Smith • 910-649-7749 511 N. Thompson St., Whiteville ASSEMBLEY OF GOD 7883 Seven Creeks Rd., Nakina Church Sunday 9:30 am, 10:30 am [email protected] 910-642-2253 Rev. J. Darryll Hester • 910-499-1598 824 Cherry Grove Rd., Cerro Gordo Abundant Life Assembly of God Thursday 7:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am [email protected] [email protected] Pastor Dr. Thomas Southerland 5384 James B. White Hwy. S., Friday Safe Harbor Youth Center Tuesday 7:00 pm Bible Study Sunday School 9:00 am, Services10:00 am Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm 910-739-8458 Cell 910-774-6800 Whiteville 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Sun School 10 am, Pastor Jerry J. Spivey • 910-642-5003 Wednesday 7:00 pm Mishop Springs United Methodist Westminster Presbyterian Service 11 am: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Sundays 2756 Pine Log Rd., Whiteville [email protected] Whiteville Church of God Church Wed Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 7 pm Pastor Sheena Cartrette • 910-640-2783 Sunday 10:00 am, 10:45 am, 6:00 pm New Hope Baptist Church 506 N. Lee St., Whiteville 307 S. Franklin St., Whiteville 252 Rough and Ready Rd., Whiteville Pastor Chris Yarusinsky • 642-3395 CATHOLIC [email protected] 910-642-2762 Wednesday 7:30 pm mishopspringsumc.webs.com Dr. Darrin Moore, Pastor • 910-642-6345 [email protected] [email protected] Sunday 9:45 Sunday School, Worship 11:00 am www.nhbcwhiteville.com Facebook: Whiteville Church of God Sacred Heart Catholic Sunday 9:45 pm, 11:00 am Whiteville Assembly of God Wednesday 7:00 - Bible Study & Children/Youth 516 N. Madison St. (Former location Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am Church 302 N. Lee St., Whiteville of Missionary Alliance Church) Wednesday 7:00 pm Wednesday 7:00 pm Whiteville United Methodist SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Rev. Marco Antonio Gonzalez-Hernandez Pastor Tim Rausch, Sr. Saturday Night: Every last Saturday of 902 Pinckney St., Whiteville [email protected] Seventh Day Adventist Sunday School 9:30 am Peace Baptist Church each month Rev. Paul Stallsworth • 910-642-3376 653 Love Mill Rd., Whiteville www.bcrcatholics.org • 910-642-3895 1002 N. Franklin St., Whiteville Morning Worship 10:30 am FREEWILL BAPTIST [email protected] Pastor Chip Hannah • 910-642-0251 Pastor Kenneth A. Lee Wednesday, Family Night 7:00 pm Eucharist/Santa Misa www.whitevilleumc.org www.peacebc.org Avants Chapel FWB Church 910-642-0698 Sunday 9:00 am & 11:30 English Mass Sunday 9:00 am Sunday School BAPTIST Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm 947 Cedar St., Cerro Gordo Domingo 12:30 pm Spanish Mass [email protected] Sunday 5:30-7:00 pm Awanas Pastor Mack Watts • 843-756-0417 10:00 am Worship Service Saturday 9:30 am, 10:45 am Calvary Baptist Church Martes (Tues.) Spanish 7 pm Misa de la tarde Wednesday 6:30 pm Wednesday 7:00 pm [email protected] Thursday (Jueves) English 6 pm English Mass Wednesday 7:00 pm 5028 Pleasant Plains Church Rd., Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm Holy Day of Obligatio 7:30 pm Bilingual Mass NON-DENOMINATIONAL Whiteville Piney Forest Baptist Church Wednesday 7:30 pm Tuesday/Martes 6-7 pm Confessiones Rev. Kenneth Barnes • 910-642-6904 4509 Andrew Jackson Hwy. SW, Chadbourn Thursday/Jueves 5-6 pm Confessions Glory Tabernacle Church Sunday 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm Rev. Willard McPherson • 910-654-5284 Oak Grove FWB Church 4513 Pleasant Plains Church Rd, Whiteville Wednesday 7:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 7:00 pm Oak Grove Church Rd., Bladenboro CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY Pastor Clark Whittington If you would like Wednesday 7:00 pm Rev. Henry Ward • 843-236-3564 910-640-2991 Chadbourn Baptist Church Sunday School 10:00 am, Service 11:00 am Missionary Alliance Church www.gtcconnect.org 504 N. Howard St., Chadbourn Sweet Home Missionary Sunday evening 6:30 pm 623 Warrior Trail, Whiteville Sunday 10:30 am and 6:00 pm 910-654-3992 Wednesday 7:30 pm Rev. Justin Dubose • 910-640-3223 your church Wednesday 7:00 pm Dr. Danny Russell, Pastor Baptist Church www.missonaryalliance.com 3111 Walter Todd Rd., Clarendon [email protected] INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am Living Word Church Rev. Wayne Faulk • 910-653-4421 www.chadbournbaptist.com Wednesday 6:30 pm 6374 Chadbourn Hwy., Chadbourn included on this Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 6:00pm Lynn Hill Independent Sunday School 9:45 am, Worship 11:00 am Pastor Ron Fields • 910-654-4164 Sunday School 9:30am, Worship EPISCOPAL/LUTHERAN Adult Choir 5:00 pm, Baptist Church www.livingwordnc.com Wednesday 7:00 pm 620 Lynn Hill Rd., Whiteville Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:30 am Discipleship Training 6:00 pm Grace Episcopal Church & page for only Pastor William A. Schalk • Wednesday 7:00 pm Wednesday: Children’s Choir 6:00 pm Trinity Baptist Church 910-914-0002 Christ the King Lutheran Church 105 S. Madison St., Whiteville Prayer Meet/Child’s Mission 6:30 pm 201 S. Thompson St., Whiteville http://pastorpreacher.com/lynnhillbc.html Northwood Church Randy K. Speight, Senior Pastor Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm Rev. Anne Natoli • 910-642-4784 2672 James B. White Hwy. N., Whiteville $21.50 per month, Pastor Russell Honeycutt 910-642-7764 Wednesday 7:00 pm [email protected] 910-642-7654 [email protected] www.gracechrist.bizland.com MISSIONARY BAPTIST Sun Services 9:30 am Sunday 10:30 am www.trytbc.org Wednesday 7:00 pm Bible Study we invite you to Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm First Missionary Baptist Wed 6:00 pm Communion, Bible Study and PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS Wednesday 6:45 pm Church Dinner 505 S. Wilkes St., Chadbourn HOLINESS Chadbourn Pentecostal Holiness call us today at First Baptist Church Reverend Virgil Hugh Reaves 518 N. Elm St., Chadbourn 412 N. Madison St., Whiteville 910-654-3225 Chadbourn Church of God of Pastor Donald Conway • 910-654-4850 910-642-2139 www.firstmbcchadbourn.org Prophecy www.chadbournph.org 642-4104, ext. 237. [email protected] Sunday 9:45 am & 11:00 am 3618 Joe Brown Hwy. S., Chadbourn Sunday School 9:45 am www.fbcwhiteville.com Wed Noon Day Prayer Circle 12 noon,6:30 pm Rev. John McPherson • 910-654-3968 Sunday Worship 10:40 am, 6:00 pm Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am, on WVOE 1590 AM every Sunday 11:30-12:30 Sunday 10 am, 11 am, 6:00 pm, Teen Worship in Sanctuary 6:00 pm (six month commitment) Wednesday 7:00 pm Wednesday 6:30 pm Wednesday 7:30 pm - Classes for all ages ______4C -- The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 Tabor City Fair Bluff Baptist Volunteers praise service needed for Happenings and Events scheduled Sunday Fair Bluff Baptist Church Meals of Love Your By Dianne Nobles Ward will have a “Second Sunday Lower Cape Fear Hospice Promotions Director, Town of Tabor City Praise Service” Sunday, Sept. is looking for volunteers to 13, at 6 p.m. in the Christian help with its Meals of Love Life Center at the church. program at the hospice care pet It’s hard to believe that summer is winding down and com- The Fair Bluff Praise Group ing to an end. If you are looking for some fun activities to close center. will lead worship. out your summer then head on down to Tabor City. Tomorrow Volunteers prepare meals With Charlene High night “Cross Talk” bluegrass gospel band will be performing A church spokesperson that are shared by families at the Ritz Center in downtown Tabor City at 7 p.m. Tickets will said, “This will be an upbeat, visiting loved ones at the inpa- be available for purchase at the door. Adults $15 and children 10 up-tempo service and it will tient hospice care center at 206 years and under $10. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. be all about praise. Pizza fel- Warrior Trail in Whiteville. Plants and your pet The first Classic Car Cruise In that was held last weekend lowship will follow the service. Meals of Love allow families How many times have you decided to give your pet a treat, was a huge success. If you missed it there are two more sched- Come one—come all.” to concentrate on spending right from the table? You just can’t resist that begging from Fido uled in October and November. Oct. 3, cruise times 4-7 p.m. and Youth groups, families and time with their loved ones and or the curled tail of your cat whisking around your leg. Fact is Nov. 7, cruise time 3-5 p.m. anyone else – young and old -- take needed breaks without you love to eat and so do your pets. We have adjusted the times to accommodate the time who wish to join and worship having to leave the hospice Without a doubt they prefer what you eat. Why throw the change and allow for more daylight cruising. Parking is avail- is invited. care center. left-overs away – give it to the dog or cat? Your love of flavors able on Hickman road on both sides of the railroad tracks. If For more information, or “Home-cooked meals offer interested in participating or becoming a sponsor of the event, will, in many cases, cause you to use something from the Allium to discuss bringing a large comfort to families dealing family – in other words, onions, garlic, leeks and/or chives. contact Dianne Nobles Ward at 653-4141. group, call Rev. Todd Padgett with a loved one’s life-limiting A huge Yam Festival t-shirt sale is going on at the Tabor There are many health benefits to the human from these foods, at 317-0391. illness,” said Lisa Clark, com- City Library. A variety of t-shirts from previous year N.C. Yam but they are not beneficial to your pet. munity outreach coordina- festivals will be on sale at discounted prices. T-shirts range Plant poisoning is not a usual disease in dogs and cats since from $5-$10. The sale is to make room for the upcoming 30th an- Scrabble Challenge tor for Columbus and Bladen their diet doesn’t normally have plants as a common compound niversary inventory. Visit the Tabor City Library to get yours. slated Sept. 22 counties. “Many of them of their diet. However, it is not unusual to see your pets chewing The Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce has some express their gratitude at on grass, giving you the idea that pets can eat plants. great events planned for the month of October. They are as fol- The Columbus County having access to snacks and In many cases your pet eating grass can be a sign it is try- lows. Literacy Council will spon- meals. Having food available ing to induce vomiting. In other words, when dogs and cats eat The 2nd Annual Neon 5K will be held Saturday, Oct. 3 ($25 sor another Gralyn Buffkin in the hospice care center’s something that doesn’t agree with them they will often eat grass entry fee without T-shirt/$30 with a Medicine Mart sponsored Memorial Scrabble Challenge family kitchen allows families to induce vomiting. T-shirt). Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation is the Tuesday, Sept. 22. It will be to spend as much time as pos- Other times there may be a nutritional deficiency in the pet medal sponsor. Call the Chamber of Commerce at 377-3012 to held at the Whiteville City sible with their loved ones.” and/or anemia and bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract could pre-register. Also sponsored by the Greater Tabor City Cham- Schools Administrative Office The welcoming setting of be the problem. ber of Commerce is the Inaugural Barn Dance, which will be in the Civic Room from 5:30 to the kitchen allows families Poisoning held Friday, Oct. 30 at Sunnyfield Equestrian Farms. Admis- 8:30 p.m. Registration is $25 access to needed nourishment Another item pets love to eat if they have any form of gastric sion fee is $8. The ticket price includes entertainment from a per person with teams com- and the opportunity to inter- live band and food. More information will be coming soon from distress is dark toast. Granted toast is an absorbent and can peting against other teams. act and gain support from help temporarily relieve some toxic conditions .However, bread owners Mole and Marylou Molina. other families going through And right around the corner is the 30th Annual North The fee includes a meal, op- is not beneficial to pets. Today’s bread products contain many the same experience. Carolina Yam Festival. Festival dates are Oct. 15-25 with Satur- portunities to win door prizes products you should avoid so don’t allow bread products to be “We rely on individuals day, Oct. 24th being the big parade day. Get your Yam Festival and Scrabble competition. given to our pets. schedule of events, parade and vendor entry applications, as Sponsorships are avail- and groups to volunteer to Not recognizing clinical symptoms of Allium poisoning is well as other info on the web at www.ncyamfestival.com. Pa- able: Triple Word sponsors help with the Meals of Love not unusual, as it can take a few days for the pet to display the rade Chairperson and Festival Manager is Maria Cartrette. donate $500 (three teams and program. Their kindness signs associated with the loss of red blood cells. Yes, that is Contact Maria at [email protected]. The “Taste 12 dinner tickets); Double means a great deal to us and what can happen. of Tabor” will take place at 100 S. Wall Street which is the Word sponsors donate $300 the families we serve,” Clark Both dogs and cats can develop what is known as Heinz-body home of Lucille Inman. Entertainment will be provided by (two teams and eight dinner said. formation, a form of anemia, if large amounts of material “Black Water Rhythm and Blues,” meet Miss North Carolina, tickets). Team participation is For more information (specifically onions) have been ingested. Signs could be loss enjoy some great food and wonderful fellowship. For more in- optional for sponsors. about Meals of Love and other of appetite, depression, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal formation and to purchase your “Taste of Tabor” tickets call The Columbus County Lit- volunteer opportunities, con- pain. Pale mucous membranes and dark colored urine should the Chamber of Commerce at 377-3012. eracy Council appreciates tact Clark at 620-2264 or email not be overlooked either. The family of Allium can cause life- Visit the Tabor City Visitor Center Monday-Friday from support of the community’s [email protected] threatening conditions and for some pets, depending on size and 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. or Saturday’s from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Stop in and efforts to encourage literacy amount consumed, can represent an imminent cause of death. pick up a free phonebook, N.C. map, Tabor City map or get in- in the county. Individuals or formation about North Carolina. Contacting your veterinarian as quickly as possible is neces- teams may register by mail- That’s what’s happening in Tabor City this week. Bladen animal sary but what can you do if it’s not possible, for instance, it’s the ing registration fees with Until next week…….. weekend and the vet office is closed? One product you should names of individuals playing control hours keep on hand for emergency use is Activated Charcoal which you or team name (four partici- Bladen County Animal can purchase from most drug stores. It’s good to have on hand pants per team) to: Columbus Control/Shelter will change for personal use and excellent to help with possible poisoning Living Hope offers free County Literacy Council, P. O. the business hours as of Au- or toxic conditions with your pet. Giving the Activated Charcoal Box 964, Whiteville, NC 28472 gust 3rd, 2015. The hours of isn’t too difficult if you can pill the pet. What if you are not able prenatal vitamins or call (910) 642-2442 for more operation are designed to to insert the pill? Then give a small amount of the pet’s favorite information. ensure that all animals in wet treat, or a piece of meat and then give a second small helping In an effort to better serve vices free of charge to all This the second year the the shelter are properly and with the pill inserted in it. That may work with a dog but cats their pregnant clients and to women regardless of age, in- Scrabble Challenge has been humanely cared for and that are a bit more skeptical so good luck there. promote better health in Co- come or marital status. dedicated to the memory of the public has adequate and Simple solution, don’t feed from the table however it isn’t a lumbus County, Living Hope The center is located at 116 the late Gralyn Buffkin who ample opportunity to con- rule you follow very well, so what can you do if you must give Pregnancy Support Services Premiere Plaza, behind Waffle contributed a lot of time as a duct adoptions and surrender your pet table scraps? Check to make sure it doesn’t contain any has begun offering a free International in Whiteville. community volunteer. stray / owned animals at the of the Allium family, even in powder form. 6-month supply of prenatal Office hours are Mondays Bladen County Animal Con- Charlene High is the former publisher and editor of Natural vitamins to women who have from 3-7 p.m. and Tuesdays trol and Shelter. Pet magazine, and has been involved with breeding horses, dogs positive pregnancy tests. and Thursdays from noon-4 Bolton BC to celebrate The shelter is open to the and cats for more than 30 years. This allows a pregnant p.m. 100 years Sept. 20 public for all animal-related Questions and comments may be submitted to Charlene High woman to begin taking prena- For more information, call In 1915, Bolton Baptist services, during the following at [email protected] tal vitamins as early as pos- the 24-hour helpline at 642- Church was founded. Now 100 hours: sible in her pregnancy to help 2677. years alter, the church will Animal Drop Off and Ani- ensure her health and the celebrate its 100th year an- mal Pickup, Monday-Friday healthy development of her Southeastern COG niversary Sept. 6-Oct. 4. The 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Battleship Alive is Sept. 26 unborn child. church will have a month-long Adoptions, Monday-Friday The Battleship North Caro- The vitamins have been to hold overcomers celebration. The celebration 12-5 p.m. with admission and is open to lina in Wilmington will host provided to Living Hope Overcomers will be offered will conclude with a centen- Closed Saturday and Sun- all ages. Questions and cam- a “Battleship Alive” program through a grant from Vitamin at the Southeastern Church nial homecoming Sunday, Oct. d a y. eras are welcome. Saturday, Sept. 26 from 8 a.m. Angels of Santa Barbara, Cal- of God each Monday night 4. Services begin at 10 a.m. The shelter promptly re- The Battleship is self-sup- to 5 p.m. ifornia. at 7 p.m. This class helps in- Fall revival will be held sponds to animal emergencies porting, not tax supported and Since 1997, the Living His- The provision of free pre- dividuals overcome any type Sunday, Sept. 20-Wednesday, during non-business hours. relies primarily upon admis- tory Crew weekends have natal vitamins is the newest of obstacle including alcohol, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. nightly. The Any situation in which a do- sions to tour the ship, sales in been a tradition at the battle- service of Living Hope, which drugs, food, sex, depression, speaker will be Rev. Timmy mestic or wild animal is cre- the ship’s store, donations and ship. The Living History Crew is celebrating 25 years of ser- grief and more that are hold- Blair. ating a danger to the public is investments. No funds for its provides insight into the daily vice to Columbus County. Oth- ing them in bondage. For more information call considered an emergency. Call administration and operation life and routine of the crew er services include free preg- The classes are free of Pastor Rev. Sterling Sarvis at 911 for all emergency calls and come from appropriations aboard the USS North Caro- nancy tests and estimated due charge and open to the public. 655-9780. they will contact the Animal from governmental entities at lina by explaining the duties dates necessary for applying For more information call Control Officer on-call. the local, state or federal lev- for Medicaid for Pregnant Pastor Brian Wible at 653-7788. specific to the sailor’s ratings els. Women, and an Earn While The church is located on Clarkton PFWBC (jobs) and demonstrates ac- For more information go to You Learn incentive program. the corner of 6th and Lewis Cancer Support tivities that occurred aboard battleshipnc.com or facebook. to hold fall revival the ship. The event is included Living Hope provides ser- Streets in Tabor City. Clarkton Pentecostal Free- com/ncbb55. will Baptist Church will hold Group meets its fall revival Sunday, Oct. The Cancer Support Group Riegelwood AA meets Wednesdays Families First is seeking 11-Wednesday, Oct. 14. Sunday, of Donayre Cancer Care Cen- The Riegelwood group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Oct. 11 will begin at 6 p.m. and ter of Columbus Regional 6 p.m. every Wednesday at the USW Local 9-738, 102 Old Stage Monday-Wednesday will be- Healthcare meets the second Hwy. (87) at Riegelwood. school supplies, uniforms gin at 7 p.m. The guest speak- Wednesday of each month Vickie Pait, executive director of Families First, Inc. is ask- er will be Rev. Mike Jacobs, from 9-10 a.m. in the CRHS St. James Church ing for school supply donations for children of the domestic pastor of Mt. Sinai Holiness education department. The County Fair violence shelter’s clients. Church of Bolton. programs are free. homecoming is Needed are book bags, one, three or five subject notebooks, There will be special sing- For more information and booths for rent planned Sept. 13 notebook paper, large binders, hand sanitizer, pencils, ink ing each night. to register call 641-8220. Columbus County Fair St. James Missionary Bap- pens, colored pencils, highlighters, pencil pouches, crayons The church is located at 24 officials are now accepting tist Church will have its an- and such. S. Page Road, Clarkton. booth rentals for the 36th an- nual homecoming Sunday, “We are also trying to help with school uniforms,” Pait said. For more information call Dublin Peanut nual fair. Sept. 13 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. “We will accept new or gently used school uniforms. Those Rev. Charlie Tatum at 991-6540 The cost is $150 for an 8x10- The speaker will be St. James’ who wish to donate may call the office for specific sizes or or Sharon Tatum at 876-2689. Festival set foot inside booth with an elec- very own Rev. Kelvin Locklear make a financial contribution designated for uniforms. Thank The Dublin Peanut Festival trical outlet, first come, first and guest singers will be The you for your support.” Pageant Committee is accept- Beaverdam OFWBC served. Bobby Deal’s Trio from Pem- School supplies and uniforms should be delivered to the ing applications for the Dublin To reserve a booth email broke. new Families First, Inc. office location at 121 W. Main St., revival service Peanut Festival Pageant that [email protected] or call The church is located at Whiteville or call 642-5996. Beaverdam Original Free- will be held Saturday, Sept. 910-654-4808. 3245 Old North East Road, will Baptist Church will hold 12 in the Dublin Elementary Fair dates are Oct. 13-18. Lake Waccamaw. Pleasant Union its revival Monday, Sept. School multipurpose building. MBC program 21-Friday, Sept. 25 from 11 The pageant will begin at 7 p.m. Brunswick Waccamaw a.m.-7:30 p.m. Message us online at Facebook. The senior choir of Pleas- com/DPFScholarshipPageant Association Women’s ant Union Missionary Bap- The morning services will feature different preachers: for an application. Auxiliary sets session tist Church will sponsor 100 Peanut Festival organizers women in red and 100 men Mon-Rev. Tommy Bryson; The Women’s Auxiliary of are now accepting craft and in black Sunday, Sept. 13 at 3 Tues-Rev. Bobby Carden; Wed- the Brunswick-Waccamaw food vendor applications for p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Donny Jernigan; Thur- Missionary Baptist Associa- the festival that will be held Rev. Frankie Dixon. The New Rev. Stephen Hyman; Fri-Rev. tion will observe its 97th an- Sept. 19. Contact Jane Starnes Zion Male Chorus will render Will Scrivner nual session Saturday, Sept. at 862-4301. the music. Nightly service is at 7:30 20 beginning at 9:30 a.m. at The Classic Cruisers Car The church is located at p.m. the headquarters building, Club is now accepting registra- 1437 East Arcadia Road, Rie- Rev. Kevin Johnson from 600 Pinelog Road, Whiteville. tion for the festival’s car show gelwood. Conway, S.C. will be our the The service will be rendered to be held festival day, Sept. 19. For more information, con- evangelist. by Rev. Gregory Hewett and All antiques, classic cars and tact Cynthia D. Brown at 655- The church is located at St. Bethel Baptist Church of trucks are welcome. For more 3225. 2665 Beaverdam Road, Chad- Whiteville. The host church information contact Wayne Rev. Q. Jimmel Williamson bourn. will be Mill Branch. Dove at 876-5578. is the pastor. Buddy Seay is the pastor. Local. News. Now. The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 -- 5C Boys & Girls Homes seek New Mt. Zion MBC Depot Museum Columbus County Department of sets homecoming Aging holiday vacation set Sept. 22-24 deadline near foster and adoptive homes New Mt. Zion Missionary How do you define dedica- families give children the best The Columbus County De- 640-6602, Catherine Spauld- Baptist Church will host its an- for NYC trip tion? Boys & Girls Homes feels possible chance to grow and partment of Aging is prepar- ing at 655-4166, Ruby Shelley nual homecoming celebration that their foster and/or adop- heal but unfortunately, there ing a three day/two night at 654-4423, Susan Prince at Sunday, Sept. 27, beginning Lake Waccamaw Depot Mu- tive parents are the epitome of are not enough foster families holiday vacation to Pigeon 653-3063, Warriette Hardee at with Sunday school at 10 a.m. seum is making final arrange- dedication. to go around. Forge/Gatlinburg Tuesday 655-4754 or Jenny Godwin at The New Mt. Zion Praise ments for the annual trip to New York City and is offering Foster parents are volun- Foster parenting is not easy. Sept. 22-Thursday, Sept. 24. 640-3791. and Worship Team will open two free tickets to the 9-11 Mu- teers from the community who Boys & Girls Homes of NC Shows will include the Hat- morning service with singing seum in lower Manhattan. A open their homes and provide carefully evaluates, orients, field and McCoy dinner show, at 11 a.m. The pastor, Rev. An- Global School drawing will be held Nov. 1 to 24-hour love and care to abused and trains new foster parents. The Smith Family dinner thony Rowell will deliver the show, The Smoky Mountain homecoming message. Zion’s determine the lucky winner. and neglected children. These This helps to ensure that the of Ministry The Nov. 19-22 trip begins nurturing, caring, responsible family and the home meet state Opry, a visit to Apple Barn Vil- Praise Dance Ministry is also lage, A Moonshine & Mountain enrolling students on the program. Thursday evening as the bus parents are the missing pieces and agency requirements. The loads at the Columbus County Tour and The Great Smoky Global School of Ministry is A fellowship dinner will in foster children’s lives. The children who need families are Schools office parking lot for an Mountains, Gatlinburg and now enrolling students. follow the service. absence of devoted and loving there – but where are the foster overnight trip into NYC, arriv- shopping at Tanger Outlets. The church is located in the caregivers is what makes fos- parents? It used to be that there Global School of Ministry ing around 7 a.m., with two full The cost of the trip is $364 Brunswick community near ter care a necessity for more were some children were hard is being offered free of charge days to tour and attend attrac- the intersection of Hwy. 130 than 14,000 children in North to place, but it is really that per person-double occupancy. through love offerings and tions and shows. Lynn Spauld- Carolina. homes - good homes - are hard For more information or donations. and Mill Pond Road. ing and Phyllis Russ will ac- The Boys & Girls Homes of to find. reservations call Michelle Dip- Individuals interested in For more information call company those who want to go N.C. Campus, Girls Activity For more information con- pel at 649-6881, Jean Powers at learning how to receive biblical 445-1022. on a double-decker tour bus to Center, is located at 400 Flem- tact LeAnne Etheridge Graham training and education without get an overall view of the city. ington Drive, Lake Waccamaw. at 877-211-5322, (910) 646-3083, Liberty Hospice paying the high cost of tuition St. Luke A.M.E. Zion The cost for this tour, around Many of the licensed foster/ ext. 217, or leanne.graham@ are invited to contact Minister sets Sunday school/ $50, is not included. Shows can adoptive homes are filled to bghnc.org. needs volunteers Patrina Wright at 234-3092. be booked on line before the capacity and many are over- Even though you may not Liberty Hospice needs vol- morning worship trip or may be purchased after crowded. Like many foster think so now, you could be the unteers to provide patient Make-A-Wish St. Luke A.M.E. Zion arrival. care agencies, Boys & Girls one who can make a difference support. Any adult or teenag- Church will hold Sunday Rockefeller Center’s Christ- Homes finds itself with more to wonderful kids who deserve ers interested in providing needs volunteers school at 8:45 a.m. and morn- mas Show will be presented and is real treat for those who children needing temporary compassion, friendship, and en- support for terminally ill pa- Wish Granting Volunteers ing worship at 10 a.m. each haven’t seen it. Other possible substitute family care than couragement. It will change, at tients call Tonia Neal at 641- are needed for the Make-A- Sunday until further notice. activities include a tour of the skilled and caring foster fami- the very least, two lives - yours 4095 or 733-5663. Wish Foundation of Eastern The church is located at 410 9-11 museum, Statue of Lib- lies to meet that need. Foster and theirs. The hospice is located at 44 North Carolina. Martin Luther King Drive, Wish Granters visit the erty, Ellis Island, Empire State McNeill Plaza. Bladenboro. Building, United Nations, Top family and help determine Peace BC hosting Sandhill MBC 106th Rev. Harrison J. Branch is of the Rock, Metropolitan Mu- the wish of the child while ex- Columbus County the pastor. seum of Art, Soho, Macy’s and Beth Moore simulcast anniversary Sept. 27 plaining wish procedures and much more. Lynn will take Peace Baptist Church will Leadership committee using their creative side to The deacons of Sandhill those who want to shop China- host Beth Moore’s Living make the wish truly magical. Missionary Baptist Church meets Tuesdays Ride for Life town on a shopping spree Sat- Proof Simulcast Saturday, Wish Granters see first- will spearhead the church’s The Columbus County urday morning. Sept. 12. The conference cost hand the impact a wish can 106th anniversary/church Leadership Council Steering set Sept. 20 The cost of the trip is $650 is $15 per person and will in- make on a child with a life- A Ride for Life (eternal) is clude lunch and conference homecoming celebration, Committee meets each second for double occupancy, $560 for threatening medical condi- set for Sunday, Sept. 20 at 9 materials. beginning with the 11 a.m. Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Bogue triples and $510 per person with tion. a.m. and kickstands up at 10 Doors open at 9:30 a.m. and worship service. Donald L. Community Park, Hallsboro. four in a room, at the Milleni- For more information, a.m. Meet at Unique Cuts and the simulcast begins at 10:30 Thompson, pastor, will deliver This non-partisan, non- um Hotel in the heart of Man- contact Lisa at 919-821-7111 or the destination will be Mt. a.m. and conclude around 5:15 the morning message. profit advocacy group encour- hattan one block off Broadway [email protected]. Calvary #2 on Hwy. 111, Little p.m. At 3:30 p.m., Rev, Dr. Timo- ages participation of citizens and one block from the Lion River, S.C. For more information call thy A. Lance of Mt. Olive Mis- willing to collaborate to effect King Theater. The cost includes Cornerstone OFWBC The cost is $10 per bike. Pro- Carol Clark at 234-5628 or sionary Baptist Churchalong powerful, positive changes on the bus trip, hotel and portage ceeds will go towards building Dawn Watts at 641-1563. with his choir and congrega- the local, state and federal lev- steak plate dinner (each person is allowed one tion will be the guest speaker. els. The youth of Cornerstone a life center for youth. Activi- suitcase). Anyone interested Lunch will be served be- Group goals, bylaws, mem- Original Freewill Baptist ties will include praise danc- should send a non-refundable Formyduval Family tween the two services. bership information and ap- Church will hold steak plate ers, singing groups, comedy $50 deposit to Lake Waccamaw For more information call plications may be secured via dinner Friday, Sept. 18 from skit, step team, puppet show Depot Museum, P.O. Box 386, Lake Waccamaw, N.C. 28450. Reunion Elmer Davis-Rhodie at 648- email request at www.colum- 4-8 p.m. Plates are $8 eat in or for kids, face painting, bike For more information call The Formyduval family 5320. buscountyleadershipcouncil. take out. Plates include steak, show and trophies will be Becky at 646-1992 Wednesday reunion will be held Saturday, weebly.com or send written baked potato, salad, roll and awarded. There will also be through Friday from 10 a.m. to Oct. 24 in Whiteville from 11 dessert. food, a health expo and gospel HOPD sets prepastor request to Columbus County 3 p.m. a.m.-4 p.m. The location will Leadership Council, P.O. Box Plates can be delivered rappers. anniversary Sept. 11 For more information call be determined and announced 57, Hallsboro, N.C. 28442 with advance notice. To place First Baptist MC sets later. Save the date and help The House of Prayer and For more information call an order call Tammy at 642- Bo Shaw at 641-7629. spread the word to family Deliverance will hold a pre- Loris McClellon at 207-6574 or 5783. homecoming/ 100th members. pastor’s anniversary Friday, Bridget Stephens at 646-1164. The church is located at New Townsend anniversary Responses and questions Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. The speak- 8428 Hallsboro Road, South, First Baptist Missionary may be directed to Kim For- er will be Pastor Gregory Whiteville. Temple activities Church will hold a pre home- myduval Fairfield at kff12345@ Beaverdam OFWBC Spaulding of Union Baptist The Free Man Beyond Me coming evangelistic service yahoo.com or via text or phone Church of Lake Waccamaw to hold gospel sing Foundation will host an Eti- Tuesday, Sept. 22-Thursday, call at 603-320-2904. along with his choir and con- Homecoming at Beaverdam Original Free- quette and Personal Brand- Sept. 24. Once an approximate count gregation. will Baptist Church will hold New Mt. Zion ing Workshop on Saturday, Tuesday speaker will be is known, the location will be Barbara Powell is the pas- its 15th annual fall gospel sing New Mt. Zion Missionary September 12 at 10 a.m. at The Bishop Anthony Gerald and determined. tor. New Townsend Temple Min- The Great Grace Church fam- The reunion is open to all Saturday, Sept. 26. Baptist Church will host its an- Local talent begins at 5:30 nual homecoming celebration istries in Bolton. All ages are ily of Tabor City. Formyduval family members Wednesday will be Dr. p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, beginning invited to attend. and their descendents. The Mill Branch MBC Timothy A. Lance and the Sister Tammy Jones Robi- with Sunday school at 10 a.m. The Ushers’ Ministry of reunion will begin with a meal. Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist nette (from Ohio) will be the The New Mt. Zion Praise The New Townsend Temple family/friends day Church family of Whiteville. featured singer. and Worship Team will open Ministries will celebrate its’ Mill Branch Missionary Thursday will be Rev. John St. Stephens HC With good weather the morning service with singing Anniversary on Sunday, Sept. Baptist Church will host its Claiborne and the Mill Creek event will be held outside. at 11 a.m. The pastor, Rev. An- 13 at 3 p.m. annual Friends and Family Missionary Baptist Church to host reunion Buddy Seay is the pastor. thony Rowell will deliver the The Men’s Outreach Min- Day/church anniversary Sun- family of Mullins, S.C. Guest St. Stephens Holiness homecoming message. Zion’s istry of The New Townsend Church will host The New day, Sept. 13 at 11:15 a.m. The Temple Ministries will host choirs will be Sandy Plain speaker will be Rev. James Praise Dance Ministry is also Missionary Baptist Church Ensembles reunion Saturday, Free pregnancy tests on the program. its’ Annual Men’s Day in the Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. Smith Sr. of Mt. Calvary #2 Park on Saturday, Sept. 19 and Mt. Olive Holiness and due dates available A fellowship dinner will fol- Church. All proceeds will go to the Missionary Baptist Church of from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Living Hope Pregnancy low the service. New Mt. Zion The 100th year church an- Make a Wish foundation in Brooksville, S.C. Bolton Town Park. The day Support Services offers free Missionary Baptist Church niversary will be held Satur- memory of Kenneth Mann The church is located at 645 will feature musical talent, pregnancy tests and estimat- is located in the Brunswick day, Sept. 26 with an outdoor Wilson. Harrelsonville Road. poetry, games, motivational ed due dates necessary for ap- community near the intersec- evangelistic service from 2-5 The church is located at 203 Rev. Dr. Jerry Ganus is the speakers and free food. Every- plying for Medicaid for Preg- tion of Hwy. 130 and Mill Pond p.m. There will be music, food Fair Bluff Road, Tabor City. pastor. one is invited. nant Women. The services are Road. For more information and entertainment. For more information call The New Townsend Tem- available on Mondays from call 445-1022. A Sunday service will be Sandra Wilson at 499-1435. Beaverdam OFWBC ple Ministries will celebrate 3-7 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Pastor Lula and Deacon Lloyd held Sept. 27 featuring Rev. Bobby Houze of Charlotte and to hold revival Thursdays from noon-4 p.m . Webb in their 14th Pastoral HOPD sets prepastor The Praise Team. WOW honor/ Beaverdam Original Free- Living Hope is located at 116 Celebration, Oct. 12-16 at 7:30 The church is located at 304 will Baptist Church will hold Premiere Plaza, behind Waffle anniversary Sept. 11 p.m. nightly, with the finale remembrance ceremony West 6th Street, Tabor City. its revival service Monday, International in Whiteville. The House of Prayer and on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 11 a.m. The Woodmen of the Rev. Rodney Gore is the Sept. 21-Friday, Sept. 25 at 11 All services are free and Deliverance will hold its an- Everyone is invited to this cel- World/ Woodmen Life Chap- pastor. a.m. and 7:30 p.m. confidential. For further in- ebration. ter 130, Cerro Gordo, will hold nual fall revival Friday, Sept. Morning services will have formation, please call our The church is located at 273 an Honor and Remembrance 16-Sunday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. different preachers: helpline at 642-2677. nightly. The speaker will be Smith Lane, Bolton. Ceremony Friday, Sept. 11 at Monday-Rev. Tommy the Chadbourn Senior Center, Bishop Terry L. McZeke of Bryson, Tuesday-Rev. Bobby Monument of Faith Christian Subscribe Today, 403 N. Pine Street, Chadbourn Carden, Wednesday-Rev. Don- Assistance for beginning at 10 a.m. Ministries of Marion, S.C. We’re On The Web: ny Jernigan, Thursday-Rev. pregnant women Barbara Powell is the pas- Stephen Hyman, Friday-Rev. tor. www.whiteville.com Call 642-4104 Will Scrivner. The Well Births program at WOW meeting Rev. Kevin Johnson from the Columbus County DREAM The Woodmen of the Wood- Conway, S.C. will be the Evan- Center may be able to help men of the World/Woodmen gelist. women who are pregnant or Life Chapter 130 will hold it’s The church is located at recently delivered. regular meeting Thursday, 2665 Beaverdam Road, Chad- Well Births serves as a com- Sept. 17 at the Chapter Hall bourn. munity action team for minor- in Cerro Gordo beginning at 7 Buddy Seay is the pastor. ity infant mortality reduction. p.m. Members are encouraged The goal is to see all babies to attend. Pleasant Union MBC born healthy and thrive. The program Sept. 13 organization works to im- Services set at prove the health of women of American Legion Post The senior choir of Pleas- childbearing ages, improve ant Union Missionary Baptist Pastor Robert D. Williams prenatal care and reduce infant Church will hold its 100 women mortality. Sr. and his congregation will in red and 100 men in black hold services at the American The DREAM Center is locat- Sunday, Sept. 13 at 3 p.m. The ed at 403 S. Martin Luther King Legion Post Sunday mornings guest speaker is Rev. Frankie at 9:30 a.m. until further notice. Jr. Ave. in Whiteville. Register Dixon along with the New Zion by contacting case manager Male Chorus. Amber Bellamy, Alisha Love JCPC meetings The church is located at or Jamika Lynch at 642-0633. 1437 East Arcadia Road, Rie- The Juvenile Crime Pre- gelwood. vention Council meetings For more information con- are on the first Wednesday tact Cynthia D. Brown at 655- Pregnant? of each month at noon in the 3225. Whiteville City Schools Civic We are here to help you. Rev. Q. Jimmel Williamson Call us today at 642-2677. Room. is the pastor. Visit Whiteville.com for the latest news and updates. The News Reporter, Thursday, September 10, 2015 release dates: Sept. 5-11, 2015 36 (15)

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The top number tells you that you At the library: 2015 Honor Books • What if 30 people are coming to the • “Bedtime Math: A Fun Exercise Visit your library to to check out some got two of those four pieces. Meet Mini Fact: of this year’s award-winning books! party? How many packages of hot dogs Stay Up Late” byThe LauraNewbery Overdeck Along with “El Deafo,” We know that 2 is half of 4, and 1 is Medal was another Newbery Honor will you need? How many packages of Cece • “40 Fabulous Mathfirst awarded Mysteries Book was named Kids this year: half of 2. You got two pieces of the cake — in 1922. • “Brown Girl buns will you need? Can’t Resist” by Marcia MillerDreaming” andby Jacqueline you got 1/2 of the cake. 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Klassen and written by Mac Barnett characters were saying. She also worked • “Viva Frida,” illustrated and written “I also think my sense of humor has as a waitress and Words that remind us of math are hidden in this puzzle. Cece Bell is married by Yuyi Morales been much informed by some of the funny a dental hygienist’s to Tom Angleberger, a • “The Right Word: Roget and His misunderstandings that I experience as a assistant. “I don’t writer and illustrator. Thesaurus,” illustrated by Melissa Sweet Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and deaf person,” Cece added. Barry:think Who I’ll ever wantwas They’ve the produced a book together, “Crankee and written by Jen Bryant She said a lot of her books are about to illustrate the • “This One Summer” illustrated by some letters are used twice. 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Hospital gifts Smart boards Brandon Southern, a bus driver for Whiteville City Elisha Garrell’s second grade class at Whiteville Pri- Schools and youth director at Atkinson Temple Church, mary School enjoys the new smart board during the accepts gift bags for the WCS bus drivers from Co- first week of school. They are practicing short vowel lumbus Regional Healthcare System. Terrie Priest from sounds with blends. Left to right are Jaquan Rose, CRHS presented the bags filled with disposable gloves Adryana Etheridge, Jaysha Goss, Aaron Grate, Angel and other CRHS items. The collection is a project of Smith, Ceonna Dennis, Nathaniel Robinson, Andrew the Atkinson Temple Youth Group. Faulk and Victor Reynoso. 252d CA/AAA Gp. 36th annual reunion Officers of the 252d Coast Artillery/Anti-Aircraft Ar- tillery Group Association, NC MG, Wilmington, have

announced plans for its 36th (Submitted photo) annual reunion set for Fri- day, Sept. 18 and Saturday, Chadbourn Elementary School fifth graders Laylia Sept. 19. McDonald and Shamika Moss practice patriotism A business meeting and recently as they raise the N.C. and American flags at stag Shimperoo will begin at the school. 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 at the Covil Farms Clubhouse off Military Cutoff, Wilmington. The cost is $12 per person in SECU scholarships advance or $15 at the door. Officers for 2015/16 will be elected. at SCC Saturday, Sept. 19 will be- Southeastern Community Employees’ Credit Union or gin with social hour at 5 p.m. College has announced that SECU Foundation. at Covil Farms Clubhouse the State Employees Credit A limited number of followed by a catered South- Union (SECU) Foundation scholarships are available. ern style buffet. Cost is $15 has continued its support for Preference will be given to Computer builder the Continuing Education students with limited or Left to right are Sarah Cothern, a Whiteville High School student; her dad, Gus Co- per person. For more infor- mation or reservations call Scholarship Program. no access to financial aid thern, music instructor at Edgewood Elementary School; Betty Hinson, chair of the Capt. Tom Fields at 686-2823. Originally established from other programs. The Columbus County Literacy Council; and Barbara Barbour, Literary Council director. in 2012, the SECU Founda- applicant must be making Sarah built a computer as her senior project and donated it to the Literacy Council. tion Continuing Education satisfactory progress in the WHS class of ‘85 Scholarship Program is de- selected career pathway if signed to help remove finan- already enrolled prior to ap- planning reunion cial barriers for students plication. Senior project: build a computer The Whiteville High seeking to gain new and/or Scholarship applications School graduating class of upgrade current job-related are available in the Work- Donated to Literacy Council 1985 is planning its 30th year skills. Annually, the SECU force and Community De- class reunion Saturday Oct. Foundation provides a total velopment Division and in By SARAH COTHERN fun actually building the the Literacy Council. My fa- 24. of 580 scholarships -10 schol- the NCWorks Career Cen- computer. As I was told that ther had done some comput- For more information call arships at $750 each to all 58 ter. Completed applications Though I do not personal- I could not build a computer er repair for the council, and Julie Monds Ward at 640-0393 community colleges. should be returned to Bren- ly support the continuation for myself while doing the felt it would be a good home or Nancy Wayne Crabtree at Beverlee Nance, vice presi- da Orders, SCC Campus, T of the senior project, I had project, I elected to give it to for the donated computer. 770-0774. dent of SCC’s Workforce and Building, room 114, no later My original project idea Community Development than 5 p.m. Sept. 15, 2015. Ap- was to study the history of HHS class of ‘85 program, said funds must be plications will be reviewed Whiteville computers. That was much used for training programs by a scholarship selection too broad a study, as I discov- planning reunion that lead to a state-regulated committee. City schools menu ered. During my research, The Hallsboro High School or industry-recognized cre- Southeastern’s Continu- Menus are subject to change. Assorted milk is served with I learned a lot about people graduating class of 1985 will dential offered through Con- ing Education fall schedule each meal. Served daily: Fruit or Fruit Juice at breakfast and and parts in computer histo- hold its class reunion Satur- tinuing Education. Eligible is available on the college Chef Salad or PB&J Sandwich at lunch. ry. People such as Alan Tur- day, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. programs include Nurse website at www.sccnc.edu. MONDAY, SEPT. 14: - Breakfast - Honey Bun, Mixed Dried ing, portrayed by Benedict RSVP Hallsboro High Aide I, Nurse Aide II, Certi- Fruit, Apple Juice. Lunch - Chicken Wings/Roll or Pizza Que- Cumberbatch in the movie School facebook page or email fied Production Technician, HHS Class of ’65 sadilla, Baked Beans, Coleslaw, Applesauce. “The Imitation Game,” were [email protected]. Culinary Arts, and the Medi- TUESDAY, SEPT. 15: - Breakfast - Mini Pancakes, Mixed Or- major influences on the de- cal Billing/Coding pathway. reunion Oct. 24 ange Wedges, Grape Juice. Lunch - Baked Spaghetti or Corn velopment of the computer. To apply, students must The Hallsboro High School Dog Nuggets, tossed Salad, Steamed Corn, Grape Juice. As the project had to have Hallsboro HS class be a U.S. citizen, a North Class of 1965 will hold a 50- WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16: - Breakfast - Pizza Slider, Dried a product, I elected to build a of ‘90 reunion Carolina resident and in year reunion Saturday, Oct. Cherries, Apple Juice. Lunch - Chick Filet/Bun or Pizza Hut computer. It was surprisingly one of the following target 24 at the Lake Waccamaw De- simple, despite how everyone The Hallsboro High pot Museum beginning at 1 Pizza, Crinkle Fries, Broccoli Dippers, Nectarines. School Class of 1990 will cel- groups: unemployment in- THURSDAY, SEPT. 17: - Breakfast - Cinnamon Cheese, Ba- acted when I told them what surance claimants, unem- p.m. For information contact I wanted to do. Basically, it ebrate its 25th class reunion George Frink at gwfrink3@ gels, Apple, Orange Juice. Lunch - Baked Ham/Cornbread or on Saturday, September 26, ployed and underemployed Fish Filet/Cornbread, Carrot Dippers, Macaroni & Cheese, consists of insert part A into adults, members of the NC gmail.com or Susan Prescott slot B and pray to God you 2015 at Dales Seafood Res- Little at susanprescottlit- Steamed Cabbage, Banana. taurant at Lake Waccamaw National Guard, or military FRIDAY, SEPT. 18: - Breakfast - Apple Muffin, Mixed Dried don’t loose screw C. It didn’t veterans and spouses. Appli- [email protected], 919-971-5397. take long, though it took long beginning at 4pm. Each Fruit, Grape Juice. Lunch - Pizza or Deli Turkey/Bun, Sweet member is asked to contact cants must not be a director, Nakina Middle School Potato Puffs, Celery Sticks, Fruit Cocktail. enough I didn’t have time to employee or family member do much else. It was fun to Joy Jacobs Rector at 910-207- Golf Tournament 2118 or mrs.hornet.librar- of an employee of the State work with Brad as my men- Nakina Middle School’s [email protected] with the tor; he taught me a lot. Golf Tournament will be Columbus number of people attending. The main thing I learned Hallsboro class of held Sunday, Sept. 20 at 1:30 Members are responsible while working on the com- 61 reunion planned p.m. at Black Bear Golf Club. County schools menu puter is the phrase “Hurry for their meals and those of Menus are subject to change. Assorted milk is served with Entry fee is $55 per player. up and wait,” which we had their guests. The Hallsboro Class of each meal. Students may select one meat, bread and milk, Prizes will be awarded and to do…a lot. The longest wait 1961 will hold its 54th class and a choice of two fruits and/or vegetables. food will be served. we had was when Brad ended Second biennial for reunion Saturday, Sept. 26 at MONDAY, SEPT. 14: - Breakfast - Nutri Grain Bar, Apple- For more information call up not having a part we need- the Boys & Girls Homes fel- sauce. Lunch - Lasagna or Corn Dog, Peaches, Baby Limas, Nakina classes 83-92 Wendell Duncan at 642-8301 ed that he thought he had, lowship hall at Lake Wacca- Corn, Roll. The second biennial Na- or Jeff Register at 654-1100. which ties into the second maw. Registration will begin TUESDAY, SEPT. 15: - Breakfast - Pop Tart, Apple. Lunch - kina reunion classes from phrase when it comes to com- at 3 p.m. the cost is $20 per Chicken Filet or Sloppy Joe, Mixed Fruit, Oven Fries, Carrot 83-92 will be held Friday, Nov. puters: “Stuff goes wrong, person. Social time will be WHS class of ‘75 Sticks. 27 from 6 p.m.-12 a.m. at Sand don’t freak out,” and “Mur- from 3-6 p.m. with a catered WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16: - Breakfast - Sausage Biscuit, Dunes Resort. The cost is $75 planning reunion phy’s Law” can always be dinner at 6 p.m. Strawberry Cup. Lunch - Taco or Fish Filet, Peaches, Baked per person. counted on to change one’s Organizers have updated The Whiteville High Beans, Slaw. The resort is located at plan. mail and email addresses and School graduating class of THURSDAY, SEPT. 17: - Breakfast - Mini Pancakes, Orange, 201-75th Ave., North Myrtle I am grateful to Brad a letter/email has been sent. 1975 is planning its 40th year Raisins. Lunch - Chef Salad or Cheeseburger, Apple, Oven Beach, S.C. Stocks, Anthony Martin Anyone with updated infor- class reunion Oct. 9-10. Fries, Broccoli, Roll. For more information call (Brad’s boss) and Whiteville mation should contact Faye For more information call FRIDAY, SEPT. 18: - Breakfast - Cinnamon Roll, Juice. 478-918-7662 or 843-597-2994. City Schools for their sup- and Jerry Parrish at 252-492- Phyllis Betts Thompson at Lunch - Pizza or Hamburger, Marinara Sauce, Pineapple, port of my project. 6353 or email jandfparrish1@ 207-2225 or Dixie Featherson Side Salad. www.whiteville.com embarqmail.com. 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