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Newby wins chief justice race, recount to begin Raleigh N.C. Associate Justice Paul Newby, a Republican who has served on the N.C. Supreme Court since 2004, led appointed incumbent Democrat Chief Justice Cheri Beasley by just under 400 votes out of 5.4 million votes cast. Most counties will begin recounts on Thursday, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections. Counties must finish their recounts by Wednesday, Nov. 25. It is the first statewide recount since the 2016 state auditor’s race, which confirmed the result, according to the NCSBE. NSJ STAFF

VA recruiting volunteers for COVID-19 clinical trials Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is recruiting volunteers for COVID-19 clinical trials at more than 50 VA medical centers across the country. “VA is eager to play a role in this important endeavor,” said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie. “Volunteering for our trials is a way people can help our country more quickly find vaccines and treatments to end the pandemic and get life back to normal.” VA’s volunteer list is open to Veterans and non-Veterans, 18 years old or older. The Durham and Salisbury VA medical centers are participating from North Carolina.

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SpaceX Dragon capsule docks at International Space Station In this frame grab from NASA TV, astronaut Shannon Walker, second from left, is greeted by astronaut Kate Rubins, left, as she enters the International Space Station after arriving from the SpaceX Dragon capsule, early Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. At right, Expedition 64 commander Sergey Ryzhikov hugs astronaut Victor Glover. Read more about the SpaceX launch on page B10.

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Moore poised to win record-tying fourth term as N.C. speaker Raleigh Incoming North Carolina House Republicans in a meeting Monday formally backed Speaker Tim Moore to lead their chamber for another two years, a result of the GOP expanding their majority in the Nov. 3 election. Moore’s election as speaker would mean winning a recordtying fourth two-year term for the job. Rep. Liston Ramsey of Madison County was elected four times as speaker, serving from 1981 through 1988, as was Rep. Jim Black of Mecklenburg County, serving from 1999 through 2006. The fact that “we actually expanded our numbers shows that we have a mandate to continue the legislative leadership that we’ve had,” Moore said at a news conference at state GOP headquarters, where returning House Republicans met and approved his nomination by acclamation. “We’ll continue to do all we can to allow the ‘Old North State’ to be even greater.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BioNTech scientist: Vaccine could halve virus transmission London One of the scientists behind the coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer said he was confident that it could halve the transmission of the virus, resulting in a “dramatic” curb of the virus’ spread. Professor Ugur Sahin, chief executive of Germany’s BioNTech, said it was “absolutely essential” to have a high vaccination rate before next autumn to ensure a return to normal life next winter. “Our goal is to deliver more than 300 million of vaccine doses until April next year, which could allow us to already start to make an impact,” Sahin said. “I’m very confident that transmission between people will be reduced by such a highly effective vaccine — maybe not 90% but maybe 50%,” he said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Mark Robinson discusses Lt. Gov. race win, plans for term Political newcomer rose from poverty to be NC’s first black Lt. Gov. By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican lieutenant governor-elect, won big on Election Day, with 2,799,018 votes. The vote total is more than other top-of-the-ticket Republicans, like Donald Trump (with 2,756,899 votes), Thom Tillis (with 2,664,001) or Dan Forest (with 2,585,114 votes), received from Tar Heel voters. But Robinson is careful not to fault his fellow Republicans, saying they had to overcome fallout from the coronavirus and had longer political records to defend. In a Nov. 16 interview with North State Journal, Robinson also said the strong numbers were because he is an “outsider,” adding, “It’s what people are looking for these days. People are looking for fresh faces and new voices.” Robinson’s campaign manager, Conrad Pogorzelski III, told NSJ that this outsider’s sto-

ry, along with consistent messaging and a strong volunteer base, is what made the difference. During his campaign, Robinson frequently told the story of growing up in extreme poverty, and sometimes foster care, in a family with an abusive, alcoholic father and a mother trying to raise 10 children in Greensboro by herself. “I really hope people will look at me and say, ‘Here’s a guy that came from a poor family and came up working blue collar jobs — just an ordinary person who stepped up, and now he’s the second highest elected official in North Carolina. If he can do this, then doggone it, I can step out in faith and courage and do some things too.’” Robinson said being a visible example to those growing up in adversity is important to him, especially to young black people who may not have seen a lot of examples of people who look like them in prominent roles. He recalled how when he was young, he would go to the library a lot to read books about history and war, with special interest in stories about military heroes.

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North Carolina Lt. Gov-elect Mark Robinson is shown at his home in Colfax, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Robinson will serve as North Carolina’s first black lieutenant governor. He hopes he can work with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and state lawmakers on veterans-related issues.

Cohen having ‘ongoing conversations’ with mayors about COVID ordinances By A.P. Dillon and Matt Mercer North State Journal RALEIGH — At a COVID-19 briefing on Nov. 12, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services secretary Mandy Cohen confirmed she was having “ongoing conversations” with mayors in the state about implementing stricter COVID-19 ordinances than the state’s current emergency orders. When asked if her office was pushing stricter ordinances in calls with mayors, Cohen confirmed, “We have had ongoing conversations throughout our time fighting COVID with our county and municipal leaders.” She confirmed that she and her office had “talked to mayors about it.” “We also said, look, there are local authorities they have what we don’t have at the state level that they could consider employing here. Some of them include things like giving themselves authority to impose civil penalties as opposed

to criminal penalties for violations of the executive order,” said Cohen. Cohen went on to say that the current state executive order “only allows for criminal penalties, but local ordinances could create civil penalties,” comparing it to getting a parking ticket. “It is a parking ticket version of a penalty,” Cohen said. She later added that certain cities and towns had been sharing “best practices” for dealing with businesses and COVID order compliance. The day before Cohen’s remarks, Gov. Roy Cooper issued a new executive order keeping the state in Phase 3, but reducing the indoor gathering limit from 25 to 10 people. Cooper stated during the briefing that the intent was to target Thanksgiving holiday gatherings. “What the governor has somehow forgotten is a thing called ‘My See NCDHHS, page A2

What did Democratic dark money buy in North Carolina’s 2020 election cycle? Wins for Republicans By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — Historic levels of money poured into North Carolina elections this cycle, including money from a number of 501(c)4s, also known as “dark money” groups. But what results did that money buy? Based on the results, the answer seems to be Republican wins. 501(c)4s are called dark money groups because they are not required to disclose their donors. Democrats spent millions in state races this year that failed to translate into Democrat wins, especially at the state legislature. While Republicans did not recapture their veto-proof majorities in either chamber, they did maintain their majorities. The previous Republican majority was 65-55 in the House, and this cycle Republicans picked up four seats bringing their total to 69 of out of 120 seats. Democrats suffered a net loss of four seats, dropping their number of seats to 51. Democratic incumbents had a rough time, with House Reps. Sydney Batch (D-Wake), Scott Brewer (D-Stanly), Christy Clark (D-Mecklenburg), Ray Russell (D-Watauga) and Joe Sam Queen (D-Haywood) all losing their seats. In the Senate, the ratio had been 29-21 in favor of Republicans. DemSee WINS, page A2

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WINS from page A1 ocrats only picked up a single seat, bringing their total to 22 out of the 50 total members. The NC Dem Leadership Committee (NCDLC) was one of the bigger spenders, particularly on Council of State races. NCDLC had a beginning balance this cycle of over $8.9 million and a third-quarter ending balance of $2,145,001. Notable contributions include Adam Stein, the father of Attorney General Josh Stein, who made a total of $75,000 in contributions to NCDLC. Josh Stein received $2.9 million in campaign contributions from NCDLC. Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Rep. Yvonne Holley’s campaign received a total of $450,000 from NCDLC; Gov. Roy Cooper’s campaign was the recipient of $9.75 million. Holley lost to Republican Mark Robinson by over 3% of the vote; whereas, Cooper won a second term against Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. At this time, it is unclear how much was spent by the group Moving NC Forward, which in the past fundraised for Cooper and Stein. Moving NC Forward was started by Tom Hendrickson, a businessman and long-time donor to Cooper. Hendrickson was appointed to several state boards by the Cooper administration when Hendrickson’s daughter Katie worked for Cooper in a role recommending boards and commissions appointments. Records from 2019 on file with the N.C. Secretary of state

NCDHHS from page A1 home is my castle,’ and he does not rule over my home or the homes of any other North Carolina families,” said Ashley Smith, co-founder of the ReOpenNC movement. “It seems as though every month or so for the last eight months, the governor says, ‘We’re almost there,’ urging compliance and ‘a light at the end of the tunnel is near.’ Truth be told, Cooper and NCDHHS Director Dr. Cohen have still not emphasized the co-morbidity rates of infection and death that would prove that only a small fraction of the general public is actually at risk,” Smith said. In October, NCDHHS pushed county officials to enact stronger ordinances. On Oct. 21, a letter was sent to 36 counties by Cohen and N.C. Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik Hooks. The letter urged county officials to create ordinances which “include restrictions imposing a higher State of Emergency standard than those included in the governor’s most recent Executive Order.” The Oct. 21 letter also asks counties to “adopt an ordinance that imposes a civil penalty or fine.” Accompanying Cohen and

“The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci (1495-1498); Santa Maria delle Grazie (Public Domain)

As we approach Thanksgiving and a holiday season under the cloud of uncertainty, we all have areas of our lives for which we should be thankful. Living in the United States is, for many, still the greatest place to live on Earth. Having another opportunity to celebrate the holidays is another. James 1:17 tells us that every good gift comes from God. As we approach Thanksgiving celebrations, we should be mindful of the gifts we continue to receive even though we also face hardships and setbacks. As we gather together for Thanksgiving traditions, we should remember the gifts we receive are divine and they are represented by relationships, opportunities and time.

show Moving NC Forward brought in close to $1 million. The group received grants from businesses totaling $897,000. Forward Majority Action was another Dark Money player in the state, albeit as more of a passthrough for multiple other groups. Forward Majority Action made payments to two groups, Make North Carolina First for $100,000 and North Carolina Families First for $250,000. Make North Carolina First is a 501(c)4 created by Raleigh-area attorney Michael Weisel. The most recent filings show Public Policy Polling founder Dean Debnam sits on the board of the organization. NC Families First, another group formed by Weisel, sent money ($201,975) on to at least three other Dark Money groups. Real Facts NC received $100,000 and Way to Lead NC PAC got $17,700. A third group, Education Now, received $84,275. Education Now a is a 501(c)4 run by former legislator and member of the Senate Democratic Leadership team, Linda Garrou. In January of this year, the group’s pitch for a plan to spend $1 million to $2 million each on Senate districts 1, 7, 11, 13, 24 and 31. NC Families First’s third quarter filing shows $2 million in receipts and $1,874,538 in expenditures, which all went to negative print media, TV and radio ads. That third quarter filing includes receipts from Make NC First for $1,100,000, Majority Forward Action for $250,000, NC Citizens Protecting our Schools for $500,000, and Progress Action NC for $500,000.

In the state Senate races, NC Families First opposed Republicans Amy Galey and Bob Steinburg. The group spent $603,310 on ads opposing Galey and over $1.1 million on Steinburg. Both Galey and Steinburg won their respective races. Conversely, the group supported Democrat Allen Wellons in the amount of $603,310. Wellons lost his District 11 race by a 10-point margin to Republican Lisa Barnes. In the House, NC Families First put over $161,000 into ads opposing Diane Wheatley in District 43, over $603,000 opposing District 1 incumbent Ed Goodwin, and over $603,000 opposing Ray Pickett for the District 93 seat, which covers Ashe and Watauga Counties. All three candidates won. Wheatley’s win secures the House District 43 seat for Republicans, which had been held by Democrat Elmer Floyd. Floyd was defeated by an 11-point margin in the March Democratic primary by Kimberly Hardy. Additionally, NC Families First spent $603,310 each opposing four-term incumbent John Szoka (R-Cumberland) and Jeff Zenger in the House 47 race. As with all of the other races, both Szoka and Zenger prevailed over their Democrat opponents. Zenger replaces Republican Wes Schollander, who was appointed to the Forsyth seat in August 2020. NC Families First only opposed one Council of State member, putting over $603,000 against Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor.

Hooks’ letter were two suggested sample ordinance drafts. Both used language similar to restrictions in Phase 2, with indoor gatherings of 25 limited back to 10 people. Additionally, the sample ordinances invoke an alcohol curfew of 9 p.m., earlier than the current statewide curfew of 11 p.m. Fines suggested for violators would follow a one-year rolling basis, beginning with the first violation. Cohen and Hooks suggested tiered penalties starting at $200 for the first violation and rising to $1,000 for the fourth violation. Any failure to pay a penalty would results in an additional $50 charge. The following 36 counties received the NCDHHS letter: Alamance, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Caswell, Catawba, Chowan, Cleveland, Craven, Cumberland, Davidson, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gaston, Graham, Greene, Guilford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pitt, Randolph, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Scotland, Union, Wake, Watauga and Wayne. According to NCDHHS, these counties had to meet certain criteria in order to be sent the ordinance letter. A county had to have 300 or more new cases in the

last 14 days and was identified by the White House Task Force as a county of concern, the county’s case rate is greater than 50 cases per 10,000 people, or the county is one of the top three most populous. The day after the Oct. 21 briefing, North State Journal examined the case data for all counties and found some counties were left off the list while others that received the letter likely shouldn’t have. Analysis showed 10 counties who did not receive sent letters actually did meet at least one of NCDHHS’ criteria. Buncombe, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Durham, Forsyth, Harnett, Iredell and Wilson all met the 14-day case criteria. Richmond and Clay met criteria No. 2, being a county with a case rate greater than 50 cases per 10,000 people. None of the following counties which received a letter appeared to meet the criteria: Burke, Caswell, Chowan, Duplin, Graham, Greene, Hoke, Scotland and Watauga. These 10 counties may have been identified by the White House Coronavirus Task Force; however, that data has not been made available by the task force or NCDHHS.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 17

Unlike NC Families First, expenditures made by Advance North Carolina (ANC) were all in support of Democratic candidates, including Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and Council of State candidates. Funds spent were on advertising across print media, radio, billboards, door hangers and television ads. ANC put in just under $236,000 into around 17 promotions backing N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Beasley. The chief justice race had been a tight one in the days following the General Election as provisional ballots were counted and additional absentee by-mail ballots continued to trickle in. The absentee ballots were allowed to be accepted through Nov. 12 by 5 p.m. which is six days longer than in past elections. The extension is due to a consent agreement entered into by the state’s board of elections and a plaintiff represented by former Hillary Clinton Campaign attorney Marc Elias. ANC also put $235,902 behind Holley and Secretary of Labor candidate Jessica Holmes. Neither woman won their race. Much smaller funds in the form of $1,049 for slate cards was spent on other Council of State candidates such as treasurer candidate Ronnie Chatterji, state superintendent candidate Jen Mangrum, and Agriculture commissioner candidate Jenna Wadsworth. The same money for slate cards was spend for incumbents which included Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, Attorney General Josh Stein and State Auditor Beth

Woods. All of the incumbents kept their seats while Chatterji, Mangrum and Wadsworth all lost. In other judicial races like the Court of Appeals, ANC’s support did not yield any wins. The group spent $235,902 on Rueben Young in his contest against Republican Jeff Carpenter. Young lost. The same amount was put behind Lora Cubbage, who faced Republican Fred Gore. The result was the same and Cubbage lost to Gore. As with the Council of State, ANC spent $1,049 each on slate cards for Democratic Court of Appeals candidates Chris Brook, Tricia Shields and Gray Styers. All three lost. April Wood defeated Shields, Jefferson Griffin beat Chris Brook and Chris Dillon defeated Styers. ANC had a win in the North Carolina Senate with Ernestine Bazemore defeating Republican Thomas Hester Jr. for the District Three seat, which covers Beaufort, Bertie, Martin, Northampton, Vance and Warren Counties. The seat is currently held by Democrat Erica Smith, who failed to win the March primary to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis. Tillis recently won reelection over Democrat Cal Cunningham. The Bazemore win was a wash for ANC, with Democrat David Sink losing badly to incumbent Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick), Senate Leader Phil Berger’s top deputy, by over 27 points. The extent of spending won’t be fully known until the fourth quarter reports are due to the State Board of Elections.

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Twitter, Facebook CEOs defend election actions, promise more By Marcy Gordon The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday defended their safeguards against ‘disinformation’ in the presidential election and promised Congress they would take vigorous action for two special elections in Georgia that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee they have strong programs in place to protect their platforms from being used to disseminate falsehoods or discourage people from voting in the Georgia elections. “You have an immense civic and moral responsibility,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, told the executives. He said the actions the companies took to slow the spread of disinformation in the contest between President Donald Trump and

ROBINSON from page A1 “I’d see these pictures of men in the military, and, invariably, they were always white men,” Robinson said. “It kind of made me think, ‘Is there any possibility for me to be a soldier being black? Where are the pictures of black soldiers?’ And I distinctly remember the first time I saw it; I was at church, must have been at Veterans Day or Memorial Day, and I saw a man wearing Marine Corps dress blues, and it literally opened my eyes. And I said, ‘He’s a Marine, and I can be a Marine too.’” Robinson later joined the military as a medical specialist in the U.S. Army Reserves. He said another thing that many black youth may need to see modeled publicly is being a black Republican, because those who believe in those conservative principles often feel like they can’t voice them without being ridiculed. “I think when they see me succeed while standing on these principles, that they too believe in, they’ll say ‘Hey, I can do it,’ and they’ll step out. I think we’ll see more and more black people lean towards the Republican Party and lean towards conservative principles.” If it was the candidate’s outsider story that won the day, it needed to overcome a massive influx

Democrat Joe Biden were constructive. But Blumenthal said he was concerned they could let their guard down for the Georgia elections and fail to act against dangerous information. “You’ve tried to slow its spread. That’s not censorship,” he said. But Republican senators, including committee chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, revived complaints of censorship and anti-conservative bias against the social media platforms and pushed for stripping away some of the protections that have shielded tech companies from legal responsibility for what people post. “I think there’s Republican and Democratic concern about the power that’s being used by social media outlets to tell us what we can see and what we can’t, what’s true and what’s not,” Graham said at the start of the hearing. Twitter and Facebook have both slapped a misinformation label on content from Trump, most notably his assertions linking voting by mail to fraud.

of out-of-state independent funding in support of Robinson’s opponent, state Rep. Yvonne Lewis-Holley (D-Wake). “We killed it on the fundraising front,” Pogorzelski told NSJ. “But we had Michael Bloomberg come in and drop $8.5 million against us in the last four weeks of the campaign. So we raised more from individuals, but we got outspent heavily because of independent expenditures.” Pogorzelski said the unusual amount of money spent signaled to him that the Democrats had a larger strategic reason for targeting the race. “On average, a lieutenant governor’s race like that sees about $2 million spent; ours saw closer to $12 million. He [Bloomberg] absolutely came in and tried to buy this race.” When asked why Bloomberg would take this level of interest in N.C.’s lieutenant governor’s race, Pogorzelski said, “I can tell you exactly why it is. Roy Cooper wants to run for U.S. Senate in 2022, but doesn’t want to give up the governor’s mansion to a Republican. They were trying to make sure they’d have a Democrat to take his spot in 2022 if he were to run and win the Senate seat.” Pogorzelski was referring to North Carolina General Statute

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Facebook and Twitter’s actions around the closely contested election on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Dorsey testified that Twitter flagged some 300,000 tweets between Oct. 27 and Nov. 11 for content that was disputed and potentially misleading. “We applied labels to add context and limit the risk of harmful election misinformation spreading without important context, because the public told us they wanted us to take these steps,” he said. Of the labeled tweets, 456 also were covered by a warning message and were limited in how they could be shared. About 74% of the

“There are nine states that don’t tax veterans’ pensions at all. I’d like to make North Carolina the 10th state that doesn’t. ... We really need to cut a lot of red tape involved, especially with our elderly veterans who need a lot of care, so it’s very easy to get the care they need.” Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor-elect, on his main legislative priority

147-11.1, which requires that “The Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of the Governor.” He admits it is only speculation, but said it makes the most sense considering the amount of money put into the race. But now that Robinson is lieutenant governor-elect, he is moving on — focusing instead on his priorities for office. Robinson said his “pet project” would be to work with both parties

people who viewed those tweets saw them after a label or warning message was applied. Zuckerberg said Facebook joined with election officials to remove false claims about polling conditions and displayed warnings on more than 150 million pieces of content after review by independent fact-checkers. Facebook also prohibited misrepresentations about how or when to vote as well as attempts to use threats about the coronavirus to scare people into not voting, he said.

in the General Assembly to make North Carolina’s veterans’ care the nation’s “gold standard.” “There are nine states that don’t tax veterans’ pensions at all. I’d like to make North Carolina the 10th state that doesn’t,” he said. “Also, I would love to increase programs that care for the severely wounded, elderly and disabled veterans. We really need to cut a lot of red tape involved, especially with our elderly veterans who need a lot of care, so it’s very easy to get the care they need.” Robinson also said he’s looking forward to his role sitting on the State Board of Education, saying he plans on “bringing a conservative voice to that table and trying to help the newly elected superintendent of public instruction, Catherine Truitt.” “Absolutely,” Robinson said of whether he will be working with Truitt to try to reopen the state’s schools, which was a campaign priority for her. “We need to start getting these kids back to school. As I travel the state, I’m telling you, I talk to parents who are Republican, Democrat and independent, and all of them tell me they want their children back in school, and their children want to be back in school. We have so many children right now who were A or B students who are now C or D students because

Zuckerberg acknowledged that “election interference remains an ongoing threat.” Zuckerberg and Dorsey promised lawmakers last month that they would aggressively guard their platforms from being manipulated by foreign governments or used to incite violence around the election results — and they followed through with high-profile steps that angered Trump and his supporters. Facebook moved two days after the election to ban a large group called “Stop the Steal” that Trump supporters were using. For days after the election, as the vote counting went on, copycat “Stop the Steal” groups were easily found on Facebook. As of Monday, Facebook appeared to have made them harder to find, though it was still possible to locate them, including some groups with thousands of members. The GOP majority on the Judiciary panel threatened Zuckerberg and Dorsey with subpoenas last month if they didn’t voluntarily agree to testify for Tuesday’s hearing. Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee lambasted the two CEOs and Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, at a hearing last month for what they said was a pattern of silencing conservative viewpoints while giving free rein to political actors from countries like China and Iran.

they’re disengaged. They need that learning environment.” Another focus in the education arena for Robinson, who frequently talked about public schools indoctrinating students with left-wing ideology, is examining the curriculum for appropriateness. “One of the things I want to examine the most is the curriculum. I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter from folks about a lot of the things that the Department of Public Instruction is trying to put inside the curriculum. And some of the stuff is not settling well with me, is not settling well with a lot of parents, and quite honestly, is not settling well with a lot of teachers. So we want to take a good strong look at the curriculum and make sure that we’re teaching our students what they need to know in order to be successful, and we’re not promoting a bunch of social engineering.” One part of the lieutenant governor role he is not worried about, however, is presiding over the state’s Senate when they are in session. “I’m sure we’ll be able to handle that, no problem,” Robinson said. “I’ve learned a myriad of things, everything from breaking down an M-16 to how to operate a small business. So I’m sure I can learn to operate Robert’s Rules of Order.”

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NCDOT PROJECT UPDATE REGARDING PROPOSED EXTENSION OF RANCH ROAD FROM LITTLE CREEK CHURCH ROAD TO N.C. 42 / U.S. 70 BUSINESS IN JOHNSTON COUNTY

STIP PROJECT NO. U-6223 Clayton - The public is invited to view pre-recorded videos from the N.C. Department of Transportation this month regarding the proposal to extend Ranch Road from Little Creek Church Road to N.C. 42 / U.S. 70 business in Clayton. This project proposes to improve safety and mobility. Due to COVID-19, NCDOT will not host an in-person public meeting for the Ranch Road extension. The department has developed a series of videos to provide you with the following: • An overview of the project; • How to read public meeting maps • Project maps, which can be found on the NCDOT public input webpage https://publicinput.com/RanchRd-Clayton. The public can view the project materials and leave comments by accessing the public input webpage shown above. There will not be a formal presentation. People may also submit comments by phone (855-925-2801 enter project code 9548), email (RanchRd-Clayton@PublicInput.com), or mail to the project manager by December, 11, 2020. NCDOT Division Highway 4 Project Engineer Rachel Evans

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Contact NCDOT as soon as possible if you require any accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Anyone requiring special services should contact Tony Gallagher, Environmental Analysis Unit, at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1598, 919-7076069 or magallagher@ncdot.gov as early as possible so arrangements can be made.

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American Indian Heritage Month celebrates and honors native population More than 122,000 North Carolinians identify as American Indians, which represents the largest population east of the Mississippi River and the eighth-largest in the United States. The state has eight recognized tribes, and just this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Lumbee Recognition Act to give federal recognition to the Lumbee tribe. The Lumbee’s quest for federal recognition has spanned over a century. President Donald Trump came out in support of recognition and hosted a late October campaign *Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians rally in Lumberton to show his Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation support.

Close, expensive 2020 campaign a preview of 2022 open seat NSJ staff RALEIGH — The race between Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham, ultimately won by Tillis, was the most expensive Senate race in the nation. 2022 is likely to be expensive as well. Bloomberg Government reported that over $271 million was spent in the race by the candidates and outside groups. Tillis prevailed by around 2% of the vote to earn a second six-year term representing the state. Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican who was elected to his third term in 2016, said at the time he would retire at the end of the term and not run for re-election in 2022, making it an open seat. Speculation began almost as soon as Burr was sworn in. Former Gov. Pat McCrory passed on a fourth run for governor in 2020 and said on his radio program he would look at running for the open seat. Mark Meadows, who represented the 11th Congressional district, until taking over as White House chief of staff, earlier this year, is also mentioned as a possibility. A third potential candidate is Rep. Mark Walker, who openly pondered a primary challenge against Tillis after the 2019 redistricting session that redrew the Sixth Congressional District he represented since 2015. Rep. Ted Budd, who represents the state’s 13th Congressional District, could also make a run. Democrats mentioned for the seat include Attorney General Josh Stein, who

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School moves to online learning due to COVID cluster

Woolly worm makes winter prediction online Avery County The annual woolly worm race to predict this winter season’s weather was forced to be held online, as the pandemic caused Banner Elk to cancel the annual Woolly Worm Festival. The worm has 13 body segments, and the color of each segment of the race’s winner is used to predict each week of winter. According to race results, the first four weeks and last two weeks will have below normal temperatures, snow and cold. Weeks five through 11 will have average temperatures or light snow and frost.

Swain County A Pre-K program has moved to remote learning after six staff members were exposed to the COVID-19 virus. Bright Adventures Pre-K said that two staff members (one of which was “noninstructional”) have tested positive. The other four were forced to quarantine due to close contact with the two. No students were reported to have had close contact with the positive cases. The school will remain remote until Monday, Nov. 30. WLOS

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PIEDMONT NC State requiring COVID-19 test before return to campus Wake County Students, faculty and staff at NC State University will be required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before returning to campus in the spring. The school announced the new policy Friday, after more than 1,000 cases forced the school to move mostly to remote classes during the fall semester. Those returning must get tested three to five days before the semester starts. The university said anyone who refuses to comply can face disciplinary action. The school will also expand its testing capabilities for several thousand students and staff members to be tested every week.

Couple arrested for abduction Bear suspected in goat attack Polk County Four goats, including two pregnant females, were reported missing from a Polk County 4-H Livestock program last month. Two more goats went missing a week later. All six goats were in a locked enclosure at the time they disappeared. Originally investigated as a theft, remains of the goats were discovered and point to some type of natural predator, most likely a bear. The rest of the herd has been moved to a safe location. WLOS

3 dead, 2 missing from flooding at campsite Alexander County Floodwaters from a nearby river overtook recreational vehicles at a campsite, killing three people and leaving two others missing, including a child. In addition to the three deaths at the Hiddenite Family Campground in Alexander County, a motorist was killed in the county while traveling on a road that was washed out by rising water. The floodwaters either covered or swept away the recreational vehicles at the campground, which is next to the South Yadkin River and is home for many of the people caught in the flood. AP

EAST Search continues for 2 men after boat was found overturned Beaufort County A search is continuing for two people who were believed to be on a recreational fishing boat that overturned. The Coast Guard said that it’s still looking for George Hamilton Andrews of Raleigh and William Watkins Merriman IV of Wilmington. Their boat was discovered near Beaufort Inlet. The men were last seen departing from Atlantic Beach for a fishing trip aboard a 35-foot boat named Strike Zone. The Coast Guard had deployed a diver to the overturned boat, but no one was on board. The search has so far covered nearly 7,300 square miles. AP

Burke County Jonathan Holtsclaw, 36, and Samantha Bowman, 29, of Burke County were arrested last month after police found a missing juvenile in their home on Scott Road. Police made two visits to the home in October, questioning the couple but not locating the child on the first trip. When officers returned the next morning, the missing juvenile was found and Holtsclaw and Bowman were both charged with abduction. WBTV

Couple using same lottery numbers for 26 years wins jackpot Durham County A husband and wife who have been playing the same set of lottery numbers for 26 years won more than $366,000 this week in Cash 5. Terry Coggeshall, of Durham, claimed the prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. The odds of winning were 1 in 962,598. Coggeshall, a delivery coordinator, bought the winning ticket at a grocery store in Chapel Hill. Coggeshall said the couple started playing the same set of numbers when they lived in Florida. After required federal and state tax withholdings, they are $259,425 richer.

Threat to burn black church gets man 2 years Catawba County John Malcolm Bareswill, 63, of Catawba, was sentenced to two years in prison for threatening to burn down a black church in southeast Virginia. Bareswill called the church in Virginia Beach and made racially derogatory remarks and threatened to set the church on fire. Bareswill pleaded guilty in August. Authorities said the threatening call was made on June 7, days after one of the church’s leaders took part in a public prayer vigil and peaceful demonstration for George Floyd. AP

City council nixes ‘Black Lives Do Matter’ mural Pitt County Greenville City Council rejected a proposal to have a “Black Lives Do Matter” mural painted on a local street, opting instead for a mural which reads “Unite Against Racism.” The six-member council voted to require artists who asked to paint the message to use the words “Unite Against Racism” or not paint at all. Changes will be needed because city staff will have to rework the spacing of the lettering so it doesn’t interfere with crosswalks and can fit in the space. Artists were scheduled to begin painting the lettering on Friday.

would not have to resign his position, and state Sen. Jeff Jackson, who met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to talk about a campaign in 2020. Jackson inadvertently gave Republicans an attack line in 2020 race, saying that Schumer wanted a nominee who would “spend the next 16 months in a windowless basement raising money,” according to an October 2019 story in National Review. Those attacks dogged Cunningham in both his primary against state Sen. Erica Smith and the general election. Other Democrats who could run for the seat include Smith, who criticized national Democrats for a lack of support, Wake County state Rep. Grier Martin, who is frequently mentioned as a statewide candidate, or Deborah Ross, who easily won the redrawn Second Congressional District seat and ran against Burr in 2016. The race would be important for both parties given the close makeup of the U.S. Senate heading into 2021. With the two Georgia runoffs looming on Jan. 5, 2021, Republicans currently hold 50 seats to 48 from Democrats. The outcome of those races could give Republicans a margin of four seats or evenly divide the chamber. Burr, who served 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, faces a probe from the U.S. Department of Justice following allegations of improper stock sales. Federal agents seized Burr’s cell phone in May. If Burr resigns from his seat, the N.C. Republican Party would submit three names to Gov. Roy Cooper to serve the remainder of Burr’s term.

COVID forces sheriff’s office to close Lenoir County Lenoir County Sheriff Ronnie Ingram announced that the sheriff’s department’s administrative offices would be closed through Nov. 20. The move was made necessary due to exposure to COVID-19 by members of the department’s civilian clerical staff. None of the deputies were exposed, and patrols, investigations and court services will continue. Fingerprinting and gun permits will be delayed, however. WITN

Man killed in hunting accident Duplin County Kilby Watkins Jr. of Wallace was killed last Friday in a fatal hunting accident. Watkins was hunting in the woods just north of Wallace when, according to North Carolina Wildlife office Lindsey Bijas, he suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Initial reports indicate that the injury was accidental. N.C. Wildlife is still investigating the incident. WITN

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

Tiger Woods, the Masters and golf’s life lessons

There are no words for the humiliation and dejection any golfer experiences who makes a 10 on a par 3, especially with 13 million people watching on television.

DUSTIN JOHNSON WON the 2020 Masters in recordbreaking fashion with a dominating five-stroke victory at Augusta National. Tiger Woods did something that many golfers consider to be even more impossible, and it was hardly even reported or covered during the broadcast or the media reports the next day. Defending champion and five-time Masters green jacket winner Tiger Woods trailed Dustin Johnson by 11 shots heading into the final round Sunday — not a totally impossible lead to overcome, given Tiger’s history of playing extremely well in the last round of the 15 majors he has won and Johnson’s history of not finishing well in three other majors he led heading into Sunday, but difficult nonetheless. Tiger got off to a solid start, parring the first hole and putting for eagle on the par 5 second hole, before settling for a birdie. He stumbled with bogeys on three of the next eight holes, taking him out of any serious contention to win his 16th major. He had eight holes to play. Real golfers know they can’t give up when they know they can’t win. They have to finish the round they started barring severe injury and do the best they

can. He parred the 11th hole before stepping up to the most treacherous, and shortest, hole at Augusta National, the 155-yard par 3 12th hole, called Golden Bell after a bright yellow forsythia shrub. The tee shot at the 12th hole at Augusta is one of the most terrifying shots in all golf. There is a landing area about 15 feet in diameter on the green where you have to hit your shot in order to have any chance at a par, much less a birdie. The green is usually slick as ice and any ball that lands short of the green almost always rolls back into Rae’s Creek. Tiger hit his first shot on the front fringe of the green and, sure enough, it rolled back into the creek for a one-shot penalty. He hit his next shot, his third due to the penalty, and it, too, hit the green but had enough backspin that it rolled back into Rae’s Creek for another one stroke penalty. He pulled out another ball to hit from the fairway side of the creek, his sixth shot. Remember: this is Tiger Woods, five-time Masters champion and one of the two greatest golfers in history, Jack Nicklaus being the other, making these mistakes, not some weekend hacker.

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It hit the green hard and landed in the back bunker often described as treacherous. From a very awkward stance, he hit his sand shot too low and too hard and it skittered across the green and back into Rae’s Creek once again for a third penalty stroke. He pulled out another ball; pitched it onto the green lying eight and then two-putted for a 10. There is no label for seven strokes over par on a single hole as there is for a double, triple or quadruple bogey. There are no words for the humiliation and dejection any golfer experiences who makes a 10 on a par 3, especially with 13 million people watching on television. Somehow in some other-worldly way, Tiger Woods maintained his composure as he walked to the 13th tee. He birdied the par 5 and then parred No. 14 before doing what really is impossible for other mortal golfers: he birdied the next four holes in succession, the par 5 15th hole, the par 3 16th hole, the par 4 17th hole and the par 4 18th hole, to finish with a closing round 76 to finish the tournament tied for 38th. Tiger Woods went from experiencing the worst hole of his long and storied career to his best score ever over the final six holes at the Masters in less than 90 minutes. How can anyone recover mentally and emotionally from such a disaster in such a short period of time to produce such extraordinary results? Golf is just a game but sometimes it teaches life lessons we never forget. The main lesson is sportsmanship; golfers are the only athletes who call penalties on themselves to honor the rules of the game. Imagine such an ethic existing in every other aspect of life from business to politics to friends and family. But in this almost unreported example, Tiger Woods teaches us to be resilient, to never give up, to take what life deals us and try to be excellent in whatever we do each time we do it. There are some life lessons for us as a nation in that as well.

EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS

Democrats turn into turkeys on Thanksgiving gathering limits DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS in states like California, New York and North Carolina are pouring cold water on the excitement Americans normally feel this time of the year by mandating indoor gatherings, including those that take place at private residences, be limited to no more than 10 people, in what they say is an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But while they’ve publicly declared indoor get-togethers be strictly limited for the holidays, privately, some of them are People are tired singing different tunes on their own soirées. For example, of doing as their California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was recently caught told only to mingling at the very type of intimate get-together he blames for see the people a virus spike in his state. doing the most Back in September, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was exposed as a mask hypocrite when she was seen maskless lecturing on in a widely circulated video getting a haircut and highlights at staying safe a shuttered indoor San Francisco hair salon on the very day she not following scolded Republicans for attending their national convention the rules they without strictly observing the recommended CDC guidelines on mandate for social distancing and masks. others. Not surprisingly, she’s another who doesn’t practice what she preaches on gathering limits. Last Friday, NBC News reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell posted a photo of the indoor dining hall where Pelosi was set to host a rather ritzy indoor gathering of incoming Democratic House members. Pelosi told her it would be safe. “It’s very spaced,” Pelosi claimed. It did not take long for the condemnations to pour in. There were thousands of quote retweets from those on the left and right. Liberals were upset Pelosi yet again made them look like the elitist hypocrites they are, and conservatives were furious over her hypocritical actions at a time when Republicans are being shamed for publicly stating they have no intentions of abiding by Democratic mandates on indoor gatherings during the holidays. The party was canceled thanks to the backlash. MSNBC’s “All In” host Chris Hayes, a Democrat, is another who sends mixed

signals on when people should take extra safety precautions in the middle of a pandemic. “Right now, if we had [an] administration that cared one whit about protecting Americans there would be national coordinated messaging all over the place about making Thanksgiving virtual this year (or outdoors where weather permits)! But there is none because they don’t care,” Hayes tweeted a week ago. When a Republican NYC Councilman announced he would be defying Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s gathering limits on Thanksgiving, a sour-faced Hayes then accused the Republican party of having “basically taken the side of the virus,” saying they were “actively trying to spread it.” But a few days prior to Hayes’ call for “virtual Thanksgivings” and accusing Republicans of “taking the side of the virus,” he encouraged Democrats to take to the streets to celebrate a Biden-Harris “victory.” He did advise revelers to wear masks, but surely someone like Hayes, who has covered the George Floyd protests for months, knows there will be many in the crowds who don’t. Newsom, Pelosi and Hayes are but three of many examples of the left’s “do as we say and not as we do” mentality, and arguably are at least part of the reason some states are seeing a rise in COVID cases. Simply put, people are tired of doing as their told only to see the people doing the most lecturing on staying safe not following the rules they mandate for others. After eight months of restrictions on how many people can get together in one place, many (at least 40%, according to one recent survey) have decided that at Thanksgiving they’re going to spend the time with their extended families around the dinner table — time that, up until this point, has been denied to them. Who can fault them for that stance? Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection

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COLUMN | TOM MURRY

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It’s time to clamp down on shell corporations, a frequent tool of our enemies

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FOR YEARS, while the U.S. has tried to combat foreign dictators and regimes aimed at undercutting American national security, U.S. laws have also provided the types of tools those regimes need in order to continue funding their operations — specifically, anonymous shell companies. Thanks to the way companies are formed Sen. Tillis in the U.S., it’s the states, not Congress, that oversee who gets to set up shell companies has the across the country. Those states, for opportunity decades, have been more than happy to let to close down any and all set up companies from Delaware the largest to Nevada to Wyoming. All of it, completely anonymously. vulnerability These anonymous shell companies have in our allowed everyone from autocrats to armsnation’s traffickers to move their money throughout financial the U.S. completely anonymously. These defenses companies mask who the true owners are, or where that money — whether linked by calling back to terrorist networks or dictatorships for Senate ransacking their populations — originally leaders to came from. include the And we’ve already seen the kind of damage these anonymous American shell Corporate Transparency companies have done. Iran, for instance, was recently caught Act in the using American shell companies to final defense purchase real estate in Manhattan, allowing the Iranian regime to circumvent American bill. sanctions for years. The most notorious gunrunner of the past few decades, a Russian national named Viktor Bout, used shell companies formed in Delaware, Florida and Texas to help hide his arms-smuggling network, which armed everyone from dictators in Africa to the Taliban. There’s no reason to think these regimes have stopped — or that they’re limited only to Tehran or Pyongyang. Indeed, it’s possible few regimes have taken as much advantage of this anonymity as China. Time and again, anonymous shell companies have helped the Chinese Communist Party continue to loot their country, continue to fund their human rights atrocities and continue to threaten American interests. We already know that Chinese officials have used

anonymous shell companies as one of their primary tools in funding bribery networks abroad to exert influence. For instance, Chinese officials turned to anonymous shell companies as part of an operation to help crooked Malaysian figures launder billions of dollars. Similar revelations have popped up almost everywhere China has tried to extend its so-called Belt and Road Initiative. As the D.C.-based Hudson Institute found, dirty money linked to Chinese investments has found its way into shell companies everywhere from Sri Lanka to Kenya. At the same time, China is taking advantage of the anonymous companies to undermine legitimate U.S. businesses. According to the OECD, China and Hong Kong are the source for eight out of every 10 counterfeit products in the world — and many of those are sold through anonymous shell companies. Anonymous shell companies have even been linked to the kinds of fentanyl networks out of China that have already caused an untold number of deaths in the U.S. Anonymous shell companies are a key piece of China’s overall efforts to dethrone the United States as a global superpower and extend its interests at our expense. Thankfully, our policymakers have finally woken up to this threat, and are starting to do something about it. The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan measure that will end anonymous shell companies in the U.S., known as the Corporate Transparency Act. The law was included in the House’s version of the defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act. It’s now up to House and Senate leaders to negotiate which parts of this House bill ultimately make it into the final congressional defense bill to attack this threat. Fortunately, the Senate has been working on this issue, too. Just last year, a similar measure known as the ILLICIT CASH Act was introduced by eight senators — four Democrats and four Republicans, including North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis. Tillis has a very influential voice in this process as a member of the Senate Banking Committee, the committee with jurisdiction over these issues. Sen. Tillis has the opportunity to close down the largest vulnerability in our nation’s financial defenses by calling for Senate leaders to include the Corporate Transparency Act in the final defense bill. The time has come to end the incorporation of anonymous shell companies in the U.S. Doing so would be a significant step forward in keeping America — and North Carolinians — safe. Tom Murry is a veteran and attorney.

COLUMN | MICHAEL BARONE

A country where people are afraid to tell pollsters what they think “I LIKE A GOOD contrarian argument as much as the next guy,” tweets mildmannered RealClearPolitics senior elections analyst Sean Trende, “but there’s really no getting around the fact that the 2020 polling was a pile of steaming garbage.” “The national polls were even worse 45% of than they were four years ago,” writes New York Times polling guru Nate Cohn. “(W) Republican college grads hatever steps pollsters took to improve after 2016 were canceled out by a new set of versus only problems.” 23% of Trende and Cohn have earned credibility as two of the few political analysts who Democratic spotted, before Donald Trump’s surprise grads “said victory, that white non-college graduates they feared were underrepresented in media and exit that their polls and their potential for voting more careers could Republican was overlooked. This year, pollsters adjusted their samples to include be at risk if accurate proportions of that demographic, their views but the responses didn’t match the results. became The result: Polls significantly overstated known.” Joe Biden’s popular vote margin nationally and consistently showed President Donald Trump and Republican candidates running worse than they ended up doing in target states. The errors were largest in the states most frequently polled. Why the error? Left-wing ace analyst David Shor argues that Democrats, locked down in their home offices by COVID-19, were more willing to respond to polls, just as they were more likely than in the past to donate money to Democrats and tweet their loathing of the Republican president. There’s probably something to that. The Pew Research Center finds that fewer than one out of 10 people contacted will respond to its polls, and if one party’s fans do so more often, the results will be skewed. But that also means some voter categories are less likely to be polled. Who are they? Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini’s chart comparing pre-election polling and the Associated Press VoteCast exit polls identifies white college graduates, women as well as men, as voting much more Republican than indicated in pre-election polling. National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar showed how this produced unexpected results in House races: Public and partisan polls showed Democrats gaining seats, but Republicans have actually gained 6 to 13 seats. As Kraushaar recounts, Democrats failed to capture the high-education districts they targeted and lost several such districts they had captured in 2018. Kraushaar cited two Republican strategists’ interviews

of suburban voters over six months in which respondents complained about “the excesses of so-called ‘cancel culture,’ pointing to a stifling environment where employees worry they can be fired or punished for heterodox political views expressed at the workplace.” Such voters may not be willing to voice those views to an interviewer who may have their name or address, but they vote against such political correctness at the ballot box. Rigorous support for this view comes from political scientists Eric Kaufmann, a London-based Canadian of Jewish, Chinese and Latino ancestry whose 2019 book “Whiteshift” puts today’s ethnic changes in historic perspective. He notes that ethnic and racial categories change over time and that, as people rise economically and intermarry, grievances and racial identity fade. “Republican supporters with degrees tend to work in graduate-dominated environments, where organisations and peers are more likely to enforce norms of political correctness,” Kaufmann writes in the British online magazine Unherd. “As a result, it is highly-educated Republican supporters who are most shy about revealing their beliefs at work.” He cites polling evidence that 45% of Republican college grads versus only 23% of Democratic grads “said they feared that their careers could be at risk if their views became known.” This is a case of political speech, in daily life and even in polling interviews, being suppressed out of fear. Just as it is out-of-date to lament that big-money Republicans are buying elections, now that Democrats routinely outspend their opponents by a vast margin, so it is out-of-date to suppose that the greatest threats to free expression come in conservatives trying to stamp out obscenity and silence threats of violence. The greatest threat to free speech today comes from the left: from college and university campuses with speech codes; from the social media monopolies where recent graduates shut down and stamp out information that, while accurate, may be (as a Biden press aide put it) “misleading;” from the corporate human resources departments that discipline and fire employees whose choice of words make anyone else “uncomfortable.” When I was in the polling business, from 1974 to 1981, I came to think that one measure of a free society is that you could conduct polls there that turned out to be accurate. This year’s “steaming garbage” polls suggest that our society is significantly less free than we like to think. Pollsters will keep trying to improve their techniques. But if large numbers of Americans are afraid to speak freely, pollsters won’t entirely succeed. Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

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YOU PRESENT to a physician with severe abdominal pain. He examines you and concludes that your ingrown toenails are the cause of your abdominal distress. The black He prescribes that family, which you soak your feet in warm water, but that had survived does not bring relief to centuries of your abdominal pain. slavery and Then he suggests that discrimination, you apply antibiotics to your feet. Still no relief. began rapidly Then the physician disintegrating suggests that you wear in the liberal sandals instead of welfare state shoes. Still no relief. that subsidized The point of this story is that your toenails unwed can be treated until pregnancy the cows come home, and changed but if there is improper welfare from diagnosis, then you are still going to have your an emergency rescue to a way abdominal pain. The former of life. superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, Meria Carstarphen, last year said, “White students are nearly 4.5 grade levels ahead of their black peers within Atlanta Public Schools.” In San Francisco, 70% of white students are proficient in math; for black students, it is 12% — a gap of 58%. In Washington, D.C., 83% of white students scored proficient in reading, as did only 23% of black students — a gap of 60%. In Philadelphia, 47% of black students scored below basic in math and 42% scored below basic in reading. In Baltimore, 59% of black students scored below basic in math and 49% in reading. In Detroit, 73% of black students scored below basic in math and 56% in reading. “Below basic” is the score a student receives when he is unable to demonstrate even partial mastery of knowledge and grade-level skills. How much can racism explain this? To do well in school, someone must make a kid do his homework, get a good night’s rest, have breakfast and mind the teacher. If these basic family functions are not performed, it makes little difference how much money is put into education, the result will be disappointing. In 2019, the racial breakdown of high school seniors who took the ACT college entrance exam and met its readiness benchmarks was 62% of Asians, 47% of whites, 23% of Hispanics and 11% of blacks. That helps explain a 2016 study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce “African Americans: College Majors and Earnings.” It found that black college students were highly concentrated in lower-paying and less academically demanding majors like administrative services and social work. They are much less likely than other students to major in science, technology, engineering and math, even though blacks in these fields earned as much as 50% more than blacks who earned a bachelor’s degree in art or psychology and social work. James D. Agresti, the president and cofounder of Just Facts has just published an article titled “Social Ills That Plague African Americans Coincide with Leftism, Not Racism.” Agresti writes: “Among all of the afflictions that disproportionately impact people of color, violence may be the worst. In 2018, blacks comprised 13% of the U.S. population but roughly 53% of the 16,000 murder victims.” The clearance rate for murders, where a suspect was identified and charged, declined from 92% in 1960 to 62% in 2018. For example, in Chicago, the clearance rate fell from 96% in 1964 to 45% in 2018. In Baltimore, the 2019 clearance rate was 32%. In 2015, when Baltimore experienced the highest per-capita murder rate in its history, the average homicide suspect had been previously arrested more than nine times. When crimes remain unsolved, it gives criminals free range and black people are their primary victims. By the way, most law enforcement occurs at the local level. The governments at these local levels are typically dominated by Democrats. According to statistics about fatherless homes, 90% of homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes; 71% of pregnant teenagers lack a father figure; 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes; 71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes; and 70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions have no father. Furthermore, fatherless boys and girls are twice as likely to drop out of high school and twice as likely to end up in jail. Dr. Thomas Sowell has argued, “The black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and discrimination, began rapidly disintegrating in the liberal welfare state that subsidized unwed pregnancy and changed welfare from an emergency rescue to a way of life.” The bottom line is that while every vestige of racial discrimination has not been eliminated, today’s discrimination cannot go very far in explaining the problems faced by a large segment of the black community. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2020

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NC State hosts surprise unbeaten Liberty, B3

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Memphis center James Wiseman is one of three players — along with guards LaMelo Ball and Anthony Edwards — who will be available to select when the Hornets pick third overall in Wednesday’s NBA Draft.

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NCAA plans for one-site basketball tournament; Raleigh won’t host opening rounds Indianapolis The NCAA announced Monday it plans to hold the entire 2021 men’s college basketball tournament in one geographic location to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 and is in talks with Indianapolis to be the host city. The Final Four is already set to be held in Indianapolis next April and the NCAA has its headquarters in the Indiana capital. Early-round games had been scheduled at 13 predetermined sites across the country, including in Raleigh’s PNC Arena.

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All-Star Chris Paul to be traded to Suns Phoenix Winston-Salem native and former Wake Forest All‑American Chris Paul is headed to his third team in three seasons. The 35-year-old All-Star point guard will be traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Phoenix Suns, according to several reports. In return, the Thunder will get Ricky Rubio, Kelly Oubre, Jalen Lecque, Ty Jerome and a future first-round pick.

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Bridgewater’s injury ‘not serious,’ McCaffrey in doubt Charlotte Panthers coach Matt Rhule said Monday that medical tests on quarterback Teddy Bridgewater revealed Carolina’s starter “does not have a serious knee injury” and added that he’s hopeful Bridgewater will return to practice Wednesday and play on Sunday against the Detroit Lions. Running back Christian McCaffrey, who missed Sunday’s game after suffering a shoulder injury the week before, was called “week‑to‑week” by Rhule, though the coach was still hopeful he could play.

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Appalachian State’s defense will need another big performance to slow down the No. 15 Chanticleers’ high-powered attack.

Mountaineers ready for showdown with No. 15 Coastal Carolina App State has dominated the Sun Belt Conference the past four years, but the unbeaten Chanticleers are hoping to continue their perfect season By Brett Friedlander North State Journal APPALACHIAN STATE was the preseason favorite to win a fifth straight Sun Belt Conference football title. Coastal Carolina was picked to finish last in the East Division. But when the teams meet Saturday in Conway, South Carolina, it’s the Chanticleers that are undefeated, ranked 15th in the nation and favored to represent the division in the Sun Belt championship game. “Going into the season, I knew they wouldn’t be last in the conference as they were picked,” Mountaineers coach Shawn Clark said. “I just knew we’ve played them the last couple of years, and they kept getting better and better. Jamey (Chadwell) is a great football coach. There’s a reason they’re ranked that way. We have a big challenge ahead of us.” Coastal has become one of the feel-good stories of the disjointed 2020 season by winning its first

“Our guys have played in big games and know what to expect.” Shawn Clark, App State coach seven games — including an opening week victory against Power 5 opponent Kansas and a 51-0 shellacking of Georgia State, a team App State struggled to beat 17-13 last Saturday. The Chanticleers’ success is all the more impressive considering they didn’t begin playing football at any level until 2003 and are only in their fourth season as a full-fledged member of the FBS. Although the Mountaineers are almost as new to the FBS, having moved up to college football’s highest subdivision just one year before Coastal, they are much more familiar with the pressure involved in games with championship implications. They’ve played in more than their share on the way to winning at least a share of the past four Sun Belt crowns. See MOUNTAINEERS, page B3

Charlotte could be eyeing James Wiseman, LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards — or even Russell Westbrook

“He’s just scratching the surface, he really is.”

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Georgia coach Tom Crean on Anthony Edwards

THE NBA DRAFT takes place Wednesday, five months later than usual thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, which wreaked havoc on the season. The extra waiting time for the prospects near the top of the draft hasn’t done much to clear up the uncertainty about who the Charlotte Hornets will be choosing, however. The Hornets have the No. 3 pick in the draft, after Minnesota and Golden State. It’s the highest they’ve chosen since 2012, and there are three players in the top tier of draft prospects — James Wiseman, LaMelo Ball and Anthony Edwards — so it appears that the Hornets will be getting one of those, albeit, likely, the lowest rated of the trio. That’s where the certainty ends. There is no consensus on which player is rated the highest — or lowest. There are mock drafts released this week by major outlets have each of the three players going first overall, and each of the three sliding to Charlotte. The scrambled offseason is partly to blame. Opportunities to evaluate players through interviews and the annual Combine were limited compared to previous seasons. The Combine was done virtually, and many teams limited their contact with prospects compared to other drafts. The pandemic also cut short the NCAA season, but that has minimal impact since none of the three would have participated in March Madness anyway. Wiseman left school in December amidst NCAA investigation, Ball has been playing professionally overseas and Edwards’ Georgia team finished with a 16-16 record. There’s also the question of a

trade. With star players, most notably Chris Paul and James Harden, either getting dealt or rumored to be on the block, it’s possible the Hornets roster could get a makeover on draft night, with veterans getting shipped out. The most likely trade target is Russell Westbrook, who, like Harden, wants out of Houston. The Ringer proclaimed Charlotte as Westbrook’s most likely landing spot. The outlet said owner Michael Jordan is interested in trading for the All-Star, and the Hornets would be able to put together a package of players for Westbrook that would allow Charlotte to hold onto the No. 3 overall pick. Here’s a look at the three players Charlotte could see when they’re on the clock on Wednesday night. LaMelo Ball, guard Australian pro league Mocked No. 1 by CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish Mocked to Charlotte by NBC Sports Since the Hornets have very little control over who drops to them at three, this pick may determine whether the team pulls the trigger on Westbrook. Charlotte doesn’t need two elite scoring point guards. If Ball falls to the Hornets, they likely will pass on the Westbrook trade — or pull off a second blockbuster, swapping picks with another team near the top of the draft. If Ball goes in the first two, look for the commissioner to come out with the “We have a trade,” line that’s See HORNETS, page B3

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Tommy Lasorda: The Hall of Fame baseball manager has been hospitalized in Southern California. The Los Angeles Dodgers said Sunday that their 93-year-old former manager was in intensive care and resting comfortably at a hospital in Orange County. Lasorda had a record of 1,599-1,439 while managing the Dodgers from 1976-96, guiding them to World Series championships in 1981 and ’88. The franchise won four National League pennants and eight division titles under Lasorda. He had a heart attack in June 1996 and retired from managing the Dodgers the following month. Kevin Porter Jr.: The Cleveland Cavaliers guard was arrested early Sunday on weapons possession. Porter, a 2019 first‑round draft pick, faces charges of improperly handling firearms in a vehicle, according to Mahoning County sheriff records. He was released on $4,000 bond. The 20-year-old averaged 10 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 50 games as a rookie after being the 30th overall pick after one year at Southern California. Lewis Hamilton: The Mercedes driver won his seventh Formula One championship Sunday, matching Michael Schumacher’s record with his win at the Turkish Grand Prix. It was the 94th race victory — three more than Schumacher and the most in Formula One history — of the 35-year‑old Hamilton’s career and sixth title with Mercedes, where he replaced Schumacher in 2013 after the legendary German driver retired.

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South Carolina fired coach Will Muschamp on Sunday with three regular season games remaining, opening up an SEC job after the Gamecocks fell to 2-5 with a 59‑42 loss at Mississippi. Muschamp was 28-30 with South Carolina, and offensive coordinator Mike Bobo — who was head coach at Colorado State from 2015-19 — will serve as interim coach.

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“He came in and really won the game for us.” Appalachian State coach Shawn Clark on backup quarterback Jacob Huesman leading the Mountaineers on the game-winning fourth quarter drive in Saturday’s 17-13 victory over Georgia State.

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“The whole team, we all did bad.” Panthers cornerback Rasul Douglas following Carolina’s 46-23 home loss to the Buccaneers.

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Dustin Johnson won his second major championship and first green jacket Sunday, finishing five shots ahead of the field with a record-breaking 20-under 268 to win the Masters. The 36-year-old Johnson became the first No. 1 player in the world to win at Augusta National since Tiger Woods in 2002.

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The Miami Marlins named Kim Ng their general manager Friday, making the 51-year-old the first female GM in the four major North American sports and baseball’s first Asian American general manager. Ng is a longtime baseball executive who has previously worked for the White Sox, Yankees and Dodgers.

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6 Games this season the Charlotte football program has had either postponed or canceled due to COVID-19, including this Saturday’s upcoming game at No. 15 Marshall that was postponed due to positive tests and contact tracing in the 49ers’ program.

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Nicolas Batum exercised his $27.1 million option with the Charlotte Hornets for the 2020-21 season on Monday. The 31-year‑old, who has spent the past five years with the Hornets, played just 22 games last season, averaging 3.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 23 minutes per game.

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NC State trying to avoid being latest notch on Liberty’s belt The 21st-ranked Flames come to Raleigh an underdog despite being a perfect 8-0 By Brett Friedlander North State Journal

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The Wake Forest defense will try and force the turnover-prone Blue Devils into more mistakes when the two teams meet Saturday in Durham.

Wake Forest, Duke look to rebound from UNC losses Both teams gave up 50 points to the Tar Heels in their last game By Shawn Krest North State Journal IT SEEMS LIKE North Carolina and Wake Forest have finally stopped scoring, so it’s time to move on to the next game on the schedule. Wake Forest blew a 21-point second-half lead and lost to the Tar Heels 59-53 last week. Only three ACC teams in history have ever scored more in a loss. Duke, meanwhile, is very familiar with giving up half a hundred to UNC. The Tar Heels took the Blue Devils to the woodshed two weeks ago, winning 56-24 at Duke. The Blue Devils have had an open week to mull over what went wrong against the Heels, and their season thus far. Duke sits at 2-6 on the year. “The challenges mount,” Duke coach David Cutcliffe said. “Obviously, we didn’t play well at all against North Carolina.” He was a little more direct immediately after the game, saying, “It’s a very difficult time for the program,” adding that Duke had “hit bottom” against the Tar Heels. Cutcliffe also hinted at lineup changes, saying in the postgame, “We have and are aware of some personnel issues. We have to address that. We have to address that as quickly as we can. Certainly, we will be looking at all of that.” Cutcliffe backed off of the personnel changes this week, saying that there would be some players who would be getting more playing time, but he didn’t envision any starters losing their job. That, presumably, includes quarterback Chase Brice, who has struggled at the helm of the offense this season. Duke leads the nation in turnovers — a troubling statistic,

considering Wake is the nation’s leader in turnover margin. Duke’s second open week came two weeks after its first, thanks to some COVID-related schedule shuffling. That allowed the Blue Devils to use the bye for work instead of rest and recuperation. “We had a bit more physical open date than we had on the first one,” Cutcliffe said. “We felt like we needed to address a few things on both lines of scrimmage. We got better during that time.” Still, the Blue Devils have had bad luck with injuries. Duke lost its two starting cornerbacks early in the season, and another defensive back — Lummie Young IV — was lost for the year in the UNC game. The depleted secondary is not a good sign, especially when going up against Wake’s prolific offense. Sam Hartman, who has yet to throw an interception this season, put up 429 passing yards against the Tar Heels, including four touchdown passes. Hartman’s targets are led by a pair of emerging stars in Donavon Green (170 yards and two touchdowns against UNC) and Jaquarii Roberson (167 yards and two touchdowns). Wake also has a powerful running attack led by Christian BealSmith, who had 120 yards last week, and Kenneth Walker, who, despite playing only seven games so far, is just two scores away from the single-season school record with 13 touchdown runs. Duke will need to put pressure on Hartman, and the Blue Devils have the pass rushers to do it with ends Chris Rumph II and Victor Dimukeje. The pair were shut down against UNC, but they entered that game tied for the national lead in sacks. Duke will also need to keep its defense off the field. The best way to do that is with the running game. Mataeo Durant has emerged as a top running back. Formerly Deon Jackson’s backup,

HORNETS from page B1 a draft night staple. Like Westbrook, Ball is a tall point guard, at 6-foot-7. He can also score at will and has an all-around game. He had back-to-back triple-doubles in the Australian NBL, where he played instead of college, and once put up 92 points in a high school game. James Wiseman, center Memphis Mocked No. 1 by The Athletic Mocked to Charlotte by Slam Magazine The center position isn’t considered as valuable as it was in the days of Shaq and Yao. Still, Wiseman is an intriguing talent who could bring the new-age center back into vogue. Unlike the fixtures in the paint of a generation ago, Wiseman is an athletic 7-foot-1 and can run the floor and finish in transition, as well as knocking down outside shots. He’s added 15 pounds of muscle since his last game, which, on draft night, will have been 364 days ago. “I mean, I can’t wait,” Wiseman said. “For me, it’s been a long process, a long journey. I’ve been working out for nine months. I’m super-ecstatic and I’m super-excited to get this ball rolling and I’m ready for this season to start.” Former NBA player and Memphis as-

“It’s a very difficult time for the program.” David Cutcliffe, Duke coach

he’s taken over the team’s rushing lead with 592 yards and six touchdowns to Jackson’s 580 and four. Durant rushed for 132 yards against the Tar Heels, his third 100-yard game in the last four. He’s also broken runs of 45 yards or more in three of his last four. Jackson went down early in the second half of the UNC game after getting hit in the arm and fumbling. No update was given on his condition, but, obviously, Duke would be well-served by having both backs available. Wake’s defense is improved and underrated. The Demon Deacons are led by Carlos “Boogie” Basham, who can compete with Rumph and Dimukeje as the league’s top defensive end. In the win over Syracuse on Halloween, his streak of 23 straight games with a tackle for loss ended. If Wake can get to Brice, who has struggled with accuracy under pressure this season, it could be a long day for the Blue Devils offense. “It’s a huge challenge with Wake Forest, a team that’s very veteran,” Cutcliffe said. “A team that’s playing extremely well. They take great care of the ball. They’re very explosive, can score a lot of points, as we all know. Their defense is very system-oriented. They’re veteran. They know what they’re doing.” For Duke, who has lost to the Deacs each of the last two years, that could mean a death blow to their season, and perhaps a revisiting of those potential personnel moves.

sistant Mike Miller said, “The talent screams at you. I think he’s one of the safest and most-talented players in this draft.” Anthony Edwards, guard Georgia Mocked No. 1 by Yahoo Mocked to Charlotte by CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish The shooting guard was the top freshman in college basketball last season and has the potential to be a scoring machine in the NBA. “He’s just scratching the surface, he really is,” Georgia coach Tom Crean said. The Hornets have been cagey about their interest in Edwards. He said that the team had “no contact” with him prior to his in-person workout for Charlotte, which was held in Atlanta. Then, Michael Jordan was a surprise unannounced visitor to the workout. The verdict Wiseman seems the most likely to fall to three, but it’s far from a sure thing. While the Hornets will have to wait and see what happens early in the night, look for the rest of the league to wait and see what happens after they pick, when trade negotiations could get consummated. It will be a long night for Hornets fans and veterans as we wait to see what their roster looks like when the dust settles.

NOTHING motivates a mid-major college football program quite like the opportunity to knock off one of the Power 5 big boys. Dave Doeren knows all about that from his days coaching at Northern Illinois. It’s a knowledge that makes him ever warier of his team’s upcoming opponent Liberty, now that he’s on the other side of the equation at NC State. “That locker room is full of guys that felt like they could have played at a higher level,” Doeren said of the undefeated Flames, who come to Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday ranked No. 21 in the nation. “Those kids will have a chip on their shoulder when they play a Power 5 team. They want to be noticed. They know that this is a chance to showcase not just their individual abilities but how they can play as a football team against teams that have Power 5 behind their name.” This was supposed to be the one breather on the Wolfpack’s coronavirus-adjusted 2020 schedule, the only nonconference test among a string of 10 more meaningful ACC contests. But somebody forgot to tell Liberty that it was only invited to earn a guarantee check. If Doeren’s warnings aren’t enough to catch his players’ attention and keep them from taking the Flames lightly, then the list of opponents coach Hugh Freeze’s team has already beaten should. Among its victims on the way to an 8-0 record are ACC foes Syracuse and Virginia Tech. “I know all of those guys when I was at Northern Illinois, they weren’t afraid of anybody,” Doeren said. “They were just excited to play the game, and I’m sure that is what we are going to get. We’re going to get a team that believes, for one, because they haven’t lost this year. They’re playing for a coach that knows how to win games. “It’s going to be a very confident group, and it’s going to be a group that wants to prove themselves and an opportunity for them to do it on a bigger stage. For us, we have to acknowledge all those things that I just said. But at the end of the day, it’s really going to be about how we play.” The Wolfpack (5-3, 5-3 ACC) regained some of its confidence last week with a 38-22 win against Florida State that broke a twogame losing streak. Unlike the once-proud Seminoles, who started four freshmen on their offensive line and alternated two true freshmen at quarterback, Liberty is a veteran unit led by a dynamic triggerman in Malik Willis. A transfer from Auburn, Willis ranks among the nation’s leaders while accounting for 24 touchdowns in eight games so far this season (nine rushing, 15 passing). He almost singlehandedly took

MOUNTAINEERS from page B1 That experience could turn out to be an advantage against an opponent in title contention for the first time in school history. The game will also get national exposure with television coverage on ESPN2. “Our guys have played in big games and know what to expect,” Clark said. “(But) every week’s different, and it’s going to be who doesn’t turn the football over and who executes better this week.” App State (5-1, 4-0 Sun Belt) had been building momentum since its only loss, a 17-7 defeat at Marshall on Sept. 19, and a nearly monthlong layoff caused by a team-wide COVID-19 outbreak before taking a step back last week. The Mountaineers had to rally late to beat a pedestrian Georgia State team at home. Already without leading rusher Daetrich Harrington, who in the words of Clark will be out for “an extended period of time” with an undisclosed injury, App State also lost star quarterback Zac Thomas after taking a hit while running out of bounds midway through the fourth quarter. Thomas was taken to the hospital as a precaution and could play on Saturday. Even if he can’t, Clark and his team have confidence in backup Jacob Huesman after the 6-foot-3, 205-pound senior came off the bench to finish an 11-play, 77-yard drive that put the Mountaineers ahead for the first time with just over five minutes remaining.

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Liberty quarterback Malik Willis has led the Flames to an 8-0 record and into the Top 25. down Virginia Tech two weeks ago by throwing for 217 yards, rushing for 103 and having a hand in four touchdowns in a 38-35 win in Blacksburg two weeks ago. Willis’ dual-threat ability is similar to that of Miami’s D’Eriq King. That’s a concern for Doeren, whose team had no answer for King’s passing or running in a recent loss to the Hurricanes. “To this point in the season, you’re not going to see a lot of weaknesses in him,” Doeren said of Willis. “There’s not many quarterbacks that have that completion rate (67.8%) and that touchdown-to-interception rate (15-1) with those rushing yards (700). “Obviously, the players that are around him are part of that, but there’s a lot of things that happen on a play that he makes on his own, which you saw from King. His ability to throw the ball down the field accurately is really impressive.” While Doeren is working hard to make sure his team stays wary of Willis and the rest of the Flames, his counterpart at Liberty — who called State his team’s “toughest challenge to date” — is putting just as much effort into keeping his players focused on the task at hand rather than the national attention suddenly coming their way. “As young as we are, to be in that heady stuff, in order to remain there in people’s minds there’s only one option, and that’s to win,” said Freeze, the former Ole Miss coach whose name is being mentioned as a candidate for the current opening at South Carolina. “Can you do that every single time in this game with the schedule we face and where we are right now? It’s hard and probably not, but who knows when that will end because we certainly are confident and we certainly believe that we’ve found a way to be perfect, 8-0. “We’re going to enjoy the reality that we are in that heady stuff right now, but we also understand that stuff like that can come and go pretty quickly in this college football game if you’re not one of the blue bloods.”

Still, changes to the offensive game plan will have to be made if Huesman is pressed into service again against Coastal. “If Huesman is in there, we’ll probably go more triple option and try to get back to oldschool stuff,” Clark said. “That will probably be the biggest difference, trying to get him to run the football a lot more than Zac. We’ll probably change a lot of our offense, to be honest with you.” While the quarterback situation this week isn’t the most optimal situation while preparing for a big game, App State won’t be the only team dealing with a potential change in leadership. With Chadwell’s name already being mentioned as a leading candidate for the newly opened job at South Carolina, the Chanticleers could be distracted by the possibility that their coach will be leaving at the end of the season. It’s a situation Clark downplayed. And he ought to know, having gone through a similar situation in each of the past two years as an assistant to both Scott Satterfield and Eliah Drinkwitz before they departed for Louisville and Missouri, respectively. “Your players, your coaches kind of put your heads down,” Clark said. “We know what’s at stake. That’s part of the business. He’s got to do what’s best for his family. But I know he’ll be preparing for this team, for this game. “I don’t think it makes a difference. I know his players are ready for a great competition this weekend.”

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NC players who could be picked at NBA Draft UNC’s Cole Anthony, three Duke players and prep star Josh Hall could all be selected on Wednesday By Brett Friedlander North State Journal THIS HAS BEEN a year unlike any other in sports, with the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament, the delay of the NBA and NHL playoffs, a shortened baseball season, and the threat of COVID-19 hanging over every game on the college and professional football schedule. But there is at least one constant amid all the turmoil. Both Duke and North Carolina are expected to have players taken in the first round of the NBA draft. The Blue Devils have produced at least one first-rounder in every draft since 2009, while at least one Tar Heel has been taken in eight of the past 10 years. It’s a tradition projected to be carried on by Cole Anthony and Vernon Carey, both of whom are expected to hear their names called early in this week’s long-awaited lottery of amateur basketball talent. Carey’s Duke teammates Cas-

“He came in every day looking to get better, and I know the best is yet to come for him.” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski on Vernon Carey

sius Stanley and Tre Jones are also expected to be selected, though not until the second round, while a potential wildcard could be NC State signee Josh Hall, a Durham native who played at Moravian Prep in Hickory last season. The draft, which was originally scheduled to be held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in June, will be held via video conference starting at 8 p.m. Wednesday with Minnesota Timberwolves holding the No. 1 pick. Here is a look at the draft prospects for all of the in-state prospects. Cole Anthony, UNC 6-foot-3, point guard Anthony arrived in Chapel Hill

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Point guards Cole Anthony, right, and Tre Jones, left, are both expected to be selected in the 2020 NBA Draft, which will be held virtually on Wednesday. amid great hype as the nation’s top-ranked point guard, considered by many to be a potential topthree draft pick. But his stock has dropped somewhat after a oneand-done season that was interrupted by injury, a balky shooting touch (39.2% overall, 36.2% from 3) and a propensity for committing turnovers (65, compared to 78 assists). Even so, the son of former NBA player and current Turner Sports analyst Greg Anthony still figures to be the first player with North Carolina ties to come off the board. “(The scouts) have got to get past our season this year and just take those games where he did show he was Cole Anthony before he got hurt,” UNC coach Roy Williams said. Most mock drafts have Anthony going to either the Boston Celtics at No. 14 or the Orlando Magic at No. 15. Vernon Carey, Duke 6-foot-10, center

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Duke center Vernon Carey averaged 17.8 points and 8.8 rebounds last season for the Blue Devils.

At 6-foot-10, 247 pounds with a 7-foot wingspan, Carey has all the physical attributes NBA teams are looking for. He also has the statistical credentials after averaging 17.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots per game in his only season with the Blue Devils. If there are knocks against him,

they are about his aggressiveness and the consistency of his effort — especially on the defensive end. But he’s worked hard on his physical conditioning since the college season was halted in March, and according to Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, he’s lost more than 20 pounds. Carey is projected to go toward the middle or late in the first round. “He came in every day looking to get better, and I know the best is yet to come for him,” Krzyzewski said. Cassius Stanley, Duke 6-foot-5, shooting guard An elite athlete who plays with energy on both ends of the court, Stanley has all the physical tools, including an impressive jumping ability that made him one of the most electrifying dunkers in the college game last season. His perimeter shooting and ballhandling skills still need some polish, which is why he is projected to drop into the second round. But because of his high ceiling, there’s a chance a team could take a flier on him late in the first round. Tre Jones, Duke 6-foot-2, point guard Jones returned to the Blue Dev-

ils for his sophomore season in hopes of matching his older brother Tyus’ accomplishment of winning a national championship. But that goal went unfulfilled when the NCAA Tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Jones is an accomplished playmaker and one of the best on-ball defenders in the draft. But while his 36.1% 3-point percentage was vastly improved over the 26.2% he posted as a freshman, his shooting ability is still an issue. So is the fact that many scouts believe his upside is limited. He is projected as a midto-late second-rounder. Josh Hall, Moravian Prep 6-foot-9, small forward Hall is eligible for the draft as a fifth-year prep player who has already turned 19 years old. Although he is an impressive physical specimen with a high ceiling, most predraft projections have him going the same route as Jalen Lecque, another five-star Wolfpack signee who entered the draft without playing a game for coach Kevin Keatts’ team and went unselected. But at least one team, the Brooklyn Nets, has shown an interest in him. So there’s a realistic chance he could find his way into the end of the second round.

Wichita State coach Marshall resigns on eve of season The longtime Shockers coach was investigated by the school following accusations of physical and verbal abuse By Dave Skretta The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo — Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall resigned Tuesday following an investigation into allegations of verbal and physical abuse, ending a tenure that soared to the Final Four and crashed on the eve of the upcoming season. Marshall, who has long been known for his combustible sideline persona, came under scrutiny when former player Shaq Morris claimed he’d been struck twice by his coach during an October 2015 practice. Morris also claimed that he’d seen Marshall choke assistant coach Kyle Lindsted, who soon departed to become an assistant at Minnesota. The school said Marshall agreed to a settlement of $7.75 million to be paid over the next six years. “This was a difficult decision, but one I feel was necessary for my family, the university and, most importantly, the student-athletes,” Marshall said in a statement Tuesday. “I remain grateful for my years spent at Wichita State. I wish to thank the coaches, student-athletes, the university, the community, and all of Shocker Nation for their unending dedication, support and loyalty. I am incredibly proud of this men’s basketball program and all it has achieved over the past 14 years.” Shockers assistant coach Isaac Brown, who has been with the program since 2014, will serve as the interim coach. Their season begins Nov. 25 against Utah State in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall resigned Tuesday following an investigation into allegations of verbal and physical abuse. “Our student-athletes are our primary concern,” Wichita State athletic director Darron Boatright said. “While the university acknowledges the success of the basketball program under Coach Marshall, this decision is in the best interest of the university, its student athletes and the WSU community.” Marshall had steadfastly denied any accusation that he had struck a player or choked an assistant, though five players told The Wichita Eagle they saw him hit Morris during the 2015-16 season. Eight other players told The Eagle

they saw him put his hands around Lindsted’s throat during the 201617 season. Wichita State launched an inquiry in early October, hiring St. Louis-based law firm Tueth Kenney to handle the probe. “Many players thrive in the system we have created and are energized by our team culture,” Marshall said soon after the allegations surfaced. “For those players, I am a motivator, a pusher, someone who can tap into their greatest potential. For others, I can be demanding, harsh or strict. I don’t argue with those descriptions.

“What I am not is demeaning or abusive. I have deep respect for all my players,” Marshall added. “I believe unequivocally in their value as athletes, as students and as people. Any portrayal of me to the contrary is wrong.” The 57-year-old Marshall was due $3.5 million in base salary this season under a contract that automatically renewed. But his contract also stated he could be fired without payment for “good cause” as determined by the university, such as conduct found to be “inconsistent with the professional standards expected of a head

coach of an intercollegiate team that results in material injury to the reputation of Wichita State.” Several former players have rushed to Marshall’s defense, though most were not on the team when Morris accused him of misconduct. Marshall also had the support of Tom Devlin, the entrepreneur behind Rent-A-Center and a significant booster, along with former players Xavier McDaniel and Aubrey Sherrod, who remain icons within the program. Marshall was hired to replace Mark Turgeon after nine seasons at Winthrop, where he made seven trips to the NCAA Tournament and won a school-record 194 games. After winning just 11 his first season with the Shockers, Marshall quickly built them into a perennial contender, parlaying their success in the Missouri Valley Conference into an invitation to join the American Athletic Conference prior to the 2017-18 season. Marshall won at least 20 games in 11 consecutive seasons. Along the way, the Shockers made a stunning run to the Final Four during the 2012-13 season, went unbeaten during the regular season and finished 35-1 the following year. The program wound up sending several players — including Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet — to the NBA. Things have been bumpier the past few years, though. The Shockers went 22–15 and failed to make the NCAA Tournament two years ago, and a wave of transfers had left the roster in tatters heading into this season. Marshall quickly rebuilt his roster with an influx of freshmen and transfers, headlined by Connecticut transplant Alterique Gilbert, that had left him optimistic that the Shockers would be contenders again this season.

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Diplomacy has obviously not worked ventilators by nearly choice than to build redundant manufacturing plants elsewhere purely governments They take advantage every w choice thantotalitarian to build redundant manufacturing elsewhere of purely — wedo. need to plants to bring China into the civilizedsecurity world ofand 21stsafety century health,as hygiene August by nearly 12,0 for national reasons well as supply and delivery they find in adversaries and keep pushing until they win t for national security and safety reasons as well as supply and delivery or know what they regulation of and fair trade. Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame Here’s the problem reliability concerns. adversaries push back. reliability concerns. ness has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what know, what they questions will al The most direct wayunless to make “pay” event for this disaster is tothat offer The most direct way to make China “pay” for this disaster is to offer That is, an China exogenous happens such as the Ch s elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do. They take advantage of every weakness First, what is tr don’t and when U.S. tax credits to companies who willexperts source at least half of their not the U.S. tax credits to companies who will source at least half of their meltdown in 1986. Some believe that event, the S pply and delivery they find in adversaries and keep pushing until they win or the important because it they hope to productionprogram back in the United States. There istoapproximately $120 production back in the United States. There is approximately $120 of Reagan, led directly the dissolution of the Sov adversaries push back. open or closed, wh billion worth of American direct investment plantsbe and equipment know what in they billion worthevent of American direct in plants and equipment in 1989. isaster is to offer That is, unless an exogenous happens such asinvestment the Chernobyl more liberalized in China. Chinese direct investment in the U.S. is about $65 billion by soci don’t. China. Chinese direct in Star the U.S. Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. half of their meltdown in 1986.inSome experts believe thatinvestment event, not the Warsis about $65 billion by ought to lock down fu comparison. Senators in Washington are already talking comparison. about the ximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Soviet Union We’ve seen casepos fat An investment taxforgiving credit of 30% half of in China An investment tax credit of 30% on half of U.S. investment in China of China $1.2 on trillion inU.S. debtinvestment wethe owe them asidentifi one w s and equipment in 1989. number of today, or $60 billion, applied to repatriated American manufacturing today, or $60Chernobyl. billion, applied to repatriated American manufacturing China to “pay” for the damage they have and caused the US. Don out $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s the denominator investment to the U.S. would cost the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in Senators in Washington are to already talking about possibility investment the U.S. would costthe the U.S. Treasury $18 billion intax revenuebreath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask you people have spread over a few years. $18 billion in lost revenue is actually vestment in China of China forgivingtax $1.2revenue trillion spread in debt we owe them as one way to getin lost revenue is number has been ove over a few years. $18 billion representatives to hold China Marshall accountable inwe tangible financ decimal dust compared to the $6 trillion+ Plan are now n manufacturing China to “pay” for decimal the damage they have caused the US. Don’t hold your of death, particularly dust compared to the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now this undertaking todisaster. save our own economy, not of defeated enemies as in the $18 billion in breath waiting forundertaking a Chinese “Jubilee” toour happen ask yournot elected sourcesassuggest the n to save ownbut economy, of defeated enemies aspast. in the It is about time they are expected to operate responsible t revenue is representatives to past. hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for many people are thebeen world like any other modern China has cheating, stealing, pirating nation. and pillaging American dyin Plan we are now this disaster. Even more importa China has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American business now for the past 30 years. They have made no secret that they d enemies as in the It is about time business they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of actually have coronav now for the past 30 years. 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CERTAIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner in which China lied about the origin of the ONE OBINSON nd in the United States, China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the world were only under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home WITHthere MOST STATES around hina about the origin of the ONE THING CERTAIN; after thisthanks COVID-19 virus dissipates cavalierofmanner in which C orders to local or state governments,The a majority Americans ay or lied another. 3,341 related deaths has led toIS worldwide panic, economic collapse and catastr THIS WEEK, virus, according to members ofTHE the fede ied to tell the world there were only “THIS IS DA around the globe and in the United States, China will pay for this covered up its spread and t either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen intotoplace. I understand seriousness an having to adjust what is being called the “new normal.”of the virus he crisis caused by China in perspective,WITH zero MOST STATES millionsunder of Americans needlessly being thrownare out of work. In o and state and local governments, Americans have rldwide panic, economic collapse and in it” (Psalm 118:24). catastrophe one way or another. 3,341 related deaths has led to wo Some of to these orders extend atbut least endhow of this month. orders thanks to localThe or state governments, aneed majority of at Americans take precautions, I’mthrough uneasythe with people who sim mics trace their source the United States over crisis cost thethe U.S. taxpayer least $2.4 trillion in added worldw ce orcan stay-at-home fallen to into place. I understand the seriousness of thehas virus and the curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak. The e being thrown out of work. I know that during In order toFederal put thenormal.” crisis caused by China in perspective, zero millions of Americans needlessly Virginia’s stay-at-home orders godata, into and June. are having to adjust to what is being called the “new questions about the when things can start getting ry. At least four in the 20th century alone can be debt plus trillions more in Reserve backup liquidity to the our 23 ty of at Americans to take precautions, but I’m uneasy with how people who simply ask muted — after all, trends canhas easily — taxp but ayer least $2.4 trillion in added working from home worldwide pandemics can trace their source to theCarolina, United States over The crisis costreverse the U.S. Here in North Democratic Gov. Roywith Cooper stated during Some of these orders extend at least through the end of this month. normal are treated in some circles contempt. China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets and financial outlets. If the U.S. dollar were not the reserve normal.” questions about the data, and when things can start getting back to have abided by recommendations and orders. The directl Reserve backup liquidity to the be glad” the Bible our history. At least fourainrecent the 20th century can debt trillions more in Federa coronavirus press briefing that “we just know yet”asifmust the Virginia’s stay-at-home orders into231-year June. They’realone treated asbe asplus adon’t society simply acce heU.S. 2002 SARS outbreak. There is evidence thatcircles the with currency, wego would not be able to fund1957 any “Asian of these emergency nd of this month. are treated in some contempt. to flu,” stay atthough home; we they’ve practiced socialthe distancin “Russi he dollar were notnormal the reserve and dad, Easter Perhaps directly traced to China: flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong 1977 markets and financial outlets. If t state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. WALTER E. WILLIAMS Since when did inwe North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy fear Cooper stated during question whatthey’ve the government tells usBILL about when it’s safe toa nish alsoThey’re had itstreated originsasinHere China. measures without immediate of rampant inflation and currency though as a society simply must accept without donned masks. fund flu” any pandemic of these emergency have be thankful SIKES | to APnot PHOTO massiv “Russian flu” and the 2002 SARS outbreak. There is evidence that the currency, we would be able to Perhaps If he decideof to returning extend it, questions should be asked as to the COVID-19 Wedoes need recent coronavirus presswhen briefing that just yet” if the process back normalcy. WALTER E. WILLIAMS questioning greement, outside China, that COVID-19 per stated during question what the agovernment tells usdepreciation. about it’s massive safe to“we begin thedon’t know The result: atoreduction inwithout expected hospitalizat Lenten and of rampant inflationofand currency pandemic. The 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures immediate fea justification it. And said the answers vague ones like “we In this Monday, May 18, 2020, file photo, a sign marks an entrance to a Moderna, Inc., building, in Cambridge, Mass.for Moderna Monday,should Nov. 16,not its COVID-19 COVID-19 isbeChina’s state’s orders will into No. The government works for2020, us, and have to know yet” if the process of did returning backstay-at-home to normalcy. According to theseasons University ofwe Washington Institu an Province probably from the completely has extend to pay for their aberrant ways andmust decisions through For me,the myright faith is Since when government origin is May. 100% agreement, outside oftransparency China, thatof COVID-19 depreciation. shot provides strong protection against the coronavirusChina that’s surging inThere the U.S. and around the world. do this out an abundance Easter of caution.” is China’s No. The government works for us, and we have the right to ask those If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place a Metrics and Evaluation model most oft cited by m ant ways and decisions through nsanitary wet markets. Some believe it came out of a economic and financial means. Diplomacy has obviously not worked making. As I celebra and honesty Chernobyl. originated in Wuhan Province probably from the completely China has to pay for their aberr unregu provide a ned in two past articles that student debt is graduates but is only able to find low-paying work. at all levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who questioning asked ascommunist to the questions. And thejustification longer stay-at-home place all over the administration, theand expected need for hosp it.agreement, And the are answers should not be unsanitary vague likecentury “webeing country, and the stricter offor them get in states, such asDM plomacy has obviously not worked Corinthians 1:4, whi Chernobyl. by the Chinese army. toorders bring China into thean civilized worldones of 21st health, hygiene unregulated and wet markets. Some believe it Trump came out of at asome economic financial means. from our Under anfor ISA he in would owe agreedlem and that universities have encouraged biowar are told to remain jobless and home message of an undetermined become a government gue ones like “we country, and the stricter some of them get in states, such as Michigan, peak outbreak was revised down by over 120,000, orldrigorous of 21st century health, hygiene affliction, that wew mustupon do of this out ofand an abundance ofthe caution.” the more people, predicting sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxi pts verifiable policing and regulation fair trade.—biowarfare Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame percentage of his income actual lab dollar their own irresponsible behavior. With run by the communist Chinese army. to we bring China into the civilized Unt scientific experts amount of time why models hundreds thousands ofso cases hope that willof bad thing? thethe more people, sitting at feeling isolated about ventilators by nearly 13,000 and the number of ov unist regimes never blame affliction, with the attake all levels It amount will need to be in detail to China the people ofrigorous this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will d would be very low.and/or With aanxious traditional loan, e graduates facing an uncertain financial nd health protocols, American business has nohome other Until adopts verifiable policing and regulation of orexplained express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what and fair trade. Totalitarian comm are reliable. their co f — we need to again enjoy sincere of this state who when they can get back towould providing for theirjobless families, will demand August byonce nearly 12,000. because that isbecome not what God.” he owe the same amount regardless of his t’s particularly important to find solutions That is what are being told to remain and at home for an undetermined answers. their food safety and health protocols, American business has no other or express regret and rem drse, redundant manufacturing plants elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do. They take advantage of every weakness To know date, what I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and then a choice they ndetermined answers. Here’s the problem: We still don’t the ans sporting events, Evenwhy with income-based repayment on his take advantage of every weakness So, what’s to bereasons done? If you are celebrat choice than to build redundant manufacturing plants purely totalitarian governments do. The of time models predicting hundreds ofcitizens thousands of cases at local levels should beknow as forthcom ty and safety as well as supplyamount andincome. delivery they find in adversaries and keep pushing until they winthat orLeaders the free mandated we do,elsewhere butthe along theand waystate I’ve also had questions about for nat bad thing? housands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they know, what they questions that will allow the economy to reopen. loan, he would likely make interest-only payments as dical proposals, like completely pushing they win or the reflect on this messa concerts, family forback. national security and safety reasons as well supply andleaders delivery they find in adversaries and keep are reliable. canasbe with those answers and again, not vague answers, the data. 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Unfortunately, when certain types ofstatements questions get asked, there is and AMERICA’S COLLEGES rife with wayand to make China “pay” for work. thisare disaster tostatements offer That is, unless an event such asThe the Chernobyl The Purdue is already experimenting with ptcy protection, would certainly corruption. financial squeeze resulting society were ked then with details that give their believability. important because it determines whether certain nt happens such asfree thefinancial Chernobyl this difficult time. Th most direct way to make China “pay” for this disaster to offer That is, ankeep exogenous ev they hope toshould corruption. The squeeze resulting sometimes aoffers disturbing tendency among some people to treat thoseour citizens mandated that wewe do,can but along the The way I’ve also had questions about We alliscontinue to do what weunless can to fam church services companies who will source at least half of their meltdown in 1986. Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars ISAs under its “Back a Boiler” plan. The program is ders who put their own money on the line from COVID-19 opportunities for a U.S. ta questions about We should all continue to do what to keep our families, be open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — believe that event, not the Staropportunities Wars confident we will em supposed from COVID-19 offers for a U.S. tax credits to companies who will source at least half of their meltdown in 1986. Some experts Sponsored by know what they simply questioning the data and asking when we can getting also backstil the data. State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities safe. Butstart we Sponsored by should nue the United States. There is approximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and many more being funded by the Purdue Research Foundation, diligence before lending to 18-yearbit of remediation. Let’s first examine what Sponsored by living in a free ed Press. He added: “It won’t be ratcheting up restrictions ahead By Lauran Neergaard produc ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also still continue more liberalized society that presumes wide sprea Sponsored by the dissolution of the Soviet In thisled same spiritt bit of remediation. Let’sUnion first examine what production back in United States. There is of approximately $120 program of are Reagan, directly to do, last I there toisbe normal as though theycorruption, are conspiracy theorists or people who don’t. Unfortunately, when certain types of questions getthe asked, to ask questions thedown data, because while reasonable st part of thebecause university’s endowment. It’s a small ers. Andthere the fear of students filing forcorruption, might the root academic merican direct in plants and equipment in while 1989. Moderna alone that solves thisabout of Thanksgiving. The outbreak The Associated Press after our own asked, isbeinvestment to of ask questions about the data, reasonable stay-at-home billion ought to lock further. might the root academic neighbors helping ne society were billion worth of American direct investment in plants and equipment in 1989. otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others sick. program now but is already showing positive results. y would ensure that loans are small and suggested by the title of a recent study, problem. It’s going to require has killed more than 1.3 million sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those checked. measures are understandable, they should also have an expir direct investment the U.S. about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. suggested the title of a is recent study, ehernobyl. to treat those byin measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration date. direct We’ve seen case fatality rates — Concord, the number of Cd temporary in Chi In a high in China. Chinese investment in the U.S. is about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Since when did questioning government atand all levels become a bad supposed many vaccines” to meet theState globpeople worldwide, overstart 246,000 A questioning SECOND EXPERIMENPurdue’s website explains aand few of the benefits of can “Academic Grievance Studies and to the “Academic and to the simply data asking when we getting back This is all new Americans, itCOVID-19 is not normal. 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That is what free citizens living in a free society were supposed Not one little bit. untable in tangible financial for John Milton in defense of speech. over a few years. $18 billion infree lost revenue is In addition, representatives to revenue hold China accountable in tangible financial ways terms. all students receive a six-month disfavor students majoring in ways soft but Milton in defense of freefor speech. tax spread over a fewJohn years. $18 billion in lost revenue is(swine flu) representatives hold China acc taxcan rev suffering from the H1N1 virus during the 2009topandemic, NC engineering tioned supplies before the end of in the coming months. The Dow pandemic enters a terrible new Authors Helen Pluckrose, James A. sources suggest the number is dramatically under do, last I checked. grace period post-graduation before payments begin. iplines. Authors Helen Pluckrose, James A. pared to the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plantowe are now this disaster. decimal dust compared to the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now this disaster. decim I’veyear. been trying to take extra precautions, because all of this brings up Jones Industrial Average gained the Lindsay andcan Peter say — thatphase. e, is my family. I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the Sister Toldjah many people are dying at home. Once ain recipient makes successful for ed solutions beBoghossian implemented Lindsay and Boghossian say that to operate asthat responsible of projects My first concern as we go along inpayments allthan this, of isown my family. 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Real talk about unmentionables: Charlotte company offers customized underwear

sure he got the right fit for him.” And, given the options available for Nic Tailor—There is no one at the company by that name; it’s a play on the phrase “Tailored knickers”—the right fit is out there. “We have four different lengths, all the waist sizes,” Mosack says. “If somebody has a big butt, little butt, small package, large package, we’re that customized. We will make it. It’s a big reason we have the enormous amount of SKUs that we do, because of the true customization we offer that

no one else does on the market.” SKU stands for “stock keeping unit.” It’s an ID number given to each unique product a company makes. For underwear, each different combination of size, style and color gets its own SKU. Nic Tailor has more than 2,200. Even with that, there are sometimes guys that are more difficult to fit. Some of Nic Tailor’s customers are pro football players, whose thin waists and thickly muscled rear ends are often difficult to fit. Nic Tailor’s lead designer, Audie

Cooper, has been known to get on the phone with customers to talk through their specifications. “We’ll stay on top of it until we get these guys underwear that fits them perfectly,” Mosack says. The underwear is made from Micro Modal (a highly absorbent, cool fabric known as “artificial silk”), Supima cotton (the highest quality cotton) and elastane (similar to Spandex). “It just makes a consistently great fit,” Mosack says. “I have a son (Connor Mosack)

that races stock cars and Trans Ams,” Mosack says, “and he’s been my toughest critic. He loves these. He’ll sit in a race car. It’s 130, 150 degrees in the car, and he’s not sweating down there between his legs at all.” Mosack also points out proudly that Nic Taylor’s are cut and sewn right in North Carolina, in Mount Gilead. “The waistbands are brought in from Virginia,” he says. “Dying and finishing is done in Los Angeles, and then they’re shipped back here and sold. So we truly are 100 percent USA made. We’re especially passionate about making it all right here in the great state of North Carolina.” Nic Tailor has also partnered with the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Starting in September, the company has been donating 15 percent of all proceeds from underwear sales to the foundation. Not only that, but the designers have come up with a new style of underwear for men that suffer from prostate issues. It looks just like regular underwear, but it offers a “dry fly option.” “They may think that they’re finished relieving themselves,” Mosack explains. “They put it back in their pants and go back to playing golf or whatever. All of a sudden, they look down at their khaki shorts, and they have a big wet spot. So we had Audie design this special option that has two additional layers in that area that will basically catch and wick away moisture. You’ll have no spotting, and you can’t even feel the difference.” Twilight star Peter Facinelli wore a pair of Nic Tailors when he stripped down for prostate awareness in an Instagram post earlier this year. He also used the hashtag #NicTailorNoPants. “With everyone in quarantine and doing meetings on Zoom, no one can see what you’re wearing below the waist,” Mosack explains. “So you can just be sitting there in your Nic Tailors with no pants on and be more comfortable than you ever were in an office.” There’s just one thing to remember, if you truly want to be comfortable. “Be honest,” Mosack says. “You’ve got this part of your body that’s bigger, smaller, whatever. We’re going to fit you … but don’t lie.”

ers must have a mixed beverage permit in order to sell other people’s liquor, however Blitz argued the bottles being seized were reference samples, commonly used as a means of comparison. Another part of state law deals with a complex permitting process which requires distilleries to store their spirits only in designated and preapproved areas of their facilities. This may in fact have been the reason Blitz was found in violation. To be a distillery, you must have a state permit and a federal permit that allows for the making of spirits in a bonded area. That area is for production, research and development and packaging. No cocktails, spirits on which taxes have been paid, or retail bottles can be in that space. However, with the passage last year of SB 290, distilleries in N.C. can now

obtain permits for mixed beverages, wine and beer. The on-premise permit allows for the sale of beer and wine both in a retail permitted area, and to go in closed containers that have been approved by the feds. It’s the same policy that applies for any private club, bar, restaurant, brewery or winery that decides to sell cocktails or other alcohol. Furthermore, industry insiders say at no time has it ever been legal to have alcohol in a retail permitted area that isn’t purchased under a distiller permit number issued by the state. While the state’s distillers are a tight knit and supportive community, not all agree when it comes to issuing harsh criticisms of how the ABC Commission operates. Several owners say they have seen real progress over the last couple years and worked very constructively with the three-person agen-

cy. “My fear is that we might be creating a void where we were previously seeing progress, building bridges, and opening the lines of communication,” says Leah Howard who manages Asheville’s Cultivated Cocktails Distillery. Cultivated makes Hazel 63 Rum, Hwy 9 gin, Shades of Rosé gin, Asheville coffee liqueur, Asheville Vodka, & Asheville Creme de Cacao. Howard says she feels the ABC Commission has really made an effort to work with the state’s distillers over the last couple years pointing to SB 290, the ABC Regulatory Reform Act. The Distillers Association of North Carolina (DANC) worked alongside the legislature to help push the bill through last year. The bill eased restrictions on distilleries by lifting the cap for on-site sales and allowing distillers to sell cock-

tails out of their facilities, thereby creating a more even playing field with breweries and wineries. Up until last year, distilleries were restricted to only serving communion cup-sized samples of liquor to guests with no mixers. The bill also lifted the five-bottle-per-year restriction for on-site sales. Paul Gussenhofen, a distiller with Covington Sweet Potato Vodka in Snow Hill says he doesn’t see the agency overreaching, and actually thinks they want the businesses in his industry to succeed. “I haven’t had any issues with the ABC Commission. They’ve come in here a few times to inspect, but unless I am doing something blatantly wrong, they just leave. It’s in their best interest to help all of us succeed so I don’t think they are trying to implement any unfair rules.”

Nic Tailor offers superior fit, awkward questions By Shawn Krest North State Journal FOR SOMEONE used to buying a four-pack of Hanes at Target, shopping for Nic Tailor underwear can be an intimidating experience. “We don’t have any small, medium, large, extra-large,” explains Cal Mosack, a Charlotte native who started Nic Tailor three years ago based on the simple idea that most men’s underwear doesn’t fit very well. Of course, solving that problem calls for some extensive self-evaluation. The first thing a prospective customer is asked is their waist size. “We have waist size 28 to 48,” Mosack says. “If someone has a waist 37, we’re going to make it for him.” There’s a temptation to shave off an inch or two while filling out the form on the web site, for vanity’s sake. And the awkwardness has barely begun. The next section is titled simply “Buns” and comes with helpful diagrams. There’s “Slim,” with nearly straight line defining a rear end of that size, as well as “Regular” with a rump that looks similar to a lowercase ‘w’ and “Large” which looks like the number 3 lying on its back. Anyone whose made it through those two questions is next met by the “Groin” section. There are two options (and thankfully, no diagrams): “Average” and “Large.” It begs the question—can men who order Nic Tailor customized underwear really be trusted to answer these questions truthfully, or is the company plagued with returns by the dozen, because ego took precedence over fit. “We had one customer,” Mosack says. “I’ll never forget him. He said he was Large buns, Large groin. Then, he emailed us back and said, ‘According to my wife, I have no ass and a little tiny package.’ But we worked with that guy to make

DISTILLERS from page B5 including a 2018 audit that found the agency wasted nearly $14 million in taxpayer funds. Most recently, the agency has taken heat from a small group of NC distillers who say the agency tries to manufacture and enforce illegal rules, without the authority to do so. Jonathan Blitz, who runs Durham’s Mystic Farm & Distillery spoke to the media last fall about a series of incidences in which Alcohol Law Enforcement agents visited his distillery and seized bottles of opened liquor from his kitchen during a routine compliance check. While Blitz argued he was using the open bottles as reference samples, the agent said it wasn’t allowed and the ABC Commission sued him for possession of unauthorized spirits. According to state law, distill-

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Amazon opens online pharmacy, shaking up another industry Online retail giant aims to corner lucrative medical market, sending CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid stocks tumbling By Joseph Pisani The Associated Press NEW YORK — Now at Amazon.com: insulin and inhalers. The online colossus opened an online pharmacy Tuesday that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to their front door in a couple of days. The potential impact of Amazon’s arrival in the pharmaceutical space rippled through that sector immediately. Before the opening bell, shares of CVS Health Corp. fell almost 9%. Walgreens and Rite Aid both tumbled more than 10%. The big chains rely on their pharmacies for a steady flow of shoppers who may also grab a snack, or shampoo or groceries on the way out. All have upped online services, but Amazon.com has mastered it, and its online store is infinitely larger. Amazon will begin offering commonly prescribed medications Tuesday in the U.S., including creams, pills, as well as medications that need to stay refrigerated, like insulin. Shoppers

have to set up a profile on Amazon’s website and have their doctors send prescriptions there. The company said it won’t ship medications that can be abused, including many opioids. Most insurance is accepted, Amazon said. But Prime members who don’t have insurance can also buy generic or brand name drugs from Amazon for a discount. They can also get discounts at 50,000 physical pharmacies around the country, inside Costco, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and other stores. Amazon has eyed the health care industry for some time. Two years ago, it spent $750 million to buy online pharmacy PillPack, which organizes medication in packets by what time and day they need to be taken. Amazon said that PillPack will continue, focusing on shipping medication to people with chronic conditions. In response, CVS and Walgreens, which built thousands of drugstores nationwide to get closer to customers, have been been trying to adjust to the rise of online shopping by offering same-day delivery. Earlier this year, CVS started testing prescription deliveries with self-driving vehicles, and Walgreens experimented with drones that can deliver minutes after being ordered.

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Isolated Americans spend at home; Home Depot is there for it By Michelle Chapman The Associated Press AS THE YEAR comes to a close Americans are still stuck at home and that has led to an explosive year for Home Depot. The most recent quarter is no exception. Third-quarter sales surged 23% and the home improvement chain beat expectations by almost any measure. Revenue totaled $33.54 billion for the three months ended Nov. 1, topping the $31.83 billion that analysts polled by FactSet predicted. “We saw the continuation of outsized demand for home improvement projects, which has led to sales growth of more than $15 billion through the first nine months of the year,” Chairman and CEO Craig Menear, said in a prepared statement. Sales at stores open at least a year, a key gauge of a retailer’s health, climbed a stunning 24.1%, topping even the lofty projections for a 17.2% increase on Wall Street. In the U.S., where the coronavirus has run unchecked and kept millions at home, those sales jumped 24.6%. While home owners have been hunkering down, home sales have been among the bright spots economically during the pandemic. Whether buying a new home, or improving an existing one, home owners continue to head to Home

Depot at a healthy pace. U.S. home construction rose a solid 1.9% in September and applications for building permits, a good barometer of future activity, rose an even stronger 5.2%. The pandemic has led to a vast shift in spending patterns. At least some of the money once spent on movie tickets, travel, restaurants, amusement parks, sporting events or concerts, is coming back home. While those industries have been devastated, the housing market, and Home Depot, have grown stronger. The Atlanta home improvement retailer earned $3.43 billion, or $3.18 per share, compared with $2.77 billion, or $2.53 per share, a year earlier. The performance beat the $3.05 per share projected by analysts surveyed by FactSet. Home Depot Inc. also said Tuesday that it’s making temporary financial support programs for its frontline, hourly employees permanent. The value of that program is being put at about $1 billion on an annualized basis. The big profit numbers arrive a day after Home Depot said it was reuniting with former subsidiary HD Supply in a deal valued at about $8 billion. The acquisition will give Home Depot a stronger hand in the contractor and professional side of its business, which has boomed during the pandemic, like its more consumer facing, DIY sales.

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Retail sales grew a slower-than-expected 0.3% in October New York Retail sales in the U.S. grew a sluggish 0.3% in October, even as retailers offered early holiday discounts online and in stores. A surge in coronavirus infections nationwide and the expiration of a $600 weekly boost to unemployment checks over the summer has slowed spending by Americans and contributed to the slowest retail sales growth since this spring when the pandemic shuttered stores, theaters, restaurants and work places. Economists had expected sales to rise 0.5%. October’s growth was much smaller than in September, when it rose 1.6%, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Best Buy, Target and Walmart offered holiday deals in mid-October to piggyback on Amazon, which held its annual Prime Day sales event in the fall after it was postponed this summer due to the pandemic. It was hoped that retailers would be able to entice Americans who to get a jumpstart holiday shopping and avoid crowds. Online shopping sales rose 3.1% last month, the Commerce Department said. But at clothing stores and sporting good shops, sales fell more than 4%. Department stores had a bigger drop, down nearly 5%. The Associated Press

Walmart grows stronger in pandemic; quarterly sales up 5.3%

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In this March 16, 2020, file photo, Neal Browning receives a shot in the first-stage safety study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. VACCINE from page B5 of this and to try and help bring some kind of peace back to the world,” Browning said. “I have a lot of hope.” The National Institutes of Health helped create the vaccine Moderna is manufacturing, and NIH’s director, Dr. Francis Collins, said the two companies’ parallel results give scientists “a lot of confidence that we’re on the path towards having effective vaccines.” But “we’re also at this really dark time,” he warned, saying people can’t let down their guard during the months it will take for doses of any vaccines cleared by the FDA to start reaching a large share of the population. Moderna’s vaccine is being studied in 30,000 volunteers who received either the real thing or a dummy shot. On Sunday, an independent monitoring board examined 95 infections that were recorded after volunteers’ second shot. Only five of the illnesses were in people given the vaccine. Earlier this year, Fauci said he

would be happy with a COVID-19 vaccine that was 60% effective. The study is continuing, and Moderna acknowledged the protection rate might change as more COVID-19 infections are detected. Also, it’s too soon to know how long protection lasts. Both cautions apply to Pfizer’s vaccine as well. But Moderna’s independent monitors reported some additional, promising tidbits: All 11 severe COVID-19 cases were among placebo recipients, and there were no significant safety concerns. The main side effects were fatigue, muscle aches and injection-site pain after the second dose. Scientists not involved with the testing were encouraged but cautioned that the FDA still must scrutinize the safety data and decide whether to allow vaccinations outside of a research study. “We’re not to the finish line yet,” said Dr. James Cutrell, an infectious-disease expert at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. “If there’s an impression or perception that there’s just a rubber stamp, or due diligence

wasn’t done to look at the data, that could weaken public confidence.” States already are gearing up for what is expected to be the biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history. First the shots have to arrive where they’re needed, and Pfizer’s must be kept at ultra-cold temperatures — around minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit. Moderna’s vaccine also starts off frozen, but the company said Monday it can be thawed and kept in a regular refrigerator for 30 days, easing that concern. Beyond the U.S., other governments and the World Health Organization, which aims to buy doses for poor countries, will have to separately decide if and when vaccines should be rolled out broadly. “There are many, many questions still remaining,” including how long protection lasts and if the first vaccines to emerge work as well in older people as in the young, said WHO chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan. “We also hope the clinical trials will continue to collect data, because it’s really going to be important

for us to know in the long term.” The vaccine from Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna is among 11 candidates in late-stage testing around the world, four of them in huge studies in the United States. Collins stressed that more U.S. volunteers are needed for those studies. Elsewhere around the world, China and Russia have been offering different experimental vaccines to people before completing final-stage testing. Both Moderna’s shots and the Pfizer-BioNTech candidate are so-called mRNA vaccines, a brand-new technology. They aren’t made with the coronavirus itself, meaning there’s no chance anyone could catch it from the shots. Instead, the vaccine contains a piece of genetic code that trains the immune system to recognize the spiked protein on the surface of the virus. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla tweeted that he was thrilled at Moderna’s news, saying, “Our companies share a common goal — defeating this dreaded disease.”

New York Walmart turned out another stellar quarter as the world’s largest retailer powers through a pandemic that has felled other national chains. Thirdquarter profits surged 56% and revenue hit $133.75 billion, a 5.3% increase. Both were better that Wall Street had projected. Online sales spiked nearly 80% after nearly doubling in the previous quarter. Sales at stores opened at least a year rose 6.4%. It is a promising sign for Walmart ahead of the coming holiday season and the quarter provides more evidence that its expansion into online grocery is widening the gap with rivals. In September it launched a membership program to deliver what people want more than ever in a pandemic as they reduce their public exposure: convenience. Big box stores are thriving even as thousands of retail stores and national chains suffer. That was on display Tuesday as Home Depot reported a 23% quarterly sales surge. At Kohl’s, a more traditional retailer, sales dropped 13.3% and it lost money. Customer loyalty at big box stores grew stronger even as spring lockdowns were lifted, but infections are surging again and that could deal another round of pain to other retailers. Walmart is making further accommodations for that surge, spreading its traditional Black Friday sale over three separate events in November. The Associated Press

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2020 Buick Enclave Avenir

The Olive Garden of seven-passenger SUVs And that’s just how its buyers prefer it By Jordan Golson North State Journal SAN DIEGO — Some people are extremely adventurous eaters. I joke that the only food I won’t eat is bugs that look like bugs. I’ll do Indian, Thai, Korean and Ethiopian, sweetbreads, frog legs and endless servings of sushi. French Laundry. Angus Barn. Second Empire. Others are into tamer fare: vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles, grilled cheese (with Kraft American Singles) on Wonder bread, steak with ketchup. Cracker Barrel. Dairy Queen. Olive Garden, if you’re feeling fancy. Though the fancy food folks might look down on the Red Lobster-crowd, if you’re a carmaker looking to sell big SUVs in Peoria, you best remember they exist — and what sorts of stuff they’re into. Culinary adventures are all about trying new and exciting things, which not everyone likes. Some people — a lot of them, actually — are thrilled with unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks. And for them, GM has come up with the Buick Enclave Avenir, the Olive Garden of seven-passenger premium SUVs. Though Buick might not carry the brand cachet of Volvo or Acura or its up-market sibling Cadillac, the marque’s SUVs (that’s all it makes now, sadly) are remarkably popular. The Enclave is the three-rowed big boy, and the Avenir is the top-tier luxury trim. My test unit landed at $59,390 including the Avenir Technology Package which includes adaptive cruise control, improved automatic emergency braking. Both of those should be standard GM, it’s 2020. Come on now. It feels almost like a minivan but with the look of an SUV. Entry and exit is easy and the front and rear captain’s chairs are supremely comfortable. The Technology Package adds an improved suspension which is gentle on aging backs and keeps things nicely stable. There are two sunroofs, one in the front that opens and one in the back that does not. The 20-inch rims are sharp and,

while the Enclave does not have the most exciting design in the world, it is inoffensive and soothing. It would look good in grandma’s driveway on Thanksgiving Day. The Buick infotainment system is excellent, with support for CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as 4G LTE and Wi-Fi hotspot from AT&T and GM’s unmatched OnStar service. The hotspot means that the litany of iPads and iPhones from the passengers in the back (and front) seats will always be able to connect and OnStar means if anything goes wrong, help is just a button press away — unless the air bags deploy, in which case help calls you instead. The Bose Premium audio system does its job well, with active noise cancellation and something called “Buick QuietTuning” to keep outside noise where it belongs. The front seats are heated and ventilated, and both include a massage function which is a gift from the road trip gods. In my version, the second row seats were heated, but no cooling. The touch surfaces are all lovely and the cabin is light and airy thanks to large windows and those dual sunroofs. Visibility is excellent, and there’s a 360-degree camera system to help you park in tight spaces. The 3.6-liter V6 makes 310 horsepower but stays out of the way, as does the 9-speed automatic transmission. The Buick gearshift is mildly annoying to get used to, but after a week or two, you won’t notice it anymore. There are a host of safety features, including rear cross traffic alert, lanekeep assist, and blind-spot warning with alert feature if you’re going to move into another car on the interstate. Fuel economy is 17/25/20 city/ highway/combined. There’s a remote start system, which is great for both hot and cold days, a power liftgate at the back and power-folding 60/40 third row if you want to haul more stuff than people. It’ll even tow up to 5,000 pounds if you want to haul a camper or small boat. But an off-roader this isn’t. It’s an unpretentious people and stuff hauler that won’t draw too much attention to itself. Unpretentious is probably a fair description for most Buick buyers. They don’t need to show off. They just value comfort and roominess and want a car that will take care of them. That’s the Buick Enclave Avenir.

A lot of people are thrilled with unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks

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ENTERTAINMENT

Disney posts 4Q loss as parks business, costs drag results By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press WALT DISNEY CO. reported fiscal fourth-quarter loss on Thursday thanks largely to changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its earnings were dragged by costs from restructuring related to its streaming services and lost revenue from its California theme parks, which remain closed amid surging coronavirus cases in the U.S. But its results weren’t as bad as feared and the company’s shares advanced after hours. Before the pandemic, Disney’s

profit soared as its wide array of media and entertainment offerings, from Marvel theatrical releases to Disney cruises, outperformed. But those businesses have been among the hardest hit during a pandemic that shows no sign of going away. Even before the pandemic, Disney had been increasingly focused on its streaming services such as Disney Plus, which launched a year ago and now boasts 73.7 million subscribers, surpassing analysts’ and the company’s own expectations. That move has been vastly sped up by the pandemic, as well as increasing competition from

new streaming services such as NBCUniversal’s Peacock and WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, not to mention older rivals like Netflix. In October, Disney announced a restructuring of its business units to put streaming front and center. It created three content arms, one each for sports, general entertainment and its studios, which have famous brands including Star Wars and Marvel. Their primary focus is on making shows and movies for streaming services. Meanwhile, a new distribution group will centralize how the content is sold and oversee streaming operations.

Disney Plus has boomed during the pandemic. Subscribers to Disney’s main streaming bundle — Disney Plus, ESPN Plus and Hulu — top 120 million. It still plans to launch another international streaming service called Star. Disney has also been pivoting to releasing major titles on streaming services that would traditionally have appeared at cinemas, like a live-action remake of “Mulan” and the upcoming Pixar film “Soul,” which will hit Disney Plus at Christmas. Disney posted a loss of $629 million, or 39 cents per share, in the three months that ended Oct. 3. That’s a swing from earnings of $1.21 billion, or 58 cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts expected a loss of 73 cents per share, according to FactSet. Revenue fell 23% to $14.71 billion. Analysts expected revenue of $14.15 billion.

To offset the cost of shuttered parks, the company is laying off some staff. In September, Disney said it was laying off 28,000 staffers at its parks in California and Florida due to limits on attendance and other pandemic-related issues. Two-thirds of the planned layoffs involve part-time workers, although salaried employees and hourly workers were both affected. Disney said revenue at its parks, experiences and products business fell 61% to $2.6 billion. But it wasn’t just parks that suffered. The company said it has suffered “significant disruption” in the production and availability of programming material — including the shift of live sports from the third into the fourth quarter and beyond. The pandemic has also led to the suspension of TV and movie production, though some of that has resumed in the current quarter.

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n this Aug. 8, 2017, file photo, The Walt Disney Co. logo appears on a screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ By Lynn Elber The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Gillian Anderson’s portrayal of British political leader Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown” was built step by step, from distinctive voice to helmet-hair wig to padded wardrobe. Olivia Colman, who as Queen Elizabeth II goes coif to coif with Thatcher, found Anderson’s Thatcher so uncanny that it was “quite scary.” The U.K.’s first female prime minister and Conservative Party leader died at 87 in 2013. “Sitting opposite her, especially with the light behind her a bit, it was” — at which point the Oscar-winning Colman paused, shivering dramatically and widening her eyes — “like she was there.” “It was like having a ghost around,” concurred Helena Bonham Carter, who plays Princess Margaret, the queen’s sister, in the drama’s 10-episode fourth season out Sunday on Netflix. Anderson is so arresting as Thatcher that even cynical latenight hosts became giddy fans when she was on as a guest. “I’m already giving you the Emmy for this,” Jimmy Kimmel said, asking if she’d called President-elect Joe Biden with official congrats. Stephen Colbert saluted her performance as “extraordinary.” The actor, who gained fame and awards for “The X-Files,” is Chicago-born but spent her childhood in Britain. She’s made England her home for nearly two decades, appearing on a variety of TV shows and the London stage. While she moves easily between the accents of her native

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This combination of photos shows Gillian Anderson, portraying Margaret Thatcher in a scene from the fourth season of “The Crown,” right, and Margaret Thatcher in Scarborough, England on March 18, 1989. Season four premieres on Sunday, Nov. 15. and adopted countries, Anderson worked at evoking Thatcher’s cadence and mannerisms with film and audio recordings as guides. The actor said she didn’t bring “massive preconceptions” to the role because her family moved back to America from Britain in 1979, the year Thatcher took office. “Normally, when working on either a historical character or literary character, I find that it’s

good to start from a blank slate anyway,” Anderson said. “It was helpful to have less to wipe away.” Then came the wig and wardrobe fittings and make-up tests, which she called “a fun part” of the process but more involved than it might seem for the creative team involved. “Everybody is deciding and discussing which particular hair color it (the wig) was going to be and whether there’s going to be

more than one wig in the season,” she said. Model No. 1 required a makeover after it flunked its screen test, with “huge chunks” of hair pulled out so that it didn’t appear to be “too much of a helmet,” Anderson said. A bonus of Thatcher’s addition to “The Crown”: unexpectedly comedic moments involving her and the queen, including a scene in which the prime minister who became known as “the Iron

Lady” executes a curtsy verging on Monty Python-esque. Oxford-educated but with middle-class roots, Thatcher is portrayed as ill-equipped to meet the Windsor standard for fitting behavior. While she gets scant royal help, the future and well-born Princess Diana (Emma Corrin) passes with “flying colors,” as cast member Tobias Menzies puts it. “It is a very ingrained English thing that we use class to put people in their places,” said Menzies, who plays Prince Philip. Thatcher’s treatment is perhaps “the royal family at their least beguiling,” he suggested. As depicted in “The Crown,” the queen and Thatcher had something in common other than being less than a year apart in age: A shared distrust of women in authority, themselves exempted. “Even though it’s an extraordinary moment in history, and certainly in British history,” Anderson noted, Thatcher appointed only one female cabinet member in her 11-year tenure. An exchange between Elizabeth and Thatcher on the subject plays as biting satire as crafted by series creator and writer Peter Morgan (Anderson’s off-screen partner). “I’m assuming no women” will get a cabinet post, the queen says to the newly elected Thatcher. Certainly not, the politician replies, and only in part because there are no “suitable candidates.” “I have found women in general tend not to be suited to high office. They become too emotional,” she says. Elizabeth’s confident reply: “I doubt you’ll have that trouble with me.”

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B10

SpaceX launches 2nd crew, regular station crew flights begin By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday on the first fullfledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company. The Falcon rocket thundered into the night from Kennedy Space Center with three Americans and one Japanese, the second crew to be launched by SpaceX. The Dragon capsule on top — named Resilience by its crew in light of this year’s many challenges, most notably COVID-19 — reached orbit nine minutes later. It is due to reach the space station late Monday and remain there until spring. “By working together through these difficult times, you’ve inspired the nation, the world, and in no small part the name of this incredible vehicle, Resilience,” Commander Mike Hopkins said right before liftoff. Once reaching orbit, he radioed: “That was one heck of a ride.” Sidelined by the coronavirus himself, SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk was forced to monitor the action from afar. He tweeted that he “most likely” had a moderate case of

COVID-19. NASA policy at Kennedy Space Center requires anyone testing positive for coronavirus to quarantine and remain isolated. Sunday’s launch follows by just a few months SpaceX’s two-pilot test flight. It kicks off what NASA hopes will be a long series of crew rotations between the U.S. and the space station, after years of delay. More people means more science research at the orbiting lab, according to officials. Cheers and applause erupted at SpaceX Mission Control in Hawthorne, California, after the capsule reached orbit and the firststage booster landed on a floating platform in the Atlantic. Musk tweeted a single red heart. At Kennedy, he was replaced by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell. She wouldn’t give Musk’s whereabouts, but said he was “tied in very closely to the launch.” “I have a series of texts to prove it,” Shotwell told reporters. The flight to the space station — 27 1/2 hours door to door — should be entirely automated, although the crew can take control if needed. SpaceX had to deal with pressure pump spikes once the capsule reached orbit, but quickly resolved the issue. With COVID-19 still surging,

NASA continued the safety precautions put in place for SpaceX’s crew launch in May. The astronauts went into quarantine with their families in October. All launch personnel wore masks, and the number of guests at Kennedy was limited. Even the two astronauts on the first SpaceX crew flight stayed behind at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Vice President Mike Pence, chairman of the National Space Council, joined NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine to watch the launch. “I didn’t start breathing until about a minute after it took off,” Pence said during a stop at SpaceX Launch Control to congratulate the workers. Outside the space center gates, spectators crowded into nearby beaches and towns. NASA worried a weekend liftoff — coupled with a dramatic nighttime launch — could lead to a superspreader event. They urged the crowds to wear masks and maintain safe distances. Similar pleas for SpaceX’s first crew launch on May 30 went unheeded. “In such a crazy year, we have finally some great news,” said Sophia Giallanza, who came from Miami with her husband and son to see their first launch. “So it’s re-

ally wonderful.” The three-men, one-woman crew led by Hopkins, an Air Force colonel, named their capsule Resilience in a nod not only to the pandemic, but also racial injustice and contentious politics. It’s about as diverse as space crews come, including physicist Shannon Walker, Navy Cmdr. Victor Glover, the first Black astronaut on a long-term space station mission, and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi, who became the first person in almost 40 years to launch on three types of spacecraft. They rode out to the launch pad in Teslas — another Musk company — after exchanging high-fives and hand embraces with their children and spouses, who huddled at the open car windows. Besides its sleek design and high-tech features, the Dragon capsule is quite spacious — it can carry up to seven people. Previous space capsules have launched with no more than three. The extra room in this newest capsule was used for science experiments and supplies. The four astronauts will be joining two Russians and one American who flew to the space station last month from Kazakhstan. The orbiting outpost soared over the launch site a mere half-minute before liftoff. The first-stage booster is expected to be recycled by SpaceX for the next crew launch. That’s currently targeted for the end of March, which would set up the newly launched astronauts for a return to Earth in April.

In the next 15 months, SpaceX should be flying roughly seven Dragon missions for NASA, both crew and cargo, Shotwell said. While Bridenstine noted it was a beautiful launch, he stressed: “This is a six-month mission and it’s the first of many.” “When you’re flying into space, there’s always risk and we will always be diligent,” he added. SpaceX and NASA wanted the booster recovered so badly that they delayed the launch attempt by a day, to give the floating platform time to reach its position in the Atlantic over the weekend following rough seas. Boeing, NASA’s other contracted crew transporter, is trailing by a year. A repeat of last December’s software-plagued test flight without a crew is off until sometime early next year, with the first astronaut flight of the Starliner capsule not expected before summer. NASA turned to private companies to haul cargo and crew to the space station, after the shuttle fleet retired in 2011. SpaceX qualified for both. With Kennedy back in astronaut-launching action, NASA can stop buying seats on Russian Soyuz rockets. The last one cost $90 million. The commander of SpaceX’s first crew, Doug Hurley, noted it’s not just about saving money or easing the training burdens for crews. “Bottom line: I think it’s just better for us to be flying from the United States if we can do that,” he told The Associated Press last week.

JOHN RAOUX | AP PHOTO

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule is seen during a time exposure as it lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Four astronauts are beginning a mission to the International Space Station.

TAKE NOTICE

CUMBERLAND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 613 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jeremy R. Brewington (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jeremy R. Brewington) to David W. Allred, Trustee(s), dated September 12, 2008, and recorded in Book No. 7984, at Page 863 in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned

16 SP 887 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 30, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Fayetteville in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot No. 18, BLOCK “D” in a Subdivision known as WELMAR HEIGHTS, SECTION 5, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Plat Book 25, Page 16 in the Cumberland County, North Carolina Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4341 Forest View Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to

and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 2, 2020 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Darlene Noble to Amy Mandari, Trustee(s), which was dated May 27, 2005 and recorded on June 1, 2005 in Book 6895 at Page 101, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

BEING ALL OF LOT 246, IN SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SOUTHVIEW, SECTION VII, PART ONE, AND THE SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 111, PAGE 119, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20 SP 438

the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on November 30, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Eric R. Whitmore and Linda A. Whitmore, dated October 30, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $84,000.00, and recorded in Book 7409 at Page 589 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ERIC R. WHITMORE AND LINDA A. WHITMORE DATED OCTOBER 30, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7409 AT PAGE 589 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of

Said property is commonly known as 2933 Piney Mountain Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars

Address of property: 1 Glenwick Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304 Tax Parcel ID: 0416-43-8516

this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the 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 being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return

of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained

in this 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 the termination.

($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Darlene Noble.

Present Record Owners: Whitmore and Linda A. Whitmore

Eric

And Being more commonly known as: 1917 Glenwick Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Eric R. Whitmore and Linda A. Whitmore. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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 being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include,

all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was

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renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is October 28, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-109977

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JOHNSTON 20 SP 337 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Mary Hollander to Investors Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated October 19, 2009 and recorded on October 21, 2009 in Book 3770 at Page 771, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 134 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Teresa Ann Green (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Teresa Ann Green) to Robert N. Tyson, Jr., Trustee(s), dated December 20, 2002, and recorded in Book No. 2351, at Page 327 in Johnston County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Johnston County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on December 1, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Clayton in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 626 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jeremy R. Dennis, Brittany L. Dennis (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jeremy R. Dennis and Brittany L. Dennis) to Daniel D. Hornfeck, Trustee(s), dated October 29, 2015, and recorded in Book No. 4376, at Page 179 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or

STANLY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 35 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kevin L. Helms, Heirs of Kevin L. Helms: Dylan Helms, Jordan Helms, Noah Helms (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Kevin L. Helms) to Reltco Inc., Trustee(s), dated July 25, 2018, and recorded in Document No. 402034, in Book No. 1649, at Page 1212 in Stanly County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Stanly County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on November 25, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real

UNION 19 SP 684 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert E. Miles, Sr. and Donna Miles to Penny Phifer, Trustee(s), which was dated January 19, 2005 and recorded on January 24, 2005 in Book 3673 at Page 186, Union County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 598 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Gregory J. Tigani (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Gregory J. Tigani) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated June 26, 2007, and recorded in Book No. 04617, at Page 0459 in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on December 3, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Waxhaw in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly

WAKE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 626 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jeremy R. Dennis, Brittany L. Dennis (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jeremy R. Dennis and Brittany L. Dennis) to Daniel D. Hornfeck, Trustee(s), dated October 29, 2015, and recorded in Book No. 4376, at Page 179 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

14 SP 1117 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by James Burns and Sara Burns to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated September 2, 2004 and recorded on September 2, 2004 in Book 011002 at Page 01625, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM, and

will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 1, 2020 at 12:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of that parcel of land containing .204 acre, more or less, as shown on a map recorded in Plat Book 66, Page 327, Johnston County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 105 South Sumner Street, Selma, NC 27576. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE

Being all of Lot 55, Phase 3, Smiths Creek Subdivision, as depicted in Plat Book 59, Pages 288-289, Johnston County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 90 Falling Creek Court, Clayton, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on August 25, 2016, in Book No. 4819, at Page 774. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note

the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on December 3, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Jacksonville in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING All of Lot 48, Block G, Brynn Marr, Section III-D, as recorded in Map Book 14, Page 37, Onslow County Registry, which map is by reference incorporated herein. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 311 Greenbriar Drive, Jacksonville, North Carolina. Parcel ID Number: 003145 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers,

estate situated in Albemarle in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina. Being Lot Number Three (3) in Block “K” as shown on a map of Woodcrest, Section Three recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 183, Stanly County Registry, and described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at an existing iron pipe on the easterly margin of the right-of-way of Hemlock Drive (60 feet in width), said beginning point being the southwest corner of Lot No. 2, Block “K”, shown on the plat above referred to and said beginning point being located 200.00 feet as measured in a southerly direction along the easterly margin of Hemlock Drive from Brenda Drive; thence with the dividing line between Lots 2 and 3, N. 73-07 E. 150.00 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence S. 16-53 E. 100.00 feet to an existing stone, the northeast corner of Lot 4, Block “K” as shown on said plat; thence with the dividing line between Lots 3 and 4, S. 73-07 W. 150.00 feet to an existing iron pipe on the easterly margin of Hemlock Drive; thence with the easterly margin of Hemlock Drive, N. 16-53 W. 100.00 feet to the place of beginning and containing 0.34 acre by survey of T.W. Harris and Associates, Inc., dated August 22, 1986. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located 1802 Hemlock Drive, Albemarle,

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 1, 2020 at 12:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND IN TOWNSHIP GOOSE CREEK, UNION COUNTY, STATE OF NC, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 16 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF THE OAK CREEK FARM PHASE III, MAP II, FILED IN PLAT CABINET E FILE NO. 269. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM JAMES ROLAND HALE, III UNMARRIED, TO ROBERT MILES SR. AND DONNA MILES, DATED 03/17/1998 RECORDED ON 03/18/1998 IN BOOK 1070, PAGE 0752 IN UNION COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF NC. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 9901 Diablo Court, Midland, NC 28107. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent

described as follows: Being all of Lot 26 The Gardens on Providence, as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet H, Files 884 and 885 in the Union County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1021 Sherringham Way, Waxhaw, North Carolina.Parcel ID No. 06180377 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions

door in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on December 3, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Jacksonville in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING All of Lot 48, Block G, Brynn Marr, Section III-D, as recorded in Map Book 14, Page 37, Onslow County Registry, which map is by reference incorporated herein. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 311 Greenbriar Drive, Jacksonville, North Carolina. Parcel ID Number: 003145 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and

will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot No. 2, Recombination Survey of Jordan and Coats Property as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1979, Page 946 and Book of Maps 1980, Page 956, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 310 West Park Street and 312 West Park Street, Cary, NC 27511. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Mary Hollander. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination

to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this 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 the termination.

directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the 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 being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return

the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this 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 the termination.

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the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this 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,

(5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Robert E. Miles, Sr. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

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Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 2591 - 6006

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less

than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this 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 the termination.

conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the 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 being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior

to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this 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,

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 [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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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 being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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Peru’s Congress selects centrist lawmaker to be new leader By Franklin Briceno The Associated Press LIMA, Peru — Peru’s political crisis appeared on the verge of resolution as Congress cleared the way for an elder statesman and consensus candidate to become the country’s third president in a week. People waved the nation’s redand-white flag and blared horns outside the gates of Congress as Francisco Sagasti of the centrist Purple Party was selected the legislature’s new president. The 76-year-old engineer has not yet been sworn into office, but as head of Congress becomes the nation’s chief of state by default. Peru currently has no president or vice president, making him next in line. It will now fall on Sagasti to heal a nation bruised by a week of upheaval. “What’s at stake is taking a first step toward rebuilding confidence between the people and the state,” said Samuel Rotta, president of the Peruvian chapter of Transparency International. Applause erupted in the legislative palace as Sagasti clinched the required majority vote. A respected academic, he has also spent decades consulting government institutions and held a post at the World Bank. Shortly after the vote, he took an oath to become Congress’ president. “We will do everything possible to return hope to the people and show them they can trust in us,” he said in his first remarks. Many in the Latin American nation are hopeful Sagasti’s appointment will mark the end of a tumultuous week in which thousands took to the streets outraged by Congress’ decision to oust popular ex-President Martín Vizcarra. During the upheaval, two young men died and dozens were injured. Peru also spent more than 24 hours with no designated chief of state. Sagasti could steer the country back toward stability because he is in a stronger position than his predecessor to potentially win the support of both Congress and demonstrators. He and his Purple Party bloc were among just 19 of 130 lawmakers to vote against Vizcarra’s removal. That will earn him credibility among protesters who condemned the ouster as a power grab. Unlike Vizcarra, he also has a party in Congress repre-

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Musicians perform Peru’s national anthem in San Martin square after Peru’s new interim President Francisco Sagasti was designated by Congress to lead the nation, in Lima, Peru, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. senting him. “Sagasti is someone who inspired confidence among a lot of people,” said Jo-Marie Burt, a senior fellow with the Washington Office on Latin America. “He’s an accidental president — but I wouldn’t say he’s someone without a plan.” Peru has much on the line: The country is in the throes of one of the world’s most lethal coronavirus outbreaks and political analysts say the constitutional crisis cast the country’s democracy into jeopardy. The protests that rocked Peru were unlike any seen in recent years, fueled largely by young people typically apathetic to the country’s notoriously erratic politics. They came a year after a wave of anti-government demonstrations around Latin America demanding better conditions for the poor and working class. Human rights groups accused police of mounting an excessive response to the protests, lashing out at demonstrators with batons, rubber bullets and tear gas. The two protesters who died suffered multiple wounds — Jack Pinta-

do, 22, was shot 10 times, including in the head, and Jordan Sotelo, 24, was hit four times in the chest near his heart, according to authorities. “People on the streets, in their homes, on their balconies and on social media are very, very upset,” Rotta said. “Peru is a country with high levels of mistrust. Politicians profoundly aggravated that.” At the crux of the unrest are long-simmering tensions over corruption in Peru. Every living former president has been accused or charged — most in the massive Odebrecht graft scandal in which the Brazilian construction giant admitted to doling out millions to politicians in exchange for lucrative public works contracts. Meanwhile, half of Congress is also under investigation for crimes ranging from money laundering to homicide. Vizcarra attracted legions of supporters for his efforts to change that. He dissolved Congress last year, reformed how judges are chosen and tried to get rid of the prosecutorial immunity granted to lawmakers. But he had no party backing him in Congress

and sparred with legislators constantly. Lawmakers ousted him using a 19th-century-era clause claiming he showed “permanent moral incapacity.” They accused him of taking over $630,000 in bribes in exchange for two construction contracts while governor of a small province years ago. Prosecutors are investigating the accusations, but Vizcarra has not been charged. He vehemently denies any wrongdoing. The country’s highest court is currently evaluating whether Congress broke the law in removing him from office — a decision that experts said would not be retroactive, but could have implications going forward. Some analysts said the ordeal shows Peru’s political system needs reform so that no one branch of government has outsized power. “There’s a serious question of checks and balances,” Rotta said. After Vizcarra was removed, then-Congress president Manuel Merino became president. The little known politician and rice farmer faced daily protests. He promised to keep in place a sched-

uled presidential election in April. But his conservative Cabinet appointments irked many. He resigned on Sunday, just five days after being sworn into office. The unrest comes as Peru grapples with the world’s highest per-capita COVID-19 mortality rate and one of Latin America’s worst economic contractions. The International Monetary Fund projects a 14% decline in GDP this year. Sagasti has been a mainstay in Peruvian politics. He was among those taken hostage by Tupac Amaru rebels at the Japanese ambassador’s residence in 1996. He has a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and has written numerous books, including one titled, “Democracy and Good Governance.” To be sure, Congress is likely to stymie any efforts to pass anti-corruption reform. And many Peruvians will still be clamoring for change. But the reaction to Sagasti’s appointment was decidedly different. Unlike Merino, Sagasti was immediately welcomed by international leaders including Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro. “We trust in his capacity to guide the country through this crisis until the next presidential election,” Almagro wrote on Twitter. In his speech before Congress, Sagasti recognized the deep wounds the legislature must work to repair before the election. Wearing a black face mask and a purple tie, he called on lawmakers to work together to ensure that Peruvians feel recognized by an institution few trust. He also paid homage to the two young men who died during the protests. Protesters gathered Monday evening in cities around the country to light candles and leave flowers at vigils in their honor. “We can’t bring them back to life,” Sagasti said. “But we can through Congress, and the executive, take action so this doesn’t happen again.” Moments later Sagasti walked out of Congress, approaching a crowd of people who cheered his appointment. He shook hands and waved. Some chanted, “Sagasti, the president!” “It couldn’t have been anyone else,” Sandra Ramirez said as she watched the new leader move among the crowd. “We are going to hope for the best from him.”

Hurricane Iota roars into Nicaragua as 2nd blow in 2 weeks The Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Hurricane Iota tore across Nicaragua on Tuesday, hours after roaring ashore as a Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of the Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful hurricane just two weeks ago. The extent of the damage was unclear because much of the affected region was without electricity and phone and internet service, and strong winds hampered radio transmissions. Preliminary reports from the coast included toppled trees and electric poles and roofs stripped from homes and businesses, but no deaths or injuries, said Guillermo González, director of Nicaragua’s emergency management agency. More than 40,000 people were in shelters. A day earlier, Iota intensified into a Category 5 storm, but it weakened as it neared the coast and made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph. The system came ashore about 30 miles south of the Nicaraguan city of Puerto Cabezas, also known as Bilwi. By midday Tuesday, Iota had diminished to a tropical storm and was moving inland over northern Nicaragua. It had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and was spinning westward at 12 mph. The storm was forecast to cross into southern Honduras late Tuesday. Aid agencies struggled to reach their local contacts, and the government said in a statement that at least 35 towns in the east and north had no phone service. Nicaragua’s telecommunications ministry said phone and broadband

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Mileydi Duarte, who was evacuated today by her family, rests under a highway bridge as she waits for space at a shelter before Hurricane Iota makes landfall in El Progreso Yoro, Honduras, Monday, November 16, 2020. provider Columbus Networks was offline because of flooding in Bilwi. As the storm moved westward, flooding became a top concern. The Tola River topped its banks, and western Nicaragua, along the Pacific coast, was forecast to receive the most rain. Nicaragua’s meteorology director, Marcio Baca, said areas where the soil was already saturated would receive 6 to 7 inches of additional rain. Iota came ashore just 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta made landfall Nov. 3, also as a Category 4 storm. Eta triggered flash floods and mudslides in parts of

Central America and Mexico and killed more than 130 people. “This hurricane is definitely worse” than Eta, Jason Bermúdez, a university student from Bilwi, said as screeching winds preceded Iota’s arrival. Many houses lost roofs, fences and fruit trees. “We will never forget this year,” Bermúdez said. Cairo Jarquin, emergency response project manager in Nicaragua for Catholic Relief Services, was in the area where Iota made landfall on Friday. He said the primary concerns for people trying to survive after Eta were drinking water and shelter. Even before Iota hit Nicaragua,

it scraped over the tiny Colombian island of Providencia, more than 155 miles off Nicaragua’s coast. Colombian President Ivan Duque said one person was killed and 98% of the island’s infrastructure was “affected.” Providencia is inhabited almost exclusively by the descendants of African slaves and British colonizers, who speak an English version of Creole as their native language. The island has no direct flights to the continent, but it has become an increasingly popular tourist destination thanks to its quiet beaches and rich marine life. On Tuesday, Colombian officials said they were sending a ship with 15

tons of aid to the island. In the aftermath of Eta, Honduras has tens of thousands of homeless people. The country reported 74 deaths and nearly 57,000 people in shelters, mostly in the north. One of the hardest hit areas was La Lima, a San Pedro Sula suburb, that flooded when the Chamelecon River topped its banks. Many people whose homes flooded moved to shelters or stayed with relatives. Some stayed behind in an attempt to protect what few possessions remained. Authorities tried to force most of them to move to shelters ahead of Iota’s arrival. On Monday, Wendy Guadalupe Contreras Paz, 34, was living under a tarp with her four children and seven other relatives along a main boulevard in La Lima. “I lost everything, I couldn’t take anything,” Contreras said. “But my mom and my grandmother have some things, and that’s why we’re living here, to be closer to the house and keep them from stealing the few little things they have left.” Iota is the record 30th named storm of this year’s historically busy Atlantic hurricane season. It’s also the ninth storm to rapidly intensify this season, a dangerous phenomenon that is happening more often. Such activity has focused attention on climate change, which scientists say is causing wetter, stronger and more destructive storms. Iota developed later in the season than any other Category 5 storm on record, beating a Nov. 8, 1932, Cuba hurricane, said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach. The official end of the hurricane season is Nov. 30.

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The Charlotte Fire Department stands ready for water rescue on West Boulevard during heavy rains on Nov. 12. Across the state there was severe flooding from Tropical Storm Eta moving up the Atlantic coast.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Baptist couple ask court to ban book from son’s school Mecklenburg County Robin and John Coble of Huntersville asked a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s decision allowing a charter school to teach a novel the plaintiffs describe as a “frontal assault” on their Christian beliefs. They requested an emergency restraining order banning “The Poet X” from their son’s class at the Lake Norman Charter School. The school began teaching the novel to its freshman language-arts students this week after a judge ruled the Cobles, who are Baptists, failed to prove their child would be harmed by the book — or that the school endorsed the novel’s criticism of organized religion.

Stanly Community College named top community college in state By David Larson Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — Local leaders have long bragged about Stanly Community College’s wide range of programs and the quality of the offerings they provide, and now, the system is getting some well-deserved attention. Niche.com, which analyzes K-12 schools, colleges, universities and neighborhoods by using available data, announced that SCC is the No. 1 “Best Community College in North Carolina.” “With more and more families relying on online resources to navigate the college search process, we see a huge opportunity to help students find the school that’s right for them,” Luke Skurman, CEO and founder of Niche. com, said in the press release announcing the rankings. “Our 2021 college rankings will provide valuable information and insights to

the millions of college bound students and their families during this admissions cycle. We’re humbled to continue to play a key role in the college search in these uncertain times.” Possibly an even greater distinction, considering the number of community colleges in the nation, Best Value Schools, another popular online college ranker, announced that SCC was their No. 2 “Community College in the United States for Accredited Online Associate of Arts Degree Programs.” According to their website, “Best Value Schools is dedicated to helping you find the best possible college or university. Education is a major investment, and we provide the clear, credible guidance you need to make the right decisions for your education and career.” In response, SCC put out a press release on Nov. 13 to tout the rankings.

“After a difficult year for our students, faculty, and staff, these recognitions are very encouraging,” SCC President Dr. John Enamait said in the release. “We have the BEST faculty and staff in the state and these rankings only reinforce the outstanding educational opportunities SCC offers. Despite a year of adversity, our faculty and staff have again risen to the top and excelled in providing the best education possible for our students.” SCC has a wide variety of degrees and certifications offered, from medical specializations in respiratory therapy, nursing, pharmaceutical technology and emergency medical science; to trades, like welding, electrical linework, automotive and heavy equipment operations; to technology, like simulation and game development, cybersecurity and computer engineering; to first-responder certification for law enforcement

“After a difficult year for our students, faculty, and staff, these recognitions are very encouraging. We have the BEST faculty and staff in the state and these rankings only reinforce the outstanding educational opportunities SCC offers. Despite a year of adversity, our faculty and staff have again risen to the top and excelled in providing the best education possible for our students.” SCC President Dr. John Enamait said in the release and firefighters. To learn more about the courses Stanly Community College offers, and how to apply for them, visit their website at https://www. stanly.edu/

Police: 1 dead in standoff at tire shop Cabarrus County One person is dead and another is in custody following a four-hour standoff at a tire shop in Concord. Authorities said a number of employees got out of the shop when they heard gunshots, but the suspect barricaded inside with one staff member. When officers finally entered the business, they found the body of the employee, who had been fatally shot. Police have not released the names of the suspect and victim. They also have not said if a motive has been determined. The SWAT Unit of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department assisted Concord Police. AP

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Cooper appoints Stanly’s Phillip Cornett for Judicial District 20A judgeship By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — On Nov. 13, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper announced the appointment of two new District Court judges, one of which was Norwood-native Phillip Cornett. Cornett, 45, will serve as judge for Judicial District 20A, a seat that has remained empty since the retirement of Judge William Tucker on July 31, 2020. The district covers Stanly and Montgomery counties. “I hope to make a real positive impact on my community,” Cornett told SCJ on Nov. 16. “I was born and raised in Norwood, so I’m fully invested in the welfare of this community.” Cornett will begin his new role once he officially receives a com-

“I hope to make a real positive impact on my community. I was born and raised in Norwood, so I’m fully invested in the welfare of this community.” Judge Phillip Cornett mission from the governor, likely in seven to 10 days. He said that he was excited upon learning about his judicial appointment last weekend, acknowledging that he had a “50-50 chance” as one of two main candidates for the job.

“It is a privilege and an honor to be appointed to this position. I appreciate the governor’s confidence in my ability,” Cornett said to SCJ in a prepared statement. “I will work hard every day for the citizens of Stanly and Montgomery counties to fulfill the duties and responsibilities placed on me.” Cornett, who has several years of experience as a private practice lawyer, has served as the assistant district attorney for Prosecutorial Districts 28 and 16C. Prior to that, he was a Judicial Clerk on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Cornett’s education comes by way of Elon University School of Law, where he earned a juris doctor; Western Carolina University, where he earned a bachelor of arts; Stanly Community College, where he earned an associates degree in science; and South Stanly

High School. “These appointees are bringing years of valuable legal experience to the bench. I know that their expertise and leadership will make them strong, fair district court judges,” Gov. Cooper said in a Nov. 13 press release, addressing Cornett along with newly appointed judge Quintin McGee. McGee, who currently serves as the chief assistant district attorney for the state’s 13th and 15th Districts, will take on the role of district court judge in Judicial District 13 for Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties, where a vacancy was left by the retirement of Judge William Fairley. McGee is a board member of Communities in Schools of Brunswick County, Bladen County Juvenile Prevention Council, the Boy Scouts of America Cape Fear Council, and has experience working in criminal, civil and family law. He attended the North Carolina Central University School of Law after receiving bachelor degree at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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The Associated Press PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Actor Donnie Wahlberg recently left a $2,020 tip at a Massachusetts restaurant, continuing his habit of leaving generous gratuities to brighten the days of wait staff. The “Band of Brothers” and “Blue Bloods” actor and former member of boy band New Kids on the Block left the tip on a $35.27 lunchtime bill at Marshland 3A, a restaurant located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Nov. 7.

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RALEIGH — The fossil skeletons of two dinosaurs intertwined in what looks like a final death match have been donated to a North Carolina museum. The nonprofit organization Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences said in a statement Tuesday that it acquired the fossilized animals with private funds. The skeletons will be gifted to the Raleigh museum’s vertebrate paleontology collection. The Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops horridus known as the dueling dinosaurs were bur-

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of 1) Fail Register Sex Offender(f) (F) and 2) Fail Reprt New Address-sex Off (F), at 2344 East Main St Lot 16, Albemarle, NC, on 11/16/2020 ♦ Harrison, Ameer Raffet (B /M/24) Arrest on chrg of Common Law Robbery (F), at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, NC, on 11/16/2020 ♦ Ravenscroft, Joshua (W /M/35) Arrest on chrg of 1) Pwimsd Methamphetamine (F), 2) Pwimsd Sch Ii Cs (F), and 3) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at Eddinspoplin Rd, Albemarle, NC, on 11/16/2020 ♦ Harrison, Ameer Raffet (B /M/24) Arrest on chrg of 1) Common Law Robbery (F), 2) Assault On Female (M), 3) Assault On Govt Official/ emply (M), 4) Resisting Public Officer (M), 5) Unauthorized Use Of Motor Vehicle (M), and 6) Carrying Concealed Gun (m) (M), at 976 N Main St, Norwood, NC, on 11/16/2020 ♦ Martinez, Beda Baza (W /F/32) Arrest on chrg of Felony Possession Of Cocaine (F), at 20713 Us 52 South, Norwood, NC, on 11/15/2020 ♦ Brien, Corey Randall (W /M/33) Arrest on chrg of Possess Heroin (F), at Atrium Stanly, Albemarle, NC, on 11/15/2020 ♦ Ratliff, Harley Renee (W /F/26) Arrest on chrg of 1) Maintain Veh/dwell/place Cs (f) (F), 2) Trafficking,opium Or Heroin (F), 3) Pwimsd Sch Ii Cs (F), 4) Possess Marij Paraphernalia (M), and 5) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at N Main St, Norwood, NC, on 11/15/2020 ♦ Eudy, Clayvon Kevin (W /M/36) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possess Methamphetamine (F), 2) Simple Possess Sch Iii Cs (m) (M), and 3) Simple

Possess Sch Iv Cs (m) (M), at St. Martin Church Rd., Oakboro, NC, on 11/14/2020 ♦ Hicks, Lawson Douglas (W /M/18) Arrest on chrg of 1) Fail To Heed Light Or Siren (M), 2) Flee/elude Arrest W/mv (f) (F), 3) Speeding (M), and 4) Reckless Driving To Endanger (M), at Mcay Hill Road And Thomas Hill Church Road, Norwood, NC, on 11/13/2020 ♦ Medlin-coley, Jessica Laura (W /F/30) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possess Methamphetamine (F), 2) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), 3) Felony Probation Violation (F), and 4) Fta - Release Order (M), at Hwy 200, Locust, NC, on 11/13/2020 ♦ Almond, Kevin Bernard (W /M/48) Arrest on chrg of 1) Abuse Disable/elder Ser Inj (F) and 2) Communicate Threats (M), at 24806 Bost Rd, Albemarle, NC, on 11/12/2020 ♦ Vanhoy, Dusty Brian (W /M/34) Arrest on chrg of Cyberstalking (m) (M), at Old Salisburry Rd, Albemarle, NC, on 11/12/2020 ♦ Provost, Tammy Lynnette (W /F/48) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possess Methamphetamine (F) and 2) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 20704 Nc24/27 Hwy, Oakboro, NC, on 11/11/2020 ♦ Simpler, William Arthur (W /M/51) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possession Of Stolen Firearm (F) and 2) Felony Possession Of Cocaine (F), at 20704 Nc Hwy 24/27, Oakboro, NC, on 11/11/2020 ♦ Whitley, Ashley (W /F/30) Arrest on chrg of Assault And Battery (M), at 48447 Willie Rd, Richfield, NC, on 11/11/2020

ied together 67 million years ago. Their fossils were discovered on a Montana hillside and remain entombed within the sediment where they were found. The nonprofit said the distinct preservation will give museum paleontologists an unprecedented opportunity for research and education. The skeletons are worth millions of dollars and were the subject of a court battle over who owned them after their discovery in 2006. In June, a U.S. appeals court ruled the fossils belong to the owners of the land’s surface rights, not the owners of the mineral rights.

DEATH NOTICES ♦ Rachel Maxine Eudy Chandler, 92, of Albemarle, passed away October 24. ♦ Kermit Gene Carriker, 79, of Albemarle, passed away November 7. ♦ Clyde Keith Hinson of Oakboro, passed away November 9. ♦ Larry Wayne Furr, Sr. 72, of Oakboro, passed away on November 9. ♦ Alfred Linwood Ballard, 97, of Albemarle, passed away November 9. ♦ Nancy Arney Groves, 77, of Albemarle, passed away November 10. ♦ David Webster Turner, 73, of Oakboro, passed away November 11. ♦ Cameron Lyle Needham, 18, of Norwood, passed away November 12. ♦ Ronald Lee Drye, 76, of Oakboro, passed away November 13. ♦ Jerry Curtis Hatley, 64, formerly of Norwood, passed away November 13. ♦ Faye Lambert Terry, 83, of Albemarle, passed away November 14. ♦ Myrtle Newton Smith, 94, of Oakboro, passed away November 14. ♦ William Bradford Bliven, Sr. 76, of Richfield, passed away November 14. ♦ Nora Elizabeth DeBerry, 71, of Albemarle, passed away November 15. ♦ William Wayne Efird, 83, of Oakboro, passed away November 15.

Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, November 18, 2020

OPINION Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor VISUAL VOICES

COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO

When ‘unity’ means ‘shut the hell up’ ON SATURDAY EVENING, presidential frontrunner Joe Biden — who doesn’t actually become president-elect until vote counts are certified — gave a preliminary victory address. In that address, he spoke of his mandate to govern: a mandate, he said, that extended to marshalling the “forces of decency ... fairness ... science ... hope.” Which is a pretty vague mandate, as it turns out. Our bones But there was another overarching mandate Biden will likely expressed: a mandate to come together, to unify as bleach before Americans. “To make progress, we must stop treating Biden tells our opponents as our enemy,” Biden said. “We are not Hillary Clinton enemies. We are Americans.” All of that is nice. Who wouldn’t like a country that Trump in which we could enjoy cultural events together supporters without being lectured about the alleged evils of aren’t the country, in which we could attend family events deplorables. without being castigated as bigots, in which we could disagree and still enjoy one another? Who wouldn’t like an America in which our neighbors no longer see us as cancel-culture targets, in which we no longer have to fear our compatriots rioting and looting over supposed systemic injustices, in which our social interactions are not limited by our voter registration? But. Americans are right to have some rather serious trust issues with calls for unity in our polarized time. After all, former President Barack Obama pledged American reunification right up until he began treating tea partyers as unspeakable threats and political opponents as cryptoracists. Everything was hopey and changey right up until the time... it wasn’t. So, in order to earn our trust, Joe Biden would have to call his own side out for raising the temperature. And he has steadfastly refused to do so. He hasn’t called out Black Lives Matter for the suggestion that America

is systemically racist; he has cheered it on. He hasn’t condemned antifa; he has deemed it a philosophy rather than a dangerous movement. And he certainly hasn’t said a word about the continuing attacks on Trump supporters. We will wait in vain for Biden to chide former first lady Michelle Obama for declaring that 70 million Americans “voted for the status quo, even when it meant supporting lies, hate, chaos, and division.” Our bones will likely bleach before Biden tells Hillary Clinton that Trump supporters aren’t deplorables. No, “unity” in the Biden formulation isn’t a recognition of what we have in common; it’s a demand that we silence ourselves in order to mirror Biden’s priorities. Unity, you see, can be achieved one of two ways: through recognition of the other, through a determination to understand those who think differently than we do; or through ideological domination. It’s rather obvious which pathway Democrats will choose. After all, social ostracization is one of their most powerful tools. Why disarm now? Americans can only come together when we share a common philosophy, history and culture. Democrats have spent years attempting to tear away those commonalities in favor of coalitional interest-group politics. They’ve declared American philosophy racist from inception; they’ve declared American history a litany of brutalities; they’ve declared American culture bigotry embodied. Now they want unity — the unity of absolute victory. Ironically, it’s that very desire — the desire for monolithic control — that will be their undoing. Unless Biden is serious about unity — unless he’s willing to cross the aisle and recognize the humanity of those with whom he disagrees, and to call out those on his own side who won’t — Biden’s term is likely to be contentious, polarizing and ultimately unsuccessful. Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com.

COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON

30th Infantry Division finally gets recognized 75 years after WWII heroism LAST WEEK we celebrated one of the most important days of the year — Veterans Day. As Fort Bragg’s congressman, making sure our veterans, as well as our troops and their families, get the support they deserve is among my top priorities. This is especially critical for our community, as our region has the fastest growing veteran population in the country. Among their On Wednesday, I joined veterans and other accomplishments, members of our community at the Atrium in August 1944, the Ballpark in Kannapolis for a ceremony to honor division of 13,000 all those who have served our country. This year, soldiers held off an the Cannon Ballers baseball team organized a advance of 80,000 “Field of Honor” to display 500 American flags at the ballpark, each one carrying the name of a of the toughest of veteran. During the ceremony, all 500 names were the tough German read aloud — a moving tribute and reminder that troops in Mortain, freedom has never been free. It has been paid for France. by millions of men and women who have worn our nation’s uniform. We owe them our full support and I’m proud of all we have accomplished for our veterans. We passed the VA MISSION Act to get veterans the health care they deserve at the VA or their own doctor. We passed the largest VA budget in history and the largest expansion of the GI Bill in a decade. This year, I secured legislation to make sure veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in the Middle East have more access to the VA. These are all positive steps forward, but I know there is more to do. That’s why now I’m focused on additional measures like getting veteran caregivers the support they need through my Care for the Veteran Caregiver Act. This bipartisan bill extends stipends for caregivers and streamlines eligibility requirements for the VA’s caregiver program for our most severely injured veterans. Rest assured, I will never stop fighting for our veterans or their families.

That includes veterans like Harrisburg resident King Kenny. Kenny was a member of the 30th Infantry Division, comprised in part of soldiers from the North Carolina National Guard. Among their accomplishments, in August 1944, the division of 13,000 soldiers held off an advance of 80,000 of the toughest of the tough German troops in Mortain, France. While then-General Dwight Eisenhower intended for their actions to be recognized with a Presidential Unit Citation, the request went unfulfilled. When I was first elected to office, former Eighth District Congressman Larry Kissell, who has now become a friend of mine, told me about the fight for this citation. I promised Larry, who also has a real heart for our veterans, I would continue his fight. For eight years, I continued to push for this recognition across numerous Army secretaries, Defense secretaries, a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and two presidential administrations. We even had King Kenny speak directly to President Trump about it. Well, President Trump listened and issued a Presidential Unit Citation to the 30th Infantry Division. Nearly 75 years after their heroic actions, the soldiers of the 30th finally got the recognition they deserved. I was proud to attend the ceremony, and I made sure my friend Larry Kissell was there with me. You see, his father was one of those courageous men of the 30th who fought in WWII. This Veterans Day, I was reminded of their sacrifices and the sacrifices of all of our veterans. Each day, they deserve our appreciation and thanks from every American. I especially want my five-year-old son and all future generations to know the cost of freedom and understand that veterans are our heroes. We should always make sure they get the recognition, respect and support they deserve, especially when it comes to health care. As I often share, if you are a veteran or know someone who needs assistance, contact the 24-hour Veterans Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1, text 838255 or chat online at VeteransCrisisLine.net/Chat. Make sure you thank a veteran, not just on Veterans Day, but all throughout the year. I’ll continue to fight for them, just as I’ll continue to fight for you.

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT NFL

Chiefs give Reid, GM Veach contract extensions Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Chiefs signed Andy Reid and Brett Veach to contract extensions Monday that will provide added stability by keeping together the most successful coach/general manager combination in franchise history well into the future. The Chiefs have reached back-to-back AFC championship games and delivered the Chiefs their first Super Bowl title in 50 years last season. Kansas City is 8-1 this season, second only to Pittsburgh in the NFL.

NHL

Cup-winning Lightning lay off 30 workers Tampa Bay, Fla. Just months after winning the Stanley Cup, officials with the Tampa Bay Lightning said Monday they are eliminating 30 positions in a sign that even winning a championship does not spare a team from the effects of the coronavirus. The positions were across the company and effective immediately, team officials said. The layoffs represent less than 10% of the team’s workforce. Every employee who was working full-time in late September when the Lightning won the Stanley Cup by defeating the Dallas Stars will receive a championship ring.

Chris Paul headed to Phoenix from Oklahoma City The Winston-Salem native and Wake Forest legend will be with his third team in as many seasons By Tim Reynolds The Associated Press ALL-STAR GUARD Chris Paul is being traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Phoenix Suns, where he’ll play alongside one of the league’s most dynamic young scorers in fellow AllStar Devin Booker, a person with knowledge of the situation said Monday. The Thunder are acquiring Ricky Rubio, Kelly Oubre, Jalen Lecque, Ty Jerome and a firstround pick that will be conveyed sometime between 2022 and 2025, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been finalized by the league. Rubio reacted to the trade news with a tweet: “... what a business,” he wrote. It is a huge leap for the Suns, who went 8-0 inside the NBA’s restart bubble at Walt Disney World in a frantic, but futile, quest to make the playoffs. Paul — a Winston-Salem native who starred at West Forsyth High School before becoming an All-American at Wake Forest — is owed about $41 million for this season and

MIKE EHRMANN | POOL PHOTO VIA AP

Winston-Salem native Chris Paul is headed to his third team in as many seasons after Oklahoma City agreed to ship the former Wake Forest All-American to the Phoenix Suns. has a $44 million player option for next season, which was too much of an impediment for other teams that considered acquiring him last

summer. The Suns, however, deemed it worth the risk. They haven’t made the playoffs since a run to

the Western Conference finals in 2010. ESPN and The Athletic first reported details of the trade. Paul was an All-Star for the 10th time this past season, averaging 17.6 points and 6.7 assists. Phoenix becomes his fourth team in less than four years; he was with the Los Angeles Clippers through the 2016-17 season, then spent two years in Houston, then last year with the Thunder after being acquired as part of the trade that sent Russell Westbrook to the Rockets. Paul is also president of the National Basketball Players Association. The trade reunites him with Suns coach Monty Williams; Paul played for Williams in 201011 when Williams was in his first season coaching the New Orleans Hornets. “Man, I’m 35 years old and I still get a chance to play basketball every day and say that’s my way of life,” Paul said last week, when asked about trade rumors during an appearance in the Time100 speakers’ series. “That is crazy in itself so regardless what happens, I’ll be ready.” Oubre averaged a career-high 18.7 points last season. Rubio is entering his 10th NBA season and has also played for the Timberwolves and Jazz. He signed a 3-year, $51 million deal with the Suns before last season and averaged 13 points and 8.8 assists per game with Phoenix. Jerome was the 24th overall pick out of Virginia last season and played in 31 games as a rookie while averaging 3.3 points. Lecque — who committed to NC State but decided to forgo college to turn pro in 2019 but went undrafted — played in five games last season.

SOCCER

Hollywood stars complete takeover of Welsh club Wrexham Wrexham, Wales Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought one of the world’s oldest soccer teams on Monday and plan to document their first foray into the sport in a fly-on-thewall TV show. Reynolds, star of “Deadpool” and McElhenney, creator or “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” completed a $2.5 million takeover of a team that plays in the fifth tier of the English game. Wrexham is languishing in 14th place in the National League and has been outside English soccer’s four main pro leagues since 2008.

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AUTO RACING

Minnesota United midfielder Ethan Finlay (13) shoots ahead of the defense of FC Dallas midfielder Ryan Hollingshead (12) during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020 in St. Paul, Minn.

Ganassi to return to IMSA sports car racing with Cadillac

MLS plans to start ’21 season on time, play full schedule

Indianapolis Chip Ganassi Racing will return to IMSA sports car competition next season with Cadillac in the Daytona Prototype international class. Ganassi made its sports car racing debut in 2004 in the DPi class before it became a Ford factory GT Le Mans program from 2016 through 2019. Ganassi’s sports car program was shelved in 2020 when Ford pulled out of IMSA. The sports car program won seven championships in IMSA, as well as eight Rolex 24 at Daytona victories. Ganassi is the only team owner to win three-straight Rolex 24’s, from 2006 to 2008.

Charlotte’s expansion team will begin play the following season By Anne M. Peterson The Associated Press MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER intends to open its 2021 season as planned in early March but will remain nimble because of the coronavirus. The league plans to play an entire regular season while working around the international calendar, which was made busier because of events pushed back by the pandemic. “Based on the crowded international calendar next year, we are targeting to start our season in early March as usual. The restrictions on our ability to have fans in our stadiums this year contributed to very significant financial losses,” MLS President Mark Abbott said. “Like all leagues, we are concerned about those restrictions continuing for a second year and are continually evaluating how to manage

through the impact of the pandemic in 2021.” It remains to be seen whether fans will be allowed to attend 2021 matches. Like other professional sports leagues, MLS took a significant financial hit as a result of the virus. Commissioner Don Garber estimated $1 billion in losses earlier this year. MLS teams played two games this season before play was suspended on March 12. The league then staged a tournament in a bubble in Florida over the summer. FC Dallas and Nashville SC were unable to participate because of positive COVID-19 tests. The tournament was made possible by a June agreement with the Major League Soccer Players Association following tense talks that led to some players skipping voluntary workouts and the league threatening a lockout. The revised CBA, a six-year deal through 2025, includes across-theboard pay cuts and reduced bonuses. The union said players had ratified the deal.

The sticking points included a clause tied to attendance, but MLS revised it. The clause allows the league to alter contract obligations due to extraordinary circumstances. A person with knowledge of the situation said the league has filed a notice with the MLS Players’ Association preserving the right to invoke the clause, but the league has no intention to do so at this time. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the move was not made public. The MLSPA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. MLS returned to local markets after the MLS is Back Tournament. Teams are set to start the playoffs next weekend, with the MLS Cup championship set for Dec. 12. MLS will hold its expansion draft on Dec. 15 for Austin FC, set to join the league next season. But the debut of Charlotte was pushed back to 2022, and expansion teams in St. Louis and Chicago were delayed a year to 2023 because of the coronavirus.

“Based on the crowded international calendar next year, we are targeting to start our season in early March as usual.” Mark Abbott, MLS president

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‘The Last Dance’ NCHSAA requires director talks project volleyball players to on Jordan’s Bulls wear masks during practices, games

The 10-part documentary will air over five Sundays

school sports finally By As Timhigh Reynolds Therestart, Associated Press administrators make lastminute changes to protocols

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Quarterback Collin Hill and the Gamecocks will play the final three games of the season under interim coach Mike Bobo.

With Muschamp out, Bobo looks to rally Gamecocks HBCU NFL hopefuls adjust after canceled pro days, combine KEVIN L. DORSEY | NC A&T ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO

North Carolina A&T receiver Elijah Bell, pictured in 2017 against North Carolina Central, is among the HBCU draft “Maybe a hopefuls who was affected by the canceled events due to the coronavirus pandemic. time that everybody lights up the scoreboard, South Carolina fired its Tanner hopes to have someone a coach gets a long, long tenthe 10-7 football coach with three ure unless his success is off the in place before Dec. 16, the start games are of college football’s early signing charts,” Tanner said. games remaining distant Bobo spoke with Muschamp period. He won’t limit the search earlier Sunday when the sub- to those with head coaching exmemories.”

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JASON HEHIR was a kid in the stands in Boston Garden on April 20, 1986, the day that Michael Jordan scored a playoff-record 63 points. By Jesse Deal It was aCounty Christmas gift from his father, who Stanly Journal stuck a note promising “Two tickets to the Air Jordan Show” in his stocking that holiday seaALBEMARLE — Two weeks into the son.2020-21 It’s a giftvolleyball Hehir will season, never for-the North get,Carolina though High his current for AssociaSchool seat Athletic another of sorts tion isJordan alreadyshow enacting someisupdates to considerably better. “I wouldn’t its guidelines. Hehir the director of theon Nov. 12 The is NCHSAA announced call it a ESPN Netflix production “The players thatand it will require volleyball to Last Dance,” a 10-part documenwear face masks during prac- challenge. I tary seriesand that debuts 19 and would call it tices gamesApril (effective tells the 16) story Jordan’s final ChiNov. tooflimit the spread of cago Bulls season in 1997-98 only that a privilege.” COVID-19. 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Department a year from the of the ideadoctors,” to the reof Health andinception Human Services) search to doing the shooting to the getting it all Tucker said. all “After weighing infortogether, storyboarding out, mapping it out, mation, the NCHSAAitBoard of Directors editing, notes back, it takes about a voted getting to implement the stricter policies.” year,”Unlike Hehir said. “We’re doing of those. And volleyball, masks10will not be we required had a little overschool two years to do it so we’re forbithigh basketball pracalready at five times normal rate.” tices working when they begin onour Dec. 7 or basThe pandemic ketball games further startingcomplicates on Jan. 4; matters. mask Hehir andwill his team are finishing thingsduring up while usage be enforced, however, separated, connecting through Zoom meetings basketball skill development tactics like butfree-throw largely in isolation drills. at their own laptops to get the pieces of the story ready to air. 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For Nutbush residents He also cited a widespread fear the threat of overburdened of being unnecessarily exposed to fear of contracting the v itals, states across the country matched with the worry th the virus. onverting convention centers, could lose stores that are “All around, people are scared,” ts facilities and performance Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, November 18, 2020 the neighborhood. Offici he said. es into backup treatment sites Their fears are not unfounded. ven’t said if stores would oronavirus patients. In this majority-black city along the Gateway facility was hat some Memphis, Tenthe Mississippi River, lawmakers If they did, shopping wo e, residents don’t get is why in and community leaders have been come more difficult for re city, a shopping center in the sounding the alarm over what they especially for those who ar dle of a predominantly black, see as a disturbing trend of the vi- have no means of transpo income residential neighborrus killing African Americans at a to stores located farther aw d has been chosen. “For people who don’t higher rate. ty and state officials are concar, what do they do?” ask Nutbush resident Patricia Hared that By anMark influx of patients Congress that lowered the penalty Sherman ris, who spoke to The Ass ris wondered aloud if city officials Memphis, as well as nearby to zero did not even try to repeal The Associated Press “It does seem fairly clear Press while lugging a bottl were “trying to contaminate” the issippi, Arkansas and rural the rest of the act. I think, frankly, that they wanted the court to do WASHINGTON, D.C. — A tergent, a package of bott neighborhood. Tennessee, will strain hospithat the proper remedy moreare conservative Supreme Court that, but that’s not our job,” Robter and other items from t Activist Earle Fisher, an AfriTheir fears echoed across would be to sever the ADRIAN SAINZ | AP PHOTO unwillingmayors to do what Re- erts said. can American Memphis pastor, A Lot to her car. She note country:appears Governors, In the court’s third major case mandate provision and publicans have long desired: kill understands the anxiety. “This grocery store recently clos health off experts in numerous 3, 2020 photo, shows Gateway Shopping Center over theApril 10-year-old law, popularthe Affordable Care Act. This Friday, leave the rest of the act in is an honest and reasonable con- her house and she already s are also researching and in Memphis, Tenn. Meeting remotely in the midst ly known as “Obamacare,” Repubcern and skepticism,” Fisher said. travel farther to get to Gate tructingof makeshift a pandemic medical that has closed lican attorneys general in 18 states place.” “When we do things “I think it’s par for the course for ities. their majestic courtroom, the jus- and the administration want the ALEX BRANDON | AP PHOTO entire law to bea struck down. That a Chinese restaurant and other black people to be righteously got to consider the people ticesCity, on Tuesday on theLee lat- has disclosed few: the MuNew York they’retook turnJustice Brett Kavanaugh est Republican challenge to the would threaten coverage for more A demonstrator holds a sign in front of the U.S.neighborhood,” Supreme Court as she said. “W skeptical of governmental interbusinesses. sic City Center in Nashville, the o the Javits Center convention Obama-era health care law, with than 23 million people, as well as arguments are heard about the Affordable Care Act Tuesday, Nov. need to make the neighb vention that did not consult with Locating a treatment center for Chattanooga Convention Center, in Chicago, the McCormick three appointees of President millions of others with preexist10, 2020, in Washington, D.C. worse than it already is.” patients there theofKnoxville Expothat Center — allin- coronavirus e Convention and in foe individuals who initially filed law-pos- people on the ground first.” ing conditions now would Donald Center; Trump, an avowed hadproblems, the right to goresidents into court. say: U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, cludefrom COVID-19. among them. Doug McGowen, the city’s chief two residential neigh- essuits dy, Utah,the thelaw, Mountain Amer- sites away Trump, for his earwritten by Roberts. The suits are against the fedBut at least one of those Trump Democrat, said the d operating officer, said thecluding Gate-fromphis potentially expose them borhoods.California, leading a group of It could xpo Center. lier opinions, including the sense. initial The current case stems from eral government and U.S. agenDemocratic-controlled states, appointees, Justice Brett KavaThe Gateway Shopping Cen- to the virus amid concerns that way site was being considered be- doesn’t make he U.S. Army Corps of Enginaugh, seemed likely to vote to and the Democratic-controlled cies, “but doesn’t it really seem a change made by the Republi- case in 2012 that upheld the man“I’m sure there are othe cause it could potentially are contracting COVID-19 ter in the neighborhood s has been date. Congress in 2017 accomthat Congress is the one who’s in- can-controlled U.S. Nutbush House of Representatives are blacks leavescouting the bulk locations of the law intact, that would work, modate hundreds of beds. He said at higher rates; and it could force of Memphis is different. The cenennessee, and officials here Eight years ago, the law’s de-and they even if he were to find the law’s urging the court to leave the law jured the individual plaintiffs here that reduced the penalty for not have used those if it were converted to atotreatment of the they rely on to a Save A Lot grocery some compiled a list of 35 possi-thatterev-features fenders emphasized that the man-rather t obtaining health insurance and you can’tstores sue Congress and in place. now-toothless mandate date was linchpin of the whole neighbo Without the penalty, the mildly say: ‘Hey, you’ve put us under this zero. site, Supreme Courtacould have close. eryoneThey obtainhaven’t health insurance to a The a residential it would hold only ill theinto Rent-A-Center, Famibackup sites. restore, law, Roberts said to Donald mandate to have healthwho in- could mandate that’s forcing and us tocommubuy law’s coronavirus heardathe case before the election, be unconstitutional. said. Verrilpatients be Cohen Nutbush resident beauty supply shop, d the whole list, but Gov. Bill ly Dollar,

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“It does seem fairly clear that but set arguments for a week after. Tuesday’s arguments, conductthe proper remedy would be to sever the mandate provision and ed by telephone and lasting two leave the rest of the act in place,” hours, reached back to the earlier cases and also included remindKavanaugh said. Chief Justice John Roberts, ers of the coronavirus pandemwho wrote two earlier opinions ic. The justices asked about other preserving the law, stated similar mandates, only hypothetical, that views, and the court’s three liberal might have no penalties attached: justices are almost certain to vote to fly a flag, to mow the lawn, or to uphold the law in its entirety. even, in a nod to current times, to That presumably would form a wear a mask. “I assume that in most placmajority by joining a decision to cut away only the mandate, which es there is no penalty for wearnow has no financial penalty at- ing a face mask or a mask during tached to it. Congress zeroed out COVID, but there is some degree a son of King Associated of opprobrium if oneSalman, does not the Press penalty in 2017, but leftbin theSalman, to itthe wear indeal. certain settings,” Jusrest of the law untouched. assented ticewith Clarence said.so I “I thinkArab it’s hardEmirfor you to ar“I go theThomas consent, UBAI, United The court also spent a fair gue that Congress intended the — OPEC, Russia and other agree,” the prince said, chuckling, entire act to fall if the mandate amount of time debating whethroducing nations on Sunday drawing a round of applause from were struck down when the same er the GOP-led states and several

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insurance and that’s harming us,’ right?” Justice Amy Coney Barrett said to Texas Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins. A ruling that those parties do not have that right, known as legal standing, would result in the dismissal of the case and leave the entire law in place, including the mandate. Questions from Barrett, who joined the court late last month following her confirmation to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, did not point to a clear outcome. The three Trump appointees have never ruled on the substance of the health care law. Barrett, though, has been critical of the court’s earlier major health care decisions sustaining the law, both

surance is unconstitutional, the GOP-led states argue. If the mandate goes, they say, the rest of the law should go with it because the mandate was central to the law’s passage. If the case turns on the legal doctrine of severability, it would be in line with other rulings in recent years in which the justices have excised a problematic provision from a law and allowed the rest to remain in force. In the first big ACA case in 2012, Justices Samuel Alito and Thomas voted to strike down the entire law. Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor voted to uphold it. Roberts has endured a torrent of conservative criticism, in-

li, who represented the House on Tuesday, but was the Obama administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer in 2012. “But now the representation is that, ‘Oh no, everything is fine without it.’ Why the bait and switch?” Roberts asked. The law originally had subsidies and other carrots to entice people to enroll in health insurance, as well as a stick, the penalty, Verrilli said. “It’s turned out that the carrots work without the stick,” he said. A limited ruling would have little real-world consequence. The case could also be rendered irrelevant if the new Congress were to restore a modest penalty for not buying health insurance. A decision is expected by late spring.

ized an unprecedented pro- those on the video call. But it had not been smiles and ion cut of nearly 10 million els, or a 10th of global supply, laughs for weeks after the soopes of boosting crashing pric- called OPEC+ group of OPEC mid the coronavirus pandemic members and other nations failed His lawyer, Sarah Mauger-Poin March to reach an agreement a price war, officials said. liak, said El Khazzani “regrets his could be the largest re- on production cuts, sending prichaving allowed himself to become “This terror attack could ion in production from OPEC es tumbling. Saudi Arabia sharply indoctrinated” by extremist pro- have killed up to 300 paganda and wants “to demonerhaps a decade, maybe lon- criticized Russia days earlier over people based on the strate his remorse.” said U.S. Energy Secretary what it described as comments Three others, who weren’t on number of ammunition Brouillette, who credited critical of the kingdom, which the train, are being tried as al- that was found on the ident Donald Trump’s per- finds itself trying to appease leged accomplices. l involvement in getting Bilal Chatra, 24, an Algeri- terrorist and in his bag.” By Elaine Ganley duel- Trump, a longtime OPEC critic. Even U.S. senators had warned parties to table and an member of the Islamic State Thethe Associated Presshelpgroup, would have been the sec- Attorney Thibault de Montbrial to end a price war between Saudi Arabia to find a way to ond man on the train but dropped PARIS — Head lowered, an Isboost prices as American shale di Arabia and Russia. out of the plot a week earlier. He lamic State operative listened siil priceslently haveas collapsed as the firms face far-higher production left Syria for Europe a week before a Paris judge on Monday navirus detailed and the goolian, wrestled the Kalashnikov to set up the exit route. his COVID-19 alleged plot tocosts. un- American troops had been SAUDI ENERGY deployed to the kingdom for the ss it causes haltMohamed Bakkali allegedly away — before being shot himself leashhave masslargely slaughter on a highby a pistol. attackersPrince in Budaspeedand train before down he was tackled first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, In this photo released by Saudisheltered lobal travel slowed Energy the Ministry, Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minist Stone,ofthen 23-yearpest, Hungary, he summit denies. ofSpencer and subdued by sectors American vacaattacks over concerns of Irani- Energy of Saudi Arabia, third right, r energy-chugging chairs awhich virtual the Group 20 aenergy minister old U.S. airman, has said The two were arrested in Gertioners whose heroics inspired as manufacturing. It has an retaliation amid regional ten- his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, April 10, 2020, to coordinate a responsehetowas plummet many in 2016. A third man, Re- coming out of a deep sleep when Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollystated wood the re-enactment. oil industry in sions. prices due to an oversupply in the market and a Ezzerrifi, downturn global demand due to pandemi gunman appeared. Hethe said douane El Amrani al- inthe “They’ve spent over the last U.S., whichOpening now pumps more legedly piloted a boat to help in Alek Skarlatos, then a 22-year-old a month-long trial for waging war on American e than any other country.the judgemonth U.S. National Guardsman recenttheir return to Europe. Ayoub El Khazzani, said ly back from Afghanistan, “just trial tiesbut intoitsthe massa- Andrés 31-year-old with praise. deal president, producers while we are defend- that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Thethe ut some the producers haveMoroccan been oil hit me on the shoulder and saidof the cu cre of 130 people in Paris three ties to a notorious terror master“The pure size Manuel López Obrador, had said the United Arab Emirates would tant to ease supply. The car- ing theirs. This is not how friends months later, on Nov. 13, 2015, ‘Let’s go.’” mind intended to “kill all the pasbut, then ag Friday that he had agreed The withmen,precedented, nd other nations on Sunday treat friends,” said Sen. Kevin cut another 2 million barrels of all from California at the Bataclan music hall and sengers” aboard the Amsterdam is the impact Trump that the U.S. will compenoil a day between them atop the Cramer, a Republican from North ed to allow Mexico to cut only has corona restaurants and cafes. The sus- and following what Skarlatosthe to Paris train in 2015 but “lost having on demand,” sate what Mexico cannot add was to “gut OPEC+ deal. The three countries 000 barrels a month, instinct,” snapped said M pected mastermind of those as- said control of events.”a stick- Dakota, before the OPEC+ deal. StoneGhulam, and Skarlatos an energy an saults,theAbdel Hamid Abaaoud, into action.med proposed cuts. of the initially Americans who U.S. producers have already did not immediately acknowledge point for One an accord moved in toRaymond tackle the James. gunman, also worked behind the scenes tackled bare-chested been gun- reducing output. The Amer- the cut themselves, though Zan“The big Oil Deal with OPEC hed Friday afterthea marathon AP PHOTO helped Anthony in thePlus trainisattack, man, who was laden with an ar- Petroleum Institute laud- ganeh attended the video Butman, Ghulam and others w done. according This willtosave hun-by a third conferican o conference between 23 nathe prosecution. Prosecutors say Sadler, 23, then a student. Stone senal of weapons and shot anoth- In this Aug.21, 2015 file photo, a police officer videos the crime it may not be enough. dreds of thousands of energy jobs ence. ed Sunday’s global pact, saying it s. The nations together agreed er passenger, told investigators scene inside a Thalys train at Arras train station, northern France, Abaaoud and El Khazzani trav- said he choked El Khazzani un“Thisbusinessman is at least a tempo in the United States,” Trump said A British Officials said other planned cuts get other nations’ stateut 9.7 million barrels a on day conscious. eled together from Syria to Belthat he seemed high drugswill and help after a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon. lief for the energy industry in a tweet. “I would like to thank would stand in the deal, meaning owned oil production to follow the ughout May and June. gium and holed up with Chatra in also joined the fray. “completely crazy,” the judge said. was injured This i a Brussels A lawyerthe for deal the two ser- of U.S. producers that are try- an 8-million-barrel-per-day cut the hand global economy. and apartment. congratulate PresidentStone, Pu- whose he group reached justU.S.lead by the cutter, is also credited with French special forces killed sponded to a summons. his bag,” said the attorney, Thivicemen and their friend, whose is too big to be let to fail and tin of Russia and King Salman of s before Asian markets re- ing to adjust to plunging demand. from July through the end of the saving Magoolian, whose neck Abaaoud days after the Bataclan El Khazzani boarded the train bault de Montbrial. electrifying capture of El Khazliance showed responsibili Brouillette said the U.S. did not year and a 6-million-barrel cut for Saudi Arabia.” ed Monday and as internawas squirting blood. Stone said With El Khazzani in court and in Brussels armed with a Kalash- attack. zani inspired Eastwood’s movie this said Per M The Kremlin said President 16 months beginning in 2021. make commitments of its own al benchmark Brent crude twoagreement,” of my fingers in Once aboard the train, El he “just stuck “The 15:17 to Paris,” said their he- watched by security officers, the nikov, nine clips with 30 rounds head of ana Vladimir Putin held a joint callandNysveen, “This enablepistol the rebalancproduction cuts, butwas waslargely able to ed at just $31 barrel his hole found whatthe I thought lingered in a restroom anwill automatic and a Khazzani tak- each, roicsover during the adrama on Aug. 21, trial opening Rystad Energy. “Even tho with cars Trumpand andemerged Saudi King of the oil markets and the ex— that plunging to beSalthe artery, pushed down and American producers between cutter, according to investigators. en obvious up with procedural issues in- ing 2015, shale thwarted a “slaughter.” show the stopped.” bare-chested the KalashHe isrebound charged with attempted whether Eastwood’s pres- pected “This terror attack could demand have cluding cuts are small man towith express support the of bleeding the production of prices by $15 because of the pandemggle. trainwhat rerouted Arras, in nikov.deal. OneIt waiting terrorist convicted, hesaid ence is needed. That question was per killed up to 300 people based thetomarket needed a also saidpassenger Putin spokeThe sepbarrelmurder. in theIfshort term,” ic on is expected to slash U.S. oil prodeo aired by the Saudi-owned the number of ammunition that not immediately resolved. The faces a maximum sentence of life struggled with the attacker, then northern France, where El Khazpostpone the stock buildi arately with Trump about the oil a statement from Nigeria’s oil duction. lite channel Al-Arabiya a French-American, Mark Ma- zani was arrested. was found on the terrorist and in actor-director has so far not rein prison. straints problem, the wors market and other issues. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zan- ministry. wed the moment that Saudi Analysts offered cautious now avoided.” Mexico had initially blocked gy Minister Prince Abdulaziz ganeh also told state television

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Jason Efird Ronald Drye ASON EUGENE “GENE”

EFIRD, 94,LEE wentDRYE, home to76, be of with RONALD his Lord Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at Oakboro, passed away Friday, his home in Stanfield. November 13, 2020 at his home. Gene was born October Ronnie was born May 9, 8, 1925, 1944in Cabarrus Simeon in Stanly County Countytotothe thelate late Jason Efird and the lateand Sarah Johnnie Adam Drye theElla late Burris Efird. In addition to Pauline Elizabeth Drye. his parents, he waswill preceded in friends death by The family receive his wife, Jewell Efird; from 4:00 PMLittle - 5:00 PM,sisters, Mary Lambert, Fannie Almond, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Minnie Furr,Funeral Wilma Burleson and at Hartsell Homes of Aileen Huskey; and brothers, Homer Albemarle. The funeral service Efird, Getusin Efird Wayne Efird, will follow the and funeral homes Sr. chapel officiated by Rev. Rex A private funeral service will be Burleson. held on Saturday, Aprildaughters, 11, 2020 Survivors include at Love’Lopez s Grove United Methodist Heidi (Carlos), Misti Church (Brady); Cemeterybrother, in Stanfield Kohler Kenneth officiated Drye; by Rev.sister, Jim White. Winfred LindaBurial will followGriffin; at the Love’ s Grove United Paulette grandchildren, Methodist Church Cemetery, 4360 Caleb Kohler, Damian Kohler and Polk FordMarkus. Road, Stanfield. Casdan Survivors include son Gerald Wayne (Gail) Efird of Albemarle; daughter Lisa Efird (Mark) Hartsell of Stanfield; granddaughters, Kelly Efird Barbee and Lauren Hartsell (Justin) Crump; and greatgrandsons, Ian Patrick Simmons and Elliot Jacob Simmons. Memorials may be made to Love’s Grove United Methodist Church, PO Box 276, Stanfield, NC 28163-0276.

Myrtle Smith MYRTLE NEWTON SMITH, 94, of Oakboro, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2020 at her home. Myrtle was born February 9, 1926 in North Carolina to the late James Fletcher Newton and the late Dora Estelle Newton. She was also preceded in death AULINE ELIZABETH by her widowed husband,Willis ALMOND TUCKER, 98, passed Lee (Bill) Wiley and husband away peacefully at Trinity Place, Theron C. Smith; son, 11, Larry Albemarle, NC on April 2020. Wayne Wiley; grandson, Scott Pauline was born on March 22, Wiley; sister, Faye Ballard; 1922 in Cabarrus County, NC to the brothers, EdwardAlmond Newton, Robert late John Richard and Alice Newton, Henry (Hoover) Newton, Ada Ann Lambert Almond. and Clyde Newton. She is survived by her three The family receive daughters, Gaywill Michel (Jack), friends from 1:00 PM 1:45 PM, Oak Island, NC; Pamela-Rushing Saturday, 21, Kathy 2020 (Foreman),November Oakboro, NC; at Red Cross Baptist ChurchHunt (Marc), Albemarle, NC; her Oakboro. The funeral son, Chris Tucker (Chrisservice Lear), will be on Saturday 2:00 at Red Washington, DC.atShe willPM be greatly Cross Baptist Church in Oakboro missed by her five grandchildren, officiated by Gary Baker(Shannon), and Heather Rushing Chaney Jesse Herring. Burial will follow Michael Rushing, Elizabeth Michel at the Red Cross Baptist Church Hartzog (Craig), Jack Michel, Jr. Cemetery 112 W. RedasCross Rd., (Jenn), andat Woody Hunt well as Oakboro. seven great-grandchildren. She also Survivors son, leaves behind include cherished nieces and Dennis nephews.Lee Wiley; grandsons, Chuck Wiley,expresses and Chad The family its sincere Wiley; granddaughters Tina gratitude to the staff and caregivers Eudy, Tammy Gilmore, at Trinity Place for the careTonya they Crayton, and Misty Rowland; provided Pauline. plus and additional A private gravesidenumerous service will be amount of grandchildren, greatheld on Monday, April 13, 2020. A grandchildren, great-great celebration of Pauline’s life and legacy grandchildren, and many nieces will be held this summer. and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family The Wiley family requests donations be would made tolike the to thank and recognize allwww. of the BrightFocus Foundation at caregivers to Myrtle including brightfocus.org. Betty Bargesser, Kymberlee Wiley, Linda Hatley , Torrye Wiley, Undrey Bost and Marlo Burris

Tony Smith Clyde Hinson ONY MONROE SMITH, 72, of

Rockwell, NC, went to be with CLYDE KEITH HINSON his Lord and Savior Jesus of Oakboro, NC, passedChrist away on April 8, 2020 on Wednesday, November 9, 2020. Bornat his surrounded by family. on home June 9, 1937, to Clyde and A private family service will be Fronia Hinson. Keith livedheld. his Online be made at life as acondolences servant of can Christ, loving stanlyfuneralhome.com his family, his church and his Tony was born August 11, 1947 community. He was selfless in his in Stanly County to theprovision late Pearlie love, generosity and to Asbury many. Smith and Emmer Lee Smith. He was the son in lawHigh of Pat A graduate of Oakboro and Mick Cagle where he worked School in 1955 and NC State at the fish house many yearsserved until University infor 1959. Keith he Anchor House Reserves Seafood in opened the Army and Army in Rockwell. He and his wife Becky from 1959-1963. After which, he owned and operated Housein had a successful 38Anchor year career for years before retiring in 2009. the25 Poultry and Agri-business. Mr.Preceded Smith wasinadeath charterbymember his and deacon at his Open DoorVirginia Baptist parents, and sister, Church in Richfield. the H. Smith. SurvivedHe byloved his wife Lord and his family abundantly. Marion Hinson; sister, ShelbyTony was a wonderful Hinson Curlee;husband, children,father, and grandfather and could fix anything Christopher Hinson (Christine) he put his hands on.Hall (Kurt), and and Jean Hinson Mr. Smith is survived by hisHall wife two grandchildren, Reeves Becky Cagle Smith of the home, and Levi Hinson. sons Smith and Robbie A Walter graveside service will be held Smith; daughter Kayla Henderson on Saturday, November 14, 2020, (Brandon); Danielle, at 1:00 pm,grandchildren at Pleasant Grove Dustin, Steele17236 Smith,Frog Keaton Baptistand Church, Pond and Ella Henderson; brother David Road, Oakboro, officiated by Rev. Smith; sisters Kay Kriechbaum, Shad Hicks. Karen Stevenson, Ruby Eudy, and Dorothy Smith (Nick). He is preceded in death by brothers Joe Smith, Wayne Smith, Claude Smith, Wade Smith, Robert Smith, and sister Mary Morris. Memorial contributions can be made to Open Door Baptist Church at 44563 Hwy 52, Richfield, NC 28137 or to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County at 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Pauline Tucker

Nancy Groves NANCY ARNEY GROVES, 77, of Albemarle, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 peacefully in her home. Mrs. Groves was born December 2, 1942 in Burke County to the Charles Lewis Arney and the late Mildred Wilson Arney. She was also HIRLEY 73, preceded inMAE deathHAIRE, by husband, of Albemarle George Ernest passed Groves,away Sr.; on son, April 11, 2020 at Groves, Atrium Health George Ernest Jr.; and Stanly. The family Lewis will hold a private brother, Charles Arney, Jr. graveside for Mrs. Haire. Nancyservice was employed as a nurse Shirley was born December 12, for 30 years engaged in doing 1946 Washington, to the care whatin she loved bestDC by taking late Charles Richard Bateman and of her patients. After retiring, she Elizabeth Mae Mulligan enjoyed spending time Bateman. with her Shirley is survived family and friends. by her husband of 30 years Vaughn Smith Mrs. Groves will lie inofstate Albemarle; from 11:30sister AM -Sandra 12:30 Painter PM on of Gainesville, VA; half-brother Friday, November 13, 2020 Robert Bateman of Stevensville, at Hartsell Funeral Home of MD; step-children Heatherservice Smith Albemarle. A graveside of Jacksonville, FL and will follow at 1:00 PMDavid officiated Smith ofDon NewBurleyson London, NC; by Rev. at 4Stanly step-grandchildren; nieces Cyndi Gardens of Memory at 2001 East Hentschel Leesburg, VA and Main St., of Albemarle. Cheryl Hardy include of Aylett,daughter, VA; 16 grandSurvivors nieces nephews; Gus the Tracy and Lynn Groves and of Albemarle; dog. Stanly Funeral sister, Doris Beamand andCremation husband Care is serving the DougofofAlbemarle Morganton; and several Haire family. nephews and nieces.

Shirley Haire

Merle Helms Margaret Tucker ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN

HELMS, 72,BEATTY of Marshville, MARGARET passed away Wednesday, April 8, TUCKER, 96, of Midland, passed 2020 Saturday, at McWhorter Hospice14, House away November in Monroe. 2020 at Tucker Hospice House in Lorraine was born April 28, 1947 Kannapolis. in Monroe to the Homer David Margaret waslate born September Austin and Jewell Delphia-Jane 11, 1924 in Cabarrus County to Austin. was also preceded in the lateShe John Rufus Beatty Sr. deaththe bylate brothers, A.D. and Teddy and Carrie Porter Beatty. Austin; sister, Joy Austin. She wasand also preceded in death by The family will receive husband, Robert Lewis friends Tucker, Jr. fromson, 6:00Robert pm - 8:00 pm, Friday, and Gary Tucker. April 2020 at Hartsell Funeral The10,family will receive friends Home3:00 of Albemarle. The funeral from PM - 3:30 PM, Tuesday service will be amUnited on November 17,at at11:00 Bethel Saturday at Church Pleasantat Hill Baptist Methodist 12700 Church in Marshville, officiated Idlebrook Road, Midland, NC by Rev. The Johnfuneral Miller and Rev. Leon 28107. service will Whitley.atShe willPM lie in state for 30 Follow 3:30 officiated minutes prior to the service. She will by Rev. Mark Clontz. Burial be laid to rest theBethel churchUnited cemetery. will follow atin the She is survived by her beloved Methodist Cemetery. husband of 47 years, Helms Survivors includePaul sons, Roddy of the home; son, Alex Tucker (Deanna) Tucker (Pam), Chris Helms ofdaughter-in-law, Pageland; daughter, Paula (Paula); Judy (Cristin Brandt) Helms ofTrent Mint Hill; Tucker; grandchildren, grandchildren, Mason, Grant, and Tucker (Stephanie), Jamie Tucker, Raegan Helms; brothers, Boyce, Greg Tucker (Etta); Brad Tucker Royce, TimScott Austin; and sisters, (Raquel), Tucker (Stella); Patricia Mullis, and Angel Tarleton. great grandchildren, Riley, Avery, Memorials may be made to the Carson, Ethan, Grace, Christian, Alzheimer’ s Association, 4600 Park Grant, Jordan and Kyle; sister-inRd., Suite Charlotte, NC 28209. law, Joyce250, Beatty. In lieu of flowers a donation may be made to Bethel United Methodist Church Building fund at 12700 Idlebrook Road, Midland, NC 28107. A special thanks to her caregiver Billie Kiker.

Danny Luther David ANNY PAULTurner LUTHER,

65, of Norwood, passed away DAVID WEBSTER TURNER, unexpectedly Thursday, April 9, in 73, of Oakboro died peacefully 2020 at Atrium Health Stanly in is home on November 11, 2020. Albemarle. David was born on June 24, 1947 LutherCounty was born in Mr. Cabarrus toMarch Brady27, and 1955 the late Robert Fulton and RuthtoBurleyson Turner. Helen Tucker David wasLuther. a retired Truck Danny was survived by his wife, driver and a Vietnam Veteran. Denise Norwood; He wasBurleson devotedLuther to his of Family and sons, Jeremy (Karen) Luther and friends, but his second greatest Jody joy inLuther; life wasstep-sons, fishing. Bryan Whitley and Gregg (Anita) find Whitley; Anytime you couldn’t Grandchildren, Daniel andwas Pawpaw at home youLuther knew he Hunter Zado,out as on wellhis as his brother, most likely boat fishing. Bob Luther Jr (Lorena), unclein Jack David was predeceased Luther and several other loved nieces, death by his beloved wife Cathy, nephews cousins. his fatherand and mother, Brady and Danny recently from Ruth Turner, andretired his brothers Charlotte andTurner. Foundry after Larry andPipe Gary a dedicated 37 yearsbyand He is survived hisworked children, there his sons and several other Davidwith (Nina) of Albemarle, friends family members. Melissaand Harwood (Jerry Wayne) Danny loved spending time at of Holden Beach, and Kayla of his lake house with his family and Albemarle. friends as well as vacationing His sisters Nancy (Jean) with his family. Denise enjoyed NicholsDanny (Ron)and of High Point and listening Cynthia to ofbeach York, music SC. and loved to shag dance chance theyJustin, could His fourevery grandchildren get. He was an amazing father, loving Hailey, Jessica and Andy. grandfather friend Services and will great be held at to many. He will never be forgotten. Oakboro Cemetery on Monday, A celebration of1:00pm life will be November 16, at announced once thebe current The family will receiving COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. friends at Stanly Funeral and Hartsell Funeral Home of NC Cremation Care, Albemarle Albemarle serving the 15, Luther on Sunday,isNovember from family. 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Linda Hatley

Jerry Fincher Larry ERRY FINCHERFurr passed from

this life on April 3, 2020 at 8:05 LARRY WAYNE FURR, SR. pm. He was surrounded by his family 72, of Oakboro passed away on and holding the hand of the love Monday, November 9,2020 atof his life. Jerry is preceded death Atrium Health Stanly. in Visitation by three siblings, two brothers, will be held from 5-7PM on Billy Gilbert Fincher, and Larry Thursday, November 12, Richard 2020 Fincher, and one sister, Barbra at First Baptist Church of Joyce Moore. A funeral service for Midland. is survived hisat wife, Eleanor Mr.He Furr will beby held 2PM on Kate Fincher of the home, daughter, Friday, November 13, 2020 at CindyBaptist FincherChurch Jacobs ofofWingate First Midland NC., son and daughter in law, Tommy officiated by Pastor Tom Gibbs (Tiffany) of New London and Rev.Fincher Larry Gainey. Burial to NC., Step Jimmy (Lisa) follow in Children, the church cemetery. Lanier of Locust NC, Wanda (Bob) Larry was born August 27, Krimminger of Locust Ericlate 1948 in Stanly CountyNC., to the (Sharon) Lanier of Charlotte NC., Roy Wilson Furr and Evelyn Fink Grandchildren-Trey (Gera) Whitson Furr. He retired from the United of Midland, Step-grandchildren, States Army with 2 Purple Hearts Zach (Brittney) Washington, Aaron and 2 Bronze Stars. He worked (Kinsey) Caleb (Nayeli) with theWashington, Royal Ambassadors Washington, Beth Setzer, for many years at(Robbie) the church Matthew ( April ) Wallace, Step and served as the Baptist Men’s great-grandchildren, Britlyn-Eve Director at First Baptist Church Washington, Robert Setzer, of Midland. Mr. Furr was George a devout (Sara) Setzer, Tracy (Rob) Setzer Christian and he also enjoyed Bumgardener, Katie Underwood, hunting. Andrew Underwood, Stepbygreat Mr. Furr is survived his wife great grandchild, of 51 years KathyWaylon KinleyGeorge Furr Setzer brother DonaldHope Lewis of the and home; daughters: Fincher of Albemarle, NC. Furr Cox (Rob) of Wilmington, Jerry Fincher be laid to rest on NC, Kelly Furr will Kerley (Tim) Wednesday at 11:00 am of Oakboro,April NC;8,2020 son: Larry at Canton Baptist Church. Anyone Wayne Furr, Jr. of Rockwell, NC; interested in attending, RSVP grandchildren: Jessicaplease Bodick at 704-796-2412. Dr. Phil McCray (AJ) of Kannapolis, Andrew Neely and PastorofTommy Fincher (Tiffany) Turbeville, SC,will Emily officiate.of Oakboro, Dylan Furr of Kerley Oakboro; great-grandchildren: Evelyn Neely, Xander Bodick; sisters: Geraldine Fink of Mt. Pleasant, NC, and Carolyn Torrence of Stanfield, NC; and brother Ronald Furr of Oakboro, NC. He is preceded in death by sister Shirley Eudy, and brothers Kenneth Furr, Tommy Furr, and Curtis Furr.

INDA TUCKER HATLEY, 69, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020. Linda was born September 18, 1950 in Concord to the late Jacob and Claris Tucker. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Terry Lee Tucker, and her twin sister, Brenda Tucker Strickland. We know Brenda and Linda are in Heaven watching over us and laughing. Linda was a loving mother, sister, and “Nana.” She was a very giving and loving person. Linda would always do anything she could for others, especially her family. She enjoyed working at FastShop #5, Locust. Linda will be forever loved and greatly missed. Survivors include her son, Alan Hatley and wife, Angela, of Albemarle; brother, Ronnie Tucker and wife, Linda, of Midland; granddaughter, Leslie Hatley; 1 niece; and 2 nephews. The family will receive friends from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Thursday, April 16, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral Home in Albemarle. Linda will be laid to rest during a private committal service at Bethel United Methodist Church, Midland. In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to Bethel UMC, 12700 Idlebrook Rd, Midland, NC 28107.

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ing to victory in progressive New Jersey, moderate Arizona and conservative Montana. Fifteen states have now broadly legalized it, while 36 states allow medical marijuana. Voters in Mississippi overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana this month, giving the drug another foothold in the South. A Gallup Poll released Nov. 9 indicated that 68% of Americans favor legalizing marijuana — double the approval rate in 2003. That wide margin was evident in the election, with marijuana measures passing with strong bipartisan support. In South Dakota and Montana — where Republicans swept to victory in the key races — recreational marijuana passed with at least 16 percentage points more support than Democrat Joe Biden received. South Dakota also approved medical pot, which outpolled Biden by 34 percentage points.

“We’ve waged a war against this plant for a century and by any reasonable metric, that war has been an abject failure,” said Matthew Schweich, deputy director of the Marijuana Policy Project, which favors legalization. “All it’s done is incarcerate millions of Americans, it has perpetuated racism in this country, and perhaps the worst injustice of all is that it’s deprived us of medical marijuana research.” Marijuana is still illegal at the federal level, hurting veterans who can’t be prescribed medical pot at Veterans Affairs clinics, he said. They “come home with chronic pain and we’re pushing them to opioids,” Schweich said. “That’s crazy. That’s unpatriotic and it’s a disgrace.” Support for legalization was around 25% in 1992 when then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton tried to avoid answering questions about whether he had used marijuana before finally saying in a television interview that he had experimented with the drug, didn’t like it and “didn’t inhale.” Brendan Johnson, a former U.S. attorney in South Dakota who supported the state’s marijuana initiatives, said the campaign focused on the fact that in recent years 10% of arrests in the state were for marijuana, and most were small amounts. “We have a real problem here

where we have criminalized an entire generation of South Dakotans, and we’re paying a price,” Johnson said. The owner of a chain of medical marijuana dispensaries in Billings, Montana, credited passage of the recreational marijuana initiative to a yearslong campaign by medical marijuana supporters to educate the public about the benefits of cannabis. “There has been a considerable change in the political demographic because people are educated, because they know Aunt Margaret tried it for her cancer and she can eat,” said Richard Abromeit, owner of Montana Advanced Caregivers. Advocates’ next goal is to get marijuana removed from a federal list of illegal drugs with no accepted medical use and high potential for abuse. The listing prevents labs from researching potential medical remedies using marijuana. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told lawmakers last week that he would hold a vote in December on a bill that would decriminalize cannabis, create a process to expunge nonviolent pot convictions and remove the drug from the Controlled Substances Act. It’s not clear if the bill could pass both chambers. Other states are expected to consider marijuana legislation next year, which could put more pressure on Congress to act.

Supporters argue that the industry creates jobs and raises tax money to help prop up governments that are hurting because of business closures tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. But some oppose broad legalization. Republican Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota argued that marijuana leads people to use other, more-addictive drugs, while law enforcement officers and prosecutors in Montana asserted that legal pot would lead to more drugged driving and other crimes, while exacerbating mental health issues. The Gallup Poll says just under half of Republicans, people who identify as politically conservative and those who attend church on a weekly basis say they think marijuana should be legal. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strongly opposed Arizona’s broad legalization measure despite supporting medical marijuana in Utah. Chris Nylen, 50, of Flagstaff, Arizona, is a Trump supporter who voted to legalize recreational marijuana. She said her feelings evolved after a CBD pill, made from hemp and prescribed by a veterinarian, eased her dog’s anxiety and arthritis. “I’m so old school,” she said. “I personally don’t have a desire for it, but (I’m) seeing the benefits for my dog.”

MATTHEW BROWN | AP PHOTO

A worker is seen weighing marijuana for packaging at Montana Advanced Caregivers, a medical marijuana dispensary, Nov. 11, 2020, in Billings, Mont.

Hardening partisan map steepens Democrats’ climb in Senate By Alan Fram The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pinned six years in the minority, Democrats have an uphill but real shot at wresting Senate control in January, with more opportunities in 2022. Yet as states increasingly sort themselves along hardening partisan lines, it’s complicating Democrats’ drive to win the majority and keep it. Thanks to this month’s elections, Democrats will own all four Senate seats from purple Arizona and increasingly blue Colorado next year. If they can win January runoffs for both seats from Georgia the vote would be 50-50. Yet even as Democrats have made those gains and others since surrendering control in the 2014 elections, they’ve lost foundations of their old majority that will be hard to recapture. Gone are seats from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, both Dakotas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina and West Virginia, all of which tilt Republican in presidential elections. In addition, three current Sen-

ate Democrats are from states that President Donald Trump carried easily this month despite losing to Democrat Joe Biden. Sens. Joe Manchin, 73, of West Virginia, Jon Tester, 64, of Montana and Sherrod Brown, 68, of Ohio are all proven brand names in states that would be hard for Democrats to hold without them. All this means a constricted playing field for Democrats to add seats in coming election cycles. The same is true for Republicans, but it’s on Democrats to gain ground and keep it if they want to control the Senate. “The Democratic caucus for a long time was built on winning races in red states” where they’ve since lost, said Matt House, a former Senate Democratic leadership aide. “The problem is a Democratic Senate majority runs through red states, and that is an inherent structural difficulty.” Nothing is set in stone in politics, where momentum and issues can shift abruptly. Besides Georgia, Democrats hope to grab Senate seats soon in purple North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, plus Texas as that state’s

“Democrats are focused on the coasts and spend a lot of time flying over the bulk of the country and talking right past it.” Scott Reed, Republican strategist

Hispanic population grows. GOP Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania have said they won’t seek reelection in 2022. “A few years ago, people would have laughed at the idea of two Democratic senators from Arizona,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., former head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the party’s Senate campaign arm. Even so, recent elections underscore how states have formed into solid partisan columns as voters’ ticket-splitting becomes increasingly rare. Setting Georgia’s January elec-

tions aside, in every state but six, both senators will be from the same party next year. A seventh, Vermont, is represented by a Democrat and independent Bernie Sanders, who is aligned with them. In addition, every state represented by two senators from the same party was carried by that party’s presidential candidate this year, Biden or Trump. That pattern of partisan allegiance largely persists into the future. In the 2022 elections, Democrats will defend Senate 13 seats — all from states Biden won. Trump won 18 of the 21 seats Republicans will protect. Biden won two others, and The Associated Press hasn’t yet called the presidential winner in Georgia. “We can win all across the country” in 2022, said Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who will lead the National Republican Senatorial Committee beginning next year. He added that without Trump on the ballot to draw GOP voters, “We’ll have to really hustle.” Part of Democrats’ challenge in Senate elections is their voters tend to concentrate in coastal states. Republicans often rely on

that as a campaign theme, accusing Democrats of catering to liberal coastal elites. “Democrats are focused on the coasts and spend a lot of time flying over the bulk of the country and talking right past it,” said Scott Reed, a Republican strategist. Whatever happens in Georgia in January, Democrats have high hopes for 2022. Besides defending fewer seats than Republicans, only three Democratic seats seem potentially competitive. The 21 seats Republicans must protect include Burr’s in North Carolina and Toomey’s in Pennsylvania, plus a competitive race in purple Wisconsin. Things brighten for Republicans in 2024, when they’ll defend just 10 seats compared to Democrats’ 23. Democratic seats in play that year include those of Manchin in West Virginia, Montana’s Tester and Brown’s in Ohio. “If Democrats are going to compete in red states, they’re going to have to find candidates as uncomfortable with the Democratic brand as voters in those states are,” said Brad Todd, a GOP consultant.

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Wild game for Wake Forest

Wake Forest wide receiver Jaquarii Roberson (5) scores a touchdown against North Carolina during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Search for suspects continues after shooting outside church Forsyth County High Point Police are still looking for suspects after a man was killed outside a church in a drive-by shooting. Police are looking for at least two different vehicles: a “newer model” four-door Dodge Charger and a white, four-door car. Investigators said that 60 to 70 spent shells from multiple weapons were found outside the church, which was hosting a funeral. Fredrick Cox Jr. died at the scene outside Living Water Baptist Church. Police said that several others suffered minor injuries. Police said that some in the crowd fired guns back at the two vehicles. AP

Longtime teacher’s assistant dies Forsyth County Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools announced the death of Teresa Gaither, who had served as a teacher’s assistant at Easton Elementary School since 1997. ““Everyone knew Ms. Gaither and she will forever be a part of the fabric of Easton Elementary. She cared so much about the school, our children, and this community. She poured her heart and soul into working with our students,” Easton’s principal said. WFMY

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Police look into officer encounter with teen The Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM — A North Carolina police department is looking into a confrontation captured on video which shows an officer tackling a girl in a local neighborhood after responding to a call about an attempted break in, the chief said. Five teenagers were stopped by police Nov. 7 after Winston-Salem police officers received a report of teenagers trying to break into a vacant house. In the video, the officer tried to get the girl to tell him her name. The girl refused to do so and is seen running before the officer tackled her. Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson said during a news conference Sunday that while the video looks ugly, it does not mean the officer violated department policy. Thompson acknowledged that people in the community are upset about the

video and said she directed an internal investigation of the officer’s actions to begin as soon as she became aware of it, two days after it occurred. “We have pledged to complete a prompt, fair and thorough administrative investigation, and we have asked for your patience until the investigation is complete,” Thompson said. The chief identified the officer as Zacharie K. Jones, 31, who has worked for the department since March 2015. Thompson said Jones would be assigned soon to an administrative job pending an outcome of the investigation. Thompson said Jones had no previous complaints of excessive force or misconduct. He served a one-day suspension for a traffic violation. Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines said in a statement that the city will be “as transparent as the law allows” and said the teen’s family had been offered the chance

“We have pledged to complete a prompt, fair and thorough administrative investigation, and we have asked for your patience until the investigation is complete.” Catrina Thompson, WinstonSalem Police Chief to look at body-camera footage. A statement from Mayor Joines said, ““I and many other citizens of Winston-Salem share the concerns and questions raised by the community with regard to the incident. … I commit to our citizens that the investigation into this incident, as with similar investigations in the past, will be conduct-

Two Greensboro-area colleges announce cuts to majors, faculty The Associated Press GREENSBORO — A North Carolina college has announced it will discontinue nearly half of its academic majors and cut 36 positions in hopes of securing its future. After a review that began in September, Guilford College interim president Carol Moore said she will recommend to trustees that the private Quaker college in Greensboro phase out 19 of its 42 academic majors. The changes won’t become official until after a trustees’ vote in early 2021 that will give time for tenured professors slated to be laid off to appeal their dismissals. The cuts were announced on Friday. Guilford plans to cut 27 faculty positions, or 30% of its full-time

“Difficult times will mean difficult, but necessary, decisions to reduce expenses and address large and unexpected budget gaps created by these major simultaneous challenges ... ” Eden Bloss, UNCG spokeswoman

faculty, after the spring semester, including laying off 16 tenured professors and five visiting professors. Four professors are scheduled to retire, and two more have said they plan to resign. Most of the majors targeted for

the cut are humanities programs, including history, philosophy, religious studies and three foreign languages. Political science, chemistry and math also will no longer be Guilford majors. The college said its enrollment of 1,429 students is nearly half its total from a decade ago. Enrollment is down 7% from last fall partly because of the pandemic. “Change can cause anxious moments, but it is also a time of opportunity,” President Moore said in an email. “Over the next weeks and months, we will be turning our attention to developing the College’s future path.” Across town, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro has laid off 13 employees in its online division as it deals with financial constraints wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

ed in a prompt, fair and thorough manner and that the Winston-Salem Police Department will address any conduct of any officer which is not in line with the law, the Police Department’s policies and the department’s training. The department will be as transparent as the law allows. I ask for your patience and an open mind until that investigation is completed.” The teen’s father said he has retained a lawyer who will be filing the complaint against the officer and taking any other action the family decides. Thompson said that the department is willing to work with the family and help them file a complaint if they choose to do so. “I ask that you trust me,” Thompson said. “We will be transparent.” TCH staff contributed to this report

The job cuts took place last week. The losses occurred at UNCG Online. It runs the university’s online graduate and undergraduate degree programs. University spokeswoman Eden Bloss said the employees got “very generous” severance packages and can keep their health coverage for the next year. Bloss said the layoffs follow enrollment and revenue declines as well as increased costs due to the pandemic. “Difficult times will mean difficult, but necessary, decisions to reduce expenses and address large and unexpected budget gaps created by these major simultaneous challenges ... ” Bloss said. “At UNCG, resource actions that impact people are a last resort, but will be necessary in some cases.” Nationwide, many colleges and universities are struggling with the financial effects of the pandemic, which has depressed enrollment and led to job cuts. TCH Staff contributed to this report

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OPINION | BEN SHAPIRO

When ‘unity’ means ‘shut the hell up’

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ON SATURDAY EVENING, presidential frontrunner Joe Biden — who doesn’t actually become president-elect until vote counts are certified — gave a preliminary victory address. In that address, he spoke of his mandate to govern: a mandate, he said, that extended to marshalling the “forces of decency ... fairness ... science ... hope.” Which is a pretty vague mandate, as it turns out. But there was another overarching mandate Biden expressed: a mandate to come together, to unify as Americans. “To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy,” Biden said. “We are not enemies. We are Americans.” All of that is nice. Who wouldn’t like a country in which we could enjoy cultural events together without being lectured about the alleged evils of the country, in which we could attend family events without being castigated as bigots, in which we could disagree and still enjoy one another? Who wouldn’t like an America in which our neighbors no longer see us as cancel-culture targets, in which we no longer have to fear our compatriots rioting and looting over supposed systemic injustices, in which our social interactions are not limited by our voter registration? But. Americans are right to have some rather serious trust issues with calls for unity in our polarized time. After all, former President Barack Obama pledged American reunification right up until he began treating tea partyers as unspeakable threats and political opponents as crypto-racists. Everything was hopey and changey right up until the time ... it wasn’t. So, in order to earn our trust, Joe Biden would have to call his own side out for raising the temperature. And he has steadfastly refused to do so. He hasn’t called out Black Lives Matter for the suggestion that America is systemically racist; he has cheered it on. He hasn’t condemned antifa; he has deemed it a philosophy rather than a dangerous movement. And he

certainly hasn’t said a word about the continuing attacks on Trump supporters. We will wait in vain for Biden to chide former first lady Michelle Obama for declaring that 70 million Americans “voted for the status quo, even when it meant supporting lies, hate, chaos, and division.” Our bones will likely bleach before Biden tells Hillary Clinton that Trump supporters aren’t deplorables. No, “unity” in the Biden formulation isn’t a recognition of what we have in common; it’s a demand that we silence ourselves in order to mirror Biden’s priorities. Unity, you see, can be achieved one of two ways: through recognition of the other, through a determination to understand those who think differently than we do; or through ideological domination. It’s rather obvious which pathway Democrats will choose. After all, social ostracization is one of their most powerful tools. Why disarm now? Americans can only come together when we share a common philosophy, history and culture. Democrats have spent years attempting to tear away those commonalities in favor of coalitional interest-group politics. They’ve declared American philosophy racist from inception; they’ve declared American history a litany of brutalities; they’ve declared American culture bigotry embodied. Now they want unity — the unity of absolute victory. Ironically, it’s that very desire — the desire for monolithic control — that will be their undoing. Unless Biden is serious about unity — unless he’s willing to cross the aisle and recognize the humanity of those with whom he disagrees, and to call out those on his own side who won’t — Biden’s term is likely to be contentious, polarizing and ultimately unsuccessful. Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com.

WEEKLY CRIME LOG ♦ ADAMS, JESSE DAKOTA was arrested on a charge of SAFE BURGLARY at 164 HANES MALL CR on 11/15/2020

♦ GAITHER, TEVIN ALEXANDER was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 425 GOSSETT ST on 11/15/2020

♦ Alvarez, Joseph Felix (M/26) Arrest on chrg of Impaired Driving Dwi, M (M), at 6499 Jessie Ln/jessie Village Dr, Clemmons, NC, on 11/14/2020 20:22.

♦ Gibbons, Damon Michael (M/21) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-poss Sched Ii (M), 2) Maintain Vehicle (F), 3) Drug Paraphernalia (M), 4) Drug Paraphernalia (M), 5) Fail To Appear/compl (F), 6) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 7) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 8) Fail To Appear/compl (M), and 9) Ndl - Suspended / Revoked (M), at 201 N Church St, Winstonsalem, NC, on 11/12/2020 16:31.

♦ BALDWIN, STEPHEN BRIAN was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-POINT GUN at 717 SHERBROOKE DR on 11/16/2020 ♦ BENNETT, EUGENIA KAY was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-POINT GUN at 201 N CHURCH ST on 11/15/2020 ♦ Chatman, Timothy Samuel (M/22) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-poss Sched I (F), 2) Maintain Dwelling (F), 3) Drugs-misd Poss (M), and 4) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 201 N Church St, Winstonsalem, NC, on 11/12/2020 09:20. ♦ CREWS, JAMES PHILLIPS was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 11/16/2020 ♦ Dawkins, Deon Elisha (F/42) Arrest on chrg of Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), at 200 N Main St, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/16/2020 10:20. ♦ Dodson, Brandon Shane (M/37) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking/enter-misd (M), 2) Vand-personal Prop (M), 3) Dom Criminal Trespas (M), and 4) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), at 240 Webster Rd, Rural Hall, NC, on 11/11/2020 15:10. ♦ EDWARDS, TENISHA LAVETTE was arrested on a charge of AFFRAY at 1499 NEW WALKERTOWN RD on 11/15/2020 ♦ EDWARDS, TIARRA ROCHELLE was arrested on a charge of AFFRAY at 1499 NEW WALKERTOWN RD on 11/15/2020

♦ HART, DONALD LEE was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 3040 GILMER AV on 11/14/2020 ♦ Hartgrove, Christopher Bernard (M/49) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 5340 Reidsville Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 11/11/2020 22:20.

100 STAGECOACH RD on 11/15/2020 ♦ Mclaurin, Christopher (M/45) Arrest on chrg of 1) Weap-poss By Felon (F) and 2) Ccw (M), at Sb 52/ germanton Rd, Winstonsalem, NC, on 11/12/2020 16:03. ♦ MYERS, RUSSELL RAY was arrested on a charge of SAFE BURGLARY at 725 N CHURCH ST on 11/15/2020 ♦ Oxendine, Jamian Carson (M/37) Arrest on chrg of Rec/ poss Stole Mv (F), at 1731 Old Hollow Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 11/13/2020 15:16. ♦ Pack, Samuel Percy (M/40) Arrest on chrg of Poss Stolen Goods, F (F), at 1100 Crews Village Tl/old Hollow Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/14/2020 23:16. ♦ PARKER, SAMUEL JUSTIN was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 400 VINEYARD PARK RD on 11/14/2020

♦ KING, GWENDOLYN LAVERNE was arrested on a charge of VAND-PERSONAL PROP at 5595 SHATTALON DR on 11/15/2020

♦ PHILLIPS, ANDRE DWAYNE was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 11/16/2020

♦ LANE, DAVID CHARLES was arrested on a charge of ADW - INFLICT INJURY at 939 W WALNUT ST on 11/15/2020

♦ PHILLIPS, RICHARD HARVEY was arrested on a charge of IMPAIRED DRIVING DWI at 3441 MYER LEE DR on 11/14/2020

♦ Loebe, Adrienne Rose (F/33) Arrest on chrg of Impaired Driving Dwi (M), at 3194 Rural Hall-germanton Rd, Germanton, NC, on 11/15/2020 03:42.

♦ PRUITT, ZACHARY JOSEPH was arrested on a charge of VAND-PERSONAL PROP at 4940 HUNT CLUB RD on 11/15/2020

♦ Love, Abbigail Lauren (F/22) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugsposs Sched I (F), 2) Maintain Dwelling (F), 3) Drugs-misd Poss (M), and 4) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/12/2020 09:20. ♦ MCDOWELL, ANDRE GERODE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 320 E HANES MILL RD on 11/14/2020 ♦ MCGARRY, RODNEY PAUL was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at

♦ RICE, BROOK ELIZABETH was arrested on a charge of POSS COCAINE FEL at 1704 BURKE MILL RD/SAINT MARKS RD on 11/16/2020 ♦ SMITH, DANIEL ANDREW was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 4987 BRIAN CENTER LN on 11/14/2020 ♦ SNOW, BRENT AUSTIN was arrested on a charge of LARCENY-FELONY at 2840 AZTEC CT on 11/14/2020 ♦ Stewart, Nikki Tomblin (F/25) Arrest on chrg of 1)

Drugs-poss Sched Ii (F), 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), and 3) Fail To Appear/compl (F), at 1100 Blk Old Hollow Rd, Winston Salem, NC, on 11/14/2020 22:54. ♦ Thorla, Christopher Dalton (M/22) Arrest on chrg of Ccw, M (M), at Sb 52/germanton Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/12/2020 16:41. ♦ Thorla, Christopher Dalton (M/22) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-poss Sched Vi (M) and 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at Sb 52/germanton Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/12/2020 16:41. ♦ WATSON, ALRICARDO was arrested on a charge of CCW at 2599 NEW WALKERTOWN RD/E FOURTEENTH ST on 11/15/2020 ♦ Wilkins, Jason Matthew (M/36) Arrest on chrg of Interference W/electronic Monitoring Dev (M), at 1731 Old Hollow Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 11/13/2020 17:34. ♦ WILLIAMS, TAJANAY MONIK was arrested on a charge of VANDPERSONAL PROP at 1498 NEW WALKERTOWN RD/N DUNLEITH AV on 11/15/2020 ♦ WILLIAMS, TAJANAY MONIK was arrested on a charge of AFFRAY at 1498 NEW WALKERTOWN RD/N DUNLEITH AV on 11/15/2020 ♦ WILLIAMS, TYASIA MONEE was arrested on a charge of AFFRAY at 1498 NEW WALKERTOWN RD/N DUNLEITH AV on 11/15/2020 ♦ Yanez-rivas, Mike (M/23) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Female (M), 2) Vand-personal Prop (M), and 3) Vandpersonal Prop (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/14/2020 15:32. ♦ Younger, Brenisha Deshawn (F/22) Arrest on chrg of Affray, M (M), at 4630 Fieldspring Rd, Clemmons, NC, on 11/11/2020 07:10

DEATH NOTICES ♦ Ashlee Marie Boger, 31, of Advance, died Nov. 13, 2020. ♦ Lydia Wallace Brown, 95 of Winston-Salem, died Nov. 15, 2020. ♦ Sara Coppage Martin Ellis, 78, of Winston-Salem, died Nov. 13, 2020. ♦ Patricia Barr Giles, 94, of Salemtowne, died Nov. 13, 2020. ♦ George Otis Hellard, 88, of Winston-Salem, died Nov. 12, 2020. ♦ Marion Johnson Hodges, 81, of Clemmons, died Nov. 13, 2020. ♦ Betty Lou Trivette Holder, 84, of Forsyth County, died Nov. 14, 2020. ♦ Clementine Vernon Lunsford, 77, of WinstonSalem, died Nov. 11, 2020. ♦ Lois Edna Mayo, 86, died Nov. 13, 2020. ♦ Thomas “Tom” William McKenzie, 80, of Forsyth County, died Nov. 11, 2020. ♦ Beverly Jean Neal, 58, of Winston-Salem, died Nov. 13, 2020. ♦ Geraldine “Gerry” Elizabeth Sheek Parham, 93, of Forsyth County, died Nov. 12, 2020. ♦ Glenda “Sue” Williams Perkins, 73, of Kernersville, died Nov. 11, 2020. ♦ Jeffrey Neil Pfaff, 66, of Winston-Salem, died Nov. 13, 2020. ♦ Richard David “David” Sapp, 80, of WinstonSalem, died Nov. 12, 2020. ♦ Betty Sue Tilley Smith, 84, of Oak Ridge, died Nov. 12, 2020. ♦ Joan North Spencer, 65, of Winston-Salem died Nov. 15, 2020.

Twin City Herald for Wednesday, November 18, 2020

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