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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016
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Vol. 135, No. 192
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Fun in the Sun
Tuttle Elementary School students enjoy the warm weather
O-N-E PHOTOS BY MICHELLE T. BERNARD
Spring has apparently sprung in Catawba County - area temperatures are forecast to be in the
70s for the rest of the week.
LEFT: Seth Hentschel, Cheyenne Beal, Jevin
Norwood
BOTTOM: Jevin Norwood, Zackery Hendricks,
Paxton Burgin
Dave Hardin
If you have a question about
Catawba County statistics or
data, I know of a place on the
County’s website where you’re
likely to find your answer. It’s
called the Performance Dashboard.
The Dashboard, at http://dashboard.catawbacountync.gov/per
formance-dashboard/#/, has a
tremendous amount of data
about Catawba County grouped
into eight broad categories.
It was first created in 2012 and
the data are continuously updated. But the time was right now to
give it a new look. Software Systems Engineer Shawn Cruse
built the dashboard to give it that
fresh look, and make it easier
and more functional to use.
Budget and Management Analyst Paarth Mehta brought in the
most current data. I’m very
impressed with their work.
See HARDIN, Page 2
NeCoEdFo's Annual RED HOT Spelling Bee is April 7
SPECIAL TO THE O-N-E
Sharpen your spelling skills,
assemble a team and create your
… costume?
That’s right,it’s almost time for
the Newton-Conover Education
Foundation's 10th Annual Red
Hot Spelling Bee, presented by
The Observer News Enterprise
and Outlook.
“We all benefit from schools
which engage students, push
them to grow and teach them to
be productive citizens in our
community,” said NewtonConover City Schools Superintendent Dr. David Stegall. “The
Red Hot Spelling Bee is a fun way
for businesses, civic organizations, churches and community
leaders to model what we
expect.”
This year’s bee is set for April 7
at Newton-Conover High School,
and it combines a group spelling
competition with a costume contest for a fun night to support the
Newton-Conover City Schools.
Proceeds support the N-C
P.R.I.D.E. program that recognizes the scholarly achievements
and hard work of students at
Newton-Conover High School
and Newton-Conover Middle
School.
“The mission of our foundation is to guide businesses and
community members to a partnership with Newton-Conover
City Schools,” said foundation
See SPELLING, Page 3
A team of teachers from Discovery High School in Newton were named champions of the Ninth Annual Red Hot Spelling Bee last year. The team battled it out in
the championship round against the team representing the city of Newton and
Local McDonald’s restaurants organize
fundraiser for families of shooting victims
BY CIGI SPARKS
O-N-E REPORTER
After two local employees were shot and killed in a dispute that
occurred on Wednesday, March 2, at the McDonalds on U.S. 321 in
Hickory, 15 local McDonald’s stores have joined together in fundraising efforts to help the families of the two victims.
Those killed in the incident were McDonald’s Manager Trainee
Richelle Lail, who was pronounced dead at the scene, and Assistant
Manager Cody Watts, who died later in the hospital as a result of his
injuries.
The two were killed by Eric Yount, who was indicted Tuesday, March
8 by a Catawba County Grand Jury on two counts of murder.
“Our local McDonald’s family has been devastated by what’s happened,” said John Link, local owner and operator of the restaurant
where both Lail and Watts worked in a press release to the O-N-E.
“We’ve been humbled to be part of our employees’ lives, and we’re
humbled again when their family members allow us to grieve alongside them during this difficult time.”
On March 7, all 15 of the McDonald’s restaurants in Catawba, Caldwell and Burke counties began hosting a week-long fundraiser in support of the victim’s families.
For every Big Mac Value Meal sold, the restaurants agreed to donate
$1 to the Lail and Watts families, according to the release.
“We can’t thank the Hickory community enough for their tremendous support for Richelle and Cody, their families, and their work
family at our restaurant,” Link said in the release.“Words can’t express
how much we’ll miss them, but also how grateful we are to our friends,
See FUNDRAISER, Page 3
Newton cautions residents about
utilities repair programs
NEWTON, N.C. –Newton is alerting residents to be cautious of
independent utilities repair programs, such as those involving
water and sewer line repairs.
American Water Resources recently notified the city of its intent
to mail letters to Newton water and sewer customers offering protection from the cost of water and sewer service line repairs. AWR
is an independent company and is neither affiliated with nor a
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partner of the city of Newton. Further, the city does not endorse
AWR’s program.
“Newton does not require any property owner to secure the
services of a private company to maintain water and sewer lines,”
said Newton Public Works and Utilities Director Dusty Wentz.
Property owners are required to repair any leaks or breaks in
water and sewer lines on their property as it is private property,
but owners are not required to do so through programs as offered
by AWR.
For complete listing of obituaries,
please see PAGE 2
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Local people
serving with dignity
and understanding
Obituaries
Martha Elizabeth Mawyer
Hickory- Martha Elizabeth Moon Mawyer, 86, passed
away March 06, 2016 at Catawba Valley Medical Center.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Drum Funeral Home in Hickory is honored to be serving the Mawyer family.
Harold David Stewart
Catawba- On Monday, March 7, 2016, Heaven gained an
angel, Harold David Stewart, 83, of Catawba passed away
at Iredell Memorial Hospital.
He was born May 26, 1932 in Catawba County.
A service to celebrate Harold’s life will be held on
Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. at Concord United
Methodist Church in Catawba. Burial will follow in the
church cemetery. The family will receive friends on
Thursday, March 10, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. at
Concord United Methodist Church.
The Stewart family is in the care of Bennett Funeral
Service of Conover, 828-465-2111
Keith Emory Cary
Newton- Keith Emory Cary, age 69, from Newton,
passed away Monday, March 7, 2016 at Catawba Regional
Hospice, Newton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete
at Burke Mortuary, Newton.
Helen Setzer McGee
Kingsport- Helen Setzer McGee, age 93, of Kingsport,
NC, formerly of Conover, died March 8, 2016 at Brookdale
Colonial Heights in Kingsport, TN.
Funeral Arrangements are incomplete at Drum Funeral Home in Conover, NC.
Wayne E. Parker
Newton- Wayne E. Parker, age 56, of Newton died Monday, March 7, 2016 at his residence.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Drum Funeral Home in Conover.
Senate forms
group to consider
how to block
restroom rule
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —
Some North Carolina state
senators have been assembled to work with their
House counterparts on
potential legislation that
would block a Charlotte
ordinance that addresses
the use of restrooms by
transgender people.
Senate leader Phil Berger announced Tuesday the
formation of a working
group of 11 Republican
senators, along with Lt.
Gov. Dan Forest, the Senate's presiding officer.
Berger and other GOP
legislators are unhappy
with the Charlotte City
Council's decision two
weeks ago to pass a nondiscrimination ordinance
with a provision letting
transgender people use
restrooms that align with
their gender identity.
House Speaker Tim
Moore has said there is
enough support in his
chamber to hold a special
session to overturn that
provision, which takes
effect April 1. Berger says
returning early is an
option.
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Sporting Goods Classic tournament, and in the girls'
bracket, Hickory High came away as the champions.
More than 4,600 fans were treated to an exciting three
days of high school basketball.
"There are more people than I can possibly mention
that help make this tournament a success," said DICK'S
Sporting Goods Classic Tournament Director Ronnie
Hainor. "On behalf of the Hickory Metro Sports Commission, I would like to thank the DICK'S Sporting Goods
Classic Tournament Committee, the supervisors and
workers at Catawba Valley Community College who give
up some of their holiday break, the teams and of course
the sponsors and fans who ultimately make this tournament possible and enable each school to add needed
funds to their athletic budgets."
Planning is currently under way for the 30th annual
DICK'S Sporting Goods Classic. Reach out to the Hickory
Metro Sports Commission for more information on the
tournament or to become a tournament sponsor.
"At DICK'S Sporting Goods, we truly feel that sports
matter because they help build character and teach life
lessons that extend well beyond the playing field," said
Michael Park, Regional Community Marketing Manager
for DICK'S Sporting Goods. "We're proud of the impact
we've had in the greater Hickory community and the
opportunity to connect with the local high school athletic programs"
The Hickory Metro Sports Commission is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to further the quality of
life through the development, promotion, and recruitment of sporting events and activities to the Greater
Hickory area.
For more information about the Sports Commission
visit www.hickorymetrosports.com.
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Hardin
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Clicking on the button
for each category takes the
user to many other data
sets, including:
General County Information- offers data on the
county’s population; housing units, age and starts;
economic data on jobs;
average wages; education
levels and the poverty
level; employment by sector; unemployment data
and more.
Education- has a variety
of data on the number of
pupils in the three public
school systems and CVCC;
funding and debt information for each system; the
percentage of local dollars
appropriated to education
and the number of Schools
of Distinction in each system.
Public Safety- offers
three broad categories you
can select at the top of the
page: Emergency Services,
the Sheriff’s Office and 911
Communications Center.
Data are there on ambulance response times and
call volume; the number of
animals received at the
County Animal Shelter,
number of calls by department; number of fire
inspections and more.
Human Services- users
may choose Social Services
or Public Health. Under
Public Health is data on
restaurant
inspections;
birth rates; child, school
and dental health; and
bioterrorism preparedness. For Social Services,
there is information on the
number of Food and Nutrition Service clients, Medicaid clients, Senior Nutrition program participants
and child protection cases.
Economic and Physical
Development- leads to
three broad choices. Under
Technology, users may get
information about the
number of visitors to the
County web site, its Facebook and Twitter followers, as well as online payments.
The Planning,
Development and Parks
tab gives a set of data on
residential zoning and
other permits, subdivision
plats and more. Under
Utilities and Engineering,
users may choose from a
wide variety of data related
to building inspections,
erosion and code compliance cases and the amount
of solid waste taken in at
the County Landfill.
Culture- this button currently provides data on the
number of books and
other materials circulated
by the Catawba County
Library branches and the
number of visitors to the
Catawba County and Hickory Public Libraries.
Environmental Qualitya broad spectrum of information on the number of
people participating in
such programs as 4-H and
Master Gardeners, the
impact of farming in the
county by many different
measurements, and volunteers serving in Cooperative Extension programs.
General Governmentcurrently presents a great
deal of data in six other
broad groups: Budget and
Financial
Information,
Legal, Human Resources,
Tax, Board of Elections and
Register of Deeds.
If you’re looking for statistical information about
Catawba County, start your
search at http://dashboard.catawbacountync.go
v / p e r fo r m a n ce - d a sh board/#/.
Dave Hardin is the public i
nformation officer for
Catawba County.
Community Calendar
DNDA Meeting
The City of Newton and
Downtown
Newton
Development Association
encourage
businesses
that call downtown Newton home to attend the
DNDA meetings.
The meetings are held
on the third Thursday of
each month at the DNDA
office above Marie and
Twannette’s at 6 p.m.
DAR Membership
The Daughters of the
American Revolution was
founded in 1890 to promote patriotism, preserve
American history, and
support better education
for our nation’s children.
Its members are descended from the patriots who
won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With more
than 165,000 members in
approximately
3,000
chapters worldwide, DAR
is one of the world’s
largest and most active
service organizations. To
learn more about the
work of DAR, visit
www.dar.org.
March 7-11
Conover Cemetery
Clean-up
The City of Conover is
planning its annual
Spring Cemetery CleanUp from March 7 – 11.
Those who have loved
ones in any of the City
cemeteries should be
advised that the City
cemetery maintenance
staff will be removing all
weathered or out-of-season flower arrangements.
Also, any toy, trinket,
vase, jar or anything
determined unsightly or
undesirable by the City
shall be removed.
All new flowers can be
put out March 12, 2016
and must be displayed in
permanent
vases
attached to markers.
For further information or questions, please
contact City Hall at 828464-1191.
Newton Cemetery
Clean-up
Newton will conduct its
annual Spring Cemetery
Clean-up from March 711 to enhance the appearance of its cemeteries.
The city has three
cemeteries:
Eastview,
Central and Southside.
During the clean-up
week, most work will be
done at Eastview Cemetery (two to three days),
with about a day planned
at Central Cemetery.
New arrangements may
be placed on March 12. All
flowers should be displayed in permanent
vases attached to the
markers.
For more information
about the Spring Cemetery Clean-up, call the
Newton Parks and Recreation Department at 828695-4324.
Mar. 10
Guest Photographer
Award-winning nature
photographer Jim Ruff
will present his talk
“Morning Light” at 6:30
p.m. March 10 in the Coe
Gallery, Hickory Museum
of Art, 243 Third Ave. N.E.,
Hickory. The presentation
is being held in conjunction with the Museum’s
limited engagement exhibition
UNEXPECTED
BEAUTY: Views from the
Lens of Steve McCurry, in
the Coe and Entrance galleries through May 8.
Woodcarvers Club
meeting
The Catawba Valley
Woodcarvers
Club
(CVWC) will have their
monthly meeting, Thursday March 10 at the
Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop, 856 21st St.
Drive SE, meetings start
at 7 pm and last until
9pm.
The meeting is open to
anyone age 14 and above,
who is interested in
woodcarving. Dues to
join the club are $24 for
the year. The club meets
each month at the
Klingspor store to hear
speakers and see demonstrations of woodcarving
techniques, and compete
in club projects.
The program for the
March meeting will be
carving a walking stick
handle. Members are
urged to bring back the
name tag project from the
February meeting. There
will be a show and tell.
At the February meeting the club membership
voted and selected the
2016 Show theme, which
will be “Farm Life”.
Carvers can enter any
carving that relates to life
on the farm.
The October 2015 show
results can be seen on our
website at http://catawb av a l l e y w o o d c a r v e r sclub.webs.com/annualcompetition-and-show,
The CVWC is an organization that consists of
more than 50 hobbyist
and national award winning wood carvers of all
skill levels who live and
work throughout the
area.
about the club, check our
website at http://catawb av a l l e y w o o d c a r v e r sclub.webs.com/
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Mar. 12
Empty Bowls
The 10th Annual Empty
Bowls event hosted by St.
Stephens High School will
take place on Saturday,
March 12, 2016 from 57PM. Cost is $15. Proceeds
from this event will benefit the Hickory Soup
Kitchen and Corner Table
in Newton. The kids work
so hard to make this
event special! Come out
and show your support
for this awesome community initiative.
Mar. 14
Pottery Class
Open Pottery Workshop with Kim Ellington
This class allows students
with prior clay experience to study in an open
workshop environment
with professional guidance. Students will have
full use of the facilities as
well as open lab hours.
This class will be held
March 14 through May 16,
on Mondays, from 6:00
p.m. until 9:00 p.m. of the
class is $166.25, which
includes
registration,
supply fee, and insurance.
Mar. 15
Business Seminar
The Catawba Valley
Community
College
Small Business Center
will present a no-cost
seminar, “Sales Workshop
for Small Business” on
Tuesday March 15 from
9:00 AM to 12 noon at
CVCC’s Corporate Development Center in Hickory.
The Sales Workshop
reviews over a dozen
channels for businesses
to get their goods and
services to the market
and then decide which
strategies are the best fit
for their business. The
workshop focuses on
developing processes to
grow sales and prioritizing sales opportunities.
There is no charge to
attend this workshop, but
pre-registration
is
required. To register or
for more information
please contact the CVCC
Small Business Center at
828-327-7000, ext. 4117.
Mar. 19
NCSHP Open House
If becoming a North
Carolina State Trooper is
something you may be
interested in or want to
inquire about, show up
early as the:
Open House begins
promptly at:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
at Troop F Headquarters
1033 Smyre Farm Road
Newton, NC 28658
Troopers will discuss
everything from basic
qualifications of an applicant to retirement from
the organization.
If you would like to
speak to a recruiter, call:
Trooper Lineberger at
(704) 775-6042
Mar. 29
Vietnam Vet Reception
The John Hoyle Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution
cordially invites all Vietnam Veterans to a commemorative reception
honoring Vietnam Vets at
the American Legion
Fairground, Post 48 from
4-6 p.m. Light refreshments and beverages will
be served.
RSVP by Mar. 20 to Ric
Vandett. 828-267-2541
April 30
Festival
Town of Long View will
host its May Days Festival
at the Long View Recreation Center, 3107 2nd
Ave NW in Hickory, NC
28601.
10:00AM 9:30PM. The festival will
include entertainment,
Children's Rides, Food,
and More!
Guest Bands: Shellem
Cline, Jim Sheldon, and
Bev McCann; 28690; Vic
Wheeler and the Gruv
Dawgs; and the Tim Clark
Band
June 17
Pottery Class
Beginning Pottery with
Evelyn Arnold will be
offered on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, June 17
through July 15, 6 p.m.
until 9 p.m. This is an
introductory
course
designed to give students
a hands-on educational
and artistic experience
using clay. Students will
learn a variety of techniques, including handbuilding
and
wheel
throwing with the potters’ wheel. Students will
also gain experience with
surface design and glazing, as well as loading and
firing an electric kiln. All
levels welcome. Pre-registration is required for all
workshops.
on class schedules, and to
register, please visit
www.cvcc.edu/Potters_W
orkshop, or call 828-3277000 x4032.
(828) 464-0221
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The Sound of Music Sing-Along
Interactive Screening at N-C Auditorium
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
The Sound of Music Sing-Along
hits the big screen at the NewtonConover Auditorium for an interactive experience that will be fun for
the whole family.
The screening will be March 12th
at 3 p.m. with doors opening to the
public at 2 p.m.
This is your chance to break out
your lederhosen, nun habits or cut up
those old curtains into a play outfit.
Attendees are encouraged to dress as
their favorite character from the
movie.
Using the interactive FunPack
(which will be filled with all sorts of
goodies), audience members will follow along with interactive activities
during the sing-along version of this
timeless classic. You can certainly
watch the movie without the FunPack
but it is highly recommend that you
purchase one FunPack per person to
get the best, most entertaining experience possible.
This event is in collaboration with
the Bunker Hill High School Theatre
Department who will be putting on
their production of the classic musical April 14-16. Bunker Hill’s cast will
be leading the sing-along as well as
be available for photo opportunities.
Tickets for the movie are $5/person
in advance. At the door prices are
$6/person and $5 for FunPacks.
Seating is general admission so it’s
best to arrive early to choose your desired seats. Doors to the building
open one hour prior to the screening
and doors to the Auditorium open
thirty minutes prior to the screening.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by going online to newtonconoverauditorium.org/tickets and
clicking the link that says,“Click Here
To Buy Tickets To The Sound of
Music Sing-Along!” or by calling the
Auditorium’s ticketing service,
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Brown Paper Tickets, at 1-800-8383006.
The Sound of Music is rated G.
Alleged McDonald’s
shooter indicted on
double murder charges
A true bill of indictment
was returned by the Catawba
County Grand Jury on Tuesday,March 8,2016,for a Caldwell County man accused of
a double murder.
Eric Terril Yount, 22, of
Granite Falls, was indicted
on two counts of murder for
the shooting deaths of 22year-old Richelle Scott Lail
and 28-year-old Cody
William Watts that occurred
last week in Hickory.
Yount also was indicted
on charges of discharging a
firearm into an occupied vehicle and possession of a
stolen motor vehicle.
The initial investigation
by Hickory Police Department showed that Lail and
Watts were employees at McDonald’s on U.S.321 in Hickory and met there just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday,
March 2, 2016.
Yount showed up and
rammed Watts’ truck with
his SUV.When Lail confront-
ed Yount, an argument ensued, and the defendant allegedly shot and killed her.
He then began shooting into
Watts’truck,hitting him several times.
Watts was transported to
Wake Forest Baptist Medical
Center in Winston-Salem
where he died late on Friday,
March 4, 2016, as a result of
the injuries he suffered in
the shooting.
Following the shootings,
Yount fled the scene and attempted to hide his SUV at a
school in Catawba County.
He stole a truck from a nearby car lot and later turned
himself in at Lenoir Police
Department in Caldwell
County some three hours
after the shootings.
Victoria Jayne has been
appointed to represent
Yount, who had no prior
criminal record. He remains
incarcerated in the Catawba
County Detention Center
without bond.
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neighbors and community members for opening
up their hearts to Richelle
and Cody’s families, and to
our restaurant team members who are grieving their
loss.”
The fundraiser is set to
continue through Sunday,
March 13. Customers can
also
add
preferred
amounts of money to do-
nation boxes that are located on the front counties at
all of the local McDonald’s
restaurants.
Donations are also being
accepted online through
GoFundMe pages for the
respective victims at:
Lail: https://www.gofundme.com/uqsgw6xx
Watts: https://www.gofundme.com/h6sf7rks
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chair Dr. Sylvia White.
“The Red Hot Spelling Bee
is an opportunity for businesses and individuals to
get involved. We invite
businesses to join us as
sponsors, and we invite individuals or groups to join
us with your red hot
spelling team.”
Sharp spelling skills help
when it comes to NeCoEdFo's annual Red Hot
Spelling Bee, but they are
not required. Participants
only need enough money
to get their team to the
championship round, as
they can purchase "buybacks" when misspelling a
word. The more monetary
support a team has to purchase "buy-backs," the
more potential the team
has for winning the bee.
"Buy-backs" are allowed
until the championship
round, when remaining
teams rally against one another for the victory. Of
course, the team works together to spell the word so
there are multiple ways to
be successful.
“We are excited to designate all funds raised from
the Red Hot Spelling Bee to
Newton-Conover
High
School and NewtonConover Middle School NC P.R.I.D.E. programs,”
White said. “The N-C
P.R.I.D.E. programs recognize excellence in academics, behavior and attendance of our students. So
please join us as a sponsor,
a speller or a fan at the
Newton-Conover Education Foundation Red Hot
Spelling Bee.”
Everyone competes for
the Red Hot Spelling Bee
trophy that the winners
keep for a year.
Another exciting part of
the evening is the team
costume contest.With costume-clad participants on
the floor and an audience
laughing and cheering in
the stands, there's definitely a festive atmosphere.
“Teams are encouraged
to dress up, have fun and
raise money for a great
cause,” Stegall said. “My
team would like to personally challenge all others.
Last year, we were dressed
in our ‘80s attire and were
soundly defeated. This
year, we’re coming to the
party dressed to impress
and ready to win!”
Everyone involved enjoys the evening - especially participants. New this
year, the event has added a
$2 admission fee to help
boost the donations raised
to support the N-C
P.R.I.D.E programs.
This year’s Red Hot
Spelling Bee is set for
Thursday, April 7 in the
gymnasium at NewtonConover High School. The
fun begins at 6:30 p.m.
with a reception supported
by community restaurants
and businesses. To partici-
pate,
assemble
four
spellers, a $100 entry fee
($25 for an all-student
team), and complete an
entry form available at the
Newton-Conover
City
Schools administration offices, at The Observer
News Enterprise in downtown Newton, at supporting
local
businesses
throughout the community, and at each N-CCS
school. Complete details
are provided on the entry
form. Registrations are due
by Monday, April 4. Teams
who submit their entry
forms by Thursday, March
31 receive one free "buyback." Money and entry
forms should be sent to Dr.
Sylvia White at the N-CCS
Central Office at 605 N.
Ashe Ave, Newton, NC
28658. Checks can be made
out to Newton-Conover
Education Foundation.
(828) 464-0221
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PERSPECTIVE
Why This
Conservative
Won't Back
Trump
While pro-Trump pundits do their best to
rationalize the sewer talk
flowing from the stage
after the most recent GOP
debate, please understand
that the problem is really
not that complicated.
We do not need psychologists, campaign analysts or even cable and
radio show hosts to
defend the reprehensible,
puerile locker room talk
erupting from a man
who's preoccupied by the
size of his unusually
small hands, yet thinks
he's qualified to represent
the face of America to the
world.
I just heard Rush Limbaugh blame the trash
talking on liberals. He's
partly right. Let me
explain. 1 Corinthians
15:33 tells us (or One
Corinthians for all you
Trumpsters): "Do not be
misled. Bad company corrupts good morals (or
good character)." Even
non-believers tell their
kids to choose friends
wisely. Practically speaking, the opposite is also
true — running with the
right crowd shields us
from developing bad
habits, challenging us to
become the best possible
version of ourselves.
Obviously, we know
where Donald spends his
time.
The lifetime Donald's
spent schmoozing with
the crass class of corrupted liberals like the Clintons made him everything that conservatism is
not. Now he wants to join
and lead us, but he's hauling with him a boatload
of baggage and a whole
lot of likeminded people
who care nothing about
what he says, just the
bombastic way he says it.
Indeed, Trump's a magnet. He brags he's expanded the Republican Party
to include some very
mean and angry people.
But magnets have two
poles, so while he's
attracting people who
indulge in expletives on
social media like Reagan
indulged in jelly beans,
he's repelling a "YUGE,"
w ay - b i g g e r- t h a n - h i s hands group of conservatives.
I am one of the
repelled.
The
#NeverTrump
crowd grows. My principles won't let me vote for
Trump. Ever. Everything
Trump represents, I am
against. I believe in small
government and religious
liberty, not unconstitutional government influence. I am pro-life, so I
stand against public
funding of Planned Parenthood. I support the
U.S. Constitution, so I
cannot support a tyrant
who says he'd force military members to break
Susan Brown
the law and their consciences to participate in
illegal torture methods
and the killing of innocent people. My belief system demands that my
president have integrity
of character in all facets
of his life, because my
vote entrusts him with
my life. And I believe he
should be a man of humble spirit who has reverence for the Almighty, not
someone so full of himself he has no need for
forgiveness.
Should Trump become
the nominee, I will sit out
the next election because
I refuse to choose
between two evils. Period.
As Charles Haddon Spurgeon once advised: "Of
two evils, choose neither."
I choose neither. I join a
growing group of conservatives willing to say
"NO!". No more. Enough. I
refuse to compromise my
conservative beliefs for
the sake of a party which
no longer represents me.
After watching the
debate, the book of
Habakkuk came to mind.
It is almost as if the Old
Testament
prophet
Habakkuk was describing
the state of things in
America in 2016 when he
said: "I am surrounded by
people who love to argue
and fight. The law has
become paralyzed, and
there is no justice in the
courts. The wicked far
outnumber the righteous,
so that justice has become
perverted."
I
am
passionate
because I understand this
is much bigger than one
election
or
Donald
Trump's unusually small
hands. We are fighting for
the soul of this nation.
The Almighty is patient,
but his holy nature only
allows wickedness to
prosper for a season.
From bended knee I
humbly say "no" to a
Trump presidency. #NeverTrump.
Brown Susan lives in Alaska
and writes about culture, politics and current events. She
was selected as one of America's 50 Best Conservative writers for 2015. Her columns are
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Let's Hope the Crazies Don't Have Eleven Missiles
Israel is preparing to
deploy what the Washington Post calls "one of the
most sophisticated missile
defense systems in the
world." The defensive
shield is the product of 10
years of Israeli research
and $3.3 billion from the
U.S.
It's composed of two ballistic missile defense systems: David's Sling and
Arrow—3. Once in the field
Israel will be able to intercept both ballistic missiles
and orbiting satellites.
The Post describes "a
layered system that will
allow the Jewish state to
respond to simultaneous
attacks from multiple
fronts — the relatively
crude homemade rockets
lobbed by Hamas from the
Gaza Strip, the midrange
rockets and missiles fired
by the Shiite militants of
Hezbollah from Lebanon,
and the long-range ballistic
missiles being developed
by Iran that could carry
conventional or chemical
warheads."
Which is the mainstream media's way saying
the system can also destroy
Iran's future nuclear missiles that were enabled by
Imam Obama.
I'm glad Israel has the
system. I've been there,
made a number of
acquaintances and would
like to return some day. It
looks like money well
spent. But after investing
all that money in Israel,
why does the U.S. air
defense system consist of
Shannon
shotgun—toting fathers
shooting at drones caught
videotaping their daughters?
It's not like missile
defense is a new idea.
Ronald Reagan proposed a
program during his first
term. He thought it was
immoral that defense planning for nuclear war consisted of hiding the leadership while both populations burned to a crisp.
Democrats used ridicule
to try to kill his system,
calling it "Star Wars." The
Pentagon did the rest with
its usual combination of
dishonesty and incompetence. If you ask the average citizen where keeping
him safe from nuclear
incineration ranks as a priority, he'd put it near the
top.
Democrats
believed
fighting Reagan was more
important than protecting
the populace, so the program yo—yoed back and
forth. Democrat administrations cut funding and
sidetracked the program,
while Republicans restored
funding and put it back on
the fast track.
At the Pentagon the only
sense of urgency was connected with the size of the
budget, and whether program officers would be
able to go to work for the
contractors after they
retired from the military.
The stakes are much
higher in Israel and the
consequences for failure
more immediate, which is
no doubt why their missile
defense works and ours
doesn't. During Israel's
2014 conflict with Hamas,
the older Iron Dome system intercepted 90 percent
of the 4,000 rockets and
mortar rounds fired from
Gaza.
By comparison, our missile defense system, called
the Duck & Cover, has
repeatedly failed during
what the Los Angles Times
terms "tightly scripted
flight tests." Israel hits nine
out of ten during a real
shooting war when lives
are on the line and
Obama's defense department misses 50 percent of
the dummy missiles in a
test that has tighter controls than a Hillary Clinton
town meeting.
Now the Pentagon is
installing missile batteries
it knows are flawed.
The Times reports General Accounting Office
investigators found two
separate defects in our
anti—missile interceptors
that can result in complete
failure. Pentagon officials
ignored the problems
because fixing the flaws
would "slow a planned
expansion of the nation's
homeland missile defense
system."
That's how the Pentagon
bureaucrat mind works. It's
more important to keep to
the schedule than it is to
deploy a system that will
work when incoming missiles aren't just another
test. Government sources
have admitted our system
is so flawed in the event of
an attack the U.S. would be
forced to fire four to five
interceptors at each incoming missile to have a
chance to destroy it.
North Korea, an unstable
regime run by an unstable
man, already has nuclear
weapons and just this week
declared it is prepared to
initiate a nuclear first
strike. A salvo of only ten
missiles would completely
exhaust our pitch—'til—
you—win missile defense
system, meaning the
eleventh missile gets
through.
The U.S., to say nothing
of South Korea and Japan,
needs an effective missile
defense system and we
need it now. Maybe, after
Obama leaves office, we
can buy one from the
Israelis.
Michael Shannon is a commentator and public relations consultant, and is the author of "A
Conservative Christian's Guidebook for Living in Secular
Times." He can be reached at
mandate.mmpr@gmail.com.
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Today in
History
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Wednesday, March 9, the 69th day of 2016.
There are 297 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On March 9, 1916, more than 400 Mexican raiders led
by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico,
killing 18 Americans. During the First World War, Germany declared war on Portugal.
On this date:
In 1661, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the chief minister of
France, died, leaving King Louis XIV in full control.
In 1796, the future emperor of the French, Napoleon
Bonaparte, married Josephine de Beauharnais (bohahr-NAY'). (The couple later divorced.)
In 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclads USS
Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimac)
clashed for five hours to a draw at Hampton Roads,
Virginia.
In 1933, Congress, called into special session by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, began its "hundred
days" of enacting New Deal legislation.
In 1945, during World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers
began launching incendiary bomb attacks against
Tokyo, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths.
In 1954, CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow critically
reviewed Wisconsin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's anticommunism campaign on "See It Now."
In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court, in New York Times
Co. v. Sullivan, raised the standard for public officials
to prove they'd been libeled in their official capacity
by news organizations.
In 1965, the Rev. James Reeb, a white minister from
Boston who'd gone to Selma, Alabama, to show support for civil rights marchers, was attacked by a group
of white men and struck on the head; he died two days
later at age 38.
In 1976, a cable car in the Italian ski resort of Cavalese fell some 700 feet to the ground when a supporting line snapped, killing 43 people.
In 1977, about a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims invaded three buildings in Washington, D.C., killing one
person and taking more than 130 hostages. (The siege
ended two days later.)
In 1981, Dan Rather made his debut as principal anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."
In 1990, Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as surgeon general, becoming the first woman and the first
Hispanic to hold the job.
Ten years ago: Bowing to ferocious opposition in
Congress, a Dubai-owned company, DP World, relinquished its quest to take over operations at U.S. ports.
John Profumo, the former British Cabinet minister
whose affair with model Christine Keeler rocked
Britain in 1963, died in London at age 91.
Five years ago: After a trip to the International
Space Station, shuttle Discovery ended its career as the
most flown U.S. spaceship, returning from orbit for the
last time. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation
abolishing the death penalty in his state and commuting the sentences of all remaining death row inmates.
David Broder, 81, one of the nation's premier political
reporters for decades, died in Arlington, Virginia.
One year ago: In northwestern Argentina, two helicopters collided and burst into flames shortly after
taking off near the remote settlement of Villa Castelli,
killing both pilots and eight French nationals. (Among
the victims were Olympic champion swimmer Camille
Muffat, Olympic bronze-medalist boxer Alexis Vastine
and pioneering sailor Florence Arthaud, who were
contestants on a European reality TV show which was
being shot in the sparsely populated region.) Solar Impulse 2, a Swiss-made solar-powered aircraft, took off
from Abu Dhabi just after daybreak in a historic first
attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fossil fuel (however, overheated batteries grounded the
plane in Hawaii). Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the
Apple Watch in San Francisco.
Today's Birthdays: Former Sen. James L. Buckley,
Conservative-N.Y., is 93. Singer-actress Keely Smith is
88. Singer Lloyd Price is 83. Actress Joyce Van Patten is
82. Country singer Mickey Gilley is 80. Actress Trish
Van Devere is 75. Singer Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere
and the Raiders) is 74. Former ABC anchorman
Charles Gibson is 73. Rock musician Robin Trower is
71. Singer Jeffrey Osborne is 68. Country musician Jimmie Fadden (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 68. Actress
Jaime Lyn Bauer is 67. Magazine editor Michael Kinsley is 65. TV newscaster Faith Daniels is 59. Actress
Linda Fiorentino is 58. Actor Tom Amandes is 57.
Actor-director Lonny Price is 57. Country musician
Rusty Hendrix (Confederate Railroad) is 56. Actress
Juliette Binoche is 52. Rock musician Robert Sledge
(Ben Folds Five) is 48. Rock musician Shannon Leto
(30 Seconds to Mars) is 46. Rapper C-Murder (AKA CMiller) is 45. Actor Emmanuel Lewis is 45. Actress Jean
Louisa Kelly is 44. Actor Kerr Smith is 44. Actor Oscar
Isaac (Film: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens") is 37.
Rapper Chingy is 36. Actor Matthew Gray Gubler is 36.
Rock musician Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory) is 35.
Roots rock musician Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes) is
33. Actress Brittany Snow is 30. Rapper Bow Wow is 29.
Rapper YG is 26. Actor Luis Armand Garcia is 24. Actress Cierra Ramirez is 21.
Thought for Today: "Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing
and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office." — David Broder (1929-2011).
PHOTO FROM THE N.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Officials say this is a Civil War-era steamer, possibly a blockade runner
Researchers say they've likely
found Confederate shipwreck
MARTHA WAGGONER, ASSOCIATED
PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An area off
the North Carolina coast known for
its Civil War shipwrecks may be
adding another to the collection after
the discovery of what is believed to
be a Confederate blockade runner
near Oak Island.
Archaeologists using sonar imaging discovered the 226-foot-long remains of a shipwreck on Feb. 27 in an
area where historical documents indicate three runners used during the
blockade of the port of Wilmington
are located, said Billy Ray Morris,
North Carolina's deputy state archaeologist who manages underwater operations. Morris and a team of divers
will return Wednesday to the site,
about 30 miles downstream near Fort
Caswell to confirm their finding.
"Nobody's found a new Civil War
wreck in decades," Morris said Monday. "With a high-energy maritime
environment like you have off the
coast of North Carolina, ships are
broken apart. This one is relatively
intact. You can see that it looks like a
ship."
Three blockade runners are
known to have been lost in the area:
the Agnes E. Fry, Spunkie and Georgianna McCaw. "By the time I've
crawled across it with a team of archaeologists and a couple of graduate
students ... I'm confident I'll know
which wreck it is," Morris said. He
said he hopes to tackle the project on
Wednesday. He added that he is not
100 percent certain that the shipwreck is one of the blockade runners.
Wrecks of 27 blockade runners,
Confederate ironclads and Union
ships used in the blockade have been
found in the area that includes the
Cape Fear River and the Atlantic
Ocean around islands such as Oak Island, according to Morris. "It's the
single best assemblage of Civil War
shipwrecks anywhere in the world,"
he said.
Blockade runners were the cigarette boats of their era, moving fast
with an unarmed captain and crew
using their talents to avoid the Union
ships and get their goods to land.Military supplies would be put on trains
to Weldon in northern North Carolina, and then on to Gen. Robert E.
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
The civilian supplies were sold
dockside. They were items that the
Confederacy couldn't make and
which appealed to the wealthy, Morris said, such as wine and liquor,
fancy fabric, books and shoes.
The Union blockade of the port of
Wilmington began in 1861 and ended
in January 1865, when the Union
troops closed the port and overtook
Fort Fisher.
The Underwater Branch of the
North Carolina Office of State Archaeology and the Institute of International Maritime Research discovered the shipwreck with the help of a
multiyear grant called the American
Battlefield Protection Program, Morris said. The grant, funded through
the National Park Service, is ending
this year, he said.
Denim & Diamonds event to benefit
Children’s Advocacy & Protection
Center of Catawba County
HICKORY -- This year's
Denim & Diamonds
fundraiser for the Children's Advocacy and Protection Center of Catawba
County promises to be a
fun event, including a pig
pickin', live bluegrass
music, a raffle and more.
The event will be held
from 6:30 to 10 p.m. April
16 at the Sigmon Family
Farm in Claremont. Tick-
ets are $75 per person and
are available now by contacting the CAPC at 828465-9296.
Sponsors of this year's
event include the following: Friends of CAPC,
Lynn and Leroy Lail;
Cargo Transporters; Mike
Johnson Hickory Toyota;
Horgan Family; Commscope; Community One
Bank; Thrivent Financial/Colby Bolick; Mitchell
Gold & Bob Williams;
Catawba Valley Medical
Center; S. Kimberly Jones,
DDS; Diane and Tom Taylor; Carolina Oncology
Specialists, PA; Pepsi; West
Penn Hardwoods, Inc.;
Ever A Woman; City of
Claremont; Outdoor Supply Company. For additional sponsorship opportunities, contact Kate
Landry at klandry@catawbacountync.gov.
The CAPC is a nonprofit organization that
works to prevent and respond to child sexual
abuse and serious physical abuse. It coordinates
the efforts of Catawba
County Social Services,
law enforcement, and the
District Attorney's office.
More
information
about the CAPC is available on its website at
catawbacountycapc.org.
You may call the center at
828-465-9296.
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ASTROGRAPH
EUGENIA LAST
Size up what you want to accomplish this
year and set your priorities accordingly.Your
intent should be to reach your goal, not to try
and please everyone. Once you are satisfied
with your accomplishments, you will be in a
better position to offer assistance to others.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Avoid criti- physical well-being. Make personal changes
cism as well as being taken advantage of. Set that will bring you peace of mind.
guidelines and keep the balance in order to
get things done and feel good about your
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Jump into
position and reputation.
an innovative situation ready to take on
whatever challenge comes along. Mental
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Plan and stimulation coupled with creativity and talpresent what you have to offer with precision ented people will lead to an interesting
and clarity. Don’t expect everyone to agree prospect.
with you. Gravitate toward those who show
interest and want to get involved.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Stay
focused on what’s important. Don’t let situaLEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Accept whatever tions spin out of control. Contain your emochallenge comes your way and do your best tions and avoid indulgent behavior that
to display strong leadership. Don’t let your could lead to disaster instead of solutions.
ego stand in the way of your progress. Be
open to suggestions made and help offered.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t
worry so much about what other people are
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Partnerships doing. Your goal is to follow through with
will need an adjustment. Whether at work or your plans and to make the changes that will
in the home, be willing to meet whomever ensure your happiness and success.
you are dealing with halfway to ensure that
you maintain equality in every relationship.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Take a
new look at an old idea in order to see how
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t worry you can turn it into a workable project with
about what everyone else is up to when you updates that were not available to you in the
should be taking care of your emotional and past.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Refuse to
be pushed by someone bullying you. Sharing
personal secrets will lead to a nasty rumor
that will put you in a precarious position.
Listen instead of talking.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Protect
what you’ve worked so hard to acquire. Don’t
lend money or possessions. Take control by
knowing what you want and strategically
negotiating on your behalf.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Sharing
your knowledge will lead to a liaison with
someone who is exceptionally well informed
and connected. A face-to-face meeting is
your best option. Romance will lead to a passionate encounter.
NEA BRIDGE
PHILLIP ALDER
HOW DOES ADVANCER UNCOVER THE MINOR?
Michael McClary said,“Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It’s called
‘rain.’”
The Michaels Cue-Bid is pretty ancient because Michael Michaels died in 1965. But it continues to shower good
results on users.
If the opener bids one of a suit, and the next player overcalls two of that suit, over one of a minor, he is showing at least 5-5 in the majors; and over a major, at least 5-5 in the other major and either minor. In this case, if
the advancer (the Michaels Cue-Bidder’s partner) wishes to ask for the minor, he bids two no-trump. The intervenor rebids at a minimum level unless he has a strong hand (typically 17 points or more), when he jumps in
his minor.
In today’s deal, South leaps to four clubs. Then North scrapes up a raise with his two useful honor cards and
ruffing value in spades.
After West leads the heart 10, how should South plan the play?
As dummy’s trumps are so low, declarer should assume that spades are 4-3 and allow for a 4-1 trump break. He
wins with dummy’s heart ace, unblocks the spade queen, plays a trump to his hand, ruffs a spade in the
dummy, draws the remaining trumps, and runs the spades. He loses only two diamond tricks.
Finally, what would it mean if North had bid three clubs, not two no-trump? In the old days, that would have
been natural, showing l-o-n-g clubs. But now, most experts treat that bid as weak, asking partner to pass with
clubs or rebid three diamonds. Then, the two-no-trump inquiry promises some game interest.
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This the 2nd day Catawba, North
of March, 2016
Carolina and being more particularly described in
Beverly A.
the above referQuarles,
enced Deed of
Executrix
Trust:
6907 Hunters
Way
Address of PropRaleigh, NC
erty: 5679 High27615
way 16 South,
Maiden,
NC
28650
Tax Parcel ID:
Estate of:
Blair Abernathy
0014925
Present Record
Publish: March 2, Owner:
Donna
9, 16 & 23, 2016. Little Holt a/k/a
Donna L. Holt
Paid
and Michael Holt
Trustee may, in
the Trustee’s sole
discretion, delay
the sale for up to
ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE one hour as proTO CREDITORS vided in N.C.G.S.
§45-21.23.
The terms of the
Having qualified sale are that the
property
as Executrix of real
the Estate of Ste- hereinbefore dephen L. Crow- scribed will be
der,
deceased, sold for cash to
late of Catawba the highest bidCounty,
North der. The SubstiCarolina, this is to tute Trustee renotify all persons, serves the right to
firms and corpo- require a cash
rations
having deposit or a certiclaims
against fied check not to
the estate of said exceed the greatdecedent to pres- er of five percent
of
the
ent them to the (5%)
undersigned
at amount of the bid
55 East Deer- or seven hundred
Dollars
wood, Unit 216, fifty
Savannah,
GA ($750.00). In the
31410 on or be- event that the
fore the 4th day holder is exempt
of June 2016 or from paying the
this notice will be same, the sucbidder
pleaded in bar of cessful
their
recovery. may also be reAll persons, firms quired to pay revand corporations enue stamps on
Trustee’s
indebted to said the
estate will please Deed, any Land
make immediate Transfer Tax, and
payment to the the tax required
by N.C.G.S. §7Aundersigned.
308 (a) (1).
This the 26th day The real property
of February 2016. described above
is being offered
for sale ‘‘AS IS,
CYNTHIA A.
WHERE IS’’ and
COOLER,
will be sold subADMINISTRAject to all superior
TRIX
OF THE ESTATE liens, unpaid taxOF STEPHEN L. es, and special
assessments.
CROWDER
Other conditions
be
anPatrick, Harper & will
nounced at the
Dixon L.L.P.
sale.
The sale
PO Box 218
will be held open
Hickory, NC
for ten (10) days
28603
for upset bids as
required by law.
Publish:
March If the Trustee or
2, 9, 16 and 23, Substitute Trustee is unable to
2016.
convey title to this
property for any
reason, the sole
remedy of the
purchaser is the
13-SP-857
return of the deNOTICE OF
posit.
Reasons
SUBSTITUTE
of such inability to
TRUSTEE’S
convey title inFORECLOSURE clude, but are not
SALE OF REAL limited to, the filPROPERTY
ing of a bankruptcy petition prior to
UNDER AND BY the sale and reinVIRTUE of the statement of the
power and au- loan
without
thority contained knowledge of the
in that certain Substitute TrustDeed of Trust ee(s). If the valexecuted and de- idity of the sale is
livered by Donna challenged
by
Little Holt dated any party, the
December
15, Substitute Trust2003 and record- ee(s), in its/their
ed on December sole discretion, if
15, 2003, in Book it/they believe(s)
2539 at Page the challenge to
898, in the Office have merit, may
of the Register of declare the sale
Deeds of Cata- to be void and rewba
County, turn the deposit.
North
Carolina; The
purchaser
and because of will have no furdefault in the pay- ther remedy.
ment of the in- Additional Notice
debtedness
se- where the Real
cured
thereby Property is Resiand failure to car- dential with less
ry out and per- than 15 Rental
form the stipula- Units:
tions and agree- An order for posments contained session of the
therein and, pur- property may be
suant to demand issued pursuant
of the holder of to N.C.G.S. § 45the indebtedness 21.29 in favor of
secured by said the
purchaser
Deed of Trust, and against the
the undersigned party or parties in
of Poore Substi- possession
by
tute Trustee, LTD the Clerk of Su(Substitute Trust- perior Court of
ee) will offer for the County in
sale at the court- which the properhouse door in the ty is sold. Any
City of Newton, person who occuCatawba County, pies the property
North Carolina, or pursuant to a
the customary lo- rental agreement
cation designated entered into or refor
foreclosure newed on or/after
sales, on March October 1, 2007,
17, 2016 at 10:30 may, after receivAM, and will sell ing the notice of
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sale,
terminate
the rental agreement by providing
written notice of
termination to the
landlord, to be effective on a date
stated in the Notice that is at
least ten (10)
days,
but
no
more than ninety
(90) days, after
the sale date contained in the Notice of Sale, provided that the
mortgagor
has
not cured the default at the time
the tenant provides the Notice
of
Termination.
Upon termination
of a rental agreement, the tenant
is liable for rent
due under the
rental agreement
prorated to the effective date of
such termination.
such
released
property
being
more particularly
described in the
attached Exhibit
B.
Attorney at Law
The Hunoval Law
Firm, PLLC
Attorney for
Poore Substitute
Trustee, LTD
Substitute
Trustee
Publish: March 9
&
March
16
2016.
STATE
NORTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY
CATAWBA
PAGE 7
OF
OF
In the Matter of
the Foreclosure
of the Deed
of Trust executed
by
Fairbrook
Land, LLC,
Grantor,
to
Donald
D.
McSwain,
Original Trustee,
As recorded in
Book 2920, Page
633 of
the
Catawba
County
Public
Registry.
See Substitution
of Trustee which
Substitutes
Kimberly H. Whitley as Substitute
Trustee in
the place and
stead of Original
Trustee, as
recorded in Book
3311, Page 915
of the Catawba
County
Public
Registry.
IN THE
GENERAL
COURT OF
JUSTICE
SUPERIOR
COURT
DIVISION
15-SP-541
NOTICE OF
SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE’S
FORECLOSURE
SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY
Pursuant to the
power and authority contained
in the Deed of
Trust to Donald
D. McSwain (the
“Original
Trustee”) for the benefit of Bank of
Granite recorded
in Book 2920,
Page 633 of the
County
Public
Registry
(as
modified,
the
“Deed of Trust”),
the undersigned
Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder for
cash, the real
property described in Exhibit A
attached hereto
(which
description is fully incorporated herein by
reference),
together with all
rights, privileges
and appurtenances thereto (the
“Property”), less
and except the
property
previously
released
from the Deed of
Trust by a Deed
of Release recorded in Book
2940, Page 823,
Catawba County
Public Registry,
Legal Notices
March 21, 2016
HOUR OF SALE:
10:00 a.m.
PLACE
OF
SALE:
The record owner Catawba County
of the Property as Courthouse
reflected by the
records of the This the 18th day
Register
of of
February,
Deeds of Cata- 2016.
wba County not
more than ten
(10) days prior to
Kimberly H.
the posting of this
Whitley,
Notice was FairSubstitute
brook Land, LLC.
Trustee
Patrick, Harper &
The Property will
Dixon, LLP
be sold subject to
Post Office
any and all matBox 218
ters superior to
Hickory, North
the lien of the
Carolina 28603
Deed of Trust, inTelephone:
(828) 322-7741
cluding
without
limitation: (a) superior mortgages,
deeds of trust,
EXHIBIT A
liens and assessments, if any; (b) TRACT ONE:
the lien of unpaid BEGINNING
at
ad valorem taxes; an iron stake,
(c) valid and en- said
Beginning
forceable, ease- point being the
ments and re- northeastern corstrictions of re- ner of Lot No. 16,
cord; and (d) mat- Block "A" of a
ters which would map recorded in
be revealed by a Plat Book 6 at
current and accu- page 89, Catarate survey of the wba County Regproperty.
istry and running
thence South 87°
The Property will 46' West 274.79
be sold “AS IS, feet to an iron
WHERE IS.” Nei- stake;
thence
ther the Substi- North 5° 26' West
tute Trustee nor 155.45 feet to an
the holder of the iron stake in W.F.
Note secured by Boyles'
line;
the
Deed
of thence with BoyTrust, nor the offi- les' line South 86°
cers,
directors, 16'
30"
East
attorneys,
em- 236.51 feet to an
ployees, agents iron stake; thence
or authorized rep- South 22° 30'
resentatives of ei- East 139.27 feet
ther the Substi- to the Beginning.
tute Trustee or
the holder of the In addition to the
Note make any above fee simple
representation or conveyance the
warranty relating Grantor
herein
to the title or any grants unto the
physical, environ- Grantee herein a
mental, health or 16-foot road rightsafety conditions of-way, the beginexisting in, on, at ning point of the
or relating to the center line of said
property, and any right-of-way being
and all responsi- located at a point
bilities or liabili- being South 5°
ties arising out of 26' East 25 feet
or in any way re- from the northlating to any such western corner of
conditions
ex- the above descripressly are dis- bed property, and
claimed.
said center line of
the 16-foot rightPursuant to North of-way
running
Carolina General thence North 83°
Statutes Section 53' West 192.80
45-21.10,
any feet to a point,
successful bidder said point being
may be required located in a 25to deposit with foot radius of a
the
Substitute turn in said rightTrustee immedi- of-way,
thence
ately upon con- South 5° 00' East
clusion of the 458.00 feet, more
sale a cash de- or less, to the
posit
in
an center line of
amount not to ex- Frye Avenue.
ceed the greater
of five percent The above de(5%)
of
the scribed property
amount bid or and the additional
Seven Hundred right-of-way
is
Fifty
Dollars shown on a map
($750.00).
Any entitled
"Jack
successful bidder Whitener, Catashall be required wba
County,
to tender the full Hickory
Townbalance of the ship, North Caropurchase price so lina" prepared by
bid in cash or cer- Harold A. Smith,
tified check at the Rex
Miller
&
time the Substi- Company, Hicktute Trustee ten- ory, North Caroliders to him a na on June 30,
deed
for
the 1967.
Property or attempts to tender The above desuch deed, and scribed property
should said suc- is a portion of that
cessful bidder fail property
conto pay the full bal- veyed by deed
ance
purchase dated September
price so bid at 24, 1962 and rethat time, he shall corded in Book
remain liable on 744, at page 170,
his bid as provid- Catawba County
ed for in North Registry.
Also
Carolina General see Book 548, at
Statutes Sections page 76, and
45-21.30(d) and Book 2413, at
(e). In addition to page 1196, Catathe
purchase wba County Regprice so bid any istry.
successful bidder
will also be re- TRACT TWO:
sponsible for pay- BEING Lot Nos.
ment of revenue 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
stamps and other 12, 13 and 14 in
costs of closing Block "A" of the L.
the sale, includ- L. and R. K. Frye
ing
fees
and Property as surcosts of the Sub- veyed and platted
stitute Trustee in- by G. Sam Rowe
curred after the in April 1950 and
date of sale.
is recorded in
Plat Book 6, at
The sale will be Page 89, Cataheld open for ten wba County Reg(10) days for up- istry.
set bids as by law
required.
For partial chain
of title, see Book
DATE OF SALE:
2256, at page
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Legal Notices
642,
Catawba of the Deed
County Registry.
of Trust executed
by John W. KesTRACT THREE:
sel and wife,
BEING
twelve Shelia D. Kessel,
(12) lots: Nos. 15, Grantor,
16, 17, 18, 19, to
Donald
D.
20, 21, 22, 23, McSwain,
24, 25 and 26 in Original Trustee,
Block "A" of the L.
L. and R. K. Frye As recorded in
Property as sur- Book 2920, Page
veyed by Sam 621 of
Rowe in April the
Catawba
1950 on and near County
Public
the
Startown Registry.
Road. For further
information, see See Substitution
Book of Maps 6, of Trustee which
at Page 89, Cata- Substitutes
wba County Reg- Kimberly H. Whitistry.
ley as Substitute
Trustee in
For
reference, the place and
see the Estate of stead of Original
Blevin A. Punch Trustee, as
in the Catawba recorded in Book
County Clerk of 3311, Page 913
Superior Court's of the Catawba
office, File No. 84 County
Public
E 381.
Registry.
For partial chain
of title, see Book
2313, at Page
932 and Book
2367, at Page
1851,
Catawba
County Registry.
IN THE
GENERAL
COURT OF
JUSTICE
SUPERIOR
COURT
DIVISION
15-SP-542
EXHIBIT B
RELEASED
PROPERTY
BEGINNING at a
1/2-inch rebar in
the current southwestern corner of
property now or
formerly
owned
by N & K Properties, Inc. (Deed
Book 2856, Page
1710), and proceeding
thence
South 44° 28' 16"
West 8.34 feet to
a 1/2-inch rebar;
thence South 87°
37' 16" West 2.67
feet to 1/2-inch
rebar set; thence
a new line of the
property now or
formerly
owned
by
Fairbrook
Land, LLC (Deed
Book 2256, Page
642), North 18°
31'
05"
West
171.58 feet to a
1/2-inch
rebar
set; thence another new line of
Fairbrook Land,
LLC, North 71°
28'
55"
East
10.00 feet to a
1/2-inch rebar set
in the line of
property now or
formerly
owned
by the City of
Hickory
(Deed
Book 1626, Page
690);
thence
South 18° 31' 05"
East 10.00 feet to
a 1/2-inch rod
found;
thence
with the line of N
& K Properties,
Inc., South 18°
31'
05"
East
158.53 feet (a total distance along
this bearing of
168.53 feet) to
the point and
place of Beginning, and being
all of Tract "A,"
containing 1,708
square feet, more
or less, as shown
on a plat prepared from an actual survey by Michael J. Marada,
P.L.S.,
dated
June 25, 2008,
and
captioned,
"Recombination
Survey for: N & K
Properties
Inc.,
Hickory
Township,
Catawba
County,
North
Carolina,"
and
bearing reference
thereon to PIN
3711-08-87-7676,
and having further
reference
thereon to being
a portion of Deed:
2256-642 to be
recombined with
tract owned by N
& K Properties
Inc. having Catawba County PIN:
3711-08-87-9656.
Publish: March 9
&
March
16,
2016.
STATE OF
NORTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY OF
CATAWBA
In the Matter of
the Foreclosure
NOTICE OF
SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE’S
FORECLOSURE
SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY
Pursuant to the
power and authority contained
in the Deed of
Trust to Donald
D. McSwain (the
“Original
Trustee”) for the benefit of Bank of
Granite recorded
in Book 2920,
Page 621 of the
County
Public
Registry
(as
modified,
the
“Deed of Trust”),
the undersigned
Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder for
cash, the real
property described in Exhibit A
attached hereto
(which
description is fully incorporated herein by
reference),
together with all
rights, privileges
and appurtenances thereto (the
“Property”).
The record owners of the Property as reflected by
the records of the
Register
of
Deeds of Catawba County not
more than ten
(10) days prior to
the posting of this
Notice were John
W. Kessel and
Shelia D. Kessel.
The Property will
be sold subject to
any and all matters superior to
the lien of the
Deed of Trust, including
without
limitation: (a) superior mortgages,
deeds of trust,
liens and assessments, if any; (b)
the lien of unpaid
ad valorem taxes;
(c) valid and enforceable, easements and restrictions of record; and (d) matters which would
be revealed by a
current and accurate survey of the
property.
The Property will
be sold “AS IS,
WHERE IS.” Neither the Substitute Trustee nor
the holder of the
Note secured by
the
Deed
of
Trust, nor the officers,
directors,
attorneys,
employees, agents
or authorized representatives of either the Substitute Trustee or
the holder of the
Note make any
representation or
warranty relating
to the title or any
physical, environmental, health or
safety conditions
existing in, on, at
or relating to the
property, and any
and all responsi-
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bilities or liabilities arising out of
or in any way relating to any such
conditions
expressly are disclaimed.
Pursuant to North
Carolina General
Statutes Section
45-21.10,
any
successful bidder
may be required
to deposit with
the
Substitute
Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the
sale a cash deposit
in
an
amount not to exceed the greater
of five percent
(5%)
of
the
amount bid or
Seven Hundred
Fifty
Dollars
($750.00).
Any
successful bidder
shall be required
to tender the full
balance of the
purchase price so
bid in cash or certified check at the
time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a
deed
for
the
Property or attempts to tender
such deed, and
should said successful bidder fail
to pay the full balance
purchase
price so bid at
that time, he shall
remain liable on
his bid as provided for in North
Carolina General
Statutes Sections
45-21.30(d) and
(e). In addition to
the
purchase
price so bid any
successful bidder
will also be responsible for payment of revenue
stamps and other
costs of closing
the sale, including
fees
and
costs of the Substitute Trustee incurred after the
date of sale.
The sale will be
held open for ten
(10) days for upset bids as by law
required.
DATE OF SALE:
March 21, 2016
HOUR OF SALE:
10:00 a.m.
PLACE
OF
SALE:
Catawba County
Courthouse
This the 18th day
of
February,
2016.
Kimberly H.
Whitley,
Substitute
Trustee
Patrick, Harper &
Dixon, LLP
Post Office Box
218
Hickory, North
Carolina 28603
Telephone:
(828) 322-7741
EXHIBIT A
BEGINNING
at
an iron pin in the
western right-ofway margin for
State Road 1005
(Startown Road)
which
is
the
northeast corner
of the City of
Hickory property
and the Jack E.
Whitener property
North 85o
54’
59” West 569.73
feet to an iron,
the
northwest
corner of the Jack
E. Whitener property
and
the
northeast corner
of the Lester E.
Whitener property; thence North
04o 04’ East 50
feet to an iron;
thence North 79o
East 500.12 feet
to an iron in the
right-of-way margin
for
State
Road
1005;
thence with the
right-of-way margin of State Road
1005 South 21o
39’
09”
East
200.01 feet to the
point and place of
Beginning.
The
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Southern District 7 all-conference basketball
ABOVE O-N-E PHOTO BY MICHELLE THOMPSON
BELOW O-N-E PHOTOS BY CODY DALTON
A total of seven Catawba County girls and three Catawba County boys
were honored for their play this past winter basketball season, including
Bandys’ Camilla Drake and Kendyl Medlin, Bunker Hill’s Tyra Mitchell and
Kevin Robinson, Maiden’s Grace Canella, Sammie West and Mason Painter
and Newton-Conover’s Egypt Finger, Hannah Stull and Hunter Clark.
Newton-Conover’s Egypt Finger (left) and Hannah Stull (right)
Maiden’s Grace Canella (left) and Sammie West (right)
Hall
CONTINUED FROM 10
Bandys’ Camilla Drake (left) and Kendyl Medlin (right)
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from page 7
foregoing
description was taken from that survey prepared be
Miller Surveying,
Inc. for Dr. John
W. Kessell and
wife, Sheila D.
Kessel, said survery being dated
August 17, 1994
and containing by
coordinate method 1.455 acres.
For partial chain
of tital, see Book
1899, at Page Publish: March 9
March
16,
1069,
Catatwba &
2016.
County Registry.
Helmet Award Winner.
Carter went on to play at Gardner Webb
where he was named two-time NAIA AllAmerican, three-time All District 26 and
All-SAC 8 selection. In 1994, Carter was
inducted in the Gardner-Webb University
Athletic Hall of Fame. He is now the Vice
President of Sales for Southern Glove
located in Newton.
Coach Bobby Rowe was a great athlete
and coach in football and basketball from
1954-94. He gained recognition guiding
the men’s basketball team for NewtonConover High School and also being a successful football coach assisting coach Don
Patrick.
Coach Rowe went on to be an assistant
coach for the Lenoir-Rhyne College
women’s basketball team in the late 1990s.
Growing up coach Rowe starred at
Winston-Salem University in football and
basketball becoming an All-American
quarterback who set records in passing
for the Rams and was later inducted in the
WSSU Sports Hall of Fame.
In 1993, Coach Rowe was inducted into
the Catawba County Sports Hall of Fame.
Tickets for the March 10 banquet can be
purchased in the N-CHS main office for $9.
If you would like to know more about
the event, please email N-CHS Athletic
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call the school at 828-465-0920.
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O-N-E
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PORTS
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Late rally lifts West
Caldwell past N-CHS
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
The West Caldwell
baseball team used two
timely runs in the top of
the sixth inning to defeat
host Newton-Conover 4-3
on the diamond Tuesday in
both team’s conference
openers.
Carson Vance’s RBI
double in the inning
helped push the Warriors
(2-3, 1-0) into a 3-3 tie, and
teammate Dillan Church
singled on the next at bat
to make it a one-run lead
for West Caldwell.
Newton-Conover (0-4,
0-1) led by two runs early
in the contest after an RBI
double from Jared Sigmon,
and teammate Patrick
Shannon scored later in
the inning on Trevor
Cook’s wild pitch.
Cook’s RBI double and
an N-CHS error tied the
contest 2-2 in the top of the
second inning.
Courtesy running for
teammate Daniel Kahill,
Shannon scored for the
second time in Tuesday’s
game on another wild
pitch by Cook during the
bottom of the third.
After Vance and Church
gave West its 4-3 lead, the
Red Devils had a chance
late in the game to tie and
even take the lead with the
bases loaded in the bottom
of the sixth inning.
However, Warriors relief
pitcher Thomas Wilson
was able to help his team
dodge any potential
trouble and get out of the
inning unscathed.
Newton-Conover is back
in action today when it
takes on Hickory.
The Red Devils return to
conference acton on Friday
at rival Maiden — 3-1
winners against Bunker
Hill on Tuesday.
O-N-E PHOTOS BY CODY DALTON
Above, Newton-Conover’s Eli Wright (2) throws a
pitch during the first inning of Tuesday’s SD-7
conference opener at home against West
Caldwell. Wright threw 5.1 innings in the game.
Right, the Red Devils’ Patrick Shannon (5) pumps
his fists after scoring for the second time in
Tuesday’s conference baseball game during the
bottom of the third inning.
3 entering
Red Devils
Hall of Fame
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
Newton-Conover High
School is proud to
announce
the
2015
Newton-Conover
High
School Athletic Hall of
Fame inductees.
This
year’s
class
includes James Andrew
“Pud” Mosteller (Class of
1953), Jeff Carter (Class of
1974), and coach Bobby
Rowe.
This year’s class will be
inducted during the 2015
Winter Sports Banquet on
Thursday starting at 6 p.m.
in Lemon Gymnasium on
the campus of NewtonConover High School.
The 2015 class features
three outstanding individuals who have left their
mark as Newton-Conover
Red Devils.
James Andrew “Pud”
Mosteller played football,
basketball and baseball for
N-CHS and was selected to
play in the 1952 Shrine
Bowl.
After high school,
Mosteller received a full
scholarship to attend the
University of Georgia,
where he excelled as an
offensive and defensive
tackle, as well as a fullback. His play earned
him a place on the 1954
SEC all-sophomore team
and on the 1954 AllAmerican honorable mention list.
In 1957, Mosteller was
drafted by the N.Y. Giants
and practiced under
coaches Vince Lombardi
and Tom Landry, but due
to knee injuries, his playing career was cut short.
Mosteller went on to
officiate in the SEC for 25
years and refereed 12 bowl
games.
Jeff Carter graduated in
1974 from N-CHS, where
he lettered in football, basketball and track. As a Red
Devil athlete, Carter
excelled in football, where
he was named all-conference, team MVP, N-CHS
Athlete of the Year and was
also named a Golden
See HALL, Page 9
Dick’s Sporting
Goods Classic
a success in ‘15
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE O-N-E
Representatives from all eight high schools that participated in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Classic basketball tournament were present
recently for a check presentation signifying more than $275,000 that has been raised at the event since 2004.
ONESPORTS@OBSERVERNEWSONLINE.COM
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
Final accounting has
been turned in for the
DICK'S Sporting Goods
Classic
High
School
Basketball Tournament,
and each of the eight participating schools received
checks for $3,000, plus $100
in DICK'S gift cards.
The DICK'S Sporting
Goods Classic is well
known throughout the
region as the premier holiday high school basketball
tournament during the
past 29 years.
The Hickory Metro
Sports Commission serves
as the host organization
for the event and distributes the gate receipts
among the participating
schools.
The participating high
schools at this year’s event
included
Alexander
Central, Bunker Hill, Fred
T. Foard, Hickory, Maiden,
Newton-Conover, South
Caldwell and St. Stephens.
Financially it was a great
event for all eight schools
off the court.
On the court, the
Alexander Central boy's
won their first-ever DICK'S
See SUCCESS, Page 2
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