First Lady Rivalries Gov. Roy Cooper’s wife, East, South, West Kristen, visits Hallsboro-Artesia. and WHS square uuSEE PAGE 8A off on the diamond. uuSEE PAGE 1B The News Reporter Published since 1890 every Monday and Thursday for the County of Columbus and her people. WWW.NRCOLUMBUS.COM Thursday, March 29, 2018 75 CENTS Fourth grader takes on challenges of dyslexia

By Diana Matthews science and math, but he said his friends, cousins and sister says he wants to be a farmer and after second grade he was He now receives “clap and tap” [email protected] the best part of the school Emma Gray. “Sometimes I of some sort someday, but he diagnosed with dyslexia. That therapy from Carla Brown. Us- day is “when we go outside.” jump on the trampoline for knows he has other choices was when his parents began to ing a program called Interac- Part III of a series Because Price has dyslexia, two hours,” he said. as well. At least he is pretty recruit all the help they could tive Metronome, Brown leads Price Wheatley had his 10th reading is difficult, but that Last summer he helped har- sure he doesn’t want to be a find to give Price a good edu- Price in rhythmic listening birthday in December and is hasn’t dampened his enthusi- vest watermelons from a patch teacher, preacher or writer. cation in spite of his learning and reading exercises. in Amanda Tedder’s fourth- asm about the future. his father, Brent Wheatley, Those occupations all require difficulty. Price’s mother, Mary Ben- grade class at Edgewood El- After school hours, Price grew as an experiment. With too much reading. “I started going to Miss Tay- non Wheatley, said, “It gives ementary School in White- plays baseball, basketball, soc- Emma Gray, he sold them on Since kindergarten, read- lor (Jordan) and she helped me uuSEE DYSLEXIA 3A ville. His favorite subjects are cer, tag and hide-and-seek with Madison Street. Price already ing has been hard for Price, with my dyslexia,” said Price. Canady gets life for 2014 murder By Jefferson Weaver wiped her eyes, trembling as [email protected] she began reading the single sheet of paper. Amanda Kay Canady will “I can’t take back what was spend the rest of her life in done,” she said, and offered prison for her role in the 2014 Ward’s family an apology. “I murder of Keisha Ward and know you are missing a wife, the near-killing of Johnny a mother, a daughter and a Tyler. sister….but my children will The jury took less than 45 grow up without a mother minutes to return a guilty now, too. verdict on all three felony “I ask that you hold no charges — first degree mur- anger toward anyone in this,” der, attempted murder, and she said. assault with a deadly weapon Final arguments were with intent to kill. Superior heard Wednesday morning, Court Judge Douglas Sasser and the state included graphic sentenced Canady to the max- photographs comparing Ward imum for all and Tyler’s in- three charg- juries. Ward’s es, life plus a daughters and maximum of son were es- 25 years, due to corted from Staff photo by Grant Merritt the nature of the courtroom News Reporter Editor Les High, right, leads a panel discussion on opioid use in Columbus County, where the most the crimes. by their great- recent data shows that 150 opioid pills are prescribed per person, more than triple the state average. The forum drew Ward, John- grandmother a large crowd at Vineland Station Monday night. son and Canady after they used a baseball broke down bat and barstool upon seeing to batter and the pictures, Forum on opioids draws big crowd; torture Ward and hearing and Tyler on Asst. District New Year’s Amanda Canady Attorney Alan solutions varied but resources lacking Day 2014. The Adams de- couple’s three children were scribe the multiple injuries in the home at the time of the both victims received. By Allen Turner diction problems in Columbus attack. Sasser called a brief recess [email protected] “Recovery is more than just not using. It’s about County that appeared in The Canady’s two co-defen- after the youth had left the repairing the fractured family, repairing the fractured News Reporter and Scalawag, dants, Derrick Pierce and courtroom, and asked the A forum titled “Losing and Andy Anderson, a pastor Antwan Johnson, are serving family to maintain their com- a Generation: Addressing community. It’s about helping people find meaning who also is director of devel- life plus 30 years and 35 years, posure. the mental health care crisis in their lives and in their relationships with other opment for Community Based respectively. Johnson entered “I know this is a very emo- and combatting the opioid Care, LLC, comprised the first a plea deal in February 2017, tional time,” he said. epidemic” at Vineland Station people.” panel. almost three years to the day Defense attorney Mike Ra- Monday night drew about 75 Dr. Sara Koenig Feldblum related that when after the three were arrested. mos rested his case with no participants including repre- he began researching his se- He was allowed to plead guilty witnesses and no testimony sentatives from medical, men- ries on Columbus County, his to second degree murder in Tuesday. In his closing argu- tal health, law enforcement the program and will broad- approaching the problem from initial expectation was that exchange for his testimony ments, he repeated the con- and faith-based communities cast three panel discussions different perspectives. the focus would be on mental against Pierce and Canady. cerns he had expressed during for a discussion in a county from the event statewide. “We’re here to talk about health issues and involuntary Pierce was found guilty last rebuttal questioning of Bel- that has one of the highest Moderator Les High of how opioids have wrecked commitments to psychiatric summer of first degree mur- lamy Chavis, Ward’s teenaged rates in the state for prescrip- The News Reporter led three many communities in North facilities, but that it soon be- der, assault and other charges. daughter. Ramos pointed out tions of opioid medications. panel discussions that were Carolina, particularly rural came apparent opioids were In her first show of emo- to details that Miss Chavis left The event was sponsored by recorded for statewide televi- counties like Columbus Coun- “on everybody’s mind” when tion since the trial began last out of her initial statements The News Reporter, Scalawag sion broadcast, followed by ty,” High told the audience. he began his research on the week, Canady read a tearful on the day of the murder, then magazine, Columbus Region- a general roundtable discus- Sammy Feldblum, who ground here. and halting apology to Ward’s included later in further state- al Healthcare and UNC-TV, sion by 11 representatives of wrote a six-part series on family Wednesday. Canady ments and testimony. uuSEE FORUM 5A which taped the first hour of varying organizations who are mental health and opioid ad- set the paper down twice and uuSEE MURDER 11A Clarkton students win regional event, prepare for state contest

By Diana Matthews to a test of its weight-bearing School’s team came in a close Jennifer Marlowe’s sixth [email protected] ability. The test of each model second in southeastern N.C., through eighth graders from wasn’t over until the engi- with their bridge bearing 20.07 Clarkton School of Discovery Students from Whiteville neers added enough weight to pounds before falling. won first place in the middle and Clarkton participated destroy the bridge. Only first-place regional school division for the third March 16 in a regional model Models weighed no more winners advance to the state year in a row. bridge-building contest in than 30 grams – about one finals, which will be held at The A+ magnet school of- Kinston. Engineers from the ounce – and the winning high DOT headquarters in Raleigh fers bridge-building as an N.C. Department of Trans- school bridge, built by Cam- on April 20. elective class during the third portation judged the models den Early College students, quarter of every year. according to strict specifica- gave way under a load of Clarkton overcomes In 2016, after winning the A CSD student constructs part of his team’s bridge, fol- tions, then subjected each one 20.7 pounds. Whiteville High tough competition lowing the scale model. uuSEE CONTEST 2A

Volume 127, Number 77 A birthday celebration honoring Mildred Efird at the Chef and the Frog on Saturday evening. Her children, Whiteville, North Carolina DIDYOB Denise Branch and Vernon Efird, along with family and extended family enjoyed fellowship and dinner... DID YOU OBSERVE? Jennifer Holcomb conceding that it’s better to do your taxes with the aid of an accountant?... 2A • The News Reporter • Thursday, March 29, 2018 WHS AND CLARKTON STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN BRIDGE-BUILDING CONTEST

Whiteville High School students came in second at the high school level of the regional Middle school students from Clarkton School of Discovery won the regional competi- competition. tion for the third year in a row. Engineering is about choosing the best solution

By Diana Matthews students had each submitted contest in Kinston and second simply building something ture is going to be used, plus with Carolinas Associated [email protected] a design, and the class was in the state. with heavy truss work. If al- financial and environmental General Contractors and the narrowing down their op- The students had to rebuild lowed an unlimited amount limitations. “If it’s a bridge, American Council of Engi- Department of Transpor- tions to find the best one for their entry be- of building you need to know how much neering Companies of North tation engineer Ken Clark the contest. “I was impressed tween the two “The process they were materials, traffic is going to be on it at a Carolina – has hosted the remembers speaking to stu- with the three or four models competitions Clark said, “I time and how long the span is. statewide Model Bridge Build- dents at the Clarkton School they were playing with. They because what going through was like can make a The longer the span, the more ing Competition since 2000. of Discovery in 2016, when the asked me which one I thought Clark called the what you go through in bridge that’ll the weight is on the middle of Cash prizes to competing sixth through eighth graders was best. I had to think hard “load to failure” hold any the bridge. Sometimes you can schools are provided by the were on their way to their first about it. Every one of them method of test- real life. In engineering, amount of build supports in the middle, contractors’ group. bridge-building contest. He was a good model. They all had ing demolished there’s always more than weight.” but sometimes you can’t. You The aim is to encourage had participated in similar positive attributes. the model used On the choose the best solution for a students to develop math and contests as a college student “The process they were go- at Kinston. one correct answer.” contrary, “In particular situation.” science skills used in trans- but was pleased to see that, ing through was like what you The strict 30- Ken Clark any design Clark said he has never portation, construction and “a seventh grader with no go through in real life. In en- gram limit, said Dept. of Transportation process,” served as a judge of the DOT engineering careers. Student engineering background can gineering, there’s always more Clark, creates Clark said, contest, but he likes to watch objectives also include ques- design an amazing thing that than one correct answer.” “a level play- engineer an engineer videos of the highlights on tioning skills, problem-solv- works well.” The model that the Clark- ing field” for all has to work Youtube. A video is also avail- ing skills, teamwork, research At the time of Clark’s pre- ton students selected that year teams to create their most with the requirements of the able on the NCDOT’s website. and presentation skills and sentation, Jennifer Marlowe’s won first place at the regional economical design rather than physical site and how a struc- N.C. DOT in partnership communication skills.

their own bridges. Class dis- less than 24 inches.” Part of the lyrics ran this way: ing area as the bridge Hester had declined to enter held less CONTEST cussion follows, in which stu- “A three-inch block had to “We’ve got tension and had selected was loaded with weight than the one she had Continued from 1A dents learn the mathematical fit under the roadway,” said compression, a bucket and sand was gradu- chosen. southeastern regional com- and scientific concepts behind Ryan Edwards. “And a two- Either pulling or it’s push- ally added. If there had been Many of Hester’s students petition, CSD came in second bridge-building. Team mem- inch block had to fit on top of ing. a tie for points between WHS want to take the class again in the state, behind students bers are now building a new the roadway.” Both have reasons why and Camden Early College, next year. They are already from the North Carolina Math- model for the finals, to replace Until the day of the contest, they’re needed. the winner would have been planning how they can con- ematics and Science Edu- the one destroyed at Kinston. said Hester, “I didn’t tell the They both help the bridge decided by the load-carrying struct a bridge with more “X” cation Network Pre-College students which model we were stay standing. test. With the early college shapes and more bottom and Program. In 2017 the Clarkton WHS team comes close going to enter.” She picked the Oh, truss bridges. team squeezing out victory middle support. Video of the team came in first in state in second attempt one she believed would hold Yeah, we are engineers; by just a few ounces, Hester competition is at nrcolumbus. competition. A team of WHS seniors par- more weight and gave it to the Work hard, we persevere. wanted to satisfy her own and com This year the CSD team ticipated in the DOT contest judges. Each school is allowed Best bridge in the hemi- her students’ curiosity about will again face the Math and in 2016, but the school did not only one entry. sphere.” the bridge she had chosen not Science Pre-College team, enter again last year. For most Hester was aware that, if Zachary Ivey was among to enter. She hoped the weight as well as teams from West of the 26 students in WHS’s she chose wrong, she would the team of students who testing would prove that she Vineland Pine Middle School in West 30-minute, twice-a-week elec- be handicapping her students’ wrote a four-page essay de- had picked wisely. End, and Polk County Middle tive class, this year was their chances. “I was more nervous scribing the scientific prin- “I knew if it turned out to School in Mill Spring. first time competing at Kin- about that than anything ciples of bridge-building. “It be stronger (than Camden’s), Station Said Marlowe, “There’s a ston. A few of them had taken else,” she said. took about four days,” he said. it was going to be a long, long Available for wedding lot more to the competition a bridge-building class in 2015 Team advisor Michelle “Some of the kids like to ride home on the bus.” receptions & other than just building the bridge.” at Central Middle School when Powell, who coached the 2016 build but don’t want to get up The weight test proved events Each team also submits a scale Hester taught there. team, said, “Our presentation and make a presentation to the Hester correct: the bridge she 642-3157 drawing, a written report and The design process began was the absolute best. The judges. Others are happy to an oral presentation, each of about five weeks before the students gave it in the form of talk, said Hester.” Because the which earns points for the mid-March contest. “First a song, incorporating bridge- competition requires a scale team. Those points are added we decided what the bridge building vocabulary.” drawing, an essay, a presenta- Meet and Greet to the load-carrying score of should look like, what shapes The song, said Lena Jack- tion and a bridge, “Everybody the model for determining a it should incorporate,” said son, was based on the hit “Fer- can shine.” Please come out winner. Olivia Smith. gi-licious” by singer Fergie. Excitement rose in the test- and meet The different tasks allow The class divided into class members to share in two teams, one favoring “X” the effort using their varied shapes and the other favoring JODY talents. “The whole class con- triangles in their design. tributes to the essay, but one Hester reminded them, GREENE person puts it together,” she “X’s are made of triangles, said. At competition, each so you were both using tri- 2018 Candidate for team has just seven minutes angles.” Nevertheless, she to set up its bridge and make allowed both teams to work Columbus County its presentation before weight independently and build the Sheriff testing begins. best models they could. In Marlowe’s classroom, Said class member Eliza- the process begins with stu- beth Morris, “The bridge had Saturday, April 7, 2018 dents drawing and building to be at least 20 inches long but 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Evans Excavation WATTS FARMS and Grading, LLC 4020 MM Ray Rd., Clarendon

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him a lot of stimulus. Price listens to a bunch of different sounds playing, and he’s sup- posed to clap along with just one of them.” “If I clap on time,” said Price, “it shows me a happy face. If I’m late, it buzzes.” “It helps him learn to tune out distractions and teaches the left side of the brain to work with the right,” said Brent Wheatley. “For dys- lexic people, those signals get crossed. “It’s helping him with his motor skills. It’s complicated, and it’s hard to see progress, but he’s definitely improved.” Jordan and Brown “have both been key players” in help- ing Price, his mother said. Of course, an active 10-year- Ingle Spaulding Greene taught this class to St. James Fire Department volunteer fire- old would rather be jumping fighters. on the trampoline or shoot- ing baskets than sitting in a speech therapist’s office, concentrating on the rhythms Airlink lands in St. James of words. “I don’t like going,” Thursday, January 14, 2016 Price admitted. But he agreed Airlink/Vitalink, the he- Ingle Spaulding Greene safety zones for the helicopter with his father that the hard licopter and ground ambu- taught this class to St. James while on the ground with by- work was helping him become lance service of New Hanover Fire Department volunteer stander safety in mind, and more successful in school. Regional Medical Center, firefighters. aiding the air crew in loading provides a helicopter zone The class teaches firefight- the patient into the aircraft. What dyslexia is like landing class, as well as oth- ers and EMS personnel when Greene, a Native American Price’s parents say that, ers, as part of the educational to call for air support, how to of the St. James community, when reading, he has to work Price Wheatley has a lot of energy like most boys, but he outreach for area fire depart- request the helicopter, and works full time as a critical hard to decode single words or also works hard in school to help overcome dyslexia. ments and rescue squads how to set up a landing zone. care paramedic with New tends to perceive the parts of through Southeastern Com- Setting up an LZ requires se- Hanover Regional Medical a word out of order. munity College. lecting a location, establishing Center. Pacing is also a challenge. answered the questions.” “I read a thing over and over. He admits that he still Teachers have helped I go too fast and get confused, guesses sometimes; most of Price’s teachers have ac- or I go too slow,” Price said. the time, however, he does not commodated his needs since Tabor City IT company needs Recognizing each individual have to guess blindly as he he was diagnosed, said his word takes so long that “I’ll once did. He is getting more mother. Tonya Pait helped forget what the whole entire skilled at finding clues in the him come to terms with the applicants for high-paying jobs story is about. That’s what I reading passages. Also, his reading disability last year, hate most.” teacher crosses out one of the and “His maturity level has If the words “for” and “of” four multiple-choice options changed drastically from By Allen Turner Part of his reason for locat- employees. are near to each other in a on each item, leaving fewer third to fourth,” Mary Ben- [email protected] ing the facility in his home “I know the people are out sentence, he may mistake one choices for Price to read and non Wheatley said. town was that he felt he could there,” he says. “Young people for the other. “I might say ‘and’ select from. In Tedder’s class, said Price, RadixBay, an international operate more economically are already enrolled in rel- for ‘an,’” he said. “Was” and When Price began to read classmates “Lauren, Corey, information technology com- here than in larger cities and, evant coursework in the area, “saw” also trick him at times. Angel and Layton help me. pany founded by Tabor City na- at the same time, pay em- at Southeastern Community “Or a word doesn’t have a ‘P’ in Like, if Mrs. Tedder’s grading tive Greg Lovette who opened a ployees more than prevailing College, and UNC-Pembroke it, but I want to put a ‘P’ in it.” “I read a thing over and her papers, Lauren helps me satellite office in the Tabor City wages here. and at Coastal Carolina, but At times he may skip words over. I go too fast and find answers. Sometimes we Industrial park last year, needs “What we’re looking for is they and their parents are not entirely. “Miss Taylor made get in groups to do stuff.” The local workers for high-paying people with any kind of soft- even aware that there’s a soft- me follow the words with my get confused, or I go too other students do not mind jobs, but Lovette says people ware development experience. ware development company in finger or a pencil. That kind slow. Recognizing each helping Price. “They’re all are not applying and he blames If you’ve got a degree in any Tabor City.” of helped so I wasn’t going too individual word takes so nice” about it, he said. that partially on not focusing kind of software-related ma- He is hopeful that his local fast or skipping words.” Nowadays, said Price, “The recruitment efforts in the right jor, we’ll take you straight out recruitment efforts pay off. Brent Wheatley asked long that, “I’ll forget what whole class knows I have dys- direction. of school and do something “Just speculating, but if I’m Price, “If you didn’t know the whole entire story is lexia.” He’s looking to more than with you,” he says. “Even in Whiteville or Tabor City or that dyslexia was the reason “Are you OK with that?” his double the size of his Tabor if you don’t have a degree, Chadbourn, I’m probably not for those problems, how would about. That’s what I hate father asked him. City workforce, now at 10 peo- if you have experience with going to get on some internet things be different for you most.” “Yes. I guess so,” Price said. ple, by the end of the year. “But platforms like SalesForce. jobs board that is going to get now?” “Do you think (speech ther- we’re seeing no applicants,” com, Java or Dot.Net, we’ll me a job in Austin or San Fran- Said Price, “I’d probably Price Wheatley apy) rewired your brain?” he says. “Part of the problem hire you.” cisco or places like that when struggle more. I wouldn’t Price looked surprised. “I is that we have geared our Lovette says he hopes to I have no intention of leaving get help because my teacher haven’t thought about that recruiting to concentrate on attract people who want to here,” he says. “I believe we’re wouldn’t help me or let me the material, his comprehen- at all!” technology user groups and work here permanently, who not reaching folks because of get help.” sion scores went up dramati- Price looks forward to technology associations, and aren’t interested in “looking the way we have been recruit- Before his diagnosis, Price cally, his mother said. learning decimals, line plots while I believe those are great around and leaving us and ing, versus the way people used to worry about being the Reading comprehension af- and measurements in math ways to recruit in other areas, trying to get a raise elsewhere. around here get their infor- last student to finish an as- fects Price’s favorite subjects, class before the end of this I don’t believe they have that That’s why we want to pay mation, and we’re trying to signment. “There’s this thing too. semester. much of an audience here.” well, because turnover is very correct that and deliver the we do every Friday,” he said. “Science is really hard He knows reading will al- Lovette wants to hire at expensive.” message to local people that “We have two long reading pas- when it comes to fill-in-the- ways be a challenge, but he least 12 more employees by the He admits to being some- we are hiring.” sages, and we have to answer blank worksheets and quizzes. is happy to know that many end of the year in Tabor City what behind where he had Potential applicants can questions. “I didn’t want to be You have to find the answer adults have had successful for jobs that have salary ranges hoped to be at this point in email recruiting@radixbay. behind and have to take stuff in the book and put it on your lives and careers in spite of of $35,000 to $55,000 a year. terms of the growth of the com or find links on the com- home.” To save time, “I used to paper. Or you have to copy dyslexia. Tabor City operation, and a big pany’s Facebook page or com- not read (the passages). I just vocabulary words on paper. reason for that has been the pany website at www.radixbay. McDonald’s difficulty in recruiting local com. Athletic After 31 years in business Western Prong Baptist Church Spotlight Alterations Plus will be closing on April 27th correction As of March 19th, we will no longer be taking in any The Columbus County Ath- work. We will remain open during regular hours for letic Spotlight school headings on page 3B are reversed. Kris- pick-ups only. Any items not picked up by April 27th Easter ten Meares attends West Co- will be donated. Thank you for your business. lumbus and Alexis Suggs goes to South Columbus. The News Barbara Eason Daphne Burris Reporter regrets the error. Service April 1 Under the tent 7:30 am Come as youBreakfast are after the service Sunday School 9:45 Regular Worship Service 11:00

167 Peacock Rd., Whiteville 4A • The News Reporter • Thursday, March 29, 2018 HIGH WINDS OF SPRING POST THREAT Fire caution urged as season gets into full swing The N.C. Forest Service approved burning permit ness leads to more wildfires is urging residents across agent, or online at http:// than any other cause. the state to think safety and ncforestservice.gov. These same tips hold true exercise caution during the Check the weather. Don’t for campfires and barbeques, spring fire season, which burn if conditions are dry too. Douse burning charcoal typically lasts from March or windy. briquettes or campfire thor- to May. Only burn natural veg- oughly with water. During the spring fire etation from your property. When the coals are soaked, season, people do a lot of Burning household trash or stir them and soak them yard work that often includes any other man-made materi- again. Be sure they are out burning leaves and yard als is illegal. Trash should be cold and carefully feel to be debris, according to the N.C. hauled away to a convenience sure they are extinguished. Forest Service. center. Never dump hot ashes or There are many factors Plan burning for the late coals into a wooded area. to consider before doing any afternoon when conditions Burning agricultural resi- burning. Following are tips are typically less windy and due and forestland litter: In to protect property and pre- more humid. addition to the guidelines This home on Oak Tree Street, near Mount Hebron Church, where the sheriff’s depart- vent wildfires: If you must burn, be pre- above, a fire line should be ment conducted a raid on Monday. Drugs, cash and stolen firearms were found. Consider alternatives to pared. Clear a perimeter plowed around the area to be burning. Some yard debris, around the burn area of flam- burned. such as leaves and grass, mable materials. Large fields should be may be more valuable if Keep fire tools ready. To separated into small plots for composted. control the fire, you will need burning one at a time. Before Search warrant leads Check with your county a hose, bucket, a steel rake doing any burning in a wood- fire marshal’s office for local and a shovel for tossing dirt ed area, contact your county laws on burning debris. Some on the fire. ranger, who will weigh all communities allow burning Never use flammable liq- factors, explain them and of- to arrests in Hallsboro only during specified hours; uids such as kerosene, gaso- fer technical advice. others forbid it entirely. line or diesel fuel to speed For more information on Make sure you have an burning. ways you can prevent wild- Community complaints led scales, firearms and a “large approved burning permit, Stay with your fire until it fires and loss of property, the sheriff ’s department to sum” of cash. which can be obtained at is completely out. In North visit http://ncforestservice. raid a Hallsboro home Mon- James Bennett was ar- any NCFS office, county- Carolina, human careless- gov. day, uncovering drugs, cash rested in the outbuilding, and stolen firearms and send- where he reportedly lived, ing three relatives to jail. while Estelle Bennett and Sheriff Lewis Hatcher Jaylon Bennett were arrested said that James Allen “Stine” in the home. Woman charged with Bennett, his son Jaylon, and James Bennett, 43, was mother Estelle “Queen Ester” charged with possession of Bennett were arrested after James Allen Bennett a firearm by felon, main- the department’s SWAT team taining a dwelling for drug ramming state trooper executed the search warrant. activities, misdemeanor pos- Citizens provided informa- session of drug parapherna- A Wilmington woman was government official, assault tion that led officers to make lia, and one felony count each jailed under $9,500 secured with a deadly weapon against a number of undercover buys of possession with intent to bond after alleg- a government at the residence, located at 50 manufacture, sell and deliver edly ramming official, and Oak Tree Street, near Mount cocaine, marijuana, opiates, a State Trooper injury to real Hebron Church, Hatcher said. Estelle Bennett and MDMA. He is being held attempting to property. An outbuilding at the under $140,000 bond. make a traffic Chung was property was being used by Estelle Bennett, 60, was stop. arrested Fri- James Bennett as a residence, charged with felony posses- Sharon Mi day after alleg- Hatcher said. Inside the home, sion with intent to manufac- Ryung Chung, edly ramming deputies recovered cocaine, ture, sell and deliver marijua- 31, of 5813 N.C. Highway marijuana, a stolen firearm na and cocaine. She is being Wrightsville Patrol trooper and a quantity of cash. In the held under $20,000 bond. Avenue, was Sharon Mi Ryung Chung Scott Floyd’s outbuilding, Hatcher said, Jaylon Maliek Bennett, 17, charged with cruiser on U.S. officers found cocaine, mari- was placed under $10,000 bond felony fleeing to elude ar- 74 near Evergreen. Floyd was juana, MDMA (also known as for a single count of posses- rest, speeding, assault on a not injured. Jaylen Bennett Ecstasy), Oxycodone, digital sion of a stolen firearm. G. Cameron Byrd ATTORNEY AT LAW Drivers towed from NC among top 10 states 118 West Smith St. • Whiteville 642-2258 Office • Criminal • Divorce lot near courthouse in human trafficking • Wills • Custody Attorney General Josh as part of a law passed by Highway Patrol Lt. Colonel • Child Support A day at court is never con- Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said Stein reports that North Caro- the North Carolina General Vic Ward, and Southeast Di- • Traffic • Personal Injury sidered a pleasant experience, he personally warned several lina has one of the top 10 high- Assembly (SL 2017-57). Eng- rector for the Federal Motor but for a number of motorists, drivers of the new no-toler- Evening & Weekend est reported rates of human lish and Spanish versions Carrier Safety Administration Appointments Available it’s become more expensive in ance rule this week. trafficking in the country. of the sign are available for Darrell Ruban. recent days. “I hate to see anyone, espe- However, cases of human traf- download at http://ncdoj.gov/ Drivers parking on the old cially older people, get hit with ficking are under-reported be- nchtc. convenience store property a bill like that,” he said, “but cause people don’t recognize In 2017, the National Hu- at Smith and Madison Street the property is marked, and the crime in their communi- man Trafficking Hotline re- BBQ Plate Fundraiser have found their vehicles it’s for sale.” ties and victims don’t believe ceived more than 900 calls towed, resulting in a $225 or Hill said that as many as there is help. from North Carolina. There and Meet & Greet more bill. a dozen vehicles were towed Human trafficking signs were 258 human trafficking The lot at the empty store Tuesday, and several have are being distributed to help cases brought by law enforce- Saturday, April 7 is marked as private property, been pulled every day. At least people in North Carolina bet- ment and more than 1,200 vic- 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM and the signs warn that viola- two jurors found their vehicles ter identify possible incidents tims and survivors identified tors will be towed. The county pulled while reporting for jury of human trafficking and in the state last year. Bolton Fire has three other parking lots duty last week. report tips. Victims of human Attorney General Stein Department within easy walking distance “It’s bad enough if you trafficking will also be able to and NC Human Trafficking of the courthouse, Clerk of have a traffic ticket and it’s a contact the National Human Commission Chair Coles were 225 9th Street, Bolton Superior Court Jess Hill said. $250 day,” he said. “Add that in Trafficking Hotline via phone joined by NC Department of “I’ve made the announce- there, it turns into a $500 day. or online to find information Public Safety Chief Deputy ment in court before it went We just want folks to make and resources to get out of a Secretary Pam Cashwell, SBI TIM FLOYD into session,” Hill said, “and use of the parking lots that trafficking situation. Director Robert Schurmeier, for Sheriff we’ve posted signs on the front do belong to the courthouse. The signs were designed SBI Alcohol Law Enforce- door of the courthouse. 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I’m not sure the DHHS’s Dellapenna made substance abuse problems which comes first, mental ill- up a third panel. and mental health issues ness or substance abuse, but In addition to serving in here,” he said. it’s really important to talk the legislature, Jones also is Anderson believes the so- about treatment of people a funeral director, and he’s lution to the problem locally with mental illness, which seen the effects of opioid is to start with community- affects one in five people. If abuse in that work. “Since based services that already they don’t get needed mental 2015, opioid-related deaths exist here. “Local groups like health treatment, they may in Columbus County have the Partnership for Children, turn to substance abuse to risen by 73 percent,” he said. the DREAM Center and civic alleviate their problems.” “Those are deaths that folks groups are doing a good job, Veneziano said that the aren’t expecting. We’ve had but we need to step up our emergency department at young people who died after game and coordinate our ef- Columbus Regional hit an all- trying drugs only one time.” forts,” Anderson said. “This Jones said the General is a community-wide crisis “We must treat addicts Assembly has appropriated and we have got to find com- $30 million in funding from monality and synergy and as people with medical the federal government to put a lot of people together, issues. We cannot crimi- the issue of opioid addiction because this crisis really and the legislature has been reaches all of us.” nalize our way out of this equipping first responders Feldblum said that soon problem. If we continue with Narcan kits used to Andy Anderson, Sammy Feldblum and Les High open the forum for UNC-TV. after arriving in Columbus treat overdoses. County to research his series to warehouse people, “We’ve also made it harder night is a start in Columbus ity of care to patients. “When up with these people.” of articles, he quickly “got we’re going to fail. We’re for physicians to enable these County, the beginning of a we think about the length Karim said that in addi- the sense that opioids are su- addicts,” Jones said. conversation about going in of time someone might be tion to avoid stigmatizing per common here.” He said, trying to get people in the Dellapenna said that a the right direction.” in the emergency room, it people with opioid problems “The sheer amount of pain system prepared for the bipartisan statewide effort A summary panel of 11 might be four hours. They to help them get treatment, a and stress that were on dis- coming storm, and that’s on the opioid problem has experts from various disci- get Narcan, they get worked major hurdle statewide often play as people brought their been ongoing in North Caro- plines wrapped up the forum up by medical staff and they is a lack of transportation to personal stories to bear was getting the people selling lina since 2003 and touted an with a 40-minutes conversa- leave. Who’s going to follow get people to follow up care. evident. It’s so pervasive and, heroin in the streets.” opioid action plan available tion. up? An outpatient center? A “Lay pastors and other faith from a family standpoint, for download from the DHHS Veneziano said a major primary care physician? If I community leaders could when one person is experi- District Attorney website as a resource for at- concept from a treatment per- had a wish list, it would be help transport people to ap- encing troubles, it affects tendees. spective is providing continu- for a case manager to follow Jon David uuSEE FORUM 6A everybody in the family.” “The epidemic is driven by The opioid problem knows time high for drug overdose prescription medications,” no class, racial or socio-eco- cases in 2017, with 86 people Dellapenna said, “and North nomic boundaries, Anderson who had overdosed coming Carolina was the first state said. He related a personal through the doors. “Those in the nation to notice an experience in which a college are the people who had actu- increase in 2003 in prescribed fraternity brother called him ally overdosed. That doesn’t opioids. Treatment of pain is seeking help. The friend’s son include the people who come an issue, because it’s subjec- had overdosed on opioids in into the emergency room tive. When I go into the doc- the family home and died as a seeking narcotics. That hap- tor’s office, they don’t ask me result. “Here you have a fami- pens every day. A good 10 what I feel like my blood pres- ly that’s active in church, had percent of the 85-100 patients sure is. There’s an objective a great mother and father in we see each day fit into that measure for that. But there’s the house, and the father is category.” no objective measure for pain an executive (with a major Karim said that people and prescribing of pain pills parcel delivery service) and don’t seek treatment for has been driving this epi- two kids in the house, and many reasons, including demic. And it’s a major prob- here you have one of the kids lack of insurance and lack lem in Columbus County. On in that house dead from an of service availability in the average statewide, citizens overdose. That’s what we’re community. She also pointed of North Carolina get about facing.” out that the opioid crisis has 50 opioid pills prescribed to In response to a question, strained not only the men- them per person per year. Anderson said he thought tal health system but also In Columbus County, it’s 150 that the war on drugs is win- law enforcement officers. pills per person.” nable, but with a big if. “Are “There’s a common thread Dellapenna said there are we committed?” Anderson of hopelessness. People who not enough resources in said. Commitment is what’s become addicted, as well as North Carolina to adequately going to have to happen. The those with mental health is- address the problem. “I’m Representative Brenden Jones and Alan Dellapenna of the North Carolina Health and N.C. legislature has decided sues, become ostracized and a public health person and, Human Services talk about solutions. not to expand Medicaid and stigmatized. “People need to when we arrive at the scene, gave a tax cut so that poor seek treatment and be more we treat the injured person, people can die. We have to but it goes beyond immedi- have a frank conversation. “How did we allow this ate treatment. And we’re not I’m a person of faith, and I going to arrest our way out 0% APR FOR 72 MONTHS don’t remember Jesus ask- to happen? Why would of this epidemic, either. We ing anybody for a Blue Cross we rather have three cars have great support from the Blue Shield card. We’ve got law enforcement community, NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 31 to decide to appropriate the than help our neighbors? but we also know that if we necessary resources.” Where do we place our can prevent these addictions Alan Dellapenna, who from starting, it will save heads the N.C. Dept. of priorities? We need to put money across the board and Health and Human Services’ a human face on it. We save lives. We need services (DHHS) injury and violence in all areas. We need to pick prevention branch, said, need to make our sons where we can start with this “The ‘war on drugs,’ in terms and daughters and grand- epidemic so we can work of a crackdown, is not win- toward a solution.” nable. What’s happening children our priority.” Jones said the General now is that we have begun to Andy Anderson Assembly “absolutely” must address the problem of the look as much as possible at over-prescription by doctors open about their mental the mental health aspect of of opioids, which means that health concerns.” the problem. “Looking at the supply has been cut off Veneziano said that con- stronger sentences for of- and people are turning to tinuing education of profes- fenders is not the way to go. street drugs like heroin to fill sional staff at the hospital is We have to address it early that gap.” ongoing. “It’s difficult, day on, starting in our schools, A second panel consist- in and day out, for us to care and make sure we educate ing of Nicolle Karim of the for our patients, including kids early on the dangers. It’s National Alliance of Mental involuntarily committed pa- going to take some time. We Illness and Terri Veneziano, tients,” she said. “Empathy didn’t get broken overnight chief of nursing at Columbus is a must, and we’ve sent and we’re not going to fix it Regional Healthcare, talked our nurses and some of our overnight. Our law enforce- about the fact that there’s so clinicians for extra training ment and mental health com- often an overlap between opi- so they have the tools to help munities and our lawmakers oid abuse and mental health people cope. Heart disease need to sit down and have a issues. and diabetes don’t have the conversation. This forum to- “Forty-seven percent of Now Offering Steel Cable and Chain By The Buy Foot Local

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LUIS ERNIESTO DONAYRE neers of Ambulatory Sur- DOUGLAS WAYNE WHITEVILLE -- Dr. Luis gery in this country, asked FOWLER Ernesto Donayre, 78, died Dr. Donayre to join him in LELAND -- Douglas Wayne Sunday, March 25, 2018 at developing the ambulatory Fowler, 67, died Sunday, March his residence. surgery concept in Durham. 25, 2018 at his home. He was Dr. Donayre was born Dr. Donayre not only joined born Sept. 22, 1950 in Robeson in Peru to a very promi- Dr. Davis in this endeavor, County, the son of the late Dol- nent, political family. He but then he brought the con- phus Fowler and Edna Turbev- graduated Suma Cum Laude cept to CRHS and under his ille Fowler. He was preceded in from medical school of San leadership and persistency, death by his parents; one sister, Marcos University in Lima, the Ambulatory Surgery Virginia (Jenny) Buffkin; one Peru. After serving in the service was established. niece and six nephews. elite flight surgeons group In 2005, Dr. Donayre do- He was employed with of Peruvian Navy, he made nated his office building to Harnischferger Mining Com- the decision to go to the be used as the “Donayre pany in Milwaukee, Wis. for United State for special Cancer Center” for the com- 25 years. PATRICIA CARTRETTE training. He completed a fort of the citizens of this The family will receive HERNANDEZ year of internship in Ath- county. Since then, many friends from 2-3 p.m. Thursday, TABOR CITY -- Patricia ens, Georgia. patients have benefited by March 29 at Peacock Funeral Cartrette Hernandez, 61, MICHAEL A. NASSO JR. Post graduate courses his very generous gesture. DAIL BROOKS HARDIE Home in Whiteville with his died Tuesday, March 27, WHITEVILLE -- Michael in surgery were taken at Dr. Donayre continued CLARENDON -- Mr. Dail funeral service beginning at 3 2018 at Grand Strand Re- A. Nasso Jr., 61, died Mon- the University of Mary- to travel to Peru periodi- Brooks Hardie, 88, died p.m. in Peacock’s Chapel with gional Medical Center in day, March 26, 2018 at Lower land in Baltimore, where he cally during his life to give Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Rev. Jerry Spivey and Pastor Myrtle Beach, S.C. Born Oct. Cape Fear Hospice and Lif- also met and married Mrs. conferences and to sup- at Lower Cape Fear Hos- Donald Conway officiating. 26, 1956 in El Paso, Texas, eCare Center. He was the son Donayre. port different philanthropic pice and LifeCare Center in He is survived by his wife, she was the daughter of of the late Michael A. Nasso He finished his general foundations, including the Whiteville. Born Aug. 24, Helen Holloway Fowler; one Clara Norris Cartrette and Sr. and Elaine Dora Meyers surgery residency at Watts Coronary Care Surgical 1929 in Columbus County, he daughter, Teresa Griffin of the late Rayford Cartrette. Nasso. Hospital now Durham Gen- unit, which he was instru- was the son of the late Jobe Wilmington; one son, Joseph In addition to her father, He was a member of eral Hospital in Durham, mental in establishing in his Lee Hardie and Edna Ruth Fowler of Bloomington, Ind.; she was preceded in death the Sacred Heart Catholic North Carolina, which is alma mater. Ward Hardie and widower three brothers, Junior Fowler by one brother, Ricky Dell Church. He was an avid affiliated with Duke Univer- He was Board certified by: of Emma Neil Ward Hardie. and Donald Fowler, both of Cartrette. reader and he enjoyed spend- sity Hospital. The American Board of In addition to his parents, Whiteville, David Fowler of Final rites will be held at ing time with his friends. A thoracic surgery resi- Surgery he was predeceased by one Nichols, S.C.; four sisters, 11 a.m. Saturday, March 31 A graveside service will dency was completed at Fellow American College daughter, Donna Hardie; Helen Blawat of Townsend, in the Inman Ward Funeral be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Missouri State Sanatorium of Surgeons and two brothers, Harry Lee Wis., Louise Barnes and Joyce Home Chapel. Visitation March 29 in the Whiteville in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. A Fellow South Eastern Hardie and Charles Hardie. Sarvis, both of Whiteville, will be held Saturday, March Memorial Cemetery with Fa- fellowship in cardiovascu- Surgical Congress He was a Loyce Aydell of Leland; and 31 one hour prior to the ther Joe Yaeger officiating. lar surgery was done at St. Diplomat Member, Pan veteran of the two grandchildren. service in the funeral home Active pallbearers will be Vincents Hospital, which American Medical Associa- U.S. Navy. Donations may be made in chapel. Burial will be in former and present mem- was affiliated with the Uni- tion, Section of Surgery Visitation Honor of Douglas Fowler to the McPherson Cemetery. bers of the N.C. State High- versity of California in Los Fellow of International will be held from 6-8 p.m. American Diabetes Associa- In addition to her mother, way Patrol. Angeles. College of Surgeons Friday, March 30 in the In- tion, 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite she is survived by one daugh- Michael is survived by his During his senior year as Active Member American man Ward Funeral Home 900, Arlington, Va. 22202. ter, Andrea Fowler Aguilar; brother, Bill Nasso of Far Chief of Surgery at Durham Society of Gastrointestinal Chapel in Tabor City. Final Hills, N.J. one brother, Danny Ray ROBERT WINSTEAD County Hospital, he was rec- Endoscopy rites will be held at 2 p.m. A special thank-you to his Cartrette; and two grand- O’BRIANT ognized as the outstanding A private funeral service Saturday, March 31 in the caregiver, Julie M. Strick- children, Sacorra “Corri” BLADENBORO -- Robert surgical resident. will be held by the family funeral home chapel. Burial land of Whiteville and two Hernandez Davis and Amber Winstead O’Briant, 84, died Dr. Donayre received a at a later date. McKenzie will be in Forest Lawn Cem- special friends, Pam Long Hernandez Carper. Sunday, March 25, 2018. He letter of congratulations Mortuary is handling the etery. of Clarkton and Alice Faye A guest register is avail- was preceded in death by his from the President of the arrangements. He is survived by one Watts of Clarendon. able at inmanwardfuneral- parents, Charlie and Ethel N.C. Board of Medical Ex- Survivors include his daughter, Vickie Hardie of Memorials may be made home.com. O’Briant; two brothers, Reggie aminers recognizing that wife, Mary Jane Hutchinson Clarendon; one sister, Nancy to the Lower Caper Fear and Deryl O’Briant; and one he passed the N.C. Medical Donayre of the home; two Marlowe of Clarendon; one ARSULA ‘SUE’ DEBOISE Hospice and LifeCare Cen- sister, Sue Frances Gardner. Board examination with the sons, Luis E. Donayre Jr. grandchild, Jessica Edwards WILLIAMSON ter, 206 Warrior Trail, He was an Air highest grades. of San Jose, Calif. and Tico of Clarendon; and two spe- CLARKTON -- Arsula Whiteville, N.C. 28472. Dr. Donayre started his Donayre of Panama City, cial fur babies, Harlie and “Sue” Deboise Williamson, 91, Force veteran, a surgical practice at Hufh Fla.; one nephew, Carlos Tusk. died Monday, March 26, 2018. retiree of Sprint ELNITA LEE STRICKLAND Chatham Hospital in Elkin, Quevedo of Florida; and A guest register is avail- She was preceded in death by Telephone, Ma- CERRO GORDO -- Elni- North Carolina, where he several other nieces and able at inmanwardfuneral- her parents, Jesse and Emma son, Civil Air Patrol, private ta Lee Strickland, 69, died was Chief of Surgery for nephews. home.com. Deboise; her husband, Edgar pilot, former member of Eliza- Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 11 years. R. Meares; one son, James Pat- bethtown Rescue Squad, Opti- New Hanover Regional Medi- His diplomatic upbring- EDGAR BLAKE rick Meares; and two brothers, mist Club and the Jaycees. He CHARLES LEWIS EVANS cal Center in Wilmington. ing was recognized very HEWITT JR. J.L. Deboise and J.D. Deboise. was also a founding member CLARKTON -- Charles Her funeral arrangements early in his career by his BLADENBORO -- Edgar The family will receive of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Lewis Evans, 65, died Saturday, will be announced by Peacock mentor. Blake Hewitt Jr., 86, died Mon- friends from 10-11 a.m. Thurs- Church in Elizabethtown. March 24, 2018. He was born Funeral Home in Whiteville. On the 50th anniversa- day, March 26, 2018. He was pre- day, March 29 at Bladen-Gas- The family received friends Sept. 10, 1952. He was preceded Wednesday, March 28 at Blad- ry of his graduation from ceded in death by his parents, in death by one son, Jeremy kins Funeral Home in Eliza- Medical School, he was rec- Edgar and Moddie Hewitt; bethtown followed by a funeral CORBIN LENO COOPER en-Gaskins Funeral Home Evans. in Elizabethtown. A funer- ognized and congratulated his wife, Betty Rich Hewitt; The family will receive service at 11 a.m. Burial will be PENNEY FARMS, Fla. -- by the President of the and two sons, Kenneth Blake in the Clarkton Cemetery. Corbin Leno Cooper, 86, died al service will be held at 2 friends from 4-5 p.m. Friday, p.m. Thursday, March 29 at American Medical Associa- Hewitt and Donald Hewitt. March 30 at Bladen-Gaskins She is survived by five March 21, 2018. He was born tion. Dr. Donayre has been The family will receive daughters, Barbara Elkins April 19, 1931. St. Christopher’s Episcopal Funeral Home in Elizabeth- Church in Elizabethtown. a mentor during his resi- friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, town. and Retha Edwards, both of Arrangements were han- dency years and his private March 29 at Bladen-Gaskins Clarkton, Rose Marie Heust- dled by Broadus-Raines Fu- He is survived by his wife of He is survived by one son, 59 years, Anne B. O’Briant of practice to medical students Funeral Home in Elizabeth- Joshua Evans of Clarkton; ess and Linney Meares, both neral Home. and residents, who are now town. Final rites will be held at of Pinehurst, Cindy Meares of the home; three sons, Robert W. one daughter, June Matthews; O’Briant II, Timothy O’Briant accomplished surgeons and 2 p.m. Friday, March 30 at the three brothers, Paul Evans, Mi- Lumberton; 10 grandchildren; numerous nurses. funeral home with Rev. Charlie 13 great-grandchildren; and and Christopher O’Briant; one chael Evans and Vern Evans, daughter, Malinda Shirley; 12 When Dr. Donayre first Tatum officiating. Burial will all of California; one sister, one great-great-grandson. We’re On The Web: came to Whiteville in con- be in the Lewis Cemetery in grandchildren; and nine great- Marian Moeller of New York; grandchildren. junction with Dr. Hez Wal- Bladenboro. and nine grandchildren. Friendship MBC 102nd nrcolumbus.com ters and Dr. Sam Wheatly, he He is survived by two sons, church anniversary was instrumental in getting Harold Hewitt of Leland and a full time Pathologist and a Richard Hewitt of Bladenboro; Back to the Bible Friendship Missionary Bap- full time Anesthesiologist. one daughter, Sheryl Gurga- revival at Ephesus SDA tist Church will observe its He was also instrumental nus of Clarendon; one sister, 102nd Church Anniversary A Back to the Bible revival Sunday, April 8 at 11 a.m. High- in the establishment of the Jerri Evans of Ash; seven will be held at Ephesus SDA “Surgical Intensive Care grandchildren; and 14 great- lights of the service include Church April 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, recognition of the Founder’s Unit” which subsequently grandchildren. 18, 20, 21, 25, 27 and 28 each was incorporated with the Family and the Golden Dis- Wednesday, Friday, and Satur- ciples and a memorial tribute Coronary Care Unit in our WHS Class of ‘53 meets day. Saturday mornings will be hospital. to a deceased member. The Whiteville High School Class held at 11 a.m. and Wednesday Rev. Algernon McKenzie, Dr. Donayre, in conjunc- of 1953 will meet Saturday, April 14 at and Friday evenings at 6:30 pastor, will bring the anniver- tion with one of the senior 11:30 a.m. at Dale’s Seafood in Lake p.m. sary message and the Friend- members of the radiology Waccamaw to celebrate their 65th The guest revivalists will be group, requested of the Ad- class reunion. ship adult choir will furnish Pastors Derrin Davis Sr., Cal- the music. ministration at the time, to vin Preston, Raymond John- have a CT scan unit in our Columbus County MBA son, Daniel Kelly and Evan hospital and prior to that retreat set March 30 Willis. A musical ministry will he requested and the ad- be given by D.R.Barnes and The Columbus County Mission- ministration agreed of the The Majestic Choir. ary Baptist Union young adult depar- acquisition of a C arm much For more information call needed for the insertion of ment young adult reatreat will be held Friday, March 30 at 7 p.m. at Mt. the church office at 762-9989. pacemakers. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church The church is located at 10th Dr. Donayre along with in Whiteville. Castle Street, Wilmington. Dr. Ron Walters and other Dr. James Scott is the pastor. surgeons was instrumental in getting one of the first “Abbi” x-ray machine in our hospital which allowed doing minimally invasive surgeries as well as stereo- tactic needle biopsies of the breast. Dr. Donayre was trained in laparoscopic surgery before he came to White- On Site ville, continued to take post graduate courses and intro- duced to CRHS laparoscopic surgery, performing the first laparoscopic cholecystecto- mies and hysterectomies. Crematory When Dr. Donayre was Chief Resident of Watts Hospital in Durham, North 1227 S. Madison St., Whiteville NC Carolina, his mentor, Dr. 112 Jefferson St. • Whiteville, NC 28472 James E. Davis, a very prom- 910.642.2128 inent professor of surgery www.mckenziemortuary.net 910.642.4141 at Duke and Chapel Hill, and who was one of the pio- 8A • The News Reporter • Thursday, March 29, 2018 GOVERNOR’S WIFE VISITS LOCAL SCHOOL City tables new animal ordinance for fine tuning

By Jefferson Weaver Mayor Terry Mann noted The previous ordinance [email protected] that he had planned to sug- required that the city be a gest the council table the bird and squirrel sanctuary, A new set of rules for pets, regulations until at least but Currie said staff could chickens and other animals the next meeting, a move find no provision in state in the city limits was put on the board unanimously ap- law providing protection for hold Tuesday at the White- proved. squirrels. ville City Council meeting. City Manager Darren Cur- Currie and Stafford also The new rules are part of rie explained that the new told the board that the city the city’s ongoing re-codifi- animal control ordinance is working to make arrange- cation, bringing the city’s specifically addresses some ments for animals other than ordinances into compliance issues that have been re- dogs and cats that might be with state law and removing ported to the city, including seized due to a violation. outdated regulations that “nuisance” dogs that were “The shelter isn’t equipped are no longer applicable in previously addressed in the to handle anything but dogs the city. city’s noise ordinance. and cats,” Stafford said. Buzzy Stafford of the Co- The proposal also includes Currie said the rebuilding lumbus Humane Society specific language allowing of the city’s code of ordi- asked the board to table the animal control to enter pri- nances will be ongoing for measure while the society vate property during an in- some time to come. works with Animal Control vestigation; defines pet pigs “It’s been a long process, First Lady Kristin Cooper reads to kindergarten and first grade students in the media Officer Daryl Hooker and versus commercial swine, but the staff is really doing center at Hallsboro Artesia Elementary School Tuesday afternoon. city staff to improve some and makes the city a bird a great job,” he said. of the proposed regulations. sanctuary. Park lights, press box planning in early stages for Nolan Park

By Jefferson Weaver The new ballfields were Dixie Youth baseball field for [email protected] laid out with the intention of $30,000, but the cost of mate- adding a central pressbox at rials and construction have Among the priorities iden- a later date, Currie said. The skyrocketed. Just the copper tified by the Whiteville city city added playing areas and wire alone would cost more council during their recent other amenities with a Parks than that now.” strategic planning meeting and Recreation Trust Fund The proposed pressbox, was the addition of lights and (PARTF) grant that provided Currie said, would feature a press box/concession stand $500,000 in capital. a concession stand, chang- at Nolan Park. The city borrowed some ing rooms, storage area and City Manager Darren Cur- of the additional $500,000 restrooms, all amenities that rie said the staff has just needed for the million-dollar are badly needed at the park. started investigating possible project, and provided some “Just like we said during bids for the projects, which in-kind payments for the the planning meeting, none he said will make a big differ- balance. of these priorities will hap- ence at the park. Early on in the PARTF pen overnight,” Currie said, “With good lights we could process, Currie said, lights “but when we can get this attract more tournaments were among the features con- done, it will really add value to the park,” he said. “Right sidered, then later removed to our park. We knew early on now we’re kind of limited as before the project was put there would still be work to be to how long we can play. And out for bid. done at the park after the first Cormaz Patterson shows First Lady Kristin Cooper how to place images on the green we really need a pressbox, “Lights are a major ex- phase was completed. Now we screen in the broadcast production classroom at Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary School. restrooms and concession penditure,” he said. “There just have to figure out how to stand.” was a time you could light a make this happen.” You’re In, You’re Out, You’re Home! 20 Lb. Refill $ 99 Prices Good Propane Fill Up 9 3/26 - 4/01 USDA Inspected Frozen, Fresh 6 Pack 1/2 Liter btls., Selected Varieties 4 Lb. Baking Hens California Oranges Value Pack Coke Products T-Bone ¢ 5/$ $ 99 Steaks 99 Lb. 10 16 oz., Salted or Unsalted 410.5 oz. Can 1 Lb. Red, Ripe Strawberries Land O Lakes Butter Campbell’s Cream of Chicken or Mushroom Soup $ 99 $ 99 2/$ 6/$ Lb. 2 7 5 183 Pack/12 oz. Cans or Btls. 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Individuals inter- will be held from 8 a.m. until Individuals interested in ested in becoming a farmers 1 p.m. becoming a farmers market market volunteer are encour- Participants are encour- vendor are encouraged to aged to attend a free new vol- aged to bring plants, seeds, attend a free new vendor ori- unteer orientation session at bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, cut- entation session at 9 a.m. on 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 7, tings, plant books, gardening Saturday, April 7, at the farm- at the farmers market kitchen. Columbus Career and College Academy’s SkillsUSA chapter toured The News Report- tools, and other garden-related er on March 22 to learn about careers in journalism and to see how a newspaper makes ers market kitchen. The Columbus County items to swap or sell to oth- its way to the newsstand. Pictured are, front row, left to right: Samantha Landreth, The 30-minute information- Farmers Community Market er plant enthusiasts. Booth al meeting will include a tour is located at 132 Government space and admission are free. Summer Council, South Central Regional Officer, Natasha Villalobos, Jennifer Key, of the market, overview of Complex Road in Whiteville, For more information or Annel Aguayo-Dionisio, Annayeli Aguayo-Dionisio, April Jackson. Middle row: Anna guidelines and fees, as well as near the Department of Social to reserve a space, call Susie Prince, local treasurer, Tiffany Brown, Cierra McNeil, local secretary, Hannah Clarke, a question and answer session. Services. New 2018 hours of Rockel at 252-588-0300 or email Carah Ammons, and Destiny Brown. Back row, left to right: Preston Prince, local presi- Anyone with locally grown operation are Saturdays from info@columbuscountyfarmer- dent and state secretary, Jessica Batten, Zachary Horrell, Logan Williamson, Landon fruits or vegetables, baked 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Thurs- smarket.com. 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One-stop early voting One-stop will be early held voting at the will Columbus be held at Countythe Columbus Board Countyof Elections Board office of Elections and at office additional and at One additional-stop earlyOne-stop voting early sites. vot- The Columbus ing sites. The Columbus County Board of Elections will be open weekdays from Thursday, April 19 through Friday May 4, County Board of Elections will be open weekdays from Thursday, April 19 through Friday May 4, 2018 from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 2018 from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and 8:30- 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Additional One Stop Early Voting sites loca- Elections boardp.m. and 8:30- 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Additional One Stop Early Voting sites locations and schedules are as follows. tions and schedules are as follows.

th Additional One-stop Early Voting Site Dates of Operation Time

Bolton Town Hall, Wednesday, April 25 through Friday, April 27, 2018 2:00PM-8:00PM gets 4 member 221 9th St., Bolton, NC 27423 Wednesday, May 2 through Friday, May 4, 2018

Chadbourn Municipal Annex, Wednesday, April 25 through Friday, April 27, 2018 2:00PM-8:00PM 208 E. 1st Ave, Chadbourn, NC 27431 By Allen Turner the entire new board will be Wednesday, May 2 through Friday, May 4, 2018 [email protected] sworn into office. East Columbus Senior Activity Center, The state board Tuesday 2596 General Howe Hwy, Riegelwood, NC Wednesday, April 25 through Friday, April 27, 2018 2:00PM-8:00PM 27456 Wednesday, May 2 through Friday, May 4, 2018 The Columbus County appointed expanded boards Fair Bluff United Methodist Church Board of Elections will soon in all 100 counties to satisfy Fellowship Hall Wednesday, April 25 through Friday, April 27, 2018 2:00PM-8:00PM 1030 Main St., Fair Bluff NC Wednesday, May 2 through Friday, May 4, 2018 have a fourth member after recent changes in state law. 1030 Main St., Fair Bluff NC Wednesday, May 2 through Friday, May 4, 2018

County elections boards previ- Tabor City Courthouse Wednesday, April 25 through Friday, April 27, 2018 action Tuesday by the State Tabor City Courthouse Wednesday, April 25 through Friday, April 27, 2018 2:00PM-8:00PM 110 W Fourth St. Tabor City, NC 27463 Wednesday, May 2 through Friday, May 4, 2018 2:00PM-8:00PM Board of Elections and Ethics ously have consisted of three 110 W Fourth St. Tabor City, NC 27463 Wednesday, May 2 through Friday, May 4, 2018 Enforcement. members, two of whom have Bonita Blakney of White- belonged to the party of the Polls will be opPollsen f willrom be 6: open30 a .fromm. to 6:30 7:3 a.m.0 p. mto. 7:30 on tp.m.he d onay theof tdayhe ofele thecti oelection,n, Tues Tuesday,day, Ma yMay 8, 28,0 201818. ville will join current board governor. Now, however,Polls twowil l be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the day of the election, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. members Harold Fipps, JoAnn Democrats and two Repub- licans are appointed to each PCT POLLING PLACE NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Garrell and Mack Ward on the PCT POLLING PLACE NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP local body. Fipps, Garrell and county board. P01A BOGUE-HALLSBORO FIRE DEPT 753 HALLSBORO RD S HALLSBORO, NC 28442 P01A BOGUE-HALLSBORO FIRE DEPT 753 HALLSBORO RD S HALLSBORO, NC 28442 Ward all are from Chadbourn. Blakney joins Democrat P02B BOLTON - BOLTON FIRE DEPT 225 9TH ST BOLTON, NC 28423 Ward on the board, while Fipps P02B BOLTON - BOLTON FIRE DEPT 225 9TH ST BOLTON, NC 28423 Elections Director Carla P03 BUG HILL 1 - PIREWAY(NAKINA) FIRE SUBSTATION 18032 SEVEN CREEKS HWY TABOR CITY, NC 28463 Strickland said Wednesday and Garrell fill the Republican P03 BUG HILL 1 - PIREWAY(NAKINA) FIRE SUBSTATION 18032 SEVEN CREEKS HWY TABOR CITY, NC 28463 P04 BUG HILL 2 - OLD ZION WESLEYAN CHURCH 10172 SWAMP FOX HWY E TABOR CITY, NC 28463 that she is awaiting direction slots on the expanded county P04 BUG HILL 2 - OLD ZION WESLEYAN CHURCH 10172 SWAMP FOX HWY E TABOR CITY, NC 28463 from the state board on when board. P05 BUG HILL 3 - NAKINA BUG HILL SENIOR CENTER 11300 SEVEN CREEKS HWY NAKINA, NC 28455 P05 BUG HILL 3 - NAKINA BUG HILL SENIOR CENTER 11300 SEVEN CREEKS HWY CERRONAKINA, GORDO, NC 28455 NC P06 CERRO GORDO- CERRO GORDO COMMUNITY CENTER 178 CHURCH ST 28430CERRO GORDO, NC P06 CERRO GORDO- CERRO GORDO COMMUNITY CENTER 178 CHURCH ST P07 CHADBOURN-CHADBOURN MUNICIPAL ANNEX 208 E 1ST AVE CHADBOURN,28430 NC 28431 P07 CHADBOURN-CHADBOURN MUNICIPAL ANNEX 208 E 1ST AVE CERROCHADBOURN, GORDO, NC NC 28431 P08 CHERRY GROVE - CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CENTER 9833 SWAMP FOX HWY W 28430CERRO GORDO, NC P08 CHERRY GROVE - CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CENTER 9833 SWAMP FOX HWY W Opioid 101 training P09 FAIR BLUFF-UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL 1030 MAIN ST FAIR28430 BLUFF, NC 28439 P09P10 EASTFAIR BLUFFLEES -- OLDUNITED DOCK METHODIST COMMUNITY CHURCH BLDG FELLOWSHIP HALL 128201030 MAIN NEW STBRITTON HWY E NAKINA,FAIR BLUFF, NC 28455NC 28439 P10P11 NORTHEAST LEES LEES - OLD - PLEASANT DOCK COMMUNITY PLAINS CHURCH BLDG FELLOWSHIP HALL 6112820 PLEASANT NEW BRITTON PLAINS HWY CHURCH E RD WHITEVILLE,NAKINA, NC 28455 NC 28472 to be held April 3 P11 NORTH LEES - PLEASANT PLAINS CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL 61 PLEASANT PLAINS CHURCH RD WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 P12 SOUTH LEES - MACEDONIA FREEWILL BAPTIST CH FELLOWSHIP HALL 216 CRUSOE ISLAND RD WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 Eastpointe is sponsoring myths and fallacies that cur- P12P13 WESTSOUTH LEES LEES - NAKINA- MACEDONIA BAPTIST FREEWILL CHURCH BAPTIST EDUCATIONAL CH FELLOWSHIP BUILDING HALL 7883216 CRUSOE SEVEN CREEKSISLAND HWYRD NAKINA,WHITEVI LLE,NC 28455 NC 28472 “Opioid 101 Training for Com- rently exist about opioid treat- P13P14 RANSOMWEST LEES-UNION - NAKINA HALL BAPTIST LOCAL 738CHURCH EDUCATIONAL BUILDING 1027883 HWY SEVEN 87 CREEKS HWY RIEGELWOOD,NAKINA, NC 28455 NC 28456 munities and Crisis Collab- ment and opioid use within P14P15 TATUMRANSOM - -WOWUNION LODGE HALL 1088LOCAL 738 6847102 HWY HAYNES 87 LENNON HWY EVERGREEN,RIEGELWOOD, NC NC 28438 28456 oratives.” The free event will our communities. LAKE WACCAMAW, NC P15P16B WACCAMAWTATUM - WOW - LAKELODGE WACCAMAW 1088 FIRE DEPT 2036847 FLEMMINGTON HAYNES LENNON DR HWY EVERGREEN, NC 28438 be held on April 3 from 2-4 Donald McDonald, MSW 28450 LAKE WACCAMAW, NC p.m. at the N.C. Cooperative will lead the training session. P16B WACCAMAW - LAKE WACCAMAW FIRE DEPT 203 FLEMMINGTON DR P17 WELCHES CREEK - WELCHES CREEK FIRE DEPT 45 MILLE-CHRISTINE RD WHITEVILLE,28450 NC 28472 Extension Office, 45 Govern- McDonald is a former addict P17P18 WESTERNWELCHES PRONGCREEK --MT WELCHES CALVARY CREEK FB CHURCH FIRE DEPT FELLOWSHIP HALL 6845 MTMILLE CALVARY-CHRISTINE RD RD CLARKTON,WHITEVILLE, NC NC 28433 28472 ment Complex Road, Suite who is working to help others P19 WHITEVILLE 1-WHITEVILLE RESCUE UNIT BUILDING 106 FLOWERS PRIDGEN DR WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 A, in Whiteville. There is no overcome their addictions. P18 WESTERN PRONG-MT CALVARY FB CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL 68 MT CALVARY RD CLARKTON, NC 28433 cost to attend. The public is As Director of Advocacy and P19P20A WHITEVILLE 21 --WHITEVILLE VINELAND STATION RESCUE UNITDEPOT BUILDING 701106 EFLOWERS MAIN ST PRIDGEN DR WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 invited. To register, visit the Education, for Recovery Com- P20AP21 NORTHWHITEVILLE WHITEVILLE 2 - VINELAND - NORTH STATION WHITEVILLE DEPOT FIRE DEPT 747701 PEACOCKE MAIN ST RD WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 Eastpointe training calendar munities of North Carolina, P21P22A SOUTHNORTH WHITEVILLE -- ABUNDANTNORTH WHITEVILLE LIFE CHURCH FIRE DEPTFELLOWSHIP HALL 5384747 PEACOCK JAMES B WHITERD HWY S WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 on the homepage at www.east- McDonald is a leader in the P22AP23 WESTSOUTH WHITEVILLE WHITEVILLE - AMERICAN- ABUNDANT LEGION LIFE CHURCH POST 137 FELLOWSHIP HALL 765384 LEGION JAMES DR B WHITE HWY S WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 pointe.net. growing recovery movement P24 WILLIAMS 1- ROSELAND FIRE DEPT 9527 CLARENDON-CHADBOURN RD CHADBOURN, NC 28431 This training session is in North Carolina. He views P23 WEST WHITEVILLE - AMERICAN LEGION POST 137 76 LEGION DR WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 P25B WILLIAMS 2 - LEBANON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9237 JAMES B WHITE HWY S WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 for a wide array of focused addiction to drugs and alcohol P24 WILLIAMS 1- ROSELAND FIRE DEPT 9527 CLARENDON-CHADBOURN RD CHADBOURN, NC 28431 P26B SOUTH WILLIAMS-TABOR CITY COURTHOUSE 110 W FOURTH ST TABOR CITY, NC 28463 participants, including the as a disease that is best fought P25B WILLIAMS 2 - LEBANON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9237 JAMES B WHITE HWY S WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 faith-based community, those through prevention, treatment P26B SOUTH WILLIAMS-TABOR CITY COURTHOUSE 110 W FOURTH ST TABOR CITY, NC 28463 involved in crisis collabora- and long-term recovery.The P Hisrov isionaThel Vo Provisionalte Count w Voteill t Countake p lwillace take on Tplacehurs onda Thursday,y, May 17 May, 20 17,18 2018 at 1 at1: 011:000 a. ma.m.. a nandd C Canvassanvass willwil lbe b eheld he lind in the Columbus tives, and especially families group supports people who the Columbus County Board of Elections office at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 18, 2018. County Board of Elections office at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 18, 2018. impacted by opioid use disor- have gone through treatmentThe Prov isional Vote Count will take place on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. and Canvass will be held in the Columbus ders. This is a course to clarify so that they can avoid relapse. County Board oAbsenteef Electi ovotingns of fbyic email at 1is1 available.:00 a.m .Requests on Frid afory, anM aabsenteey 18, 20 ballot18. must be made on an absentee request form Absentee voting by mail is available. Requests for an absentee ballot must be made on an absentee request form (available on the State (available on the State Board of Elections website, at the county board of elections office and where one-stop early Board of Elections website, at the county board of elections office and where one-stop early voting is offered), and must be received in the Absentee votinvotingg by mis aoffered),il is available and must. 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Persons with questions about registration, polling places, early voting, absentee ballots, a Multi-partisan Assistance Team visit to a facility, or other election matters may call the Columbus Board of Elections Office at (910)640-6609. 10A • The News Reporter • Thursday, March 29, 2018 Little Women of Excellence Beauty Boot Camp for girls coming in July By Clara Cartrette “They are people I have met snicholecromartie.com. Girls silience and triumphs, show- own product line, ETA’IO, for [email protected] traveling in my career.” 8 to 18 will be accepted. ing the girls that their goals two years. She is married to Nichole said her niece who “An incredible and inspir- and dreams are reachable. Fred Cromartie and they live A young woman who says is in her second semester at ing experience awaits at the The hands-on workshops and in Elizabethtown with five beauty is beyond appearance AT&T University will be there Little Women of Excellence other activities are not avail- boys ranging in ages 14 to 26. will host a two-day “Little to speak on “Living Saved in Beauty Boot Camp,” she said. able anywhere else. Campers She sometimes makes them Women of Excellence Beauty College.” There will also be “The sessions will be con- do’s and don’ts, etiquette and come along with her because Boot Camp” in Whiteville for a skit on health and family ducted by real life singer/song more.” she wants them to become as many as 100 teenage girls living, not just physical but writers, authors, educators, Nichole said she has always entrepreneurs. this summer. also mental. There will be a business owners and more. “worked on hair.” She recalls She got her Whiteville It will be a second effort for session on social media do’s Beauty Beyond Appearance cutting her dolls’ hair in dif- connection after attending a Shereese Nichole, who said and don’ts, how to physically is the motivation behind Little ferent styles and when she was woman’s conference at Victory the beauty boot camp was suc- dress up, hair, etc., self values, Women of Excellence Beau- about 16 she began doing hair in Jesus Ministries Church cessful last summer. morals and etiquette. ty Boot Camp. This event is in the neighborhood. where Tracy Troy is pastor. “God gave me a vision a “Let God beautify you from geared toward planting a good A native of New Jersey, Now the family attends church couple of years ago and it was inside first, then worry about seed in the lives of young girls Nichole said she came close there. great last year,” she said. She your outer appearance,” Nich- ages 8-18. With the camp being to earning a degree in science The two-day workshop is is expecting volunteers from ole said. biblically based, teaching self but chose cosmetology, a busi- scheduled for July 27-28 from Loris, S.C., Maryland, Raleigh Registrations will be ac- value, morals, etiquette and ness she has been in for 20-plus 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Victory and other places to help with cepted prior to the boot camp character building, we want years. She has not only owned in Jesus Ministries Church at the boot camp this summer. and lunch will be provided to instill God on the inside hair salons, she is a certified 109 North Madison Street in She added that an author who each day. Space is limited so of them first, and then all the cosmetology instructor, and Whiteville. One high school writes motivational books will only 100 will be accepted. She makeup and cute hair. 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same story.” the ceiling, and is dripping HAVE WE HAD OUR LAST FROST? MURDER Murdock was belligerent down the walls.” Continued from 1A on the stand Monday when he Gentry also described the was called to testify about the charge of first degree murder “She makes no mention video Johnson shared with with torture. An easel set up of Amanda Canady, yet she him the day after the killing. below the jury’s video monitor Spring gardening chores calls Antwan and Derrick by At first he denied making any detailed the different levels of name,” Ramos said. “Miss previous statements, then said first degree murder, includ- served: cucumber (cucum- Chavis, Bellamy, didn’t say he could not recall testifying ing assault, kidnapping and ber beetle), squash (squash anything about seeing a white under oath in Pierce’s trial last torture. He reemphasized the borer and aphids, tomato and woman until much later. Isn’t Director’s Corner year. Soles was called to read duration of the assault, and with Dalton Dockery eggplant (flea beetle), broc- that important?” coli, cabbage and cauliflower from the statement Murdock pointed out that “the neigh- Extension Agency Director Ramos did not deny that provided during the early part bors got up and looked out (worms). Canady was at the scene, but of the investigation. the window to see what was Weekly sprays on red-tip questioned whether she played The video, which was on going on. photinia if leaf spot is ob- as big a role in the killings as Johnson’s telephone, was nev- “You’ve been back in here By Dalton Dockery, PhD marigold, petunia and zin- served. was charged. er recovered. A woman iden- since 10:20 a.m.,” Gentry said. & Seth Nagey nia this month. Continue with rose spray In the state’s closing state- tifying herself as Johnson’s “It’s now 11:20. Keisha and The following vegetable program. ments, Adams and Assistant sister signed for the phone at Johnny Tyler were tortured Modern lifestyles can plants can be set out this Keep spraying your tree District Attorney Chris Gen- the county detention center, and beaten for nearly two be completely independent month: eggplant, pepper, to- fruits and bunch grapes with try emphasized the number and when detectives made hours. You have to go through from the seasons. However, mato and sweet potato. a fungicide program. and types of injuries docu- contact with her to retrieve another hour of this. Your gardening is a great way The following vegetables Use pesticides sparingly. mented on both victims. A the phone, the video had been children and their friend are to reconnect our lifestyles can be planted this month: Spray only when needed. rung from the broken bar stool deleted. hiding behind that door right with nature. Knowing what beans, lima beans, canta- had small nails sticking from Gentry also reminded the there, hearing bones break gardening tasks to perform loupe, corn, cucumbers, Lawn care both ends, and Adams noted jury that Tyler had described and hearing people scream.” this month will help keep okra, southern peas, pump- Fertilize zoysia this month the autopsy report’s descrip- the first part of the visit in Stabbing one finger at the your garden and landscape kin, squash and watermelon. after it has greened up. Do tion of the small lacerations the early hours of Jan. 1 as screen, Gentry pointed out healthy. NOT fertilize tall fescue. in relation to the bruises. He amiable. the blood from the ceiling over Pruning Start warm season lawns also pointed out that the de- .But later he and Keisha the bedroom door, where the Plants in flower Prune your hybrid rho- like zoysia in May“ scriptions Tyler gave of the would be beaten, forced to take four children hid during the Southern Magnolia, Gold- dodendron after they finish Mowing heights for your blows that killed Ward were their clothes off, ordered to assault. en Chain Tree, Kousa Dog- flowering. consistent with the autopsy lawn are important. Cut tall perform a sex act, and beaten “If that,” he said, “isn’t this wood, Hybrid Rhododendron, Prune any hedges that photos. fescue at 3.5 inches and zoysia some more,” Gentry said. –“pointing at the definition of Mountain Laurel, Satsuki have outgrown their desired Adams described to the at 1 inch. “Remember Johnny telling murder by torture – “you tell Azalea, Scotch Broom, Deut- shape. jury how New Year’s Eve 2013, Propagation you about a light in his face? me what is.” zia, Beauty Bush, Weigela, Begin pinching your chry- hours before the attack, Ward Take softwood cuttings That was the light from the cell One juror was excused Gumpo Azalea, Roses, Clema- santhemums and continue and Tyler had enjoyed a bon- of plants like azalea, rhodo- phone, where this crime was Wednesday morning due to a tis, Honeysuckle, Dianthus, through early July. fire and fireworks with their dendron, forsythia, clematis, being recorded. Videoed. The family emergency. After the Sweet William, Candytuft, Pick off azalea leaf galls neighbors and children. chrysanthemum and gera- same video that Mr. Murdock verdict was announced and Bearded Iris, Peony, Coreop- “That was the last happy as they form. nium in late May if you have later saw only ten or fifteen Judge Sasser met briefly in sis, Poppy, Lady Slipper and Do NOT cut back spring a misting system. time they were ever to have as seconds of – it lasted for more private with the jury, most of a family,” he said. “That night, Summer Annuals bulb foliage until it turns than an hour and a half. And the remaining seven men and yellow and brown. Specific chores everything would change for- that wasn’t even the entire five women returned to the Fertilizing Spraying Purchase locally grown ever.” time that they were being courtroom for the sentencing. Fertilize summer flower- Spray the following land- strawberries. Johnson and Pierce came to beaten and tortured.” The last remaining alternate ing plants like rose-of-Sharon scape shrubs for the follow- Move houseplants outside the home, Adams said, and be- Gentry also pointed out the juror sat with the family and this month. ing insect pests: arborvi- if desired. gan arguing over a cellphone blood on the ceilings, doors, prosecutor’s staff. Do not forget to sidedress tae-bag worm, azalea-lace If weather has been dry, and other items Pierce had left walls, floors, clothing and After court was dismissed, or fertilize your vegetables bug, boxwood-leafminer, give favorite plants a good in Tyler’s truck. Tyler previ- found throughout the house. one juror said that the jury ously testified that he would six to eight weeks after ger- euonymus-scale, hemlock soaking once a week. He reminded the jury that quickly came to a complete mination. and juniper-spruce mites, loan the truck to Pierce in ex- Ward’s naked body was found agreement. The lack of any pyracantha-lace bug and For answers to your gar- change for drugs, but wanted in the front bedroom with the defense other than rebuttal by Planting hybrid rhododendron borer. den and landscape questions to end the agreement. bat, and that “furniture and Ramos played a major role in Plant gladioli bulbs Spray iris beds for iris “After they began beat- clothing had to be thrown their decision, he said. Several call the Columbus County Ex- (corms) this month. borers. ing him outside, against that away, and everything washed, wanted a better definition of tension Center at 910-640-6605 Plant summer annuals Spray the following veg- truck,” Adams said, “then because of the blood that was the finer points of the murder or Email: dalton_dockery@ like begonia, geranium, etables if insects are ob- they dragged him into his everywhere. by torture before rendering ncsu.edu home, where Keisha and the “You heard the detectives their verdict. children were, and continued describe it,” he said. “Look “We probably would have beating him – then Amanda there – above the door. There been back sooner except for Canady took Johnny Tyler’s was so much blood it splashed that,” he said. baseball bat and began beating Keisha. She went down on the first blow, but Amanda Canady kept hitting her.” He described how Ward’s oldest daughter and son found their mother’s body, and cov- ered her with a Disney Prin- cess blanket before covering Compare Our CD Rates Tyler as he lay on a couch in the living room. 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The depth of the opioid crisis in Columbus County is nothing short of terrifying, and it only promises to worsen unless there is coordinated action in the areas of treatment, harm reduction, education, prevention and enforcement. This will not be easy, the crowd at Monday night’s opioid and mental health care forum in Whiteville learned. Takeaways from panelists and roundtable discussions in- clude: • Statistics point to a real problem in Columbus County with overprescribing. There are 150 opioid pills prescribed per person in Columbus County. That’s three times the state rate. One suggestion: hold the offenders in the medical profession ac- countable. The point: One attendee told With the number of us after the forum deaths and lives wrecked that she recently had increasing every day from a very minor surgical procedure. Her doctor opioids, there’s no time to prescribed 90 oxycon- waste. tin. Considering how addictive opioids are, that borders on malpractice. The Centers for Disease Control recently studied patients given opioid pre- scriptions of eight or more days and found that 13.5 percent were The rebound effect of tariffs and the still using opiates a year later. For patients prescribed a month of the medications, that rate spiked to 30 percent. A recurring question Monday night was: who polices the few rogue doctors negative impact on local economies or physicians assistants who overprescribe? • Once a person has overdosed, they’re on their own. Both By Les High these small companies, all of paper mill jobs will actually Sheriff Lewis Hatcher and Terri Veneziano of Columbus Re- Editor them family owned, because of cause the loss of many other gional Healthcare said that when someone leaves the jail or their small margins. jobs in the newspaper business. emergency room, their staffs will almost surely see them again. Earlier this month, Presi- What’s particularly frus- American newsprint mills will Veneziano said that a peer support specialist is needed in dent Trump announced tariffs trating is that the request for not magically retool to produce the emergency room to coordinate care for opioid addicts or on Canadian newsprint that protectionism comes from a newsprint when demand is overdose victims. One county, Guilford, is using paramedics to will have a detrimental ef- small Washington newsprint expected to continually decline. make follow-up visits with overdose victims. fect on newspapers across the mill, NORPAC, that’s owned by Even if Canadian paper • Mental illness often plays a major contributing factor in drug country, including The News a New York hedge fund, all for disappeared because of high use. Because mental health is underfunded and fragmented, or Reporter. apparent political favor. tariffs, U.S. paper mills could because people who have mental illness are stigmatized, both It is a real-life lesson of Canadian newsprint produc- not supply newspapers with the Ramblin’ young and old use narcotics to ease their emotional pain. The how tariffs, while supposedly ers are not dumping products paper they need. American Medical Association found that 47 percent of users designed to help the national in the U.S. The truth is that Newsprint producers are al- with Ann have some form of mental illness, such as depression or bipolar economy, often have just the most U.S. newsprint factories ready escalating their prices to disorder. Often, it’s hard to tell which comes first – addiction or opposite effect for local busi- were long ago converted to U.S. newspapers. The harm to By Ann Worthington mental illness. nesses and consumer prices. manufacture other paper prod- newspapers has already begun. • We haven’t seen the worst of the opioid crisis. Heroin is These new tariffs are driv- ucts because of decline in the This is a lose-lose proposi- Visiting with my daughter becoming more prevalent in Columbus County, which will ing newsprint prices up to 50 demand of newsprint. tion except for one group of recently, I joined her for an cause more deaths. District Attorney Jon David told the group percent higher. Due to the proximity of political donors, and it will afternoon of shopping. One of that heroin also brings with it another level of criminal, like The News Reporter prints vast forests and other factors, have a serious impact on every the stores we visited carried gang members and others who are truly dangerous. Fentanyl several other small newspa- Canadian manufacturers are newspaper in the country. everything from clothing, to is another concern. It is 50-100 times stronger than morphine pers, mostly with press runs simply able to produce news- Tariffs designed to punish meats, vegetables, household and can kill instantly. of fewer than 3,000. It is a sig- print cheaper. Canadians for a non-existent staples and most mechanical Other solutions, among many good ones, included coordi- nificant part of our business. This thinly veiled attempt to problem will actually end up items of one’s choice, but the nating and promoting programs initiated by the faith-based We cannot pass costs along to protect what is left of American punishing more Americans. one thing I wanted was a bag of community that are already showing results, more education shelled pecans. They were just at earlier ages for children, providing transportation for those waiting to be purchased, and who need care, reducing stigmas, seeking ways to promote so I did. I immediately thought public-private partnerships, and taking a holistic approach by HPU Poll: Consumer sentiment high about how my mother worked understanding that a lack of jobs, the breakdown of the family to get a bag of pecans when I and other societal ills contribute to drug use. According to the latest High the economy this year than spondents say they expect was a child. In our view, opioid addiction and mental health are finally Point University Poll, the they were a year ago,” says good business conditions in I grew up on a large farm, getting the attention they deserve, but it’s very late in the game Consumer Sentiment Index Brian McDonald, associate the next 12 months. In Febru- and my parents planted every and there are many fractures to repair. shows that North Carolinians’ director of the HPU Poll and ary 2017, that number was 43 tree that would provide any Although the state is going to do some good things with a $30 opinion about the economy adjunct instructor. “The latest percent. kind of fruits and nuts one’s million grant from the federal government, a serious effort to and their personal finances poll continues to show a posi- • Sixty percent of North heart desired. We had several focus on treatment and prevention is useless without adequate, remains relatively unchanged tive trend in consumer senti- Carolina residents say now is pecan and walnut trees, and long-term funding. over the past year. ment here in North Carolina.” a good time to make a major when it was time to gather Unless an addict or someone who wants to get clean can af- The HPU Poll’s measure Some findings for indi- household purchase compared the nuts, my parents sent my ford private treatment that’s covered by insurance, it’s nearly of consumer sentiment is vidual questions show why to 55 percent a year ago. younger brother climbing up impossible to get help. an index that comprises five the overall index is beginning “The economy is well into the tree and directed him to The idea of “continuity of care” will fail unless people have separate questions asking to climb, reflecting less pessi- its expansion phase of the find a strong-looking limb, get a insurance to cover the cost of treatment. Grants and more help respondents about different mism among consumers. business cycle, unemployment good foothold and an arm hold. for faith-based groups will get us part of the way there, but noth- aspects of how they view the February 2018 Index Re- is low and inflation is still Jumping up and down, my ing would help bridge this abyss more than Medicaid expansion, U.S. economy and their own sults: low,” says Dr. Daniel Hall, as- brother shook the limbs with which North Carolina has refused. personal finances. • Forty-six percent of North sociate professor of economics all his strength, and the nuts Monday night’s forum was a productive second step from The newest index is re- Carolina residents say they and HPU economics depart- came pouring down like a hail the first opioid forum in November, but now it’s time for action. corded at 93.0. The number are better off financially than ment chair. storm and covered the ground. Monday night’s group was a good one filled with people who has remained in the 90s for the they were a year ago, com- “The Federal Reserve Bank He did this routine for some are on the front lines of every aspect of attacking this problem. past two years, and this year’s pared to 43 percent of respon- now turns its attention to time. Finally, my parents said Coordinating these resources, however, will require where- reading is slightly higher than dents in February 2017. maintaining a steady 2 percent enough and down he came. withal, personal commitment, and above all, funding. When last February (92.3). • Nine percent of North inflation target. If the Fed Then became the tedious task considering the number of lives lost and families destroyed, The HPU poll has been Carolinians – compared to 13 can keep this target without of picking up all those little there’s little time to waste. tracking consumer sentiment percent in February 2017 – ex- slowing down the economy too rascals by hand. We had no in North Carolina through the press concern that they would much, consumer sentiment gadgets to help pick up the nuts HPU poll since April 2010. be worse off financially a year will remain high, absent any in those days. “North Carolinians are a from now. shocks to the macro-economy.” Being the youngest and little more optimistic about • Forty-one percent of re- shortest at that time, I had to carry my share of the “nut- picking-up” deal. I wasn’t too LIMERICKS happy about that chore until I ate the goodies my mom pre- By Bob Aldrich pared with the nuts. Without the modern nut When pine pollen blows off the pine trees crackers we have these days, It triggers those spring allergies. my parents used a brick and a There’s a raw scratchy throat. hammer. It seemed their bowl of cracked nuts looked a little Sinus passages bloat different than mine. I used the And every breath is more like a wheeze same brick my parents used, but when I came down with the hammer, my cracked pecans A nice shiny clean car in the spring flew all to pieces and were of Is a very temporary thing. no use. As a result, I wasn’t al- There are dust streaks and globs lowed to help too much in this With long strings and short dobs. process. Yellow pollen invades everything. Paying for my bag of bought pecans sure was much easier

than harvesting them by hand A venerable dentist named Will when I was a child, but my Had a patient with bad teeth to fill. memories on that old farm with His added prognosis my family are priceless. Enjoy Was gross halitosis. your memories as much as I do, Will took his breath away with his bill. and until next time, blessings in abundance. The News Reporter • Thursday, March 29, 2018 • 13A PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS Fewer flu deaths Social media, smart phones are more susceptible to serious By Ray Wyche [email protected] problems from flu than are people of other ages. The surge in deaths from Medical experts had pre- and social life for teens influenza in North Carolina dicted a sizeable increase in during the past two months the number of flu cases in the By Sarah Crutchfield I thought some horrible trag- are everyone’s highlight reel. social media. appears to have played out, months of January and Febru- [email protected] edy would occur if I sounded What goes on all day, every day, I have two nieces who are according to figures released ary based on past history of “stupid.” I just might not be ourselves and our thinking, teenagers, so I completely by the state Department of the spread of the disease. IGen, Gen Z, young people, considered “cool,” and that whether it is insecure or not, understand the importance of Health and Human Services. State officials withhold in- teenagers: I am here to talk would be the end of my social our home life, is our behind- social media to them and how Eight deaths were recorded formation, such as names and smartphones, social media, life at Whiteville High School. the-scenes. it relates to their social life. I for the period ending March addresses, about flu victims, and teenage life in general. I am here to tell you at Even adults have insecuri- understand what “Streaks” 17. All the period’s deaths were to protect the privacy of the Smartphones and social the ripe old age of 34 that I ties and self-doubt, includ- are on SnapChat and how they of patients over age 65. Elderly victims’ families. Only the age media are the two things survived. I survived middle ing me. Even the coolest, are important. people and very young people category is revealed. younger kids, at least my school, high school, and thank most popular person in school I am still close friends with 8-year-old niece, can’t wait goodness, I even survived my has a “behind-the-scenes” quite a few of the girls and to get their hands on. It is so extended stay in college. life. guys I grew up with and went easy to live your life via your There are also myths and I was in college when Face- to school with. Had we just phone, right? misconceptions about social book got its start. That was texted all the time, or Snap- Need an ambulance? Snapchatting a friend media and what you see on my first taste of social me- chatted all the time, I can’t across the room or texting there. dia. I was a little late joining guarantee those friendships someone sitting right beside Social me- this social would be as close as they are Check road mileage you instead of talking to them dia can play network to today because we would have is easier, I get it. Who doesn’t a role in your see all these never gotten to truly interact By Clara Cartrette mile and a half, not two and a want to sound witty, cute and high school old friends. with each other. [email protected] half miles,” Smith said. “I’ve smart all the time? experience Like many So here are Aunt Sarah’s checked it.” Is that reality, though? and life in things, in- guidelines to things you If you live on a road in Smith said he has had to When you are sitting behind general. cluding fash- should and shouldn’t post on Columbus County and need call for emergency services that screen, you have a chance You must ion and text social media. Some of these to call emergency services twice, and in order to get the to craft the perfect response, be thinking, messaging, things I have learned from for medical assistance and/ ambulance to stop, he has to but at some point, you will “Sarah, how my friends personal experience. I am or transportation, you should have someone stationed at the have to learn to think on your can it be always said sure you have heard these be- make sure that your address mailbox to flag it down before feet. And if you stumble over bad when I I was behind fore but just remember, adults is correct, and the correct they pass his house. your words or say something know what the times by are on your side and want you distance to your home is in “If they’ve got my informa- that isn’t the funniest, that’s everyone is at least six to have the best high school the emergency services office. tion wrong, wonder how many OK, too. doing all the months to experience possible. Lake Waccamaw resident more are wrong?” he asked. Perfection is an illusion. It time?” First, a year. I Dos and Don’ts of social Gene Smith said his car mile- “I know this road and I’ve is the carrot dangling in front you don’t joined in No- media for teens: age doesn’t coincide with clocked the mileage, and it’s of the horse. No matter how know what everyone is doing vember 2005, when I was still 1)DO lift each other up with the mileage that emergency wrong. Maybe there are others hard you try to get it, it will all the time, you know what in college. You had to have a positive comments on pictures services has on record for his that are wrong, too. It could be always be out of reach. Being they want you to know about college email address to join or posts. home; therefore, when he calls a life and death situation.” you, however, the perfectly what they are doing. Facebook. It was fun! I got to 2)DON’T post pictures you for an ambulance to come dur- He said emergency services imperfect person that you You might be looking at see friends from high school I wouldn’t want your grand- ing an emergency, it drives a has his road information as be- were created to be - now that other people’s Snapchats or hadn’t seen since graduation mother, preacher, or parents mile past his house. ing five miles long, “but that’s is something to strive for and Instagrams and seeing pic- and reconnect with people I to see. Smith said he has talked wrong,” he said. “The road is be proud of. tures of what appears to be hadn’t seen in years. 3)DO think about what you with someone from the emer- three miles long.” I understand that it can be an amazing social life, that I was older, not necessar- post before you post it. Take gency services department, People drive down their uncomfortable talking to your everything is perfect (there is ily wiser, when this new in- 10 seconds before you hit the but has been told that he’s roads on a daily basis and it peers or someone you might that word again) and that they stant way to connect came post button and make sure it is wrong, that his house is two might be a good idea to clock like face-to-face, but some- have everything you don’t. along. I made some mistakes, something you don’t mind be- and a half miles down the the mileage to assure that times the situations that make But the reality is that it is not posted pictures in college that ing out there your entire life. road. there is no tragedy because an you step outside your comfort real. Let me repeat: Whatever showed me in less-than-stellar 4)DON’T post anything that “I’ve been living there ambulance drove too far, or not zone reap the biggest rewards. you see on other social media light, posted status updates could possibly be hurtful to since 1989 and I know it’s a far enough, on an emergency Most teens are not quite sure profiles is not real or at least that were not necessarily ap- another. Go by the old saying, call. about going up and talking to not the whole picture. propriate, but there weren’t as “If you don’t have anything someone outside their social There is a great quote by many people on social media nice to say, don’t say anything circles, and that is normal. Steven Furtick, it says, “The back then and it didn’t have at all.” I remember being your age; reason we struggle with in- as many repercussions as it 5)DO take a break from I was terrified of going up and security is because we com- does today. social media and look up. Life talking to a boy I might like pare our behind-the-scenes Since those days, I have is happening all around you or the popular girls because with everyone else’s highlight learned my lessons and don’t and you are missing a lot by reel.” Social media profiles post all of my business on staring at your phone. Attorneys general demand answers from Facebook over privacy issues

Attorney General Josh The Attorneys General eration, an accounting of what multiple questions raised in Stein joined a bipartisan coali- write in the letter: “Facebook transpired and answers to the its letter. tion of 37 state and territory apparently contends that this Attorneys General in demand- incident of harvesting tens ing answers from Facebook of millions of profiles was CEO Mark Zuckerberg about not the result of a technical the company’s business prac- data breach; however, the tices and privacy protections. reports allege that Facebook “Data privacy is extremely gave away the personal data important to North Carolin- of users who never authorized ians,” said Stein. “When peo- these developers to obtain it, ple sign up for Facebook and and relied on terms of service use the platform, they’re not and settings that were confus- handing over a blank check ing and perhaps misleading to on their privacy. That is why I its users.” am demanding answers. I will The Attorneys General do everything I can to ensure expect Facebook’s full coop- that nothing like this happens again.” As the Attorneys General write in their letter to Zuck- erberg, news reports indicate Proudly serving Columbus County the data of at least 50 million Facebook profiles may have and surrounding areas sinCe 2013, been misused by third-party software developers. Face- and for deCades to Come book’s policies allowed devel- opers to access the personal data of “friends” of people who used certain applications Dr. Sutton graduated from UNC Chapel Hill Medical School – without the knowledge or With Distinction at the top of his class. He is also a nationally consent of these users. award-winning cataract surgeon. Dr. Sutton is the only full-time The letter raises a series of questions about the social Board Certified Ophthalmologist in all of Columbus County. networking site’s policies and practices, including: Were those terms of service clear and understandable? How did Facebook monitor 810 Spivey Rd. Over 90% of our patient visits have what these developers did with Whiteville, N.C. 28472 all the data that they collected? less than a 10 minute wait time. What type of controls did 910-642-9850 Facebook have over the data As a comprehensive ophthalmologist, Dr. Sutton specializes in: given to developers? Visit our website Did Facebook have pro- . Routine eye exams for children and adults tective safeguards in place, www.WhitevilleEye.com . Glasses and contact lenses including audits, to ensure . Eye exams for diabetics developers were not misusing Accepting all major . Treatment of glaucoma and macular degeneration the Facebook user’s data? health insurance plans How many users in the . Treatment of dry eyes, itchy/red eyes, and eye discomfort including Medicare and states of the signatory Attor- . Surgery of the eye and eyelids neys General were impacted? Medicaid When did Facebook learn . Urgent and Emergency eye care of this breach of privacy pro- tections? During this timeframe, what other third party “re- search” applications were We are available to schedule your appointment “Professional eye care, also able to access the data of unsuspecting Facebook users? now by calling 910-642-9850. where you’re treated like family.” 14A • The News Reporter • Thursday, March 28, 2018 Sports

The News Reporter, Thursday, March 29, 2018 -1B Lawson fires second no-hitter in Wolfpack romp over SCHS By Dan Biser [email protected]

VINEGAR HILL - Junior right-hander Dylan Lawson pitched his second no-hitter of the 2018 baseball season Monday night in the Whiteville Wolfpack’s 12-0 blitzing of the host South Columbus Stallions. The Three Rivers `1A-2A Conference baseball game was halted after six innings by the 10-run rule. Lawson held the Stallion batting order hitless while striking out 11 batters. Only one Stallion runner reached base and that was on a second-inning walk to SCHS losing pitcher Jamie Harrelson. Lawson’s earlier no-hitter came in a March 3 TRC match-up with South Robeson at Legion Stadium. Whiteville won that game by an identical 12-0 score with play being stopped by the 10-run rule after five innings. Lawson also had 11 strike-outs in that game. “I felt pretty relaxed tonight,” said Law- son after the Wolfpack’s eighth consecutive Three Rivers Conference win. “I had my focus and was getting pretty good location Photo by Hannah Bullock most of the time. “ The WHS pitcher’s bid for a second no- West Columbus pitcher Cody Benton delivered a two-hit shut-out Monday against East hitter was boosted in the fourth inning Columbus at the ECHS baseball field. West Columbus won 9-0 to gain sole possession when a high line shot toward right field by of second place in the Three Rivers 1A-2A Conference baseball race that has reached the Stallions’ Austin Long was snagged by Staff photos by Grant Merritt its midway point. second baseman Brooks Baldwin on a well- Dylan Lawson timed high leaping play. Along with his big fielding play, Baldwin “It was good seeing Dylan coming across with also led the Wolfpack batting attack with a good night on the mound. He showed a lot of Cody Benton’s two-hitter a three-run homer in the fourth inning. confidence, and we were able to get the upper hand Baldwin had singled in each of his first two early,” Harwood added trips to the plate with one of them driving “We still have 10 more conference games to in two runs. play and anything can happen,” he said. ‘We just paces Vikes past Gators The Wolfpack’s Lincoln Ransom also had need to keep things together and give it our best By Franklin Davis a double play. Kenji Bowen Tyson's infield hit when home two key hits including a double and Logan each time we take the field.” [email protected] singled for East with two outs, plate was left uncovered. Hooks also knocked a double. Jake Harwood While Whiteville’s conference record moved to but Luke Watts was called Ellis had done a credible job and Jake Inman also had hits for Coach 8-0 South Columbus slipped to 4-4 Brett Harwood’s Wolfpack, which led 4-0 Stallions first-year head coach Scott Johnson LAKE WACCAMAW out for batter interference on on the mound for the Gators after three innings before adding four runs said that the Stallions are working diligently at - A dominant pitching Bowen's attempted steal of to that point, stranding five in the fourth inning and four in the sixth. becoming a more experienced unit, stating that performance by junior Cody second. runners in scoring position to The Wolfpack took advantage of five playing a team the calibre of Whiteville “is always Benton led West Columbus to West Columbus scored keep East in the game. Coach Stallion errors. a challenge.” a 9-0 win over East Columbus single runs in frames two Brad Smith chose to change Whiteville head coach Brett Harwood “The guys are working hard,” he said. “We’re Monday at “The Swamp.” through six. Jagger Haynes pitchers to start the seventh. said coming away with a win against South just going to have to keep things positive.” Benton allowed two hits, ‘ground-out scored Ethan After recording two outs, two Columbus “is always a plus because they On Wednesday night , Whiteville and South Co- fanned 12 and walked just one Hilbourn, running for Benton Gator relievers walked seven have always played hard and have always lumbus traveled to play Three Rivers Conference in six innings. Offensively, who singled. consecutive batters, forcing been well-coached. games at East Bladen and Red Springs respectively. the Vikings scored in every Cody Benton's sac flyin four runs. inning except the first. plated a run in the third. Cole Benton never allowed a Remarkably, starting Benton singled and scored on Gator runner past second pitchers Alex Ellis and Dawson Butler's hit for a 3-0 base. He struck out the side Lady Pack shuts out South Columbus Benton threw a combined 18 lead after four innings. in the fourth. Shawn Tyson pitches, all for strikes in the Nigel Ceesay was hit by pitched the seventh, retiring scoreless first inning. a pitch in the fifth. Ceesay East 1-2-3. in match-up of TRC softball leaders scurried from first to third Cole Benton led West Dylan Blackwell reached VINEGAR HILL - Winning recorded nine strike-outs. and scored three runs while on an error for West, but was on a wild pitch and scored Columbus with two hits. on Jerry Locklear's infield Dawson Butler had a hit and pitcher Ivy Hayes and short- Hayes retired 13 of the first Grainger, Hayes and Lauren eliminated on a fine defensive stop Kourtney Grainger each 14 batters she faced before giv- Hilburn each had two hits. play by Gator second baseman hit. Haynes walked and two RBIs. Bowen and Reaves scored from second on Shawn had East's two hits. drove in three runs Monday as ing up back-to-back singles to Santana Best and Carrie Fisher Reaves as he initiated the Whiteville High School soft- Libby Blosser and Anna Suggs Ann Wilkins each had a double ball team put its Three Rivers in the fifth inning. Alexis for the Lady Wolfpack. Conference record at 8-0 with Suggs got the other SCHS hit The loss put the South Co- an 8-0 win over the host South with a sixth-inning single. lumbus softball record at 7-1. Columbus Lady Stallions. Whiteville scored two runs Whiteville played Wednes- Coach Olivia Scott’s White- each in the first and third in- day at East Bladen, and South ville team unleashed an 11-hit nings and four in the fourth Columbus played on Wednes- attack while Hayes held the inning. day at Red Springs. SCHS squad to three hits and Kiara Wilson had two hits

Tiffany signs with BCC Staff photo by Franklin Davis West Columbus High School senior basketball standout Annela Tiffany signs a national letter-of-intent Monday to play for Brunswick Community College. Tiffany has been a leading scorer and rebounder for WCHS over the past three seasons, landing all- conference and all-county honors. Pictured with Tiffany at the signing in the WCHS Photo by Hannah Bullock media center are, front row, left to right, brother Hunter Tiffany, mother Bethany Tiffany, East Columbus third baseman Nick McLamb (left) takes a wide throw from home while sister Autumn Tiffany. back row, WCHS girls basketball coach John Browning, assistant West Columbus base-runner Nigel Ceesay approaches the base during Monday night’s coach Leigh Waddell Brown, father Curtis Tiffany, WCHS assistant principal Susan Three Rivers Conference baseball game at East Columbus. West Columbus took a 9-0 Powell and Brunswick Community College women’s basketball coach Joe Gaughan. win to put its season record at 7-4 overall and 7-2 in Three Rivers action. BCC competes in Region 10 of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

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Lady Gators take softball win over West Columbus Three Rivers Conference Three Rivers Conference

West Columbus was one Lennon stole second and keep the Vikings in striking baseball standings softball standings out away from escaping the third. Diamond Porter walked distance. Kristen Meares' solo first inning at East Columbus Conf. Overall Conf. Overall and stole second. Lennon homer in the sixth closed the allowing just one run. W-L W-L scored on a passed ball. margin to 4-2. W-L W-L However, Zae Flowers’ bases- Whiteville 8-0 8-1 After one out, Alanna Deal Lennon tripled in the Whiteville 8-0 8-1 loaded fly ball to center was South Columbus 6-2 7-2 and Savannah Quick were hit bottom of the inning and West Columbus 7-2 7-4 misplayed, allowing three East Columbus 5-2 5-3 by pitches, loading the bases. scored on Arianna Daniels' East Columbus 4-3 5-3 runs to score. Viking pitcher Leah Floyd ground out for the final run of Fairmont 6-3 7-3 West Bladen 6-3 6-4 Four runs were more than recorded a strikeout before the contest. South Columbus 4-4 4--4 Fairmont 5-4 5-5 enough for Hannah Andrews Flowers' ball was misplayed, West Columbus loaded Red Springs 5-4 7-4 St. Pauls 5-4 6-4 as she earned the win in the clearing the bases. the bases in the seventh with South Robeson 2-6 2-8 East Bladen 3-5 4-5 5-2 East victory. Andrews West got one run back in the two outs on singles by Nance, West Columbus 2-7 2-8 allowed six hits, struck out East Bladen 3-5 3-5 third. Alexis Bullard walked, Floyd and Emily Britt, but South Robeson 1-7 1-7 six and walked two. Her Gator St. Pauls 2-7 3-7 advancing to second on Kloey Andrews recorded the final teammates played error-free West Bladen 1-8 1-9 Red Springs 1-8 3-8 Nance's single. Bullard scored out on a fly ball. defense behind her. on a passed ball later in the East Columbus won the JV Izzy Lennon connected for inning. Floyd wriggled out Monday’s results contest 17-2. Monday’s results her first of four hits to lead of bases-loaded jams in the West Columbus 9, East Columbus 0 Whiteville 8, South Columbus, 0 off the bottom of the first. second and fourth innings to Whiteville 12. South Columbus 0 (6 inn,) East Columbus 5, West Columbus 2 West Bladen at East Bladen, ppd. West Bladen at East Bladen, ppd. Area retired coaches association now being formed Red Springs 2, St. Pauls 1 St. Pauls 8, Red Springs 7 (8 inn,) Fairmont 7, South Robeson 1 Fairmont 11, South Robeson 10 The BCR Retired Coaches liamson, Frank Jernigan, meetings on the first Friday Association will hold an or- Final standings Dean Saffos and Junior Nance. of each month, with the excep- Tuesday’s result Tuesday’s result ganizational meeting Friday, They invite any retired coach tion of June, July and August. East Bladen 11, West Bladen 1 West Bladen 7, East Bladen 5 April 6 at Dale’s Lakefront who worked or lived in the The meeting place will rotate Restaurant in Lake Waccamaw three counties to enjoy a meal among the three counties. Wednesday games beginning at 11:30 a.m. The (dutch) and fellowship. The Williamson said, “This will Wednesday’s games Whiteville at East Bladen BCR stands for Bladen, Colum- group also will discuss future be a great opportunity to re- Whiteville at East Bladen, 6 bus and Robeson counties as plans for fund-raising events to kindle old friendships while West Columbus at South Robeson South Columbus at Red Springs West Columbus at South Robeson, 6 coaches from those counties raise monies to assist retired benefitting those from our South Columbus at Red Springs, 7 are working to form the as- coaches or their family mem- profession who have suffered West Bladen at Fairmont West Bladen at Fairmont, 7 sociation. bers in need of assistance. hardships.” For more infor- St. Pauls at East Columbus Retired coaches heading Williamson stated the group mation, Williamson may be St. Pauls at East Columbus, 7 up the effort are Wayne Wil- plans to set a schedule with reached at 840-1294

East Bladen SCHS tennis team moves captures big to 9-0 in Three Rivers play The South Columbus High School boys team rolled to a 9-0 soccer win victory over visiting West Columbus on Monday to put its Three Rivers Conference record at 9-0. Also on Monday, East Columbus defeated West Bladen 8-1. over WHS Wednesday’s action had South Columbus visiting St. Pauls, West Columbus at East Bladen and Fairmont at Whiteville. East Bladen’s first- ever win over Whiteville in girls soccer As of Tuesday, South Columbus held a 9-0 record with Monday also gave the Eagles Whiteville standing at 6-2, and St. Pauls and East Columbus sole possession of first place in carrying 5-2 records. Fairmont was 2-5, West Columbus was the Three Rivers Conference. 1-5, West Bladen was 1-6 and East Bladen was 0-7. East Bladen scored two goals in each half for a 4-0 win.

MONDAY South Columbus and West South Columbus 9, West Columbus 0 - at South Columbus Columbus each improved to Singles: Griffin Hanna (SC) def. Aaron Elkins, 6-4, 6-3; Noah Jarman 2-2 in TRC play with overtime (SC) def. Andrew Soles, 6-1, 6-1; Will Sellers (SC) def. Timothy Britt, 6-0, wins. 6-1; Brandon Cox (SC) def. Ryan Matthews, 6-3, 6-2; Andy Zheng (SC) def. South defeated St. Pauls Jaylon Powell, 6-0, 6-2;; Carson Ransom (SC) def. Austin Ritchart, 6-2, 6-1. 2-0. Scoring goals for the Stal- Doubles: Jarman-Sellers (SC) def. Elkins-Britt ; Hanna-Cox (SC) def. lions were Elizabeth Murphy Soles-Matthews, 8-1; Zheng-Ransom (SC) def. Powell-Ritchart, 8-4. and Sydney Pickell. Nadelynn McClure was credited with six East Columbus 8. West Bladen 1 - at East Columbus saves in goal. Singles: Marco Borja (EC) def. Jose Osorio, 6-4, 6-1; Hector Palacios West Columbus defeated (EC) def Edgardo Lara, 6-0, 6-1;; Devane Young (EC) def. Desmond Lesesne, Red Springs 3-2. West Columbus head baseball coach Jason Jones (in dark top) addresses his team before 6-1, 6-0; Luis Salmeron (EC) def. Victor Arellano, Logan Lewis (WB) def. taking the field in the Vikings’ recent home game with Whiteville. The Vikings fell to the Jordan McKoy, 6-0, 1-6, 10-7; Ryan Bordeaux def. Jacob Hester, 6-3, 6-3. On Tuesday, East Columbus Doubles: Borja-Palacios def. Osorio Lesesne, 6-1, 6-0; Salmeron- picked up its first win of the Wolfpack 12-2, but has since bounced back with wins over Red Springs (4-3) and East Bordeaux def. Lara Arellano, 8-1; Young-Chris Strickland (EC) def. Lewis- season with a 3-1 victory at Columbus (9-0). The WCHS squad now holds down second place in the Three Rivers Hester, 8-1. West Bladen. Conference race. Jones is in his second season as Viking head coach. Staff photos by Grant Merritt

Kannon White pitches for South Columbus in the Stallions’ recent Three Rivers Confe- East Columbus senior Alex Ellis takes a big cut in the Gators’ recent Three Rivers ence baseball win over East Columbus at Lake Waccamaw. Conference baseball clash with visiting South Columbus.

Middle school baseball, softball round-up Pack track teams place second The Whiteville High School boys and girls track and Hallsboro’s Aaron Mitchell Jacob Jones pitched the fifth, scored three first inning runs field teams gained second place finishes in their respective experienced a pitcher’s dream striking out and walking one and added four insurance runs divisions of a Three Rivers Conference track and field meet game Monday. Mitchell did not batter in the sixth to put away a 10-1 Tuesday at the WHS track. allow a single Tabor City run- Eric Carr and Ty Lawson win. Ty Lawson was 3-for-3 St. Pauls placed first in both divisions with the boys ner to reach base in the Tigers had three hits each for the with two RBIs. Eric Carr and notching 101 points and the girls putting up 127. 15-0, five-inning win over Ta- Hornets. Carr’s hits included Bud Baldwin connected for The Whiteville boys took second place with 79 points and bor City. Hallsboro completed a triple and he drove in four two hits each. Baldwin scored the girls finished with 76. Fairmont took third in the girls the sweep with a 9-7 victory in runs. Fisher Soles added a three times and Carr drove in division with 63 points, followed by West Bladen with30 and softball. single, double and three RBIs. three runs. South Robeson with 21. Acme-Delco clinched the Nakina’s softball team de- Lawson started on the West Bladen’s boys finished with 74 points, followed by B-League baseball title with a feated Columbus Christian mound for Central, allowing Fairmont with 61 and South Robeson with 21. 5-3 win at Cerro Gordo. This Academy 14-4. Gabrielle For- two hits, one run while strik- Tony Grimes, Whiteville’s state-ranked hurdler/sprinter, is the second close win for myduval, Brileigh Ward and ing out five. Fisher Soles came had another big day, winning the 100-meter dash ad 300-me- the Trojans over the Stingers. Alexis Jordan each had mul- on in relief with the bases ter hurdles and combining with Nickolus Bellamy, J’Vonte Acme-Delco’s softball squad tiple hits and scored three loaded and two outs in the Davis and Tavonte Smith to win the 4x200 and 4x100 relay downed Cerro Gordo 24-3. runs apiece. Kaylee Etheridge fourth to record the final out events. The WHS boys also got a first place in the 110-meter The Central baseball squad was the winning pitcher. Anna of the inning on a strikeout. hurdles by Tyler Cliff. scored a dozen runs in the Blake pitched in relief for Soles allowed two hits and Ziliyah Lewis paced the WHS girls with first places in the third and fourth innings to pull the Mustangs. Callie Malpass struck out six. triple jump and 400-meter dash and joined Sekya Chestnutt, away from Williams, winning scored twice for CCA. In other action, Williams Destiny McKoy and Tiana McKoy on the winning 4x200 14-0 in a run-rule shortened On Tuesday, Hallsboro swept Tabor City with a 9-6 relay tema. game. Kyler Dowless allowed edged Nakina 5-4 in baseball. baseball win and a 15-5 softball The Lady Wolfpack foursome of Sekyan Chestnut, Tulsi one hit in four innings, a first The Tigers claimed a 15-1 win victory. Patel, Tiyana McKoy and Destiny McKoy grabbed first in inning single by Gage Zokal, in softball. Iyanna Williams the 4x400 meter relay, and Olivia Campbell brought home a while striking out six and Central’s baseball nine took Central will play host to Whiteville sprinter first place for WHS in the 3200-meter run. walking one to notch the win. on Elizabethtown. The Hornets Shallotte Thursday.

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Tony Grimes leads the race to the finish line in the boys 100M Dash. Sekyah Chestnut (left) and Destiny McKoy practice the baton exchange prior to their relay event.

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Meares says the best thing about softball Suggs says softball is great because, is that her teammates love each other. “We “I get to be with friends and play a sport can laugh and joke, but when it’s time to I love.” She believes the Stallions have get serious we do.” She is proud to be a part played decent, but can still improve in the of the program’s improvement. Meares second half of the season. Suggs is hitting says, “This year we make people earn a around .400, but considers the composure win and fight to the end.” Meares is hitting she brings to the circle when pitching as .407 with four home runs and 13 RBIs. The her best softball attribute. Suggs says her daughter of Carson and Gloria Meares says parents, Steven and Wendy Suggs, are her her father is her biggest influence. “He biggest influences. “They encourage me to has always been there for me and offers do my best and are always there to support encouragement when I am down.” Meares me.” Her biggest softball thrill thus far was would not single out her best skill saying, winning the 2017 Dixie Debs World Series “there is always room for improvement.” A in Alexandria, La. Suggs’ father served tenth inning, walk-off grand slam against as one of the coaches of the team. The St. Pauls earlier this season is her career SCHS senior is a member of the Beta Club, highlight. Meares hopes to continue play- National Honor Society, Stallion Crazies, ing softball in college and hopes to become served as a marshal and is active in her a physical therapist. The WCHS junior is youth group at Palmyra Baptist church. a member of the Beta Club and played on Suggs is still undecided about her college the varsity volleyball and girls basketball plans. She is choosing between continu- teams. When not playing a sport, Meares ing her softball career or attending ECU likes to drive tractors for her father. She and pursuing a degree in a medical field. Kristen Meares, Softball describes herself as a “caring and loving Alexis Suggs, Softball Suggs describes herself as “a perfectionist, person.” dependable and smart.” 4B • The News Reporter • Thursday, March 29, 2018 NASCAR Sponsor of the Week: Car City

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You start to question if point. Clint Bowyer triumphs at Martinsville you can get it done or “We’re right there. not. To have it come [at We’re knocking on the Martinsville] meant a door,” Busch said. “We’re lot.” trying. I wouldn’t say Bowyer had come it’s one particular thing close at Martinsville in that we can pinpoint, the past, so winning a we’ve just been beat by grandfather clock tro- somebody kind of hit- phy meant a lot. ting it a little bit more “This place is an ac- than we have.” quired taste,” he said. Bowyer’s biggest wor- “When I first got here, I ry en route to victory was a duck out of water, was whether he’d run just like everybody else short of fuel, as his crew that starts here at first. did not get his tank full I learned from Jimmie on his next-to-last stop. Johnson and learned But just as he was pre- from Jeff Gordon, some- paring to make an early times the hard way, but stop, Jamie McMurray nonetheless, I learned brought out the cau- over the years and final- tion, allowing Bowyer ly put it to good use. to stop for fuel without “To keep Kyle Busch, losing the lead. one of the best in the The win also was the business, behind you in second in Cup for Bow- those closing laps, the yer’s crew chief, Mike nerves were through Bugarewicz, and it was the roof.” the fourth win in six Runner-up Kyle Busch, races this season for who now has finished Stewart-Haas Racing, second or third in the as Bowyer’s teammate Clint Bowyer is a winner tinsville Speedway. ninth position. The line- ed in Victory Lane with past four races, said he’s Kevin Harvick won three again. Bowyer, who hadn’t up was set by points af- his wife, Lorra, son Cash not too frustrated at this earlier this year. The 38-year-old former won since Oct. 13, ter rain and snow forced and daughter Presley, dirt racer from Emporia, 2012, at Charlotte Mo- the cancellation of qual- thanked the folks at Kansas, ended a nearly tor Speedway and had ifying. Stewart-Haas for giving six-year, 190-race win- finished runner-up He moved into the top him a chance to drive less streak in a big way six times in the races five early on and fin- the No. 14 car when it by dominating Mon- since, started the snow- ished the first stage in was vacated by Tony day’s STP 500 at Mar- delayed race from the fifth position. He was Stewart’s retirement. second in stage two and “To give this old dog a Cracked or Broken Windshield? took the lead for the first fresh chance and fresh You have a choice...Replacement by someone you don’t time on Lap 285. Bowyer blood with a new op- know from out of town or....locally owned & operated then led every lap but portunity, finally to get one for the remainder the 14 in Victory Lane lark’s Auto Glass of the race, for a total of is just a weight off the C Mobile Glass Service 123 East Commerce St., Whiteville, NC 215 laps. shoulders,” Bowyer said. (910) 642-0134 Fax: (910) 642-9716 Bowyer, who celebrat- “It’s been a long time. Clark Dowless, Owner/Manager

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WELLONTON APARTMENT needs DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Before advertising for real estate which is in represents 100% of the total proj- The record owner(s) of the proper- part time maintenance/caretaker. 22 investing in a business opportunity, violation of the law. All persons are hrs wk. Must have vehicle & must get tips from the Federal Trade Com- hereby informed that all dwellings ect costs. ty, as reflected on the records of the pass criminal background check. Call mission. Visit ftc.gov/bizopps. advertised are available on an equal SMALL AND/OR MINORITY FIRMS Register of Deeds, is/are Jeffrey L. 910-654-3067 1995 JEEP WRANGLER Rio Grande opportunity basis. To complain of ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT Bowen. Edition, 5 speed overdrive, red w/tan discrimination, call HUD toll-free at PROPOSALS. The property to be offered pursuant soft top. $4,500. Call 910-770-2614. 1-800-765-9372. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTU- to this notice of sale is being offered 2 BR HOME. 3 miles to shopping, NITY PROVIDER for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS **Watts Backhoe & Tree Service* very clean newly painted. $525 Esta información está disponible en IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee MED AIDE- 7P - 7A. Must be certi- LLC. Insured, tree removal, bucket month. Call 910-642-6481 español o cualquier otro lenguaje a nor the holder of the note secured by fied for skilled level of care truck, top soil, fill dirt, marl for drive- petición. Póngase en contacto con the deed of trust, being foreclosed, LPN 7 pm-7am and 7 am-7pm way, land clearing, stump grinding. a 3 BR, 1 bath home with carport RN part time house 7 pm - 7 am Free estimates. 640-2463 or mobile in Whiteville. Deposit & references Gail Edwards en 910-653-3548 o en nor the officers, directors, attorneys, CNA 11 pm -7 am. 770-0534. required. $650 mo. 910-640-2597 111 Washington Street, Whiteville employees, agents or authorized rep- Hiring bonuses for qualified candi- NC 28472 de alojamiento para esta resentative of either Trustee or the dates and qualifying positions. ALL THINGS BASEMENTY! Base- 3 BEDROOM HOUSE in Whiteville. solicitud. holder of the note make any repre- Apply in person at Shoreland, 200 ment Systems Inc. Call us for all of Please call nine10-four70-240zero. Amon McKenzie, Chairman sentation or warranty relating to the Flowers Pridgen Dr. Whiteville. your basement needs! Waterproofing, No text. Finishing, Structural Repairs, Humid- Columbus County Commissioners title or any physical, environmental, PREMIER LIVING & REHAB ity and Mold Control FREE ESTI- REDUCED from $16,995 to 3 BEDROOM, 1 bath brick home for EEO Employer health or safety conditions existing CENTER- Lake Waccamaw MATES! Call 1-800-698-9217 $15,995 1995 Newmar Kountry rent. $700 month. References and March 29, 2018 in, on, at or relating to the property Full-Time Positions Available: Star. 63,000 miles, washer/ deposit required. Call 910-368-6652. being offered for sale. Any and all LPNs - Days & Nights- 8 hr & 12 hr. ALMOST LANDSCAPING - We do all dryer/ 1 slide out. Excellent con - responsibilities or liabilities arising out dition. Call 910-499-5625 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath house for rent, Notice of Public shifts yard work A to Z. Call 910-770-2355, of or in any way relating to any such 910-516-1277 near Williams School. $750 rent. RNs - Days & Nights- 8 hr & 12 hr. Hearing condition expressly are disclaimed. shifts Good condition & good neighbor- CNAs - Days, Evenings, Nights- 7.5 Bobby Hinson Construction hood. Application, references, & $750 Whiteville Planning This sale is made subject to all prior hr. shifts Lot clearing, pond building, bushhog- deposit required. No pets. Call 910- Board liens and encumbrances, and unpaid Shift differentials - nights & weekends ging, lots and hedge rows with mini a 234-9273. taxes and assessments including but Full benefits package offered; Health, excavator. Call 640-7606. not limited to any transfer tax associ- dental, vision and supplemental insur- The Whiteville Planning Board will ated with the foreclosure. A deposit FULL SERVICE LAWN CARE - hold a public hearing as follows: ances, Paid-Time Off, Holiday Pay, mowing, mulching, pressure wash- of five percent (5%) of the amount of Date: April 9, 2018 Nurse On-Call Pay. ing, odd jobs. We do it so you don’t the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars Part-Time and PRN positions also APARTMENT FOR RENT Hallsboro Time: 12:30 p.m. or as soon thereaf- have to! 918-9762. 2 BR very spacious, CH/A J.L. Pow- ($750.00), whichever is greater, is available. ter as the agenda will allow required and must be tendered in the Competitive Pay Rates! HONEST INDIAN Remodeling, ell & Co., Inc. 642-4049. 2005 Harley Super Glide, Meeting Location: Whiteville City form of certified funds at the time of Apply in person to: 106 Cameron St., plumbing, electric, painting. A-Z. $7,500, negotiable. 30,000 APARTMENT FOR RENT Whiteville Hall, 24 Hill Plaza the sale. This sale will be held open Lake Waccamaw or email resume to: Call 910-770-2355, 516-1277 miles. Never wrecked, Extra 2 BR very spacious, CH/A J.L. Pow- Zoning Text Amendment: Request [email protected] clean, new tires. One owner. ell & Co., Inc. 642-4049. ten days for upset bids as required LARRY HINSON’S BACKHOE 910-654-4440. from staff to amend §155.065 Table of by law. Following the expiration of All types of backhoe work, lot clear- AVAILABLE NOW - 1 & 2 bedroom Permitted Uses and §155.107 Table of the statutory upset period, all remain- SERVICES ing, sand, top soil and marl. apartment for rent in Whiteville. All Regulations for Conditional Uses for ing amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE Call 654-4503. utilities included. Central heat/air. Signs, Outdoor Advertising. AND OWING. Completely renovated. Very nice loca- Citizens interested in the proposal Failure to remit funds in a timely tion. $850 & $950 per month. All appli- MCL PLUMMING. CLUB GOLF CART, gas powered. No are invited to attend and participate ances. Some furniture if needed. Call manner will result in a Declaration of Plumming repair, water leaks. rear seat. $2,500. Call 770-2614. in the public hearing. Changes may Call 910-247-2743 Clint Grainger 910-234-4676. Default and any deposit will be frozen be made in the above proposal as a pending the outcome of any re-sale. HAVE 10K IN DEBT? National Debt Cypress Village Apartments result of debate, objection, or dis- If the sale is set aside for any reason, cussion. Relief is rated A-Plus with the BBB. SOUTHERN ROOTS LAWN CARE. 197 Orange St., Fair Bluff, N.C. the Purchaser at the sale shall be You could be debt free in 24-48 Free estimates. Reasonable rates. 1 and 2 bedrooms with Handicap Robert Lewis entitled only to a return of the deposit months. Call 1-844-240-0122 now for Call 910 269-1177 ****Publisher’s Notice**** accessible units available. City of Whiteville paid. The Purchaser shall have no fur- a free debt evaluation. Equal Housing Planning Director STEWART’S PAINTING & HOME Opportunity Laundry facilities + Community ther recourse against the Mortgagor, SAVE YOUR HOME! Are you behind REPAIR. 25 years experience. Call All real estate advertised room **24 hour maintenance** 910-640-1380 the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee paying your MORTGAGE? Denied a 910-207-3169. herein is subject to the Federal Fair Section 8 Assistance Available March 29, April 5, 2018 or the attorney of any of the foregoing. Loan Modification? Is the bank threat- Housing Act, North Carolina and Income Restrictions may apply Columbus Fair Housing Law which SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD ening foreclosure? CALL Homeown- Seniors 62 years and older Notice of Sale TENANTS: If you are a tenant resid- er’s Relief Line! FREE CONSULA- makes it illegal to advertise any pref- 910-649-7971 erence, limitation, or discrimination ing in the property, be advised that an TION! 855-995-4199 Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 am-2 pm based on race, color, religion, sex, IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUS- Order for Possession of the property handicap, familial status or national Professionally Managed by TICE may be issued in favor of the purchas- 280 Child/Elderly Care origin, or intention to make any such M & M Properties OF NORTH CAROLINA preferences, limitation or discrimina- er. Also, if your lease began or was tion. We will not knowingly accept SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION renewed on or after October 1, 2007, A-1 DONATE YOUR CAR FOR any advertising for real estate which COLUMBUS COUNTY be advised that you may terminate BREAST CANCER! Help United is in violation of the law. All persons 16SP145 aa the rental agreement upon written Breast Foundation education, preven- are hereby informed that all dwellings IN THE MATTER OF THE FORE- advertised are available on an equal notice to the landlord, to be effective tion, & support programs. FAST FREE opportunity basis. To complain of CLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST on a date stated in the notice that is PICKUP - 24 HR RESPONSE - TAX FURNISHED 2ND FLOOR, 1 BR. discrimination, call HUD toll-free at EXECUTED BY JEFFREY L. BOWEN at least 10 days, but no more than 90 DEDUCTION 888-641-9690 1-800-765-9372. apartment near Courthouse. $600/ DATED JULY 15, 2011 AND RECORD- mo.; plus electric. No pets. Call 910- days, after the sale date contained in GOT AN OLDER CAR, VAN OR ED IN BOOK 1012 AT PAGE 794 IN the notice of sale, provided that the KALEIDOSCOPE KIDS 642-2409 SUV? Do the humane thing. Donate THE COLUMBUS COUNTY PUBLIC mortgagor has not cured the default Experienced, Dependable, reliable it to the Humane Society. Call 1-855- REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA at the time notice of termination is & caring Teachers needed for child 617-2024 Under and by virtue of the power and care center. Must have credentials 1 3 BR, 2 ba house, James B White provided. You may be liable for rent authority contained in the above-ref- & 2 or 2 year early childhood degree Hwy N. Completely remodeled with due under the agreement prorated to preferred. Call 640-2544. garage. $120,000. 910-914-1384. 2 BEDROOM MOBILE HOME for erenced deed of trust and because of the effective date of the termination. rent. Located in Eastover Park White- default in the payment of the secured The date of this Notice is March 5, a ville. JL Powell. Call 642-4049. indebtedness and failure to per- 2018. 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH DOUBLE- form the stipulation and agreements Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells WIDE, Whitehall Road. Very nice. therein contained and, pursuant to Substitute Trustee Partly furnished. No pets. $600 demand of the owner and holder of 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 LOCAL LONG TERM established month, plus deposit. References the secured debt, the undersigned Charlotte, NC 28216 business for sale due to age of owner. required. Call after 6 pm. 840-6032. substitute trustee will expose for sale Only serious inquiries call 910-234- 735 Washington St, Whiteville. 704-333-8107 2008 Jeep Wrangler Sahara, at public auction to the highest bidder http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 0883 between 1pm-4pm. auto, 82K miles. Excellent con - 1776 sq ft, 3BR, 2 bath brick, stor - age bldg, 2 carports, generator. for cash at the usual place of sale at 16-083861 dition. Clean Car Fax. $18,500. the county courthouse of said county Call 640-7467. $115,000. Call 910-642-5405 March 29, April 5, 2018 at 10:00AM on April 11, 2018 the fol- 7 OFFICES, conference room, kitch- BY OWNER - 3 br, 2 full bath brick lowing described real estate and any AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Get FAA 205 FREIGHT LINER 18 wheeler and en, cafe, 3 bath, downtown Whiteville. Notice of Sale Ranch house, Located on Nancy other improvements which may be approved hands on Aviation training. trailer. Good condition. Low miles. Newly remodeled. March 2018. 919- 910-654-5883 after 8 pm. St., Lake Waccamaw, over 1/2 acre. 578-1663 or 910-445-1799 situated thereon, in Columbus Coun- Financial aid for qualified students - Attached carport. $140,000. Call 252- Self Storage of Whiteville, will hold a Career placement assistance. CALL ty, North Carolina, and being more public sale to dispose of various items 327-1122. COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR particularly described as follows: Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866- rent 40x90 Body Shop. 9 C.O. Moss of personal property, pursuant to the 441-6890 HALLSBORO HOUSE for sale by Rd., Whiteville. $850 month. 910- Lying in Tatum Township, Columbus assertion of a lien for rental at Self Owner 1 acre, 2 BR, 1 bath, din- 579-1996. County, North Carolina, containing Storage of Whiteville facility. Items ing, kitchen, utility room. Completely 1.00 acres, more or less, total (0.91 will be sold individually and in bulk. remodeled Asking $55,000 Call 654- COMMERCIAL LEASE 5,000 sq acres, more or less, after excluding 3392. Ready to move in ft commercial building for lease in Sale will be conducted at Self Stor- the portion within the State Road age facility located at: Shallotte Auto Sales Bolton. Call 910-770-0428 for details right of way), said tract being set for You want it, we will find it! 2525 James B White Hwy, 701 N and delineated upon a plat for Sha- Whiteville, NC ron Bowen, dated June 25, 1995, pre- Date of Sale: March 31st, 2018 Serving Southeastern RESTAURANT & 2.32+/-Acres & pared by Billy H. Duncan, R. L. S., and Time of Sale: 9:00 AM North Carolina since Road Tractors, Trailers, Backhoes & being set for and delineated upon said Items to be sold: Personal belongings More. Real Estate is Online w/Bid plat as follows: and furnishing belonging to: Center, Ending 4/10 at 12pm, Per- 1983 To arrive at the beginning point, begin 08 Ronald McKoy sonal Prop. is Online Only, Ending 4701 Main Street at a point marked by an existing nail 102 Patricia Robinson 4/10 at 2pm, ironhorseauction.com, at the centerline intersection of S.R. 800.997.2248, NCAL 3936 130 William Dean Jackson Shallotte, NC 28459 910-754-8348 County of Columbus 1504 and S.R. 1512, proceed on a 16 Dominique Nealey Visit our inventory at ShallotteAutoSales.com Request for tie line South 52 degrees 33 minutes 17 William Robinson 16 seconds East 354.89 feet to a 33 Frank Pittman Proposals point marked by a nail in the center- 53 Sequanna Moore Now Under New Management Administration and line of S.R. 1504, said point marking 55 Fredrick Rose the Westernmost corner of the tract 56 Stephanie Cartrette Waley Technical Services herein described and being the point 59 Sue Miller KENT PLACE APARTMENTS ****Publisher’s Notice**** and place of beginning. FROM SAID 116 Tram Road • Whiteville, NC Equal Housing 60 Joseph Gore The County of Columbus has submit- BEGINNING POINT SO LOCATED, Now Accepting Applications for Opportunity 99 Gordon Mattingly All real estate advertised herein is ted an application for DRA-17 fund- proceed North 42 degrees 08 min- 132 Anthony Butler subject to the Federal Fair Housing ing to the N.C. Department of Emer- utes 06 seconds East (passing a point Self Storage of Whiteville 2 Bedroom Apartments Act, North Carolina and Columbus gency Management. The County marked by an iron on the State Road March 22, 26, 29, 2018 Waiving Application Fees Fair Housing Law which makes it ille- right of way at 30 feet) a total dis- Limited Rental Assistance • Certain Restrictions Apply gal to advertise any preference, limita- intends to select a qualified consul- tion, or discrimination based on race, tant to provide Administration and tance of 310 feet to a point marked NOTICE TO CREDITORS Water, Sewer and Trash Pick-Up included in Rent. color, religion, sex, handicap, familial Technical services for the DRA-17 by an iron; thence proceed South STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA status or national origin, or intention HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE • EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY program. Any awards pursuant to 50 degrees 55 minutes 04 seconds COUNTY OF COLUMBUS to make any such preferences, East 151.36 feet to a point marked IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUS- Call Today! 910-642-8891 limitation or discrimination. We the procurement are contingent upon EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY will not knowingly accept any receipt and approval of Grant Agree- be an iron; thence proceed South 49 TICE ment documents. degrees 54 minutes 00 seconds West SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION All qualified firms are invited to sub- 55.50 feet to a point marked by an FIL NO.: 18E117 FOREST GLEN SWANZY mit proposals for these Adminis- existing iron; thence proceed South IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BRUNSWICK tration and Technical services. All 44 degrees 08 minutes 30 seconds GEORGE CURTIS FLYNN JR. & FOREST EDGE West (passing an existing iron on the Having qualified as Executor of the PLACE RIDGE qualified interested firms should APARTMENTS contact Gail Edwards, Assistant to State Road right of way at 221.16 Estate of GEORGE CURTIS FLYNN APARTMENTS APARTMENTS the Manager, at the County Manag- feet) a total distance of 254.50 feet JR, deceased, late of Columbus to a point marked by an existing PK County, North Carolina, the under- 106 Forest Glen Drive ers Office for a copy of the Request 27 Mill Stream Dr. Elizabethtown for Proposals. Proposals must be nail located in the centerline of S.R. signed hereby notify all persons hav- Tabor City, NC 1504 (this point marks the Southwest ing claims against the estate of said Brunswick is now accepting applications received by the deadline of April 12, are now accepting 2018 at 5:00 PM. corner of Lot #1 as set forth in Deed decedent to present them to it on Apartment Complex for available one bedroom applications for one, This program is funded with Book 410, Page 329 Seconds Tract); or before the 5th day of July, 2018, apartment homes and the wait- thence proceed to a point marked by or this notice shall be pled in bar of in Brunswick, NC two, and three, bedroom $1,000,000 in DRA-17 funds which ing list. Swanzy Ridge is an af- a nail in the centerline of S.R. 1504 their recovery. All persons indebted to taking applications on: apartment homes. fordable apartment community North 51 degrees 34 minutes 13 said estate will please make immedi- seconds West 135.01 feet to a point ate payment. 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units. We are located at 106 offering one, two, and three Laundry center, exercise Forest Glen Drive and/ marked be a nail in the centerline of This the 29th day of March, 2018. bedroom apartment homes. SHORT S.R. 1504, this being the point and JUDY FLYNN room, computer room or 125 Forest Edge Circle Office hours are place of beginning. All bearings mag- Administratrix of the Estate of Water included to obtain an application. Mon., Wed., & Fri. BROS. netic North (Plat Book 7, Page 108). GEORGE CURTIS FLYNN JR 24 hour maintenance Income restrictions apply. 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM. The tract herein described as a por- Deceased For additional Please call (910)862-3014 or tion of Lot #1 of the Joseph Wilbur 4941 Old Stage Highway available. RENT-A-CAR Brown division. For Deed reference Riegelwood, NC 28456 information please call: visit 402 Swanzy Ridge Way Taking applications on see Secon tract of Deed recorded Telephone 910-840-4537 910-653-6010 for application information. $ 95 in Book 410, Page 329, Columbus Matthew J. Tedder Tues. & Thurs. 8am-4pm or 910-653-2073. Professionally Managed by: DAILY County Registry. Attorneys for the Estate Professionally managed by Excel Property 19 And Being more commonly known 110 West Nance Street Hwy. 701, South of Whiteville 642-3166 Excel Property Management, Inc. as: 6102 Princess Ann Rd, Evergreen, Whiteville, NC 28472 EQUAL HOUSING Management, Inc. 1004 Bullard Court, Suite 106 OPPORTUNITY NC 28438 Telephone: 910-642-8147 EQUAL HOUSING Raleigh, NC 27615 642-4175 OPPORTUNITY Equal Housing Opportunity March 29, April 5, 12, 19, 2018 The News Reporter • Monday, March 29, 2018 • 7B

greater, will be required at the time of Hearing before the Honorable Amy W. as may have priority under Federal this foreclosure sale as required by ELLIS MEARES & SON, INC., Ben- Notice of Tax the sale with the balance remaining Pridgen, Assistant Clerk of Superior or State Law, if any. statute. eficiary (Lienholder), Foreclosure Sale due to be paid in full by cash or cer- Court for Columbus County, North A cash deposit of 20% of the pur- This the 22nd day of March, 2018. Defendants tified funds at the Office of the Com- Carolina was held in connection with chase price, or $750 whichever is WILLIAM E WOOD NOTICE is hereby given that the STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA missioner within three (3) days after this foreclosure on the 22nd day of greater, will be required at the time of COMMISSIONER COUNTY OF COLUMBUS as a COUNTY OF COLUMBUS the entry of the Judgment of Confir- February, 2018 at which time Clerk the sale with the balance remaining 100 COURTHOUSE SQUARE body politic incorporate of the State IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE mation by the Clerk of Court. Amy W. Pridgen authorized this fore- due to be paid in full by cash or cer- WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 of North Carolina, is exercising its DISTRICT COURT DIVISION Hearing before the Honorable Amy W. closure sale as required by statute. tified funds at the Office of the Com- TELEPHONE: (910)-642-3965 power and authority to assess, levy FILE NO.: 17 CV 1357 Pridgen, Assistant Clerk of Superior This the 22nd day of March, 2018. missioner within three (3) days after STATE BAR NO.: 5901 and collect taxes against real and COUNTY OF COLUMBUS, Court for Columbus County, North WILLIAM E WOOD the entry of the Judgment of Confir- March 29 & April 5, 2018 personal property located within its Plaintiff Carolina was held in connection with COMMISSIONER mation by the Clerk of Court. boundaries in accordance with the vs this foreclosure on the 22nd day of 100 COURTHOUSE SQUARE Hearing before the Honorable Amy W. Notice of Tax laws of the State of North Carolina AMORESHAUDA GOINS KINGSLEY, February, 2018 at which time Clerk WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 Pridgen, Assistant Clerk of Superior and the Default Judgment and Order BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST Amy W. Pridgen authorized this fore- TELEPHONE: (910)-642-3965 Court for Columbus County, North Foreclosure Sale of Sale entered on the 15th day of COMPANY, Judgmentholder (Lien- closure sale as required by statute. STATE BAR NO.: 5901 Carolina was held in connection with February, 2018 and is foreclosing holder); This the 22nd day of March, 2018. March 29 & April 5, 2018 this foreclosure on the 2nd day of STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA on the following land of WILLIAM Defendants WILLIAM E WOOD February, 2018 at which time Clerk COUNTY OF COLUMBUS HAROLD BARTLEY and GLENDA NOTICE is hereby given that the COMMISSIONER Notice of Tax Amy W. Pridgen authorized this fore- IN THE GENERAL COURT OF H. BARTLEY in order to satisfy the COUNTY OF COLUMBUS as a body 100 COURTHOUSE SQUARE closure sale as required by statute. JUSTICE properly assessed but unpaid taxes politic incorporate of the State of WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 Foreclosure Sale This the 15th day of March, 2018. DISTRICT COURT DIVISION upon certain lands. Pursuant to the North Carolina, is exercising its power TELEPHONE: (910)-642-3965 WILLIAM E WOOD FILE NO.: 17 CV 1060 Judgment entered on the 15th day and authority to assess, levy and col- STATE BAR NO.: 5901 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COMMISSIONER COUNTY OF COLUMBUS and of February, 2018, William E. Wood lect taxes against real and personal March 29 & April 5, 2018 COUNTY OF COLUMBUS 100 COURTHOUSE SQUARE TOWN OF LAKE WACCAMAW, has been appointed Commissioner property located within its boundar- IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 Plaintiffs with the authority to sell the following ies in accordance with the laws of Notice of Tax DISTRICT COURT DIVISION TELEPHONE: (910)-642-3965 vs land at the Courthouse Door, Colum- the State of North Carolina and the FILE NO.: 17 CV 1505 STATE BAR NO.: 5901 BETTY JO SOLES; ALFRED OXE- bus County Courthouse in the City of Default Judgment and Order of Sale Foreclosure Sale COUNTY OF COLUMBUS, March 22 & 29, 2018 NDINE, Whiteville, Columbus County, North entered on the 22nd day of February, Plaintiff Defendants Carolina at 12:10 o’clock p.m. on the 2018 and is foreclosing on the follow- STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA vs Notice of Tax NOTICE is hereby given that the 5th day of April, 2018 and will sell to ing land of AMORESHAUDA GOINS COUNTY OF COLUMBUS SHAWN MULLINS; PAMELA MUL- COUNTY OF COLUMBUS and the the highest bidder for cash all interest KINGSLEY in order to satisfy the IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE LINS, Foreclosure Sale TOWN OF LAKE WACCAMAW as in the following described real estate: properly assessed but unpaid taxes DISTRICT COURT DIVISION Defendants bodies politic incorporate of the Lying and being in Western Prong upon certain lands. Pursuant to the FILE NO.: 17 CV 1081 NOTICE is hereby given that the STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA State of North Carolina, are exer- Township, Columbus County, North Judgment entered on the 22nd day COUNTY OF COLUMBUS and COUNTY OF COLUMBUS as a body COUNTY OF COLUMBUS cising their power and authority to Carolina, and being more particularly of February, 2018, William E. Wood TOWN OF FAIR BLUFF, politic incorporate of the State of IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE assess, levy and collect taxes against described as follows: has been appointed Commissioner Plaintiffs North Carolina, is exercising its power DISTRICT COURT DIVISION real and personal property located All that certain lot or parcel of land with the authority to sell the following vs and authority to assess, levy and col- FILE NO.: 17 CV 737 within their boundaries in accor- identified as Tract 3, containing 17.51 land at the Courthouse Door, Colum- GRACE NIXON; UNKNOWN HEIRS lect taxes against real and personal COUNTY OF COLUMBUS, dance with the laws of the State of total acres or 17.21 acres, more or bus County Courthouse in the City of OF JAMES NIXON, JR.; UNKNOWN property located within its boundar- Plaintiff North Carolina and the Default Judg- less, exclusive of right of way, as Whiteville, Columbus County, North HEIRS OF CYNTHIA HENRY, ies in accordance with the laws of vs ment and Order of Sale entered on shown on that Survey for the Anna R. Carolina at 12:00 o’clock noon on the Defendants the State of North Carolina and the CHASE CAULDER LONG; JESSICA the 9th day of February, 2018 and Hill Estate, Western Prong Township, 12th day of April, 2018 and will sell to NOTICE is hereby given that the Default Judgment and Order of Sale BROOKE LONG, is foreclosing on the following land Columbus County, North Carolina, the highest bidder for cash all interest COUNTY OF COLUMBUS and the entered on the 2nd day of February, Defendants of BETTY JO SOLES and ALFRED as prepared by Soles and Walker, in the following described real estate: TOWN OF FAIR BLUFF as bodies 2018 and is foreclosing on the fol- NOTICE is hereby given that the OXENDINE in order to satisfy the P.A., P.L.S., dated February 23, 2000, Lying and being in Welches Creek politic incorporate of the State of lowing land of SHAWN MULLINS and COUNTY OF COLUMBUS as a properly assessed but unpaid taxes which plat, recorded in Plat Book 67, Township, Columbus County, North North Carolina, are exercising their PAMELA MULLINS in order to satis- body politic incorporate of the State upon certain lands. Pursuant to the Page 38, Columbus County Registry, Carolina, and being more particularly power and authority to assess, levy fy the properly assessed but unpaid of North Carolina, is exercising its Judgment entered on the 9th day of is referenced for more particularity of described as follows: and collect taxes against real and taxes upon certain lands. Pursuant to power and authority to assess, levy February, 2018, William E. Wood has the metes and bounds description BEGINNING at a stake on the North personal property located within the Judgment entered on the 2nd day and collect taxes against real and been appointed Commissioner with contained therein. margin of the Spaulding Road in the their boundaries in accordance with of February, 2018, William E. Wood personal property located within its the authority to sell the following land For further chain of title, see the West edge of Farmers Branch, and the laws of the State of North Caro- has been appointed Commissioner boundaries in accordance with the at the Courthouse Door, Columbus Estate of Anna R. Hill (83-E-29), and runs with the North margin of said lina and the Default Judgment and with the authority to sell the following laws of the State of North Carolina County Courthouse in the City of Deeds in Book 116, Page 568; Book Spaulding Road, South 85 degrees Order of Sale entered on the 22nd land at the Courthouse Door, Colum- and the Default Judgment and Order Whiteville, Columbus County, North 156, Pages 559-560; and Book 177, and 30 minutes West 7 chains and 28 day of February, 2018 and is foreclos- bus County Courthouse in the City of of Sale entered on the 26th day of Carolina at 12:20 o’clock p.m. on the Page 739, Columbus County Regis- links to a crook in said road; thence ing on the following land of GRACE Whiteville, Columbus County, North February, 2018 and is foreclosing on 5th day of April, 2018 and will sell to try. Also see Map Book 2, Page 70, North 81 degrees and 30 minutes NIXON, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF Carolina at 12:00 o’clock noon on the the following land of CHASE CAUL- the highest bidder for cash all interest Lots 5 & 6. West 2 chains and 81 links to the JAMES NIXON, JR. and UNKNOWN 5th day of April, 2018 and will sell to DER LONG and JESSICA BROOKE in the following described real estate: Being the same property conveyed intersection of the Hallsboro and HEIRS OF CYNTHIA HENRY in order the highest bidder for cash all interest LONG in order to satisfy the prop- Lying and being in Bogue Town- by Luther Thomas Hill, et al., to Wil- Elkton Road; thence crossing said to satisfy the properly assessed but in the following described real estate: erly assessed but unpaid taxes ship, Columbus County, North Car- liam Harold Bartley and wife, Glen- Hallsboro and Elkton Road; South unpaid taxes upon certain lands. Lying and being in Welches Creech upon certain lands. Pursuant to the olina, and being more particularly da H. Bartley, by Deed dated Feb- 88 degrees and 30 minutes West 8 Pursuant to the Judgment entered Township, Columbus County, North Judgment entered on the 26th day described as follows: ruary 29, 2000, recorded in Book chains and 29 links to a stake in the on the 22nd day of February, 2018, Carolina, and being more particularly of February, 2018, William E. Wood Being all of Lots Numbered 74 and 616, Page 725, Columbus County North margin of said Spaulding Road, William E. Wood has been appoint- described as follows: has been appointed Commissioner 75 in Block D of Waccamaw Shores Registry. it being the corner of the Masonic ed Commissioner with the author- And being more particularly described with the authority to sell the following Subdivision, as shown and delineat- The property to be offered pursu- Lodge; thence with the line of said ity to sell the following land at the as follows: BEGINNING on an exist- land at the Courthouse Door, Colum- ed on that certain map of said subdi- ant to this Notice of Sale is being Lodge North 19 degrees 15 minutes Courthouse Door, Columbus County ing nail in the centerline of SR #1719, bus County Courthouse in the City of vision bearing date of April 23, 1963, offered for sale, transfer and convey- West 3 chains and 13 links to a stake Courthouse in the City of Whiteville, said nail being the Southeast corner Whiteville, Columbus County, North registered in Plat Book 8, Page 27, ance: “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither corner of said Lodge, thence North Columbus County, North Carolina at of the White Troy Estate as recorded Carolina at 12:10 o’clock p.m. on the Columbus County Registry. Refer- the Commissioner nor the County 38 degrees and 15 minutes East 12:20 o’clock p.m. on the 12th day of in Plat Book 7, Page 32, records of 12th day of April, 2018 and will sell to ence is hereby made to said map and of Columbus, nor the officers, direc- 4 chains and 23 links to a stake in April, 2018 and will sell to the highest Columbus County, NC. Said nail also the highest bidder for cash all interest the record thereof for further certainty tors, attorneys, employees, agents or the edge of a ditch, it being McIver bidder for cash all interest in the fol- being the Northeast corner of the in the following described real estate: of description. Lots 74 and 75 are authorized representatives of either Spaulding’s corner; thence with his lowing described real estate: aforesaid larger tract as recorded in Lying and being in Whiteville Town- considered lagoon lots. Reference is the Commissioner or the County line a ditch North 30 degrees and 15 Lying and being in the Town of Fair Deed Book 293, Page 420, records ship, Columbus County, North Car- made to Deed recorded in Book 494, of Columbus make any represen- minutes East 2 chains and 25 links to Bluff, Fair Bluff Township, Columbus of Columbus County, NC. Proceed olina, and being more particularly Page 32, Columbus County Registry. tation of warranty relating to the a crook in said ditch; thence North 62 County, North Carolina, and being from said beginning point along the described as follows: Being the same property conveyed title or any physical, environmental, degrees East 5 chains and 12 links more particularly described as fol- centerline of a curve of SR #1719, Being all of Lot 1, containing 1.00 to Betty Jo Soles by Deed dated health or safety conditions existing to a crook in said ditch; thence with lows: the following chords of said curve: acre after excluding the highway January 3, 2001, recorded in Book in, on, at, or relating to the property said ditch North 31 degrees and 15 TRACT ONE: Being all of Lot 1, Sec- South 54 degrees 30 minutes 45 right-of-way which lot is fully set 638, Page 946 (Tract Two), Colum- being offered for sale, and any and minutes East 3 chains to a stake and tion II of the Meares-Small Subdivi- seconds West 107.22 feet to a nail; forth on a map made by Soles & bus County Registry all responsibilities or liabilities aris- gum pointers in the South margin of sion as that subdivision is described thence continue with said centerline Walker, Registered Land Surveyors, The property to be offered pursu- ing out of or in any way relating to School House Road; thence with the on a survey recorded in Plat Book South 48 degrees 32 minutes 00 sec- which map was a division survey for ant to this Notice of Sale is being any such condition expressly are South margin of said road North 81 50, Page 71, Columbus County Reg- onds West 148.64 to a nail and said the heirs of Margaret Long Horne offered for sale, transfer and convey- disclaimed. degrees East 12 chains and 10 links istry, with that plat being incorpo- centerline; continuing with said cen- and is dated October 25, 1990, and ance: “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither Also, this property is being sold free to a stake in the South margin of said rated herewith by reference for fur- terline South 41 degrees 01 minutes recorded in Plat Book 52, Page 5, the Commissioner nor the County and clear of all taxes, special assess- road; thence South 10 degrees West ther certainty of description of Lot 30 seconds West 103.15 feet to a nail Columbus County Registry, with the of Columbus, nor the officers, direc- ments, prior liens or encumbranc- 15 chains and 55 links to the BEGIN- 1, Section II. and said centerline; thence continue same being hereby incorporated by tors, attorneys, employees, agents or es of record against said property NING, and containing 17 acres, Subject to any existing rights of way said centerline South 35 degrees 46 reference for more particularity of authorized representatives of either except as may have priority under more or less, and being the tract of and easements. minutes 44 seconds West 80 feet description. the Commissioner or the County Federal or State Law, if any. land conveyed to Lemuel Spauld- Being the same property conveyed to an existing nail in said centerline, Reference is made to the Last Will of Columbus make any represen- A cash deposit of 20% of the pur- ing, by C.C. Spaulding and wife, by by Carl W. Meares and wife, Miden said nail being in the South line of and Testament of Margaret Long tation of warranty relating to the chase price, or $750 whichever is Deed dated March 29, 1937, which H. Meares, et al., to James Nixon, the aforesaid larger tract; thence with Horne as the same is located in title or any physical, environmental, greater, will be required at the time Deed is hereby made a part of this Jr., by Deed dated October 19, the South line of the aforesaid larger 90-E-259 in the Office of the Clerk of health or safety conditions existing of the sale with the balance remain- description. 2007, recorded in Book 910, Page 1, tract South 73 degrees 28 minutes Superior Court for Columbus County, in, on, at, or relating to the property ing due to be paid in full by cash or Being the same as conveyed by Columbus County Registry. 00 seconds West 301.94 feet to an North Carolina. being offered for sale, and any and certified funds at the Office of the Lemuel Spaulding, single, to Pearlie TRACT TWO: Being all of Lot 2 and existing axle, the Southwest corner of Being the same property described in all responsibilities or liabilities aris- Commissioner within three (3) days Newell, by Deed dated April 3, 1937, Lot 3, Section II of the Meares-Small the aforesaid larger tract; thence with Deed in favor of Dallas Grady Long, ing out of or in any way relating to after the entry of the Judgment of recorded in Book 149, Page 180, Subdivision as that subdivision is the West line of the aforesaid larger for his life only, then to his children any such condition expressly are Confirmation by the Clerk of Court. Columbus County Registry. described on a survey recorded in tract North 2 degrees 05 minutes 54 then living, recorded in Book 416, disclaimed. Hearing before the Honorable Amy For chain of title, see Deeds recorded Plat Book 50, Page 71, Columbus seconds East 217.80 feet to an exist- Page 316, Columbus County Reg- Also, this property is being sold free W. Pridgen, Assistant Clerk of Supe- in Book 252, Page 151; Book 801, County Registry, with that plat being ing iron, the Northwest corner of the istry, and clear of all taxes, special assess- rior Court for Columbus County, Page 644; Book 801, Page 931; Book incorporated herewith by reference aforesaid larger tract; thence North 73 Dallas Grady Long died May 22, ments, prior liens or encumbranc- North Carolina was held in connec- 926, Page 905; Book 935, Page 344; for further certainty of description of degrees 52 minutes 56 seconds East 2016, survived by his two children, es of record against said property tion with this foreclosure on the 15th and Book 971, Page 355, all referenc- Lot 2 and of Lot 3, Section II. 619.40 feet with the North line of the Chase Caulder Long and Jessica except as may have priority under day of February, 2018 at which time es to the Columbus County Registry. Subject to any existing rights of way aforesaid tract to the point of BEGIN- Brooke Long. Federal or State Law, if any. Clerk Amy W. Pridgen authorized Being the same property conveyed and easements. NING, containing 2.03 acre, total, The property to be offered pursu- A cash deposit of 20% of the pur- this foreclosure sale as required by by Bernard Newell Goins, single, Being the same property conveyed 1.76 acre excluding highway right of ant to this Notice of Sale is being chase price, or $750 whichever is statute. and Sadie Davis Graham and hus- by Carl W. Meares and wife, Miden way. All bearing are magnetic North offered for sale, transfer and convey- greater, will be required at the time This the 15th day of March, 2018. band, James E. Graham, to Amore- H. Meares, et al., to James Nixon, Jr., 1970, description compile from previ- ance: “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither of the sale with the balance remain- WILLIAM E WOOD shauda Goins Kingsley, by Deed and Cynthia Henry by Deed dated ous surveys and plats, and deeds of the Commissioner nor the County ing due to be paid in full by cash or COMMISSIONER dated Amoreshauda Goins Kingsley, April 19, 2002, recorded in Book record by Billy M. Duncan. of Columbus, nor the officers, direc- certified funds at the Office of the 100 COURTHOUSE SQUARE by Deed dated October 18, 2016, 688, Page 680, Columbus County Being a portion of that larger tract tors, attorneys, employees, agents or Commissioner within three (3) days WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 recorded in Book 1143, Page 94, Registry. conveyed by Margaret B. Collins authorized representatives of either after the entry of the Judgment of TELEPHONE: (910)-642-3965 Columbus County Registry. The property to be offered pursu- Cleaton and husband, O.W. Cleaton, the Commissioner or the County Confirmation by the Clerk of Court. STATE BAR NO.: 5901 LESS AND EXCEPT those properties ant to this Notice of Sale is being to Hilton Lee McKoy, by Deed dated of Columbus make any represen- Hearing before the Honorable Amy March 22 & 29, 2018 previously conveyed in Deed Book offered for sale, transfer and convey- July 12, 1976, recorded in Book 293, tation of warranty relating to the W. Pridgen, Assistant Clerk of Supe- 158, Page 211; Deed Book 228, ance: “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither Page 420, Columbus County Registry. title or any physical, environmental, rior Court for Columbus County, the Commissioner nor the County of Being the same property conveyed health or safety conditions existing North Carolina was held in connec- Notice Page 82; and Book 684, Page 607, The Columbus County Board of Columbus, nor the officers, direc- by Hilton Lee McKoy and wife, Wil- in, on, at, or relating to the property tion with this foreclosure on the 9th all references being to the Columbus Equalization and Review will meet tors, attorneys, employees, agents or lie M. McKoy, to Shawn Mullins and being offered for sale, and any and day of February, 2018 at which time County Registry. the dates and hours indicated below: authorized representatives of either wife, Pamela Mullins, by Deed dated all responsibilities or liabilities aris- Clerk Amy W. Pridgen authorized The property to be offered pursu- Monday, April 2, 2018 Time: 9:30 the Commissioner or the County of November 30, 2000, recorded in Book ing out of or in any way relating to this foreclosure sale as required by ant to this Notice of Sale is being am-12:00 Noon The meeting will be Columbus make any representation 636, Page 943, Columbus County any such condition expressly are statute. offered for sale, transfer and convey- held in the Columbus County Admin- of warranty relating to the title or any Registry. disclaimed. This the 15th day of March, 2018. ance: “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither istrative Bldg. 111 Washington St., physical, environmental, health or The property to be offered pursuant to Also, this property is being sold free WILLIAM E WOOD the Commissioner nor the County of Whiteville, NC for the purpose of safety conditions existing in, on, at, or this Notice of Sale is being offered for and clear of all taxes, special assess- COMMISSIONER Columbus, nor the officers, direc- equalizing the valuation of all proper- relating to the property being offered sale, transfer and conveyance: “AS ments, prior liens or encumbranc- 100 COURTHOUSE SQUARE tors, attorneys, employees, agents or ty in the County of Columbus, to the for sale, and any and all responsibili- IS, WHERE IS”. Neither the Commis- es of record against said property WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 authorized representatives of either end that such property shall be listed ties or liabilities arising out of or in sioner nor the County of Columbus, except as may have priority under TELEPHONE: (910)-642-3965 the Commissioner or the County of on the tax records at the valuation any way relating to any such condi- nor the officers, directors, attorneys, Federal or State Law, if any. STATE BAR NO.: 5901 Columbus make any representation required by law. Anyone requesting tion expressly are disclaimed. employees, agents or authorized rep- A cash deposit of 20% of the pur- March 22 & 29, 2018 of warranty relating to the title or any the appearance before the Board of Also, this property is being sold free resentatives of either the Commis- chase price, or $750 whichever is physical, environmental, health or Equalization and Review may obtain and clear of all taxes, special assess- sioner or the County of Columbus greater, will be required at the time safety conditions existing in, on, at, or Notice of Tax request forms from the Columbus ments, prior liens or encumbrances of make any representation of warranty of the sale with the balance remain- relating to the property being offered County Tax Office, 125A Washing- record against said property except relating to the title or any physical, ing due to be paid in full by cash or Foreclosure Sale for sale, and any and all responsibili- ton St., Whiteville, NC or by calling as may have priority under Federal or environmental, health or safety con- certified funds at the Office of the ties or liabilities arising out of or in 910-640-6635. The Board of Equal- State Law, if any. ditions existing in, on, at, or relat- Commissioner within three (3) days STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA any way relating to any such condi- ization and Review will adjourn on A cash deposit of 20% of the pur- ing to the property being offered for after the entry of the Judgment of COUNTY OF COLUMBUS tion expressly are disclaimed. April 15, 2018 and in the event of chase price, or $750 whichever is sale, and any and all responsibilities Confirmation by the Clerk of Court. IN THE GENERAL COURT OF Also, this property is being sold free earlier or later adjournment, notice greater, will be required at the time of or liabilities arising out of or in any Hearing before the Honorable Amy JUSTICE and clear of all taxes, special assess- to that effect will be published in this the sale with the balance remaining way relating to any such condition W. Pridgen, Assistant Clerk of Supe- DISTRICT COURT DIVISION ments, prior liens or encumbrances of newspapers. due to be paid in full by cash or cer- expressly are disclaimed. rior Court for Columbus County, FILE NO. 17 CV 1524 record against said property except Needom G. Hughes, IV tified funds at the Office of the Com- Also, this property is being sold free North Carolina was held in connec- COUNTY OF COLUMBUS, as may have priority under Federal or Tax Administrator missioner within three (3) days after and clear of all taxes, special assess- tion with this foreclosure on the 26th Plaintiff State Law, if any. ***This information can be found the entry of the Judgment of Confir- ments, prior liens or encumbrances of day of February, 2018 at which time Vs. A cash deposit of 20% of the pur- NCGS 105-322 (Machinery Act) mation by the Clerk of Court. record against said property except Clerk Amy W. Pridgen authorized WILLIAM HAROLD BARTLEY; GLEN- chase price, or $750 whichever is DA H. BARTLEY; March 26, 29, 2018 8B • The News Reporter • Thursday, March 29, 2018

Notice of Service A pre-bid meeting will be held for bid- 2803 Hwy. 111 in the office of Steve Smith located at having claims against the estate of ders, subcontractors and vendors on NOTICE TO CREDITORS Little River, SC 29566 35 Bacons Way, Whiteville, NC 28472. said decedent to present them to the of Process by April 9, 2018 at 3:00 pm at Bladen Having qualified as Executrix of the Williamson, Walton & Scott, LLP March 29, April 5, 2018 undersigned within three (3) months Publication Community College, 7418 NC Hwy estate of Eric Foy Marshburn, III, Attorneys at Law from the date of the first publication, 41W, Building 20, Classroom 105, deceased, late of Columbus Coun- P.O. Box 1467 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of Vegetative Debris Dublin, NC 28332. The meeting ty, the undersigned hereby notifies Whiteville, NC 28472 their recovery. All persons indebted to STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA will address project scope, descrip- all persons having claims against March 29, April 5, 12, 19, 2018 Removal Bid said estate will please make immedi- IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE tion, issues, bidding procedures and the estate of said decedent to pres- ate payment. COUNTY OF COLUMBUS Announcement forms, including MBE forms; answer ent them to the undersigned within This the 15th day of March, 2018. DISTRICT COURT DIVISION Public Notice specific questions; and identify pre- three (3) months from the date of the Kelsie S. Lias, FILE NO.: 17 CV 1318 The Columbus Soil and Water Con- ferred brand alternates. Prime bidders first publication, or this notice will be Executrix of the estate of COUNTY OF COLUMBUS, The Individuals with Disabilities Edu- servation District will receive bids are requested to attend. pleaded in bar of their recovery. All Ella Monroe Plaintiff cation Act (IDEA-Part B, Public Law until Friday, April 20, 2018 for debris In accordance with GS133-3 and persons indebted to said estate will PO Box 2232 vs 108.446) Project is presently being removal on the following projects; SCO procedures, the following Owner please make immediate payment. Whiteville, NC 28472 LAURA ANN BRITT; WILLIAM ALLEN amended. The Project describes Cove Canal- Section 1 preferred brand items will be consid- This the 29th day of March, 2018. March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 2018 BRITT; DEUTSCHE BANK, NATION- the special education programs that Lumber River- Section 2 ered as alternates by the Owner for Monica Shipman, AL TRUST COMPANY, Assignee-Ben- Columbus Charter School proposes Lumber River- Section 3 this project: Executrix of the estate of eficiary (Lienholder); FIREAWAY FIRE for Federal funding for the 2018-2019 These bid packets are posted on our 1. Fire Alarm System by Edwards Eric Foy Marshburn, III AND SAFETY, INC., Judgmentholder School Year. Interested persons are website at; http://columbusco.org/ Electronic Systems (EST). P.O. Box 1412 (Lienholder); US FOODS, INC., Judg- encouraged to review amendments Departments/SoilConservation.aspx Complete plans, specifications and Whiteville, NC 28472 mentholder (Lienholder), to the Project and make comments For more information, contact the Dis- contract documents will be open March 29, April 5, 12, 19, 2018 Defendants concerning the implementation of trict office at 45B Government Com- for inspection in the offices of LS3P. To LAURA ANN BRITT and WILLIAM NOTICE TO CREDITORS special education under this Federal plex Road, Whiteville, NC or call 910- Documents are also available for ALLEN BRITT, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Program. All comments will be con- 642-2196 Extension 3. review in the Hispanic Contractors above named Defendants: 18-E-37 sidered prior to submission of the March 26, 29, April 2, 5, 2018 Association of Carolinas in Raleigh, Take notice that a pleading seeking COUNTY OF COLUMBUS amended Project to the North Caro- North Carolina and East Coast Digi- NOTICE TO CREDITORS relief against the Defendants LAURA The undersigned, ARDELLA McDON- lina Department of Public Instruction tal, 703 SE Greenville Blvd., Green- Having qualified as Executrix of the ANN BRITT and WILLIAM ALLEN ALD, has qualified as Executor of the in Raleigh, North Carolina. The IDEA- ville, NC 27858 or can be obtained estate of Ella Monroe, deceased, BRITT and naming you as a Defen- Estate of LUCY C. WILLIAMS, late of Part B Project is open to the public electronically on April 2, 2018. Go to late of Columbus County, the under- dant has been filed in the above enti- Columbus County, and this is to notify for review and comments during the http://infoexchange.ls3p.com and signed hereby notifies all persons tled action. The nature of the relief all persons having claims against said week of April 30 through May 4, 2018, login using your e-mail address and being sought is as follows: Tax Fore- Estate to present them to the under- “anonymous” as the password. Click closure for the collection of past due signed on or before June 13, 2018, on the Bladen Community College - Columbus County, NC property taxes. pursuant to North Carolina General Continuing Education Building Bid You are required to make defense to Statute 28A-14-1, or this notice shall Documents download link. 17 Mustang such pleading not later than the 25th be pled in bar of their recovery. All Stk# C4187 The state reserves the unqualified day of April, 2018, said date being 40 persons indebted to said Estate will right to reject any and all proposals. days from the first publication of this please make immediate payment ONE Signed: Sanford Cain notice and upon your failure to do to the undersigned at the following LEFT Construction Liason so the party seeking service against address: Bladen Community College you will apply to the court for the This the 15th day of March, 2018. (Owner) relief sought. ARDELLA McDONALD March 29, 2018 This the 14th day of March, 2018. 5175 Joe Brown Hwy, N WILLIAM E. WOOD NOTICE TO CREDITORS Whiteville, NC 28472 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF Having qualified as Executor of the C. Greg Williamson 100 COURTHOUSE SQUARE Estate of Joseph Arnold Maye, Jr. Williamson, Walton & Scott, LLP * $ WHITEVILLE, NC 28472 deceased, late of 7855 Swamp Fox Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 1467 0% for 72 months 6,000 Off* TELEPHONE: 910/642-3965 Highway East, Columbus County, STATE BAR NO.: 5909 North Carolina, the undersigned does Whiteville, NC 28472 March 15, 22 & 29, 2018 hereby notify all persons, firms and March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 2018. corporations having claims against NOTICE TO CREDITORS 17 Focus 18 Explorer Stk# C4241 Section 301 Form the Estate of said decedent to pres- STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Stk# T4396 of Advertisement ent them to the undersigned in care COUNTY OF COLUMBUS of Davies Law, PLLC at 15720 Brix- The undersigned, Patricia Green, has Advertisement for ham Hill Avenue, Suite 203, Char- qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Bids lotte, NC 28277 on or before the Roy Dale Worley, Sr., late of Colum- 25 day of June, 2018, or this notice bus County, and this is to notify all will be pleaded in bar of their recov- Sealed proposals for Single Prime persons having claims against said ery. All persons, firms and corpora- Bids will be received until 3:00 pm on Estate to present them to the under- tions indebted to the said Estate will April 26, 2018 in Bladen Community signed on or before July 2, 2018 please make immediate payment to College, 7418 NC Hwy 41W, Building pursuant to North Carolina General the undersigned. 10, Board Room, Dublin, NC 28332, Statute 28A-14-1, or this notice shall $ $ This 20th day of March, 2018. for the construction of the Bladen be pled in bar of their recovery. All 5,987 Off* 4,500 Off* Jeanne Arnold Catoe, Community College - Continuing persons indebted to said Estate will Executrix Education Building, Dublin, NC (SCO please make immediate payment c/o Janice L. Davies, Esq., # 09-07292-03A, NCCCS # 1721), to the undersigned at the following Davies Law, PLLC at which time and place bids will be address: 18 F-150s 17 F-250 15720 Brixham Hill Avenue, Suite 203 Stk# T4381 Super Crew, Diesel Stk# T4161 opened and read. 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This week’s featured “Sign from God” is from First Baptist Church in Riegelwood. If you have a sign you would like featured, send a high resolu- tion photograph to [email protected]. Church Events CRHS sponsored GriefShare Hill Road, near the intersection of The home is located at 2694 celebration cont. Hwy. 74 and Union Valley Road. The Jefferson Helping Hands General Howe Road in Riegelwood. Communion Thursday, March support groups GriefShare seminar and sup- For more information or direc- Project will hold an “I got S-O-L-E” For more information call 616-6604. 29 at 7 p.m. Devotion Sandy Plain port group meets at Peace Baptist project helping children in need get Diabetes Support Group – 2nd tions call 914-0002 or 642-5820. MBC, speaker Pastor Alphonse Church, 653 Love Mill Road, White- new shoes for the new school year to Thursday of the month from Pancake breakfast Turner, host Elder Theresa Page ville, each Thursday from 6-9 p.m. help them make a step in the right The Knights of Columbus is 6-7 p.m. at 800 Jefferson Street, at Central Presbyterian USA, 7280 GriefShare is a friendly, caring Sandy Plain direction. offering a pancake breakfast for $3 Whiteville. For more information Hallsboro Road North, Clarkton. group of people who will walk For more information call Bar- from 10-11:30 a.m. on the first Sun- call 840-9585. worship service Good Friday, March 30 at 7 p.m. alongside you through one of life’s bara Pierce Boone at 625-7314. day of the month at Sacred Heart Stroke Support Group – 3rd Sandy Plain Missionary Baptist Devotion Christian Plain AME most difficult experiences. Church. Tuesday of the month from 2–3 Church worship service is held Zion, speaker Pastor Gene Mc- For more information call Peace The church is located across the p.m. at 609 Pecan Lane, White- every second and fourth Sunday Neil, host Pastor Harrison Branch Baptist Church, 642-0251, 640-7237 House of Mercy street from Whiteville High School. ville. For more information call at 11:15 a.m., Sunday school is held at Rehobeth AME Zion, 475 Re- or 770-1271. Outreach worship 640-4637. at 10 a.m. and Bible study is every hobeth Church Road, Clarkton. Chip Hannah is the pastor. Donayre Cancer Care Support Wednesday at 7 p.m. The House of Mercy Outreach First BC communion Resurrection Sunday, April 1 Group 3rd Thursday of the month The church is located at 902 Church is located to 113 W. Com- First Baptist Church of White- at 7 a.m. Devotion Central Pres. at 4 p.m. at Whiteville United Meth- Celebrate Recovery Farmers Union Road, Clarkton. Rev. merce Street in Whiteville between ville will hold its Communion USA, speaker Pastor Theresa odist Church. For more informa- Dr. Alphonse Turner Jr. of Fayette- Whiteville Meat Market and Joyce Thursday, March 29 at 7 p.m. Celebrate Recovery meets at Page, host Pastor Frederick Bry- tion call 770-0084. Alteration. followed by Service of Shadows Living Word Church, 6374 Chad- ville is the pastor. ant at Welches Creek MBC, 1733 Parkinson’s Support Group Worship is held every Sunday presented by the Chancel Choir. bourn Hwy., Chadbourn, each Millie Christine Road, Whiteville. - Last Thursday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Monday at 6 p.m. Blessed Beyond from 5-6 p.m. at 609 Pecan Lane, Elder Robert D. Williams Sr. is Whiteville. For more information call Passion Week Continued on page 3 770-0511. Measure Ministries service the founder and pastor. Blessed Beyond Measure Minis- Celebrate Recovery tries services are held every Sunday Car show in Chadbourn Year-round yard sale at 11 a.m. Celebrate Recovery meets at A car show will be held every Members of The Lord’s Chapel The first and third are Pastoral Peace Baptist Church, 653 Love Friday from 5:30-8 p.m. are on a mission to provide items Sundays. Pastor Freda and Minister Mill Rd., Whiteville, each Thurs- The car show will be held by to the community, at a minimal fee, Homer Kirk invite everyone to fel- day from 6-9 p.m. Advance Auto Parts on Hwy. 410 in from their year ‘round backyard sale. lowship. For more information call Chadbourn. It is located at 2886 Hallsboro The ministry is located at 3730 642-0251. Partial funding by Good The car show is open to everyone Road South, Hallsboro. The shop is Joe Brown Hwy, Chadbourn. Shepherd Ministries. and there are no fees to enter. open Monday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 4 DivorceCare p.m. and closed on Wednesday. Greater McKoy’s Items donated will be greatly God’s Hands Cultural The DivorceCare recovery appreciated. Proceeds go to The Chapel worship services Home adult education seminar and support group meets Lord’s Chapel. Greater McKoy’s Chapel, Inc. at Peace Baptist Church, 653 holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. God’s Hands Cultural Home Inc. Love Mill Rd., Whiteville, each and morning worship at 11 a.m. Resource Center will hold adult Thursday from 6-9 p.m. Childcare Revelation Pastoral Sunday’s are 2nd, 3rd and education classes every Wednesday is provided through fifth grade. Lynn Hill Baptist Church will 4th Sunday’s; 1st Sunday is Deacon at 1 p.m. DivorceCare features nationally hold a new Sunday school series on and Deaconess Day or Ministers and The home is located at 2694 recognized experts on divorce and “The book of Revelation.” Pastor Christian Women’s Day. Y.P.C.W. is General Howe Road in Riegelwood. recovery topics. Schalk is teaching a thought-provok- at 6 p.m. and Bible study at 7 p.m. on For more information call V. Seminar sessions include Fac- ing series of power-point messages Wednesday’s. Armond at 616-6004. ing My Anger, Facing My Loneli- on the book of Revelation. Sunday The chapel is located at 284 Cen- ness, Depression, New Relation- school begins at 10 a.m. and the main ter Road in Dublin. God’s Hands Cultural ships, KidCare and Forgiveness. worship at 11 a.m. Dr. Delora A. LeSane is the For more information call There is also an informative pastor. Home clothing closet Peace Baptist Church at 642-0251 power-point series on Sundays at 6 God’s Hands Cultural Home Inc. or 640-7237. p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. Jefferson Helping holds an open clothing closet every The pastor is Chip Hannah. Friday from 1-3 p.m. The church is located at 620 Lynn Hands project

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Hallsboro passion Good Friday service will be held Honey Hill Missionary Baptist Western Prong BC Holy week services at Grace March 30 at 7 p.m. The Easter Friday, March 30 from 9 a.m.-7 Church will hold its Easter egg hunt week cont. p.m. Journey to the cross, a self- Easter Sonrise service Episcopal Church will be Sunday service will be April 1 at Saturday, March 31 at 2 p.m. Western Prong Baptist Church Thursday, March 29 at 7 p.m. guided prayer walk through the Thursday, March 29 at 6 p.m. - 11 a.m. A nursery will be provided The church is located at 6140 will hold its Easter Sonrise service Mt. Zion host-Communion. Little 12 stations of the cross located in Maundy Thursday. and the services will be inter- Honey Hill Road. Sunday, April 1 at 7:30 a.m. The event Wheel of Hope guest. the church sanctuary. There will Friday, March 30 at noon - Good preted for the deaf. Troy Little is the pastor. will be under the tent, come as you Friday, March 30 at 7 p.m. Mt. be interactive readings, videos and Friday. The church is located at 2012 are. Breakfast will be served after Hebron-host. Mt. Zion guest. prompts for reflection and action. Sunday, April 1 at 10:30 a.m. - Eas- South Madison Street (one-half the service. Sunday, April 1 Easter Sunrise Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m.- Senior Citizen Saturday ter Sunday. mile south of Wal-mart). The church is located at 167 Pea- service at 6:30 a.m. Mt. Hebron- noon. Community Easter egg hunt Every Saturday through April The church is located at 105 S. For more information call Pas- cock Road. host. Union Baptist guest. Break- Madison Street. tor Gary Ledbetter at 642-3500. outside concluding inside with “Je- 7, Ryan Featherson will host Senior fast will be served following the For more information call 642- sus Train” rides, inflatables, games, Citizen Saturday, which includes service. prizes, face painting and refreshe- delivering lunch to senior citizens New Horizon BWC 4784 or visit www.gracechrist.com. Ward Station COG ments for children of all ages birth in the following areas, Cerro Gordo/ Easter Sunrise service Dublin MA Passion Easter egg hunt to 13 and their families. Evergreen March 31 and Fair Bluff New Horizon Baptist Worship Myrtle Head BC spring Easter Sunday, April 1 at 7 a.m. Week cont. Ward Station Church of God April 7. Center will hold its Easter Sunrise revival March 29-30 will hold its Easter egg hunt Friday, Easter Sunrise service in prayer The event is to appreciate the service Sunday, April 1 at 7 a.m. The Thursday, March 29 at 7 p.m. Myrtle Head Baptist Church March 30 at 11 a.m. There will be an garden followed by breakfast in the senior citizens of the communities. service will be held outside, weather at Full Gospel Church of Deliver- will hold its spring revival March egg hunt, food, fun and games. Family Life Center. Any question call Featherson at permitting. Breakfast will be served. ance Inc.-Communion and guest 29-30 at 7:30 each night with a dif- The church is located at 5478 Sunday, April 1 at 11 a.m. Easter 336-340-5000 or email him at feather- The church is located at 11316 speaker Rev. James McKinnon. ferent speaker. Rough and Ready Road, Chadbourn. morning worship. Sunday school [email protected]. Joe Brown Hwy. South in Tabor City. Friday, March 30 at 7 p.m. at The church in located at 6710 starts at 9:45 a.m. Greater McKoy’s Chapel Inc., Dub- Myrtle Head Road in Ash. Old Zion Wesleyan The church is located at 10144 Lake Waccamaw lin. Service hosted by the youth. For more information call pas- Swamp fox Hwy. East (Hwy. 904) 11 Mission Valley OFWBC Sunday, April 1 at 6 a.m. tor Dewayne Griffin at 840-7215. Easter activities miles east of Tabor City. UMC annual bake sale Easter program Sun Rise service will be held at Old Zion Wesleyan Church will For more information call the The Lake Waccamaw United Dublin Highway Holiness. The hold its Easter services and activi- church at 653-2305. Methodist Church Methodist Wom- Continued on page 5 guest speaker will be Rev. Ronald Good Friday/Easter ties. Rev. Roger Parsons is the pastor. en’s annual bake sale fundraiser will For Columbus County CHURCH DIRECTORY and Surrounding Areas How to Become a Part of Our Sweet Home Church Directory . . . Missionary Baptist Church Our church directory features a version. We’ll include your church name, weekly church profile, helpful informa- address, phone number, pastor’s name, 3111 Walter Todd Rd. tion about area churches, a devotional service times and web address. You’ll also Clarendon, NC thought and daily Bible readings. have an expanded church profile, includ- 910-653-4421 If you would like your church in- ing church photos, run in the directory Rev. Wayne Faulk cluded on this page, we invite you to sometime during the six month period. call us today at 642-4104, ext. 237. For We encourage you to help make this di- Sweet Home Missionary Baptist intersection of Walter Todd Road only $21.50 per month (six month com- rectory complete by having your church mitment), we’ll include your church in information included. Church is a long established church, and the Iron Hill/Mollie Road. Our this weekly directory, plus in our web dating back to 1850. We teach Bap- church is the focal point of the Mol- tist doctrine and are affilliated with lie Community. We extend a sincere AFRICAN-METHODIST Piney Forest Baptist Church the Columbus Baptist Association. invitation for you to come and join EPISCOPAL First Baptist Church 4509 Andrew Jackson Hwy. SW, Chad- 412 N. Madison St., Whiteville bourn We are located four miles east of us as we worship our Lord and Savior, Mount Horeb AME Church 910-642-2139 Rev. Willard McPherson • Williams Township School at the Jesus Christ. 187 Otis Donnell Nixon Rd., Evergreen Rev. Ryan Clore, Pastor 910-654-5284 Church Phone 654 1887 [email protected] Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 7:00 pm Rev. Sylvester Colvin • 910-371-0604 www.fbcwhiteville.com Wednesday 7:00 pm Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am, Services: Sun Morning Worship 11:00 am Worship 11:00 am, Smyrna Baptist Church Wed. 6:30 pm Wed. Supper 5:45pm, 4934 Peacock Road., Whiteville Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am Bible Study 6:30 pm 910-642-6266 St. James AME Church Pastor Merle Johnson • 910-862-7570 Sunday School 9:30 am 225 West Walter St., Whiteville First Baptist Church of Sunday School 9:45am Worship 11:00 am Church Phone 642-8832 Lake Waccamaw Bible Study 6:00pm, Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 pm Rev. Kimberly Walker 910-473-1808 Pastor Will Harris Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 7:00 pm Sun Church School 9:45 am 300 E. Sam Potts Hwy., smyrnabaptistwhiteville.org Wednesday Prayer Meeting & Bible Study 7:00 pm Sun Morning Worship 11:00 am Lake Waccamaw Wed. 6:00 pm 910-646-3727 Sweet Home Missionary AFRICAN-METHODIST Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am, Baptist Church 6:00 pm, 7:00 pm, EPISCOPAL ZION 3111 Walter Todd Rd., Clarendon Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 pm Rev. Wayne Faulk • 910-653-4421 St. Mark AME Zion Church Visit the house of worship of your choice this week. 114 W. Virgil St., Whiteville Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 6:00pm Rev. James Williams, Pastor Sunday School 9:30am, Worship Church Phone: 910-642-7327 Wednesday 7:00 pm Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Sunday 10 am, 11 am, 6:00 pm, Rev. C.F. McDowell III Sunday School 9:45 am Church Wednesday 7:30 pm - Classes for all ages 910-654-3449 Trinity Baptist Church Sun Morning Worship 11:00 am 5548 Silverspoon Rd., Whiteville METHODIST-UNITED chadbournpresbyterian.org 5th Sunday Fellowship meal at noon 201 S. Thompson St., Whiteville Pastor T.A. Lance • 910-648-2476 Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am Bible Study/Prayer Service Randy K. Speight, Senior Pastor [email protected] Chadbourn United Tuesday - Noon and 7:00 pm Happy Home Baptist Church Jason Borowiec, Youth and www.mombcwhitevillenc.com Methodist First Presbyterian Church Sunday 9:45 am, 10:50 am 2670 Happy Home Rd., Nakina Children’s Minister 300 E. 2nd Ave., Chadbourn 511 N. Thompson St., Whiteville Mt. Zion AME Zion Church Richard Collins, Pastor • 910-642-7284 1st & 3rd Sunday BTU at 4:00 pm Rev. Pat Inman • 910-443-9786 Rev. Dr. Joseph Washburn 107 Mt. Zion St., Lake Waccamaw 910-642-7764. www.trytbc.org www.happyhomebaptistchurch.org Wednesday 6:45 pm Sun 9:45 am, 11:00 am 910-642-2253 Rev. Vanness Middleton, Pastor [email protected] Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm Prayer Tuesday 10:00 am fpcwhiteville.org 910-352-2196 Wednesday 7:00 pm Sunday Bible Fellowship 9:15 am Mt. Tabor Missionary Baptist Sunday School 10:00 am, Services 11:00 am Sunday 11:00 am, 1:00 pm Morning Worship Hour 10:30 am Church Bible Study 1st Saturday of the month Fair Bluff United Methodist Lennon’s Cross Roads Wednesday 6:30 pm 824 Cherry Grove Rd., Cerro Gordo 1030 Main St., Fair Bluff Lake Waccamaw at 10:00am. Breakfast served Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Thomas Southerland Rev. Neill Smith • 910-649-7749 Presbyterian Church ASSEMBLEY OF GOD 910-739-8458 Cell 910-774-6800 [email protected] 13804 Haynes Lennon Hwy., Evergreen Western Prong Baptist Church 301 Church Street, Lake Waccamaw Sun School 10 am, Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am Rev. Steuart T. Link Abundant Life Assembly of God Rev. John Cobb 167 Peacock Rd., Whiteville Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am, Service 11 am: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Sundays 910-646-4244 5384 James B. White Hwy. S., Rev. Ronnie Wilson • 910-648-2744 Mishop Springs Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 7 pm Sunday School 9:45 am, Services 11:00 am Whiteville westernprong.org United Methodist Pastor Jerry J. Spivey • 910-642-5003 CATHOLIC Macedonia Baptist Church Sunday 8:30 am Worship, 9:45 am 2756 Pine Log Rd., Whiteville Westminster Presbyterian [email protected] Pastor Jerry Dalton • Sunday 10:00 am, 10:45 am, 6:00 pm 100 Macedonia Church Rd.,Evergreen Sunday School, 11:00 am Worship, Sacred Heart Catholic Church 910-640-2783 307 S. Franklin St., Whiteville Wednesday 7:30 pm Jimmy Caines, Pastor 5:45 pm AWANA, 6:00 pm Youth Church [email protected] 910-642-2762 Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am 2nd & 4th Group, 6:00 pm Bible Study 302 N. Lee St., Whiteville NC mishopspringsumc.webs.com Whiteville Assembly of God Sun, 6:00 pm every Sunday, Wednes- 7:00 pm Worship • 910-642-3895 Sunday 9:45 Sunday School, Wor- Rev. Mark Fisher 516 N. Madison St. (Former location day 7:30 pm Wednesday 7:00 pm on Facebook: Sacred Heart of Jesus ship 11:00 am [email protected] of Missionary Alliance Church) Roman Catholic Church Whiteville Wednesday 7:00 - Bible Study & Sunday 9:45 pm, 11:00 am Bishop Randy Hunt 910-914-0007 Nakina Baptist Church Children/Youth White Marsh Baptist Church Sunday 9 a.m. in english, Sunday School 9:30 am 7883 Seven Creeks Rd., Nakina 11:30 a.m. in spanish. Tuesday 7:00 pm Bible Study SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Morning Worship 10:30 am 341 White Hall Rd., Whiteville Rev. J. Darryll Hester • 910-499-1598 NON-DENOMINATIONAL Seventh Day Adventist Wednesday, Family Night 7:00 pm [email protected] Rev. Ray Yow • 910-770-5487 CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY 1002 N. Franklin St., Whiteville Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am Living Word Church BAPTIST Wednesday 7:00 pm Missionary Alliance Church Pastor Kenneth A. Lee Wednesday 7:00 pm 623 Warrior Trail, Whiteville 6374 Chadbourn Hwy., Chadbourn 910-642-0698 Calvary Baptist Church FREEWILL BAPTIST Rev. Justin Dubose • 910-640-3223 Pastor Ron Fields • 910-654-4164 5028 Pleasant Plains Church Rd., [email protected] New Hope Baptist Church www.missonaryalliance.com www.livingwordnc.com Whiteville Oak Grove FWB Church Saturday 9:30 am, 10:45 am 252 Rough and Ready Rd., Whiteville Sunday 10:00 am, 11:00 am Sunday School 9:30 am Worship Rev. Kenneth Barnes • 910-642-6904 1423 Oak Grove Church Rd., Bladenboro 10:30 am Wednesday 7:00 pm Dr. Darrin Moore, Pastor • 910-642-6345 Wednesday 6:30 pm Sunday 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm www.nhbcwhiteville.com Rev. James H Nobles Monday 6 pm Celebrate Recovery Wednesday 7:00 pm Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am, 6:00 pm Prayer Room 9:45 am, EPISCOPAL/LUTHERAN Wednesday 7:00 pm If you would like Wednesday 7:00 pm Sunday School 10:00 am, Service Grace Episcopal Church & PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS 11:00 am Sunday evening 6:30 pm Palmyra Missionary Baptist Wednesday 7:30 pm Christ the King Lutheran Church Chadbourn Pentecostal your church 12753 New Britton Hwy., Whiteville 105 S. Madison St., Whiteville MISSIONARY BAPTIST 910-642-4784 Holiness Rev. John Roberson • 910-642-4693 518 N. Elm St., Chadbourn included on this [email protected] Sun School 10 am, Service 11 am: First Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Donald Conway www.gracechrist.bizland.com Sun eve 6:00 pm 505 S. Wilkes St., Chadbourn • 910-654-4850 page for only Wed. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 7 pm Sun Services 10:30 am www.chadbournph.org Reverend Virgil Hugh Reaves Wed 6:00 pm evening prayer, soup Sunday School 9:45 am $21.50 per month, Peace Baptist Church 910-654-3225 supper. Sunday Worship 10:40 am, 6:00 pm 653 Love Mill Rd., Whiteville www.firstmbcchadbourn.org Teen Worship in Sanctuary 6:00 pm HOLINESS we invite you to Pastor Chip Hannah • 910-642-0251 Sunday 9:45 am, 11:00 am Wednesday 7:00 pm www.peacebc.org _ Sunday 8:30am, 9:45 am, 11 am, 6 pm Sunday 11:30 am 12:30 pm Chadbourn Church of God PRESBYTERIAN call us today at Radio Station WVOE 1590 AM Sunday 5:30-7:00 pm Awanas of Prophecy Chadbourn Presbyterian 642-4104, ext. 237. Wednesday 7:00 pm, Care Ministry 6pm Wednesday 12:00 pm Noon Day Prayer 3618 Joe Brown Hwy. S., Chadbourn Church Thursday 6-9pm Celebrate Recovery, Rev. John McPherson Wednesday 6:30 pm Bible Study 600 E. First Ave., Chadbourn (six month commitment) DivorceCare & GriefShare 910-654-3968 4C • The News Reporter • Thursday, March 29, 2018 TABOR CITY Savvy Senior Community Meetings Happenings & Events Alcoholics Anonymous meets #139 meets the second Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church, 511 of each month at 7 p.m. at 208 By DIANNE NOBLES WARD How to choose a N. Thompson St., Whiteville on First Ave., Chadbourn. Promotions Director, Town of Tabor City Monday, Wednesday, Thursday nights at 8 p.m. A guest speaker Veterans of Foreign Wars The new 2018 phone books What we typically see are Memory Care Unit Post 8073 meets on the second are now available at the Tabor old pieces of furniture, used will be at the meeting on the last Dear Savvy Senior, They should have at least one Tuesday of each month at 6:30 City Visitor Center. Come by clothing, broken household Thursday of each month. The My mom has Alzheimer’s staff member for every five church is located on Thompson p.m. at the Veterans of America anytime during our hours of items, and similar things. building at 1028 S. Madison St. disease and has gotten to the residents. Street in Whiteville. operation (Monday-Friday We expect to pick up 10 to 15 Whiteville. point that she can’t live at Make sure the facility of- 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Saturday tons of junk items during this Narcotics Anonymous meets home any longer. I need to find fers quality activities that Military Vet Riders Associa- 10 a.m.–2 p.m.) to pick up your clean up week. At other times, at Highest Praise Church, 109 N. a good memory care residential can keep your mom engaged, tion meets on the last Monday of free copies. residents will need to take Madison St., Whiteville on Tues- unit for her but could use some even at night when she may be each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Lots of activity will be tak- their junk items to the count days and Thursdays at 7 p.m., at help. Any suggestions?. awake. Ask how they respond Mt. Pleasant AME Zion Church, Veterans of America building at ing place in downtown Tabor convenience center located at 1028 S. Madison St. Whiteville. Exhausted Daughter to residents who may wander 15956 Old Lake Road, Riegel- City Friday, March 30. The Mollie. or become aggressive. If the wood on Tuesdays and Thurs- VFW Auxiliary meets on the Market on Live Oak, which Congratulations to the Dear Exhausted, answer is locked doors and days at 7 p.m. second Thursday of each month will be an Open-Air Market, Town of Tabor City for recent- Choosing a good memory antipsychotic drugs, that’s a at 6 p.m. at the Veterans of will be holding their grand ly being awarded a $145,000 Al-anon meets at First Presbyteri- care residential unit for a red flag. America building at 1028 S. opening Friday, March 30 grant from the NC Division an Church, 511 N. Thompson St., loved one with Alzheimer’s Because transitions can Whiteville on Mondays at 8 p.m. Madison St., Whiteville. from 4-8 p.m. The market will of Water Infrastructure for disease is a very important be unsettling for dementia Veterans Memorial Park of Diabetes Support Group meets be located at the Ritz Plaza what they call an Asset Inven- decision that requires careful America meets on the last- suffers, make sure that your at Columbus Regional Health- parking lot. More than 25 tory Assessment (AIA) grant. Thursday of each month at 6 evaluation and some home- mom will be able to remain at care, Education Center, Class- vendors, several food trucks These funds will be used to p.m. at the Veterans of America work. the facility for the foreseeable room 2 the second Thursday of and inflatables will be set up. help the town do additional building at 1028 S. Madison St., Most memory care units, future. And find out what, if each month at 6 p.m. For more On Saturday, March 31 the engineering studies on our Whiteville. sometimes called special care any, health conditions might information call Shauna Nobles market will be open from 8 water system. units, are housed within as- require your mom to leave the at 642-9458 or 641-8208. Concerned Bikers Associa- a.m. until noon. Come by and The Tabor City Chamber sisted living or nursing home facility or move to a higher tion meets on the last Monday see what your local market of Commerce hours of opera- Brain Injury Support Group meets facilities. At their best, they and more expansive level of of each month at 6 p.m. at the and artisans can offer you. tion are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mon- at Columbus Regional Healthcare, offer staff extensively trained care. Veterans of America building at It will be open every Friday day through Thursday. Rachel Education Center, Room 1A the in caring for people with de- It’s also a good idea to make 1028 S. Madison St. Whiteville. from 4-8 p.m. and every Sat- Todd, Festival President/ second Thursday of each month mentia, individualized care multiple visits to the facil- urday from 8 a.m. until noon Managers office hours are 10 at 6 p.m. For more information call Disabled American Veterans that minimizes the use of dan- ity including an unscheduled Shauna Nobles or Sonja Green at through October 13. For more a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday’s and Chapter #35 meets the second gerous psychotropic drugs, a visit at night or on weekends 642-8011 ext. 9458. Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. information about this event Thursday’s each week. Call home-like environment and when the staff is more likely at 1028 S. Madison St., Whiteville. or Bringing Back Main call 910-377-3012 to schedule an ap- Compassionate Friends Sup- activities that improve resi- to be stretched thin. Committee Chair, Pam Byrd pointment with these ladies port Group (Grief group for par- Family and Community Hope dents quality of life. But at To help you evaluate your at 910-625-7974. or stop by during their office ents who have lost children to Resources Inc. would like per- their worst, they can offer visit, the Alzheimer’s Asso- A new food Truck is in hours. death) meets at Grace Episco- sons from 20-40 years of age to little more than a locked door. ciation offers a checklist that pal Church, 105 S. Madison St., Tabor City. NEVERTHELESS If you are looking for attend Community Development Here are some steps that can you can access at ALZ.org/ Whiteville the second Monday Buffalo Wings has 13 flavors a venue to hold a wedding meetings on the fourth Thursday help you find a good facility residentialfacilities. of each month at 7:30 p.m. For of each month at the Columbus of wings, chicken tenders, reception, family reunion, and avoid a bad one. Paying for care: The na- more information call 647-8401. County Dream Center from 6:30- deep fried ham hocks, sau- birthday party etc., look no Make a list: To identify tional average costs for memo- 7:30 p.m. For more information call sage dogs, plain fries, cheese further. The Ritz Center in Vietnam Veterans of America some good memory care resi- ry care within an assisted liv- Shelle Blanks at 910-207-8982 or fries, chili cheese fries and downtown Tabor City just Chapter #962 of Columbus dential units in your area ask ing facility is over $5,000 per County meets the first Tuesday Yolanda Davis at 704-780-8350. waffle fries. Dipping sauces may be what you are looking your mom’s doctor for a refer- month, and over $7,500/month of each month at 7 p.m. at 1028 for your wings are also on for. To schedule an appoint- A Community Garden is avail- ral, and use the Alzheimer’s for nursing home care, but S. Madison St., Whiteville. the menu. If you like chick- ment or to get your questions able at Chadbourn United Association online tool at costs can vary widely depend- Methodist Church. Persons are en wings you need to check answered contact The Ritz The American Legion Post CommunityResourceFinder. ing on your location. Since invited to come and plant in the them out and give them a try. Center Manager, Dianne No- #233 meets the first Tuesday org. Make sure the facilities Medicare does not cover long- raised bed plots. For more in- They are parked in front of bles Ward at 653-4141. of each month at 6 p.m. at 313 on your list are close to family term care, most residents pay Phillips St., Whiteville. formation call 654-5250 or 654- Pawn South Monday, Tuesday, The Tabor City Visitor members and friends who can for care from either personal 4069 and leave message, name Thursday and Friday from 11 Center is open Monday – Fri- visit often, because residents savings, a long-term care in- The American Legion Post and number. a.m.–7 p.m. and Saturday’s day from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 with frequent visitors usually surance policy, or through from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. They offer p.m. and Saturday’s from get better care. Medicaid (if available) once catering services and party 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Stop by Research your options: their savings are depleted. platters as well. Order when anytime during these hours Community Events Once you’ve made a list, con- To help you research your you get there or call your or- of operation and one of our tact your local long-term care financial options, visit the For more information and ders in at 910-499-2501. friendly hostess’s will be hap- HomeCare MC sets ombudsman (see LTCombuds- National Clearinghouse for to register call 641-8220. Want to do some spring py to assist you in gathering man.org). This is a govern- Long-Term Care Information Special Olympics cleaning? The town council information to help plan your meeting ment official who investigates website at LongTermCare.gov. Columbus County has established semi-annual next vacation in the beautiful assisted living and nursing A Special Olympics com- Leadership committee clean up week as April 2-April state of North Carolina and home complaints and can tell mittee meeting will meet the meets Tuesdays 6. During this week, the Pub- her many destination spots. you which facilities have had third Thursday of each month lic Works Department will Pick up your free 2017 phone- problems in the past. at 6 p.m. at HomeCare Manage- The Columbus County pick up bulk and junk items book, North Carolina map If you’re looking at a mem- ment Corporation. The meet- Leadership Council Steering at the curbside at no cost. If and Tabor City maps while ory care unit within a nursing ing is for individuals who want Committee meets each second any citizen has items such you are there. Free Our State home facility, use Medicare’s to help improve and grow the Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Bogue as these, they wish to have Magazines are also available. nursing home compare tool Special Olympics program in Community Park, Hallsboro. picked up call the town office We look forward to seeing you (Medicare.gov/nursinghome- Columbus County. This non-partisan, non- as 653-3458. This will help the soon and catching you up on compare), which provides a HomeCare MC is located at profit advocacy group encour- town schedule pick up in a all the happenings and events 5-star rating system. 2208 James B. White Hwy. N., ages participation of citizens more orderly fashion. Town in North Carolina and Colum- Call the facilities: Once Whiteville. willing to collaborate to effect workers will not be picking bus County. you’ve identified a few fa- For more information call powerful, positive changes up building materials, auto- That’s what’s happening cilities, call them to find out Tammy Whitlow at 640-1153. on the local, state and federal motive parts, hazardous ma- in Tabor City this week. if they have any vacancies, levels. terials, or electronic devices. Until next week…… if they provide the types of Greater Restoration Group goals, bylaws, mem- services your mother needs, bership information and ap- what they charge and if they food distribution plications may be secured via accept Medicaid. email request at www.colum- Greater Restoration Enrich- Upcoming event in Fair Bluff Tour your top choices: buscountyleadershipcouncil. ment Center in Whiteville has An upcoming event in Fair Bluff will be BBQ on The Bluff During your tour, notice the weebly.com or send written TEFAP and commodity food set for Friday, April 27-Saturday, April 28 from 5 p.m. Friday cleanness and smell of the request to Columbus County distributions every second until 1 p.m. Saturday on Riverside Drive. The event is spon- facility. Is it homey and invit- Leadership Council, P.O. Box Saturday and fourth Tuesday sored by The Fair Bluff Chamber of Commerce. ing? Does the staff seem re- 57, Hallsboro, N.C. 28442. of each month beginning at sponsive and kind to its resi- For more information call 10 a.m. for Columbus County dents? Also be sure to taste the Loris McClellon at 207-6574 or Volunteer Guardians ad Litem are quiet heroes residents. food, and talk to the current Send your senior questions Bridget Stephens at 646-1164. For more information call In the intense, confrontational arena of Juvenile Court, resident’s family members, if to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, one of the most powerful and influential people may be one 641-0800. Narcotics Anonymous available. Norman, OK 73070, or vis- GREC is located at 3490 without a law degree or a state paycheck: the modest but tena- Also, find out about staff it SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller James B. White Hwy. South. Narcotics Anonymous cious Guardian ad Litem. screening and training pro- is a contributor to the NBC To- meetings will be held every Volunteer Guardians start with compassion for vulnerable cedures, their turnover rate, day show and author of “The JCPC meetings Tuesday and Thursday at 7 young people. They add to that 30 hours of training, and they and the staff-to-resident ratio. Savvy Senior” book. p.m. at Mt. Pleasant AMEZ commit to keep acting on that compassion until the child or The Juvenile Crime Preven- Church in Riegelwood. youth is settled in a secure home. Judges and lawyers call tion Council meetings are on them “invaluable.” We call them heroes. Whiteville Apparel Town of Sandyfield the first Wednesday of each Riegelwood AA meets It is a bit appalling that Columbus County does not have lunch April 7 Easter egg hunt month at noon in the White- Wednesdays enough home-grown Guardians ad Litem to meet the needs Former workers from Whiteville The Town of Sandyfield’s Park ville City Schools Civic Room. of our own children but has to depend on Brunswick County Apparel will have lunch Saturday, and Recreation will hold its annual The Riegelwood group of volunteers. We hope readers will consider speaking for the April 7 at 11 a.m. at the Southern Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 31 Cancer Support Alcoholics Anonymous meets children. Sizzler located on South Madison from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Sandyfield at 6 p.m. every Wednesday at The number to call is (800) 982-4041. Street in Whiteville, Town Park located at 1811 Woodyard Group meets the USW Local 9-738, 102 Old For more information call Ge- Road, Riegelwood. The Cancer Support Group Stage Hwy. (87) at Riegelwood. neva Thompson at 642-6612. of Donayre Cancer Care Cen- ter of Columbus Regional Yokefellows Ministry Healthcare meets the second seeking participants Wednesday of each month from 9-10 a.m. in the CRHS Yokefellows Prison Ministry Are You Reading The News Reporter? education department. The is seeking Christians in the programs are free. Tabor City area to be a part of this ministry. If you’re not reading The News Reporter, For presentation dates call Help available 918-4531 or 653-2782. you’re missing out on the latest local news and for Matthew Celebrate Recovery sports coverage, as well as upcoming events, survivors every Monday interesting columns, weddings, sales, Survivors of Hurricane Celebrate Recovery is held classifieds, and much more! Matthew who need help are every Monday at Living Word encouraged to call the Hur- Church. 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Old Fashion Day Sunday, April 8. To register email joyce.gause@ Dress as if it were 1918. The guest ymail.com or call 754-4304. Church Events speaker will be Rev. David Watts. A seed offering will be taken and Dinner will be on the grounds snacks will be served. tion churches are asked to have of- (weather permitting). The ministry is located at 624 Continued from page 3 ficers in attendance. Sunday, April 15 singing service Columbus Apparel Road. Rev. Franklin Graham is the at 6 p.m. Special music will be moderator. provided by own people. Soup and The adult choir of Mission Valley sandwiches will follow. China Grove MBC Original Freewill Baptist Church Sunday, April 22 Centennial cel- spring revival will hold its Easter program “The Drive-Thru Prayer at ebration service. The speaker will China Grove Missionary Baptist Story” Sunday, April 1 at 11 a.m. St. Paul UMC be Rev. Chris Hardee. Lunch will be Church will hold its spring revival The church is located on Lebanon A Drive-Thru Prayer will begin provided. Sunday, April 15-Wednesday, April Church Road, Clarendon in the Mol- again at St. Paul United Methodist Wednesday, April 25 Happy Anni- 18. Sunday service will begin at 6:30 lie community. Church in Tabor City, on Tuesday, versary Antioch BC with a firework p.m. and Monday-Wednesday at 7:30 Rev. Paul Lambert is the pastor. April 3 from 6-7 p.m. and continue extravaganza and candle light vigil. p.m. nightly. The guest speaker will on the first and fourth Tuesdays of A cake and ice cream social will be Rev. Larry Johnson. Beaverdam FWBC May, June and July. follow. The church is located at 2136 gospel sing April 1 This ministry is offered to com- China Grove Road, Chadbourn. muters to remind them that God For more information call Karen Carolyn G. Samm Donna Frink Beaverdam Freewill Baptist Oak Grove BC cares about them and so do we. McPherson at 654-3013. Church will hold a gospel sing Sun- Drivers turn into the side street, announces 2018 singers Rev. Thomas Fairfax is the pastor. day, April 1 at 6 p.m. featuring The pray with us while seated in their Oak Grove Baptist Church an- Perry Sisters. NAACP Mother of Year car, and are on their way in a matter nounces its line up of singers for The church is located at 2665 of minutes. 2018. Events start at 6 p.m. Greater McKoy’s Chapel Beaverdam Road, Chadbourn. April 8 will be Julie and The birthday celebration program slated April 28 For more information call 918- Altarmen. Greater McKoy’s Chapel will 3446. Cornerstone OFWBC sets May 6 is The Locklears. hold its annual birthday celebra- The Columbus County chapter of the NAACP announces its Rev. Buddy Seay is the pastor. pork chop dinner April 6 June 3 is Nadine and Stevie. tion Saturday, April 21 at 4 p.m. The annual “Mother of the Year” contest, which will be held Satur- Cornerstone Original Freewill July 1 will be Homeward Bound. special guest will be Rev. Edwin day, April 28 at 6 p.m. at the Columbus County Board of Educa- Cedar Hill FWBC Baptist Church youth league will Aug. 5 is The Browns. Ferguson, pastor of Mt. Zion AME tion Civic Building. The public is invited and admission is free. ushers anniversary hold a grilled pork chop dinner Sept. 2 will be Joyfull Sound. Zion Church along with his choir Contestants are Donna Frink, a member of St. John Mission- and congregation. Cedar Hill Freewill Baptist Friday, April 6 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 7 will be Full Mercy. ary Baptist Church of Chadbourn where Rev. Darryl Hardy Sr. The church is located at 284 Church will celebrate its Ushers an- Plates are $7 and include two grilled Nov. 4 is Glorybound Quartet. is the pastor and Carolyn G. Samm, a member of Cedar Grove Center Road, Elizabethtown in the niversary Sunday, April 1 at 4 p.m. boneless pork chops, green beans, Dec. 2 is the Hanging of the Missionary Baptist Church of Whiteville where Dr. Ronnie Dublin community. All ushers are asked to come dressed corn, roll and dessert. Eat in or take Green. Clarida is the pastor. Dr. Delora LeSane is the pastor. in uniform. Elder Robert Williams, out. Plates can be delivered with For more information call Rich- Amon McKenzie is NAACP president and Claudette McKen- pastor of House of Mercy, along with advance notice. To order call Tammy ard Hewett at 880-4537. zie is program chairperson. his choir and congregation will be at 642-5783. Pastor appreciation set the guest speaker. The church is located at 8428 Tai Chi class set Friday, April 27 That’s not the only way to minis- The church is located on Georgia Hallsboro Road South in Whiteville. A weekly Tai Chi class will be ter to a lonely man or woman behind Pacific Road. offered on Monday evenings at 6 A pastor appreciation for Pastor Lake Waccamaw bars. It’s possible to visit a prison in Bishop Rudolph Powell is the p.m. in the St. Paul United Methodist Gregory and First Lady Beverly Chadbourn COG sets an envelope through a caring minis- pastor. Church’s Fellowship Hall in Tabor Spaulding of Union Baptist Church Food ministry to try of correspondence. Millions of pork chop sale April 6 City, beginning April 9. This hour- is set for Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at distribute food men and woman are locked away in Chadbourn Church of God of long class will be taught by DVD. the Lakeside Event Center located Lake Waccamaw food ministry Magnolia MBC America’s prisons and jails. Most of Prophecy will hold a pork chop sale Men, women, and youth (child care between Whiteville and Chadbourn. will distribute food to those in them are desperate for contact with spring revival Friday, April 6 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. not provided) are encouraged to at- There will be food, entertainment need. the outside world. Magnolia Missionary Baptist Plates are $7 and include two pork tend. No cost and no special clothes and door prizes. The distribution days will be Many have been abandoned by Church will hold its spring revival chops, green beans, baked potato, needed. Just wear something com- Tickets are $15 for single and the second Wednesday and fourth friends and even family members. Sunday, April 1-Friday, April 6. roll and cake. fortable and easy to move in. $25 for couple. See any pastor aide Saturday of each month, from 9-10 They desire for an expression of hu- Sunday service will begin at 6 p.m. The church is located at 3618 Joe member for tickets. a.m. at First Baptist Church, Sam man concern. That’s where Baldwin and Monday-Friday at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Brown Hwy. South in Chadbourn. Potts Hwy. Lake Waccamaw. New Prong Chapel Branch intervenes. Correspondenc- Michael Lee will be preaching. For more information call Pastor Food recipients need only a photo Alumni Association es from the Missionary Ministry will The church is located at 1558 John McPherson at 840-9258. FWBC spring revival ID to receive free food. be mailed. Crusoe Island Road. New Prong Chapel Freewill scholarship applications The partnering churches Send names and addresses of Baptist Church will hold its spring Applications for the Whiteville are Lake Waccamaw Methodist New Beginnings MBC those incarcerated in your com- revival Wednesday, April 11-Friday, Negro/Central High School Alumni Church, Lake Waccamaw Presbyte- HOPD church munity to Minister D’Vora Shaw, ushers ministry April 13 at 7 p.m. The guest speaker Association Scholarship are now rian Church, Little Wheel of Hope announcements Baldwin Branch Missionary Baptist will be Pastor James Smith along being accepted. Eligible graduating Church and First Baptist Church of The House of Prayer and Deliver- New Beginnings Missionary Church, P.O. Box 1642, Elizabeth- with a different choir each night. high school seniors are encouraged Lake Waccamaw and the Boys and ance announcements for April are: Baptist Church ushers ministry will town, N.C. 28337. The church is located at 2015 to apply. Girls Homes of N.C. also participate. April 1 - Easter program at 5 p.m. celebrate its 11th ushers anniversary Peacock Road. Applications are available in the For more information call 646-3727. Youth in charge. Sunday, April 8 at 4 p.m. The speaker Elder K.T. McGeachy is the pas- office of the school counselor at each We Care food minis- April 4, 5 and 6 - youth revival at will be Minister Michelle McKenzie tor. high school in Columbus County and 7 p.m. Speakers will be Evangelist of Chadbourn. All area ushers are Global School try to distribute food Whiteville. The deadline is April Janie Bowen on Wednesday night asked to be present. of Ministry The We Care food ministry will 15, 2018. and Evangelist Sara Manning on The church is located at 519 S. God’s Heavenly Garden distribute food on the second Mon- For questions call 642-3689 or enrolling students Thursday and Friday nights. Wilson Street in Chadbourn. day at 10 a.m., the fourth Monday Ministry program 770-1273. April 15 - The women’s depart- Rev. Jared Lewis is the pastor. God’s Heavenly Garden Minis- Global School of Ministry is now at 10 a.m. and third Saturday at 10 ment will sponsor a service entitled try presents “Give me my flowers” enrolling students. a.m. Distribution is also after Sun- “An evening with the King” at 4 Clarkton PFWB spring program Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. Volunteers needed Global School of Ministry is being day morning service and Monday p.m. Elder Shaun Maynor of Gospel at Greater Tabernacle Church. The for Meals of Love offered free of charge through love at 10 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant A.M.E. Harvest COGIC in Bolton will be the revival April 8-11 keynote speaker will be Elder David offerings and donations. Zion Church located at 15956 Old Clarkton Pentecostal Freewill guest speaker. Richardson of Church In Christ of Lower Cape Fear Hospice is look- Individuals interested in learning Lake Road, Riegelwood. Baptist Church will hold its spring The church is located at 1113 S. New Haven, Conn. The guest choir ing for volunteers to help with its how to receive biblical training and For more information call 795- revival Sunday, April 8-Wednesday, Madison Street. will be The Community Choir. Meals of Love program at the hospice education without paying the high 6471, 777-3449 or 655-3606. April 11. Sunday service will be Barbara Powell is the senior Saturday, April 14 will be lunch care center. cost of tuition are invited to contact held at 6 p.m. and Monday through pastor. with Heavenly Garden Ministry with Volunteers prepare meals that Minister Patrina Wright at 234-3092. Wednesday service at 7 p.m. nightly Clothing donations Elder David Richardson and Sister are shared by families visiting loved There will be special singing Dorothy Bellamy from 12:30-2 p.m. ones at the inpatient hospice care being accepted Sandhill MBC church provided by T.J. Tatum. By His Grace church Walk Into Your Inheritance Out- Dinner sale begins at 11 a.m. center at 206 Warrior Trail in White- April 8 will feature Rev. Johnny reach Ministries is asking for dona- announcements Fish or chicken $7 per plate. Dine in ville. Meals of Love allow families to announcement Guyton of Ammon PFWBC. tions of gently used clothing to help Sandhill Missionary Baptist or take out. concentrate on spending time with By His Grace Ministries has April 9 will be Rev. Donnie Car- families in need and the homeless. Church announcements for March The church is located at 683 Long- their loved ones and take needed moved to its new location, 5285 Main lyle former pastor of Welcome Donations can be dropped off at and April are: wood Road, Ocean Isle Beach. breaks without having to leave the Street, Suite 18, Shallotte. PFWBC 1757 Stanley Road, Supply located April 1 - Easter Sunrise Service Dr. Cathy S. Moore is the pastor. hospice care center. Word Up Bible study will be held sponsored by Christian Education April 10 will be Rev. Joe Foster “Home-cooked meals offer com- every Thursday at 6 p.m. and worship near Cedar Grove Middle School. at Sandhill MBC. pastor of Dublin PFWBC. fort to families dealing with a loved service every Saturday at 5 p.m. For more information call 294-0656. April 11-13-Sandhill MBC young April 11 will be Rev. Leroy Wright Columbus Conference one’s life-limiting illness,” said The minister of music is Torey adults will hold a spring revival at pastor of Salem PFWBC. fellowship breakfast Brooke Hinson, community out- Bessent. A Matter of Balance class 7:30 p.m. nightly. Rev. Charlie Tatum is the pastor. reach coordinator for Columbus and Overseer Elgin Blake is the pastor. Columbus Conference Eldress April 29 - Sandhill MBC will For more information call 991- Bladen counties. A Matter of Balance class de- Fellowship will hold a prayer break- recognize birthday celebration for 6540. “Many of them express their signed to prevent falls will be held fast Saturday, April 14 at 8 a.m. at St. Life Ministries services the months of Jan. Feb. and March. gratitude at having access to snacks Tuesdays and Thursdays in April Stephens Freewill Baptist Church. Life Ministries services will The church is located at 16920 and meals. Having food available from 10 a.m.-noon. Dates are April 3, Cypress Branch PFWB The guest speaker will be Sister be held every Sunday at 7 p.m. at Twisted Hickory Road, Bladenboro. in the hospice care center’s family 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 and 26. The classes Edith Marsh of New Hope Freewill Emmanuel Sounds of Praise, 5051 Rev. Donald Thompson is the spring revival kitchen allows families to spend as will be held at the Chadbourn Senior Cypress Branch Pentecostal Baptist Church of Rennert. Northside Drive, Shallotte. Carmin pastor. much time as possible with their Center, 403 N. Pine Street. The church is located on Camp- Leach is the guest speaker. Freewill Baptist Church will hold loved ones.” For more information call Ruby ground Road. Rev. Kelvin Howard is the pastor. its spring revival Sunday, April The welcoming setting of the Shelley, senior center coordinator, Brunswick-Waccamaw Elder Martha McKoy is the pastor. 8-Wednesday, April 11. Sunday ser- kitchen allows families access to at 654-4423. MBC announcements vice will be held at 5:30 p.m. and needed nourishment and the oppor- Baldwin Branch MBC The Brunswick-Waccamaw Mis- Monday through Wednesday service New Life Community Healing hurting women tunity to interact and gain support prison ministry sionary Baptist Association will hold at 7 p.m. nightly from other families going through Baldwin Branch Missionary Bap- Church skating its annual institute starting Monday, The guest speakers will be Rev. and men conference the same experience. tist Church introduces to the general Safe Harbor will be open Friday, April 2-Friday, April 6 from 7-9 p.m. Brad Hardwick and Brother Benja- Healing hurting women and men “We rely on individuals and public their prison ministry, “Christ March 30 from 7-9 p.m. located in the nightly at the headquarters building min Cribb II. conference will be held Saturday, groups to volunteer to help with the in Every Cell.” back of the church. located at 600 Pine Log Road. The church is located at 1067 April 14 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Bread Meals of Love program. Their kind- Individuals are incarcerated The classes will include pastors Small Road just off Hwy. 904 outside of Life Ministries with Dr. Jay R. ness means a great deal to us and way in advance of ever arriving in and ordained ministers, licentiates, Fair Bluff. and Dr. Magdalene Leach. The theme the families we serve,” Hinson said. prison. A card and an envelope are deacons and trustees, ushers, se- Rev. Perry Cribb is the pastor. is “hiding behind the mask.” The Visit For more information about all that’s needed to achieve one of niors, young adults, youth (3 classes), speaker will be Pastor Denise Clewis Meals of Love and other volunteer the neediest mission in America. Not church music (send at least two choir of The Shepherds House. nrcolumbus.com for Antioch Baptist opportunities, contact Hinson at every Christian can visit prisoners members per church, Sunday school The event is sponsored by Evan- Centennial events 620-2264 or email lindsey.hinson@ in person, of course. and BTU, minister’s wives and dea- gelistic Outreach Ministry Inc. of lcfh.org the latest news and con’s wives and deaconess class. Antioch Baptist Church will hold Shallotte. Dr. Joyce Gause, CEO and All auxiliary heads and associa- founder. updates. Centennial events beginning with nrcolumbus.com The Newsrelease Reporter, dates: March Thursday, 24-30, 2018 March 29, 2018 12 (18)

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Mini Quote: The work continues “We are After he died, Dr. King’s influence did Dr. saying that not end. On April 11, President Johnson we are signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which determined promised fair housing for all people, King’s to be men. no matter their race, religion, color or We are nationality. He also sent officials to Memphis determined to settle the garbage workers’ strike. Legacy to be The King Center people.” Before 1968 ended, Dr. photo courtesy Library of Congress King’s widow, Coretta Scott In the United States, Dr. Martin Luther unfairness. He wanted the protests to be King, had started the Martin King Jr. is honored each year in January for peaceful, but that was not always possible. Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent his work toward equality for all people. But His famous speech Social Change in Atlanta. Mrs. King said: this year, we’ll also commemmorate a sad In 1963, Dr. King “We need ... to develop new and flexible anniversary. organized a March strategies based upon the bedrock of Dr. Dr. King was assassinated, or murdered, on Washington. He King’s philosophies.” on April 4, 1968 — 50 years ago next week. delivered a moving Dr. King’s ideas This week, The Mini Page learns more about speech, known as the The King Center shares his principles, that tragic day and how Dr. King’s nonviolent “I Have a Dream” or beliefs, and steps for nonviolent change: approach to change has lived on. speech, to the crowd. 1. Information gathering: identifying Martin’s life Along with 250,000 and understanding a problem. King was born on Jan. 15, 1929, in marchers, he hoped to 2. Education: sharing the problem with

convince Congress to Archives National courtesy photo Atlanta, Georgia. He had an older sister, Dr. King at the March others. Christine, and a younger brother, A.D. He was pass President John F. on Washington. 3. Personal commitment: working named after his father, Michael King Sr. Kennedy’s civil rights steadily toward a solution. When Dr. King was a bill, which made discrimination illegal. The 4. Discussion/negotiation: working little boy, his father next year, President Lyndon Johnson signed with your opponent to agree to a solution. changed his own name the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 5. Direct action: acting to increase and his son’s to Martin Dr. King’s death pressure on your opponent when Luther King Sr. and Jr. The famously nonviolent civil rights negotiating doesn’t work. The boy was called M.L. worker was in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968, 6. Reconciliation: developing a plan of by family members and to support a strike, or work stoppage, by action that solves the problem for both sides. friends. of Congress Library courtesy photo Dr. Martin Luther African-American garbage workers. On the Martin was smart, King Jr. in 1964. evening of April and he thought a lot about 4, Dr. King was how to improve things for African-Americans standing on a balcony Resources as he was growing up. Like his father, he at the Lorraine Motel became a pastor. when he was shot Ross Adam In the 1950s and ’60s, black people were On the Web:

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Competition win- ners will be announced at a medal ceremony on April 22, 2018 at Silver Coast Winery and recognized at Wine Fest 2018. Complete contest rules and en- try forms are available at www. East Columbus High School recently held its annual Military Ball. MuseumPlanetarium.org. You may email business@museum- Artesia High planetarium.org to obtain en- Free Plant and Seed Swap and try forms or contact Stan Bar- Season ends with chicken dinner wikowski at 910-579-5235. Artesia High will hold a For more information about Sale Saturday, April 7 at chicken dinner sale Friday, the Museum of Coastal Caro- March 30 and Saturday, March lina, call 910-579-1016 or visit Columbus County Farmers Market 30 beginning at 11 a.m. Plates ‘On Golden Pond’ www.MuseumPlanetarium.org. Although official opening tour of the market, overview are $7 and include chicken, of guidelines and fees, as well string beans, potato salad, Henry and Jane Fonda and fully found. It is this dynamic, day for the 2018 season at Co- as a question and answer ses- dessert and roll. Katharine Hepburn made this finding of family and the lumbus County Community Artesia Alumni sion. Anyone with locally The dinner will be held at the story famous in the 1981 love therein that keeps “On Farmers Market is not until grown fruits or vegetables, Ronnie’s/Thurman Garage, reunion Academy Award-winning Golden Pond” forever rel- the second Saturday in May, baked goods, canned prod- 847 Hallsboro Road S at the “A celebration of Artesia” Arte- film. Now, the timeless story evant. the market will be bustling with activity Saturday, April ucts, or handmade crafts are Intersection of Hallsboro and sia Alumni Association 2018 reunion is bringing twilight to the Written by Ernest Thomp- will be held Friday, May 25-Sunday, 7, as the Farmers Market and invited to attend. Any new Giles Byrd roads in Hallsboro. 2017-18 Professional Artist son, “On Golden Pond” alter- May 27 at Hallsboro-Artesia Elemen- vendor who attends will re- The sale is sponsored by Season at Givens Performing nates between humor and poi- the Columbus County Exten- tary School. ceive a voucher for a free, one- the class of ‘66 of the Artesia Arts Center on the campus of gnancy in this endearing ode sion Master Gardeners cel- The school is located at 1337 Giles day vendor space at the mar- Alumni Association. the UNC Pembroke. to growing old and redemp- ebrate spring with a free plant Byrd Road, Hallsboro. ket (limited to one per family Delivery is available for 5 or “On Golden Pond,” pro- tive love. and seed swap and sale. The For more information call Quincy or farm). more plates. duced by Montana Repertory “If you’ve never spent time event will be held from 8 a.m. Stephens at 919-209-5212, Jim Pridgen Volunteer opportunities For more information call Theatre, is the last show in on Golden Pond before, wel- until 1 p.m. at 910-234-5991, Mary Smith at 910- are available on Saturdays Sidney Hazel at 918-3016. 646-3259 or Marva Harper at 642-1285. the annual GPAC season. come,” says writer Ernest Participants are encour- throughout the market season The show will be held Friday, Thompson. “If you’re back aged to bring plants, seeds, to assist patrons with t-shirt April 6 at 8 p.m. Tickets are for another visit, I know the bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, cut- and promotional purchases, $36, $31 and $21 for adults and feeling; I never seem to stray tings, plant books, garden- Museum’s April Calendar ing tools, etc. to swap or sell informational booth, and spe- $16 for children. too far.” Following is an exciting 2018 NC Statewide Star Par- to other plant enthusiasts! cial events. Individuals inter- Beguilingly simple, this “On Golden Pond” has been line up of events for the Mu- ty: Whiteville — Offsite Loca- Booth space and admission is ested in becoming a farmers quintessentially American performed in 30 languages seum of Natural Sciences in tion: Retreat (57 Walt’s Lane, free! market volunteer are encour- tale of a single family and and it has been seen all over Whiteville: Whiteville) Steve’s Retreat, For more information or aged to attend a free new vol- how they pull apart and then the world. Wednesday Storytime, 10–11 Friday, April 20, 8:30–10:30 p.m. to reserve a space, call mar- unteer orientation session at find each other has been “Our season has been as- a.m.— Join us every Wednes- Join the museum for an ket manager Susie Rockel at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 7, in touching audiences for de- tounding,” said James Bass, day for an exciting story, a evening under the stars. Ex- 252-588-0300 or email info@ the farmers market kitchen. cades and generations. director of GPAC. “While little singing, a lot of dancing plore the night sky with local columbuscountyfarmersmar- The Columbus County “On Golden Pond” has en- we’re sad to see it come to and hands-on exploratory ac- astronomy enthusiasts. Fun ket.com. Farmers Community Market dured because it deals with a a close, I think ‘On Golden tivities. Storytime is designed interactive activities for all Seeking new vendors and is located at 132 Government family in crisis in a humane, Pond’ is an ideal performance especially for children pre- ages. Bring a flashlight, blan- volunteers Complex Road in Whiteville, poetic and often very funny for us to turn down the lights school to kindergarten aged, ket or chair to Steve’s Retreat, In preparation of its 20th near the Department of Social way. It continues to resonate with. We hope you’ll join us but all ages are welcome. No 57 Walt’s Lane, Whiteville. annual market season, the Services. New 2018 hours of because we all have mothers for this heart-felt story.” reservations required for This is a free family-event: no farmers market is seeking operation are Saturdays from and fathers, we all cope with For information about tick- this free program except for pets, coolers, alcohol or smok- new vendors and volunteers. 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Thurs- aging, and we have all experi- ets visit www.uncp.edu/gpac groups larger than 10. ing permitted. The NC Science Individuals interested in days at Columbus Regional enced being lost––and hope- or call 910-521-6361. Nature Play Day, Friday, Festival’s annual Statewide becoming a farmers market Healthcare System from 3-6 3-4:30 p.m. — This drop-in fun Star Party is made possible vendor are encouraged to at- p.m. from May through De- and interactive outdoor event through the generous support Fort Fisher needs tend a free new vendor ori- cember. Coastal Museum celebrates nature through of the NC Space Grant. entation session at 9 a.m. Sat- For more information, and Park Day volunteers creative play. Come dressed Celebrate Birds! Saturday, open spring break urday, April 7, at the farmers a copy of the 2018 vendor for the weather and ready to April 21. Join Research Cura- Fort Fisher State Historic The Museum of Coastal market kitchen. guidelines and application, get messy every Friday. The tor of Ornithology from the Site will host Park Day, an Carolina will be open for The 30-minute informa- visit www.columbuscounty- Nature PlaySpace is designed NC Museum of Natural Sci- annual hands-on event spon- Brunswick County spring tional meeting will include a farmersmarket.com. especially for children pre- ences in Raleigh, John Gerwin sored by the Civil War Trust break week through March30) school to elementary aged, as he shares his knowledge on Saturday, April 7. This from 10 to 3. March 31 is Fami- but all ages are welcome. and love of birds. This special event brings history enthusi- ly Day, a day of fun and games, First Saturday Nature Ex- event is free. 9:00–11 a.m. asts together with staff mem- with free museum admission Caswell Center Foundation plorations — April 7, 10:30- Nature Journaling Work- bers to help preserve the na- for Brunswick County resi- 11:30 a.m. Bring a pair of bin- shop at Lumber River State tion’s heritage sites. dents with valid IDs. Family offers college scholarships oculars, a camera and a lot of Park (2819 Princess Ann Road, Fort Fisher welcomes vol- Day museum admission for The Caswell Center Foun- combe, Gates, Greene, Hert- excitement as we explore the Orrum NC 28369). 1:30– 4 p.m. unteers of all ages and skill non-residents is $3 per person. dation, Inc. has announced ford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, natural beauty of our area. Join museum staff for an in- levels. This year’s activities The Museum of Coastal the availability of three $1,000 Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Through citizen science and troduction to nature journal- will include painting the ar- Carolina is a natural history scholarships for the 2018-2019 Hanover, Northampton, On- exploratory activities, this ing. Participants will receive tillery guns and carriages museum that focuses on North academic school year. To slow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, month’s exploration will be at a nature journal to sketch ob- around the site and assist in Carolina coastal history, envi- qualify, an applicant must Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, the Columbus County Wildlife jects observed while visiting cleaning up brush, leaves, and ronment and culture. There be a rising college senior or Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Action Headquarters, Helms the park. Meet at the parking debris. Volunteers are asked are galleries with exhibits working towards a graduate Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne Preserve (543 Sunset Terrace, lot by the river. No registra- to register in advance by call- and natural history dioramas, degree with an allied health, or Wilson. Whiteville.) Meet at the park- tion required. ing 910-251-7340. The program aquariums with live sea crea- education or psychology ma- To learn more about eligi- ing lot at the head of the trail. Backyard Birds: A Closer runs from 9 a.m. to noon, but tures and a touch tank. The jor in one of the following bility requirements or to re- For more information contact Look Program. Explore the volunteers are asked to as- museum’s Coastal Gallery areas: occupational therapy, ceive an application, contact Meredith Morgan at 910-914- fascinating world of backyard semble in the parking lot by currently features an art ex- physical therapy, recreation Danielle Howell, executive 4185 or Meredith.morgan@ birds. Some are familiar while 8:30 a.m. Tools and gloves will hibit, “The world through my therapy, psychology, nursing, director, at (252) 208-3790 or naturalsciences.org. In case others are a pleasant surprise. be provided. eyes” by local photographer speech-language pathology, [email protected] of inclement weather call the Join John Gerwin and staff For their efforts, volunteers Mark D. Head. or social work, and intend to or visit www.caswellcenter- museum for possible cancella- as they present information will receive a free Park Day The Museum of Coastal serve persons with intellectu- foundation.com. The scholar- tions. Nature explorations is about birds that make their T-shirt and lunch provided Carolina is located one block al and developmental disabili- ship application deadline is recommended for ages 8 and home near ours. Learn how to by Friends of Fort Fisher, the from the Atlantic Ocean at 21 ties after graduation. April 1, 2018. up, but all ages are welcome. properly assemble and place a support group that supports East Second Street, Ocean Isle The scholarships will be Established in 1999, the Second Saturday Story- Brown-headed Nuthatch bird the site and its programming. Beach. available to qualified ap- Caswell Center Foundation, time— April 14, 10–11 a.m. box. Uncover simple ways Fort Fisher State Historic For more information about plicants residing in one of Inc. is a 501(c) (3) non-profit Join us the second Saturday to lend a helping hand to our Site is located at 1610 Fort the museum, call 579-1016 or visit the following 38 counties: organization that enhances of each month for a special feathered friends. Fisher Blvd S at Kure Beach. www.MuseumPlanetarium.org. Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, the quality of life for adults story and hands-on explor- Science Cinema, A Bug’s Brunswick, Camden, Cart- with intellectual and develop- atory activity. Storytime is Life; Saturday, April 28, Show- eret, Chowan, Columbus, mental disabilities and their recommended for children times: 10a.m., 12 p.m., & 2 p.m. Old Dock ES registration Craven, Cumberland, Cur- families in eastern North in pre-school to kindergar- Embark on an incredible jour- Old Dock Elementary School will hold its kindergarten registration rituck, Dare, Duplin, Edge- Carolina. ten, but all ages are welcome. ney with one little ant as he Wednesday, April 18 and Thursday, April 19. If your child will be 5 years old No reservations required for on or before Aug. 31 come by the school for an application and to schedule searches for a brave band of an appointment. this free program except for warriors to help him battle groups larger than 10. the bullying grasshoppers Southeastern Community and Open Minds Teen Science who threaten his home. When Café, Sea Turtles Dig in the he stumbles on a bumbling CLASS REUNIONS Family Services Head Start Dark — Friday, April 20, 5–6:30 troupe of circus bugs instead, Southeastern Community health insurance informa- p.m. Calling all teens! Learn their only hope for victory is WCHS Class ’06 planning reunion and Family Services, Inc. is tion. how a terrestrial rover can the bond of friendship and the now accepting head start ap- For more information call help scientists study the nega- awesome power of imagina- The West Columbus High School Class of 2006 is planning plications for children who the center nearest you in Co- tive effects of light pollution tion. This free 96-minute film its 10-year class reunion. will be 3-4 years of age by lumbus County. on nestling sea turtles and is rated G. After each show- If interested in participating in activities or taking part in Aug. 31. Applications on chil- Mt. Olive Head Start Center explain how people can help ing, we extend the learning planning contact Phylisa Collier at [email protected] or dren with special needs are is located at 5465 Silverspoon solve this problem. Teen Sci- experience in fun and engag- call Amber Lee at 336-493-9808 or join the class group on Face- also accepted. Children will Road, Whiteville. Call 648- ence Café is an informal, in- ing ways. Drop by our educa- book at www.facebook.com/wchsclassof2006. be transported to and from 4860. teractive program with a vis- tion table to learn more. Sci- home by bus. Ransom Head Start Cen- iting scientist that promotes ence Cinema programming WHS Class of ’63 planning reunion Bring birth certificate, shot ter is located at 2694 General exploration, creativity & life- is funded by a grant from the The Whiteville High School Class of 1963 is planning its 55th record, Social Security num- Howe Hwy., Riegelwood. Call long learning. Meal provided. International Paper Founda- class reunion Saturday, April 21, and Sunday morning, April ber of all family members 655-4025. Teen Science programming tion. No registration required. 22. in household, directions to Elizabethtown Head Start is funded by the Burroughs- For more information about If anybody you know was a member at any time of this class, home, mailing and physical Center is located at 601 David Wellcome fund. This free teen the museum or any upcoming contact Rachel Woodard Ward @[email protected], or address, verification of in- Street, Elizabethtown. Call program is recommended for events, call 914-4185 or email: Linda Nance Rivenbark @ [email protected]. come, WIC verification and 862-3880. ages 11-17. [email protected]. 8C • The News Reporter • Thursday, March 29, 2018 We’re Proud of Our

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