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Davie County Enterprise Record 8-17-2023USPS 149-160 Number 33 Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 24 Pages 75¢ We Want You! Davie High football team opens season Friday at home 89076 3821260Special Section Inside Page 12 Watershed Study Bermuda Run delays vote on apartment rezoning Aren’t you the President?Well yes, I am.It was a good question from a Davie County High School student. After all, they and fellow students were near Bessastaoir, the historic residence of the President of Iceland, located near Reykjavik.The group was leaving the area after a tour of the sites, and man rode up on a bicycle. They recognized the face, and asked him if he is the President.It was Gudni Johannesson, out for a ride on his bicycle. Those students from Davie County just happened to be at the right place at the right time. Their tour guide was also elated, and said it had never happened before.“He was gracious and kind and made photos with every student,” said Jackie Ellis, a parent who traveled with the group.The trip for AP history students at the school was orga-nized by teacher, Laura Doub. Hello, Mr. President Davie High AP History students pose with Iceland President Gudni Johannesson after they spotted him riding a bicycle near his historic home. - Photos courtesy Jackie Ellis Davie High teacher Laura “Ms. K” Doub poses with the Pres- ident. DCHS students meet Iceland’s top official By Julia BurazerDavie Respect Initiative Consumers in North Caro-lina made more than 64,000 fraud reports that totaled slightly more than $93 million in losses in 2021, according to a report from the Federal Trade Commission.The top category received was identity theft, followed by imposter scams and credit bu- Nick Ruff talks about his Cyber Safe Seniors pro- gram. Teen educating seniors about cyber scams reaus. Other reports involved online shopping, and banks and lenders, the FTC said.The median loss was $446, the FTC said.Meet Davie Respect Initia-tive’s newest Ambassador of Respect: Nick Ruff and his winning project, “Cyber Safe Seniors.” “My neighbor was prey to a tech scam. He was told his computer had a virus and was compromised,” Nicks said. “He was to send $200 in Apple Gift cards in order to repair it.” Luckily, the neighbor called Nick, who in turn called his father, Lt. Ruff at the Davie County Sheriff’s Department. Iit was a scam and Nick saved his neighbor from losing $200. This incident and the in-crease in consumer fraud and scams motivated Nick to want to do something. He especial- ly wanted to help older adults because it was “hard to see and hear how many people were being scammed and losing their hard-earned money.” He got started by creating a database of common scams. Lt. Butero and Det. Gomez helped Nick accumulate this information and his mother, Christy Ruff, was his biggest New EMS station opens in Advance EMS Director Joseph Ashburn celebrates the opening of a new station on Cornatzer Road with former directors Johnny Frye and Dwayne Smith. - Photo by Mike Barnhardt By Mike BarnhardtEnterprise Record Aaron Thies has been fired as Cooleemee’s town clerk, accused of embezzling more than $250,000 from the town’s coffers since he took the job in 2021.The criminal case in be-ing investigated by the Davie County Sheriff’s Office and the SBI, but a civil lawsuit filed on behalf of the town by attorney, Brandy Koontz, spells out some of the claims against Thies. The court or-dered on Monday that Thies refrain from liquidating any of the money or assets believed to have been taken from the town.Thies was terminated from his job in early August, when members of the town board voted unanimously for the termination after learning in closed session about some of the alleged misdoings. The same board voted last week for Steven Corriher, a former clerk, to take over the job. By Mike BarnhardtEnterprise Record BIXBY - If you have a heart attack in LA, your chances of survival just got better.Davie Emergency Medical Ser-vices (EMS) dedicated its newest sta-tion here last week, meaning a quick-er response to medical emergencies in lower Advance and surrounding communities.“You know that first responders are my people, and I’m excited our EMS crews have a great building, a great strategic location to respond to our citizens professionally and quickly,” Benita Finney, county commission-er, said at a ribbon cutting ceremony Please See EMS - Page 4 Town clerk fired Probe begins into Cooleemee financial records Please See Clerk - Page 5 Please See Respect - Page 5 Y O U! eliBRANHAM tyMILLE R markelSUMMER S evanFROELICH W E W A N T 2 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023Editorial Page USPS 149-160 171 S. Main St., P.O. 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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 office no later than noon Monday of the week to be published. Enterprise Record P.O. Box, 99, Mocksville, mike.barnhardt@davie-enterprise.com. Tell us what you think By Mike WaldenNCSU When growing up in the 1950s, I was a fan of the Su-perman TV show. The program opened with the announcer looking up at the sky and saying, “It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superman!” I’ve used a modified version of today’s column to add some humor to the serious question of what kind of an economy we have now. Many say the economy is not changing according to the script we’ve usually seen in the past. As a result, there’s confusion and concern about where the economy is headed. There’ve been numerous explanations given, with some suggesting good times ahead and others indicating bad times, but all pointing to an unusual economy. We’re hearing phrases and terms like a soft landing economy, a full employment recession, a rich recession, a rolling re-cession and an economy ultimately headed for a big crash. I’ll attempt to explain what all these phrases and terms mean. Then, as is always the case, I’ll let you decide which picture of the economy makes the most sense.The interpretations of the economy are divided into the good and the bad. On the good side are a soft landing economy and a full-employment economy, which I’ll turn to first.A soft landing for the economy is exactly what the Fed-eral Reserve is trying to accomplish with its interest rate hikes. By slowly increasing interest rates over the past two years, the Fed wants to moderate the pace of economic growth and bring buying more in line with the supply of goods and services. The result would be to take the pressure off prices and lower the rate of price increases. Through this gradual approach, the Fed hopes the econo-my will still grow, although more slowly, thereby avoiding a crash into a recession. A recession means the economy contracts, that is, gets smaller. Right now, with the economy continuing to expand and with the year-over-year inflation rate reduced from 9% to 3%, many think the Fed could guide the economy into landing safely on the runway of lower inflation. The soft landing means the inflation rate returns to a normal level without the pain of job losses and economic retreat. A soft landing is obviously the best result for the country, but it has been difficult to achieve in the past.A full employment recession is a term several econo-mists have used to describe today’s unusual economy. The idea is the economy will eventually slip into a recession, but it won’t impact the job market. This is different be-cause the accepted definition of a recession requires eco-nomic contraction to be widespread, including job losses. A full employment recession means the non-labor part of the economy — such as technology, machinery, finance and construction — will suffer. But the labor part of the economy won’t. Unlike a normal recession, in a full em-ployment recession, the unemployment rate remains low and aggregate job losses don’t happen. Sure, as always occurs, some firms will reduce jobs, but those cuts will be made up by job gains in other sectors. Why would the job market be spared in a full employ-ment recession? It’s a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated shortages in workers. Many firms had trou-ble hiring workers during and after the pandemic. Memo-ries of those difficulties could motivate businesses to keep workers, even if the firms experience reduced sales for a while. Plus, looking ahead, experts see the labor force only expanding between 0.5 and 1% annually, less than half the rate of 50 years ago. Indeed, except for a brief rebound in the early 2000s, labor force growth has been steadily dropping for five decades. The weak labor force outlook is another reason why companies may want to hold on to their workers, even in relatively challenging times.Now onto the bad interpretations of today’s economy. Some argue the economy is already in a recession, but the difference is it’s mainly been confined to the rich, hence the name rich recession. The tech sector, which pays sal-aries double that of other jobs, has cut more than 650,000 jobs in 2022 and the first half of 2023. This represents a loss of $65 billion in purchasing power and has hurt busi-nesses catering to higher-income consumers. In contrast, workers in lower-paying jobs have received the highest rate of pay increases this decade. This is because many of those workers have become more valuable to businesses due to the labor shortage affecting several economic sec-tors.Another interpretation of the current economic situa-tion is another new term: a rolling recession. Here, a reces-sion rolls through the economy, not impacting all sectors at the same time, but instead affecting each at different times. Initially, sectors supplying services were hit, due to the continuing reluctance of people to personally interact as a result of COVID-19. Companies making products did well as consumers purchased items like furniture, cloth-ing and vehicles they couldn’t get during the pandemic. Hence, a recession hit service companies first but spared product companies.Eventually, this dichotomy flipped, as higher interest rates made many products too expensive, and fear about the face-to-face contact implied when buying services subsided. So now the recession has rolled past service firms and is hitting product firms. Last is the viewpoint that the economy may look rea-sonably good today, but a big crash is eventually coming. Supporters of this idea say rising interest rates combined with high and rising debt will eventually cause an econom-ic implosion.Are you confused about today’s economy? Don’t wor-ry, you have company; economists are also befuddled. I hope I’ve been able to give you a scorecard for the dif-ferent interpretations to help you decide how to navigate through today’s uncertainty.Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University. Confused about our economic direction? Economists have differing opinions, as well Road Trips Part 2By Denise Bell Road trips of my youth created a wanderlust in me that resonated throughout my entire life. I am about to head back to Michigan to visit my family over Labor Day. I am looking forward to the time in the car, a time when I cannot be distracted by the things in my everyday life. Not much one can do but drive. I love listening to the radio or an audiobook, driving in silence, fully taking in the ever-changing surroundings as I make my way home.When I was growing up, my family went on a fun, impromptu road trip. We ate hot dogs in Chicago as we walked along Lake Michigan. Then off we went to see the Archway Arch in St. Louis, my first time to cross the Mississippi. Indianapolis was our last stop, and we could not leave the city without a trip to the Speedway and a lap or two around the track! I have made the trip from Flagstaff, Arizona to Michi-gan a few times. Each trip was for a momentous occasion such as a marriage, a birth and a move. The first time was with my youngest daughter who was getting married in North Carolina and I flew west to start making her wed-ding dress. I did most of the machine sewing in Flagstaff and then we hit the road. We camped in one-man tents in a national forest in Wyoming. I hand stitched her dress while my daughter drove through the Rocky Mountains. Once we got to Michigan, we had her bridal shower and then headed to North Carolina for her wedding.The next time I made the reverse trip, Michigan to Flag-staff with my four grandchildren and my oldest daughter. My youngest daughter was expecting her first child, and we made the trip to be there to welcome my new grand-child. While we were there, we took extra road trips. A day trip to the Grand Canyon when my granddaughter was just a week old. Then we left the new family for a few days to explore the Canyons of Utah.The third time I made the trip, my daughter was moving her family to Michigan. I flew out to Flagstaff to help with the move and the drive back. While they were packing up the last of their stuff, I wandered to Four Corners where I had a hand in Colorado, a hand in Utah, a foot in Arizona and a foot in New Mexico. I explored another canyon in the Grand Circle of Canyons and then went to the Petrified Forest on my way back to Flagstaff. I love road trips and have made many through the years. I have driven from Seattle to Portland, to the Upper Penin-sula of Michigan, from Detroit to Hot Springs, Arkansas, fourteen hours straight. Not to mention the dozen or so times I have driven back and forth to North Carolina from Michigan before I moved here.I get such joy when I get behind the wheel of my car and am heading off on the road. Whether a day trip or a longer distance trip, I never tire of the winding roads that take me from one place to another. Over my adult years, I have accumulated so many wonderful memories of road trips I have been lucky to have taken. I am looking forward to future road trips to come and the experiences I will have of stopping and seeing new places along the way. New Kid: For Our Younger ReadersBy Julie Terry CartnerScuffing her brand new, back to school, shoes in the dust, Bria scowled. Mom would not be happy if she messed up her new shoes. Part of her didn’t care. Her life was ruined anyway.Was it just two weeks ago that she and her best friend, Regan, had made plans for the first day of school. Finally in fifth grade and in double digits, Bria and Regan planned to walk to school together instead of having their moth-ers drive them the short distance. Ten years old had been the promise. They could be trusted to walk. Excited to no longer be protected babies, as they’d felt all last year, they were ready to be big girls, almost pre-teens.Then Bria’s world had imploded. Dad had been trans-ferred, effective immediately, and the family was mov-ing. Not only was Bria losing her home, but she was also moving away from her best friend, and, to make bad even worse, she had to start a new school.No longer excited about back-to-school shopping or the new clothes in her closet. Bria now dreaded going to school. The new kid. She didn’t want to be the new kid. New kids stood out. New kids were teased, bullied, or ig-nored. Everyone would have friends already, and nobody would want her. Friend groups had already been formed. In the rush of moving, Mom had only gotten Bria registered the day before, and today was the first day of school. She’d had a tour of the school, but the new hall-ways were confusing, adding to her stress and sadness. As she climbed out of the car, and yes, she was still a baby car rider, Bria gave her mom a wobbly smile and trudged towards the school.As Bria walked towards the building, she watched the other children walk in pairs, in trios, and in groups, all chatting excitedly about their summers and their shared classes.And here I am, Bria thought glumly, the new kid. Alone. She was about to go find her classroom figuring she’d stand out less sitting in her classroom than standing in the entranceway when a voice beside her spoke. “Hi, I’m Maddie. Are you, by any chance, Bria?”Startled, Bria said, “Yes,” then added, “How did you know?”“Magic,” Maddie answered. “I read minds.” Then, gig-gling at Bria’s startled expression, she said, “Not really, of course; I’m just teasing. Mrs. Grimes, the principal, showed me your picture. This school has a buddy On Aug. 28, Davie County Schools students will start a new year.For many, it will be their first time in an organized school. It’s tough on little kindergarten students, but it’s not so easy on their parents, either.The late Rose Post, columnist and writer for The Salisbury Post, was first to reprint this article written by a school principal in Franklin, Ind. many years ago. It is still appropriate today.“My son starts to school this week. It’s all going to be strange and new to him for a while, and I wish you would sort of treat him gently. Up to now he’s been boss of the backyard. I have always been around to repair his wounds, and I’ve always been handy to sooth his feelings. But now … Things are going to be different. “This morning he’s going to walk down the front steps, wave his hands and start on his great adven-ture that probably will include wars and tragedy and sorrow. To live his life in the world will require faith and love and courage. So, teacher, I wish you would sort of take him by his young hand and teach him the things he will have to know. “Teach him, but gently if you can. He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, that all men are not true. “Teach him that for every scoundrel, there is a hero. For every crooked politician, there is a dedi-cated leader. Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend. Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest people to lick. “Teach him the wonders of books. Give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill. Teach him about the world of work. “Teach him that it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong. Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone else is getting on the bandwagon. “Teach him to listen to all men, but to filter all he hears on a screen of truth and to take only the truth that comes through. “Teach him to sell his brawn and brains to the highest bidder, but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul. “Teach him to close his ears in a howling mob and to stand and fight if he thinks he’s right. “Teach him gently, but don’t cuddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel. “This is a big order, teacher, but see what you can do. He’s such a nice little fellow, my son.” Teachers have a big order to fill DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 - 3 White House Weddings By Betty Etchison WestFor the Enterprise The next White House wedding after that of John Adams II and Mary Cather-ine Hellen took place four years later. The bride was Mary Eastin, granddaughter of Rachel Jackson’s broth-er, Col. John Donelson. Mary was a favorite of President Andrew Jackson, and, when he moved to the White House, Mary Eastin went along and lived there. Mary, who was described as sprightly and person-able, quickly became a belle of Washington. One of Mary’s boy-friends was Major Abram van Buren, the son of Mar-tin van Buren who would become the 8th President, but that did not last. Mary set her cap for an English-born naval offi-cer, Captain Bolton Finch, who was nearly twice her age. A date for the Eastin/ Finch wedding was set for Feb. 14, 1832. Mary went to New York to buy her trousseau. She spent so much money that President Jackson got upset and told Rachel’s brother-in-law to look into the situation. In addition to her other expen-ditures, Mary paid $1 for a hat box and that seemed to be the thing that caused the President to become dis-turbed—that $1. Lucius J. Polk, the sec-ond cousin of James K. Polk, lived in Tennessee and had been an admirer of Mary Eastin. When he heard about the upcoming wedding, he left for Wash-ington because he want-ed to stop that wedding. When he left Tennessee, he left plans for building a house on land which he had inherited and to which he could bring his bride. Con-fident, wasn’t he? The book, “White House Brides” by Marie Smith and Louise Durbin, says: “When the confident suitor arrive in Washing-ton, the President was de-lighted to see him. Polk is said to have asked the President to plead his case with Mary, and it is further reported that “Uncle Jack-son” as Mary called him, warned her, ‘Take care, my dear. With love, marriage is heaven, without it, hell.’ Whether that weath-er-beaten bit of philosophy did the trick or not, Mary changed her mind. She called off the wedding to Finch and set the date for the Eastin/Polk wedding for April 10, 1832, just two months after she had planned to marry Capt. Finch.”The wedding took place in the White House East Room which had been newly decorated by Pres-ident Jackson, the man who was upset about Mary spending $1 for a hat box. President Jackson had spent $10,000 on that re-furnishing, and he added the North Portico at the White House which faces Pennsylvania Avenue and became the main entrance. President Jackson planted a magnolia tree in memory of his wife, Rachel. That magnolia tree survived un-til 2017. It was sad that that magnolia, which had lived for almost 200 years, had to be removed. If President Jackson had any doubts about the Eastin/Polk wedding, they were unnecessary. The newlyweds went to Tennes-see and lived in the house for which he had left plans for when he went to Wash-ington. Polk’s Tennessee es-tate was called Hamilton Place, and the house was completed in the summer of 1832. The Polks became the parents of 12 children, which included two sets of twins. Mary died in child-birth with the second set of twins that were born in 1847. During the 15 years that Mary and Lucius Polk were married, they had 12 children, and two of those children died at birth. Lu-cius Polk lived on at his hom until his death in 1870. That house is still owned by the Polk descendants.•The same year that Mary Eastin and Lucius Polk were married in the White House another wedding was also held in the East Room - the wedding of friends of President Jack-son and was the first wed-ding in the White House of an individual who was not related to the first family. Mary Anne Lewis was the daughter of Jackson’s quartermaster officer at New Orleans, Major Wil-liam Berkeley Lewis, who was a close friend of Pres-ident Jackson. Mary Ann Lewis was a motherless child who was taken in at the Hermitage, the home of Andrew Jackson, by Rachel Jackson. When An-drew Jackson was elected president and moved to the White House, he took Mary Ann and her father with him. There was criticism from both the Jackson fam-ily and the officials about that living arrangement so Major Lewis and Mary moved out.Mary Anne was invit-ed to a Christmas party at the White House when she was 18. There she met Al-phonse Pageot, a secretary of the French Legation and a brother of French Minis-ter Serrurier’s wife. That must have been love-at-first-sight because a short time later Marry Anne and Pageot were engaged. President Jackson want-ed them to get married in the White house which is exactly what happened. They were married in the beautifully decorated East Room by the Rev. William Matthews of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church before a large group of family mem-bers, friends, and the Dip-lomatic Corp. That was the first Catholic wedding to be held in the White House.Mary Anne and Pageot left for a trip to Philadel-phia, and, when they re-turned to Washington, her father, Major Lewis, gave them an elegantly fur-nished mansion. Part of the deal concerning the new mansion was that Major Lewis went with the house, meaning that he would live with the newlyweds. That arrangement evidently that worked out satisfactorily. About a year later, Little Andrew Jackson Pageot was born, and the President wanted him christened at the White House. Father Matthews, the Catholic Priest christened Little An-drew Jackson Pageot with the President acting as god-father. The Pageots lived in France at Passy (Seine). Mary Anne died there when she was 52 years old. When she died in Avi-gnon, she did not know that her father, Major William Berkeley Lewis, had died three days earlier in Nash-ville, her birthplace. The White House East Room. Bride changes mind - and grooms - at last minute BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT The BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT- An AFFORDABLE marketing choice! 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Continued From Page 1The civil suit says that on July 31, Mayor Jes-sica Almond learned from a member of the community that Thies had been paid an unapproved $4,000 bonus. The investigation began.“They discovered that the defendant had commit-ted massive and fraudulent embezzlement schemes over the course of his em-ployment,” according to the lawsuit.Other findings claimed by the lawsuit:• While it is town policy for two signatures on ev-ery check, many had only Clerk ... Thies’ signature.• He would claim “legiti-mate” expenses to the may-or, then later write a check to himself.• He manipulated data in the town’s books, as well as in the payroll software pro-gram.• He altered statements and receipts.When questions were brought up in the spring, Thies had falsely claimed that a software crash had caused the problems, the lawsuit said.“He repeatedly abused his position of trust and re-sponsibility to engage in an ongoing clandestine scheme to embezzle funds from the Town of Cooleemee and secretly convert such funds to his own use, benefit and enjoyment.”The board had two spe-cial meetings called by their attorney, Wendy Terry.The suit claims that dur-ing his employment, Thies used the funds to help pay off his college debt, pay off a vehicle and buy a Chevro-let Tahoe and a Ski-Do and trailer. He has also went on numerous vacations, it said.Thies also asked friends to help him conceal up to $15,000.Aaron Thies had been the Cooleemee Town Clerk since 2021. - Photo by Mike Barnhardt 6 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023Public Records Sheriff’s OfficeThe following are from Davie County Sheriff’s Of-fice reports.Aug. 12: noise com-plaint, Spruce St., Mocks-ville; domestic disturbance, Channel Lane, Mocksville; assault, Markland Road, Advance; noise complaint, Hodgsons MHP Road, Advance; missing person, NC 801 S., Mocksville; damage to property, Shady-brook Road, Mocksville; domestic disturbance, Ca-ble Lane, Mcoksville; noise complaint, W. Kinderton Way, Bermuda Run; ha-rassment, Pointe House Lane, Mocksville; domes-tic disturbance, Fletcher St., Mcoksville; domes-tic disturbance, Midway Drive, Statesville; trespass-ing, Angell Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Country Lane, Mocksville.Aug. 11: domestic disturbance, Bunkhouse Lane, Mcoksville; domes-tic disturbance, Rolling Hills Lane, Mcoksville; noise complaint, Yadkin Valley Road, Advance; disturbance, Cemetery St., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Sheffield Road, Mocksville; domestic as-sist, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; larceny, Lib-erty Church Road, Mocks-ville; trespassing, N. Main St., Mocksville; damage to property, Cornatzer Road, Mcoksville; fraud, Sweet-wood Lane, Mcoksville; harassment, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; noise complaint, Yadkin Valley Road, Advance; suspicious activity, Valley Road, Mocksville; damage to property, Shadybrook Road, Mocksville.Aug. 10: noise com-plaint, Yadkin Valley Road, Advance; missing person, LaQuinta Drive, Advance; harassment, Corries Lane, Mocksville; larceny, Underpass Road, Advance; domestic distur-bance, Underpass Road, Advance; domestic distur-bance, Shadygrook Road, Mocksville; larceny, Will Boone Road, Mocksville; runaway, Bootleg Alley, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Princeton Court, Advance; fraud, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; suspi-cious activity, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; domestic disturbance, Daniel Road, Mocksville.Aug. 9: trespassing, Willhaven Drive, Mocks-ville; trespassing, Twin Pines Circle, Mocksville; disturbance, Redland Road/US 158, Advance; suspicious activity, Mr. Henry Road, Mocksville; larceny, Cross St., Coolee-mee; nuisance complaint, Turnberry Drive, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Kleunie Road, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Peter Hairston Road, Advance; suspicious activity, US 64 E/Thousand Trails Drive, Advance; trespassing, Mountview Drive, Mocks-ville; harassment, Center St., Cooleemee; larceny, US 64 E., Mocksville; ha-rassment, Princeton Court, Advance; damage to prop-erty, Ashley Furniture Way, Advance; domestic distur-bance, US 64 E., Mocks-ville; harassment, Fletcher St., Mocksville; domestic assist, US 601 N., Mocks-ville; larceny, Fork Bixby Road, Advance.Aug. 8: suspicious ac-tivity, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; noise com-plaint, Yadkin Valley Road, Advance; trespass-ing, Twins Way, Bermuda Run; domestic disturbance, Creason Road, Mocksville; disturbance, NC 801 S., Mocksville; harassment, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, Cherry St., Mocks-ville; damage to property, S. Main St., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Odell Myers Road, Advance; lar-ceny, Howell Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious package, Marklin Ave., Mocksville; domestic assist, Center Circle, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, S. Main St., Mocksville; domestic as-sist, US 601 S., Mocksville; harassment, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; harassment, Valley Road, Mocksville.Aug. 7: assault, Yadk-inville Road, Mocksville; missing person, Milling Road, Mocksville; fraud, Watt St., Cooleemee; tres-passing, Whitney Road, Mocksville; larceny, Mar-ginal St., Cooleemee; fraud, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; harassment, Hillcrest Drive, Advance; fraud, NC 801 S., Advance; custody issue, Pleasant Acre Drive, Mocksville.Aug. 6: suspicious ac-tivity, US 601 N., Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Liberty Circle, Mocksville; harassment, US 64 W., Mocksville; disturbance, Whetstone Drive, Mocks-ville; trespassing, Ben An-derson Road, Mocksville; fraud, Erwin St., Coolee-mee; disturbance, US 64 E., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Davie St., Coolee-mee; harassment, Pineville Road, Mocksville; ha-rassment, Windsor Circle, Bermuda Run; domestic disturbance, Cook Trail, Mocksville; larceny, Sunset Drive, Mocksville; larceny, Ashley Furniture Way, Ad-vance; suspicious activity, Duke St., Cooleemee; noise complaint, US 158, Mocks-ville. ArrestsThe following were ar-rested by the Davie County Sheriff’s Office.Aug. 12: Javier Osuna Cisneros, 32, of Taylors-ville, reckless driving, driv-ing while license revoked; Dameon Joseph Lew-is-Martinez, 30, of Granada Drive, Advance, larceny after breaking and entering; Sabrina Marie Link, 32, of Duke Whittaker Road, Mocksville, larceny after breaking and entering; Mi-chael Edward Shoemaker, 54, of Hamptonville, mis-demeanor larceny, felony larceny.Aug. 10: Xavier Tyre-ke Allsbrooks, 24, of Ray-mond St., Mocksville, resisting an officer; Terry Austin Hill, 29, of East Bend, obtaining property by false pretense; Nicholas Dean Shaw, 36, of Cam-den Court, Advance, open container of alcohol in vi-olation of local ordinance, possession of drug para-phernalia, aiding and abet-ting driving while license revoked. Aug. 9: Mark Wayne Clark, 62, of US 64 W., Mocksville, domestic vi-olence protective order violation; Patrick Stephon Watson Jr., 36, of Win-ston-Salem, felony larceny, trespassing.Aug. 8: Marcus Wayne Jones, 55, of Greensboro, possession of a firearm by a felon, misdemeanor child aubse, robbery with a dan-gerous weapon. Aug. 7: Blake James Bishop, 24, of Salisbury, identity theft; James Robert Hatfield, 35, of Hampton-ville, failure to return rent-ed property. 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.- John D. Bailey and Cynthia M. Bailey to Justin Winters and Candace Win-ters, 1 lot, Summer Hill Farm, $870.- Miller Tree Service to Comfort Quality Homes, 1.36 acres, $100.- Harris Family Hold-ings and Alex Grubb to Alex Grubb Enterprises, 2 lots, Mocksville Township.- Elizabeth W. Hen-dricks to Gary D. Church and Danny K Church, 1 lot, Fox Meadows.- Ginger K. Massa to Richard R. Massa, 1 lot, Rabbit Farm, Advance.- D.R. Horton Inc. to Jonathan Thomas Ghareeb and Savannah Elizabeth Johnston, 1 lot, Twinbrook, Mocksville, $532.- Everett B. Saslow Jr. to L. Kenneth McDaniel II, 1.34 acres, Howardtown Circle, Mocksville, $37.- Third Generation Homes to Shell D. Berry and Laurel G. Berry, 1 lot, Summerlyn Farms, Clarks-ville Township, $1,196.- D.R. Horton Inc. to Mathew J. Mercadante and Victoria Mercadante, 1 lot, Twinbrook, Mocksville, $597.- David W. Burch and Julie A. Burch to Jerry Eu-gene McCullough, 1 lot, Heritage Oaks, $500.- Terry Calvin Case and Paula Case to Plan C For Me, tract, Clarksville Township, $50.- Todd Allen Crotts and Carena Elaine Crotts to Daniel Ray Crotts, 2.05 acres.- Lucy Shaffer Allen to Teresa Draughn, 2 lots, Craftwood, Mocksville.- Lucy Shaffer Allen to Hunter Jacob Boger, 1 lot, Farmington Township.- Timothy Burge and Ginger Bodenheimer to Julio Cesar Clementa Vitti and Juliana De Giacomette Vitti, 1 lot, Bermuda Run, $1,690.- Sonya Ann Van Camp and Richard Wilson Van Camp III to Deborah Al-exander, 1 lot, Jerusalem Township, $300.- Third Generational Homes to Michael Marton and Leslie Marton, 1 lot, Summerlyn Farms, $1,060.- Brian Craig Hamill and Rebekah Jean Hamill to Michael S. Mills and Susan S. Mills, 1.26 acres, Mocksville Township, $695.- D.R. Horton Inc. to Jessi Burton and Jordan Evans, 1 lot, Twinbrook, Mocksville, $591.- Jenny Lanier Ely and Jordon M. Ely, and Ken-neth A. Lanier Jr. and Kris-ti Lanier to Kayli Lanier Barneycastle, 1.87 acres, $150.- Jenny Lanier Ely and Jordon M. Ely, and Ken-neth A. Lanier Jr. and Kris-ti Lanier to Kenneth A. La-nier Jr. and Kristi Lanier, .46 acre.- Matthew A. Williams, (as trustee, and as execu-tor of estate of Larry Allen Williams) and Judith B. Williams to David C. Mc-Connell and Ellen-Louise McConnell, 1 lot, Oak Val-ley, Advance, $1,350.- Tiffany Black and Lu-cas Black to Shari J. Stoltz-fus and Mary Ann Stoltz-fus, 2 lots, $330.- John C. Porcari, ex-ecutor of estate of John Phillip Oorcari to Rebec-ca Lynn Miller and Rob-ert Reed Russell IV, 1 lot, Windemere Farms, $576.- Tara Durham to Bon-nie Myers and Morris Durham, .84 acre, Correll Road, Mocksville.- S&D Homes to Ja-calyn Martin, 100 by 200 feet, Jerusalem Township, $420.- Estate of Michael K. Joyner Sr. by Melissa An-dujar, estate executor, to Noah Adam Joyner, tracts, Mocksville Township.- Estate of Michael K. Joyner Sr. by Melissa An-dujar, estate executor, to Michael K. Joyner Jr., 1 lot, Mocksville Township.- Estate of Michael K. Joyner Sr. by Melissa An-dujar, estate executor, to Breanna Snowden, tracts, Mocksville Township.- Daniel Guy and Ra-chel Ann Guy to Ryan J. Elbeler, 16.23 acres, An-gell Road, Mocksville, $500.- Miller Tree Service to Bradford Rye and Gina Rye, 3.84 acres, Hillcrest Drive, Advance, $150.- Big Rivers Invest-ments to Lynzie Prater and Dominick Carter, 3 lots, $184.- Meggan Barnes and Peter Q. Tran to Jesse Scott Berry and Makayia Tysing-er Berry, 1 lot, Redland Way, $880.- V. Dawson Strider to James Michael Murphy and Susan Judd Murphy, 2.26 acres, $540.- Walter Fred Barney to Walter Fred Barney (99.5%), Jeanna Jones Hendren (.25%) and Mare-sa Jones Anderson (.25%), 30 acres, Clearwater Lane.- Walter Fred Barney to Walter Fred Barney (99.5%), Jeanna Jones Hendren (.25%) and Mare-sa Jones Anderson (.25%), 11.68 acres, Fork-Bixby Road, Advance.- Brent Edward Tomber-lin and April O. Tomberlin to John Rutler and Amy Rachelle Rutler, 5.12 acres, Hidden Valley, Mocksville Township, $720.- Fiesky A. Nunez and Maria Antonieta Araujo DeNunez to Seth Michael Morris and Jeanne Bing-ham Morris, 1 lot, Oak Val-ley, Advance, $950.- WJH LLC to Shakeda Logan, 1 lot, Ridgemont, Mocksville, $470.- Carmelo J. Zimbardo and Janice L. Zimbardo to Janice L. Zimbardo, 4.56 acres, Jerusalem Township.- Leo Pruitt to Teresia A. Little, tract.- Sea B’s Enterprises to Robert Allen Long and Joan Hatton Long, 1 lot, Bermuda Village, $660.- Christopher Aaron Thompson and Aletha Blanche Thompson, Jason Ashley Thompson and Jen-nifer Anne Thompson, and Christopher Aaron Thomp-son and Jason Ashley Thompson as co-executors of estate of Michael Vernon Thompson, to Peter Tran and Meggan Barnes, 1 lot, Magnolia Acres, $1,110.- Donald L. Lamonds and Donna Lamonds to Donald L. Raines Sr. and Julie E. Raines, 1 lot, River Hill Subdivision, $260.- Allegacy Federal Credit Union to John D. Yarbrough and Jean B. Yar-brough, 1 lot, RC. Foster Subdivision, $520.- Krupal Hari and Hinali Patel to Ricky L. Haraway and Renee S. Haraway, 1 lot, Kinderton Village, $896.- Perry L. Long and Natasha Long to Caleb M. Davis and Cheyenne B. Da-vis, 1.22 acres, Mocksville Township, $510.- WJH LLC to Leslie Dail, 1 lot, Ridgemont, Mocksville, $469.- D.R. Horton Inc. to Christopher Wayne White, 1 lot, Twinbrook Village, Mocksville, $536.- Greg Parrish Build-ers to Todd A. Crotts and Carlena Crotts, 1 lot, Lake Louise, $891.- House Farmers LLC to Stillwater Homes, 2 lots, Heidelburg Subdivision, $260.- Wesley Adam Kapp to Faye Bondurant Kapp, trustee, 5.94 acres, Fork Bixby Road, Advance.- Anita K. Booe and Daniel H. Terry to Jean Marie Harris and Stephen Dean Harris, 1 lot, Kinder-ton Village, $1,040.- Jessie G. Hardin and Patricia D. Hardin to David Robertson and Linda Mar-tin, 1 lot, Redland Place, $840.- Ralph F. Graves Jr. and Barbara M. Graves to Eliz-abeth Graves Thies, interest in tracts, $4.- Ralph F. Graves Jr. and Barbara M. Graves to Mar-sha Graves, interest in tract, Jerusalem Township, $2.- Ralph F. Graves Jr. and Barbara M. Graves to Ralph Jeffrey Graves, in-terest in tract, $4.- Life Home Solutions to Karen Kay Wandzilak, 1 lot, Craftwood, Mocksville, $300.- Allie B. Richardson to John M. Alexander Sr., 4.35 acres, Fulton Town-ship, $88.- Piedmont Assets to Danny E. Hamilton, tract, Mocksville Township, $400.- Kenneth J. Lapiejko and Linda J. Lapiejko to The Veritas Group, 1 lot, Oak Valley, Advance, $220.- Roger P. Spillman to Alfredo Sanchez Moctezu-ma and Julia Acquirre, 3.6 acres, $120.- Stephanie Dorner and Gerald Dorner to Logan Scott Fritts and Victoria Gabrielle Lynne Fritts, 1 lot, $856.- Ashley D. Vuncannon to Leah Shutt, 1.14 acres, $374. 1484 Hwy. 64 West, Mocksville, NC 336-751-3372 1328733 “Serving Davie County Since 1973” •Brakes • Tires • Batteries • Alignments • Scheduled Maintenance • Complete and Professional Auto Repair RANDY MILLER& SONS 295 Miller Road • Mocksville(336) 284-2826 • We Pump Septic Tanks • SEPTIC TANK SERVICE Septic SystemsFootingsLoader Work Skid Steer WorkTrencher WorkHauling StateCertifiedInspector (336) 751-2304 MILLEREQUIPMENTRENTAL FALL IS COMING! 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Prose-cuting: Robert Taylor, Ma-rissa Parker, and Mariah Patterson, assistant DAs.- Norman Louis Ammer-man, taking indecent liber-ties with a child, sentenced to 16-29 months; statutory sex offense with a child younger than or 15 years of age, sentenced to 240 to 348 months at expiration of previous sentence; tak-ing indecent liberties with a child, sentenced to 16 to 29 months at expiration of previous sentence; tak-ing indecent liberties with a child, sentenced to 16 to 29 months at expiration of previous sentence; statuto-ry sex offense with a child younger than or 15 years of age, sentenced to 240 to 348 months at expiration of previous sentence; tak-ing indecent liberties with a child, sentenced to 16 to 29 months at expiration of pre-vious sentence.- Kristen Dianne Cass, felony probation violation out of county, 90 days ac-tive, probation terminated upon completion, obtain substance abuse counseling.- Randy Lee Cook, pro-bation violation, probation revoked, active sentence to run concurrent with any other sentence, $270 attor-ney fee.- Chad McKinley Davis, 2 counts second degree sex exploitation of a minor, sen-tenced to 20 to 33 months.- Brian Dwight Dillard, child abuse inflicting seri-ous bodily injury, sentenced to 108 to 142 months, have no contact with victim nor her mother, do not be on property of victim nor her mother, cost.- Joshua Lashaun Gris-sett, felony fleeing to elude arrest with vehicle, sen-tenced to 10 to 21 months, suspended 24 months, one day active-credit, 24 hours community service, $10,318 restitution to NC Highway Patrol, $300 res-titution to Todd Maulding, cost, $546.25 attorney fee.- Heather Nicole Jones, felony obtaining property by false pretense, sentenced to 9-20 months at expira-tion of any other sentence, obtain substance abuse as-sessment, work release rec-ommended, $42.88 attorney fee, cost; misdemeanor lar-ceny, larceny from the mer-chant product code fraud, dismissed; 3 counts felony probation violation out of county, probation revoked.- Jason Elihue Millsaps, felony probation violation, probation revoked, obtain substance abuse counseling.- Cassondra Delaine Morgan, felony probation violation, attend and com-plete treatment, failure to appear for treatment will result in an order for arrest.- Kendrick O’Bryant Myers, trafficking in meth-amphetamine, 2 counts possession with intent to sell/deliver a schedule II controlled substance, dis-missed; trafficking in opi-um or heroin, reduced to attempted trafficking in opi-um or heroin, sentenced to 23 to 40 months, credit for 244 days, work release rec-ommended, may participate in any educational classes available while incarcerat-ed, cost, $904 attorney fee.- Holly Marie Robert-son, felony maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for controlled substances, sen-tenced to 6-17 months, sus-pended 24 months, 48 days active-credit, obtain sub-stance abuse assessment, cost, $497.50 attorney fee; possession of drug para-phernalia, dismissed. - Tod-Jaa Dazu-Juan Tilley, misdemeanor lar-ceny, possession of meth-amphetamine, sentenced to 8-19 months, suspended 24 months, have no contact with victim, CBI classes, obtain substance abuse as-sessment, $100 restitution to victim, cost, $842 attor-ney fee.- Caleb Mark Withrow, probation violation, pro-bation revoked, receive substance abuse treatment while in custody, $270 at-torney fee.Failure to Appear- Christina Leann Cole-man, felony cruelty to ani-mals, probation violation.- Douglas Lee Little, fel-ony probation. The following cases were disposed of during the June 29 session of Davie District Court. Presiding: Judge B. Carlton Terry. Prosecuting: Mariah Patterson and John Bandle, assistant DAs.- Brianna Dawn Baugh-man, assault, dismissed.- Justin Clanton Brack-en, misuse of 911 system, resisting public officer, dis-missed.- Demetrius M. Brown, review of deferred prose-cution for misdemeanor lar-ceny, sentenced to 45 days, suspended 12 months, 1 day active, cost, $335 attorney fee; probation violation, found in violation, judg-ment entered.- Trevor O’Neal Burris, possession of drug para-phernalia, possession of open container/consuming alcohol in passenger area, using boat access area for other purpose, dismissed; littering 15 to 500 pounds, sentenced to 20 days, sus-pended 12 months, do not be on boat access property, $250, cost, $270 attorney fee.- Tammy Dianne Cass, misdemeanor probation vi-olation, probation terminat-ed, $270 attorney fee.- Aaron Lee Doby, pos-session with intent to manu-facture/sell/deliver a sched-ule III controlled substance, maintaining vehicle/dwell-ing/place for a controlled substance, simple posses-sion of a schedule III con-trolled substance, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, dismissed.- Darryl Paul Ehlers, cy-berstalking, injury to per-sonal property, dismissed.- Damigeo T. Glaspy, felony obtaining property by false pretense, second degree trespass, dismissed; misdemeanor larceny, sen-tenced to time served, cost, $335 attorney fee.- Sha’heem Marquis Gray, simple possession of a schedule VI controlled substance, $75, cost; 2 counts driving while license revoked not DWI, expired registration, expired/no in-spection, dismissed.- Tonya Davis Hedrick, second degree trespass, dis-missed; misdemeanor lar-ceny, sentenced to 45 days, suspended 12 months, 1 day active, submit to tests/searches/seizures, do not be on the property of any Walmart, cost, $270 attor-ney fee.- Tina Marie Jackson, felony giving fictitious information to officer, sentenced to 60 days, sus-pended 12 months, submit to tests/searches/seizures for drugs, obtain substance abuse assessment, cost; simple possession of a schedule IV controlled sub- stance, dismissed.- Daniel Robert Johnson, domestic violence protec-tive order violation, dis-missed, state’s motion to continue denied.- Steven Mark Jones Jr., 3 counts misdemeanor pro-bation violation, probation terminated unsuccessfully.- Samantha K. Joyner, second degree trespass, $50, cost, $302.50 attorney fee; resisting public officer, dis-missed.- Trey Andrew Killian, expired registration, dis-missed.- Christopher L. Kimrey, resisting public officer, sen-tenced to time served, cost.- Daniel Lee Lambert, misdemeanor larceny, sen-tenced to 120 days, sus-pended 12 months, 24 hours community service, do not be on the property of any Walmart, cost.- Meghan D. Macemore, felony obtaining property by false pretense, second degree trespass, dismissed; misdemeanor larceny, sentenced to 90 days ac-tive, $219.46 restitution to Walmart, cost, $270 attor-ney fee.- Rodriguez Moises Jr., misdemeanor larceny, dis-missed.- Jacqueline Renee Mor-ris, DWI, sentenced to 60 days, suspended 12 months, 24 hours in custody in lieu of community service, cred-it for substance abuse as-sessment, surrender license, not operate vehicle until licensed, CBI classes, cost; speeding 89 in a 70, failure to wear seat belt, possession of open container/consum-ing alcohol in passenger area, dismissed.- Jennifer Chunn Oakley, no liability insurance, dis-missed.- Zachary Brian Riley, expired registration, dis-missed.- Ashton Rae Rooks, speeding 101 in a 70, open container after consuming alcohol, dismissed; reckless driving, $500, cost.- Hannah Rose Sales, simple assault, dismissed.- Evelyn Rogers Sawrey, speeding 87 in a 55, reduced to 64 in a 55, $400, cost; reckless driving to endan-ger, dismissed.- Kaywood Cheyenne Smith, littering not more than 15 pounds, cost.- Kenneth Wayne Smith, simple affray, intoxicated and disruptive, dismissed.- Samuel Jason Smith, misdemeanor larceny, sen-tenced to 20 days, suspend-ed 12 months, do not be on the property of Sheetz, cost, $140 attorney fee.- Kylie Nicole Tucker, financial card fraud, dis-missed.- Michael E. Zimbardo, possession of marijuana up to one-half ounce, posses-sion of marijuana parapher-nalia, dismissed.•The following cases were disposed of during the July 6 session of Davie Dis-trict Court. Presiding: Judge Jon Welborn. Prosecuting: Eric Farr and Justin Free-man, assistant DAs.- Landon Connor Bar-ber, speeding 101 in a 70, reduced to 79 in a 70, $700, cost; reckless driving, dis-missed.- Patricia Ruth Branson, shoplifting by concealing goods, dismissed; second degree trespass, sentenced to 20 days, suspended 12 months, do not be on the property of Walmart, cost, $242.50 attorney fee.- Latisha Bumgarner, probation violation, proba-tion revoked.- Ronald C. Burgess, misdemeanor probation vio-lation, probation terminated unsuccessfully.- Tyrus Dwayne Chalk, probation violation, proba-tion revoked.- Junior Nun Cruz, driv-ing while license revoked DWI revocation, reduced to failure to notify DMV of address change, $100, cost, $205 attorney fee.- Aaron Casey Duche-min, assault with a deadly weapon, state’s motion to continue denied, dismissed, have no contact with victim; breaking and/or entering, larceny of vehicle, larceny after breaking/entering, dis-missed.- Colorado G. Gutierrez, vehicle seizure hearing, ve-hicle forfeited.- Christopher Gwalt-ney, DWI, sentenced to one year, suspended 18 months, 7 days active, obtain sub-stance abuse assessment, surrender license, not op-erate vehicle until licensed, $400, cost, $335 attorney fee; speeding 102 in a 65, driving while license re-voked not DWI, reckless driving, open container af-ter consuming alcohol, dis-missed.- Barbara E. Hamilton, speeding 91 in a 70, prayer for judgment continued, cost.- Billy R. Helmandollar, probation violation, proba-tion revoked, attorney fee.- Cory Dustin Holleman, communicating threats, sen-tenced to time served, have no contact with victim, cost, $172.50 attorney fee.- Tyler Willis-Hunter, probation violation, proba-tion extended 6 months.- Melinda Dawn Jack-son, misdemeanor larceny, felony obtaining property by false pretense, reduced to misdemeanor larceny, sentenced to 120 days, sus- pended 12 months, $33.94 restitution to Walmart, cost, $432.50 attorney fee.- Geoffrey Scott Jones, simple assault, sentenced to 60 days, suspended 18 months, enroll in anger management class, have no contact with victim, $100, cost.- Michael Lee Luffman, assault by pointing a gun, intoxicated and disruptive, simple affray, dismissed; second degree trespass, sen-tenced to 20 days active, have no contact with victim, $302.50 attorney fee.- Christian Marban, DWI, sentenced to time served, cost, $270 attorney fee.- Noel Argueta Martinez, DWI, sentenced to one year, suspended 18 months, sev-en days active, obtain sub-stance abuse assessment, surrender license, not op-erate vehicle until licensed, $300, cost; driving while license revoked DWI revo-cation, dismissed.- Dominic Troy Mullett, speeding 89 in a 70, prayer for judgment continued, cost.- Jonathan Todd Ramsey, misdemeanor probation vio-lation, sentenced to 2 days; 2 counts probation viola-tion, probation continued.- Raekwan A. Rolle, fel-ony possession of a stolen vehicle, reduced to unautho-rized use of a vehicle, sen-tenced to time served, cost, $172.50 attorney fee.- James Thomas Spen-cer Jr., felony larceny of vehicle, reduced to misde-meanor unauthorized use of a vehicle, sentenced to 120 days, suspended 18 months, $100, cost.- Beau Kyle Stroupe, misdemeanor larceny, sen-tenced to time served, do not be on the property of Sheetz; second degree tres-pass, dismissed.- Shane Antonie Terry, misdemeanor larceny, sen-tenced to time served, do not be on the property of Lowes.- Rodriguez Kilbert Vasquez, driving while li-cense revoked not DWI, reduced to failure to notify DMV of address change, $25, cost; failure to secure passenger under age 16, failure to wear seat belt, dis-missed.- David A. Winebarg-er, felony possession of a schedule I controlled sub-stance, dismissed; posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, sentenced to 120 days, sus-pended 18 months, obtain substance abuse assessment, evidence ordered destroyed, $100, cost, $465 attorney fee.- Yadi Xu, speeding 91 in a 70, prayer for judgment continued, cost; reckless driving, dismissed.•The following cases were disposed of during the July 13 session of Davie District Court. Presiding: Judge Jon W. Myers. Prosecuting: Jus-tin Freeman and Eric Farr, assistant DA.- Brad David Byers, felony obtaining property by false pretense, simple worthless check, dismissed; uttering forged instru-ment, reduced to common law forgery, sentenced to 120 days, 59 days cred-it, $1,362.13 restitution to Sherwin Williams, cost, $465 attorney fee.- Tytus Steven Carrier, failure to wear seat belt, dismissed in the interest of justice.- Dominick Joseph Carter, failure to stop for stopped school bus, reduced to improper equipment, $400, cost.- Shaun A. Fullwood, extradition/fugitive other state, defendant waived ex-tradition.- Zinahji F. Goodjohn, second degree trespass, breaking or entering, dis-missed, complied.- Kaycee Uriah Hiott, driving while license re-voked not DWI, $25, cost; possession/display of al-tered/fictitious/revoked li-cense, dismissed per plea.- Samuel Dean James, misdemeanor larceny, sec-ond degree trespass, sen-tenced to 120 days, $750 restitution to victim, do not go on property of vic-tim, cost, $237.50 attorney fee; driving while license revoked not DWI revoca-tion, hit/run leaving scene of property damage, injury to personal property, assault with a deadly weapon, pos-session of drug parapherna-lia, dismissed.- Amanda Dianne Jordan, misdemeanor probation vio-lation, probation continued; 2 counts simple assault, sentenced to 45 days, sus-pended 12 months, enroll in anger management class, do not assault/threaten/ha-rass victim, do not go on or about property of victim, $97 restitution to victim, cost, $302.50 attorney fee.- Samantha Amber Law-ing, speeding 92 in a 70, re-duced to 79 in a 70, $100, cost, $270 attorney fee; no license, operating vehicle with no insurance, fictitious/altered title/registration, driving/allowing vehicle to be driven with no reg-istration, reckless driving, expired/no inspection, dis-missed per plea.- Mitchell John Oakley, DWI, sentenced to 60 days, suspended 18 months, 24 hours community service, credit for substance abuse assessment, surrender li-cense, not operate vehicle until licensed, limited driv-ing privilege allowed, $100, cost.- Anthony Armand Or-tiz, assault inflicting serious injury (restitution hearing), $1,778.10 restitution joint-ly/severally with co-defen-dant, $400 attorney fee.- Cameron A. Silverstein, reckless driving, $1,000, cost; speeding in work zone more than 80 mph or more than 15 mph over speed lim-it, dismissed per plea.- Mason Ajuan Smith, speeding 97 in a 70, re-duced to 79 in a 70, $400, cost, $270 attorney fee, $20 install fee; reckless driving, no license, dismissed per plea.- Savannah Lynn Spry, simple assault, dismissed, prosecuting witness failed to appear, state’s motion to continue denied.- Jessica M. Strickland, identity theft, driving while license revoked not DWI, operating vehicle with no insurance, failure to main-tain lane control, unsafe tires, dismissed per plea; giving fictitious information to officer, sentenced to time served, $270 attorney fee.- Khamauri M. Wilson, assault inflicting serious injury (restitution hearing), $1,778.10 restitution joint-ly/severally with co-defen-dant, $400 attorney fee.- Aaron Spencer Young, cyberstalking, dismissed, in compliance. (336) 909-0609 Call BJ Arning Today •Fully Insured •Tree Work & Tree Removal •Trimming & Thinning •Free Estimates •Stump Grinding •Bucket Truck •Formerly Seaford’s SHOP LOCAL 8 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: Y 24-Hour Crisis Line Y Assistance Filing Protective Orders Y Crisis Counseling Y Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Information Y Emergency Shelter Assistance Y Support Groups #enddomesticviolence 336-751-HELP 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE By Jeanna Baxter White Word Master Media Group As companies compete for employees, supporting Ignite Davie College Prom-ise could be a long-term answer. A new marketing pro-gram offers rewards to par-ticipating companies while helping to raise the final $1 million to fully endow Ignite Davie for future gen-erations.“The Employer of Choice Program gives businesses a great oppor-tunity to fill local positions with local workers,” said Melinda Szeliga, Davie Community Foundation COO. “Your business will stay on the mind of gradu-ating students while Ignite Davie empowers them with the education and training needed after high school. It’s a win for students, a win for business, and a win for the community.” Fuller Welding & Fabri-cators was the first business to accept the challenge. “I don’t see this as a donation. This is an in-vestment in my company and this community,” said the company’s founder and president, Phil Fuller. “Most of the first $2 mil-lion has been raised from individuals. The business community hasn’t really been asked for money, so this initiative is a way for them to support this pro-gram. Considering that we are trying to educate their future employees, why wouldn’t they?” hospital, so this is an op-portunity for Davie Medi-cal Center to give back.” Davie Medical Center already had a history of hir-ing students directly from Davie High. Now those new hires also include Ig-nite Davie students. Richard McDaniel, a 2023 graduate of Davie High, is part of the NA to RN (NAvigate) Program and will start the nursing program at Davidson Davie Community College at the end of August. He started as a volunteer at Davie Medi-cal Center while attending Davie High School. He was one of the stu-dents DDCC admitted straight to the nursing pro-gram from high school. McDaniel is the first NA to RN Apprentice entering the RIBN Program (regionally increasing baccalaureate nurses) at DDCC. After completing his as-sociate’s degree in nursing free through Ignite Davie, he will transfer to NC A&T University and enter their BSN program. “We have now had the pleasure of working with multiple Ignite Davie grad-uates here at Davie Med-ical Center,” said Marlee McConnell, BSN, RN clinical educator. “We are passionate about offering opportunities for students here in Davie County to learn and grow. Looking toward the future of work-ing with more Ignite Davie graduates is exciting, and we couldn’t be happier to be a part of their journey to success.”Ignite Davie encourages employers to participate. Levels have been designed to fit every size budget. “Special thanks to Fuller Welding and Davie Medi-cal Center for being the first to support the Employer of Choice Program,” said Car-olyn McManamy, director of DavieCONNECT. “We hope many others will join them. Businesses who commit to the Employer of Choice Program by Aug. 31 will have their logos printed on all promotional banners, and will give Ig-nite Davie plenty of time to promote them before the end of the year.” Ready to learn more about the Employer of Choice Program? Contact McManamy at 336-753-6670 or visit www.ignitedavie.com.“We think you’ll be proud to be involved. It’s a win for students, a win for business, and a win for the community.” Employer of Choice Businesses encouraged to support program that supports them Phil Fuller gives students a tour of Fuller Welding and Fabricators during Manufacturing Day. Ignite Davie partners Phil and Darlene Fuller have been enthusiastic and generous supporters of the program since its inception. Like the other partners, they recognized that ed-ucation is one of the most critical factors in a commu-nity’s economic success. More education means more opportunity for ev-eryone. Yet the soaring cost of college prevents many students from furthering their education.Ignite Davie will raise the educational attainment of Davie residents through tuition assistance to attend community college. All eligible high school gradu-ates, regardless of financial need or academic ability, can continue their educa-tion and training to open the door to better career opportunities and increased earning potential.“This is an excellent op-portunity for us to provide an education for students who may not be able to go to school otherwise. Hope-fully, this will help our kids choose to stay and work in Davie County and to be able to support their fam-ilies and live good lives here,” said Fuller, who hasn’t had the opportuni-ty to hire an Ignite Davie graduate, but looks forward to doing so. Fuller reflected on the early days of his business, which he started 50 years ago at age 19. “The first 10 years were tough, and at times I didn’t think I’d make it. But I kept ham- mering at it and came out on the other side. Folks from this county kept me from starving, and now I’m proud to be able to give back.“Ignite Davie is the best thing going. I’ve talked to many people from oth-er communities, and they have nothing like it. They are always amazed and want to know how to get their own program started. “I encourage every busi-ness in Davie County, large or small, to join the Em-ployer of Choice program. Ignite Davie will make a huge difference in the fu-ture of this county, and it is our duty to participate.” Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Davie Med-ical Center was the second organization to answer the call. It has a longstanding tradition of supporting Da-vie students through tours to middle school students as part of Manufacturing Day, participating in career fairs at Davie High, and providing internships to students interested in med-ical careers. Becoming one of the first companies to join the Ignite Davie Employer of Choice program was a perfect way for the medi-cal center to continue that commitment. “We are excited to con-tinue to support our com-munity and Davie County students through Ignite Davie,” said Chad Brown, president of Davie Medical Center. “Ignite Davie has had such a tremendous impact on our students and fam-ilies, and we are proud to be a partner in continuing this tradition. Investing in the education of our rising students, especially those interested in healthcare fields, is very important to Davie Medical Center. The Davie community has sup-ported and invested in our Richard McDaniuel on the job at Davie Medical Center. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 - 9 My first stop on July 8 was Jacksonville, home of Camp Lejeune and the New River Air Station of the U.S. Marines. Its population is listed as the youngest in the nation with an average age of 22.8 because of the large military presence.In 1752, a devas-tating hurricane de-stroyed the county seat of Johnston, and Wantlands Ferry, lo-cated further up the New River, at the present site of Jack-sonville was chosen as the site of the new county courthouse. The first court was held there in July 1757. The area, briefly known as Onslow Courthouse, was incorporated and renamed Jacksonville in honor of for-mer U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1842. Jackson-ville was briefly captured and occupied during the Civil War in November 1862 by a Union Army raid-ing party.Agricultural and naval products, (pine oil, turpen-tine and resin) along with lumber could be shipped along the New River and were the mainstays of the economy during this time. Jacksonville and Onslow County got a big boost in 1941 when a Marine Corps base for amphibious train-ing was established which later became Camp Lejeune. •Established in 1709, Beaufort is on Beaufort In-let, a channel leading south to the Atlantic Ocean. The third oldest town in the state and seat of Carteret County, Beaufort has lots of visitor traffic during the warmer months and it was booming when I was there on a Satur-day morning.Beaufort was first known as Fishtown because the fishing industry has always been an important part of the county’s history. Beau-fort was later named for Henry Somerset, British Duke of Beaufort.Originally a fishing vil-lage and a safe harbor since the late 1600s, about 150 of the restored historic homes bear plaques showing names of the earliest known owners and dates of original construction. 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An entire 12-block area is on the National Regis-ter of Historic Places. The waterfront is beautiful and multiple tours are available.The Carteret County Courthouse, completed in 1907, was the centerpiece for a sprawling vendor fes-tival where I bought a huge egg, cheese, potato and black bean burrito.•Burgaw is the county seat of Pender County and is a railroad town that came to be when the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Com-pany routed its tracks in 1836 across Burgaw Creek, where a small cross-roads trading post already existed. When completed in 1840, this railroad line was the longest in the world at 161½ miles.In January 1854, the spot on the rails was called Bur-gaw Depot after the small trading post had been Cy-press Grove. The depot is the oldest in the state circa 1850 and is part of the North Carolina Civil War Trail, one of my favorite signs.During the Civil War, the railroad carried fresh troops to the battlefields and brought back the sick and wounded. Military sup-plies came from the port of Wilmington to the fighting fronts and kept the depot very busy. Confederate gen- erals and their troops used the depot for weeks after the loss of Ft. Fisher and Wilmington. The railroad and its depots fell to the Union forces on Feb. 22, 1865. The depot warehouse still bears the charred scars of a Union cavalry attack in 1863. In 1865, it also be-came the holding site for at least 6,000 prisoners of war for over a week in Febru-ary 1865 while a massive prisoner exchange was ne-gotiated in Richmond and Washington, D.C. The depot was a vital communications center with so many things going on.On Feb. 6, 1876, the rail-road deeded a plot of land to Pender County for the establishment of the town and for the new courthouse. Burgaw was incorporated on Dec. 8, 1879. The current courthouse, built in 1936, is the centerpiece of the town.•Next came Wilmington, county seat of New Ha-nover County and one of my favorite stops. In Sep-tember 1732, a community was founded on land owned by John Watson on the Cape Fear River. The settlement was called New Carthage, then New Liverpool, New Town and Newton. Gov-ernor Gabriel Johnston es-tablished his government there for the North Carolina colony. In 1739 or 1740, the town was incorporated with a new name, Wilmington, in honor of Spencer Compton, British Earl of Wilmington.Naval stores and lumber fueled the economy, but res-idents began to push back against the Stamp Act, a British tax on shipping. Var-ious riots and other trouble eventually forced the repeal of the tax, but unrest caused the state capital’s move to New Bern.During the Civil War, Wilmington’s port was the major base for Confederate and privately owned block-ade runners, which deliv-ered badly needed supplies from England. The Union mounted a blockade to re-duce the goods received by the South. The city was captured by Union forces in the Battle of Wilmington in February 1865, about one month after the fall of Fort Fisher had closed the port. As nearly all the military action took place some dis-tance from the city, numer-ous antebellum houses and other buildings survived the war years.Wilmington’s was called Hollywood East during the 1980s and 1990s because many movies and TV shows were filmed here. The Riv-erwalk is first class, made even better by the USS North Carolina Battleship.•Bolivia was my last stop, county seat of Brunswick. One of the smallest county seats in the state, it has a few small businesses, a school and a modern gov-ernment complex. The town was incorporated in 1911 and named after Bolivia, South America.That’s 90 county seats visited. The final 10 will come sometime this fall. I netted 7.81 miles today. See you soon with more. Thanks for following this series. Losing weight is about more than just dieting. 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More than 100 kids attended each night and approximately one fourth of that group was preschool age. As part of the preschool age program, David “Shorty” Bowles from the Piedmont Antique Power Association brought his train to help transport preschoolers from check-in to their classes. “He was an absolute joy to work with and he went above and beyond in his service each and every night,” said Ashley Harwell. “The kids loved riding in the train and it quickly became the number one request each night. Shorty was so incredibly kind to volunteer additional rides every night after game time.” Conductor Shorty MastersAdvance Masonic Lodge 710 held it’s annual “Past Mas- ters’ Night” on Tues- day, Aug. 1. The evening also includ- ed a Third Degree for Brother Brad Mock. Those in attendance included numerous Past Masters from the Advance Lodge and others in the area. Kiwanis of Davie Coun-Do you think Davie County is a great place to live? If you have a heart for service and want to give back to the community, consider joining Kiwanis of Davie for an open house at the Davie County Li-brary on North Main Street in Mocksville on Monday, Aug. 21 at 6:30 p,m. Re-freshments will be served. Anyone interested in learning more about this worthwhile organization is welcome. Meet some of the local and area members Houses, Decks, Driveways Gutter Cleaning, Roof Wash who will be happy to ex-plain the aspects of service in the Kiwanis Club.Kiwanis is a global or-ganization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. The-club’s main purpose is to make children’s lives better in the local community as well as internationally. “Here in Davie County, we hope to have a positive impact on area children and their families by supporting schools, children’s events, and mentoring programs,” said Ina Beavers. “If you are a member of another civic group that has a proj-ect supporting children, please come to the meeting. We would like to discuss ways we might be able to support your efforts.”Kiwanis-sponsored pro-grams include the BUG.(Bringing up Grades) pro-gram. The “I have a Great Kid at ...” bumper stickers is a Kiwanis program. An important goal of Kiwanis of Davie is to have a Key Club at Davie High School. Key Club is a platform for high school students to learn leadership skills. They students learn the im-portance of contributing to their community. If unable to attend the open house, drop by any of the regular meetings. Kiwanis of Davie meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month at 6:30 at the library’s small conference room. Contact club President Edwin Owens at Kiwanis-DCPresident@gmail.com. Davie Kiwanis Ina Beavers and Edwin Owens at Clemmons Community Day. Davie Kiwanis Pres- ident Edwin Owens rocks for Davie Senior Services. 3301 Salisbury Hwy • Statesville, NC 28677 704-872-3148 • lilshavers.com Lumber • Hardwood • Plywood PPG Paints • Stains • Flooring Quikrete • Plumbing Electrical & More! We Know Wood! If wood confuses you, call or come by... We’ll clear it up for you! Kiwanis open house Monday DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 - 11 SHOP LOCAL The Connor Lambert Band will be the featured performers at Bluegrass Church at Eaton's Baptist, 430 Eaton's Church Road. The con- cert is free, will include a jam session, and at- tendees are asked to bring school supplies. Bluegrass Church Before cornmeal was boxed by Jiffy or flour came in bags at Food Lion, Davie County had dozens of small mills. Farmers with a water or other source of power as-sembled a mill for their own crops and those of their neighbors to be ground. “Most of these mills have disappeared but one is still out there and you won't be-lieve how it was powered,” said Marcia Phillips of the Davie County Hisotrical and Genealogical Society.All are invited to join a site visit back in time to an old barn and a unique mill when the society resumes its monthly meetings for the fall on Aug. 24. Meet in the Davie County Public Li-brary parking lot off North Main Street in Mocksville at 6:45 p.m. to carpool. Check the DCHGS website or visit the History Room for more details. And come ready to identi-fy the year and model of this source of power. Hear from the man who last worked it many years ago. See and hear for yourself what this remnant of history has to tell about another time. Check out this engine used to power a mill on a site visit with members of the Davie County His- torical & Genealogical Society. Visit an old Davie mill site Holy Cross Lutheran Church is giving away bookbags filled with sup-plies to students in the area. If your child needs a bookbag, please come by the church on Saturday, Aug. 26 beginning at 11 a.m. Bookbags will be available for grades K-12, as the supply lasts. Parents/guardians should bring their to the church parking lot and drive through to pick up a bookbag. “We want every child to have the supplies they need to begin a positive new school year,” said Cynthia Sain. “We wish all students, teachers, and staff in our county an exciting, safe, and meaningful school year with lots of learning taking place.”Holy Cross is at 1913 US 601 S. in Mocksville. Filled bookbags for all grade levels will be avail- able at Holy Cross Lutheran Church on Satur- day, Aug. 26. Holy Cross giving away bookbags Twin male baby calves are full of vigor at the Williams Family Farm on Mr. Henry Road in Mocksville. - Submitted Photo Twin Talk Bermuda Run’s summer concert by Envision is Sat-urday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. on the Green at Town Center on Kinderton Boulevard. This will be the third year the group has played Bermuda Run. “With good reason - En-vision has a reputation in the Southeast to be both dy-namic in their singing and musician’s performance,” said Sidniee Suggs, Davie Arts Council executive di-rector. Founded in 1997 by Mi-chael Thomas (male vocal-ist), Envision also consists of four female vocalists, all backed by rhythm and horn sections. Envision’s stage show covers hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s, up to the con-temporary sound of today’s Top 40. Although specializ-ing as a “party band”, their repertoire encompasses a variety of musical styles, including R&B, Beach, Mo-town/Oldies, Pop, Dance, Funk and Jazz.Envision has performed as opening act for several national artists, ranging from actress and American Idol alum, Jordin Sparks and The S.O.S. Band - to R&B sensations Kem and Marsha Ambrosius. The group have even opened for the nationally-syndicated “Tom Joyner Morning Sky Show” and for nationally acclaimed author-comedian talk show host Steve HarveyBring a lawn chair (no blankets or tents), and if you wish a picnic/cooler. Should weather cause the concert to be canceled or re-scheduled that information will be shown on the arts council’s Facebook site. Envision will perform a free concert on the Bermuda Run Town Center on Saturday evening. Envision free concert Saturday The following personnel changes were approved by the Davie Board of Educa-tion at the Aug. 1 meeting.Employment: Hannah Holcomb, Adobe acad-emy teacher, Davie; Ash-ley Hughes, parttime math intervention specialist, Cornatzer; Mark Kirk, tem-porary parttime teacher, Cornatzer; Michael Troina, music teacher, Cooleemee/Pinebrook; Gregory Bates, custodian/bus driver; Julia Clanton, teacher, Pinebrook; Jessyca Garcia, office man-ager/receptionist, South Davie; Courtney Garner, data manager/receptionist, Cornatzer; Norma Jones, behavior support assistant, North Davie; Mariah Lyons, financial bookkeeper/recep-tionist, Cornatzer; Jennifer Miller, instructional assis-tant/bus driver; Julia Nuce, AIG teacher, Shady Grove; Jason Oldham, substitute; Kathryn Smith, parttime data manager, Shady Grove; James Spencer, substitute school nutrition/bus driver; and Marc Sweet, PE/health teacher, William Ellis. For information only (not voted on):Reassignment: Mark Faulkner, lead custodian, Mocksville; Ashleigh Free-man, EC instructional as-sistant/bus driver, Davie; Morgan Truesdale, remedi-ation teacher, North Davie; Bailey Brandon, instruc-tional assistant, Pre-K; and Brooke Jennings, teacher, Pinebrook.Rescinded acceptance: Janira Hernandez, office manager/receptionist, South Davie, and Megan Del-linger, instructional assis-tant/bus driver.Resignation: Danielle Byington, instructional as-sistant/bus driver; Cynthia Bailey, bus driver, William Ellis; Mary Myers, math interventionist, Cornatzer; Desiree Garretson, data manager/receptionist, Pin-ebrook; Nicole Harwood, data manager/reception-ist, Mocksville; Shadow Quesinberry, math teacher, South Davie; and Sara Sto-eppelwerth, EC teacher, Da-vie.Retirement: Carmen Moore, teacher, Cornatzer. Eaton’s Baptist Church will hold its annual home-coming service Sunday, Aug. 20 at the 11 a.m. wor-ship service.The Rev. Dr. David Gil-breath, pastor, will present the morning message, and the adult choir will per-form. A time of memorial for those who have died in faith in the past year will be observed.Following the service, a covered-dish lunch will be shared in the fellowship hall. All are invited.The church is on 430 Ea-ton’s Church Road, Mocks-ville. Eaton’s Baptist homecoming Sunday School board OKs personnel decisions 12 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Continued From Page 2program. Students who wish to be in the program are as-signed to a new student, someone in the same classes with at least some similar interests. Remember the forms you filled out? Seeing Bria’s nod of understanding, she contin-ued, “We’re both in Mrs. Johnson’s fifth grade class, we’re both in band, and we both play soccer.” Seeing Bria’s worried face, Maddie added, “I was new here two years ago. I know how hard it is to leave old friends and make new ones. I just want to make it easier for you like someone did for me.” Then she added, “Bria, I’d like to be your first new friend.” Then, smiling, she added, “You have to say yes, or I’ll get kicked out of the buddy program.”Taking her first big breath in what seemed like days, Bria laughed. “Well, we wouldn’t want that! Think of your reputation; you’d be a buddy dropout,” she teased. Then, smiling, Bria said “Yes, thank you. I could use a friend.” As they walked to their classroom, Bria thought, maybe this won’t be so bad after all.*Many schools have some kind of Buddy Program, but whether they do or not, you can help. If you see classmates struggling to make friends, or being picked on, or if you see new students looking lost and lonely, talk to them. In-vite them to sit with you and your friends at lunch. Get to know them. Ask questions and listen thoughtfully to their answers. Offer directions to classes and answer questions. You never know what’s going on in their lives, so be gener-ous with your time. Be kind. You never know what impact you can have on another’s life. Christmas 1942 By Marie CraigThis is a group photograph that I want my great grand-children to understand. The youngest person is my cousin who was born 25 May 1941. That’s the best way to date a picture. She appears to be about one to one and a half years old. There are no leaves on most of the trees in the back-ground, so I know this is not summer. I am going to assign the date of Christmas 1942 in Statesville, North Carolina, to the image which shows a family reunion of my dad, his two brothers, families, and his parents. I’m the little girl at the right struggling to get loose from my cousin.We lived 100 miles away in Black Mountain. It was during World War Two. The man in uniform was a guard at a munitions plant in Charlotte but lived with his family in Statesville. The man at the right and his family lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and he worked at an airplane as-sembly factory. My father worked at a furniture factory in Black Mountain that made tables, desks, and chairs for the war effort. Everyone looks happy and optimistic, but it had to be worrisome to be in the middle of a world war. The bomb-ing of Pearl Harbor that pushed the United States into the war was December 7, 1941, just a year before the reunion. Perhaps this urgency was one reason the family gathered, traveling from Baltimore and Black Mountain. It was a time of scarcity so that supplies like tires, food, and metal could be used overseas. I still have some ration books that my parents used when they needed to buy groceries or sup-plies. Blackout curtains were drawn at night so that the possible enemies could not know where to bomb civilians. I hope you, my descendants, never have to live with this fear. As you can see, everyone is dressed up. That’s what people did back then. Each man probably had only one suit, but he wore it often. The dress code has really changed since then. We all look well nourished, so we had adapted to the limited amount of food available. My moth-er and all the others had gardens, and they canned food. My Renegade ... grandfather had goats at one time. He never owned a car but rode a bicycle around Statesville. This was back when only children rode bicycles. Nowadays, it seems to me that adults ride bicycles more than children do. How I wish I knew who had a camera and who took the picture; probably a neighbor. This is the only photograph I have of the entire family. This was just a small snapshot that I have enhanced, enlarged, and savored. I hope you’ll have many family reunions, and that you will take many, many family pictures. Old AdvanceBy Gaye Hoots My earlier memories of Advance have recently been stimulated by a Facebook site, LA Originals, started by Phillip Carter. One of the main contributors is Larry Vo-gler. He has a treasure trove of Advance history, as does Jim Jones. I hope they are preserving it for others.Until I was six, most memories were of Grandpa Hoots’s farm on the river at the end of Burton Road. This farm and the adjoining one that we referred to as Matt Peebles, later purchased by my father, now belong to Dr. Branch and is called Branch Ranch. The house that I lived in for six years has burned down.The families I remember from those years were Buck Burton’s, Ed Myers, Lester Riley, the Wallers, Louie Zim-merman; and the Clines, all were neighbors or worked with Daddy. We attended Elbaville Church then, and families there were also friends.When we moved from Grandpa’s to Marchmont, my ho-rizons expanded. I started school at Shady Grove and met Janine Vogler and Charles Markland, who remain friends today. My Grandmother attended the Baptist Church, and I started attending with her.The Advance, I remember, had several stores, Anderson Potts’s, which I remember well because I later married his son, B R Bailey’s, whose sons knew me well enough to tease me, and Frank Vogler’s, across from the Potts’ store. Charlie Cornatzer and Red Fishel also ran grocery stores. Most families traded locally then.We moved to the farm in Advance when I was in sev-enth grade. Anderson Potts owned it, and Bob and Betty Potts lived there. It was sold when Anderson Potts died, and Daddy bought it, so it was owned by both grandfathers of my children and now is part of my sister’s estate.Faye, Phil, and I walked to school then and passed Sea-bon Cornatzer’s service station, crossed the road by the Methodist Church, the fire station, Milton Carter’s garage, and by Potts store and the old lumber mill lot where Roy Potts and Gray ran a small trucking company. We stopped at the store if we had the change to spend. Phil later got in trouble when he heard Frank Markland’s kids tell Charles Markland to put their drinks and snacks on their tab. Phil told Charles to put his on the tab, not knowing what that meant. When Charles asked Daddy to pay, it was explained to Phil. Daddy let us get something anytime he was with us.Mother often sent us to the store to pick up items, but she figured the cost to the penny and did not include snack money. Before we moved to Advance, Daddy was plan-ning to go to the store, and Faye begged to go along: but was told she could not. Ever the helpful big sister, I sug-gested she hide in the back floorboard, and she did. When she told Daddy it was my idea, she escaped punishment and got her snack. I once had a pet pig that followed me to the store and waited on the porch for me. Milton Carter teased me about this and the cow that I milked twice daily.The Patton kids lived near the store, as did Jackie Carter and the Markland kids. In the winter, we would ride snow sleds on the hill of our farm. We had friends to spend time with, but with the farm crops and my cow, we did not have much time to play. Faye and I played basketball at Shady Grove, where Vestal Potts was the coach, and I played in high school until I married at the end of my junior year. The Potts store, managed by Charles Markland, closed around that time. The Vogler store had been closed, as had the pool room. Milton Carter’s garage was the only business open at that end of town.Most people who lived in the immediate area were cousins, the Marklands, Carters, Pooles, and later my kids from the Potts family. Mrs. Shermer, Mrs. Ed Vogler, Mrs. Ruby Markland, Mrs. Fallie Vogler, Mrs. BR Bailey, Mrs. Crawford, Vestal Potts, Jim Jones, and Mrs. Lucille Cor-natzer all lived in Advance and taught at Shady Grove.Everyone knew everyone then, and most of these fami-lies are still here. Marie Craig writes about this family photograph, believed to have been made at Christmas, 1942. By Jim BuiceEnterprise Record BERMUDA RUN - For the town council, it was a rare opportunity to get what Mayor Rick Cross called a “2-for” – as in two meetings in one.That was the case Tues-day night after the regular July monthly meeting was continued and combined – for the most part – with the Aug. 8 meeting.However, the most an-ticipated part of last month’s meeting, which resulted in it not being held on July 11, was the realization of an overflow crowd and not enough room in town hall for two public hearings in-volving the Hal-Walker De-velopment – and then it was originally going to be com-bined with the Aug. 8 meet-ing in a larger venue.That involved a petition for annexation of the Hall Walker Lane and Yadkin Valley River Road parcels and a 10/70 provision re-quest with 57.14 acres for the proposed mixed-use res- 10/70 audit coming Questions raised about county, Bermuda Run allocations idential development within the Yadkin River watershed.Since then, questions were raised concerning the calculation of 10/70 allo-cation amounts in Davie County and Bermuda Run, prompting an inquiry to the N.C. Department of Envi-ronment Quality and con-cluding the town deciding to take no action until the NCDEQ audit results are provided. The 10/70 rules apply to watersheds where drinking water originates, and limits the amount of land that can be developed.So while the other parts of the July meeting were continued, the Hall Walker Development items includ-ing annexation and the 10/70 provision request public hearings was re-scheduled, with proper no-tice, at a date and location to be determined.Cross reviewed the time-line over the past month in last Tuesday night’s meet-ing.“With the overflow crowd, we made the deci-sion that we were going to continue that meeting (on July 11) with the plans to hold the scheduled public hearings tonight in a dif-ferent location,” he said. “But subsequent to that, on July 25th at our council agenda meeting, the staff recommended that with the discussion with the Depart-ment of Environmental Quality, a 10/70 audit would be performed. So we paused on the public hearings rela-tive to those items that were on the agenda for July 11, and council concurred with that.”•Also in last Tuesday night’s meeting, Melissa Parker, elections director for Davie County, gave an overview of the functions, services and responsibilities of the Board of Elections.She also gave an update on the upcoming Bermuda Run municipal election, which includes a required primary for the council race.Town Manager Andrew Meadwell provided the ex-planation behind the need to have a primary, which will be held on Oct. 10 at Hills-dale Baptist Church.“The town follows NC GS 163-294 for the election method as outlined in the Town Charter,” Meadwell said. “A primary is required when there are more than two candidates for a single office or the number of can-didates for a single office or the number candidates for a group of offices exceeds twice the number of posi-tions to be filled.”That applies in Bermuda Run after five candidates – Dave Gilpin, Rod Guthrie, Rae Nelson, Jeff Tedder and Marty Wilson – filed to run for two spots on the council.Parker said that in the primary, voters will select two names on the ballot – with the top four vote-get-ters advancing to the Nov. 7 general election.Incumbent council mem-bers Heather Coleman and Curtis Capps did not file for re-election.Mike Brannon, a current council member, is running unopposed for mayor. Parker reminded those in attendance at Town Hall that this will be the first year where Voter ID is in effect.She also offered an inter-esting stat regarding the in-crease in voter registration totals over the years, stating there were 21,679 registered voters in Davie County in 2004 and 31,874 in 2023.“Over last 19 years, we gained around about 10,000 voters,” Parker said. “That’s just fascinating to me.”•In another item, Cross said that the upcoming Town Hall special called meeting will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 6 p.m. at WinMock with residents asked to submit questions in advance by Friday, Aug. 18, at noon – with a focus on the following topics.“We believe things like annexation, 10/70 provi-sions, zoning and future land use in the Comprehen-sive Plan are the things we are hearing the most about,” Cross said. “This is some-thing I’ve been passionate about for the time I have been in this role – meeting with people across the com-munity and talking about issues. This is kind of our chance to kind of level it up.”In other highlights from the combined meetings, the council:• Appointed Mike Czar-necki to a three-year term on the Triad Municipal ABC Board. He replaces Talmadge Brown, whose term ended on June 30. The Triad ABC Board governs the ABC stores and opera-tions in Winston-Salem and the towns of Clemmons, Lewisville, Kernersville, Yadkinville and Oak Ridge in addition to Bermuda Run. There are nine members on the board – three from Win-ston-Salem and one for each of the six municipalities. The annual budget is $55 to $60 million. • Heard from Cross, who attended the ribbon cut-ting for EMS Station No. 4 on Cornatzer Road. “Wow, what a wonderful facility and a great addition for Da-vie County and especially on this end of the county.” Check out our e-edition: www.ourdavie.com DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 - 13Obituaries Local news. In your inbox. For Free. Sign up for the Enterprise Record email newsletter. Visit www.ourdavie.com, click on “Services” and you’re on your way. Ella Mae Leonard PhillipsMrs. Ella Mae Leonard Phillips, 91, of Jericho Church Road, Mocksville, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 at Davie Medical Center in Advance.She was born on Jan. 25, 1931 in Davie County to the late Clyde Cecil and Mary Eliza-beth Harbin Leonard.Ella graduated from Mocks-ville High School and went to work for Hanes in Winston Sa-lem. After meeting her husband, she worked until he got his de-gree from Guilford College. His career took them many places. She became a homemaker and raised three children. In retirement, they returned to Mocksville in the 1990s. Ella became involved with the Senior Center, VFW women’s auxilia-ry, and was a member at Jericho Church of Christ. She was also involved with her class reunions, which wasn’t surprising since she had been class president twice! Ella was very organized and even at 92, managed all her finances balancing the checkbook to the penny every month. Remarkably, her excellent handwrit-ing was still present in her 90s. She enjoyed working in her garden and grew beautiful flowers every year.Ella was soft spoken, but strong and principled. She was a tremendous role model for our family, loved and re-spected by all. She was our rock, the center of our family. Heaven gained a good one, but she will be missed greatly by all who were blessed to have known her. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her husband of 65 years, Thomas Edward Phillips Sr.; her sister, Dora Elizabeth Leonard; and 2 brothers, James Cecil Leonard and Brady Lee Leonard.Survivors include: 3 children, Thomas Edward Phil-lips Jr. of Mocksville, Dr. Barry David Phillips (Dr. Su-san Phillips) of Florida, and Susan Elizabeth Phillips of Mocksville; 4 grandchildren, Richard Phillips, Allison Adler (Ryan), David Phillips, and Abby Phillips; and nu-merous nieces and nephews.A graveside service was conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at Oak Grove United Methodist Church Ceme-tery with Dr. Tom Torpy officiating. The family received friends from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday at Eaton Funeral Home.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be considered for: Jericho Church of Christ, PO Box 354, Mocksville, NC 27028; or to Davie Senior Center, 278 Meroney St., Mocksville, NC 27028.Online condolences: www.eatonfuneralservice.com. Mary Lois Nichols JessupMrs. Mary Lois Nichols Jessup, 80, of Pilot Mountain passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Davie County on Sept. 7, 1942 to the late Roy Nichols and Ruby Hodges Baker. Mrs. Jessup was a loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed. She was a faithful member of Brown Mountain Baptist Church. She is survived by: a daughter and son-in-law, Amber and Ja-son Southern; a granddaughter, Adelynn Southern; stepbrothers, Larry Faulkner, Charles “Sun-ny” Faulkner; special in-laws, James and Bonnie Jessup, Lottie and Roger Gammons, Peggy and June Jessup; many nieces and nephews; and special friends, Peggy Dillon and Yvonne Love. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jessup was preceded in death by: her husband, Arthur Lee Jessup; a grandson, Latham Southern; a brother, Robert “Fowle” Nichols; her stepmother, Mildred Miller; stepfather, Jake Baker; sister, Ruby Joyce Nichols; stepsister, Carol Varnadore; a step-brother, Alan Faulkner. A funeral service was held Sunday, Aug. 13 at 2 p.m. at Brown Mountain Baptist Church with Pastor Eddie Carter officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. The family received friends Saturday night from 6-8 at Moody Funeral Home in Mt. Airy. The family would like to give special thank you to her caregivers, Melinda Hutchens, Kim King, Hope Fields, Sheena Galloway, and to the staff of Mountain Valley Hospice. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to: Mountain Valley Hospice, 1427 Edgewood Dr., Suite 101, Mt. Airy, NC 27030. Online condolences: www.moodyfuneralservices.com. Sheila Denise Tillman CarterSheila Denise Tillman Carter, 60, of Advance, passed away unexpectedly on July 30, 2023 of Interstitial Lung Disease as a long-term complication of COVID-19. Born on June 19, 1963 in Fayetteville, Sheila was the beloved daughter of Willene Till-man and the late John Tillman Sr.Sheila was a vibrant and hi-larious woman who lived life au-thentically. She was widely loved for her sincerity, caring nature, and zest for life. She cherished moments spent at the beach with friends and quality time with her children, Paige and Chris.Throughout her life, Sheila pursued career paths that allowed her to make a positive impact on others. She worked as a R.N., teacher, youth pastor, private home care aide, and med tech.Sheila's life will be celebrated in services on Saturday, Aug. 19 at noon at Summerfield Farms near Greensboro. For more information, contact celebratesheila2023@gmail.com.Sheila leaves behind a legacy of courage, indepen-dence, and faithfulness. She will be deeply missed by her mother Willene Tillman, daughter Paige Carter, son Chris Carter, and brother John Tillman Jr. Hermilo Cortez Zamora Jr.Hermilo Cortez Zamora Jr., 43, of Advance, N.C. de-parted this world on Aug. 10, 2023 from Wake Forest Bap-tist Hospital in High Point.Bubba, as he was so lovingly known as, was born on Feb. 2, 1980 in Hanes City, Fla., son of the late Hermilo Cortez Zamora Sr., and Doris Ann (Van Horne) Smyre. In addition to his mother and father, Bubba was preceded in death by his brother, Fernando Zamora.In life, Bubba graduated from Davie High school. He lived a very fulfilling life. He never met a stranger. Bubba leaves behind to cher-ish his memory: 2 loving sisters, Melissa Zamora Torreblanca (Cesar) and Angelina Pack (Brad); a half-brother, Juvencio; and 3 half-sisters, Con-cha, Lenny, and Olga; and his many nieces and nephews, Jordan, Kyle, Brandon, Autumn, Sebastian, Zoey, Miley, Stryson, and Samora.On Monday, Aug. 1, a visitation and memorial service was held at Davie Funeral Service of Mocksville. Pastor Ryan Showalter officiated the memorial service.We, the staff at Davie Funeral Service of Mocksville, are honored to serve the family. 118 Hospital st. • Mocksville, Nc 27028 • 336.751.6289 “Because you should want to see your dentist” Accepting Most Major Insurances | RiversFamilyDentistry.com Andrew J. Rivers, DMD Dr. Rivers’ Dental Tip of the Week “Bring your toddlers into the dentist with you so they can get used to the environment and see that it is safe and can even be a fun place to be.” Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) and the Alcoa Foundation have partnered to improve forest health and wildlife habitat on pri-vate lands across 15 coun-ties in the North Carolina Piedmont and Sandhills, including Davie.The partnership is led by Three Rivers Land Trust, which received a $50,000 grant from the Alcoa Foun-dation in July to increase the capacity of the flag-ship Habitat Enhancement Lands Program (HELP). HELP program was creat-ed by Three Rivers to as-sist landowners meet their wildlife and forestry con-servation goals by provid-ing technical guidance and facilitating implementation of wildlife habitat improve-ment and forest restoration projects. This grant allows TRLT to assist private landowners in implementing on-the-ground habitat restoration practices that achieve the landowner’s conservation goals. With private lands ac-counting for more than 95 percent of the region, the program is critical compo-nent in conserving our re-gions biodiverse resources, said Katie Stovall, conser-vation lands manager for the trust. “The responsi-bility of wildlife and for-est management cannot be left only to state or federal agencies. Private lands in North Carolina account for majority of the acreage, which in turn, are left hold-ing the majority of wildlife species. If we truly want to improve populations of declining wildlife species, that work has to also occur on private lands.”“We understand that get-ting sound management ad- vice, cost-share assistance, or quality implementation of desired practices can be a tough process to navigate,” says Mark Bost, HELP Co-ordinator for TRLT. “We want to help land-owners by streamlining those processes and provid-ing services that truly help every landowner meet their forestry and wildlife objec-tives.” Three Rivers staff has been featured in several publications highlighting the HELP’s work in the field through facilitating prescribed burns to im-prove wildlife habitat and reduce wildfire potential, and implementing man-agement plans to control non-native and invasive species.Common assistance of the program includes the HELP staff producing cus-tom forest management plans, assistance with re-forestation and planting of trees, pollinator habitat im-provement, or deer and tur-key wildlife management plans. The program provides access to natural resource professionals trained in wildlife and forest man-agement. The intent is to improve and restore 4,000 acres of land and to work with more than 80 land-owners. Both Three Rivers Land Trust and the Alcoa Foun-dation aim to improve wildlife habitat and forest health by promoting stew-ardship for forests and wildlife within local com-munities. To learn more about how to conserve or man-age lands or how to sup-port Three Rivers, contact Stovall at 704-647-0302 or katie@trlt.org. Three Rivers Land Trust officials talk about the best way to manage forest land. Habitat Enhancement Alcoa grant to help Three Rivers Land Trust 14 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Bless Your Spoon By Stephanie Williams Dean I had forgotten all about the neighborhood popsicle man. But upon hearing that familiar jingle, I did as I’d always done – I ran to catch him. The heat of the season calls forth summer’s own pre-cious memories. There’s nothing like music tunes coming from a vintage ice cream truck to remind us of the hot and humid days of childhood. Neighborhood kids would race down the street in hopes of catching the truck – to buy thirst-quenching, ice-cold sweet treats. Many other memories have to do with the refreshing tastes of frozen cream eaten in many creative culinary forms – homemade and hand-dipped from a crank churn or combined for frozen pies, cakes, and other delectable desserts. Ice cream has always been a special occasion food – the dessert associ-ated with holidays, parties, birth-days, and other celebrations. Following piano recitals, my teacher, Mr. Goodman, treated his students to an ice cream social at the restaurant, Candyland. With a name like that, you can imagine how much we looked forward to the sweet reward that followed a piano solo well performed. Another memory was a trip to Shoney’s for the sole purpose of eating their iconic signature des-sert – Hot Fudge Cake. A rich chocolate cake was layered with premium vanilla ice cream and then drizzled in a decadent, thick sauce of hot fudge. One bite of that – and one would think they’d died and gone to heaven. I can’t help but remember Mamma and her love for homemade peach ice cream. She’d pour in the creamy, fresh peach mixture while Dad packed salt and ice around it. And then we’d wait and check it – and wait and check it, again – and again and again, for what seemed like an eter-nity. That special moment would arrive when the sweet fresh fruit cream would be ready for eating. I still have the vintage, red-handled, metal scooper that belonged to Mamma. Memories of homemade, creamy, ice-cold cream melt-ing on my tongue are sweet ones. Doesn’t that make you want to pull out your electric ice cream freezer and dust it off? Let’s do it. Today’s recipes give you some summer treat options – including Mamma’s delicious peach cream. In addition, I want to share with you a cool online gift source – treat yourself or someone else. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams sells unforgettable, curated, and crave-worthy collections of flavored creams – order the collection of 6 favorite pints. Yes, decadent ice cream treats can now be delivered! There’s a Bible lesson about ice cream – oh, what a sweet gift. In the passage found in Psalm 34:8, David in-vites us to step forward toward a life of obedience to God, saying,” Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.” (NIV)The book makes it clear that our lives will be much sweeter if we live a Godly life. Just think about all the sweet things that God has done for us – including His greatest gift – sending His son, Jesus, to take away our sins by dying for us, so we could have eternal life.Thank you, Jesus – that’s the sweetest gift I’ve ever re-ceived. ICE CREAM TRUCK NUTTY BUDDY1 pkg. melting chocolate, plusChopped salted peanuts/other nuts1 half-gallon premium vanilla ice creamPopsicle sticksIn a saucepan or microwave, melt enough chocolate per instructions. Melt enough chocolate for dipping the ice cream balls. In a processor, chop enough peanuts or desired nuts for rolling, and pour into a bowl. Cover a large baking pan with waxed paper or foil. With an ice cream scooper, scoop out round balls of ice cream, place on waxed paper, and insert a popsicle stick about 2 inches. Using the stick to hold, roll ice cream ball in the melted chocolate. Then roll in crushed peanuts. Freeze. You can eat these on popsicle sticks or serve in a bowl drizzled with additional hot fudge sauce, if desired. SHONEY-LIKE SAUCE PAN FUDGE CAKE ¼ cup softened, salted butter1 ½ oz. grated Baker’s unsweetened chocolate½ cup boiling water1 cup cake flour¾ tsp. baking soda½ tsp. salt1 cup granulated sugar1 beaten egg¼ cup sour cream1 tsp. vanilla extractSoftened premium vanilla ice creamIn a saucepan, place butter, grated chocolate, and water. Stir until melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Add sifted flour, soda, salt, and sugar to the saucepan. Stir until smooth. Add beaten egg, sour cream, and vanilla. Stir until smooth. Mix well. Pour into a butter-greased 8 x 8 baking dish, and bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 30-40 minutes or until cake tests done. Allow cake to completely cool. When cooled, turn out on a flat surface, and cut cake horizontally into 2 layers. Place one layer back in the bak-ing pan. Spoon out softened vanilla ice cream and spread about a 1-inch layer of ice cream on cake layer in the pan. Place remaining cake layer on top of ice cream. Freeze for several hours. When ready to serve, cut into squares, and drizzle with warmed fudge sauce. You can also bake the cake and ice it for a single-layer cake. I baked mine in a 9-inch cast iron skillet. HOMEMADE HOT FUDGE SAUCE3 oz. Bakers melted baking chocolate1 Tbsp. melted, salted butter 1 cup sugar1 can evaporated milk½ tsp. vanilla extractIn a heavy saucepan, melt chocolate with butter. Stir in sugar until dissolved and add milk. Continue stirring until sauce is thick. Stir in vanilla. Drizzle over ice cream. Re-heat over hot water when necessary. MAMMA’S HOMEMADE PEACH ICE CREAM1 quart diced fresh peaches3 cups sugar½ juiced fresh lemonPinch of salt½ tsp. almond extract1-quart whipping cream1 pint Half’ n Half In a large bowl, combine peaches, sugar, lemon juice, salt, and almond flavoring. Mix well. Add whipping cream and 1 pint of half ‘n half. Mix well. Pour into electric freez-er. Add more half ‘n half if necessary to fill freezer can ¾ of the way full. Freeze and remove dasher. Keep the can in ice-filled bucket until ready to serve or put can in the freezer. Enjoy the fresh taste of peaches and cream! RASPBERRY PARFAIT PIE2 cups frozen raspberries Raspberry juiceWater1 small pkg. regular raspberry gelatin2 cups premium vanilla ice creamWhipped creamPrebaked pie shellDrain all juice from frozen raspberries in a bowl. To a saucepan, add juice with just enough water to measure 1 ½ cups. Bring mixture to a boil, and add 1 small box of regular raspberry gelatin and 2 cups of vanilla ice cream. Stir until gelatin is dissolved and ice cream melts. Beat to blend. Chill slightly. Then fold in raspberries. Pour into a pre-baked 8-inch pie shell, and chill an additional hour. Top each serving with whipped cream. COFFEE CREAM & FUDGY MUDDY PIE1 ½ cups chocolate cookie crumbs1/3 cup melted salted butter1 ½ quart premium coffee ice cream9 oz. jar premium hot fudge sauce ¾ cup whipped cream¼ cup toasted macadamia or almond nutsIn a bowl, combine cookie crumbs with melted butter and mix well. Press down into bottom of a 9-inch pie pan. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven for 8 minutes. Al-low to completely cool. Freeze pie shell. After freezing, evenly spread softened ice cream over the crust. Freeze for 1 hour. Evenly spread fudge sauce over ice cream. Mound whipped cream on pie and sprinkle with toasted nuts. Freeze for 3 hours. DREAMY PISTACHIO DESSERT40 finely crushed Ritz crackers1 stick melted, salted butter2 pkg. instant pistachio pudding1 ½ cup cold, whole milk1 quart softened, premium vanilla ice creamCool Whip1 cup crushed Heath BarIn a bowl, mix crackers and melted butter. Pat into bot-tom of a 13 x 9 glass baking dish. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 10 minutes. In another bowl, combine pudding with milk. Beat until thick. Spoon in ice cream and mix well. Pour mixture into crust and freeze for a few hours. Spread Cool Whip over top and cover with chopped Heath bars. You can use frozen yogurt or ice cream. FRESH FRUIT & CREAM BOMB WITH SAUCE16 oz. chopped fresh/frozen peaches½ cup fresh peach juice1 cup sour cream1 qt. premium vanilla ice creamSoften ice cream. Peel, pit, and chop peaches. Drain peaches and reserve juice. In a processor, puree peaches. In a bowl, combine peaches, ½ cup reserved juice, sour cream, and ice cream. Mix well. Pour into any pretty mold and freeze at least 6 hours. Unmold with warm towel onto a platter and freeze again for 30 minutes before serving. Top with blueberry or other fruit sauce when serving. You can use a combo of your favorite ice cream and fruit for the mold and your favorite sauce using chopped strawberries, Another way to serve Nutty Buddies is in a bowl topped with deli- cious topped with deca- dent Hot Fudge Sauce. Ice Cream is a fa- vorite summertime treat for both kids and adults. We’re screamin’ Ice cream tops the list of summer treats Mamma’s fresh peach ice cream will comple- ment the flavor of all baked goods. raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, or peaches – making sure flavors complement one another. BLUEBERRY SAUCE1 Tbsp. cornstarch2 Tbsp. sugar1 cup water1 cup fresh blueberries/other fruit1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juiceIn a saucepan, blend cornstarch with sugar. Add water and stir until both have dissolved. Cook over low heat un-til thickened. Stir in berries and lemon juice. Can be used with any berries or peaches. PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE PIE1 ½ cups crushed pretzels¼ cup melted salted butter1/3 cup sugar¾ cup Peter Pan peanut butter4 oz. Cool Whip1 qt. softened, chocolate ice creamIn a bowl, combine crushed pretzels with melted butter and sugar. Press into bottom and sides of butter-greased 9-inch pie plate. Bake 10 minutes in a preheated 350-de-gree oven. Allow to completely cool. In another bowl, combine peanut butter and Cool Whip with the ice cream. Mix well. Evenly spread mixture over the baked pie crust. Cover and freeze 3 hours. Allow to stand at least 10 min-utes before serving. DECADENT TOFFEE DESSERT PIE½ pkg. pie crust mix¼ cup light brown sugar¾ cup chopped pecans1 oz. grated Bakers unsweet chocolate1 Tbsp. water1 tsp. vanilla extractFilling½ cup softened salted butter¾ cup sugar1 oz. melted, cooled Baker’s unsweet chocolate2 tsp. instant coffee2 beaten eggsTopping2 cups heavy cream1 Tbsp. instant coffee1 tbsp. water½ cup powdered sugarChocolate curlsFor the crust, in a bowl, combine pie crust mix, brown sugar, pecans, and grated chocolate. Add water and vanilla. Use a fork to mix until blended. Turn into a well-greased 9-inch pie pan and press firmly in bottom and up sides. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven for 15 minutes. Com-pletely cool. For the filling, in a mixer bowl, beat butter until creamy. Beat in sugar, melted chocolate, and coffee. Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition. Pour fill-ing into pie shell and refrigerate overnight. For the topping, in a bowl, combine cream with coffee dissolved in water and sugar. Beat mixture until stiff. Decorate pie with top-ping and chocolate curls. Refrigerate several hours before serving. CANDY BAR TORTE3 dozen macaroon wafers1 qt. softened chocolate almond ice cream1 qt. softened coffee ice cream8 Tbsp. chocolate fudge sauce14 small candy barsFudge sauceWhipped creamIn a bowl, finely crush 18 macaroon wafer cookies. Spread crumbs in the bottom of a well-greased 8-inch spring form pan. Spread softened chocolate almond ice cream on top of crumbs. Drizzle 4 Tbsp. fudge sauce over ice cream. Crush 18 more cookies and evenly spread over the ice cream. Soften coffee ice cream and spread on top of the crumbs. Drizzle remaining fudge sauce over ice cream. Freeze. Finely crush candy bars and evenly spread over the top. Freeze 5 hours. When ready to serve, remove torte from the pan and place on serving platter. Allow to sit for 20 minutes. Pass bowls of fudge sauce and whipped cream around the table. Can be made several days ahead. Also, you can use any two complementary flavors of ice cream you desire. CARIBBEAN CITRUS CRUNCH1 stick softened salted butter1 cup all-purpose flour¼ cup sugar½ cup chopped pecans/other nut1 quart orange sherbertIn a bowl, combine the soft butter with flour sugar, and chopped pecans. Pat down onto a rimmed cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 15 minutes. Crumble the baked mixture into a bowl, reserving ½ cup for the topping. Pat remainder into bottom of a serving dish. Spread softened sherbert over crumbs. Top with re-served topping crumble. Freeze for several hours. Y O U! eliBRANHAM ty M ILLE R markel S UMMER S evanFROELICH W E W A N T DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 - B1 Davie High War Eagle Football Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Page B2 Davie County Enterprise Record 980 Salisbury Road Mocksville, NC 27028 www.fullerwelding.com (336) 751-3712 2023 Davie High Varsity Football Schedule DATE OPPONENT PLACE TIME Aug. 18...Mooresville...........................................HOME....7:00 Aug. 25...West Rowan..........................................Away.....7:00 Sept. 1....North Davidson (Touchdowns for Education) ........HOME....7:00 Sept. 15. .Reynolds...............................................Away.....7:00 Sept. 22. .East Forsyth.........................................HOME....7:00 Sept. 29. .Reagan..................................................Away.....7:00 Oct. 6......Mt. Tabor...............................................Away.....7:00 Oct. 13....West Forsyth (Homecoming).........................HOME....7:00 Oct. 20....Parkland (Senior Night)..................................HOME....7:00 Oct. 27....Glenn.....................................................Away.....7:00 support the war eagles all season long! These area businesses encourage you to come out on Friday nights & support the War Eagles! (Little League Night) and ALWAYS OUR BEST 119 Gaither Street • Mocksville, NC 27028(336) 477-7010 In Depth Coverage of Davie High War Eagle Athletics By Brian PittsSports Editor After losing seven of 11 games last year, Davie is hoping to create a come-back story in 2023, one that parallels the 2015-16 seasons. In 2015, a young Davie team took its lumps and finished 5-7. Even though it was largely a forgetta-ble season that saw Davie suffer six losses by 14-plus points, the season ended on a good note. Scotland County prevailed 44-36 in the first round of the play-offs, but Davie gave the unbeaten Fighting Scots a mighty scare. Then in 2016, with Chris Reynolds back for his second year as start-ing quarterback, the War Eagles settled scores, captured the CPC title, soared to 12-2 and made the county proud. There were five payback wins as the outcomes against Page, West Rowan, Reagan, West Forsyth and North Da-vidson were flipped from losses in 2015 to victories. Fast forward to 2022. Davie limped to fifth in the eight-team CPC, but the season ended on a good note. The War Eagles had a 17-14, second-quarter lead over unbeaten Grimsley in the first round. Davie ultimately succumbed to the Whirlies’, 69-37, but the War Eagles walked out of Jamieson Stadium with their heads up. Now in 2023, the War Eagles have extra motiva-tion like the 2016 squad and Ty Miller and Co. are going to try to recreate some of that same magic. “We have (25) seniors,” defensive coordinator Blaine Nicholson said. “They learned a lot of lessons last year. We’re asking some young guys to step in and step up, and we know that they can. Their athletic ability is going to allow them to. We’re look-ing forward to this season a lot.”“If they put in the work, we definitely have a chance of having a really good season,” offensive coordinator Matt Gould said. “I think we can com-pete with everybody that we play against.”Davie has some hosses on the offensive and defensive lines, and for the thousandth time, wins and losses come down to the trenches. “Man I’m telling you, our offensive line is really improved,” Nicholson said. “We made some person-nel changes. Coach (Tim) Devericks, coach Gould and coach Pas (Spencer Pasciolla) put a lot of time in molding that offensive line, and we’ve got several seniors starting on that offensive line.”“For the first time in three or four years, we’re pretty solid on both sides of the ball up front,” De-vericks said. “That’s where games are won.” Last year the offense averaged 29.8 points and 352 yards and piled up 46 touchdowns. With the playmakers behind that big line, it doesn’t take much imagination to envision Davie putting up even big-ger numbers this year. “The backfield is load-ed,” Nicholson said. “Any time you have a running back and a quarterback like we do (in Markel Summers and Miller, respectively), that’s going to be a lot of trouble for defenses. We’re going to be able to run the ball more. We’re going to be able to maybe knock some people off the line in-stead of catching so much. I think we’re going to have a great year offensively - not as much boom or bust. Sometimes we either got a big loss or a big gain. I think it’s going to be more consistent. More time run-ning off the clock is better for the War Eagles. That’s helping everybody out.”Defensively, getting off 151 South Main Street Mocksville, NC 27028 ptmlawfirm.com | 336.753.0753 GOWAREAGLES We Back The Orange & Black! 1294551 Providing Legal Assistance for: •Major Felony Defense •Estate Planning •Divorce/Custody/Child Support •DWI, Traffic & Misdemeanor Defense •Juvenile Law •Probation Violations •Mediation Services the field has been a prob-lem for the War Eagles. In 2021, they gave up an average of 39.8 points. In 2022, opponents scored 34.8. The defense might not be a brick wall in 2023, but Nicholson believes it can continue to improve. Davie returns seven starters on defense, “and that’s not counting some guys who played a lot of minutes, because we rotate a lot on defense,” Nichol-son said. “We’ve had two rough years on defense, but we did see improve-ment from 2021. We still gave up too many points, but there was improve-ment there and we look to improve on that this year. We knocked off 59 passing yards per game. In total yards, we knocked off 30 per game. We improved by one turnover per game. In three out of four quarters, we decreased the points. To me, there’s so many parallels from the 2015 team to last year’s team, The last time we saw Davie’s football team in real action, last November in the first round of the play-offs, the War Eagles made a monster opponent work for the win even though Davie looked outclassed on paper. Grimsley was 10-0, the top seed in the West Region and was allowing 14 points a game on average. But the War Eagles’ offensive execution was dynamic. In the first half, quarterback Ty Miller rolled up 226 rushing/passing yards. They held a 17-14 lead at the 6:49 mark of the second quarter. They were within 28-17 Davie High War Eagle Football Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Page B3 Davie County Enterprise Record‘23 War Eagles have some extra motivation and that bodes really well because we got right (in 2016) and did good stuff.”Notes: Devericks has nine assistants, including Pasciolla (offensive line), Logan Holder (receiv-ers), Brandon Thalasinos (receivers), Gould (quar-terbacks/running backs), Terrell Wilson (defensive line), Randy Athey (defen-sive line), Todd Bumgarner (inside linebackers), Corey Tilley (outside linebackers) and Nicholson (second-ary). ... The new addition to the staff is Holder, who quarterbacked Mt. Airy to a 32-8 record from 2012-14. He is the son of a Surry County legend, Kelly Holder. Kelly went 218-85 over 23 years and retired from coaching in 2018. After starting his career at Surry Central in 1995 and spending four years there, he went 195-61 over 19 years at Mt. Airy, guiding the Granite Bears to a state championship in 2008 and two state runners-ups. at halftime and 35-24 in the third. They didn’t have a three-and-out until the fourth, they scored touch-downs on five of 12 posses-sions and they scored more points on the Whirlies than anyone had all season. They finished with 28 first downs, 507 yards of offense and averaged 6.1 yards per play. The Whirlies, though, had endless weapons, the underdog ran out of juice and Grimsley pulled away 69-37. The Whirlies would go on to finish 15-1 as the state runner-up, the only loss coming against 16-0 New Bern. Even though the War Eagles went home with their first losing record in four seasons, the showing in Greensboro on Nov. 4 provided momentum as they prepared for the 2023 season. “We had them spinning and turning in the first half,” assistant coach Blaine Nich-olson said. “They were like: ‘Oh my gosh, what is going on here?’ Talent definitely wins out most of the time, and that’s what happened (in the second half). They got us in the trenches, but that was more points than anybody else (had) put up against them the whole year.”“I think that playoff game is a good stepping stone to this season,” assistant Matt Gould said. “Grimsley was one of the best teams in the state, and we went out and showed we can com-pete with those guys. We played hard for four quar-ters. We’ve been building off that experience for sure.”•••Davie will open the sea-son Friday night at home at 7 against a dangerous foe. While Davie went 4-7 and finished fifth in the Cen-tral Piedmont Conference in 2022, Mooresville is coming off a championship season. The Blue Devils went 10-2 overall, swept through the Greater Metro 4-A Conference at 6-0 and lost in the second round of the playoffs. In last year’s opener, the War Eagles lost 44-28 at Mooresville because of a woeful first half. The Blue Devils scored 24 un-answered points in less than nine minutes, Davie dropped five passes and faced a 31-7 deficit at half-time. Davie outscored them in the second half, but the damage had been done. The most important part of the season will begin Sept. 15 in the CPC opener at Reynolds, but the first game can be a tone-setter. Davie will need its A game to settle the score from last year. “I know they return ev-eryone on defense,” eighth-year head coach Tim De-vericks said. “Mooresville is going to be loaded on defense, and they’ll be good offensively as well with a Joe Nixon-coached offen-sive line.”Davie has a challenging nonconference schedule, Davie hosts powerful Mooresville on Friday night See Hosts - Page B5 Davie High War Eagle Football Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Page B4 Davie County Enterprise Record By Brian PittsSports Editor Davie’s offense is nasty at two glamorous positions. Quarterback Ty Miller and running back Markel Sum-mers are not only prov-en commodities who are primed for scintillating en-core performances, they are great leaders.“They do everything right on the field and off the field,” offensive coordinator Matt Gould said.“There’s been multi-ple times this summer that Markel took some young guys and said: ‘Hey, let’s work on this,’” head coach Tim Devericks said. “Even when practice was done, he’d say: ‘Let me show you something here.’ When we’re taking reps and he’s not in, he gets super excited for his teammates when maybe he sees the light bulb come on for them.”“We’re really fortunate that the two senior leaders of the team - Ty and Markel - are the quality guys that they are,” offensive line coach Spencer Pasciolla said. “It’s great for the cohesion of the team, and it’s a great repre-sentation for Davie County football.”Miller (6-1, 195) is com-ing off a junior year in which he hit 183 of 314 passes for 2,200 yards and 24 touch-downs. He burned West For-syth with 324 passing yards in narrow defeat. When Davie faced a Grimsley juggernaut in the first round of the playoffs, he fired 27 completions for 265 yards against the eventual state runner-up. In single-season records, he ranks fifth in TD passes, sixth in completions and ninth in passing yards. What’s more, he was the No. 2 ground gainer with 579 yards.Miller is one of the toughest dual-threat QBs in the area. He has size, arm strength, mobility and expe-rience. And he naturally has a better grasp of the offense going into his second year as the main man.“He knows what to ex-pect now,” Gould said. “He looks more comfortable and confident reading the defenses and making de-cisions, making the right decisions more often, un-derstanding what he’s seeing when he’s going through his progressions.”“From an offensive line perspective, he makes us right a whole lot of times,” Pasciolla said. “Ty can make us right because he’s so willing to move around the pocket. He does a re-ally good job of feeling where the pressure is com-ing from.” With a laugh, he added: “Ty maneuvers the pocket, avoids the sack and no one is cussing the o-line - at least not for that play.”Like Miller, the senior running back has been through the CPC wars. Last year Summers (6-0, 190) carried 202 times for 1,024 yards, averaging five yards per carry and scoring 18 TDs. He showed his met-tle by rumbling for 110 yards on 17 attempts against Grimsley. You want versatil-ity? He was Miller’s No. 2 pass-catcher with 40 grabs for 332 yards.He’s got enough speed to break long runs, and he’s strong enough to pound and chew clock.“Markel makes us right just as much as Ty does,” Pasciolla said. “He can find that little sliver of space, and he doesn’t need much.”“We’re going to try to get him the ball as much as we can - as many times as he can handle it,” Gould said. “He had a great year last year and he should definitely be better this year.”Summers has a chance to do something special in 2023. Only seven runners in the Davie record book have rushed for 1,000 yards two or more times. Justin Brown (2002-04) and Tate Carney (2019-21) did it three times, and David Daye (1995-96), Ricky White (1997, 1999), Cooter Arnold (2003-04), Kenneth Brown (2005-06) and Cade Carney (2012-13) accomplished it twice.Summers could become the eighth.“He always runs the ball like he’s on a mission,” de-fensive coordinator Blaine Nicholson said. “He’s a one-cut runner. He gets downhill and he’ll lay that head back in a minute. He’s made us better as a defense. He’s a special player. Somebody Great players, great leaders Miller, Summers ready to lead offense is going to pick him up and realize they have an absolute gem. I wouldn’t want any other running back in the conference.”Just like last year, soph-omore Jamarius Pelote will quarterback the JV and back up Miller. Summers’ backup is senior Junior Romero, who has moved over from defensive back. “It’s been better for him,” Gould said of Romero’s switch from defense to of-fense. “Him and Markel are boys and Markel got him up to speed real quick. Those two will stay after practice and work on different drills. That’s Markel wanting to get better himself and trying to make sure Junior is ready to go.” By Brian PittsSports Editor Davie’s offense has a terrific combination at Offensive line experienced and big quarterback (Ty Miller) and running back (Markel Summers). Head coach Tim Devericks and offensive coordinator Matt Gould feel like they have a good group of receivers. Add those com-ponents with the offensive line, and now we’re cooking with gas. The OL has experience (four returning starters) to go with excellent size (av-erage weight of 276 among the starting five). Ryder Strickland (5-10, 270) is an indispensable junior who made all-confer-ence in 2022. He pours his heart and soul into his duties at center. “Ryder is in charge of every call the OL has - rec-ognizing the defense and making all of our calls,” Gould said. “He’s taken that leadership role off the field, too, getting those guys to work hard and making sure everybody’s doing right on and off the field.”“He’s a technician,” De-vericks said. “He wants to get it right every time. We put a lot on Ryder mentally, and he’s the vocal leader of that group.”“I can say one thing to Ryder and he’s got it,” OL coach Spencer Pasciolla See OL - Page B8 Coach Matt Gould’s running backs/quarterback: Skylar Whittington (34), Junior Romero (22), Markel Summers (4) and Ty Miller. The offensive linemen with coaches Spencer Pasciolla (left) and Tim Devericks, from left: front - Kevin Lazaro, Caleb Coble and Ryder Strickland; back - Jalen Alexander, Evan Froelich, Tripp Bradshaw, Evan Copeland, Landon Correll and Jakob Alexander. 2023footballcontest! coming soon WIN $$$ Coach, We’re Ready Too! Jason BooiePhilCar Automotive1628 Hwy. 601 S, Mocksville336-751-1800 Jon WelbornFuture District Court JudgeMocksvillePaid for by Welborn for Judge Committee Judge Carlton TerryDistrict CourtMocksville Jody BlackwelderDavieBarber.com68 Court Square, Mocksville336-757-6571 Judge Carlos JanéDistrict CourtMocksville Brandy KoontzKoontz Law. PLLC181 S. 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Who-ever’s open, I think (QB Ty Miller is) comfortable getting them the ball, and we can rotate more and feel comfortable with seven or eight guys at those four spots.”The receiving corps is led by the furiously competitive Braddock Coleman, who is ready to shine after making 12 catches as a varsity soph-omore. He turned heads in a 35-34 loss to West Rowan, making five grabs for 97 yards. “I think he’s the one re-ally primed to step up and be the primary guy,” Gould said. “It doesn’t make sense sometimes, but it seems like he’s always open. He’s real Coleman ready to step up among receivers savvy. He gets in that slot, he knows what the cover-ages are and he can find openings. He has a great feel for the game, and nobody on our team is more of a competitor than him. That’s his greatest trait. He gets fired up. He tries to make sure everybody is up to his level, so his competitiveness kind of rubs off on the whole offense.”“He’s a super team player as well,” head coach Tim Devericks said. “He talks to the offensive line a bunch. He just wants to win.”Evan York, who has the most varsity experience at the position, has shown flashes of greatness the past two seasons. He had 10 catches as a varsity soph-omore and 20 as a junior, including five catches for 102 yards in a 34-31 loss to West Forsyth and five snags in the playoff game against the eventual state runner-up, Grimsley. There’s no ques-tion the 6-1, 225-pound senior is capable of lighting up opposing defenses as coaches try to corral his immense talent. “When he puts the whole package together, he can really blow up like he did in the West Forsyth game,” Devericks said. Ethan Driver is a name to watch. Coaches are high on the sophomore’s potential. “I think Ethan has had a great summer,” Devericks said. “He’s done three of the four positions all summer, and he’s grown and his ath-leticism is off the charts.”“We’re expecting a lot of good things from him,” Gould said. “He’s only a sophomore, but he’ll be a big-time player for us this year.”On the JV level, junior Leon Bradshaw had a pen-chant for making defenders hug air. He got a taste of varsity at Grimsley and responded with two recep-tions. “He can do what Zaharee Maddox did for us a few years ago: We can throw him a screen and he can make people miss,” Gould said. There’s talent every-where out wide. Senior Grey Deal had 53 yards on two catches in a loss to CPC champion East Forsyth. Junior David Patton can fly. Senior Carter Helton is back on the field after not playing last year. Senior Kez Stockton, a track athlete, is playing Davie football for the first time. “David’s one of our fastest receivers for sure,” Gould said. “He continues to work on his catching skills and route-running. He’s always had the speed. “Carter was a big-time player for us a couple of years ago on JV. He’s getting back into the flow and he’s another guy who can make some catches for us. “Kez has never played for (Davie), but he’s been at almost every spring and summer practice and he’ll also get in the rotation. Da-vid and Kez are the faster guys who can get deep.” Continued From Page B3with West Rowan on the road and North Davidson at home to follow. “It’s going to be a tough first game for us, but all three of those nonconfer- ence games are going to help us get ready for the CPC,” Devericks said. Davie-Mooresville has been a great series. Davie, which leads the series 17-15-1, won 34-13 in 2017. Mooresville won 52-32 in 2018. Davie won 31-30 in overtime in 2019 and 51-34 in 2021. 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Voted BEST LAW FIRM two years in a row By Brian PittsSports Editor If trench play matters - and anybody who’s been around football will tell you it matters tremendously - then Davie’s defense is built to shine at the right spot. There’s plenty of bulk, depth and experience up front. In fact, the defensive line should be the best it’s been in years. “We return a lot of expe-rience there,” defensive co-ordinator Blaine Nicholson said. “Those guys are bigger and stronger. We’re super deep. We like to rotate the DL like crazy so that they’re fresh in the fourth quarter. The offensive lines that we see are road graders. We see some big dudes, so we’ve got to be fresh. We’re two-deep at all those positions.”Between the edge rush-ers, tackles and nose guards, six have varsity experience. Nicholson called junior Landon Barber (6-0, 265) the tip of the spear at nose guard. “He’s probably the stron-gest guy in our program,” he Defensive line should be a strength said. “He’s kind of reshaped his body to not only be strong but to go as many plays as possible.”Senior tackle Matty War-ner (6-2, 230) has taken ma-jor steps forward since 2022. “This is his time to shine,” Nicholson said of the third-year varsity player. “In spring and summer ball, he did everything the way he’s supposed to. He cares all about Davie and he’s locked in. He’s in better con-dition than he’s ever been and he does about the best job of any of our defensive linemen with his hands. He gets great lock-out with his hands, great punch, phys-ical. I think he’s watched film and saw where he can get better, and he’s going to be a big player for us.”Nicholson is crazy about Trey’von Doulin, who looks like a potential breakout star on the edge. “He’s a first-to-get-off-the-bus type of guy,” he said of the 6-0, 200-pound senior. “He looks like a guy who can bend the edge. This year we’re trying to put him in better positions where he can just go to work on the edge and not ask him to kick in as much. You talk about somebody who looks the part. You’ll be like: ‘My goodness, who is that guy?’”A name to remember is Xavier Parker, a 6-3, 350-pound sophomore who has the size to stare down a pit bull. The big fella will likely back up Barber at nose after missing most of the 2022 JV season with an injury. “Xavier is an absolute mountain of a man,” Nich-olson said. “If he can get right, there’s going to be guys coming to recruit him. In the (JV) games he played, he dominated. You can’t get the play started; he’s impossible to move. He does a good job with his lateral footwork. He’s just huge. Two guys have to block him to move him.”Nicholson gave senior end Brandon Wood (6-0, 200) a strong compliment by calling him a junkyard dog.“He doesn’t care where you put him,” he said. “He can be double-teamed, it doesn’t mater, he’s going to fight. He’s going to get up every single play. He’s really bought in this offsea-son. I’m really excited to see what he can do.”The stacked DL includes junior tackles Grayson Cay-ton (6-0, 270) and Nathaniel Jordan (5-6, 220) and junior end Billy Krause. All will get a lot of snaps. Cayton was the starting nose in 2022 before suffer-ing a season-ending injury against North Davidson and missing the last eight games. “Cayton’s another huge body that’s hard to move,” Nicholson said. “Great hands, good feet.” “All of those guys can play,” head coach Tim De-vericks said. “We can rotate, stay fresh and put pressure on offensive lines - being able to run to the ball, oc-cupy blockers and occupy gaps. To not lose a lot when we rotate defensive linemen is phenomenal.” By Brian PittsSports Editor In 2021, Davie’s defense gave up 212 passing yards and 2.4 touchdown passes per game. In 2022, it allowed 199 and 1.6, respectively. There’s hope the War Eagles can trim those num-bers again in 2023, partly because they have returning starters at safety. Senior Eli Branham and junior Connor Hood have a chance to be the main men at strong and free safety. Branham has several valuable traits, including a relentless work ethic and high football IQ. “Eli is an absolute workhorse,” de-fensive coordinator Blaine Nicholson said. “He’s one of the smartest guys on the defense. He could call it if I wasn’t there. He’s like a Tasmanian devil. He’s definitely outsized, but you wouldn’t know it by the way he flies around and the kind Secondary returning three starters of physicality he puts on people.”Hood, who survived bap-tism by fire as a varsity sophomore, looks poised for a starring role. “He’s a really good tackler in space and one-on-one,” Nicholson said. “He can cover the deep middle of the field and he can also play man in the slot. We asked a lot of him last year. He got thrown to the fire and he did pretty darn good. He’s a great athlete.”Head coach Tim De-vericks echoed those sen-timents. “When you return guys that played the major-ity of the snaps last year as basically the quarterbacks of the defense, that makes you feel better about the situation,” Devericks said. “Both guys are great young men and I think that spreads throughout the secondary.”In terms of depth at safe-ty, Elliott Gould is a super exciting sophomore. “He’s big, he’s strong, he’s fast,” Nicholson said. “When he figures it out, man, he’s going to be rip-ping people’s heads off. He’s like a good mix of Con-nor and Eli. He’s just got to let the game slow down a little bit. We’ve got a couple roles for him, sub packages, to make sure we get him on the field because of his ath-leticism and tenacity.”Senior Reid Nail is ready for his moments at free safety. “He would fight a circle saw,” Nicholson said. “He’s another tough guy and really smart. If something happens, he can definitely step in.”CornerbacksAlthough proven depth is thin at cornerback, returning starter Gavin Reese is al-ready a stud as a sophomore. “He’s going to be playing a little bit on the offensive side (at receiver) because he’s such a good athlete,” Nicholson said. “You want to talk about a great athlete and a guy who puts the team first? A lot of times they come in and want to play offense. He came in and said: ‘Coach, I’ll do whatever you need me to do.’ He’s just a competitor. It doesn’t matter what we’re doing, he wants to be the best in whatever drill we’re doing. He has a knack for the ball and he’s cerebral. You can tell him something once and he’s going to do it. And he’s not going to back down from anybody. I mean, when we played East Forsyth last year, they had a really talented guy who was going to Duke, and Gavin was up there competing for high balls. He’s going to be a huge part of all three phases - offense, defense and special teams.”“Gavin is a superior ath-lete,” Devericks said. “He’s the leader of that group.”At the other corner, Brax-ton Bowling is a freshman and there are always rocky moments for varsity fresh-men. But this dude is going to be special in due time. His brother, Caleb Bowling, is a junior DB for Drake Uni-versity. Caleb was Davie’s leading tackler in 2019 and the spring of 2021. “You know he’s got a great football pedigree,” Nicholson said. “You can’t hide his athleticism. You can’t hide his physicali-ty. He was playing middle school ball (at Ellis) last year, and he’s got to learn the calls and make sure he’s mentally correct. But through the summer, he’s made enough plays that if we were playing today, he’d be the other guy (opposite Reese).”The other corners are ju-niors Leon Bradshaw and Zi Robinson and sophomores Josh Jones and CJ Moore. Bradshaw is primarily a receiver, and Robinson is a first-year Davie player. “CJ made a lot of plays for us on JV last year,” Nicholson said. It’s a shame Davie doesn’t have Landon King boosting the secondary. Last August against West Rowan, he suffered a season-ending knee injury while making an interception in the end zone. He had to watch the last nine games, and in all likelihood, he’ll miss his entire junior football season. “He’s still nursing that (knee),” Nicholson said. “We might get him back at the end of October, but more than likely he’s going to be out for the season to make sure he can get back right and come back strong for his senior year.” Miller’s Restaurant Wilkesboro St. • Mocksville • 336-751-2621 Pre-GamePre-GamePost-GamePost-Gameor Anytime!or Anytime! Serving Hungry Serving Hungry Fans since 1950Fans since 1950GO WAR EAGLES!GO WAR EAGLES! Defensive linemen with coaches Randy Athey (left) and Terrell Wilson, from left: front - Nathaniel Jordan, Landon Barber, Grayson Cayton and Trey’von Doulin; back - Matty Warner and Xavier Parker. Defensive backs with coach Blaine Nicholson, from left: front - Shaheem Cunningham, Braxton Bowling, Leon Bradshaw, Eli Branham and Gavin Reese; back - Zi Robinson, Connor Hood, Elliott Gould and Reid Nail. Davie High War Eagle Football Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Page B7 Davie County Enterprise Record By Brian PittsSports Editor Defensive coordinator Blaine Nicholson is feeling good about the outside line-backers. One of the tentpoles on defense - Jerred Alexander - is a guy who plays ever down as if it were his last. “I think the leader of that group is Jerred,” head coach Tim Devericks said of the 6-4, 185-pound senior. “He’s one of those guys who will give you 110 percent. He will just go and go and go. He’s a kid you need to have on defense who sets the tone.”“He’s definitely one of our most improved players over the past two years,” Nicholson said. “He started out as an offensive line-man. He didn’t gain any weight, but he’s got plenty of height. He’s a read player; he’s not taking the candy. He’s a throwback guy. He doesn’t care about his phys- Alexander setting the tone at outside linebacker ical well-being. He’s going to absolutely throw it up in there, and he’s going to play as many snaps as you let him. He’s never going to tap out. I mean, he absolutely has a junkyard-dog mental-ity, and we hope that spreads throughout our defense.”While Alexander is en-trenched as a starter, senior Zander Richardson (5-11, 175) has potential to wreak havoc at the other OLB spot. He’s the older brother of junior inside linebacker Archer Richardson. “He’s a really smart guy,” Nicholson said. “He’s shown up to almost every workout. He’s all-in. He’s going to be in the right position more often than not. The whole Richardson clan (including Trevor Richardson, who graduated in 2021) is not scared of contact.”Dylan Miller (6-0, 160) is a sophomore who is will-ing to put in the work. “Dylan was a really good JV player,” Nicholson said. “He’s not missed a single day, so he’s in the mix. He’s only a sophomore, but he just makes plays, so you can’t keep those guys off the field. He’s one of those guys that I know can help us win.”The pieces are there for Davie to be deep at this po-sition. There’s senior Cole Thomas (5-11, 205), a con-verted offensive lineman. “He’s a very strong guy,” Nicholson said. “Coach Devericks thought he could help the team better on de-fense. He’s a huge weight-room guy.”Junior Landon Waller (6-5, 185) is recovering from an injury, but he was a constant playmaker on JV. 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The good news is Davie has a terrific group of defensive linemen who should make all the inside linebackers better. “I feel a lot better than I did in the spring,” coach Tim Devericks said. “Some of those guys are unprov-en - not a lot of (varsity) experience - but they’ve really taken to coaching and they’re getting better day by day. I think as far as athleti-cism, they’re fine. As far as downhill running, that’s yet to be determined.”Chaffin is going to be a bear of a baller. He will make a ton of plays in his Davie career. But the War Eagles need Chaffin to be a huge factor right away, which is a lot to ask from a 14 year old. “He’s going to be spe-cial,” defensive coordinator Blaine Nicholson said. “I think everybody in the coun-ty knows exactly who he is. As a freshman, you don’t want to put too much on him. But unfortunately at his position, he’s got to be right mentally. The good news is he’s incredibly smart. Coach Bum (Todd Bumgarner) has done a great job getting him ready. He’s going to be able to fit the run just fine. He runs with anticipation, so he’s going to get himself in the right position more often than not. Immediately on day one, we saw that he’s a football player, and he’s been working his tail off to get right for Mooresville.”At 6-3 and 195 pounds, Chaffin’s well on his way to becoming an absolute monster. “He’s getting bigger ev-ery time you see him,” Nich-olson said. “He was helping us at youth camp, he put a jersey on and we all said: ‘Maybe you need to get the next size up.’”Banks (5-10, 195) and Boger (6-0, 180) will get their chances. “Both run really well,” Nicholson said. “Both are good blitzers and good in pass coverage. Zack is a great athlete that we like to move around. Ian is going to get us lined up right. He’s never going to make the wrong call, and there’s a lot of value in those guys.”After carrying the ball on JV the past two seasons, Richardson (5-10, 200) is learning a new position. When he gets everything figured out, he should be more than fine. “Archer has done a lot of really good things in spring and summer ball,” Nicholson said. “He’s still figuring the position out, but if you’ve ever watched him run the ball, you know he’s physical, not scared and he’s going to pick ‘em up and put ‘em down. We’re excited to see what he can do with his strength and versatility.” War Eagle sports online ourdavie .com Outside linebackers with coach Corey Tilley, from left: front - Zander Rich- ardson, Jaden Conner, Cole Thomas and Dylan Miller; back - Jerred Alex- ander and Landon Waller. Middle linebackers with coach Todd Bumgarner, from left: front - Archer Richardson, Max McCall and Joe Wilds; back - Elijah Chaffin and Ian Boger. Davie High War Eagle Football Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Page B8 Davie County Enterprise Record Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. 1 Leon Bradshaw WR/DB 11 5-8 155 2 Ethan Driver WR 10 6-1 165 3 David Patton WR/P 11 6-1 155 4 Markel Summers RB 12 6-0 190 5 Gavin Reese DB/WR 10 6-0 168 6 Evan York WR 12 6-1 225 7 Eli Branham DB 12 5-8 175 8 Trey’von Doulin DE 12 6-3 220 9 Landon Barber DT 11 6-0 265 10 Braxton Bowling DB 9 5-9 165 11 Elliott Gould DB 10 5-10 160 12 Connor Hood DB 11 6-0 150 13 Grey Deal WR 12 6-3 165 14 Ty Miller QB 12 6-1 195 16 Jamarius Pelote QB 10 6-0 165 17 Carter Helton WR/RB 12 6-0 170 20 Zi Robinson DB 11 5-10 140 21 Braddock Coleman WR 11 5-10 175 22 Junior Romero DB 12 5-8 165 23 Landon King DB 11 6-0 165 24 Reid Nail DB 12 5-10 150 26 Landon Waller OLB 11 6-5 185 28 Dylan Miller OLB 10 6-0 160 30 Jerred Alexander OLB 12 6-4 185 31 Zander Richardson OLB 12 5-11 175 32 Archer Richardson LB 11 5-10 200 33 Elijah Chaffin LB 9 6-3 195 34 Skylar Whittington RB 11 5-5 150 41 Ian Boger LB 12 6-0 180 42 Max McCall LB 11 6-0 175 43 Jaden Conner WR 12 6-1 160 44 Zack Banks LB 12 5-10 195 45 Joe Wilds LB 11 5-9 198 47 Nathaniel Jordan DE 11 5-6 220 50 Ryder Strickland OL 11 5-10 270 54 Cole Thomas OLB 12 5-11 205 56 Brandon Wood DL 12 6-0 200 57 Landon Correll OL 12 6-2 220 63 Caleb Coble OL 11 5-9 190 65 Evan Copeland OL 12 6-3 300 72 Kevin Lazaro OL 12 5-11 265 73 Evan Froelich OL 12 6-3 235 77 Jalen Alexander OL 12 6-2 310 78 Tripp Bradshaw OL 12 6-4 228 80 Xzavian Corpening WR 12 5-9 145 81 Kez Stockton WR 12 6-1 160 83 Dallas Sims WR 10 5-9 140 88 Damian Motley WR 11 5-11 155 91 Matty Warner DL 12 6-2 230 95 Grayson Cayton DL 11 6-0 270 99 Xavier Parker DL 10 6-3 350 The Roster Continued From Page B4said. “That allows him to be a coach on the field. He takes a lot of stress off of our shoulders. He’s also extremely strong. His back-ground as a wrestler has helped him. He’s not always the biggest guy out there, but he knows how to take advantage of leverage. He isn’t going to let anyone push him around.”Evan Froelich, whose brother Aidan is a fresh-man receiver at Brevard, is a third-year varsity start-er at left tackle. The 6-3, 235-pounder prepared for his senior year with steely focus. “He’s really worked hard in the weight room,” Devericks said. “Without losing strength, he’s trans-formed his body to be able OL ... to move better.”“He’s someone who has put so much effort into im-proving as an offensive line-man,” Pasciolla said. “The growth he’s made from year to year has been incredible. Tackle is a hard position to play, and he’s become so much more fluid of a mover. I’m super impressed with him and I’m happy for him because he has the frame that if he wants to go play college ball, that’s definitely on the table.”Lining up beside Fro-elich at left guard will be returning starter Evan Cope-land (6-3, 300), a senior who is built like Paul Bunyan. “He would be a third-year starter, but he missed his sophomore year with a shoulder injury,” Devericks said. “He has brute strength. When we get him moving in the right direction, he creates problems.”“Cope’s been so attentive about getting stronger and using his frame the way he’s supposed to,” Pasciolla said. “We’re going to be in a mobile scheme this year, and that’s not always easy for the big guys. He’s had some practices where we’ve pushed him really hard and he’s responded really well.”As if Strickland, Froe-lich and Copeland aren’t enough to whet your ap-petite, there’s a returning starter at right guard - senior Kevin Lazaro (5-11, 265) - who plays with an energy that could power the lights. “He’ll lay it on the line,” Devericks said. “He gives 110 percent and he’ll go until he can’t go anymore. The worst thing could hap-pen and he’ll smile about it. It’s like: ‘Here we go, let’s go again.’”“He’s just been really about football his entire time at Davie, and he’s taken huge steps forward in the past two years,” Pasciolla said. “He’s so coachable. With the air raid that we run, we’re really focussed on tempo and making sure that we’re running as fast as possible, and Kev busts his tail to be the first one in his stance because he knows how important it is for our offense to move at a certain speed. He’s an awesome teammate, always encour-aging other guys.”Jalen Alexander, a defen- sive lineman in 2022, might not be a returning starter like the other four, but the 6-2, 310-pound senior can break rocks. “He’s just insanely strong,” Pasciolla said. “The things he can do when he puts his hands on somebody, it’s just fun to watch. He moves extremely well in space. He’s done a phenom-enal job so far (transitioning from defense to offense). You’re really happy as a position coach when you get a guy that is that physically talented.”“He’s really stepped up,” Gould said. “We just made that move in the summer. He’s got the athleticism and he’s got a pretty good feel for o-line, so we’re hoping he can be that solid fifth guy for us.”“Jalen will help our team tremendously,” Devericks said.If somebody needs a blow, if the injury bug bites, Devericks will turn to Caleb Coble, Landon Correll and/or Tripp Bradshaw. Coble (5-9, 190) is a junior. Cor-rell (6-2, 220) is a senior who flips between guard and tackle. Bradshaw is a first-year Davie player as a senior. “Caleb’s done a really good job of being kind of a Swiss Army knife,” Pas-ciolla said. “He can play pretty much any of the five positions, which is extreme-ly valuable. Tripp’s been making a lot of progress pretty quickly for a first-year player.” A couple of months ago, my father and I were sit-ting on the front porch of the farm house where he grew up in Georgia, watch-ing a half-dozen or so deer wandering through a stand of sawtooth oaks he had planted 15 years ago, tiny seedlings that are now 30 feet tall and drop bushels of acorns every September and October.But once upon a time, that 20-acre plot of land was much different. As my father told me repeated-ly – hey, he’s 92, gimme a break – that was a cornfield for much of the year. When August arrived, my grand-father would turn his 30 or 40 hogs loose in the field, and in the space of a month, the rooters would have knocked down and eaten most of the corn, hence the farmers’ old term, “hog corn.” Then, my father related, that “hogged-over” corn field became the family’s dove field, what with all that grain scattered about on the ground. My father said he spent many hours sitting in the same chairs we sat in in late May, watching the doves come into the field and leave, watching the direction they came from, where they landed, the di-rection in which they left.Having a complete knowledge of the way the doves worked that field, it was pretty much child’s play, even for a teen-aged boy to knock down his limit of 12 – or close to it – most any afternoon he chose. He liked to slip up on doves feeding in a big group, kick them up and shoot them on the rise like a covey of quail. But when he sat down under a big, dead tree, or in front of a hole in a fencerow where no trees were growing, he always had a few goals: to knock down at least one double, and to make at least one “hip-pocket shot” – killing an incoming dove at just the right time so that he could catch it before it hit the ground on its way to dove heaven. That was sort of a point of pride for a tenant-farmer’s son. Set aside the confi-dence of a crackerjack, wing-shooting teenager and you pretty much have the blueprint for a great dove hunt. Make sure there’s plenty of grain on the ground – legally, of course – to attract doves, spend a few hours watch-ing how and when they fly in and out of the field, then figure out a place to inter-cept them, and be there on a dove stool when they ar-rive. There are, he once told me, 1 o’clock dove fields, 3 o’clock dove fields and 6 o’clock dove fields: each one might hold its maxi-mum number of birds at a different time every after-noon – back when you had to wait until noon to start shooting.The big day’s a comin’North Carolina hunters can take to the fields 30 minutes before daybreak on Saturday, Sept. 2 to empty their wing-shooting vests of all those 12- and 20-gauge No. 8s in hopes of filling their 15-bird lim-it of doves. The state splits the season into three parts: Sept. 2-Oct. 7, Nov. 11-25 and Dec. 9-Jan. 31, 2024. The daily limit is 15 birds. Hunting is from 30 min-utes before sunrise until sunset. Hunters must have guns that will hold a max-imum of three shells, and of course, they must have a hunting license.Labor Day weekend is the centerpiece of dove hunting, with landowners setting up fields specifical-ly for an opening-weekend hunt or seeing to it that the right kinds of grain crops are harvested just in time. I’ve heard that more shotgun shells are fired on Saturday and Labor Day (there’s no hunting on Sun- day for migratory birds like doves) than the other 363 days of the year combined. I have an opening-day hunt lined up, and my son and I (and his two Labs) have a couple of good op-tions for Labor Day. Nor-mally, we plant a 6-acre dove field, but this year, with my son building a house, I could never get him on the tractor enough to make that happen. So we’re depending on the kindness of friends. For hunters who don’t have access to a fieldthe N.C. Wildlife Resourc-es Commission has fields planted on its public game lands around the state. Lo-cally, the Perkins Game Land in Davie County has four dove fields; the Uwharrie National Forest has one, the Pee Dee Game Land has two, Second Creek Game Land has one. Sports Know dove patterns before that Labor Day hunt The 2023 War Eagles will be led by an experienced group of seniors. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 ‑ B9 This scripture message brought to you by these businesses who encourage you to worship at the church of your choice. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.(John 6:35) B10 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 County Line Area folks enjoy the recent Donald Gray Drama & Acting Camp 2023 at the R. A. Clement Cen- ter in Cleveland. Those attending from Piney Grove AME Zion Church includef La Tia Morris, Julian Brown, Nautiya Bella Ann Jones, Amora Harris, and Akema Holland. By Shirley ThorneCounty Line Correspondent County Liners contin-ue to deal with hot humid weather; but as photos show, Piney Grove folks find lots of fun at the Don-ald Gray Drama and Acting Camp 2023 in Cleveland.It's the beginning of church-homevoming time. 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Church members invite everyone to bring a basket of food and memo-ries to share for this special time of celebration. Piney Grove AME Zion Church will have a com-bined anniversary cele-bration church choirs at 3 p.m. this Sunday. Church members invite everyone to come and help them lift up the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in song.Upcoming community events: country ham and sausage breakfast sponsored by the V-Point Ruritans from 7-10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2; and Iredell Coun-ty Agricultural Fair Friday, Sept. 1-Saturday, Sept. 9. Our community sends get-well wishes to Ann Cartner Cline, who was hos-pitalized last week and has been recuperating at home since Tuesday of last week. Lorene Macemore has im-proved and is in rehab at Rowan Regional Medical Center. Alice Waugh and Mildred Beck remain in re-hab at Davie Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Join us in prayer for the Lord's divine healing upon Ann, Lorene, Alice, Mildred, and others who have health problems.Please continue to pray for the Lord's divine heal-ing of 13-year old. Caleb Williams as he takes oral chemotherapy treatments at Wake Forest Baptist Bren-ner Children's Hospital. Also, pray for the Lord's divine healing of Caroline McManus Jones as she begins treatment at North Carolina University Health Center of Chapel Hill.For news and memories to share, call or text Shirley on 336-492-5115 or email sdtlink@hotmail.com. • New Construction (Residential & Commercial)• Kitchen & Bath Remodels• Basement Finishes• Service Calls• Trouble Shoots• Hot Tub Circuits• Sub Panels• Service Upgrades• Panel Inspections• EV Charging• RV Hookups• Generator Installs Old Fashion Service with Modern Technology Stephen Beatty Owner (NC-Lim EC) Licensed and Insured (336) 940-8196 Advance, NC Homecoming Sunday at Clarksbury Methodist DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 - B11 By Brenda BaileySheffield-CalahalnCorrespondent Birthday wishes to: Troy Edwards and Jace Moody on Aug. 19; Terry Dyson and Wade Leonard on Aug. 20; Hunter Dyson on Aug. 21; Charles England and Shirley Edwards on Aug. 23; and Judy Beck on Aug. 24. Happy anniversary to Wesley and Amanda Jordan on Aug. 19. If you would like a birthday or anniver-sary listed in this column, please let me know.Anyone interested in be-ing a firefighter and serving the community, please see Chief Gary Allen of the Sheffield-Calahaln VFD by coming by the department or calling 336-492-5791. New Union’s next Hot-dog Saturday is Aug. 26 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. New Union welcomes everyone to Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship ser-vice at 10 each week. A Blessing Box is full and ready for those in need. Ijames Baptist’s wor-ship service is each week at 10:30 a.m. Bible Study is each Sunday evening from 5-6 and TeamKID is each Sunday at the same time for children ages 3 years-6th grade. Ijames wel-comes everyone. Ijames is collecting non-perishable Sheffield-Calahaln Eddie Porter has a little fun with musicians Johnny Marion, Maynard Surratt, Terry Collier and Char- lie Salem. items for a Blessing Box on the church grounds, which has a produce stand. Anyone with an over abun-dance of garden vegetables may place their bounty on the stand to help those in need. Anyone in need may take what they can use. A time of prayer is held at Liberty Wesleyan Church each Sunday at 9:30 a.m., followed by Sunday School at 10 and Worship at 11. Choir practice is held each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Vacation Bible School at Liberty Wesleyan is sched-uled for Aug. 19 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The theme is “Let The Little Children Come Unto Me”. There will be food, crafts, Bi-ble lessons, and a bounce house with water, so bring your towel. Visitors wel-come. Community Covenant invites you on Sundays at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. for worship and Wednesday at 6 for Bible study.If you like to play mu-sic or just enjoy listening and dancing, check out the Meatlocker Jam on Mon-days from 6:30-9:30 and/or BoTyme each Thursday from 6:30-8:30. For more information and locations, contact me. J Max McKee per-formed at Maw Maw’s Kitchen Friday. Upcoming bands: NuHiWay the 18th and Cabarrus Station the 25th. Time is 6-8 p.m. each Friday.Prayer requests con-tinue for Bryan Swain, Jean Reavis, Hazel Smoot, Tim Keller, Junior Dunn, Betty Dameron, Tammy Keller, Charles England, Lincoln Dyson, Chester Reeves, Yvonne Ijames, Bonnie Gunter, Ed Liven-good, Milton Tutterow, Nancy Peacock, Geraldine Lambert, Betty Beck, Sue Gobble, Bob Ellis, Helen Bulla, Paul Beck, Juanita Keaton, Betty Godbey, Em-ily Brown, Marsha Gobble, Mary Teague, Eddie Por-ter, Janie Williams, Larry Richie, Maria Knight, Vio-let Coursey, Clyde Jordan, Jack Seaford and Suzonne Stratton. Submit items to brfbai-ley@msn.com, message on Facebook or call 336-837-8122 no later than Friday. The J Max McKee Band were a favorite Friday night and looking forward to coming back in De- cember. Shorty Bowles takes a young lady to the dance floor at the Farmington Bo Tyme Jam. VBS Saturday at Liberty Wesleyan By Betty Etchison WestCana/Pino Correspondent Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in Pino will host a community breakfast on Saturday, Aug, 19 from 6:30-10 a.m. The menu will include country ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, grits, red-eye gravy, sawmill gravy, made from scratch biscuits, baked ap-ples, jelly, coffee and juice. Wesley Chapel is three miles west of Farmington, just off of NC 801 North on Pino Road.In addition to break-fast, there will be a big bake sale, a yard sale, and a silent auction on the same day. The yard sale, bake sale and the silent auction hours will be from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. You might find a spe-cial treasure and you will be helping a special lady Marketing Solutions for YOUR business Newspapers • Special Sections OurDavie.com • Digital Marketing Business Card Directory Including: SEO, SEM, Targeted Marketing, Social and Reputation Management, Website Design, AND MORE. For more information contact us at: 171 S. MAIN STREET • MOCKSVILLE, NC(336) 751-2120 who now needs your help. Proceeds will go to help a lady who has had to have an operation but who has no health insurance. She is a hardworking, lovely lady who now needs our help. Please come to Wes-ley Chapel, have breakfast, and then buy treasures from the yard sale and delicious baked items for your week-end meals. People can rent a space at the yard sale for $15. Also, take part in the silent auction. Even if you can’t come to breakfast, please come and support other activities so we can help our neighbor.The Wesley Chapel United Women of Faith met on Wednesday night, Aug. 9. The group had a good meeting with three special guests, Pat Sawyer, Pattie Fish and Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church’s new pastor, Rev. Randy Perdue. Delicious refresh-ments were served by Lisa Dixon West during the so-cial hour.Frances West Tutterow had lunch on Sunday, Aug. 13 to celebrate the birth-days of the family members who had or will have sum-mer birthdays: Birdie Fran-ces Burchette, who cele-brated her first birthday on June 23, 2023; and Birdie’s great-grandmother, me, as I celebrated my 91st birthday on Aug. 15. Others honor-ees with summer birthdays are: Harper Tutterow, Fran-ces West Tutterow, Amy Cujas Applegate, Ryan Ap-plegate, Mindy Spillman, and Melody Cujas. Frances served lunch to the group at Frost Cottage. The members of Wesley Chapel United Method-ist Church are sorry about Brent Gobble’s accident. They are praying for Brent and for his wife, Tina, who is Wesley Chapel’s Sunday School Superintendent.The members of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church invite you to join them for worship service at 11 a.m. each Sunday. You are also invited to Sunday School which begins at 10. Cana/PinoBreakfast Saturday at Wesley Chapel UMC Davie County’s new 4-H Extension Agent, Abby Williams, is thrilled to join the community. Williams is from Bre-vard, where she grew up participating in 4-H events, clubs and presentations. “4-H gave me the oppor-tunity to gain public speak-ing and leadership skills while also participating in and tackling the needs of my local community,” she said. “I have consistently grown my network of fel-low 4-Hers through school and my daily life.” She is a graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied biology and anthro-pology.She has worked in nat-ural resource and envi-ronmental education for years and her passion for the outdoors, community and youth development has landed her in this role in Davie. “I am very excited to learn about the interests Many kids in 4-H leave with more confidence in public speaking, leading others and mastery of their chosen area of interest, Williams said.“I am looking forward to being a part of this com-munity and assisting with 4-H participation not only on the county level, but the surrounding counties and state level as well.” 4-H is a branch of N.C. Cooperative Extension that provides resources to as-sist local farmers, land and homeowners in tconsumer sciences, livestock, horti-culture and field crops. Ex-tension is run and supported through NC State Universi-ty and Davie County. If interested in signing a child up to participate in 4-H, being a volunteer for an existing club, spear-heading a new club, or have any additional ques-tions about 4-H resources in Davie, contact Williams at abby_williams@ncsu.edu or (336) 753-6100. and skills of the kids in the county and to help make the best better.” 4-H is the largest youth development program in the nation and provides opportunities for kids ages 5 to 18 to learn by doing. They are able to learn about topics of their interest in-cluding outdoor sports, plants, animals, electricity, engineering, and cooking while developing key skills in leadership and commu-nity service. Abby Williams New 4-H agent excited about opportunities B12 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 The best deal in town Enterprise Record subscription Only $32.03 Per Year 336-751-2120 Dateline Fundraisers Saturday, Aug. 19Community breakfast, Wes-ley Chapel UMC, 277 Pino Rd., Mocksville, 6:30-10 a.m. Yard sale, bake sale and silent auction from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. to benefit Gina Sheppard. Reunions Saturday, Sept. 9Davie High School Class of 1963, 60th-year reunion, ar-rive at noon, lunch at 1, Junk-er’s Barn, 136 Triple J Lane, Mocksville. $20 per person. RSVP by text or call Bob Crotts by Aug. 26, 336-816-1900. Friday, Sept. 22Davie High Class of 1973, 50th year reunion, The Farm-house at Gemini Branch, 3320 NC 801 N., Mocksville. Meet at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 7. $35 per person, $45 at door. Checks to DCHS Class of ‘73 at venue address. 336-909-3754, 336-830-5123.Saturday, Oct. 7Davie High Class of 1966, 5 p.m., Eaton’s Baptist fellow-ship hall. Desserts and drinks. Religion OngoingCenter Methodist Preschool enrolling 2, 3, 4 year olds. 336-751-5853.AWANA, youth meetings, Victory Baptist, 160 Midway St., Cooleemee, Sundays 5:30 p.m. Special Events Sept. 8-9Davie Farm Fest, Masonic Picnic Grounds (off N. Main behind the Brock, Mocks-ville.) 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. On site parade 2 p.m. Saturday. Trac- ACROSS 1. Ski lift 5. (K) Key near Caps Lock 8. “You ___ happy today” 12. Sharpen, as an axe 13. (K) Australian bird 14. Taj Mahal city 15. Leftover food crumbs 16. (K) Words of denial 17. “Born This Way” singer Lady ___ 18. (K) Britain (2 words) 21. (K) Thing mentioned in many biographies 22. Aye? Flip it ... 23. (K) Like some winter trees 27. Ride predating Uber 30. (K) Dryer fluff 31. (K) “___ anyone had cheese and jelly on rye?” 32. (K) 27-Across charge 33. (K) The ___ Hatter 34. (K) Sweated 36. Grp. with bugs, wires and moles 37. Early, as hours 38. (K) Amusement park attraction (2 words) 45. Opera diva’s solo 46. (K) Turkey that’s a real bro 47. (K) “The ___ of Despereaux” 48. (K) Last letters 49. Stat for relief pitchers 50. Domed recess of a church 51. Astronomically long time periods 52. (K) Dad’s or lion’s spot 53. (K) Watermelon grower DOWN 1. (K) The old “you” 2. (K) Hatched 3. Prefix with “virus” or “social” 4. (K) Crank that engine again 5. Compassionate 6. Run ___ (behave uncontrollably) 7. Corporation executive 8. (K) Like a turkey’s wobbly wattle 9. “Yikes!” relative 10. Cogito ___ sum 11. (K) Sir’s counterpart 19. (K) Humpty Dumpty, for one 20. (K) Twin of Bert Bobbsey 23. (K) Tree in a shady neighborhood 24. By this route 25. (K) When the credits roll 26. (K) Corny unit? 27. (K) Thing that may have four doors 28. (K) “How ___ they doing that?” 29. (K) Place for dreams 32. Parties in Spain 34. (K) Dessert favorite 35. (K) Podded veggie 36. (K) It needs a teacher 38. Wreck a building to the ground 39. (K) Cookie with s’mores and cotton candy varieties 40. Claim on a property 41. (K) Apple part 42. (K) Almost invisible sticker 43. (K) “Where ___ can you see a show like this?” 44. Accordion part PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER © 2023 Timothy Parker Crosswords/Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication syndication.andrewsmcmeel.com Can you find the answer to this riddle within the solved puzzle? Early bird that can’t get the worm? Look for the answer in next week’s paper. Created by Timothy E. Parker August 21, 2023 The (K) Clues Are for Kids One waiting in line for years? 14-A) HEIR Previous riddle answer: tor show, vendors, games, ac-tivities, kid’s pedal pull, farm and livestock demonstrations. Entertainment by Shoulder 2 Shoulder 5-8 p.m. Friday and Gaining Ground, 10-11 a.m. Saturday and Hazy Ridge, 12:30-2 p.m. www.daviefarm-fest.org. OngoingScout Troop 9555G, 6:30 p.m. second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, Center Methodist, 1857 US 64 W.Tech Tuesdays, Davie County Public Library, 371 N.Main St., Mocksville. Get assistance with tech devices, 10 a.m.-noon and 2-4 p.m. Register for appointment: http://bit.ly/DCPLTECHJAZ. Learn more by calling 336-753-6033 or emailing jbaylor@daviecoun-tync.gov.BoTyme Jam, country, blue-grass and gospel music, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thursdays, Farm-ington Community Center, Farmington Road, Mocksville. $3, musicians admitted free. Meetings OngoingDisabled American Veterans Davie Chapter 75, first Mon-day of each month, 6 p.m., DAV Building, 1958 US 601 S., Mocksville. 336-749-8347. SeniorsAll events are sponsored by Davie Senior Services. For more information or to register, call 336-753-6230. The main cam-pus 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. 1st, 3rd TuesdaysEmail, computer basics, 10- 11:30 a.m. With Davie Public Library. Friday, Aug. 18Welcome to Medicare Lun-cheon, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. with Mi-chelle Ellis, SHIIP coordinator.Monday, Aug. 21Are bonds still your friend? 10 a.m. with Ralph Milelr of Allegacy Credit Union.Monthly movie, 1 p.m., with popcorn. Tuesday, Aug. 22Theatre Club, 1 p.m. with Mike Garner. Discuss theatrical and trip options. Thursday, Aug. 24Good Health Club, 1 p.m. with Stacey Southern, nutrition coordinator. Friday, Aug. 25Crafternoon - Zen Gardens, 2 p.m. at public library with Rachel Nelson. Tuesday, Aug. 29Spa Day, 10 a.m. with Monica Morrison. Mini-makeovers. Thursday, Aug. 31Beach Party, 2 p.m. Refresh-ments and entertainment by Paul Moore with shagging demo. Friday, Sept. 1Bunco, 1 p.m. Game with dice.Tuesday, Sept. 5Blood pressure screenings, 10 a.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 6-27Beginner’s Genealogy, 1-3 p.m. with Marie Craig. Thursday, Sept. 7Veterans Social, 8:30 a.m. Sponsored by Trellis, for vet-erans only.Chat with Sr. Tarheel delegate, 10 a.m.Senior Writing Group, 2 p.m. with Marie Craig. Friday, Sept. 8Foot care, 10 a.m.-2:45 p.m., Brock Campus. Call for appoint-ment with nurse, Kathy Najdek. Not a pedicure.Crafternoon: Acorn Picture Holders, 2 p.m. at public library. Monday, Sept. 11Importance of flu shots and immunizations, 10 a.m. with Mark White of Foster Drug.Parkinson’s Support Group, 2-3 p.m. with Dr. Jessica Tate of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Tuesday, Sept. 12Armchair Adventures: Ala-bama, 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13Crafting Extravaganza, 1 p.m. Bring own supplies, no formal instruction. Thursday, Sept. 14Fall Graveside Cradle Floral Design Class, 1-3 p.m. with Benita Finney, $6.Ping Pong Clinic, 1 p.m. at The Brock. Friday, Sept. 15Cookies&Canvas: Scarecrow Gnome, 1 p.m., $8. Learn to paint gnome. Monday, Sept. 18Monthly movie, 1 p.m. with popcorn.Cheerleading Interest meet-ing, 4 p.m., The Brock. Learn aboutDavie Dazzlers. Tuesday, Sept. 19Bingo, 1 p.m. sponsored by Bayada. Thursday, Sept. 21Senior Book Club with Genny Hinkle, 12:30-2 p.m. at library.Fall Graveside Vase Floral Design Class with Benita Fin-ney, $6. Friday, Sept. 22Crafternoon: Wooden Block House, 2 p.m., at public library with Rachel Nelson. Monday, Sept. 25What’s Cooking: Fads, Foods and Home Hacks, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26Theater Club, 1 p.m with Mike Garner. Discuss travel options. Wednesday, Sept. 27Caring with Cards, 1 p.m. with Tara Harper. Make cards for homebound meals recipients. Thursday, Sept. 28Good Health Club, 1 p.m. with Stacey Southern, nutrition coordinator.Ms. Senior Davie County Pag-eant, 6:30 p.m. Free, but must have ticket from senior services. Friday, Sept. 29Grandparents and Me, 10 a.m., in partnership with Smart STart. OngoingBrock Senior Steppers, s Brock Gym, open 8-10 each morning and other times with no pro-grams. Register and count steps for monthly and yearly prizes.Coffee & Caregiving, Tuesdays 10 a.m. via Zoom. Interact with other caregivers, ask staff mem-ber Kelly Sloan questions. Open to caregivers of all ages.Quilting, Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Bring own suppliesCrocheting, Wednesdays, 9-11 a.m. with Theresa Manak and Sara Cioffi. Bring own supplies.Woodcarving, Wednesdays, 9-noon with Tim Trudgeon, $8.75 for new students to cover initial supplies.Art Class, Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon with Jo Robinson. Begin-ning to advanced. Live Music Thursday, Aug. 17The Happy Ones, 6:30 p.m., O’Calahalns, Downtown Mocks-ville. Friday, Aug. 18Incognito, 7 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville.James Vincent Carroll, 5:30-8:30 p.m., RayLen Vineyards & Winery, US 158, Mocksville. Saturday, Aug. 19Pushin’ Georgia, 6 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run.Tyler Millard, noon, RayLen Vineyards & Winery, US 158, Mocksville.Crimson Mist, 6 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville. Friday, Aug. 25Exit 180, 6 p.m. Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run.Ian West, 7 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville. Saturday, Aug. 26Tin Can Alley, 6 p.m., Tangle-wood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Not Your Mom’s Weenie Roast, 7 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville.Full Moon Festival, Vagabond Saints Society, The Plaids, Camel City Yacht Club, noon-9 p.m., RayLen Vineyards & Winery, US 158, Mocksville. Sunday, Aug. 27Emanual Wynter, 2 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville. Thursday, Aug. 31Anna Mertson, 6-9 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run.Darren Bryant, 6:30 p.m., O’Calahans, Downtown Mocksville. Saturday, Sept. 2Cat 5, Southside Saints, 6 p.m., Davie Community Park, US 601 S., Mocksville.James Vincent Carroll, 6 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Thursday, Sept. 7Adam&Avery, 6:30 p.m., O’Calahans, Downtown Mocksville. Friday, Sept. 8SoundKraft, 5:30 p.m., RayLen Vineyards & Winery, US 158, Mocksville. Sunday, Sept. 10Red Umber, 1-4 p.m., RayLen Vineyards & Winery, US 158, Mocksville. Thursday, Sept. 14SoundKraft, 6:30 p.m., O’Cal-hans, Downtown Mocksville. Saturday, Sept. 16Spindle 45 at Woofstock, a fundraiser for Humane Society of Davie. Food, puppies and more, noon-4 p.m., RayLen Vineyards & Winery, US 158, Mocksville.Pushin’ Georgia, 6 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Saturday, Sept. 30Fox Season, Killer Antz, Tom Petty music, 7 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville. Saturday, Oct. 7Jim Quick and Coastline, Jake Haldenvang, 6 p.m., Davie Community Park, US 601 S., Mocksville. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 - B13DAVIE CO. ENTERPRISE-RECORD THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2023 • 7B Holy Family Catholic Church 4820 Kinnamon Road Winston-Salem Church Ya rd Sale, Sat. 8/19 7:30am-12:30pm. 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All persons indebted to said estate will please make im- mediate payment. This the 16th day of August, 2023 Jonathan Paul Rothrock, Executor Attorney George A. “Tr ip” Payne Kasper & Payne, P.A. P.O. Box 687 3626 Clemmons Road, Clemmons, NC 27012 Publish 8/17/23, 8/24/23, 8/31/23, 9/7/23 No. 1692755 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DAVIE COUNTY RECREATION AND PARKS ROOF TOP UNITS REPLACEMENT PROJECT Davie County is requesting pro- posals for replacing two roof top units at the Recreation and Pa rks building at 151 Southwood Drive, Mocksville, NC. The work will in- clude replacement of (two) roof top units. All bids should be sent to Davie County Development & Facilities Services, attention: Brian Whitley, Facilities Supervisor at 622 N. Main Street, Suite 200, Mocks- ville, NC 27028, by 10:30 am on Thursday, August 31st 2023. Inter- ested contractors should contact Brian Whitley at bwhitley@davie- countync.gov or 336-753-6050 in order to obtain information on the project. Plans and speci cations are available at www.scollinseng. com. Davie County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities therein. Brian Whitley, Facilities Supervisor Davie County Development & Fa- cilities Services Publish 8/17/23 Public Notices No. 1679980 NORTH CA ROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Execu-trix of the Estate of SIDNEY LE-VON SMITH late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said estate to present writ-ten claim to the undersigned on or before October 27, 2023 (being three [3] months from the rst day of publication of this notice), orthis notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms, and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 27th day of July, 2023.Andrea Smith WintersC/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLPBrian F. Williams, Attorney at Law284 South Main StreetMocksville, NC 27028Publish 7/27/23, 8/3/23, 8/10/23, 8/17/23 No. 1683522 NORTH CA ROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having quali ed as Execut or of the Will and Estate of Evelyn Ann Folds deceased, late of Da- vie County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms, corporations and others having claims against the Estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at 3303 Healy Drive, Ste A, Winston-Salem, North Car- olina 27103, on or before the 10th day of November 2023 or this no- tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make im- mediate payment. This the 3rd day of August, 2023. Kelly F. Boger Executor of the Estate of Evelyn Ann Folds J. Alex Thornton J. E. Thornton, P.A. 3303 Healy Drive, Ste A Winston-Salem, NC 27103 Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 08/03/23, 08/10/23, 08/17/23, 08/24/23. No. 1686515 NORTH CA ROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Co-Ex- ecutors of the Estate of WILLIE BESS BENNETT late of Davie County, this is to notify all per- sons, rms and corporations having claims against said estate to present written claim to the un- dersigned on or before November 3, 2023 (being three [3] months from the rst day of publication of this notice), or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms, and corpora- tions indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 3rd day of August, 2023. Delbert E. Bennett Bradley F. Bennett Cynthia B. Summers C/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP Brian F. Williams, Attorney at Law 284 South Main Street Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 08/03/23, 08/10/23, 08/17/23, 08/24/23. Public Notices No. 1686455 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTOR for the Estate of RUSSELL CAL- VIN TALLENT, late of Davie Coun- ty, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before NOVEMBER 8, 2023. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make im- mediate payment. Today’s date 08/03/2023. ALMA JOY NICH- OLS, 156 CRICKET LANE, AD- VANCE, NC 27006, as EXECU- TOR of the Estate of RUSSELL CALVIN TALLENT, deceased, File #2023E000270. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 08/03/23, 08/10/23, 08/17/23, 08/24/23. No. 1682349 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Execu- tor of the Estate of Charles Den- ny Hupp late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present writ- ten claim to the undersigned on or before October 27, 2023 (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 21st of July, 2023. Stephen Clay Hege, Executor c/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II, Attorney at Law MARTIN VAN HOY & RAISBECK, LLP Attorneys at Law 10 Court Square Mocksville, NC 27028 (336)751-2171 Publish: 07/27/23, 08/03/23, 08/10/23, 08/17/23. No. 1693673 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as CO-ADMINIS- TRATOR for the Estate of RUFUS HOSCH, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before NOV. 22, 2023. 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 08/17/2023. CALVIN WAYNE HOSCH, 1417 OLD WILKES- BORO RD., SALISBURY, NC 28144 and KENNETH HOSCH, 444 BOXWOOD CHURCH RD., MOCKSVILLE, NC 27028, as CO-ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of RUFUS HOSCH, de- ceased, File #23E170. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 08/17/23, 08/24/23, 08/31/23, 09/07/23. No. 1679980 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Execu-trix of the Estate of SIDNEY LE-VON SMITH late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said estate to present writ-ten claim to the undersigned on or before October 27, 2023 (being three [3] months from the rst day of publication of this notice), orthis notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms, and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 27th day of July, 2023.Andrea Smith WintersC/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLPBrian F. Williams, Attorney at Law284 South Main StreetMocksville, NC 27028Publish 7/27/23, 8/3/23, 8/10/23, 8/17/23 Public Notices No. 1690173 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTOR for the Estate of KENNETH LOU- IS VOGT, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before NOVEMBER 15, 2023. This notice will be plead- ed in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are noti- fied to make immediate payment. Today’s date 08/08/2023. JOHN N CONTOS III, 325 BRACKEN RD., MOCKSVILLE, NC 27028, as EX- ECUTOR of the Estate of KEN- NETH LOUIS VOGT, deceased, File #2023E000261. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 08/10/23, 08/17/23, 08/24/23, 08/31/23. No. 1693211 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having quali ed as EXECUT OR for the Estate of LASSIE CARTER MYERS, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the said dece- dent to exhibit them to the un- dersigned on or before NOV. 22, 2024. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons, rms and corporations in- debted to said estate are noti ed to make immediate payment. To- day’s date 08/17/2023. GEORGE E. PILCHER, 437 LIBERTY CHURCH RD., MOCKSVILLE, NC 27028, as EXECUTOR of the Es- tate of LASSIE CARTER MYERS, deceased, File #2023E000273. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 08/17/23, 08/24/23, 08/31/23, 09/07/23. No. 1693794 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having quali ed as CO-EXECU- TORS for the Estate of ELOISE TURNER COCKERHAM, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, rms and cor- porations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before NOV. 22, 2023. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corpora- tions indebted to said estate are noti ed to make immediate pay- ment. Today’s date 08/17/2023. LELLIAN B. COCKERHAM, 196 GROVER RD., MOCKSVILLE, NC 27028 and KATHY L COCK- ERHAM, 165-B WILLIAM ST., MOCKSVILLE, NC 27028, as CO-EXECUTORS of the Estate of ELOISE TURNER COCKERHAM, deceased, File #2023E000196. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 08/17/23, 08/24/23, 08/31/23, 09/07/23. No. 1686455 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTOR for the Estate of RUSSELL CAL- VIN TALLENT, late of Davie Coun- ty, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before NOVEMBER 8, 2023. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make im- mediate payment. Today’s date 08/03/2023. ALMA JOY NICH- OLS, 156 CRICKET LANE, AD- VANCE, NC 27006, as EXECU- TOR of the Estate of RUSSELL CALVIN TALLENT, deceased, File #2023E000270. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 08/03/23, 08/10/23, 08/17/23, 08/24/23. Public Notices No. 1679890 NORTH CA ROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having hereto-fore, quali ed as Administrator of the Estate of Leora Janice Pr ude, late of Davie County, North Car-olina, hereby noti es all parties having claims against said Estate to present them to the attorney for the undersigned on or before Oc-tober 25th, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.This the 27th day of July 2023.Cornelia Williams, Administrator Ronald D. Payne II, Esq.Apple Payne Law PLLC900 Old Winston Road, Suite 212Kernersville, NC 27284Publish 7/27/23, 8/3/23, 8/10/23, 8/17/23 No. 1681554 NORTH CA ROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having quali ed as ADMINISTRA - TOR for the Estate of DEE ANN LY TLE, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to ex- hibit them to the undersigned on or before November 1, 2023. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to said estate are noti ed to make immediate payment. Today’s date 07/27/2023. JAMES HERBERT LY TLE, JR., 173 JUNCTION RD., MOCKSVILLE, NC 27028, as AD- MINISTRATOR of the Estate of DEE ANN LY TLE, deceased, File #2023E000267. Publish: 07/27/23, 08/03/23, 08/10/23, 08/17/23. No. 1680333 NORTH CA ROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Exec-utrix of the Estate of RIGDON GARY BROWN late of Davie County, this is to notify all per-sons, rms and corporations having claims against said estate to present written claim to the un-dersigned on or before October 27, 2023 (being three [3] months from the rst day of publication of this notice), or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms, and corpora-tions indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 27th day of July, 2023.Jamie Lou Carter BrownC/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLPBrian F. Williams, Attorney at Law284 South Main StreetMocksville, NC 27028Publish 7/27/23, 8/3/23, 8/10/23, 8/17/23 No. 1693769 NORTH CA ROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having quali ed as EXECUT OR for the Estate of JOYCE LOUISE BOWLES, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before NOV. 22, 2023. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to said estate are noti ed to make immediate payment. Today’s date 08/17/2023. ELISABETH W. PLUMMER, 7109 CHAFTAIN PLACE, GREENSBORO, NC 27410, as EXECUTOR of the Es- tate of JOYCE LOUISE BOWLES, deceased, File #2023E000303. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 08/17/23, 08/24/23, 08/31/23, 09/07/23. Employment Job Opportunities Kennel AssistantWe’re looking for Part-Time, to possibility of Full-Time. Must be at least 18 years old. Must have reliable transportation. 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Public Notices Public Notices No. 1690490 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having quali ed as Executor f or the Estate of Barbara Ann Clod-felter, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to ex-hibit them to the undersigned on or before November 15, 2023. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to said estate are noti ed to make immediate payment. Today’s date 08/10/2023. Boyce Russell Clod-felter, P.O. Box 395, 149 Joyner Street, Cooleemee, NC 27014, as Executor of the Estate of Bar-bara Ann Clodfelter, deceased, File #23E000230. Publish 8/10/23, 8/17/23, 8/24/23, 8/31/23 No. 1679890 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having hereto-fore, quali ed as Administrator of the Estate of Leora Janice Pr ude, late of Davie County, North Car-olina, hereby noti es all par ties having claims against said Estate to present them to the attorney for the undersigned on or before Oc-tober 25th, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay-ment to the undersigned.This the 27th day of July 2023.Cornelia Williams, Administrator Ronald D. Payne II, Esq.Apple Payne Law PLLC900 Old Winston Road, Suite 212Kernersville, NC 27284Publish 7/27/23, 8/3/23, 8/10/23, 8/17/23 The Davie County Public Library and Cognition Chil-dren’s Museum are partners.Use your library card to check out a Community Membership Pass to visit the museum in Downtown Mocksville.“Cognition’s exhibit area is full of hands-on learning and creative play experi-ences for kids,” said Jessica White. Each pass is good for two visits over the two-week check-out period for a fam-ily of up to 10 (4 adults and 6 children). Designed for learners ages 0-10, the space in-cludes areas of play centered around STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) concepts and Davie County industries. Harvest vegetables in Ag-riculture Avenue, build tow-ers in Construction Court, and practice medical skills in Research Road. Cognition is open on Tuesdays & Thursdays for afternoon (1-3:30) and eve-ning (4-6:30) play sessions and on Wednesdays & Fri-days for morning (9-11:30) and afternoon (1-3:30) play sessions. They are also open Saturday mornings (9-Davie County Public Library card holders now have access to a Cognition Children’s Museum “Community Family Pass.” It’s kind of like a big game of “Operation,” where children can learn about the human body. 11:30) with the afternoons available for private party rentals. Visit www.cognitionda- vie.org for more informa-tion or contact info@cog-nitiondavie.org with any questions. Get a pass to the museum B14 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Online voting only. No purchase required. See contest page for full rules. www.ourdavie.com/contests/readerschoice23 Nominate in at least five categories to be eligible to win a $50 gift card In the voting round the same rules apply and a second chance to win $50! 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