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Davie County Enterprise Record 3-03-2022USPS 149-160 Number 09 Thursday, March 3, 2022 24 Pages 75¢ He’s the first Cooleemee native a captain with American Airlines Death Penalty? Murder suspect brought back to Davie County 89076 3821260Page 3 Page 7 By Jeanna Baxter WhiteWord Master Media Group “Where there is no vision, the people perish,” said Mocks-ville Town Manager Ken Gam-ble, quoting Proverbs, as he kicked off the town’s strategic planning and budget retreat last month at the Davidson-Davie Community College. “Today we will be talking about the numbers and how to best utilize the resources that we have.” The half-day meeting was designed to give the town board and staff the opportunity to discuss the challenges and needs facing the town during the coming year and to look at the big picture before making specific decisions about how to allocate resources. Board members listened to presentations from Gamble, economic development, the town’s engineer, and the heads of each department. Although the public was invited, no one The buck starts here Town board member Justin Draughn looks on as Mocks- ville Fire Chief Frank Carter shows the department’s equip- ment and talks about needs. Mocksville Public Works Director Brian Moore explains that the department’s old 1983 Ford utility tractor is a safety concern because it provides little protection for the operator when clearing sewer lines, snow, and completing other jobs. - Photos by Jeanna Baxter White Mocksville begins budget process took advantage of the opportu-nity. Following is an overview of the meeting so that Mocksville residents will have a better un-derstanding of the budget pro-cess. Economic Development – Past, Present, FutureThe presentations began with an economic development overview from Terry Bralley, president of Davie County Economic Development. Gamble said the success Mocksville is experiencing doesn't happen by accident. “It happens because of the things you did five, 10, 15 years ago. Terry is going to give us an overview of where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we are going because it is important that we understand this so that we aren’t thinking in a year to year mindset but a three to five-year mindset.” Please See Budget - Page 8 By Kim Shuskeyand Kelly SloanDavie Senior Services This March, Davie Senior Services joins the Adminis-tration for Community Living and senior nutrition programs across the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the national Senior Nutrition Pro-gram. Since 1972, the program has supported nutrition services for older adults. Funded by the Sharon McPherson, with daughter, Sheree, head out for meal delivery. Meals on Wheels volunteers deliver more than good food Older Americans Act, local se-nior nutrition programs serve as hubs for older adults (60 and older) to access nutritious meals and other vital services designed to a strengthen so-cial connections and promote health and well-being.Since 1997, Davie Coun-ty Senior Services has been a provider in the Senior Nutri-tion Program network, help-ing older adults by promoting healthy eating, decreasing so-cial isolation, and improving health. The program also pro-vides connections to home and community-based services that can support independence and overall well-being. There are three ways older adults can use Senior Services for meals: in-person lunch each weekday at Senior Services, weekly pick up of five frozen meal boxes for those uncom-fortable attending in-person due to COVID-19, or hot meal Please See Meals - Page 4 By Mike BarnhardtEnterprise Record Davie County Manager David Bone resigned Friday afternoon amid controversy surrounding the removal of an EMS station inside of the Ad-vance Fire Department.A couple of days earlier, unconfirmed reports indicated Jimmy Staley made it of-ficial last week as he filed to seek the office of Davie Coun-ty Sheriff, joining incumbent J.D. Hartman and challenger Mark S. Howell in the prima-ry on Tuesday, May 17. All are Republicans.Staley is an N.C. Highway Patrol officer, Hartman is the current sheriff, and Howell is a retired chief deputy with the local sheriff’s office.Filing for local and state of-fices ends at noon on Friday, March 4 at the Davie Board of Elections, 161 Poplar St., Mocksville (lower level, back entrance to Brock center).In the race for three seats on the Davie County Board of Ed-ucation, early filer Con Shelton was joined by Marie Helms, Timothy L. Brinkley and Jay Weaver. All are Republicans. The seats are now held by in-cumbents Clint Junker, David Carroll and Lori Smith.In the race for two county commissioner seats, Duane Vestal was joined by incum-bents Benita Finney and James V. Blakley, and by Brent Shoaf. All are Republicans.Jason Lawrence, Sonja Spry and Andrew C. Brock have filed for the Republican nomi-nation for clerk of court. County manager resigns Former manager already on the job as interim Staley joins sheriff’s race Please See Manager - Page 7 2 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022Editorial Page Letters Welcome The Enterprise Record welcomes letters from its readers on topics of local, state, na-tional or international issues. An effort will be made to print all letters, provided they are not libelous, vulgar or in poor taste. The editor reserves the right to edit letters for grammar and for space. Letters should include the name and address of the writer and a signature. A telephone number, not to be published, is requested. Have letters in the newspaper of-fice no later than noon Monday of the week to be published. Enterprise Record P.O. Box, 99, Mocksville, mike.barnhardt@davie-enterprise.com. The Literary Corner Renegade Writers Guild USPS 149-160 171 S. Main St., P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, NC 27028 (336) 751-2120 Published weekly by Salisbury Newsmedia LLC John Carr.....................................Publisher Mike Barnhardt............................Managing Editor Ray Tutterow...............................Advertising Director Brian Pitts....................................Sports Editor Mocksville Enterprise 1916-1958 Davie Record 1899-1958 Periodicals Postage Paid in Mocksville, NC 27028Subscription RatesSingle Copy, 75 Cents$32.03 Per Year In Davie CountyPOSTMASTERSend Address Changes to:Davie County Enterprise RecordP.O. Box 99, Mocksville, NC 27028 Cooleemee Journal 1901-1971 Decision to move Advance EMS can be changed A Little Irish MagicBy Julie Terry CartnerFinally, after years of dreaming, Bridgett stepped foot on the land that had intrigued her as far back as she could remember. Ireland. The home of her grand-mother’s family. Emotionally exhausted from her work at the Horse Rescue Center, Bridgett planned to experience all Ireland had to offer, starting with ex-ploring her grandmother’s homeplace, County Clare. She had reservations at an inn in Lahinch, and the thought of relaxing in the peaceful country kept her going. Even the challenge of driving on the “wrong” side of the road did not deter her from her destination. It was late by the time she arrived at the inn, and, exhausted, she checked in and soon fell asleep. That was the last normal thing Bridgett experienced.Still in the blackness of night, she awakened to the sound of her name being called over and over. Confused, but not alarmed, she stared in perplexity through the blackness. What had awakened her? She tried to return to the peace of sleep, but the pesky voice kept pulling her into wakefulness. Finally, in frustration, she got up and looked out the window. In the dim light of the inn’s doorway, she could barely make out something. Was it a horse? Was there a rid-er? Sliding the window open, she called out quietly, not expecting any answer, but somehow caught up in the magic of Ireland where, she thought, anything could happen.“Bridgett here,” she whispered. “Who’s calling me?”“Come out Lass, come out and find what you’ve been seeking,” came the teasing response.Shrugging her shoulders in a why not gesture, Bridgett pulled on her clothes and stepped out of the inn. As soon as she cleared the doorway, she saw the horse, a beautiful bay stallion, and without thinking, crooned, “Oh you are a beauty.” She reached out to offer her hand to sniff, and soon was caressing his face and neck.“Jump on,” came the words – or were they just thoughts – and somehow it seemed natural for her to be conversing with a horse. After all, she had spent her adult life working with horses, and many there had called her a horse whisperer.I’m in Ireland, she thought. Why not? This is crazy and unreal, but, who cares? With that, she jumped astride the gleaming back and grasped the mane of the gorgeous horse as he carried her through the countryside. “Where are we going and who are you?” she asked.“Just wait, I promise you won’t be disappointed,” came the immediate response. And so she did, relax-ing into the horse’s stride, and, as the faintest hint of light came from the horizon, she could see the rolling green hills that she had envisioned in her many day-dreams about Ireland. Soon the horse slowed down, then came to a stop. “Now watch,” he said. Within minutes, the sky which had been so dark, was trans-formed into hints of violet, then reds, oranges and streaks of blue. In a blinding burst of light, the sun broke through the horizon over the Cliffs of Moher. Awed, Bridgett sat in silence, treated to the most spec-tacular sight she’d ever seen. The Cliffs of Moher, the sunrise, the dramatic cliffs and curve of the land, all to herself. Not another person in sight. “How?” she questioned as she slid off the horse’s back. As soon as her feet touched the ground, the horse trans-formed into a creature she’d only seen in the pages of mythology.“Don’t be afraid,” he said. “I see you recognize me. Yes, I am the Puka of Irish legend, but don’t be-lieve everything you’ve heard about me. Mischievous I am, but not necessarily mean. We know of your life and your kindness to abused horses, and when we learned of your arrival in Ireland, we wanted to thank you for your compassion. Knowing your love of horses, I changed into my horse persona, and you know the rest. In a little while, people, mostly tour-ists, will flood this place, but for a few minutes, it’s yours alone. True kindness, the sort that expects noth-ing in return, should be rewarded. Welcome home, daughter of Ireland. Welcome home. We Take Power for GrantedBy Marie CraigOur electricity was off for 5 hours today while a broken power pole was replaced. I caught myself flipping light switches from habit, wanting something hot to drink, and remembering I needed to run the dishwasher. Very few things in my home worked, but I did play the piano for a while even though it needs tuning. Oh, well, I thought, I’ll go for my appoint-ment, and they’ll have heat. Oops, do I know how to open the garage door with no power? Actually, my own personal power in opening the big door was easier than I thought. But I came home afterwards to a cool house. I pulled up close to a window so I’d have enough light to reread a book 2 Chairs. It’s a book about power that you receive by placing two chairs in a des-ignated spot. You sit in one and have a conversation with Heavenly Father whom you visualize sitting in the other one. The author, Bob Beaudine, poses three questions: Does God Know Your Situation? Is it too hard for Him to handle? Does He have a good plan for you? I have appreciated this book and this plan as I realized it has validity in helping me have power to be positive, appreciative, and receiving good advice.Then I heard the furnace start, and I knew I’d be warm soon. What a great comforting feeling! Then I thought of the people who are in dire straits or in harm’s way or who can’t afford to pay bills and don’t have that luxury of staying warm. Sometimes, it’s good for us to be without things so that we appreciate them more when they return. Life ExpectancyBy Gaye HootsThe last few months many of my friends and fam-ily have encountered health issues that resulted in a change of lifestyle. My prayer list gets longer every week. The latest figures I found are from 2020 and state the life expectancy in the US is now 77.8. Fac-tors of obesity, drug use and overdoses, and income level impact these figures. Many of my friends are older than 77.8 and seem to have a lot to look forward to; others are younger but have serious issues.Most of my friends around my age of 76 still en-joy full rich lives. They have the ability to appreciate each day, and many live it to the fullest. I tend to en-joy the simple daily pleasures of sunrises and sunsets. To be honest I am not up early enough most days for sunrises but the last few weeks I have been because I am helping with small children.This gives me a chance to see everything through fresh new eyes and see the miracles as a child does. It also makes me realize that my muscles and joints are not equal to most activities of preschoolers, and neither is my energy level. I am the one needing a nap while they are going strong. When I decline invita-tions to sit on the floor with them, they insist, “We’ll help you up.”I am grateful to be able to help with them. In the last weeks I have seen a friend start dialysis, and a couple I love are becoming dependent and needing in home help. Others in their 80’s continue to be very active. I would encourage everyone to spend their time as if the days are numbered, because they are. Love the ones you love, enjoy your coffee, wine, and food. Vis-it and see your family and friends within safe limits.The battle of COVID and other contagious illnesses may always be with us. If you can’t visit safely, then call and keep in touch. If there are things you have been putting off for one reason or another, consider doing them now. I tend to be content on my couch with a view I love, my cup of coffee, and a good book, but I try to keep in touch with others and often enjoy a good meal at a restaurant.The death of close friends during the last year has made me more aware of how quickly our lives change. These friends did enjoy life fully and were fortunate enough to not need lengthy care, but we don’t have control of that. Plan wisely, take of legal and financial issues. Make a will, a living will, and a power of at-torney and a healthcare power of attorney. Let your children know your desired plans and then relax and enjoy today and all your tomorrows.•••For more information on Renegade Writers Guild, visit www.renegadewritersguild.wordpress.com.•••Submit a favorite memory of life in Davie County. Story should be typed and not more than 250 words. Please include your name and phone number or email address. RWG retains reprint rights. Email to lhb1@yadtel.net. The controversy surrounding the county’s removal of an EMS station in Advance makes you wonder.What’s really happening here?County Manager David Bone has already lost his job. EMS Director Brian Byrd appears to be on the bubble of losing his job.It’s really unfortunate. It didn’t have to happen this way. We’ve heard several speculations about the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of some players, and none are pretty.One thing is for sure, Bone didn’t think it all the way through when he marched into the Advance Fire Department earlier this year immediately ending a contract to have an EMS crew stationed there.He may have had good reasons for that decision, but did it trump leaving 8,000 or more residents in that part of the county without immediate access to life-saving emergency treatments? Did it trump elmi-nating their peace of mind just knowing that help was a few minutes away?No, it did not.It didn’t help Bone’s cause when he apparently left county commissioners - or at least some of them - out of the loop about the whole fiasco. When contacted after the decision to remove the EMS base had tak-en place, they seemed surprised. And angered. And rightfully so. A decision of that magnitude - unless needing an immediate decision, which this one did not - should be considered by the full board of county commissioners. They approved putting the base there, so they should be the ones who make the decision to remove it.We wish David Bone the best. He is an honorable man, who would do nothing more than to try his best. We don’t see how he could have had any hidden agenda in this matter. Some of those bending his ears, maybe. We only hope that his resignation was based on more than this one bad decision. If he was forced out, which is more likely, we hope the commissioners based that decision on more than this transgression, too. Yes, it was a bad decision. But yes, it can be re-versed, as well. And all could learn a good lesson.Commissioners have held several closed sessions to discuss personnel issues in recent weeks, the lat-est coming on Friday just prior to Bone’s resignation. That pretty much says what happened. Commission-ers aren’t supposed to make any decisions in a closed session, but even if they didn’t, Bone’s future with the county must have become really clear. There wasn’t one.By Monday morning, Mike Ruffin was already on the job as the new interim manager. You may remem-ber Ruffin, he’s been county manager here before. In more recent years, he’s been working as a senior con-sultant for a company that, among other things, helps cities and counties find new leaders.Mike Ruffin can handle what’s thrown at him. He’s honest and forthright. We have confidence he will do what’s right for the people in Advance, for the em-ployees of the EMS, and for all us.Hopefully, he’s a good repairman, too. He needs to repair the relationship between the EMS and the Ad-vance Fire Department. Almost all EMS employees and Advance Fire Department employees and volun-teers have no problem sharing space. They have no problem getting along.So, get to work, Mike Ruffin. Re-instate the EMS station at the Advance VFD.- Mike Barnhardt DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 3 Presidential sites Black History By Betty Etchison WestFor the Enterprise The only existing prop-erty connected to the fam-ily of Zachary Taylor is a beautiful house, called Springfield, in Louisville, Ky. Springfield is not ad-ministrated by the National Park Service as are most of the historical presidential site but is owned by a pri-vate citizen. That individ-ual is Dr. William Gist Dr. Gist is the past president of the Sons of the American Revolution and he has done a wonderful job maintain-ing Springfield. Dr. Gist al-lows tours of the house, but only by reservation. Call 1-502-897-9990.The authors of the book, “Cabins, Cottages, and Mansions,” Christo-pher and Nancy Benbow describe the house as: “A large two and one-half sto-ry Georgian Colonial red brick, Flemish bond house, constructed in a style sim-ilar to that of a Virginia plantation home sometime between 1785 and 1790, The bricks used to build the home were fired on the Springfield property. The resulting house was a comfortable manor home for the Taylor family who lived and prospered there. The home had two rooms on each floor and featured walnut wood and ash floor-ing. Sometime between 1810 and 1820 a second side of the house was built. It also had two rooms on each floor and featured ash flooring and had wider mantels and larger fireplac-es.” This is the house in which Zachary Tylor grew up. He was not born in that house. He was born in Vir-ginia while the family was making the move to Ken-tucky. The Taylor family stopped for a visit with a Virginia family, and Zach-ary was born before they could continue their trip. Thus, Zachary Taylor is considered one of the seven presidents born in Virginia even though he was a res-ident there for a short time.The Taylors’ son, Zach-ary, was home schooled at Springfield, and then he be-came a soldier. The young soldier met a shy young lady, Margaret Smith. Margaret’s father was a well-to-do planter which meant that Margaret’s ev-ery need was immediately handled by servants. The two young people were strongly attracted to each other and soon decided to get married. Margaret’s fa-ther strongly objected to his daughter to marrying a mil-itary man. He did not want his daughter to have to suf-fer the hardships which the wife of a soldier often face. Zachary Taylor and Margaret Smith were de-termined to get married in spite of all objections. They did just that in 1810. During the next 40 years, Margaret Smith Tay-lor followed her husband from post to post all over the west. She lived in log cabins, tents, and all kinds of other less than desirable dwellings, but she never seemed to complain. None of the places where the Taylors lived are identified as Taylor homes. Marga-ret Taylor supported her husband in every way she could, and she tried to help other soldiers and their families along the way. Zachary Taylor is quoted as saying, “My wife was as much of a soldier as I was.” Even though she did not complain, Margaret Smith Taylor was tired, and she looked forward to the time when her husband would retire so they could spend some quiet years together without having to deal with so many hardships. During the Mexican War, Zachary Taylor be-came a hero for leading his troops to victory at the battle at Buena Vista, Mex-ico. Taylor was well-liked by the troops because he rode into battle with them instead of sending them into battle while he stayed behind. Taylor’s successes during the Mexican War gained the attention of the American people.The American people seemed to feel that a strong military leader would make a good President. Some of the military leaders elected to that position before Tay-lor were George Washing-ton, Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison. Even though he had never even cast a vote for a President of the United States, three political par-ties wanted Zachary Taylor to run as their candidate. Margaret Taylor was totally opposed to her husband be-coming involved in politics and she certainly did not want him to run for pres-ident. She wanted him to retire and spend time with her. Like the other former soldiers, Taylor felt that he had to answer the call of his country. He finally said that he was a Whig so the Whig party chose him as their. Margaret Taylor ac-tually prayed that her hus-band would not win. Her prayers were not answered in the way she wanted. Zachary Taylor, the man who may have been the least prepared of all candi-dates, won the election and became the 12th President of the United States.A reluctant Margaret moved with her husband to the White House, which is the only Taylor house oth-er than Springfield which is identified as a Taylor home. It was certainly not a house with which Mar-garet Taylor wanted to be associated. She stayed up-stairs in the family quarters during the 16 months that her husband was President. Zachary Taylor got sick af-ter her had served as presi-dent for that short period of time. He died in spite of all that the doctors could do to save him. Zachary Taylor is buried at what is now the Zachary Taylor Memorial Cemetery in Louisville, Ky. His wife, who never spoke of the White House after she left it, died two years after the death of her hus-band. She is buried beside him at the Zachary Taylor Memorial Cemetery.It is not easy to get res-ervations to see the interior of Springfield in Louisville, Ky., because it is private-ly owned. Dr. Gist, allows visitors when he can man-age it, but it may take some planning to get to see the interior of Springfield. Dr. Gist has found a few arti-facts that belonged to the Taylor family, but the furni-ture in the house did not be-long to that family. Howev-er, it is of the period when Zachary Taylor lived with his parents at Springfield, which makes that house an interesting place to visit. Zachary Taylor’s parents’ home in Kentucky; and the 12 President Zachary Taylor and his wife Margaret Smith Taylor. A marker describes the Taylor home. No homeplace associated with Zachary Taylor By Thomasine GaitherFor the Enterprise Lonnie A. Wilson Jr. is a family friend.From Cooleemee, he graduated from Davie High School before becoming an international airline pilot. It made me think, what started this journey?I am interested in learn-ing new things, especially if it includes the growth of another person and the content is educational. So I reached out to Lonnie. Fol-lowing are his answers to some questions I proposed.Was being an airline pilot a part of your original vision after graduating high school?Wilson: “At an early age, I realized that this was something which peaked and held my interest for days to come. My parents recognized this in me early on, if it looked like a jet airplane, helicopter, if whatever the models were and they flew, I had it. I recall around the age of 4 or 5 during one of our family’s Christmas celebrations, my sister had received that year’s Barbie Doll Collection, which included a car. The temptation seemed harm-less enough for a 5 year old, but when my parents had come to the realization that I had disassembled my sister’s Barbie car, to try to make it out of a car that could just ... maybe would fly ... the end of the story had a different moral to it.Going forward, my dad would take the family out to Twin Lakes Airport on many occasions, until one day I was able to be trained and taught and it was at this location that I was able to actually sit in the cock-pit of a small engine plane, take flight, and I knew at this point I was on my way in pursuit of my dreams. This magical moment was always in Lonnie’s plans of things to do in his life - his dream, vision. I just had to figure out how to get there.”Lonnie traveled as he was being trained to be a pilot. He was married, and had two daughters. He was in California and became a single parent to his daughters.He had to decide if he could still afford flight training. The process was lengthened, but quitting was an option for Lonnie Wilson.Lonnie never forgot his roots, and though he may have been on the West Coast, the relationship which he had with his mother - Bessie Wilson - never left a gap or dis-tance. I’m sure he needed the comfort, the profes-sionalism and the reassur-ance of his mother. She was more than qualified to take care of her won as she was a respected Black female business owner in the Cooleemee area.Lonnie paused to express his live for his mother, and how she never stopped believing in his dream to become the pilot he had always dreamed of being.Time went on until one day Lonnie received a letter in the mail from his mother. It included the answer to the next piece of the puzzle to be solved. It was because of the love of his mother, who financially invested into the comple-tion of her son’s vision.Are you the first Black airline pilot from North Carolina? What percent-age of Black pilots?Wilson: “I am not the first, reason being that male and female pilots come to North Carolina from other areas. However, the percentage is less than 3 percent.”Have you given back to the airline community?Wilson: “I am part of the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP.org), founded in 1976. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to the encouragement of minorities in all aviation and aerospace careers. In this area, I am also able to mentor and recruit youth for American Airlines.”What is your furtherest, most interesting destina-tions?Wilson: “The furthest flight non-stop was New Delhi, the capital of India, 17.5 hours. This type of flight requires four pilots at all times. Captain’s Quarters allow two pilots to rest and recuperate until the shift change. We were laid over at this destina-tion for a week. The visit and the villages I found to be interesting. It was a great experience to see the Lonnie A. Wilson Jr. • Native of Cooleemee, son of Lonnie and Bessie Wilson • Graduate, Davie High School; Embry-Riddle Aero- nautical University with bachelor’s in aeronau- tics; associate in aero- space science from Community College of the Air Force • Retired U.S. Air Force officer after 25 years • Airline pilot, American Airlines 777-300, recent- ly promoted to captain on Airbus 321 • Former FAA air traffic controller in Charlotte, Charleston, S.C., Ra- leigh-Durham • FAA ANG-53 UAS demonstration project, a study of integrating unmanned aircraft into the National Air- space System Flying high: Lonnie Wilson realizes flight dreams culture here.“Sao Paulo, Brazil was a great visit. This Latin American city houses museums of modern arts, beautiful parks, a rich his-tory and endless beauty.“Other internation-al flights include Paris, Rome, Spain, Rio de Janei-ro. I can’t complain about the benefits or the fruit of my labor that has come with the years.“Today, as I live my dream as as the first Black captain airline pilot for American Airlines by way of Davie County, I do not hesitate to reach out to be a helping hand for a youth with potential along the way. My carrier is a Boe-ing Triple 777-300, which can seat up to 200 ticket holders.”This conversation with Capt. Lonnie A. Wilson Jr. was so interesting. The privilege was mine.Capt. Wilson and his family now live in Geor-gia, but he will always call Cooleemee his home. Capt. Lonnie A. Wilson stands in front of a huge aircraft engine at Lond’s Heathrow Airport. 4 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 Continued From Page 1deliveries each weekday to client’s home through Meals on Wheels.Eligibility for each pro-gram varies, but one thing is consistent - the programs could not operate without volunteers. The impact volunteers have on the nutrition pro-grams is unmatched. There are several opportunities to volunteer, but one of the biggest needs is for Meals on Wheels. Meals on Wheels clients benefit not only from the food, but from the daily vis-it by the volunteer. In many cases, the meal delivery volunteer could be the only person the homebound per-son sees each day. The meal delivered may be the only meal the person receives that particular day. Meals on Wheels serves around 115 clients per day with nine routes covering the entire county. There is no waiting list for Meals on Wheels in Davie County, meaning all who need the service and meet the eli-gibility guidelines will re-ceive a meal.Eligibility guidelines to receive Meals on Wheels are set by the state: 60 years of age or older; homebound or extreme difficulty leav-ing the home; unable to cook their own meal due to a physical or cognitive im-pairment; and have no one willing or able to cook for them (although the meal may serve as a break for someone providing 24/7 care). Referrals are made to a social worker by home health agencies, doctor’s offices, family members, friends, or the client them-selves. The social worker will then schedule a home visit to go and meet with the client and do the assess-ment. Once eligibility is deter- At left, Nutrition Coordinator Stacey Southern takes the temperature of the food before the meals are placed into delivery bags for volunteers Larry Graham, George and Luzia McManus, and Sharon McPherson and George McManus. mined, the client is assigned to one of the nine routes - 601 N, Advance, Cool-eemee, Farmington, Fork, Hillsdale, Jericho, Mocks-ville, and Sheffield. On Time Catering from Lex-ington prepares the meals and brings them to the Se-nior Center each morning. A dietician works with the catering staff to be sure that the meal meets the nutrition requirements for the pro-gram. Volunteer drivers pick up the meals at 10:30 each morning and start on their route. Most drivers return by noon and check back in with staff to report if any-one wasn’t at home or if there were any concerns regarding the clients. If the driver encountered an issue or could not get someone to the door, staff will check up on the client by calling the client or their emergency contact person. During the pandemic, normal operations at Se-nior Services changed, and daily hot meal delivery was not possible. TRhe Davie County Sheriff’s Office, and two other volunteers who were not in the high-risk age category, and staff delivered a box of five fro-zen meals each Monday. Hot meal deliveries will begin again on May 1. A great number of ourpast volunteer drivers were not able to resume driving due to health issues or other commitments. This means a new group of volunteers was needed. A lot of people stepped up, but new volunteers are needed. If curious if becom-ing a Meals on Wheels driv-er is for you, read on to hear about experiences from cur-rent volunteers, including longtime, regular, fill-ins, and new Meals on Wheels drivers.”• One of thr newest vol-unteers, Larry Graham just started delivering last month. He had always heard about the program and decided it was time to help. He delivers the Hill-sdale route every Monday and Wednesday. Choosing this route was practical for him – this route was open a lot and he lives in the area. He knows what a differ-ence the program makes. “The people that I deliver to really enjoy seeing some-one come. They love a fa-miliar face.”• Rick Tesh has been de-livering meals since 2010, starting after retiring from a 30-year career with Frito Lay. Although he has de-livered almost every route, he typically delivers twice a week – the Advance route each Monday and the Hill-sdale route each Tuesday. During the height of CO-VID, when Senior Services was delivering only frozen meals once a week, Rick served as a check-in caller. Several times a week he would call clients from one route to chat briefly and check in on them, since they were not getting the daily visit from Meals on Wheels. He particularly has be-come attached to these cli-ents. “We are put on Earth to serve others, and one day you will be served”. He feels this is an over-looked population and was influenced by the late John Prine’s song, “Hello, in There”, whose lyrics state, “Old people just grow lone-some, waiting for someone to say, Hello, In There.” An-other reason why he deliv-ers? “It’s fun.” • George McManus is one of the newer volunteers who started after regular deliv-ery was reinstated. A friend of his delivered meals and, wanting to do something to give back, he decided to give it a try. George deliv-ers every Thursday, usu-ally with his wife Luzia ac-companying him. He also serves as a fill-in driver when someone is needed at the last minute. George really enjoys delivering the Cooleemee route. “Because I live in Cooleemee, I enjoy visiting with everyone. The clients that have lived there a long time tell me a lot of his-tory of the town.” George feels like he receives more than he gives. “This is one of the easiest ways to give back to the community and see immediate gratification on their faces. My wife and I enjoy seeing and visiting with everyone on the route.”• Carter Robertson re-tired and was coming to the Senior Center for exercise classes. About eight years ago a friend of his told him about delivering meals on wheels. He starting volun-teering and now delivers the 601 North route every Tuesday. In addition, he fills in when needed, which is currently 1 or 2 days a week on other routes. He usually delivers by himself, but is sometimes accompanied by his wife Brenda when she is not busy doing other volun-teer work. Because he sometimes delivers 3 days a week, Carter is appreciative of the fact that volunteers can get mileage reimbursement. “I just enjoy doing it. I’ve ran in to former classmates and people from my past. I get to see so many different people.”• Gary Snow has also been delivering for about eight years. He delivers the Farmington route every Wednesday. Gary saw an article about the need for Meals on Wheels drivers in the Davie County Enterprise Record and was looking for some way to give back to the community after he re- tired. Gary quickly became attached to the clients on his route and has developed re-lationships with them. “Just try it one time and see if you don’t want to do it again,” Gary said. “I have developed a lot of friend-ships with the seniors on the route. It is a blessing to me.”• Mom and daughter team, Sharon and Sheree McPherson, started deliv-ering meals a couple of months ago. They deliver whatever route is needed one or two times per week. For them, it is a great out-ing. It was Sharon’s mother (Sheree’s grandmother), an on-site lunch participant, who told them about the op-portunity when they were looking for a way to help others. According to Sher-ee, “Everyone should try it out, even if it’s only one time. It’s a blessing to help others and then you will be blessed.”Their testamonies show that Meals on Wheels is a valued, special volunteer opportunity for anyone willing to give it a try. Any-one who drives Meals on Wheels is eligible for mile-age reimbursement. lthough most of the volunteers men-tioned above deliver one or more times per week, vol-unteers can deliver as often as they like - once a week, once a month, or as a fill-in. If interested in learn-ing more about volunteer-ing, and being a part of the Senior Services Meals on Wheels team, contact Sta-cey Southern or Kelly Sloan at 336-753-6230. All you need is a valid driver’s li-cense, reliable vehicle and be 18 or older. At this time masks are required when entering the client’s home.This is the first in a series of articles that will high-light the nutrition programs that have been active in the United States for the past 50 years. Coming up next, learn about the Congregate Meals program. Also, Senior Services will host a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Older American’s Act Nu-trition Program, “50 Years of Nutrition: Celebrate, In-novate, and Educate,” on Tuesday, March 29 at Se-nior Services’ main campus. The celebration will start at 10 a.m. with fun activities, games and more, with lunch following at 11. All ages are invited. Call 336-753-6230 to register. Join us in celebrating our seniors, our program, and our community. Together, we look forward to another 50 years and beyond. Meals ... Gary Snow picks up the route sheet di- rections for the Farmington route. Carter Robertson delivers a meal on the 601 N route. Longtime volunteer, Rick Tesh, places the delivery bags in his vehicle prior to leaving for the Advance route. Michael Parks and Stacey Southern prepare to pack the 115 hot meals for meal delivery. Framing Lumber Treated Lumber • Hardwoods Plywood • PPG Paints Cabot Stains Sikkens Stains Flooring • Sakrete Plumbing • Electrical Wood Furniture & More! Wood Shop& Building Supply Monday-Friday 7:30 - 5:30 Saturday 7:30 - 3:00 3301 Salisbury Highway, Statesville 704-872-3148 • lilshavers.com We Know Wood! If wood confuses you, call or come by...We’ll clear it up for you! DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 5 Davie Community Foun-dation congratulates the three winners of the Diana Springer Scholarship - Dai-sy Espinoza, Maddie Kulis and Riley Little.On Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2022, ten Davie County high school seniors put their names in a bucket for the luck of the draw as re-quired by the will of David Springer. Parents and stu-dents waited as trustee, Di-ane Foster, gave the history of the scholarship.An alternate, Owen Fender, was drawn if any of the three recipients choose not to attend UNC Chapel Hill. The Diana Springer Scholarship is awarded to students accepted to UNC Chapel Hill in the first round. The scholarship covers tuition and fees for four years. David left the scholar-ship in his will as a tribute to his wife, but the Diana Springer Scholarship is a gift from David and Diana Springer to graduates who attend UNC Chapel Hill. The Springer’s met in Australia while serving in the military. He enlisted in 336.463.5022 | zirrus.com KNOWWith a Video Doorbell From Zirrus KNOCKKNOCKWho’s there? sponsored by: Submit your veteran nominationourdavie.com/veterans VETERAN OF THE MONTH MARCH 2022 Thank you foryour service Leo Sheek Bowden, Jr. en- listed in the US Army on Oc- tober 30, 1943 and entered into active service on Janu- ary 6, 1944. He received Ba- sic Training at Miami Beach and also trained in Denver, Colorado and was a member of the US Army Air Corps during WWII. Sheek advanced to the rank of Tech SGT as a CFC (Cen- tral Fire Control) Gunner on a B29 “Superfortress” bomber named “Big Boots”. The plane’s Pilot and Command- er, Art Tomes, wore size 15 boots which inspired the name. Bowden was part of an eleven member crew as-signed to the Pacific Theater and flew out of Tinian Air Base in the Mariana Islands as part of the 421st Bomb SQ., 504th Bomb GP. Tinian is an island less than 40 sq. miles in size located in the Pacific Ocean appx. 1,400 miles south of Tokyo. The air base on Tinian was the largest single field in the world at that time and includ- ed four 8,500 ft. runways constructed by the SeaBees. From this field U.S. long- range bombers could reach the Japanese mainland. Both of the B29 bombers carrying the atomic bombs flew from Tinian. Bowden and his crewmates on “Big Boots” flew 18 com- bat missions and 3 missions carrying supplies for prison-ers of war. During his time he says he was lucky. He never saw an enemy plane in the air or shot at an enemy plane and returned safely each time. Other B29 crews were less fortunate...some were shot down and some crashed on takeoff or landing due to pilot error or mechanical fail-ure even though the planes were very advanced for the day. When the Japanese military surrendered on September 2, 1945 aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay “Big Boots” was assigned as a photographic platform to cover the surrender. They ac-tually buzzed the battleship at low altitude to get closer views for the cameras. Sheek Bowden was dis- charged on March 6, 1946 at Fort Bragg, NC. After the war he married Louise Caudell Bowden on Novem-ber 26, 1948 (his birthday). They settled in Mocksville and raised two children (Lin-da and Jeff) and have five grandchildren (Andy Hale, Meg Brunton, Bradford Hale, Ashley Bowden, and Alyse Wooldridge). For many years he owned and operated Davie Tractor in Mocksville which was the local Ford Tractor & Implement dealership. The family also owns Caudell Lumber in Mocksville. MissiNg BOOk: HISTORY OF THE 504TH BOMB GROUP (VH) IN WORLD WAR II by Fiske Hanley and published by The 504th Bomb Group Association. Mr. Bowden loaned a copy of this book to someone and it has not been returned. If you have the book or know who may have it, please contact the Davie County Enterprise Record at 336-751-2120 or email: ray. tutterow@davie-enterprise.com. LEO sHEEk BOwdEN, JR. Born: Davie County, NC - November 26, 1925 to Pearl Hartman Bowden and Leo Sheek Bowden, Sr. Submitted by his granddaughter, Alyse Bowden & B29 “Big Boots” Diane Foster with Springer scholarship winners, from left: Riley Little, Maddie Kulis and Owen Fender (alternate). Not pictured: Daisy Espinoza. At right, Foster talks about the Springers and the scholarship. Lucky draw: 3 awarded UNC scholarships Davie seniors accepted into UNC Chapel Hill on the first application listen to Diane Foster talk about the scholarship that could provide them with free tuitiion. the Coast Guard, and she happened to be one of the military drivers who met his entourage. After a year of courtship, the couple married in the Philippines where David was stationed. A fter many travels and adventures, the Springer’s landed in Winston-Salem. They purchased 100 acres of land in nearby Farming-ton for Diana to start a busi-ness breeding Shorthorn cattle. The success of this en-deavor led to the couple’s purchase of Point Farm, a 400-acre tract where the Big Yadkin and the South Yadkin rivers meet. Throughout her life, Di-ana continued to expand her cattle operation and was often seen on horse-back wearing her outback hat with two dogs in tow. For Diana’s 80th birth-day, David gave her a bull-dozer to clear more land for pasture.Scholarship trustee, Di-ane Foster, spent 20 years of friendship getting to know the Springers. “In listening to their sto-ry, I gained a deep respect for two people who were adventuresome, daring to be the individuals they were meant to be, and lov-ing life and each other to the fullest,” said Foster. The Springer’s had no children. “So, you, the recipients of this gift, are the children of their ideals and love of life. You should not just be educated, but love learn-ing and never be afraid to change directions when you are on the wrong path.” The foundation congrat-ulates all the Davie students accepted in the first round at UNC Chapel Hill. 113 Marketplace Drive, Mocksville, NC 27028www.mocksvillefamilydentistry.com (336) 753-6630 CALL NOW FOR AN APPOINTMENT 1328851No Insurance? No Problem! Join CapCares Membership Club at Mocksville Family Dentistry Lifetime Activation Fee Covers First Month Call Us Today for Details and Pricing Child, Adult, or Perio Memberships available to suit your needs Voted Davie County’s Best Dentist 6 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022Public Records Land TransfersThe following land transfers were filed with the Davie Register of Deeds, listed by parties involved, acreage, location and deed stamps purchased, with $2 representing $1,000.- Channon Campbell and Teddy A. Tumbi, .6 acre, Pineville Road, Farm-ington Township, $104.- Lydia Cox and Daniel Short to David Martin and Christine Campbell Martin, 1 tract, $1,080.- Patricia H. Hardin to Patricia H. Hardin and Jack Wesley Hardin Jr., 2 lots, Country Cove.- Sulton Abdel Sarsour to Sharazad Sarsour, inter-est in 1.75 acres, Mocks-ville Township, $45.- Cedar Creed RE to True Homes, 3 lots, Oak-mont, $450.- FPB Investments of NC to Spirit Master Fund-ing, .64 acre, Farmington Township, $1,050.- Harmony Farm Trust to B.D. Clark, 10 acres.- OP SPE TPA1 to Jeff Jaquez Jimenez, 1 lot, Sheffield Park, $350.- Kenneth L. Strouse and Diane Strouse to Sean Strouse and Danielle Strou-se, tracts, Allendale Acres, $160.- Soleo Properties to Da-lia Pica and James Richard Pica, 1 lot, Jemes G. Beau-champ Estate, $702.- Caleb Bryant Waycast-er and Charity Rose Way-caster to Brandon Rombach and Mindy S. Rombach, William Rombach and Debra Rombach, 1.92 acres, Jerusalem Township, $640.- Christine F. Myers to Robert Wensley and An-drea Wensley, 1 lot, Indian Hills, Advance, $600.- Sea B’s Enterpris-es to Raymond Eglington Pearson and Carol Lynette Pearson, 1 condominium, Bermuda Run, $400.- Katie Elizabeth Col-lette to Christopher Mi-chael Boardwine, tracts, Mocksville Township, $664.- Gary E. Prillaman and Joyce J. Prillaman to Eric Kent Chapman and Heather N. Chapman, 1 lot, Garden Valley, Mocksville, $66.- Matthew A. Cohn and Amber M. Cohn to Joseph Andrew Tracey Jr. and Patrice Ann Tracey, 2 lots, Jerusalem Township, $471.- Paul D. Frayer and Claudette M. Frayer to Mi-chael John Dzybon, 1.46 acres, Shady Grove Town-ship. - Phillip Leigh Har-rington, successor trustee to David B. Averill and Gayle M. Averill, 1 villa, Bermuda Village, $450.- Emily Virginia Stokes and Paul Marshall Spillman Jr. to Gene Arthur Cole-man Jr., tracts, Mocksville Township, $414.- G.P. Hollingsworth to NC Development Strate-gies I, 18.18 acres, South-point Business Park, Mocksville, $520.- G.P. Hollingsworth to NC Development Strate-gies I, 16.33 acres, South-point Business Park, Mocksville, $640.- Gilmer E. Collette Jr. and Martha C. Kiger (and as co-trustees of the Della S. Collette Trust) and Sheri L. Collette, and O. Larry Kiger, 41.71 acres, Farm-ington Township, $300.- Susan L. Pierce Lan-caster and Marshall D. Lancaster to Susan Lowder Lancaster and Marshall D. Lancaster, and Jack Aar-on Lee Dodd, and Susan Lowder Lancaster and Mar-shall D. Lancaster, tracts.- Emily Jean Averill to Emily Jean Averill and Todd William Lane, 1 lot, Oak Valley, Advance.- Alec G. Sarwas to Shannah P. Sarwas, tracts, Mocksville Township.- House Farmers Arrow-head to J. Reader Construc-tion, 1 lot, Arrowhead.- Randy Lee Hanes to Tommy Alton Taylor and Sue H. Miller, 4.29 acres, Clarksville Township.- Tommy Alton Taylor and Sue H. Miller to Josh-ua Samuel Hill, 4.29 acres, Clarksville Township, $280.- J. Reader Construction to Barry H. King and Kathy L. Yokley, 1 lot, Arrow-head, $1,140.- Glenwood Homes to Garth Nicol, 1 lot, Charles-ton Ridge, Mocksville, $515.- Betty J. Witherspoon to Houston Warren Smith, 1.02 acres, Calahaln Town-ship, $170.- Joseph N. Shores and Hillary L. Shores to Jacob Franklin Lewis and Laken Ariel Lewis, 1 lot, Jerusa-lem Township, $420.- Luis Blanco and Ana Blanco to Michelle Rundle, tracts, Mocksville Town-ship, $70.- Opendoor Property Trust I to MICH SFR NC Owner 2, 1 lot, Ridgemont, Mocksville, $326.- Ross Miller Spry to Richard Winslow and Min-dy Winslow, 1 lot, Jerusa- lem Township, $140.- Dylan Reynolds to Sarah Reynolds, 4.79 acres, Jerusalem Township.- Jeffrey Kadylak and Theresa Kadylak to Mci-hael Attwood Perry and Meghan Page Perry, 1 lot, Oak Valley, Advance, $1,490.- Christian Conrad Froe-lich Jr. and Christine Marie Froelich to Sean Anthony Manna and Genelyn Pelayo Manna, 1 lot, Oak Valley, Advance, $760.- Gene S. Fritts and Hazel B. Fritts to William A. Kibler and Hannah G. Kibler, tract, Farmington Township, $260.- The J. Ryan Group to Comfort Quality Homes, 2 lots, Woodlee, Farmington Township.- Marklin Family Prop-erties to James Watson Naylor and Lynn Keaton Naylor, tract, Clarksville Township, $194.- Betty Keaton Furr and Paul W. Furr Jr. to Lucio Granadero, 1 lot, Joy Lin Estates, $68.- Tammy L. Franklin to Alejandro Rojas Ramirez and Josefa Serrano, tract, Gladstone Road, Mocks-ville, $370.- Kenneth L. Foster and Gail F. Foster to Debbie S. Wilkes, trustee, 1.78 acres, Mocksville Township, $300.- Russell M. Howerton, successor trustee to Gary Wade Strom and Sara Sou-to Strom, 1 villa, Bermuda Village, $376.- Comfort Quality Homes to Heather B. Free-man, 1 lot, Woodlee, Farm-ington Township, $530.- Joey Adrian Pardue and Karen Hinkley to Rick-ey A. Greer III and Court-ney E. Greer, 1 acre, Farm-ington Township, $560.- George E. Hollodick, trustee to Ann Vandiver O’Quinn, 1 condominium, Bermuda Village, $330.- Deitra Harrison to Lu-cas Raymond Rosa, 1 lot, Pembrooke Ridge, Bermu-da Run, $450.- Opendoor Proper-ty J to Kristie Prevette, 1 lot, Mocksville Township, $405.- Jenny C. Terry and Vincent Kotarsky to Brit-tney Marcia Overby and Joshua David Heimann, 1.16 acres, Farmington Township, $280.- Boulton Properties to New Residential Borrow-er 2022-SFRI, 1 lot, North Ridge, Mocksville.Olene Taylor Wicker and Ronald Lee Wicker to Traci Marie Ledbetter, tracts, Clarksville Town-ship, $55.- Kenneth R. Perdue and Betty Rose Perdue to David Perdue, 7.46 acres. - Danny Gray Durham and Cynthis Durham, and George Wesley Durham and Tara Durham to Tara Durham and George Wes-ley Durham, .84 acre.- Tamara Strain Rose-man to Stacee Spillman Dalton and Shannon Spill-man Yost, 1 lot, Edgewood, Jerusalem Township.- Stacee Spillman Dal-ton and Shannon Spillman Yost to Michael Wayne Barringer and Amber Nich-ole Poteat, 1 lot, Edgewood, Jerusalem Township, $257.- Leonard Hayes and Christopher Hayes to Chris-topher Leonard Hayes, 1 lot, Redland Way.- Tyler King and Sara King to James Allan Logie and Dene Eller Logie, 1 lot, Kinderton Village, Bermu-da Run, $506. Sheriff’s OfficeThe following are from Davie County Sheriff’s Of-fice reports.Feb. 26: disturbance, Yadkinville Road, Mocks-ville; domestic disturbance, W. Kinderton Way, Ber-muda Run; fraud, E. Lex-ington Road, Mocksville; harassment, Court Square, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; harassment, Shady Knoll Lane, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Salisbury Road, Mcksville; noise complaint, US 64 E., Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Merrells Lake Road, Mocksville; fraud, Cedar Creek Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, US 601 S., Mcoksville; suspicious activity, NC 801 S./Riverview Road, Advance; domestic distur-bance, McKnight Road, Advance; illegal burning, Trestle Lane, Mocksville.Feb. 25: suspicious activity, Boxwood Cir-cle, Bermuda Run; noise complaint, Sonora Drive, Advance; domestic assist, Hillcrest Drive, Advance; suspicious activity, Mark-land Road, Advance; fraud, Yadkinville Road, Mocks-ville; harassment, Casa Bella Drive, Advance; damage to property, NC 801 N., Mocksville; distur-bance, US 601 S., Mocks-ville.Feb. 24: domestic dis-turbance, Rolling Hills Lane, Mocksville; sus-picious activity, Mead-owview Road, Mocks-ville; burglary, Sunburst Lane, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, US 64 E., Mocksville; robbery, Yad-kinville Road, Mocksville; fraud, Vircasdell Lane, Mocksville; custody issue, Pineville Road, Mocks-ville; larceny, Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; disturbance, Northridge Court, Mocksville; ille-gal dumping, US 601 N./Murphy Road, Mocksville; larceny, Lancelot Lane, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; fraud, NC 801 N., Advance; larceny, Gildan Drive, Mocksville; domestic disturbance, Wall St., Cooleemee.Feb. 23: harassment, US 601 N., Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, Foster St., Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Whitney Road, Mocksville; trespassing, Legion Hut Road, Mocks-ville; larceny, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; domes-tic assist, Hillcrest Drive, Advance; sex offense, Cemetery St., Mocksville; domestic assist, Cabana Lane, Mocksville; fraud, Ridgehaven Place, Mocks-ville; assault, Farmington Road, Mocksville; assault, S. Davie Drive, Mocks-ville; larceny, US 601 S., Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, S. Main St., Mocks-ville; fraud, Nebbs Trail, Mocksville; disturbance, Camden Point Court, Mocksville; trespassing, Duke Whittaker Road, Mocksville; harassment, Clark Road, Mocksville; suspicious activity, US 601 S., Mocksville.Feb. 22: larceny, Coo-per Creek Drive, Mocks-ville; domestic disturbance, Thousand Trails Drive, Advance; harassment, Swicegood St., Mocksville; suspicious activity, US 601 S., Mocksville; larceny, Powell Road, Mocksville; suspicious activituy, N. Niblick Court, Advance; harassment, Pointe House Lane, Mocksville; domes-tic disturbance, Becktown Road, Mocksville; assault, Winchester Road, Ad-vance; suspicious activity, US 64 E., Mocksville; sus-picious activity, Ada Lane, Advance; trespassing, Kil-bourne Drive, Bermuda Run; burglary, S. Angell Road, Mocksville; damage to property, Cemetery St., Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Hobson Drive, Mocksville; domestic disturbance, Legion Hut Road, Mocksville; damage to property, Wilkesboro St., Mocksville; larceny, Salis-bury Road, Mocksville; ha-rassment, Avon St., Mcoks-ville.Feb. 21: harassment, Foster St., Mocksville; damage to property, Le-gion Hut Road, Mocks-ville; assault, Cemetery St., Mocksville; damage to property, Salisbury Road, Mocksville; larceny, Yad-kinville Road, Mocksville; sex offense, War Eagle Drive, Mocksville.Feb. 20: domestic dis-turbance, Becktown Road, Mocksville; larceny, Coo-per Creek Drive, Mocks-ville; harassment, Richie Road, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, NC 801 S., Mocksville; larceny, S. Angell Road, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Dalton Road, Mocksville; damage to property, Wilkesboro St., Mocksville; domestic assist, Chal Smith Road, Mocksville; disturbing the peace, Wilkesboro St., Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, N. Wentworth Drive, Mocksville. ArrestsThe following were ar-rested by the Davie County Sheriff’s Office.Feb. 26: Timothy Scott Bobbitt, 39, of Merrells Lake Road, Mocksville, assault on a female; Randy Lee Cook, 31, of Morgan-ton, possession of stolen vehicle, unauthorized use of vehicle; Amanda Belle Fowler, 39, of Winston-Sa-lem, leaving the scene of an accident.Feb. 25: Johnny Lee Cass, 54, of Mocksville, felony larceny, breaking and entering, felony con-spiracy; Jamen Lee Cowan, 32, of Newton, failure to appear in court, breaking, entering and larceny; Carl Junior Doby Jr., 32, of Cor-natzer Road, Mocksville, giving false report to po-lice, possession of firearm by felon.Feb. 24: James David Abshire, 57, of Caravan Lane, Mocksville, non-sup-port of child; Thor Thomas Armstrong, 49, of Mad-ison Road, Mocksville, non-support of child; An-gela Marie Haneline, 39, of Etchison St., Mocksville, school attendance law vi-olation; Crystal Deanna Tilley, 46, of Will Boone Road, Mocksville; larceny, obtaining property by false pretense; Cindy Gale James Rice, 38, of Northridge Court, Mocksville, non-support of child; Hen-ry Vincent White Jr., 18, of Siloam, injury to property, breaking or entering.Feb. 23: Crayshawn C hase Carrigan, 19, of Mooresville, possession of drug paraphernalia, felo-ny possession of cocaine; Amber Lewis Cheeks, 37, of Whitney Road, Mocks-ville, assault, misdemean-or child abuse, giving malt beverages to persons un-der age 21; Fallon Randall Ahijah Holder, 19, of S. Salisbury St., Mocksville, injury to property, break-ing and entering; Thomas Haney Miller, 18, of Bridle Lane, Advance, possession of drug paraphernalia, fel-ony possession of cocaine; Stephanie Yarbrough Ste-fanutto, 33, of Lexington, non-support of child.Feb. 22: Jake Alexan-der Blake, 22, of Granada Drive, Advance, felony child abuse; Nathan Mi-chael Greenleaf, 31, of Deer Run Drive, Mocks-ville, failure to appear in court; Quincy Cheeks Han-nah, 27, of York, Pa., mur-der; Nicole Yvonne Milles, 35, of Tatum Road, Mocks-ville, larceny, trespassing; Tasha Lynn Perrell, 43, of US 601 N., Mocksville, larceny of vehicle; Adam Todd Ward, 32, of Win-chester Road, Advance, as-sault on female.Feb. 21: Chavez Ro-driquez Brooks, 41, of Summit Drive, Mocksville, attempted larceny; Rob-in Eugene Foster, 46, of Clark Road, Mocksville, larceny by changing price tag; James Dontay Rivers, 33, of Northridge Court, Mocksville, unauthorized use of vehicle; Robbie Strickland Jr., 35, of High Point, failure to appear in court; James Tyler Weaver, 24, of Statesville, DWI.Feb. 20: Jacqueline Ann Edwards, 35, of Wall St., Mocksville, felony conspir-acy, felony larceny, break-ing and entering; Timothy Patrick Swiergiel, 48, of Yadkinville Road, Mocks-ville, assault. 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The minibus will also provide transportation on Tuesdays The academic honor roll for South Davie Middle School was inadvertantly left out of a list of honor students printed last week.Grade 6A Honor Roll - Arleth Amaya Paz, William Ar-nett, Scarlett Brock, Amie Cranfill, Taylor Cummings, Aundrea Davis, Annaleigh Deel, Honor Draughn, Noah Dulin, Zachery Eckhart, So-phia Fusco, Avery Gosnell, Harlee Hartman, David Her-nandez-Moreno, William Martin, Gabriel Merritts, Haley Miller, Kyler Rack-ley, Austin Samuels, Tate Sechrest, Benjamin Sheek, Alyssa Sutherland, Sophie Treier, Gage Williams, Ani-ya Williamson, Ellie WilsonA/B Honor Roll - An-thony Andrade, Mary As-bury, Amelia Battle, Nataly BenavidesGodoy, Genesis Blackwell, Ivan Bustaman-te, Amiya Butler, River Collins, Mia Crawford, Mariah Crotts, Griffin Cun-ningham, Shyanne Daniels, Stephanie-Dayle Dawson, Kason Dozier, Christopher Gilliam, Olivia Graham, Gabriel Gregorio, Amara Hiltz, Akema Holland, Aid-en Houser, Sylas Johnson, Bailey Kelley, Ava Lagle, Luisa Lopez Martin, Josh-ua McBride, Sarenity Mill-er, Bella O'Neal, Zachary Pankey, Mesha Pantovich, Alexis Pierce, Christalyhn Radford, Hayden Rennix, Joseph Saunders, Michael Saunders, Malloree Sim-mons, Konnor Swaim, Mar-lie Taylor, Nhattan Truong, The Mocksville Garden Club is offering a $1,500 scholarship to student plan-ning to pursue (or pursuing) a career in horticulture, en-vironmental science, or ag-riculture. 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Rivers, DMD “Raw vegetables like carrots and celery are great snacks for your teeth. they help remove plaque from teeth, promote salivary flow, and have lots of good vitamins and minerals!”1299206By Mike BarnhardtEnterprise Record Quincy Hannah is back in Davie County, charged with murder.The Pennsylvania man, 26, is accused of murder-ing Suzanne Kauffman, 20, also of Pennsylvania, in a Mocksville motel room on Jan. 17.He was found by Flor-ida authorities on the side of a road near Everglades National Park. He had been Manager ... Continued From Page 1that EMS Director Brian Byrd had been placed on an administrative leave from his job.County commissioners held a closed session Fri-day to discuss personnel matters, when they accept-ed Bone’s resignation. Two other closed sessions for personnel issues had been held in recent weeks.Also on Friday, com-missioners approved hiring Mike Ruffin, for-mer county manager, as the interim manager. He started work on Monday. Ruffin is a senior consul-tant with Developmental Associates, which among other things, helps cities and counties find new lead-ership.Commissioners also on Friday agreed:• to purchase workspace for temporarily housing an EMS outpost with upfitting The number of Davie residents diagnosed with the COVID virus continues to decrease, down to 101 Monday from 150 a week earlier, according to figures from Davie Health & Hu-man Services.The number of students in Davie County Schools with the virus went from 7 to 5. Murder suspect back in Davie in their custody until an ex-tradition hearing last week, which he waived at the last minute.Davie Sheriff J.D. Hart-man said the district attor-ney’s office is determining whether to seek the death penalty against Hannah.The SBI provided an airplane and two officers, accompanied by two Davie sheriff’s detectives, to fly to Miami to pick Hannah up to bring back to Davie County for trial. Two officers stayed in Florida to process the ve-hicle. It hasn’t been decided if the vehicle needs to be processed more; if so, it will have to be transported back inside of a clean, closed in hauler, Hartman said.Hannah declined to speak about the incident.They know that Kauff-man left a Bible camp near Harmony that night to travel to Mocksville to meet with Hannah. A big break in the case came because others traveling with Kauffman left their cell phones in her car because they weren’t allowed in the camp. They started calling their phones when they realized that Kauffman had left.Those friends also con-tacted the sheriff’s office, saying they had learned their phones were at a hotel in Mocksville.It’s there authorities found her body.Hannah has a record of domestic abuse in Pennsyl-vania. costs not to exceed $10,000; and • to purchase 2.5 acres on Howardtown Road.In a posted statement, the commissioners thanked Bone for his service.Bone said: “It has been my honor and privilege to serve as the Davie County Manager. Davie County is a wonderful organization and community with great peo-ple and assets. Davie Coun-ty has a bright future and I wish the county all the best moving forward.”Bone began work as Da-vie manager in December, 2020. He has served 19 years in local government, including as county man-ager in Martin County, and town manager in Wendell, Elizabethtown and Chad-bourn.Ruffin had served as Da-vie County Manager from 2014-2016. of study falls under one of the above subjects, refer to your guidance counselor.The application may be found at the Davie Coun-ty High School website for scholarships: https://dchs.godavie.org/student-ser-vices/scholarships.The deadline to apply is May 1. If you cannot meet the deadline or have ques-tions about the scholarship, call Nancy Turner at 336-492-5520. You may turn in your completed application to your guidance counselor or mail it to the address giv-en on the application. Applications open for scholarship from garden club Free ride Shuttle service starting from Cooleemee to Mocksville and Thursdays for sched-uled medical appointments.Thanks to the direction and development by the fa-cilities team of The Bridge @197 Main, this missional outpost has become a place of Christian outreach efforts with its mission statement of “Creating followers of Jesus in community by be-ing a place to belong and a place to matter.” The Last Mile represents only one facet of the ser-vices offered through mul-tiple community service grants in hopes of making a difference in the Cooleemee community.Each Thursday at 5:30 p.m., food donations are passed along at 197 Main St., Cooleemee. Food deliv-eries are also made to those in the community unable to get there. On Sundays, a service is provided by God’s Plan Ministries with Pastor Ja-mie Grant, who also pro-vides Bible teaching every Tuesday evening at the Davie Family YMCA in Mocksville.This latest venture to provide transportation to Mocksville and to medical appointments will begin on Monday, March 7. The mini-bus will leave for Mocks-ville from The Bridge @197 Main at 9 a.m. for Walmart in Mocksville. Pickups for return to the Bridge will be at 2 p.m. from Walmart. Transportation for med-ical appointments for home pickups on Tuesday and Thursday will need to be scheduled. There is a limit of 14 persons for the shop-ping trips and connecting with the YVEDDI Mocks-ville Circulator and a maxi-mum of two clients for med-ical appointments.Anyone able and willing to donate 2 to 3 hours one day a week to help with this service is asked to call David Carroll at 336-529-2145. To schedule a drive to a medical appointment, also contact Carroll, director of transportation. Chloe Whitcombe, Caleb Williams Grade 7A Honor Roll - Jayce Bentley, Isabelle Branham, Addison Brown, Maxwell Champ, Addison Cline, Cole Davidson, Ethan Diemer, Sarah Dietrich, Addyson Dillard, Emily Flores-Ventura, Luke Fos-ter, Reina Frye, Martin Fuentes-Roberts, Grace Goodman, Devin Hernan-dez-Mosso, Noah Hutch-ens, Michael Imes, Bethany Jacobs, Katherine Lakey, Diana Marcelino, Bradd Mendoza, Javier Miranda Barrera, Lena Parsley, Kath-alene Pitts, Jasmine Poplin, Cadence Rondinaro, Lyla Sapp, Aidan Szewczyk, Sa-lem Taylor, Jacob WinstonA/B Honor Roll - Eli-jah Aldridge, Dominic Barcenas-Aguayo, An-thony Burke, Gabrian Byerly, Raina Calhoun, Addie Cozart, Rihanna Craven, Cloey Crotts, Ha-ley Daywalt, Andy De Jesus-Longares, Katie DelCarmen-Alarcon, Brady Everhardt, Grayson Forbes, Marcus Fortune, McKenzie Frye, Jennifer Fuerte Alva-rez, Isaac Guzman-Perez, Noe Guzman-Perez, Ham-za Heikal, Jeremyah Hicks, Ricardo Isidoro-Gabino, Samuel Jimenez, Daco-da Lewis, Ahmad McGee, Brianna Mena, Gabriel Moore, Colton Moran, Fa-bian Moreno, Essense Al-ice Neal, Ethan O'Neal, Layla Perez, Raney Phelps, Bryson Prevette-Shepphard, Ellie Prillaman, Elizabeth Ramirez-Policarpo, Andrea Roque-Ibarra, Carl Scho-neman, Zachary Scott, Myl-es Seed, Madison Shaw, Jarek Stanley, Zahmirah Summers, Kimberly Tor-res-Solano, Arlene Urru-tia-Erazo, Aubrey Vandyke, Vivian Vaughters, Raela Wanek, James Ward, Ben-jamin Warlick, Gregory Williamson, Jayon Wright, Samuel Zeock, Zackary Zeock Grade 8A Honor Roll - Yasmin Chambers, Skylar Dwig-gins, David Hudspeth, Aidan Humphries, Brayden Kistner, Tyler OldhamA/B Honor Roll - Danie-la Adame-Herrera, Peyton Bales, Katie Beaver, Jaxon Britton, Alizzon Chavez Granadero, Zariyah Conner, Jayden Cothren, Nakayla Danielson, Serenity Fennell, Ariana Fletcher, Logan Fos-ter, Alicia Granadero Trejo, Nathalia Gregorio, Austin Imes, Precious Jimerson, Halle Joyce, Morgan Kele-men, Emilia Marks, Neva-sia Millsaps, Craig Moore, Kim Neil, Naya Paniagua, Jaylene Rivera, Alex Rome-ro-Martinez, Trey Shoffner, Dayvee Smith, Olivia Stern, Chloe Sutherland, Ami Zamora-Suastegui. South Davie academic honor students listed COVID numbers continue decline Meetings Thursday, March 3Mocksville Garden Club, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian, park and enter off S. Clement St. Speaker: Jimmy Speas of Cen-tral Carolina Dahlia Society. Monday, March 7Davie County Commission-ers, 6 p.m., second floor, county administration building, 123 S. Main St., Mocksville. SeniorsAll of the following events are sponsored by Davie Senior Services. For more informa-tion or to register, call 336-753-6230. The main campus at 278 Meroney St. is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The health and fitness center at the Brock Recreation Center at 644 N. Main St. is open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fridays. MondaysAfternoon card games, new program, 1 p.m. First Monday, Uno; second, Skipbo; third, Rook; fourth, Rummy; fifth, Crazy Eights. TuesdaysEmail basics, 10-11 a.m. With Davie Public Library. March WednesdaysTax Aide, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. by appointment for help filing taxes. Tuesday, March 8Coffee & Caregiving, 10 a.m., interact with other caregivers.Novant Health Seminar, 10 a.m.Advanced Care Planning Workshop, 1 p.m., with Hos-pice/Palliative Care. Learn to compete documents for final care.Scrapbooking, 2 p.m., for advanced and beginners and all in between. Bring your own supplies. Thursday, March 10Sock Bunny Craft, 1 p.m., with Carrie Miller. $2. Tuesday, March 15Tech Tuesday, 10-11 a.m. at public library. Bring questions about your phone, tablet or Dateline computer.Senior Games Opening Cer-emony and Lunch, 10 a.m., RISE Indoor Sports Complex, Bermuda Run. Torch will be lit, and events to take part in. Free with Senior Games registration. Wednesday, March 16Caregiver Academy - Music Therapy, 1 p.m. via Zoom or at Wake Forest Baptist Davie Medical Center. Thursday, March 17Senior Book Club with Genny Hinkle, 12:30-2 p.m., public library. Books provided at no charge from library.St. Patrick’s Day Bingo, 1 p.m., sponsored by Robert’s Chapel Mocksville. Wear green. Friday, March 18Welcome to Medicare, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. with Michelle Ellis, SHIIP coordinator. All options will be explored. Monday, March 21Monthly Movie, 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 22Coffee & Caregiving, 10 a.m., interact with other caregivers. Thursday, March 24Good Health Club, 1 p.m., with Stacey Southern. Learn more healthy eating tips. Friday, March 25Rock-A-Thon, 5-8 p.m., Rescue House Church. Rock in chairs for donations. Music by Mel Jones & His Bag O’ Bones. The Dog Wagon food truck. OngoingBrock Senior Steppers, starts Jan. 3 at Brock Gym, open 8-10 each morning and other times with no programs. Register and count steps for monthly and yearly prizes.Line dancing via Zoom, Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. with Vickie Spivey. 55 and older.Yoga class via Zoom, Mon-days, 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. with Kim Crawford. 55 and older.Coffee & Caregiving, Tues-days 10 a.m. via Zoom. In-teract with other caregivers, ask staff member Kelly Sloan questions. Open to caregivers of all ages. Live Music Thursday, March 3Phil Ray Music, 6 p.m., 601 Burgers & Brews, US 601 N., Mocksville. Friday, March 4Stone Creek Hollar, 6 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville.Darrell Hoots, 5:30 p.m.. Raylen Vineyards & Winery, US 158, Mocksville. Saturday, March 5Grand Ole Uproar and Jack of Diamonds, 4 Oaks Event Center, Downtown Mocksville, 9 a.m.-1 a.m. $5. Thursday, March 10Michael Chaney Music, 6 p.m., 601 Burgers & Brews, US 601 N., Mocksville. Friday, March 11Incognito, 6 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville. Saturday, March 12 James Vincent Carroll, 6-9 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Thursday, March 17Down the Mountain, 6 p.m., for St. Patrick’s Day at The Station, Downtown Mocksville.James Vincent Carroll, 6 p.m., 601 Burgers & Brews, US 601 N., Mocksville. Friday, March 18Logan Timmons Music, 6 p.m. The Station, Downtown Mocksville. Saturday, March 19Karaoke, 6 p.m., 601 Burgers & Brews, US 601 N., Mocksville.Whiskey Mic, 7 p.m., Tangle-wood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Sunday, March 20Nick Branscome, 2-4 p.m., Raylen Vineyards & Winery, US 158, Mocksville. Thursday, March 24Ea$y Money, 6 p.m., 601 Burgers & Brews, US 601 N., Mocksville. 8 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 Continued From Page 1Bralley said the basic building block for eco-nomic development is in-frastructure. He said when he came to Mocksville in 1979, the tax rate was .50 per $100 valuation. Today it is .29. “Do you know why? You grew the tax base.” Mocksville has a great reputation in North Caro-lina for winning deals. “You’ve had a banner year with 550 new jobs and $100 million added to the tax base. Economic devel-opment is an investment in your own future. It is one of the few departments that you are paying that will pay you back.” Bralley provided an up-date about new spec build-ings being built within the next year. He pointed out the town’s desperate need for housing. “We need young people. We need people moving to this community to take these jobs.” He de-tailed new housing starts and said that they would help drive retail, which is also on the rise. Water/Wastewater Capi-tal Improvement Plan Chuck Willis, Willis Engineers, who serves as the town’s engineer, shared what he calls the road map he uses to try to stay ahead of Bralley’s economic de-velopment.Using maps, he ex-plained the town’s water and wastewater Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) which details larger proj-ects to be implemented over the next 10 years. The plan is generally updated annually as part of the town’s budget process.Currently, there are sev-eral CIP projects underway, including a new pump sta-tion and force main to con-vey wastewater from the Leonard Creek basin and the newly expanded Brake-bush Brothers Chicken Plant. These facilities will move wastewater from the town’s Dutchman’s Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant to the Davie County-owned treatment plant in Cooleemee, creating addi-tional capacity for develop-ment in northern Mocks-ville. Improvements will also include the renovation of a pump station and an additional water line to im-prove service to customers on the south side of town. Also underway, is a proj-ect to replace some of the pumping equipment at the Dutchman’s Creek Waste-water Treatment Plant.Future projects will con-centrate on improvements north of I-40 to allow for continued growth, likely to include an elevated storage tank, water pipelines, and replacement of a pump sta-tion and force main. Over the next few months, the board will consider details of these projects and will adopt an updated CIP. The town will continue to work with Davie County and the eco-nomic development com-mission to pursue grant and low-interest low funding. Willis addressed supply chain issues and the 30-40 percent increase in costs over the past two years. “The struggle you will face in accomplishing these projects will always be money. Some projects will have grant funds attached but many will not. It will be difficult on Ken’s (Gamble) and Brian’s (Moore, public works director) part to de-termine what these projects Budget ... Town board members Johnny Frye, Justin Draughn, Jenny Stevenson, Carl Lambert, Rob Taylor, and Mayor Will Marklin discuss the town’s strategic plan. - Photos by Jeanna Baxter White will cost operationally and how to pay for them and build a long-term financial plan.” Modified Zero-based Budgeting Approach Before each department presented its budget needs, Gamble said the town is using a modified zero-based budgeting approach in which department heads examine each line item to identify underused resourc-es. The leadership team looked at the previous three years to capture trends in expenditures. They looked for line items consistently underspent and could be reduced and the funds re-allocated; items that were artificially high because of one-year expenditures; old cost assumptions for services that might need to be adjusted up or down to reflect current prices; and retiring debt payments. “I told my leadership team that available funds would go to the greatest need. Funds don’t belong to any department. They belong to the town and we have to look at them as an overall resource. This is a team effort. Together we are talking about how we reduce or increase line items and take whatever we have left and use those resources first when look-ing at what we need for the community before thinking about raising the tax rate to pay for things.” Mocksville Water Treatment Plant Justin Turbyfill, who serves as the water plant manager through Enviro-link, presented the capital improvement needs of the plant (WTP) broken down by priority ranging from critical needs to recom-mendations to improve ef-ficiency and save energy. The most critical need was the replacement of an aged piece of equipment that would reduce the WTP’s operating capacity to 50% if it stopped working. Mocksville’s Hugh A. Lagle Water Treatment Plant received an AWOP (Area Wide Optimization Program) Award in 2020 for demonstrating out-standing turbidity removal, a key test of drinking water quality, he said. AdministrationStating that a goal with-out a plan is just a wish, Finance Director Lynn Trivette shared the ad-ministration department’s five-year employee de-velopment plan which focuses on professional training, coaching, cross-training, and relationship skill-building. “Setting my staff up for success in their roles starts with giv-ing them all the tools and resources they need to do their jobs well.” She detailed recent updates including new accounting software, a phone system, computer upgrades, and a customer web portal that allows resi-dents to make payments or reservations. Future needs include video conferenc-ing, a smart meeting room, fire department technology improvements, staff secu-rity training, and new secu-rity cameras for Rich Park that would stream directly to the sheriff’s office. Last year, a new HVAC system was installed. This year Town Hall needs a new roof and pavers. Fu-ture plans include windows and bathroom remodeling. Human Resources Emily Quance, human resources specialist, shared what Mocksville is doing to select, train, motivate, and keep employees. She said it is difficult to recruit employees, pointing out that there has been an open position in the pub-lic works department for the past two years. Quance said the town must develop fair pay and compensation, career development and advancement opportuni-ties, and invest in employ-ees through training and coaching. The town is con-ducting a pay study, which happens every five years, that is looking at employee development, developmen-tal pay, performance (mer-it) increases, cost of living adjustments, and benefits. Community DevelopmentCommunity Develop-ment Coordinator Tami Langdon proposed a series of capital improvements to enhance the downtown area and attract visitors. “I feel so blessed to have the type of downtown that we now have and would like to see it continue to grow.” • Wayfaring signs in-cluded wayfinding signs which would promote and direct the public to key des- tinations like Rich Park, the visitor center, the down-town shopping district, and the Brock Performing Arts Center. • Updating the South Main Street streetscape with benches, planters, tree grates, and Forest Pansy Redbud trees. • A permanent farmer’s market at the old police station to include a certi-fied kitchen, pop-up mar-ket, and a part-time restau-rant serving food from the market. • A permanent outdoor theater and stage at Main Street Park. • East Depot Street Re-vitalization would include decorative light poles, pro-mote facade grants, and a small park/picnic area at the corner of Pine and East Depot streets. • Parking areas added at the old police station and Horn Street. • Electric Car Charging Station in the parking lot at the old police station. • The third phase of Main Street Park - small kid-friendly play area that could be used during the farmer’s market and events at the park. • North Main Street sidewalk improvements.Following the morning presentations, the board and leadership team took a tour of the Mocksville Fire Department and the public works facility. They looked at the old equipment to gain a better understanding of current and future needs. Mocksville Fire Department During a working lunch, Chief Frank Carter shared the fire department’s capi-tal and operational budget requests. He said MFD had ap-plied for a SAFER Grant (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) from FEMA designed to provide financial assis-tance to help fire depart-ments increase the cadre of frontline firefighters or to rehire firefighters who have been laid off, and to recruit and/or retain vol-unteer firefighters. The re-quest was for six full-time positions working a 24 on 48 off rotation. Each shift would then be manned by two 2 full-time firefighters and current part-time staff. Carter’s daily staff goal is a maximum of 6 and a minimum of 3 firefight-ers which would allow for an engine and ladder to be staffed 24/7. Carter detailed the de-partment’s capital and op-erational equipment needs such as turn-out and hazmat gear, breathing apparatus, rescue equipment, and a squad truck. The fire station also requires several upfits and improvements. Future needs include a newer used engine, and land for and construction of a second station to adjust for growth on the north end of town to maintain response times. The department would also like to provide a small pension for volunteers who retire with more than 20 years of service. Parks & GroundsChris Vaughn detailed Parks & Grounds’ needs, sharing photos of the old equipment and proposed replacements, including a new wheel loader and a utility vehicle for reliabil-ity and operator safety.The baseball field fence at Rich Park needs to be re-placed because sections are broken and bent, posts are beginning to rust, and gates will not fully close. Vaughn said the depart-ment’s future needs and proposed a timeline for the purchase of a Sand Pro 3040 infield machine, leaf truck, softball field light-ing, and paving the en- trance road to the softball field. Public Works Public Works also needs to replace equipment. Director Brian Moore’s mentioned three items: a 1994 service truck, a 1983 Ford utility tractor, and an equipment trailer. Moore said the depart-ment needs to have em-ployees get certified in wastewater collections and water distribution follow-ing the retirement of the department’s certified em-ployee. Moore and another employee are pursuing cer-tification so the town will no longer need to pay the county for that service. Gamble commented on the importance of building capacity within the town’s staff, saying: “It’s super important for us to look at these things and under-stand that if we don’t have the internal capacity we are going to have to pay for it, so building our staff up is one of the long-term goals that we have. If we aren’t investing in our staff, we are going to pay for that at some point, whether it's on-the-job injury, a higher ISO rating, or paying other people to carry our certifi-cations. When we ask for money to invest in staff, that is money well-spent.” Projects to Finish Out the 2021-2022 Budget YearGamble shared updates about the projects to be completed before the end of the budget year: Horn Street parking lot improve-ments, Mando Field con-cession stand remodeling, board room redesign, and relocating the farmer’s market. He ended the retreat by sharing the schedule for the rest of the budget process, saying: “We are going to work together to make sure that we are doing what is best for the community. This budget is going to le-verage our resources and partnerships to the fullest extent possible.” The first draft of next year’s proposed budget will be presented on Feb. 25, with the public hav-ing input at regular board meetings March, April and May. The final budget proposal will be available for the public on May 4, with the board expecting to make a decision on June 7.Gamble and the town board encourages the com-munity to attend the public meetings. Chris Vaughn, Parks & Grounds, explains that this utility vehicle is showing early signs of transmis- sion failure and needs a new dump bed. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 9Obituaries LOCALOBITS ONLINEourdavie.com Mattie Sue Wood HicksMrs. Mattie Sue Wood Hicks, 78, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Win-ston-Salem.She was born Dec. 20, 1943 in Davie County to the late Edward and Willie Mae Wil-liams Wood. Mrs. Hicks was of the Baptist faith, and had worked at Davie County Hospital.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her husband of 58 years, James “Brownie” Brownlow Hicks; and sons, Kenneth Ray Hicks and James “Butch” Hicks.Survivors include: sons, Scott Hicks (Tammy), Stacy Hicks; daughter, Tracy Hicks; grand-daughter, Victoria Angell; special grandson, Josh Chunn; great-grandchildren, Alana and Dylan; sisters, Linda Wood, Patsy Laird and Kathy York; and a very special niece, Susie Taylor, all of Mocksville.A funeral service was conducted, Saturday, Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. at Lambert Funeral Chapel with Rev. Greg McEwen officiating. The service is available to view on the Lambert Funeral Home website. Interment followed in Davie Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.In lieu of flowers, they request that memorials be con-sidered for: Trellis Supportive Care, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27013.Condolences: www.lambertfuneralhomenc.com. Infant Loyal Dior Williams, 2 months 25 days, of Coolee-mee, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Death Notice Brenda Gail Boger SwisherMrs. Brenda Gail Boger Swisher, 78, of Mocksville, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville.She was born Aug. 26, 1943 in Davie County to the late Thomas Holloway Boger,Sr. and Mattie Bell Latham Boger. Mrs. Swisher was a graduate of Cool Springs High School. She had retired from Lexington Brand Furniture and had just retired after 20 years with Tyson Foods.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: sisters, Virginia Daywalt (Sam), Ruth Cartner (Cecil), and Helen Kea-ton (Lester); brothers, Thomas “Tommy” Holloway Boger Jr. (Shirley) and William Glenn Bo-ger (Edith).Survivors: her husband, Wil-liam Fred Swisher; son, Roy Swisher (Teresa); and several nieces and nephews.A funeral service was conducted, Sunday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. at Salem United Methodist Church with Rev. Ellen Spruill officiating. The service is available to view on the Lambert Funeral Home website. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The family received friends at the church following the service.In lieu of flowers, they request that memorials be con-sidered for: Gordon Hospice House, 2341 Simonton Road, Statesville, NC 28625.Condolences: www.lambertfuneralhomenc.com. Dora Elizabeth LeonardDora Elizabeth Leonard, 97, formerly of Narrow Way, Mocksville, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 at Forsyth Med-ical Center in Winston-Salem.She was born on Aug. 16, 1924 in Kannapolis to the late C.C. and Mary Elizabeth Harbin Leonard.Dora was a devoted Christian and a member of Oak Grove Unit-ed Methodist Church, where she was a member of the United Meth-odist Women. She retired from Western Electric in Winston-Sa-lem. In her younger days, she en-joyed travelling. Even in her later years, she still had a keen mind and impressive memory. She also enjoyed playing Scrabble, Skip-Bo and Dominoes. Not having children of her own, she always enjoyed spending time with her nieces and nephews, especially when they were little. Her family was very important to her, and ev-ery member of her family was touched by her continuous generosity.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Brady Lee Leonard and James Cecil Leonard.Survivors include: a sister, Ella Mae Leonard Phillips (Thomas) of Mocksville; 7 nieces and nephews; and 7 great-nieces and great-nephews.A graveside service was conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 at Oak Grove United Methodist Church Ceme-tery with Rev. Bob Summers officiating. The family re-ceived friends Tuesday at Eaton Funeral Home.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be considered for: Oak Grove UMC Cemetery Fund, 1994 US 158, Mocks-ville, NC 27028.Online condolences: www.eatonfuneralservice.com. Vernon William LeonardVernon William Leonard, 63, of Davie County passed peacefully on Feb. 24, 2022 at Mountain Valley Hospice in Yadkinville, NC.Vernon was born on July 2, 1958 in Iredell County to his parents Clyde Walter Leonard and Alice Lea Leonard, both of whom preceeded him in death. Vernon was a simple man. His passions in life were his family, his friends, and his Harley. Ver-non never met a stranger, he had an abundance of friends and con-sidered each of them family. He will be remembered for his sense of humor and abilty to make peo-ple smile.Vernon is survived by: his partner, Susan Staton; his beloved children, Joe Leonard, Candice Leonard, and Jesse Leonard; his grandsons, Caleb Leonard, Bentley Bailey, and Palmer Bailey; and his sib-lings, Jean Leonard, Vance Leonard, Gary Leonard, and Karen Masters.A celebration of life will be held at a later date.Memorials: Mountain Valley Hospice in honor of Ver-non Leonard. (336) 751-2304 MILLEREQUIPMENTRENTAL SPRING IS COMING! 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David Clay Trexler Jr.David Clay Trexler Jr., 46, of Woodleaf, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 at his residence.Born in Davie County on Dec. 25, 1975, he was the son of Donna Long Bolick and David Clay Trexler.David was a 1994 graduate of North Rowan High School and was self-employed as a roofer and handyman. He attended Cal-vary Baptist Church. His self pro-claimed nickname is “Donkey”. He enjoyed wheeling and dealing and drag racing motorcycles. Da-vid had a heart of gold and loved to make people laugh. He gave everyone nicknames and enjoyed spending time with his nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Rodney Bolick and stepsister, Julie Bolick.Left to cherish his memory are: his mother, Donna Long Bolick of Salisbury; father, David Clay “Boone” Trexler and step mother Patty Trexler of Mocksville; sisters, Re-nee Beam (Greg) of Salisbury, Kina McMillian (Chris) of Mocksville, Mary Jo Hood (Evan) of Mocksville, Rhonda Nabors (Dwayne) of Easley, S.C., Alisa Jones (Mike) of Greenville, S.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, March 2 at Calvary Baptist Church, 2255 E. Ridge Rd., Salisbury, NC 28144. A memorial service will follow at 11, also at Calvary Baptist, with the Rev. Scott Faw officiating.Memorials: Calvary Baptist Church.Online condolences: www.lyerlyfuneralhome.com. More Danish recipes ourdavie.com 10 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 Bless Your Spoon By Stephanie Williams Dean March has arrived, but, I’m still stuck on February, the month of love. I’ve been working on a true labor of love – that is, the love for my father. My heart’s been immersed in a book project – more than 80 letters that Dad wrote while away at sea in the Merchant Marines and the historical significance contained within. The letters give insight into what’s happening - on the ship and around the world following World War II. More importantly, the letters chronicle relationships and separa-tions – what was on the hearts and minds of young men, their wives, and parents at that time. I wanted to share a brief glimpse into history as my father writes to his mother from a port in Odense, Denmark on Thursday, Nov. 3, 1949: “We got docked here last night and began discharging some of our cargo. Our cargo for all Den-mark is cottonseed meal cake used for dairy feed during the winter. I am enclosing a picture I clipped out of the Korsor paper. The cap-tion says, ‘Ship Kenneth McKay photographed in Korsor harbor, where the ship has arrived with Marshall Plan fodder-stover (cow feed)’.”Named after Secretary of State, George C. Marshall, The Marshall Plan, (formerly European Recovery Program) was a U.S. financed European self-help program from 1948-1951 to help provide economic restabilization. Foder (fodder) is the Danish word for feed, for cattle, and other livestock. Stover was the cottonseed meal cake being carried as cargo to be used as animal feed. The prin-cipal use is as a high protein supplement in feed for cattle, swine, and poultry to keep the butterfat content in the milk during the winter. For Scandinavian countries, fodder-stover was crucial to keep their livestock well fed. Denmark in particular, with no mountains, produced many field grains and large amounts of cheese and other dairy products for export. Today’s recipes are Danish specialties – the Danes are master bakers and famous for delicate pastries, buttery cookies, homemade cakes, grain-rich bread, and home-made cheeses. Bakers use lots of butter, eggs, and milk so baked goods are some of the best in the world. Coffee breads are flavored with sweet spices of cinnamon, carda-mom, and nutmeg. Almonds are the favorite nut and often used as a paste or filling for baked goods. Sugar and salt are used sparingly. COW’S MLK CHEESE SOUFFLE1 cup half and half¼ cup all-purpose flour2 Tbsp. salted butter1 cup shredded soft, cow’s milk cheese½ tsp. salt¼ tsp. white pepper4 beaten egg yolks4 beaten egg whites1/8 tsp. cream of tartarIn a saucepan, combine half and half and flour. Whisk until smooth. Bring to a boil and add butter. Lower heat to medium, and continue to stir and cook until mixture thick-ens. Stir in shredded cheese, salt, and pepper. In a mixer bowl, beat egg yolks. Stir ½ cup of cheese sauce into the yolks. Then stir entire egg mixture into remaining cheese sauce. Set aside. In a mixer bowl, beat egg whites until frothy. Add cream of tartar and beat until peaks form. Fold the egg whites into cheese sauce. Pour cheese mixture into a butter greased baking dish and bake in a 375-degree oven for 30-35 minutes or until puffy and golden brown. DANISH APPLE CAKE¾ cup softened butter¾ cup sugar3 eggs¼ tsp. salt1 tsp. vanilla extract1 ½ cups all-purpose flour2 Tbsp. melted butter2 Tbsp. sugar5 peeled, halved, Golden Delicious applesIn a mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Add salt and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in flour and mix well. Batter should be stiff. Spread batter in an 11-inch tart or cheese-cake pan with removable bottom. Peel and halve apples. Remove all cores. Place cut side down on a surface. Cut crosswise ¾ of way through each apple half, cutting about 1/8th-inch apart. Don’t cut all the way through. Press apple halves core side down into batter. Brush apples with melt-ed butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake in a 425-degree oven for 30 minutes or until apples are tender and cake is golden brown. CARAMELIZED CUSTARD PUDDING2 quarts whole milk 2 beaten eggs1 cup sour cream1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour½ cup sugar½ cup chopped nutsIn a 4 quart saucepan, bring milk to a boil over medium heat. When boiling, reduce heat to low. Simmer 3-4 hours until milk is light tan in color and reduced to about 4 cups. In a mixer bowl, beat eggs. Add sour cream, flour, and sug-ar. Mix well. Stir ½ cup hot milk into the egg mixture. Stir egg mixture back into remaining hot milk. Occasional stir and cook on low for 15 minutes or until mixture is thick-ened and curdled. Sprinkle servings with nuts and serve hot. FRUIT, CUSTARD, AND CREAM CAKE4 beaten egg whites¾ cup sugar4 beaten egg yolks1/3 cup all-purpose flour¼ cup cornstarch1 tsp. baking powder1 pint fresh strawberries or other fruit, plusCustard Filling2 beaten egg yolks1 ½ Tbsp. butter1 Tbsp. cornstarch1 cup half and half2 Tbsp. sugar2 Tbsp. vanilla extractCream Topping1 ½ cups whipping cream2 Tbsp. confectioners sugar1 tsp. vanilla extractIn a mixer bowl, beat egg whites with sugar until stiff peaks form. Set aside. In another mixer bowl, beat egg yolks. Add beaten egg yolks, flour, cornstarch, and baking powder to beaten egg whites. Bake in a 10-inch greased and floured springform pan in a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes or until top of cake feels dry. Allow to stand 10 minutes after baking before removing from pan to cool completely cool. While cooling, slice fruit lengthwise and set aside. For the Custard Filling, in a saucepan, combine beaten egg yolks, butter, cornstarch, half and half, and sugar. Stir constantly over medium heat until thick and smooth. Cover and set aside to cool. When cool, fold in vanilla. Set aside. For the Cream Topping, in a mixer bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla. Set aside. When cake is cool, cut horizontally in 3 layers. Spread 1st layer with half the Custard Filling and half of sliced strawberries. Top with second cake layer and spread remaining Custard Filling and strawberries on top. Top with third cake layer and spread with Whipped Cream topping. Decorate with additional strawberries. Serve or refrigerate until ready to serve. SPICED BERRY POUND CAKE¾ cup softened butter1 ¼ cup sugar4 eggs3 cups all-purpose flour1 tsp. salt and baking soda2 tsp. baking powder2 tsp. cinnamon1 tsp. ground ginger and cloves2 ½ cups sour cream3-4 Tbsp. fresh chopped cranberries, lingonberries, or other3 Tbsp. confectioners sugarIn a mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, thoroughly mixing between each addition. Add flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves a little at a time while alter-nating with sour cream. Mix well. Fold in chopped berries. Mix well. Bake in a butter greased and floured tube pan in a 350-degree oven for 55 minutes or until tests done. Allow to cool 5 minutes, then invert on rack and cool. Dust with powdered sugar. DANISH DAIRY COFFEE CAKE1 cup boiling water½ cup softened butter½ tsp. salt1 cup all-purpose flour4 eggs1 tsp. vanilla½ cup salted butter1 cup all-purpose flour1 Tbsp. waterHot Butter Coffee Glaze1 cup confectioners sugar2 Tbsp. very strong coffee2 Tbsp. softened butterIn a saucepan, add water, butter, and salt and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and immediately beat in flour until smooth ball is formed. Add eggs one at a time, mix-ing well after each addition. Fold in vanilla and mix well. Set aside. Meanwhile, in a mixer bowl, cut butter into flour until it resembles a coarse meal. Add water and mix. Shape into a roll 28-inches long. On a cookie sheet, arrange and spread dough on bottom of ungreased cookie sheet. Spread cooked mixture over top of dough. Bake in a 425-degree oven for 25 minutes. Turn off heat and dry in oven for 10 minutes. Drizzle with glaze. For the glaze, in a bowl, blend sugar, coffee, and butter until smooth. CREAM TWIST PASTRIES1 beaten egg1 cup sugar1 cup whipping cream1 cup sour cream1 tsp. salt2 tsp. baking powder1 tsp. vanilla extract3 ½ cups all-purpose flourIn a mixer bowl, beat egg. Add sugar and whipping cream and beat until light and fluffy. Add sour cream, salt, baking powder, and vanilla. Beat again. Slowly add flour while beating until it forms a soft dough. Turn out on a floured surface. Knead a few times to make a smooth ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate overnight. The next day, turn dough out on floured surface. Cut into fourths. Work with one portion at a time – keeping others refrigerated. Cut portion into 12 equal pieces. Roll each piece between hands to make an 8-inch rope. Shape each into a figure 8 and pinch ends to seal. Arrange dough 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet. Bake in a 450-degree oven for 6-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Repeat with remaining dough. Store in tightly covered container. SCANDANAVIAN SPICED COFFEE RING1 envelope active dry yeast1 tsp. sugar¼ cup warm water1 cup scalded, cooled whole milk¼ cup melted butter1/3 cup sugar1 tsp. salt2 ½-3 cups all-purpose flour¼ cup softened butter½ cup sugar1 Tbsp. cinnamonGlaze½ cup confectioners sugar2 Tbsp. hot coffeeIn a small bowl, stir yeast and sugar into warm water and allow to stand 5 minutes to soften. In a mixer bowl, add milk, melted butter, sugar, salt, and 1 cup flour. Beat until smooth. Gradually add 1 ½ cups additional flour and beat until it makes a soft dough. If too moist, add 1 Tbsp. flour at a time. Cover and allow to rise for 1 hour until doubled. Punch dough down and turn onto a lightly oiled surface. Stretch and roll dough until it’s 18 x 12 rectangle. Spread with softened butter to ½ inch from edges. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Starting with the 12-inch side, roll-up in jelly-roll fashion. Place seam side down in a greased and floured Bundt pan. Make scissor cuts halfway through dough every 1-inch. Allow to rise and double until it fills pan. Bake 30-40 minutes in a 350-degree oven or until tests clean. Cool 10 minutes and invert on rack. Drizzle with glaze. Serve warm or toasted. For glaze, combine confec-tioners sugar and coffee. Beat until smooth. BERRY BUTTER BARSCrust2 ½ cups all-purpose flour½ tsp. baking powder½ cup sugar1 cup softened butter1 beaten eggBlueberry Filling2 cups fresh blueberries¼ cup sugar1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice1 Tbsp. grated lemon peel2 Tbsp. cornstarch¼ tp. salt1 Tbsp. decorative sugarTo prepare crust, in a mixer bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and sugar. Blend in butter. Add egg and mix until dough forms. Refrigerate 30 minutes. For the filling, in a saucepan, combine blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, peel, cornstarch, and salt. Cook over medium heat while con-stantly stirring until thickened. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature. Divide chilled dough into a ¾ portion and a ¼ portion. On a floured surface roll out ¾ portion into a 15 x 11 rectangle for bottom crust. Place dough in bottom of butter greased and floured 13 x 9 baking pan making sure it extends 1-inch up sides. Spoon cooled fill-ing onto pastry. Roll out reserved portion of dough into 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into ½-inch strips. Place strips over filling in a lattice design. Sprinkle top with large granule sugar. Bake in a 375-degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Cool and cut in 3-inch squares. From left: The Cow’s Milk Cheese Souffle is a perfect side dish that complements any meat and vegetable. The arrangement of the apples makes the Danish Apple Cake different from other apple cakes. dd favorite berries and combine with spices for a delicious Spiced Berry Pound Cake topped with simple powdered sugar. Danish Butter Cookies and pastries are some of the best confections in the world. Danish pastries and more bring back memories DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 - B1Sports By Brian PittsEnterprise Record East Forsyth’s softball team might be the unquestioned fa-vorite in the Central Piedmont Conference, but Davie’s offense will send chills down the spine of most every opponent the War Eagles face in 2022. London Dirks is coming off a sterling season in which she hit .540. Besides posting the third-highest average ever in a season, she mashed 10 doubles, three triples and six home runs ... in 16 games. Sydney Dirks, who hit .400, matched her older sister with six dingers. Even though it was an abbreviated season, the Dirks sis-ters tied for third in single-season homers in Davie history. Summer Simpson and Melanie Gobble are proven commodities after hitting .382 and .378 last year, respectively. Audrea Fowler was an instant sensation as a freshman, slamming five homers in only 29 at-bats as Davie averaged a robust nine runs per game. The top six in the batting order could be Gobble, Simpson, L. Dirks, S. Dirks, Fowler and Leah Grimes. “Carson’s coach told me she hasn’t seen a team hit like that, top to bottom, since (Davie’s 2017 team),” assistant coach Fred Smith said. When the War Eagles played three scrimmage games in one day recently, they blasted five homers for the day, including two by Fowler and one each by L. Dirks, S. Dirks and freshman Carleigh Croom, who hit a walk-off shot against Lake Norman. After back-to-back down years, the War Eagles had some success in 2021, going 10-6 overall and 5-3 in the CPC to tie for second place. They won at Northwest Guilford in the first round of the 4-A playoffs, then lost at Mooresville in the second round. With six college commitments/signees, they could make louder noises this spring. Senior third baseman L. Dirks has signed with Charlotte. Junior second baseman S. Dirks has committed to Western Carolina. Junior shortstop Simp-son has committed to Appalachian State. Grimes, a junior first base-man, has committed to Mars Hill. Seniors Bailey Snow and Kaylyn Nuckols are headed to Methodist. “London and Sydney are studs,” Smith said. “The infield is stacked.”Senior McKenzie Mixon and sophomore Ashley Bledsoe could split time behind the plate. “McK-enzie’s got a big stick,” Smith said. The outfield could see Snow in left, junior Gobble in center and Fowler in right. “We’ve got to have Fowler on the field,” Smith said. “She can ab-solutely mash it. It’s unbelievable. Last year she was all-conference as a DH. That’s how good she hits.” By Brian PittsEnterprise Record East Forsyth’s baseball team is absolutely loaded. Reagan, the defending champion in the Central Piedmont Conference, and West Forsyth are always strong. Meanwhile, young Davie en-tered the season lugging its longest losing streak since 2010. Despite the odds being stacked against Davie in 2022, new coach Joey Anderson doesn’t plan on his By Brian PittsEnterprise Record Combine the youth on the var-sity with the talent on the JV, and Davie baseball has a shimmering future. “There’s some good kids on JV,” varsity coach Joey Anderson said. “I mean, there’s some kids who are turning heads. I had to make some pretty tough decisions as far as who was going to be on varsity and who was going to be on JV. Some of those freshmen are going to be good. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s not a few of them that make a varsity debut sometime this year. I would be totally OK with bringing some of those guys up.”With sophomores Craig Mc-Bride and Will Wands and fresh-man Ty Goodson, Davie has the makings of a dazzling outfield. Goodson will likely man center field, while Wands and McBride are expected to play left and right, respectively. “Ty is electric,” Anderson said. “Craig has made some huge strides since last year. Will has also made huge strides since last year. He was a bench guy for me (last year on JV), but he’s a hustler. If there was a most improved that I could give to anybody in both programs, it’s probably him. He got in the weight room and got a little bigger. His bat’s gotten better and he’s doing what he’s supposed to.”Like Parker Aderhold for the varsity, freshman Larson Stem is the Swiss Army knife of the JV. “He can pretty much play any-where, and he’s been swinging the bat well,” Anderson said. “He’s a tall, lanky kid. I’m interested to see him hit some weights and get a little stronger over the next couple of years. I feel he’s going to be an impact player.”Anderson is intrigued by fresh-man Hunter Daywalt, a third base-man who could also pitch when he overcomes some “arm issues.” He appears to be a middle-of-the-order bat. “Hunter swings the bat real well,” he said. “We have to find his niche, but he’s swinging the bat good right now. He’s probably going to play third base.”The bulk of the innings could go to sophomore Connor Berg and freshman Tucker Hobbs. “Connor is probably going to come up and down (between JV and varsity), depending on how our pitching staff goes,” Anderson said. “Tucker is a big kid.”•••Anderson guided the JV the past three years. When Bradley Rudisill left Davie in the fall se-mester after leading the varsity for three years, Anderson was named interim head coach. That created a JV opening, a spot that has been filled by 25-year-old Sam Wyrick, who was a three-sport athlete at East Rowan from 2011-15. “His youth and his competitive-ness as an all-around athlete has been beneficial because he’s able Softball has serious sticks Wyrick takes over JV team Varsity baseball faces big challenge in CPC War Eagles being a day-at-the-beach opponent. “We’re young but we’re going to surprise some people,” said An-derson, who is the interim coach after Bradley Rudisill left Davie during the first semester. “I’m excited about the youth and what’s coming. I’m excited about where we’re going. We’re going to be fast and we’re going to come to play. We’re not just going to show up.”Rudisill was at the reins for three years. Last year Davie went 5-8, finished fourth in the CPC and closed the season with five straight losses. Anderson’s assistants are Ross Hoffner, Ty Woodring and Sam Wyrick. The first batter in the order could very well be Coy James, an absurdly talented freshman. Two of the top three hitters from 2021 are back in Davin Whitaker (.351), the No. 1 returning hitter, and Wes-ley Mason (.342), who led Davie in runs (nine) and steals (nine). “(After James) we’ll probably have Parker Aderhold or Mason in the two hole,” Anderson said. “I like to have speed at the bottom of the lineup, too, so I might move Wesley down. Davin is probably going to hit third.”Anderson said the defense “should be very strong.” The most important position, shortstop, will be handled by the freshman. “Coy has a strong arm and he works hard,” Anderson said. “He’s one of the hardest-working kids I’ve seen. I mean, he gets after it. He’s got a swagger to him, but he’s also humble enough to know he has to continue to work to be good.”Aderhold, a junior, is Mr. Ver-satility. “Aderhold pretty much plays everywhere except catcher,” he said. The catchers are senior Dan-iel Lawson and freshman Drew Krause. Lawson is dealing with an injury. Please SeeVarsity - Page B2 Please See Wyrick - Page B5Please See Sticks - Page B2 By Brian PittsEnterprise Record The Davie boys basketball team did everything that coach Bruce Wallace coached and preached in the first round of the 4-A playoffs. And you know what? Davie lost anyway - 63-60 in overtime at East Forsyth on Feb. 22. The War Eagles gave it an ad- Heartbreaker Boys lose nailbiter in OT mirable effort against a conference rival that beat them twice in the regular season. They tied it with 15 seconds left in regulation. They grabbed a three-point lead with 25 seconds left in regulation. Everything had broken right - until it didn’t. East, the No. 6 seed in the West Region after capturing the Central Piedmont Conference’s regular-season title, scored the last six points - in a span of 17 seconds - to deny No. 27 Davie. “We played really well,” Wal-lace said. “We did everything we needed to do to win. We just didn’t get it.”The War Eagles fell behind 20-14, but they never let East get comfortable. They responded with See Heartbreaker - Page B4 Senior Za’haree Maddox posted Davie’s highest scoring average, 17.2, in eight years. The bench erupts after senior Zymere Hudson drains a 3. - Photos by Mark Floyd B2 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 Continued From Page B1DH candidates are freshmen Raelyn Lankford and Croom and Nuckols. “We’re still working out who is going to DH for our pitchers,” Smith said. While the team is truly loaded offensively and on the infield, the team’s ceil-ing could come down to pitching. The only arm with considerable varsity experi- Sticks ... 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Although Riley Potts didn’t throw at all in the scrim-mages against Carson, Lake Norman and Mountain Is-land, she is a tantalizing talent as a freshman. “She can touch 60 (mph) when she’s healthy,” Smith said. “She’s got a mean knuckleball and a pretty good curve.”Sophomore Addie Hen-drix, Nuckols and freshman Delaney Parsons are the other pitching options. “I think Addie is going to get a bunch of innings,” Smith said. “She looks pret-ty good. Delaney throws all offspeed stuff. She doesn’t throw very hard, but she can be a problem for a few bat-ters. She threw in a scrim-mage and did pretty good.”Morgan Wyatt was the head coach the past two years, but she left in January to take an assistant coaching job at Lees-McRae College. The interim head coach is Debbie Evans, who has been a part of the program for many years. Lindsey Adams, Nathan Handy and Sierra Ferguson are the other assistant coaches. The War Eagles will face a rigorous nonconference schedule. “Our schedule is pretty tough,” Smith said. “We open with Mooresville, which bounced us out of the playoffs last year. We play East Surry, which is always tough, and Forbush. We play those three the first week. We also play North Davidson and Central Da-vidson. We’ve got some tough games.”The War Eagles, who only graduated two seniors last year, have the ability to give any opponent a run for its money, but there is a mountain of an obstacle blocking their way in the CPC. That would be Keir-ston Deal and East Forsyth, which handed Davie half its losses in 2021. East beat Davie 7-0 and 3-1 in the regular season. In the CPC Tournament final, East beat Davie 6-2. In those three games, Deal struck out 47 and walked two in 21 in-nings. The lefty stalwart has signed with Oklahoma. “I think they lost a lot, but they do have Deal,” Smith said. “Oklahoma is ranked No. 1 in the country and she is one of their top recruits.”West Forsyth is always a team to circle on the sched-ule. Last year Davie and West tied for second behind 8-0 East. And Davie can’t sleep on Glenn. “Glenn has a pretty decent pitcher who throws some offspeed stuff,” Smith said. Davie’s seniors are L. Dirks, Nuckols, Snow and Mixon. Gobble, Grimes, S. Dirks, Simpson and Shook are juniors. Bledsoe, Fowler and Hendrix are sopho-mores. And the freshmen are Lankford, Potts, Hanna Stei-nour, Parsons and Croom. 1267651 SUBSCRIBE to the Enterprise RecordOnly $32.03 P./Yr. in Davie336‑751‑2120 Continued From Page B1“Hopefully he’ll be back shortly,” Anderson said. “Drew is good behind the plate. Daniel has been work-ing with him quite a bit. He’s got a great arm. Yeah, he’s going to take some freshman lumps, but he’s going to be learning in the process.”Aderhold, senior JT Bumgarner and Lawson are possibilities at first base. “Lawson might mix in at first until everything gets right with him just to get his bat in the lineup,” he said. Junior Jackson Sink, ju-nior Parker Simmons and Aderhold are options at second. Simmons could slide to short if James goes Varsity ... to the mound. Whitaker, Aderhold and sophomore Cooper Bliss are possible third basemen. “Aderhold can play third and I can move Davin to the outfield. There’s a lot of interchangeable parts.” Mason, a senior, and sophomore Ty Miller look locked in at center and left field, respectively. Sim-mons, Bliss, Whitaker and Aderhold could be in right field. “Wesley is very quick and very good out there,” he said. “He does a very good job of communicating with everybody else.”Junior Jaydon Holder and senior Bayden Hazlip will play major roles on the mound. Holder, though, is recovering from an injury. “That’s two crafty lefthanders,” Anderson said. “They throw a lot of strikes. Jaydon is throwing at about 80 percent right now. I’m hoping by maybe the second week of March is when I can get him back to starting. So I’m going to have to use some other guys to fill the gaps. Bayden is obviously going to start, and I’m hoping I don’t have to use too many arms when he pitches.”Sophomore Braeden Rodgers, sophomore Cole Whitaker, junior Caleb Adkins, Sink, James and D. Whitaker are the other pitchers. “With Coy being a fresh-man, I’m not going to rush him to the mound,” he said. “Everybody knows Coy is electric in a lot of different areas, but we’re going to tread lightly with him be-cause he hasn’t pitched in a while.”Last year Davie went 5-5 in the CPC and looked up at Reagan (9-1), East (8-2) and West (6-4). The War Eagles face an enormous challenge in trying to break into the top three, but Anderson isn’t concerned with what every-body else has. His focus is on Davie. “As far as I know, East Forsyth is probably the frontrunner,” he said. “I try not to get caught up in the hype. I try to just worry about what’s going on with Davie. I don’t talk about what everybody else is do-ing because if we’re worried about what everybody else is doing, then we’re not concentrating on what we need to get done.” The 16-man roster has four seniors (Mason, Law-son, Bumgarner and Ha-zlip), six juniors (Simmons, Aderhold, Sink, Holder, Adkins and D. Whitaker), four sophomores (Mill-er, C. Whitaker, Bliss and Rodgers) and two freshmen (James and Krause). DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 ‑ B3 Every year, I circle the first weekend of March on my calendar – and not be-cause it’s the last week of the Atlantic Coast Confer-ence basketball season.Except for 2019, when COVID got in the way, I have made an annual pil-grimage to Raleigh the past 35 years for the Dixie Deer Classic, the biggest outdoor show in North Carolina. Held in four buildings on the N.C. State Fairgrounds, it celebrates deer-hunting like nothing else around. Plenty of vendors are there to tempt you with the lat-est in hunting equipment, or to book you a hunt, and the sponsoring Wake Coun-ty Wildlife Club brings in some famous hunters and other experts to lead sem-inars on a variety of sub- By Dan Kibler jects.But central to the show is the annual big-buck con-test, which declares which whitetail was North Caro-lina’s biggest taken during the previous season.Well, it’s time again. The show runs Friday through Sunday, March 4-6. Show hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturday, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sun-day.Scoring for the big-buck contest will begin when the show opens on Friday; for the contest, deer must be presented for scoring by 6 p.m. on Saturday. Addi-tional deer can be scored on Sunday, but they aren’t eligible for the contest; winners are announced at 2 p.m. on Sunday.The first year I attend-ed, in 1986, North Caroli-na’s first Boone & Crock-ett Club buck was scored: a huge, Granville County 10-pointer killed by Dudley Barnes. Since that break-through buck, officials at the Classic have scored 35 more deer that qualified for the B&C record book. The top bucks on record are: Don Rockett’s 228 4/8-inch Person County buck taken in 1998, the biggest non-typical taken by gun; Tory Pegg’s 197 4/8-inch non-typical taken in Guil-ford County in 2019, the biggest by bow; Terry Daf-fron’s 181-inch Guilford County buck from 1987, the biggest typical taken by gun; and John Tuttle’s 171-inch Rockingham County buck, taken in 2013 and the biggest typical taken by bow. Though it’s quite unsci-entific, a look at the Clas- sic’s all-time list of trophy bucks shows exactly which North Carolina counties are the real trophy producers. Rockingham County is far and away No. 1 with seven Boone & Crockett trophies, followed by Guil-ford and Stokes counties with three each. A handful of counties have produced two record-book bucks: Person, Caswell, Anson and Moore.This year’s show fea-tures hunting TV show hosts Tom Miranda and Roger Raglin, seminars on turkey hunting, water-fowl hunting, hunting with a sling bow, filming your hunts and trapping coyotes, among others. There’s a Dock Dogs contest, a Chili Cook-Off and a turkey call-making contest.Deer harvest slightly offWith the close of Urban Archery seasons in mu-nicipalities around North Carolina, the 2021-22 deer harvest figures are coming into better focus.Hunters took 168,425 deer, the seventh-highest total on record, a drop of about 1,500 from 2020-21 levels but a slight in-crease over a 3-year trend. Antlered bucks comprised 52.9% of the harvest, comparable to previous harvests. Does comprised 42.5% of the harvest, with button bucks making up the rest. Statewide. hunters killed an average of 2.47 antlered bucks per square mile. Piedmont counties again led the harvest, with 4,422 deer killed in Randolph County, 4,104 in Anson and 3,619 in Union. Mont-gomery, Moore and Rock-ingham also ranked in the Top 10.The record North Car-olina harvest was 188,130 deer in the 2013-14 season. Dudley Barnes (center) killed North Carolina’s first Boone & Crockett Club buck in 1985 in Granville County. His trophy buck was the hit of the 1986 Dixie Deer Classic. - Wake County Wildlife Club photo Top Counties Deer Harvest 2021-22 Season County Harvest Randolph 4,422 Anson 4,104 Union 3,619 Stanly 3,467 Wilkes 3,445 Halifax 3,287 Northampton 3,176 Montgomery 3,123 Moore 3,098 Rockingham 3,009 Dixie Deer Classic in Raleigh this weekend Houses, Decks, Driveways Gutter Cleaning, Roof Wash NOW HIRING Apply in Person 251 Eaton Rd., Mocksville E.O.E. $14/hr. & up $500 Sign On Bonus Great Benefits • PAY & BonusesAll Shifts Available We’re Growing! 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Heart & Vascular Center A part of Iredell Health System 1328815 The Mocksville Skywalkers won the regular season and tournament in the middle school division of the Mocksville-Davie Recreation basketball program. Team members are, from left: front - Daniel Hennessy, Levi Reilly, Layla Perez, Paxton Lewis and Nathan Nuckols; back - Christopher Erwin, coach Kevin Gilbert, Brice Wilson, Ethan Lakey and assistant coach Gary Gilbert. The Skywalkers B4 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Martch 3, 2022 Continued From Page B1an 8-0 run. Zymere Hudson, who had eight points in the first nine minutes, hit a float-er. Blake Walser assisted an inside basket by Tate Car-ney. Against East’s fullcourt press, Carney scored on a pass from Hudson. Carney’s defensive rebound ignited a beautiful fast break in which the ball moved from Carney to Landon King to Hudson. The first half ended with Za’haree Maddox swing-ing the ball to the corner to Hayden Williams, who nailed Davie’s only 3-point-er of the half to give the visitors a 33-31 lead. Davie shredded East’s 94-foot defense, shooting 60 percent for the half (15 of 25). “I watched a lot of film and we found the weak spot of that (press),” Wallace said. “And we got layups. They went back into a half-court defense in the second half and didn’t press much.“You’ve got to get them in transition because their halfcourt defense is pretty good. In transition, we were able to get it going. We did a good job of spacing the floor.”Jake Powers threw a skip pass to Maddox for a triple that provided a 42-38 Davie lead, but East had the an-swer. It went 8 of 10 from the foul line, then hit a 3 to cap a 10-0 burst that put Davie in a 48-42 hole. But Davie battled back at crunch time. In the fourth quarter, Walser snatched a defensive rebound and threw long to a streaking Hudson for two. When Pow-ers rebounded an East miss, Hudson took the outlet pass and scored on a one-man fast break. Moments later, Powers knocked the ball away from an East player. Williams dished to Maddox, who finished the break with an and-one. Then Maddox stole the ball, was fouled and hit both free throws to close the gap to 52-51. East split a pair of free throws, with Powers re-bounding the second at-tempt. Maddox waited patiently to attack, then bounced it inside to Walser. The senior center delivered, scoring at :15 to tie the game at 53. “We wanted to play them,” Wallace said. “This was our best matchup. That’s the draw we wanted.”In the nerve-wracking final moments of regulation, Hudson inadvertently fouled as he went for a pass. East had a one-and-one opportu-nity at :04. The first attempt was off to force overtime. In OT, East scored on a third chance, then scored again to take a 56-53 lead. Davie, though, refused to fold. Powers rebounded a miss on the front end of a one-and-one and Hud-son converted a drive. An East player lost his dribble and Hudson swooped in to get the ball. Then Hudson swished a 3 from the top of the key to put Davie in front 58-56 at :56. It was Hudson’s only attempt from the arc all game. East hit a free throw, but Hudson was fouled at :25 and made both for a 60-57 advantage. Davie could smell blood in the water. “The kids wanted it and I thought we were going to beat them,” Wallace said. “But sometimes the ball doesn’t bounce your way.”Alas, Tim Davis barreled to the hoop for an easy two at :18, cutting Davie’s lead to one. “We had a defensive miscue,” Wallace said. “It’s better for him to shoot free throws instead of a layup. That was disappointing.”East had to foul and Da-vie was at the line for a one-and-one at :18. A violation was called on Davie, which left the door open for East. Braxton Stuart attacked the basket, drew a foul and hit both foul shots to put East ahead 61-60. Davie inbounded to its floor general, Maddox. He pushed the ball past East’s Jaylen Raynor. He was speeding at halfcourt when Raynor sneaked up from behind and stole the ball. Davie sent Raynor to the line with only one second left. He hit both for the final margin. In a game that featured Heartbreaker ... six ties and eight lead chang-es, the War Eagles brought their A-game and came within a hair of advancing. “We deserved to win and we had a few unlucky breaks,” Wallace said. The end overshadowed a sensational performance by Hudson, who had a ca-reer-high 25 points on 11-of-14 shooting. He added two assists. Walser had 12 points, eight rebounds, three as-sists, two blocks and took a charge. Maddox had 12 points, five assists and three steals. Carney had four points, three assists and three rebounds. Williams had three points. Powers had two points, a team-high 10 boards and two assists. Alex Summers had two points. While the final game will sting for a while, it was a solid season for the War Eagles, who went 13-11 in Wallace’s first year as head coach and reached five straight winning seasons for the first time since 1971-72. It was the final game for nine Davie seniors. “They’re all such good friends with each other,” Wallace said. “It matters when teams like each oth-er. All the underclassmen looked up to the seniors, and that’s why it’s so special.”Three seniors carried Da-vie offensively. Maddox was a three-year star, averaging 13.4 points as a sophomore, 15.4 as a junior and 17.2 as a senior. Time and again he crossed over helpless defenders with an elec-tric dribble, and his senior scoring average represents the highest in eight years. (Peyton Sell scored 18.8 in 2013-14.) Hudson, who averaged 14 after scoring 8.7 as a junior, played savvy productive ball all season. And Walser improved dra-matically after averaging three points as a junior. This year he tripled that to 9.6. “Za’haree was top three in the conference in every major statistic except re-bounding,” Wallace said. “Zymere has been doing that all year.”Notes: East improved to 21-5 after going 12-2 in the CPC. East beat Davie by three and four points in the regular season. ... Davie was the clear underdog after going 7-7 in the CPC to tie for fifth. ... The War Eagles had more than their share of heartbreaking losses, going 3-7 in games decided by six points or less. ... The game was decided at the free-throw line. While Da-vie went 7 of 13, East went 21-34. That offset Davie’s edge in shooting, 48 percent to East’s 41%. ... Mt. Tabor outlasted Ragsdale 82-78 in overtime, but it was a rough first-round night for other CPC teams. Glenn lost 75-52 to Mooresville, Reagan lost 80-52 to Grimsley and Reynolds lost 116-56 to North Mecklenburg. ... In the second round, Tabor rolled 82-57 over Northwest Guilford, but East was pum-meled by Myers Park 73-48. 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Contact Linda Mace @ linda.mace56@gmail.com Paid for by the davie County rePubliCan Party 14059921200205New LocationIn Mocksville “The Best that Heart and Hands Can Give” MOCKSVILLE CHAPEL NOW OPEN!953 Salisbury Road, Mocksville, NC 27028 • Ph:336-477-2086 Visit Our Website to find our Lexington & Winston-Salem Locations www.robertsfuneral.com 1109590 Cheryl V. Anderson Manager & Mortician Sam Wyrick was a 3-sport athlete at East Rowan. Wyrick set school and county records at QB. - Photos by Wayne Hinshaw Continued From Page B1to relate to the guys,” Ander-son said. “I think he’s going to be a very good coach/role model for the boys. “He pays attention to detail. I’m sure he’s going to Wyrick ... have his own way, and I’m sure he brought some stuff that he had at East Rowan (under Brian Hightower). You know, East Rowan has had a successful program for a lot of years.” Wyrick was a throwback in high school, playing foot-ball, basketball and baseball all four years. He was a starter in basketball and baseball, but he was a bon-afide star on the gridiron as Sam and twin brother Seth formed a dynamic duo at quarterback and receiver, respectively. The twins guaranteed themselves a place in Row-an County lore as 2014 se-niors. The Mustangs closed the regular season at 5-6 before authoring a Cinder-ella story in the postseason. Sam, who was a 6-0, 184-pound gunslinger, com-pleted a two-point pass to Seth to clinch an unforget-table 50-49 first-round win at Freedom. East won on the road again in the second round, 27-21 over West Henderson. The run ended at South Point, 42-32. (East hasn’t won seven games in a season since the Wyrick boys.)Sam and Seth broke nu-merous East and county records that season. Sam, the Salisbury Post’s Of-fensive Player of the Year in 2014, is first at East and second in Rowan County in career passing yards with 6,443. He also set county single-season records for completions (263), pass-ing yards (3,301) and TD passes (38). For his career, he had 7,498 total yards of offense with 96 total TDs (74 passing, 22 rushing). Meanwhile, Seth played in the Shrine Bowl after mak-ing 102 catches for 1,622 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior. “As soon as football would end, you’d go straight to basketball,” Sam said. “As soon as basketball end-ed, you started baseball. It kept me busy for sure, but I enjoyed every minute of it. Nowadays, coaches love players that play multiple sports.”The Wyricks played col-lege football for one year at Tusculum (Greenville, Tenn.), then transferred to Catawba, where they played for two years. “I got to continue playing football in college, so my dream came true with that,” Sam said. Sam entered the teaching/coaching world last summer at North Rowan Middle. He spent one semester there, becoming head coach in football and leading North to a 6-1 record. Seth was one of his assistants. “That’s something we had talked about growing up, so it was cool to expe-rience that together,” Sam said. Now Sam is a PE teacher at Davie. “I’m glad to be at Davie and I’m excited to get my foot in the door with this baseball season,” he said. “We’ve got a good group of kids. Joey, Ross (Hoffner) and Ty (Woodring) - there are good guys on the crew that are going to help me throughout. I’m excited to get it rolling.”The JV roster includes sophomores Connor Berg, MJ Jacobs, Bentley Moody, Dane Porter and Hunter Shutt and freshmen Carson Queen, Eli Webber, Park-er Davis, Kason Stewart, Hunter Potts, Gray Collins, Chris Barringer and Corbin Angus. B6 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 By Brian PittsEnterprise Record A lack of interest kept Davie from having a JV softball team last year, but the numbers are there to field a team in 2022. New coach Nathan Handy has 11 players (one sophomore, 10 freshmen) putting in work in preparation for a nine-game Upcoming Games Wednesday, March 2Davie tennis at home vs. East Forsyth at 4:15Davie JV/varsity soccer at home vs. Alexander Central at 4:30/6Davie boys lacrosse at North Davidson at 7:15Davie girls lacrosse at North Davidson at 5:30Davie JV/varsity softball at home vs. East Surry at 5/7Davie varsity baseball at home vs. Watauga at 7Davie JV baseball at home vs. Watauga at 4:30Friday, March 4Davie tennis at home vs. Mt. Airy at 4:15Davie boys lacrosse at home vs. East Forsyth at 7:15Davie girls lacrosse at home vs. East Forsyth at 5:30Davie JV/varsity softball at Forbush at 5/7Davie varsity baseball at home vs. West Wilkes at 7 Davie JV baseball at home vs. West Wilkes at 4:30Monday, March 7Davie tennis at Reagan at 4:15Davie varsity soccer at home vs. North Davidson at 6Davie golf at Winding Creek at 3:30Tuesday, March 8Davie golf at Oak Valley at 3:30Davie boys lacrosse at Reagan at 7:15Davie girls lacrosse at Reagan at 5:30Davie varsity softball at Reynolds at 5 Davie varsity baseball at Reynolds at 6:30North Davie baseball at High Point Christian at 4:30Wednesday, March 9Davie tennis at Mt. Tabor at 4:15Davie boys lacrosse at St. Stephens at 7:15Davie girls lacrosse at St. Stephens at 5:30Davie JV/varsity softball at home vs. South Iredell at 5/7Davie varsity baseball at Mooresville at 7Davie JV baseball at Mooresville at 4:30 By Brian PittsEnterprise Record Yes, the Davie varsi-ty girls soccer team has suffered 12 straight losing seasons. Yes, the War Eagles have finished 5th or lower in the conference for 15 consecutive seasons. Yes, Corbin Kopetzky is the fourth coach in six years. But there’s reason to believe in the 2022 War Eagles. They only lost three seniors from last year. The top three scorers are back. And Kopetzky has a good blend of experience and young talent. “I like being the under-dog,” Kopetzky said. “You weren’t going to outwork me as a player, I’m not going to get outworked as a coach and we’re not going ACROSS 1. (K) Physicians, informally 5. (K) “For kids ___ 3 and up” 9. (K) Grassy square for your bald spot 12. (K) Quite an amount (2 words) 13. (K) It can get into deep water 14. (K) “Are there ___ other bunnies in the rabbit hole?” 15. Frost or hoar 16. Teachings from the family elders 17. (K) BB weapon 18. (K) Overturn 20. (K) Backspace over 22. “Miss” with a crown 23. Gambling factor 25. Type of goose you want to cook 27. Longtime boyfriend 29. (K) Flowers stand tall in it 33. Had deep regrets 35. (K) Make inquiries 36. (K) Place to push off your 13-Across 37. South side? 38. Food for a worrier? 40. (K) Clean-up cloth 41. Pampered persons? 43. Hath, today 45. It keeps a watch on you? 48. (K) Husband and wife, together 51. Promise-to-pay letters 52. Abbr. on some research papers 55. Surprise from the FBI 56. (K) First double-digit number 57. Intentionally annoy 58. (K) Highest point 59. (K) Suffix with “swift” 60. “In your dreams” (2 words) 61. (K) Not stand up straight DOWN 1. (K) Little missile with feathers 2. Medley 3. (K) PC or Mac 4. (K) Use these instead of the escalator 5. Having the skill 6. (K) Thick, slimy substance 7. Temple organ? 8. Powerful horse 9. (K) Epic tale 10. Tremendous burden 11. Common unit of force 19. (K) Place for experiments 21. Request to an invitee 23. Brewers’ kilns 24. College in the ACC 25. Away from to? 26. Arctic bird 28. (K) The sun rises in this direction 30. (K) What all planes fly in 31. (K) Final word of “America, the Beautiful” 32. Unit of work 34. (K) What you feed your 3-Down 39. (K) Which person? 42. Richard Wagner production 44. Pertaining to hearing 45. (K) Spot to build a new mall 46. (K) Stocking stuffers 47. Wee puppy 48. C, F or G, in music 49. (K) Big city in Peru 50. (K) Where Adam was created 53. “___ the season to be jolly” 54. Subject of a Ken Burns documentary PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER © 2022 Andrews McMeel Syndication syndication.andrewsmcmeel.com Can you find the answer to this riddle within the solved puzzle? Fire water thing? Look for the answer in next week’s paper. Created by Timothy E. Parker March 7, 2022 The (K) Clues Are for Kids Creature of habit? 16-D) NUN Previous riddle answer: Kopetzky relishes soccer’s underdog role to get outworked as a team. We’re going to shock some people. I’ve walked into a very blessed situation. They’re making it very easy walking into my first head coaching role.”Kopetzky has three se-niors, six juniors, five soph-omores and four freshmen. He’s working hard to mold them into a cohesive unit. “It’s not easy making a coaching change,” he said. “But there are 18 on varsity and every single one of them have bought in. They all know their roles. They work hard every day and they know my expectations.”The captains are senior Katie Shupe and junior Em-ily Garner. “They’re going to help out a lot leadership-wise,” he said. “From the seniors to the freshmen, they’re all natural leaders. We just have a really good group.”Junior Lexi Kulis (six goals last year), Shupe (four) and junior Rebecca Devericks (three) were the top three scorers in 2021, and two of them have two seasons ahead of them. “Between Lexi and Ka-tie, we’re going to get a lot in the back of the net,” he said. “We also have Rebec-ca, who is a good scoring option for us.”Another good thing is Davie has an experienced goalie in junior Avery Yount. “I got to know her very well last year, and I’m very high on her as a keeper,” Kopetzky said. “She works hard and will do everything I ask.”While Kopetzky cited Shupe, Christine Cao and Eryn smith as “strong senior leaders,” he has a promising group of freshmen in Jaden Sink, Sarah Andrade, Cat Rosser and Julia Hines. “Jaden will be big-time for us,” he said. “(Center back) is not the easiest spot on the field, but I think she’ll transition to that pretty well. She is a skilled player. “We’ll build around some more (freshmen). Cat will get some quality min-utes (as a midfielder). I really see Sarah excelling this year (at forward). Julia will split time between JV and varsity and she’ll help us out a lot, too.”Notes• Jim Beck and Abdenabi Senbel coached Davie in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Nathan Stephens was the coach the past three years. • Kopetzky, 23, gradu-ated from Davie in 2016. He was a four-year soccer player for the War Eagles, and he wrestled for Buddy Lowery for three years. • Last year the War Ea-gles went 5-7 and finished fifth out of six in the Central Piedmont Conference. Rea-gan (9-0-1), West Forsyth (6-1-3), East Forsyth (5-4-1) and Reynolds (4-5-1) fin- ished ahead of Davie (3-7). • Davie also has a new JV coach in Megan Baker, 37. She was a soccer player at ri-val West Forsyth, where she graduated in 2002. “She was actually my mentor teacher last year in my first year,” Kopetzky said. “We work well together. She comes in with extensive soccer knowledge.” • The roster includes juniors Mya McGowan and Riley Almond and soph-omores Tru Koren, Kim Torres, Skylar Link, Holt Carter and Sophia Heagle. ... Collin Ferebee is an as-sistant coach. Nathan Handy is new softball coach for JVs season. “We have an opportunity to get better,” Handy, 32, said. “It’s going to come down to hitting. Defensive-ly, I think we’ll do our job. It’s going to come down to how many runs can we put on the board?”The lone sophomore is Gracie Garwood. The fresh-men are Raelyn Lankford, Brayden Brooks, Carleigh Croom, Cora Nicholson, Ashley Smith, Delaney Par-sons, Kayden Cornatzer, Hanna Steinour, Tytiana Norris and Callie Wise-carver. The most talented play-ers appear to be Lankford, Croom, Steinour and Par-sons, all of whom are listed on the JV/varsity rosters. “Before the end of the season, I may lose a few of them (to varsity),” Handy said. Parsons will handle the pitching duties, with catcher Steinour as her battery-mate. A strong-looking in-field could line up like this: Croom at first, Ashley Smith at second, Lankford at short-stop and Cora Nicholson at third. “I think we have a real solid infield,” he said. Offensively, Handy is counting on big things from Lankford and Croom. “They are really solid,” he said. “Those two defi-nitely are standing out right now.”Handy is in his first year as a PE teacher at Davie. He grew up in nearby Boonville and graduated in 2007 from Starmount High, where he played soccer, ran track and competed on the hunter safety team. He landed his first teach-ing/coach job at Forbush Middle in 2013. He spent eight years there, coaching girls and boys soccer, girls and boys basketball and softball. He and his wife Tiffany live in Boonville. They have a 5-year-old son. “Davie County has al-ways been on my radar,” he said. “I just felt like it would be a good fit for me. I knew they were hurting in some areas coaching-wise that I could help them with.”Notes: Davie’s last JV softball team was coached by Chad Hall during the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season. Davie went 4-1-1 before the rest of the season was canceled. ... Handy’s assistant coach is Sierra Ferguson, who is one of the greatest players in Davie history. She holds career records for RBIs (112 from 2015-18) and home runs (19). View theEnterprisee-edition www.ourdavie.com 3 BR – 2 Bath Brick Home Great Investment Opportunity! (Sold by 10-Day Upset Bid Process at 12 Noon!) PAYMENT TERMS: LIVE FLOOR BIDDERS PAY NO BUYER’S PREMIUM! Real Estate Terms: $10,000 Nonrefundable Deposit Due Day of the Sale in Cash or Certified Funds. 10-Day Upset Bid Process Through Forsyth County Clerk of Court. Close Within 30 Days After the Last and Final Bid Has Been Accepted, or Delivery of the Deed. Sold “AS IS” WITH NO Warranties or Guaranties. ABSOLUTE Saturday, March 5TH @ 11 AM 281 Melody Ln., Winston-Salem, NC 27105 – OPEN HOUSE – Saturday, February 27TH from 2-4 PM Real Estate DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 - B7 This scripture message brought to you by these businesses who encourage you to worship at the church of your choice. There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.(1 Samuel 2:2) B8 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 Sheffield-Calahaln County Line By Brenda BaileySheffield-CalahalnCorrespondent Birthday wishes to: Cale Baity on March 4; Greta England on March 5; Roger Daniels on March 7; Wendy Ramsey on March 8; and Ellie Drye on March 10. If you would like a birthday or anniversary listed in this column, please let me know.Cabarrus Station per-formed at West Rowan Grill Friday night. Upcoming bands: Gaining Ground with John and Lynn Powell on March 4, Southern Express on March 11 and Fairfield Bluegrass on March 18. The Allegheny Wesleyan College Choir from Salem, Ohio will share their minis-try at Community Covenant Church on Sunday, March 13 at the 10:45 a.m. worship service. The choir is a trav-eling ensemble of mixed voices which represents the college through the ministry of sacred song. The church is at 1446 Sheffield Road.The Men’s Group at New Union Church is selling whole Boston Butts for Eas-ter for $40 including dip, to be picked up Saturday, April 16, 1-3 p.m. Contact Gary at 336-345-3672 or see any member of the men’s group. Hotdog Saturday at New Union is March 26. There will also be a bake sale and RADA cutlery and crafts for sale. Peanut butter eggs and coconut eggs will be sold for $1 each. To place an or-der, contact me no later than March 10. New Union is selling tickets for a Mother’s Day basket which will be raf-fled off on Thursday be-fore Mother’s Dayon May 8. Tickets are $1 each and can be obtained from me or other members of the fund-raising committee at New Union: Gary Allen, Nellie Reavis, Sandra Dyson and Lester Edwards. Prayer requests contin-ue for Bryan Swain, Jean Reavis, Johnny Naylor, Pat Moore, Hazel Smoot, Tim Keller, Junior Dunn, Betty Dameron, Tammy Keller, Naomi Wooten, Jeff Potts, Charles England, Greta En-gland, Lincoln Dyson, Bob Ellis, Chester Reeves, Hazel Frye, Yvonne Ijames, Bon-nie Gunter, Ed Livengood, Jane Tutterow, Milton Tut- terow, Nancy Peacock, Ger-aldine Lambert, Betty Beck, Sue Gobble, Caren Morgan, Helen Bulla, Rowan Fay, Paul Beck, Betty Richard-son, Fred Beck, Juanita Keaton, Jerry McDaniel, and Suzonne Stratton. Our sincere condolences to the families of Brenda Swisher and JoAnn Renegar.Submit items to brfbai-ley@msn.com, message on Facebook or call 336-837-8122 before noon Thursday. Dr. Patrece Templeton is guest speaker at the Black History Month worship service last Sunday at Piney Grove AME Zion Church. Piney Grove AME Zion Church hosts "Encouraging Black Entrepreneurism" seminar Thursday evening of last week. Special speakers, from left: John Phifer of Phifer Lawncare and Handyman Service, Eric Hargrove of Clear the Air Disinfectant and Sweets with a Swag, Shanlyn Nichols of Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant, Vincent Cockerham of Hatz Off Barber Shop and Cockerham Lawncare and Concrete, and Danette Redmon of Lavish Beauty Supply Store. The Allegheny Wesleyan College Choir to perform March 13 at 10:45 am at Community Covenant Church.Cabarrus Station performs to a full house at West Rowan Grill on Fri- day. College choir to perform at Community Covenant on Sunday By Shirley ThorneCounty Line Correspondent County Liners continue to enjoy the warmer temps and increased hours of daylight. Spring is 17 days away. Churches are begin-ning to have special services and plan for Easter events.Piney Grove AME Zion Church had special services recognizing "Black History Month" last week. Guest speaker on Sunday was Dr. Patrece Templeton of Statesville, an exceptional children’s director with the Winston-Salem /Forsyth County Schools. She em-phasized the importance of getting an education, striv-ing to do one's best, and de-veloping good ethical work practices early in life. A '91 graduate of North Iredell High; Dr. Templeton earned a bachelor’s degree from UNC-Charlotte in 1995, master’s from Appalachian State University in 2013, and doctorate of education from Wingate University in 2017.Piney Grove also hosted a conference-call seminar on "Encouraging Black En-trepreneurism" Thursday evening. Five business own-ers in the area (John Phifer, Eric Hargrove, Shanlyn Nichols, Vincent Cocker-ham, and Danette Redmon) discussed the ups and downs of owning a business and answered questions from at-tendees. Daniel Brown gave an interesting and realistic presentation of problems many business owners face.Calvary Baptist contin-ues to have only Sunday morning worship services. All other services and meet-ings are still canceled.Our community extends sympathy to the family of Brenda Boger Swisher, who died Thursday of last week at Gordon Hospice House of Statesville after a brief hos-pital stay and period of de-clining health. The youngest of six children, she was born in 1945 in Davie County to the late Thomas Holloway, Sr. and Mattie Latham Bo-ger of County Line. She was reared on Godbey Road near Davie Academy Road and attended Salem United Methodist Church with her family. In 1961 she gradu-ated from Cool Spring High School, where she was a member of Future Home-makers of America, Glee, and 4-H clubs. She later moved with her parents from Godbey Road to Crescent Drive. In December 1967 she married Fred Swisher and he joined her in worship at Salem. The couple built a home beside her parents in 1968 and welcomed the birth of son Roy in 1969. Brenda was a caregiver for her parents and was an ac-tive member of the auxiliary of the County Line VFD. After her retirement from Lexington Home Brands, she worked for Tyson Foods and retired after 20 years, about 12 weeks before her death. A service celebrating her life was held Sunday at Salem United Methodist Church, where she had been a lifetime faithful member; she joined in rest with oth-er family members in the church cemetery.We send get-well wishes to Mildred Benfield, Lo-rene Macemore, Rayford McDaniel, and Betty Lou G. Richardson. Mildred has diabetic problems at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Lorene had respiratory emergency treatment last week and is recuperating at home. Ray-ford has declined in health and is under palliative care at home. Betty Lou has been at Iredell Memorial Hospi-tal and had back surgery last week. Carol Brazel has been transferred from the Sticht Center to the intensive care of Wake Forest Bap-tist Medical Center. Mary Kelly has improved and is now recuperating at home. Jenny C. Turner continues to improve but remains in rehab at Davie Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Alice C. Waugh remains in rehab at Davie Nursing and Reha-bilitation Center.Join us in prayer for all. For news and memories to share, please call Shirley on 336-492-5115 or email sdtlink@hotmail.com. B8 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 Notices Lost & Found FOUND GRAY CAT At EconoLodge on Jake Alexan- der, please call 980-234-3347 or call Terry 704-431-4542. Deals & Bargains Lazy Boy Recliner Burgandy. $250. Call 704-213- 6201 Total Gym XLS with unopened DVDs etc. text 704-433-2434 $375.00 Deals & Bargains 5x7 Area Rug and 7’ Runner $35. Call 704-213- 6201 CD Player $25. Call (704)603-4275. Eight Track Tapes albums & cas- settes of 50’s/60’s rare collections of R&R, Soul, Doo-Wop, Beach, R&B, Oldies & Motown. $5 336-766-5096 Fiberglass Round Columns Like new. 8 ft. Caps included. $25 each. 704-603-4695 GE Profile Microwave Oven PES7227ELES, 2.2 CU Ft, 1100 watts, 16” table, Inside light no work. 704-859-9242 $30.00 Honeybees. 3 pound package of honey bees. $115. Available 3/15/22. Mike at 704-506-5390 Kincaid 7 ft Sofa Neutral. $275.00 Call 704-213- 6201 Merchandise Deals & Bargains FOR SALE Al’s Night Hawk Collectible Items. Best offer. $704-636-4251. 3 Freshwater Rods & Reels $20 for all. 704-278-9527 Garage Sales Bethlehem Angels Preschool Consignment Sale 321 Redlands Rd., Advance, NC 27006 Friday, March 11 from 6pm-8pm and Saturday 9am-11am with ev- erything half price! We will have gently used and like new items including infant and children’s clothing, baby equipment and furniture, books, toys, swim wear, holiday outfits, and much more. Email us at bethlehemangelscon- signment@gmail.com for more information. Auctions & Sales Garage Sales Advance, 122 Todd Rd Indoor Estate Sale, Sat., March 5 8am-until. Pictures, cookware, leather coats, kitchen supplies, LOTS of Christmas decorations, trees, lights, furniture, piano, can- ning pots, lots of artificial flower supplies, baskets, wreaths, rib- bon, lots of glassware (some an- tique), coffee cups, dinnerware (some antique), cleaning supplies, desk(s), collectibles - Christmas Barbies, collectible dolls. Exercise bike (new), vacuum cleaner, car- pet shampooer, clothes steamer, antiques, pictures, lots of miscella- neous household items, luggage, small kitchen appliances, chicken plates and figures-flat ware, kitch- en utensils & MUCH MORE! Piney Grove celebrates Black business owners DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3 2022 - B9 Public Notices No. 1398761NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGBEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSFOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING AMENDMENTSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 160D-602 of the Gen-eral Statutes of North Carolina and Section 155.251 of the Da-vie County Code of Ordinances, that the Davie County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing in the Commissioners Meeting Room in the Adminis-tration Building located at 123 S. Main Street, Mocksville, NC on Monday March 7, 2022 at 6:00pm to hear the following requests:Zoning Map Amendment 2022-02. George Johnson III c/o Laura Mathis has applied to rezone ap-proximately 2.57 acres consisting of three tracts from Residential-12 (R-12), Residential 20 (R-20) and Quality Design Overlay (R-12, R-20, QD-O) to Neighborhood Business, Quality Design Over-lay (N-B, QD-O). The subject properties are located at 1832 Farmington Road. The properties are further described as Davie County Tax Parcels C500000107, C500000109 and C500000111. Zoning Text Amendment 2022-01 . The Board will review a text amendment to the Zoning Or-dinance in sections 155.125, 155.260, and 155.281 regarding table of uses, definitions and per-mit choice. The public is invited to attend the hearing at which time there will be an opportunity to be heard in favor of, or in opposition to, the above items. As a result of the pub-lic hearing, substantial changes might be made in the advertised proposal, reflecting objections, debate and discussion at the hearing. Additional information is available at the Development & Facilities Services Department on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or by telephone at (336) 753-6050.Andrew MeadwellPlanning DepartmentPublish 2/24/22, 3/3/22 No. 1400029 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DAVIE COUNTY 21SP51 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORE-CLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ALAN G. FRYE, JR. AND KAITLIN FRYE DATED APRIL 15, 2008 AND RE-CORDED IN BOOK 754 AT PAGE 591 AND MODIFIED BY AGREE-MENT RECORDED MARCH 8, 2018 IN BOOK 1071 AT PAGE 1101 IN THE DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINANOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the pow-er and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in payment of the secured debt and failure to perform the agreements con-tained therein and, pursuant to de-mand of the holder of the secured debt, the undersigned will expose for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Davie County courthouse at 10:00AM on March 10, 2022, the follow-ing described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Davie County, North Carolina, and being more particularly de-scribed in that certain Deed of Trust executed Alan G. Frye, Jr. and Kaitlin Frye, dated April 15, 2008 to secure the original prin-cipal amount of $78,271.00, and recorded in Book 754 at Page 591 of the Davie County Public Regis-try. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other in-struments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying in-formation regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representa-tion or warranty is intended.Address of property: 126 Stone Wood RoadMocksville, NC 27028Tax Parcel ID: M4050B0015Present Record Owners: Alan G. Frye, Jr. and Kaitlin J. FryeThe record owner(s) of the proper-ty, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Alan G. Frye, Jr. and Kaitlin J. Frye.The property to be offered pur-suant to this notice of sale is be-ing 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, em-ployees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trust-ee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty re-lating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property 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 subject to all prior liens and encumbrances and unpaid taxes and assessments including 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 from the highest bid-der 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 re-quired by law. After the expiration of the upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will re-sult 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 LEASE-HOLD TENANTS residing at the property: be advised that an Or-der for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the pur-chaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agree-ment upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.The date of this Notice is February 18, 2022.Attorney for the Substitute Trustee10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400Charlotte, NC 28216(704) 333-810721-111849Publish 2/24/22, 3/3/22 No. 1400483 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ORDINANCE: DAVIE COUNTY VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT & ENHANCED VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT ORDINANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of NCGS Chapter 106-735 through 106-744 and Chapter 153A to pro- mote agricultural values and the general welfare of the county and more specifically, increase identity and pride in the agricultural com- munity and its way of life; encour- age the economic and financial health of agriculture, horticulture and forestry; and decrease the likelihood of legal disputes, such as nuisance actions between farm owners and their neighbors, the Davie County Board of Commis- sioners will hold a Public Hearing in the Commissioners Room of the Davie County Administration Building located at 123 South Main Street, Mocksville, NC on Mon- day, March 7, 2022 at 6:00pm to hear the following request: Proposed Ordinance Change: The Board will hold a public hearing to consider modifying of the Davie County Agricultural District ordinance pursuant to the Davie County Code of Ordi- nances Chapter 157:  Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary Agricul- tural Districts. The public is invited to attend the hearing at which time there will be an opportunity to be heard in favor of, or in opposition to, the above items. As a result of the pub- lic hearing, substantial changes might be made in the advertised proposal, reflecting objections, de- bate and discussion at the hear- ing. Copies of the proposed Ordinance change will be made available at the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners office located in the Administration Building, 123 North Main Street, Mocksville, NC 27028. Stacy A. Moyer Clerk to the Board of Davie County Commissioners Publish: 02/24/22, 03/03/22. Public Notices No.1394601 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY Special Proceedings No. 21 SP 80 Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Date of Sale: March 9, 2022 Time of Sale: 1:30 p.m. Place of Sale: Davie County Courthouse Description of Property: See At- tached Description Record Owners: Wayne A. Wil- liams Sr. Address of Property: 575 Fairfield Road Mocksville, NC 27028 Deed of Trust: Book : 310 Page: 268 Dated: July 22, 1999 Grantors: Wayne A. Williams Sr. Original Beneficiary: AmeriQuest Mortgage Company CONDITIONS OF SALE: Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and as- sessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leas- es. This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for any such county land transfer tax. A cash deposit of 5% of the pur- chase price will be required at the time of the sale. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said suc- cessful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for up- set bids as required by law. Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, includ- ing single-family residential real property: 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 re- newed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termina- tion 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 the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effec- tive date of the termination. Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. Exhibit A BEGINNING AT A NEW IRON PIN, SAID NEW IRON PIN BEING LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY OF N.C.S.R. #1807 (PAVED), SAID NEW IRON PIN BEING LOCATED NORTH 89 DEG. 34 MIN. WEST 1,351.36 FEET FROM A FENCE POST CORNER IN RIGHT OF WAY OF N.C.S.R. #1807 (PAVED) SAID FENCE POST CORNER BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BROWNIE P. WILLIAMS; THENCE NORTH 88 DEG. 00 MIN. WEST 185.0 FEET WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY OF N.C.S.R. #1807 (PAVED) TO A NEW IRON PIN; THENCE NORTH 00 DEG. 40 MIN. EAST, 165.0 FEET TO A NEW IRON PIN; THENCE NORTH 78 DEG. 55 MIN. EAST 198.88 FEET TO A NEW IRON PIN; THENCE SOUTH 03 DEG. 20 MIN. WEST 210.0 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGIN- NING AND CONTAINING 0.815 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SURVEYED BY FRANCES B. GREENE ON MARCH 26, 1976. Parcel Number: L5-000-00-091 Property Address: 575 Fairfield Rd., Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish 2/24/22, 3/3/22 No. 1398761 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING AMENDMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 160D-602 of the Gen-eral Statutes of North Carolina and Section 155.251 of the Da-vie County Code of Ordinances, that the Davie County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing in the Commissioners Meeting Room in the Adminis-tration Building located at 123 S. Main Street, Mocksville, NC on Monday March 7, 2022 at 6:00pm to hear the following requests:Zoning Map Amendment 2022-02. George Johnson III c/o Laura Mathis has applied to rezone ap-proximately 2.57 acres consisting of three tracts from Residential-12 (R-12), Residential 20 (R-20) and Quality Design Overlay (R-12, R-20, QD-O) to Neighborhood Business, Quality Design Over-lay (N-B, QD-O). The subject properties are located at 1832 Farmington Road. The properties are further described as Davie County Tax Parcels C500000107, C500000109 and C500000111. Zoning Text Amendment 2022-01. The Board will review a text amendment to the Zoning Or-dinance in sections 155.125, 155.260, and 155.281 regarding table of uses, definitions and per-mit choice. The public is invited to attend the hearing at which time there will be an opportunity to be heard in favor of, or in opposition to, the above items. As a result of the pub-lic hearing, substantial changes might be made in the advertised proposal, reflecting objections, debate and discussion at the hearing. Additional information is available at the Development & Facilities Services Department on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or by telephone at (336) 753-6050.Andrew MeadwellPlanning DepartmentPublish 2/24/22, 3/3/22 Public Notices No. 1404434NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGBEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 20-B of Chapter 153-A of the General Statutes of North Car-olina and Section 155.235 of the Davie County Code of Ordinanc-es, that the Davie County Board of Adjustment will hold a Public Hearing in the Commissioners Room of the Davie County Admin-istration Building, 123 South Main Street Mocksville, NC on Tuesday March 15, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. to hear the following request:Teresa Heath has applied for a Special Use Permit for a private recreation facility in the Residen-tial Agricultural (R-A) zoning dis-trict pursuant to §155.125 of the Davie County Zoning Ordinance. The subject properties are locat-ed at the 710 & 670 Wyo Road Mocksville NC 27028 and are further described as 0.8 and 25 acre parcels of the Davie Coun-ty Tax Map B50000000901 and B500000116.A sign will be placed on the above listed properties to advertise the Public Hearing.All parties and interested citizens are invited to attend said hearing at which time they shall have an opportunity to present facts and testimony in support of, or in op-position to, the request. Prior to the hearing, additional information on a request may be obtained by visiting the Development Services Department weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by telephone at (336) 753-6050.As a result of the public hearing, substantial changes might be made in the advertised proposal, reflecting objections, debate and discussion at the hearing. Anyone who needs an accommodation to participate in the meeting should notify the Development Services Department at least 48 hours prior to the meeting or call North Caroli-na Relay at 1-800-735-8262.Andrew MeadwellPlanning DepartmentPublish 3/10/22, 3/17/22 No. 1394396 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK 21 SP 64 IN THE MATTER OF: Estate of JAMES DAVID ROB- BINS deceased, by and through the BRYAN C. THOMPSON, Pub- lic Administrator Petitioner vs. Tamica Denise Eakins, Amanda Rene Robbins, Russell Work- man, Alexandria Harmon, Haley Harmon, and McKenzie Harmon and any and all unknown intestate heirs of JAMES DAVID ROB- BINS, deceased, being all of the intestate heirs of JAMES DAVID ROBBINS, deceased. Respondents TO: McKenzie Harmon and any and all unknown intestate heirs of JAMES DAVID ROBBINS, deceased Take notice that a pleading seek- ing relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief sought is a follows: possession, control and custody of and authority to dis- pose of at private judicial sale real property owned by JAMES DAVID ROBBINS at the time of his death in order to create assets to pays debts of and other claims against the Estate of JAMES DAVID ROB- BINS. You are required to make defense to such pleading within forty (40) days from the date of first publica- tion of this notice, being February 17, 2022, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This the 17th day of February, 2022. Bryan C. Thompson Public Administrator Estate of JAMES DAVID ROB- BINS FREEDMAN THOMPSON WITT CEBERIO & BYRD, PLLC 210 S Cherry Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Telephone: (336) 725-8323 Publish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22 No. 1392000 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY Special Proceedings No. 20 SP 60 Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Date of Sale: March 9, 2022Time of Sale: 1:30 p.m.Place of Sale: Davie County CourthouseDescription of Property: See At-tached DescriptionRecord Owners: Richard Card Address of Property: 415 Mount-view Drive Mocksville, NC 27028Deed of Trust:Book : 996 Page: 622Dated: July 30, 2015Grantors: Richard Card, unmar-riedOriginal Beneficiary: Local Gov-ernment Federal Credit UnionCONDITIONS OF SALE: Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and as-sessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leas-es. This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for any such county land transfer tax.A cash deposit of 5% of the pur-chase price will be required at the time of the sale. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said suc-cessful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for up-set bids as required by law.Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, includ-ing single-family residential real property: 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 re-newed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termina-tion 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 the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effec-tive date of the termination.Dated: 1/12/22Philip A. Glass, Substitute TrusteeNodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P.Posted on 1/12/22Exhibit ATax Parcel ID No. 15-050-D0-002Parcel ID No.Property Address: 415 Mountview DriveMocksville, NC 27028Being all of Lot 199, Section Two, Myers Park at Ridgemont Subdi-vision, recorded in Map Book 6, Page 103, Davie County, North Carolina. Said property is com-monly known as 415 Mountview Drive, Mocksville, NC 27028.PIN: 5748760831Publish 2/24/22, 3/3/22 Public Notices No. 1393016NORTH CAROLINADAVIE COUNTYNOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Patricia L. Bell, aka Patricia Folterman Bell, late of Davie County, NC, this is to no-tify all persons, firms and corpo-rations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before May 25, 2022. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are noti-fied to make immediate payment. Today’s date 02/17/2022. Matthew W. Bell, 124 Brookhollow Drive, Mount Holly, NC 28120, as Execu-tor of the Estate of Patricia L. Bell, deceased, File #22E30. Publish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22 No. 1398344NORTH CAROLINADAVIE COUNTYNOTICE TO CREDITORSHaving qualified as ADMINISTRA-TRIX for the Estate of DENNIS ROGER CHATTIN, late of Da-vie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corpora-tions having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before MAY 27, 2022. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corpora-tions indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate pay-ment. Today’s date 02/24/2022. HEATHER LINK, PO BOX 533, COOLEEMEE, NC 27014, as ADMINISTRATRIX of the Estate of DENNIS ROGER CHATTIN, deceased, File #2022E52. PIED-MONT LEGAL ASSOCIATES, PA, LYNNE HICKS, ATTORNEY FOR ESTATE, NC BAR # 011125, 124 WEST DEPOT ST., MOCKS-VILLE, NC 27028. (336) 751-3312. Publish: 02/24/22, 03/03/22, 03/10/22, 03/17/22. No. 1404040 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Will of Benjamin Frank Fulton, a/k/a Benjamin F. Fulton, Benja-min Fulton, Ben Frank Fulton, Ben F. Fulton, Ben Fulton, late of Ad-vance, Davie County, North Caro-lina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and cor-porations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at One West Fourth Street, Suite 1200, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, on or before the 1st day of June, 2022, or this notice will be plead-ed in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 3rd day of March, 2022.JAMES E. GRIFFEY, EXECUTOR OF THE WILL OF BENJAMIN FRANK FULTONEdward W. GriggsWomble Bond Dickinson (US) LLPOne West Fourth Street – 12th FloorWinston-Salem, NC 27101Publish 3/3/22, 3/10/22, 3/17/22, 3/24/22 No. 1396302 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Grace Tate (AKA Grace Glenn Tate, Grace Etiole Tate, Grace E. Lammon), late of Davie County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the office of their attorney at 110 Oakwood Drive, Suite 300, Winston-Salem, NC 27103-1958, on or before the 17 day of May, 2022 or this no-tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 17th day of February, 2022.Heather Tucker, ExecutorEstate of Grace Tatec/o Craige Jenkins Liipfert & Walk-er LLP110 Oakwood Drive, Suite 300Winston-Salem, NC 27103Craige Jenkins Liipfert & Walker, LLPPublish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22 No. 1390493 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Ancillary Executrix of the Estate of THOM-AS VIGNOLA (aka THOMAS JOSEPH VIGNOLA, THOMAS J. VIGNOLA) late of Rockland County, NY, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present written claim to the undersigned on or before May 12, 2022 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this notice), or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 10th day of February, 2022.Jena VignolaC/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLPBrian F. Williams,Attorney at Law284 South Main StreetMocksville, NC 27028Publish 2/10/22, 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22 No. 1393295 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of George Hollodick (aka George A. Hollodick; George Anthony Hollodick) of Bermuda Run, Davie County, NC, the un-dersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at P.O. Draw-er 25008, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27114-5008, on or before the 17th day of May, 2022, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 17th day of February, 2022.George E. Hollodick111 Bayhill DriveAdvance, NC 27006Send claims to:Estate of George A. HollodickGeorge E. Hollodick, Executor c/o Caroline C. Munroe Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros, P.A.P.O. Drawer 25008Winston-Salem, NC 27114-5008Publish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22. No. 1404434 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 20-B of Chapter 153-A of the General Statutes of North Car-olina and Section 155.235 of the Davie County Code of Ordinanc-es, that the Davie County Board of Adjustment will hold a Public Hearing in the Commissioners Room of the Davie County Admin-istration Building, 123 South Main Street Mocksville, NC on Tuesday March 15, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. to hear the following request:Teresa Heath has applied for a Special Use Permit for a private recreation facility in the Residen-tial Agricultural (R-A) zoning dis-trict pursuant to §155.125 of the Davie County Zoning Ordinance. The subject properties are locat-ed at the 710 & 670 Wyo Road Mocksville NC 27028 and are further described as 0.8 and 25 acre parcels of the Davie Coun-ty Tax Map B50000000901 and B500000116.A sign will be placed on the above listed properties to advertise the Public Hearing.All parties and interested citizens are invited to attend said hearing at which time they shall have an opportunity to present facts and testimony in support of, or in op-position to, the request. Prior to the hearing, additional information on a request may be obtained by visiting the Development Services Department weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by telephone at (336) 753-6050.As a result of the public hearing, substantial changes might be made in the advertised proposal, reflecting objections, debate and discussion at the hearing. Anyone who needs an accommodation to participate in the meeting should notify the Development Services Department at least 48 hours prior to the meeting or call North Caroli-na Relay at 1-800-735-8262.Andrew MeadwellPlanning DepartmentPublish 3/10/22, 3/17/22 Public Notices No. 1393000NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Executrix of the Estate of DONNA SUE FROST late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present written claim to the undersigned on or before May 17, 2022 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this notice), or this no- tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebt- ed to said estate will please make immedi- ate payment to the undersigned. This the 17th day of February, 2022. Asusena Moreno C/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP Brian F. Williams, Attorney at Law 284 South Main Street Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22 No. 1393797 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Execu-tor of the Estate of James Lonnie Glasscock late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present written claim to the undersigned on or before May 17, 2022 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this notice) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immedi-ate payment to the undersigned.This the 8th of February, 2022.Karen Storie Glasscock, Executorc/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II, Attorney at LawMARTIN & VAN HOY, LLPAttorneys at Law10 Court SquareMocksville, NC 27028(336)751-2171Publish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22 No. 1399677 NOTICE Public Sale: Mocksville Mini Stor- age intends to sell the contents of the following units in an attempt to collect unpaid rent and expenses: 329 Brandy Anderson 296 Matthew Brelia 216 Angela Cayer 253 Jackie Gaultney 473 Jacqueline Gordon 122 Terrell Hardin 165 Leslie Irvin 201 Annette Newton 432 Kenneth Phelps Household Items NO PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED Public Sale Dates March 4, 2022 at 12:00 Noon 124 Eaton Road, Mocksville (336) 751-2483 Publish: 2/24/22, 3/3/22 No. 1396324 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE SHIAWASSEE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT FILE NO. 21-6382-DO - Divorce TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including:Sharon L. Tweedie v Donald G. ShoresNOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION To: Donald G. ShoresTake notice that Initial Pleadings for divorce were filed by Sharon L. Tweedie on the 6th day of Decem-ber 2021, with the Clerk of Circuit Court for Shiawassee, County MI in the above-entitled proceedings. The case relates to the marriage held on the 28th day of April 2011 in Mocksville, NC. TAKE NOTICE that you are re-quired to make defense to such pleading no later than forty (40) days after the date of first publi-cation of this notice, exclusive of such date. Upon your failure to do so the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for relief sought in the Judg-ment of Divorce.Publish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3 No. 1398614 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Limited Personal Representative of the Estate of Julia Ann Browning late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present written claim to the un-dersigned on or before May 24, 2022 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this notice) or this notice will be plead-ed in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 16th of February, 2022.Holly Prillaman, Limited Personal Representative c/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II, Attorney at LawMARTIN & VAN HOY, LLPAttorneys at Law10 Court SquareMocksville, NC 27028(336)751-2171Publish 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22, 3/17/22 No. 1394342 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Execu-tors of the Estate of Minnie R. Cornatzer, a/k/a Minnie Riddle Cornatzer, Minnie Cornatzer, Minnie Lee Cornatzer, Minnie L. Cornatzer, late of Davie County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the office of their attorney at 110 Oakwood Drive, Suite 300, Winston-Salem, NC 27103-1958, on or before the 19th day of May, 2022 or this no-tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This 17th day of February, 2022.Billy Ray Cornatzer and Stacy Lee Cornatzer, Co-ExecutorsEstate of Minnie R. CornatzerCraige Jenkins Liipfert & Walker, LLPPublish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22 No. 1394954 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DAVIE 2021E427 ADMINISTRATIX’S NOTICE Having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of Jerri Etta Ijames Sherrill, deceased, of Davie County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of May 2022, being three months from the first day of publication of this notice, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 17th day of February, 2022.Mildred W. Phifer100 Windward CircleMocksville, NC 27028Piedmont Legal Associates, PALynne Hicks, Attorney for EstateNC Bar #011125124 West Depot StreetMocksville, NC 27028(336)751-3312Publish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22 No. 1393016 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Patricia L. Bell, aka Patricia Folterman Bell, late of Davie County, NC, this is to no-tify all persons, firms and corpo-rations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before May 25, 2022. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are noti-fied to make immediate payment. Today’s date 02/17/2022. Matthew W. Bell, 124 Brookhollow Drive, Mount Holly, NC 28120, as Execu-tor of the Estate of Patricia L. Bell, deceased, File #22E30. Publish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22 Lost & Found FOUND DOG- KANNAPOLIS! Brown & white med sized short haired intact male hound mix. 704-754-2909 FOUND puppy in Westcliff neigh- borhood area. Black, approxi- mately 12-16 weeks old. Must identify gender and color of collar to claim. Please call (980)439- 2983 to identify and claim pet Husqvarna chainsaw lost on Sells Road. Reward 7042136474 LOST DOG 10 months, gray and black, hair could be longer or shaved. Refer to Lost Dog photo. $202-436-2960. LOST DOG Call 202-436-2960. Public Notices Public Notices No. 1405247 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Mabel D. Ritchie, aka Mable Dunn Ritchie, late of Davie County, NC, this is to no-tify all persons, firms and corpo-rations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before June 8, 2022. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are noti-fied to make immediate payment. Today’s date 03/03/2022. Stephen M. Ritchie, 2356 Croydon Road, Charlotte, NC 28207, as Executor of the Estate of Mabel D. Ritchie, deceased, File #22E76. Publish 3/3/22, 3/10/22, 3/17/22, 3/24/22. No. 1393009 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors for the Estate of James Ralph Polk, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to ex-hibit them to the undersigned on or before May 25, 2022. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. Today’s date 02/17/2022. Johnny Dale Polk, 198 Castle Creek Road, States-ville, NC 28625 and James Allen Polk, 331 Lillian Circle, Salisbury, NC 28147, as Co-Executors of the Estate of James Ralph Polk, deceased, File #21E412. Publish 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22. No. 1397916 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of the late ENOLA M. PARSONS of Da-vie County, hereby notifies all per-sons, firms, and corporations hav-ing claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before May 24, 2022 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this notice) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 24th day of February 2021.LORENE MARKLAND170 Taylor RoadAdvance, NC 27006WADE H. LEONARD, JR.Attorney at Law34 Court SquareMocksville, NC 27028Publish 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22, 3/17/22 No. 1402907 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Admin-istratrix of the Estate of JOHNNY WAYNE BUMGARNER late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present written claim to the un-dersigned on or before June 3, 2022 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of thisnotice), or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Allpersons, firms, and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 3rd day of March, 2022.Joyce Elaine BumgarnerC/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLPBrian F. Williams,Attorney at Law284 South Main StreetMocksville, NC 27028Publish 3/3/22, 3/10/22, 3/17/22, 3/24/22 No. 1392076 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Exec-utor of the Estate of Benjamin Emil Nayder late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present written claim to the undersigned on or before May 10, 2022 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this notice) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immedi-ate payment to the undersigned.This the 4th of February, 2022.Catherine Richardson, Executorc/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II, Attorney at LawMARTIN & VAN HOY, LLPAttorneys at Law10 Court SquareMocksville, NC 27028(336)751-2171Publish 2/10/22, 2/17/22, 2/24/22, 3/3/22. No. 1398293 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Eloise G. Masche late of Davie County, this is to no-tify all persons, firms and corpo-rations having claims against said Estate to present written claim to the undersigned on or before May 24, 2022 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this notice) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corpora-tions indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 16th of February, 2022.Keith Gordon, Executorc/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II, Attorney at LawMARTIN & VAN HOY, LLPAttorneys at Law10 Court SquareMocksville, NC 27028(336)751-2171Publish 2/24/22, 3/3/22, 3/10/22, 3/17/22 B10 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, March 3, 2022 By Carrie MillerDavie Senior Servicesand by Hazel Dillard On Thursday, Feb. 17, Davie Senior Services held its first Black History Mu-seum. The program started with a reading about Black His-tory Month and why it was organized followed by the singing of the Black Na-tional Anthem, followed by reciting the African Pledge. Before starting the tour, everyone was invited to visit the lobby of the (imaginary) museum and take in the dis-play of African Americans. The first individual intro-duced was Marcus Garvey, who was instrumental in creating the African Libera-tion Flag which means, “set free.” He told the audience the meaning of the flag col-ors. Red was for the blood and struggle. Black rep-resents the people and their color. Green stands for the land and the future. He said it is “our (Af-rican Americans) responsi-bility to know who we are (black), know that our pur-pose is to struggle (red), and know that our goal is liber-ation (set free), and to have a better tomorrow (green).”The tour started with a visit to Fredrick Douglass, a patriot, activist, and advisor to President Abraham Lin-coln during the beginning of the Civil War. Up next was President Barack Obama, where they learned that he was the first African-American presi-dent. He served two terms, and he published an auto-biography titled “Dreams from My Father” that has been printed in more than 25 languages. As the tour continued, the audience met Mary Mc-Cleod Bethune, who was elected President of the National Council of Negro Women in 1924. Next was Rosa Parks, who was arrested after re-fusing to give up her seat to a white man which started the Montgomery Bus Boy-cott which led to a 1957 victory in the US Supreme Court that the Montgomery seating laws were unfair, kicking off the Civil Rights Movement. As the guide contin-ued through the museum journey, the crowd learned in detail about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sojourner Truth, Maya Angelou, fin-ishing with a detour back to the lobby where a special Hazel Dillard, Azalee Stockton, and Delores Deese smile for the camera during the Black History Month celebration at Davie Senior Services. Azalee Stockton serves as the emcee for the Black History Month Program. Regina Graham-Hauser talks about Julius Suiter and invites the audience in for a moment of silence. Black history ‘museum’ guides visitors at senior services Mike Epps steps into the role of Marcus Garvey for the Black History Museum. Ernest Hargrove as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the Black History Museum. Alice Brown in her role as Selma Burke for the Black History Museum at senior services. guest appeared – a local ce-lebrity: Selma Burke. Burke was born in Mooresville, and her uncle was a pastor in Mocksville. Selma Burke is best known for her portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt on the dime.To conclude the Black History Museum program, the audience learned of Harriet Tubman, her ac-complishments, and the an-nouncement that she would be replacing Andrew Jack-son on the $20 bill. Participants in the Black History Museum: Azalee Stockton, Sandi Winston, Hazel Dillard, May Ange-lou, Betty Clement, Nellie Hargrove, Alice Brown, Lonell Pruitt, Levi Pruitt, Sandra Massey, Danny Har-ris, Ernest Hargrove, Mike Epps, and Delores Deese.On Tuesday, Feb. 22, more than 50 individuals gathered in person or via Zoom for the annual Black History Month Celebration. Senior Services partnered with the Davie Chapter of the NAACP for an after-noon program titled “Our Journeys, Our Songs: Part 2” following in the footsteps that Alice Brown presented upon in 2021. It opened with Senior Services Director, Kim Shuskey, welcoming the crowd. Regina Graham-Hauser shared about Julius Suiter, and the audience shared a moment of silence in re-membrance of him and his contributions to black histo-ry in Davie County. Nina Simone sang as “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” was played over the speaker system. Azalee Stockton, pro-gram chair for the NAACP, followed with an introduc-tion to the program and shared information with the audience about Nina Simone and the Refuge Community Church Praise Dance Team. They shared dances to “Stand Up” and “Remember Me.” Stockton read a biogra- phy about Langston Hughes who wrote two poems: “I, too” and “Mother to Son” which were juxtaposed in the program by Hazel Dil-lard and Priscilla Williams. Jazmyne Baylor, adult services librarian at the Da-vie County Public Library, said the library is collecting information on Black His-tory in Davie County. The project was presented in a slideshow and featured the following individuals: Ju-lius Edward Suiter, Vincent Cockerham, Annie Laurie Dulin, Janet Wyatt Fleming, Magalene Dulin Gaither, Dorothy Rucker Graham, PJ Peck, Haley Pulliam and Skylar, Jenny Steven-son, and Lonnie A. Wil-son Jr. who all have many accomplishments to share with Davie County and the world. Baylor closed the presentation with a quote from Bell Hooks and en-couraged everyone to come by the library and share the stories of Black History in Davie County. The program closed with Apostle Pleshette Redmond reading a short story titled “A World Without Black People” and Sarah Jeanette Parks singing “I Won’t Go Back” to end the program. The audience sang the Wesleyan Grace as a bless-ing for the refreshments. The National Theme for Black History Month was “Black Health and Well-ness” and the refreshments included meatballs, a veg-etable tray, fruit tray, and a small dessert for guests. The Black History Museum speakers line the stage to share the stories of their past. “Senior Services would like to thank the Davie Chapter of the NAACP for co-sponsoring the 2022 Black History Month pro-gram, and look forward to next year’s event,” said Shuskey. Hazel Dillard and Priscilla Williams juxtapose Langston Hughes poems. Sarah Parks as Maya Angelou. The Refuge Community Church Praise Dance Team shares an eight-min- ute dance with the audience.