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Davie County Enterprise Record 9-28-2023USPS 149-160 Number 39 Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 28 Pages 75¢ Sunflower Power Davie farm transitions from tobacco to flowers; festival this weekend 89076 3821260Home&Garden Section Inside Page B2 Win Cash Pick the winners in this week’s football games Double Zero strikes again Seth Grooms knows how to keep those War Eagle spirits flying high. And he has some pretty nifty dance moves, as he shows in the photo above with the Davie County High School cheerleaders. At left, cheerleader Mia Clair Myers gets the crowd excited about the game. By the way, Davie pulled the upset over East Forsyth. Read details and see more photographs on pages B1, B4, and B5. - Photos by Marnic Lewis By Mike BarnhardtEnterprise Record It’s a money machine. You put a card in, and cash comes out.The ATM , or automat-ed teller machine, has been around for quite a while.But to a novice, using one can be intimidating.In comes Bentley Moody, an intern with the War Eagle Credit Union, a division of Members Credit Union that is open for students and staff at Davie County High School.“A lot of students don’t understand how the ATM works,” he said, citing it as Bentley Moody and Jon Hamby-Lattimore at the War Eagle Credit Union inside of Davie High. - Photo by Mike Barnhardt Financial literacy a new graduation priority By Mike BarnhardtEnterprise Record Dusty’s nightmare started last February.Except it wasn’t a night-mare, it has been a real-life daily struggle in her Davie home.Of her and her husband’s eight children, three are adopt-ed siblings from a mother on drugs. All are developmentally disabled.“For the first time in our lives, we had to call the police to our house,” she told county commissioners last week, one of two speakers urging better care for residents with mental illness.Three years ago, their old-est adopted daughter became an adult. They became her le-gal guardians.“While I’m incredibly thankful for the kind sheriffs that arrived to assist us, this was a very scary experience for our other children.”Their daughter, who func-tions at a third grade level, was kept in the hospital for 10 days. At a follow-up appoint-ment the next day, it was rec-ommended she be re-admitted to the hospital. She spent an-other week in the hospital be-fore returning home.“Two weeks later, we had to call the police again,” Dusty said. “She now had suicidal and homicidal intentions.”She spent another week in the hospital. In the meantime, Dusty’s other children were trauma-tized by the ordeals and were diagnosed with PTSD.“The psyciatrist who saw our children told us we could not bring the other daughter home because my other chil-dren would not be safe,” she said. Please See Finance - Page 5 Where to turn? Mental health services can be hard to find Please See Crisis - Page 4 2 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023Editorial Page USPS 149-160 171 S. Main St., P.O. 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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 A rainbow shouldn’t be offensive The Literary Corner: Renegade Writer’s Guild Legislature goes too far with budget To the editor:Recently, I read about the newly implemented “House System” for our middle schools in the Davie Enterprise. I believed this to be a wonderful and innovative idea for our students and for our schools. Our school system has always been a strength here, and something our residents can be proud of.Shortly after reading the article, I noticed the colorful and beautifully painted rock in front of Ellis Middle School representing this House System. I was so impressed with the artwork and detail it took to create it that I stopped to take pictures to share on social media of how much I loved it. Passing by it on my way to and from work created joy for me and I’m sure, created excitement for the students and those entering the campus. Sadly, I learned that an individual has complained about it and Mr. Jeff Wallace (superintendent) has made the decision to paint over it, so my question is this: When did a complaint from a few begin to override the wishes of the majority? When did a rainbow, of all things, become so offensive?Rainbows mean many things to many people. To me, it represents happiness, renewal, love, and God‘s promise to us (Genesis 9:13). If someone finds this offensive, that is their problem and their issue. Please do not make something as simple as a rainbow an issue in this county. And please do not cave to the whims of a few complaints. Our county is stronger than that and our children deserve better than that.Misty Hall, Advance To the editor:Bill Collette would be proud. The former owner of Wilkins Drugstore in downtown Mocksville who survived and thrived despite polio, would have been pleased with his son’s speech and the turnout at the first annual Mocks-fest event in Mocksville. The weather cooperated, and the number of folks that showed up on the same night Davie High played East For-syth in football was surprising. Fairfield Bluegrass and Mel Jones performed for the crowd and left everyone hop-ing for encores. Thank you to all of the sponsors who made the event possible. A list can be found on the Mocksville Rotary Club Facebook page. Please take a look and thank the in- dividuals and businesses that contributed to the event. A special thank you to everyone who came out and to those who contributed during the event. We appreciate your sup-port. The end of polio in the world is near. I am looking for-ward to the day when we have to change the beneficiary of the event because we’ve succeeded in eliminating polio worldwide. It couldn’t have been a better night in small-town America. We got to listen to some great music, eat hot-dogs, and have a hometown win in football. The 1st Annu-al Mocksfest event will go down as a success.Will Marklin, MocksvillePresident, Mocksville Rotary Clu Bill Collette would be proud 1924 Postcard on EbayBy Marie CraigOne source of genealogical and historical information is the website, www.Ebay.com. Recently, a very interesting postcard mailed from Mocksville in 1924 was for sale for $39.99. I didn’t buy it, but I did take screenshots of the ad. On one side was this photograph to the right.On the other side of the postcard was hand-written these words: “Wire me right away if you are going to ship anything for our sale Dec. 1st. and oblige.” It was signed “W Raleigh Clement” and below that was “+ marks shows the winners.” It was addressed to George Miller, Rural Re-treat, Va. [This is in Wythe County.]Analyzing these brief words gave this information with sources in brackets.The date on the postcard picture, Aug. 25th, 1924, was a Monday. [Using Google, type calendar August 1924.] The time of day was about noon. [Shadows under the horses.] There was a fence with wire. There is a plus sign on the arms of two riders. I wish we knew the identity of the big building in the distance. Judging by the hats, there are two men and two women in the foreground. There are many white shirts on the spectators in the bleachers. This is a split second in time 99 years ago. The date postmarked on the card, 24 November 1924, is only three months after the event. There were probably no streetlights for evening events. This is about the time that downtown Mocksville got streetlights. The location, Sunset Park, is the flat area that is now Wilkesboro Street, near Lambert Funeral Home and Davie Florist. There was a racetrack where riders went round and round. Near that same area is now, in 2023, preparation for riders to go round and round on the traffic circle to smooth out the five streets that intersect there. More analysis: this Penny postcard was sent 24 Nov 1924 [Monday] at possibly 4:30 PM. Dec 1st was also a Monday, one week later. It’s hard to believe a postcard could arrive so quickly to result in something so involved as getting some sort of merchandise 113 miles from Rural Retreat to Mocksville. [A Google Map gives the distance.] The sparse address to Virginia is also amazing.He wrote “Wire me.” Was there a telegraph office in Mocksville in 1924? Why didn’t Raleigh wire George?There is a plus sign on the right arm of the lower left rider and on the left arm of the third person, a woman. They were the winners.There is a George Stewart Miller from Wythe Coun-ty on FindAGrave, # 73601006. On the 1920, 1930, and 1940 US Census he is listed as a farmer. He would have been 52 in 1924. The postcard writer, W. Raleigh Clement was born 23 August 1871 and died 6 January 1931; he is buried in Clement Family Cemetery south of Mocksville. He would have been about 53 when he wrote the card. He gave the land for Sunset Park. He never married and lived with his sister, Julia. [Information from tombstone and US Cen-sus]. The History Room at Davie County Public Library has photographs of Raleigh. The Aug. 27, 1924, Davie Record, had this article: “The big Horsetrader’s Convention held here Monday was the biggest thing pulled off lately. The parade was given at 10:30 Monday morning, followed by a number of races at Sunset Park. The auction sale of stock took place Monday afternoon. About 300 head of stock was here from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.”This is the joy of being able to play detective with just a few words using the Internet and the History Room to discover more details about Davie County history. Sixty YearsBy Gaye HootsSaturday, Sept. 9 our graduating class celebrated our sixtieth-class reunion at Junkers’ Barn, where they have graciously hosted us for many years. Janine Roberts and I were greeted by Bob Crotts and his wife Susan, and Charles Crenshaw captured a photo of us as we entered. The planning committee had sent invitations to about eighty of us, decorated the tables, and arranged for Millers to cater the delicious BBQ meal. Gail Frye provided more homemade cakes than I could count, and water bottles la-beled with our mascot.It was good to see everyone and catch up with their families. Several classmates spoke of their educational, career, and family histories. We were a fortunate group with many academic and career options. I married over the summer before my senior year but graduated with my class. My college plans were deferred until after I had chil- dren and was divorced. Still, I managed a combination of grants, scholarships, and fellowships to complete an MSN in nursing without incurring student loans.My great-granddaughter is a senior at Davie High this year and is planning to take advantage of the two years offered free at the community college to pursue a four-year degree in education. I can close my eyes and imagine my-self in her shoes sixty years ago. The classes are so large now that it would be challenging to develop the connec-tion we had with our classmates.There were classmates I did not get a chance to speak to, and because I left my glasses in the car, I mistook Jim Groce for someone else and spent time talking with some-one I believed to be Linda Pendleton until I saw the pic-tures Charles took of Linda. Shirley Boger always shines, as do many others. Robert Kurfees and I talked about his memories of visiting an elderly relative, Carrie Orrell, who lived on Peoples Creek Road when we were children.Jim Andrews and a friend ate with us and teased Mon-dell Ellis about high school mischievousness, and Mondell gave his wife Marlyn credit for “straightening me out.” Travisene Boger brought Kaye Morris as her guest, and I was happy to reconnect with her. Glenda Bread and Julia Alexander had changed very little in sixty years. Martha Kiser and Jim Andrews left at the end of their junior year because their fathers were ministers, but they always cele-brate with us because that is where their roots are. Charles and Lorene Markland, Larry and Frankie Corneilson, and Bob Peoples are friends I was fortunate to speak with too. We all referenced using the years we have left wisely, and a very sad reminder of that was that David Kimmer’s wife who attended with him, left this earth the very next day. Our thoughts and prayers are with him.Please See Renegade ‑ Page 11 North Carolina has a new budget. That’s good.What isn’t good is the number of add ons at the end, add ons that left little time for debate.One is close to our hearts: the public’s right to know.The Republican-led budget enacted at the last minute a new law that gives the custodian of General Assembly records the authority to decide if it should become a public record, or trashed for eternity, or get this, sold.All correspondence and deliberations by the General Assembly - eventually - should be a public record. There may be an occasional need to delay the release of certain records, but in the end, they should all be public.That could mean a constituent’s correspondence citing concerns or pointing out potential wrongdoing to a legisla-tor could be kept from public disclosure.It also could mean prohibiting the public disclosure of legislators’ emails — often the subject of public records and Freedom of Information Act requests to reveal details and comments on potentially contentious public issues.Both are troubling.And while the Republicans are, and likely will be in the near future, in control of the General Assembly, it makes you wonder what they’re trying to hide. If the Democrats ever gain control of the General Assembly in North Car-olina again, which is possible, they, too, would have this control over what the public knows about how they do business. Neither party deserves that kind of power.“This new provision appears to be the legislature en-tirely exempting themselves from the public records law and the archiving process that has retained government records throughout the state’s history,” said Schorr John-son, communications director for the state’s department of natural and cultural resources.Well said.- Mike Barnhardt DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 - 3White House Weddings By Betty Etchison WestFor the Enterprise The wedding of Lynda Bird Johnson and Charles Spittal Robb in the East Room at the White House was the last wedding that took place inside the White House to date. A few weddings, how-ever, have taken place on the grounds of the White House since the Johnson/Robb wedding.On June 12, 1971, Tri-cia Nixon, the daughter President of Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, married Edward Cox, a Harvard law student, in the White House Rose Garden; 400 guests attended, joined by about 700 media people. When the Kennedys de-signed the Rose Garden, they had a grassy area put in the middle so that there would be a perfect place for guests to sit for any kind of occasion. Rafanelli, who designed many events at the White House, said: “The Rose Garden is the ultimate out-door venue. It is one of the few places in the world that cannot be replicated.” There was an ironwork gazebo placed in the Rose Garden, and it was covered with white roses for the Nixon/Cox wedding. That gazebo was made in the White House Metal Shop. The aisle in the Rose Garden was lined with French-style tubs filled with topiary trees of pink and white roses. The pic-tures of the decorations are stunning so seeing the real thing must having been an unbelievable experience. The ironworks gazebo used for that wedding is now in the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California. A news release at the time described the bride’s dress: “Tricia Nixon’s dress was of silk organdy appliqued with Alencon lace and embroidered lil-ies of the valley over silk crepe.” The dress was sleeve-less, which was somewhat controversial because it was considered to be too revealing. Tricia looked beautiful, and the fairy-tale setting worked even though the weather was threaten-ing throughout the day. The bride thought the soft rain made the fragrance of the garden all the sweeter.After the wedding, there was a cake cutting in the North Portico Hall in front of the historic gilded mir-ror. The cake was six-feet high. Around the bottom of the cake was blown sugar love birds and the initials “T” and “E.”. Tricia wanted the cake to be big enough for the guests and the me-dia people to have a piece. One of the guests, who got a piece of that beautiful cake, was Alice Roosevelt Longworth, who was quite old at that time.President Nixon wrote his daughter a note and left it under her pillow the night before the wedding, which said something to the effect that your wedding day will be a day that we will al-ways remember because all of us were beautifully and simply happy.This marriage does in-deed seem to be one that has been happy as indicated by Tricia as she reminisced about her wedding day on her 50th anniversary. Among other things, she remembered that Rev. Ed-ward G. Hatch performed the ceremony that made her the wife of Edward Cox. Edward and Tricia had one son, and, after he needed less attention, Tricia served on boards of some medical research institutions. She is an ac-tive member of the Board of Directors of the Nix-on Presidential Library in California. Edward Cox is a corporate lawyer and is chair of the New York Re-publican State Committee. •The last White House wedding of the 20th Centu-ry was the wedding of An-thony Rodham, the broth-er of First Lady, Hillary Clinton, and Nicole Boxer. That wedding was also held in the Rose Garden. It took place on May 28, 1994. It had been 25 years since there had been any kind of White House wedding.Thirty-nine-year-old Anthony Rodham wed 25-years-old Nicole Boxer, the daughter of California Sen. Barbara Boxer, un-der a white canopy. The 40-minute ceremony was performed by Judge Perer Capua, a family friend, af-ter remarks by a Methodist minister and a Jewish lay representative. Chelsa, the daughter of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton, served as a bridesmaid. After the ceremony, the 250 guests retired to the First Ladies Garden before moving to the States Din-ing Room for a buffet din-ner. After dinner, there was dancing in the East Room.The Clintons said they paid for the wedding and they wanted it to be private. No media people were al-lowed. If fact, there were some shields put up to as-sure privacy.Anthony Rodham, who is Hillary Clinton’s young-er brother, was the Re-gional Coordinator for the Los Angelos Democratic National Committee. His bride, Nicole, was a film company executive. The BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT The BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT- An AFFORDABLE marketing choice! To Advertise On This Page Call: FORSYTH County (336) 766-4126 • DAVIE County (336) 751-2120 Tell our readers the story of YOUR business in the BUSINESSSPOTLIGHT ACME Headstone and Supply Offers Monuments, Urns, Vases and More Monument Cleaning, Cemetery Repair, and Onsight Inscription Services are also Offered Whether your loved one was human or a com-panion animal, we can help you honor their mem-ory to the fullest. Quality is the single most im-portant factor when choosing a memorial. 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Davie County Enterprise-Record 1 4 9 1 6 0 Sept. 20, 2023 Weekly 52 $32.03 Postal Customer 336-751-2120PO Box 99, Mocksville, Davie County, NC 27028-0099 PO Box 4639, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC 28145-4639 John Carr - PO Box 4639, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC 28145-4639 Mike Barnhardt - PO Box 99, Mocksville, NC 27028-0099 Salisbury NewsMedia PO Box 4639, Salisbury, NC 28145 X Davie County Enterprise-Record September 7, 2023 5,350 5,350 437 424 1,879 1,835 2,153 2,172 4,469 4,431 21 21 48 49 4,517 4,480 833 870 5,350 5,350 98.94% 98.91% 139 139 4,608 4,570 4,656 4,619 98.00% 98.00% X 09/28/23 Sept. 20, 2023John Carr, Publisher 26 27 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 4th Anniversary Celebration Saturday, October 28, 20239am – 6pm DO NOT MISS: 10% off ALL FIREARMS 10% off ALL SURPLUS CLOTHING MARKDOWNS on AMMUNITION SALES on AMMO CANS | FREE RAFFLE 1115 Yadkinville Road • Mocksville, NC 27028 | (336) 936-9321Victory-Arms.comHours: Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm WE BUY, SELL, AND TRADE 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 Continued From Page 1Dusty was told at the hospital that a homeless shelter was an option - an option that came with a possible “abandonment” charge for Dusty and her husband. It was never an option in their minds; they love their daughter, she said.“Our daughter came home heavily medicated for what they hoped would be a very short time. But it has been seven months. We now walk on eggshells to not trigger this person who has caused so much chaos in our home.”It has hurt the family’s finances, as well. More doctors, more appoint-ments. Her husband, the sole breadwinner, misses an average of eight days of work a month.The family has been through two case manag-ers with Partners, the health care management company the county aligned with in 2021. “Neither have been Crisis ... able to find any services for her,” Dusty said. “Our daughter’s psychiatrist feels that a group home would be very appropriate, as did her pediatrician.”But the health care man-agers wouldn’t approve payment for a group home setting. And there was a 10-year wait list.“It truly feels as if there is no hope for our daughter to move out of our home so our family can heal and she can get the services she needs,” Dusty said.To top all of that off, her daughter now suffers from liver disease because of the toxicity of her medications. “The amount of medica-tions she needs to stay home is not a sustainable situa-tion. Our daughter needs a therapeutic environment.“The psychiatrist says our other children will not be able to heal as long as she is at home. This experience has deeply traumatized my family. We love our daugh-ter and pray that she can get the services she needs. “We are a Davie Coun-ty family that has fallen through the cracks,” she said.•They aren’t the only Da-vie County family that has fallen through the cracks.Julie Whittaker, a mental health advocate and regu-lar speaker at the monthly commission meetings, said: “There are families in Davie County who are not getting mental health services and support as needed.”She told about one “large” company with an out-of-state manager who called her, asking what to do. “That manager had regular contact with an employee here and learned that the family is struggling since an adult with a diag-nosis of a lifelong mental health condition graduated from the county school pro-grams and now has no place go do daily while his par-ents work.”They aren’t alone. “Sadly, many families have this experience and go through a long and difficult learning curve, and then a long waiting period before they find the support and services needed ... if these are even available.” Even families who know how to work the system “still struggle to get the services needed.”Whittaker urged the board to make sure Davie is represented on the Partners board with a knowledgeable and working member, to study the number of people who visit an emergency room for mental health is-sues, as well as the care they receive there and af-terwards. Check on home-less numbers and suicide attempts, she said, as well as calls on drug overdoses.“What can be done to improve county support for our citizens and improve transparency regarding common and frequent men-tal health issues?” were assisted by NC High-way Patrol, Statesville PD, and Iredell County Sheriff’s Office as the pursuit contin-ued for several more min-utes until the suspect lost control of the vehicle and wrecked, Hartman reportedDeputies took Devon Heggs, of Deaton Street in Statesville, was taken into custody.The report said that Heggs was in possession of methamphetamine, fentan-yl, crack cocaine, ecstasy pills, and marijuana, along with drug paraphernalia indicative of drug sales. Heggs also had several outstanding warrants for his arrest out of Iredell and Caldwell counties that in-cluded orders for arrest for felony breaking and enter-ing to terrorize, felony lar-ceny, habitual felon, felony possession with intent to manufacture sale and de-liver Schedule II controlled substance and resisting a public officer.Heggs was transported fto Davie County Deten-tion Center where he was charged with felony flee-ing to elude arrest with ve-hicle, felony possession of a stolen vehicle, 3 counts of felony possession with intent to manufacture sale and deliver Schedule II con-trolled substance, 3 counts of felony possession of Schedule II controlled sub-stance, felony possession with intent to manufacture sale and deliver Schedule I controlled substance, felony possession of Schedule I controlled substance, pos-session of Schedule VI con-trolled substance, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, assault on a government official, 2 counts of resist-ing a public officer, reckless driving, and driving while license revoked. Heggs was also served all out of county warrants. Heggs was taken into custody in lieu of a $764,000 bond and is scheduled for a first-appearance hearing Sept. 28 in Davie District Court. Man faces drug charges after fleeing in Rav 4 DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 - 5 *Annual Percentage Yield (APY) eective as of the publication date. Oer applies to new CDs only. $1,000 minimum deposit to open and is required to earn stated APY. Penalty for early withdrawal. IRA CD is subject to eligibility requirements. Oer not available to Public Funds, brokers, dealers and other ﬁnancial institutions. Fees could reduce earnings. Oer subject to change without notice. Oer good at locations in Davie County, NC only.**IRA CD must be opened in person and cannot be opened online. Star t earning today with Bank OZK! 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Clubs - The Weekly Talon, Junior Civitians, YoungLife, and Mock Trial - are in full swing and ready to committed members.Traffic has calmed down and many students have just got-ten into a healthy sleep cycle and routine in their day to day life. I can’t wait to see what else this week brings. Remember it’s a great day to be a War Eagle.Kat Woodruff-Carter is a senior at Davie High and an intern at the Enterprise Record. Continued From Page 1the most asked question by fellow students.Jon Hamby-Lattimore is in his second year of run-ning the credit union at the school, which is open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He has also helped teach what is required for the first time in North Carolina this year - financial literacy. Graduating seniors will have to pass a financial lit-erarcy class.“It’s important to help the students to understand fi-nances,” Hamby-Lattimore said. “Economics, credit, checking, budgeting, we were taught this. I want these students to have a good understanding of how to take care of their personal finances so they can be more successful as an adult.“I usually talk about cred-it, how to establish and keep a good credit score, and how to get a rapport with some-one in a financial institu-tion,” he said.Students will get a test on financial reality: they will be given a set amount of wages, and a set amount of prices for things such as housing and groceries as well as entertainment op-tions. The students quickly figure out the difference between wants and needs, Hamby-Lattimore said.Bentley is learning more that just financial literacy in his internship. He’s learning how to deal with customers, and on a recent day was try-ing to drum up business via Tik Tok and Instagram.“I’ve learned a lot of mar-keting skills here,” he said. “And being aware of your finances is always impor-tant, that and the marketing should help me in any job.”Students can open check-ing and savings accounts. Staff members can use any service offered by the host credit union. The families of any who join become mem-bers of Members.“We started when the school moved into this building, then we were out for two years because of Covid,” Hamby-Lattimore said. “We’ve rebranded and jumped back into things. This year, we’ve seen a lot more paricipation with peo-ple opening new accounts.” Finances ... Wild week for War Eagles Bentley Moody at the War Eagle Credit Union ATM inside of Davie High. 6 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023Public Records ArrestsThe following were ar-rested by the Davie County Sheriff’s Office.Sept. 23: Liborio Mos-so Vazquez, 51, of Patricia Way, Mocksville, failure to appear in court; Laura Leb-arron, 30, of Draughn Lane, Mocksville, assault.Sept. 22: Jesus Vargas Benitez, 44, of Windsong Road, Mocksville, resisting an officer, assault on a gov-ernment official; Michael Turner, 56, of Beauchamp Road, Advance, possessin of marijuana.Sept. 21: Robert Glenn Carlton Jr., 37, of White Oak Lane, Mocksville, violation of court order; Richard Van Logan Las-siter, 68, of Yadkinville Road, Mocksville, com-municating threats; Delmy Enaldo Sosa, 43, of Char-lotte, false imprisonment, assault on a female, failure to appear in court; Joseph Andrew Spillman Jr., 58, of Watt St., Cooleemee, trespassing, resisting an officer; Marilyn Young, 30, of Cleveland, NC, commu-nicating threats. Sept. 20: June Martin Boger, 87, of US 601 S., Mocksville, cruelty to ani-mals; Devon Lamar Heggs, 37, of Statesville, maintain-ing a vehicle for controlled substances, possession with intent to sell Sched-ule I controlled substance, felony possession Sched-ule I controlled substance, possession with intent to sell Schedule II controlled substance, felony posses-sion Schedule II controlled substance, driving while license revoked, reckless driving, resisting an of-ficer, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana paraphernalia, assault on a government official, 6 counts failure to appear in court on felony charges, injury to proper-ty, fleeing to elude arrest in a vehicle; failrure to stop for red light, expired vehi-cle registration, failure to heed blue lights and sirens, hit and run; Ronald Jason Sherrill, 44, of S. Angell Road, Mocksville, unau-thorized use of vehicle, misdemeanor child abuse; Eric Wesley Ward, 41, of Harley Road, Mocksville; domestic violence preven-tion order violation. Sept. 19: Randall Gene Burchette, 33, of Mocks-ville, non-support of child; Brandon Michael Camp-bell, 32, of Oakland Ave., Mocksville; 5 counts fail-ure to appear in court; Mar-cus Antonio Gadson, 33, of Jerusalem Ave., Mocks-ville; probation violation; Hannah Jayne Holloway, 20, of Hobson Drive, Mocksville, failure to ap-pear in court; David Allen Lane, 38, of Cloister Drive, Mocksville, failure to wear seat belt, reckless driving; Kailene Peachy, 29, of US 158, Mocksville, animals creating a public nuisance. Sept. 18: Kara Suzanne Barrow, 31, of NC 801 S., Mocksville, felony pro-bation violation; Andrew Lee Camp, 37, of Duke St., Cooleemee, domestic violence protective order violation; Jamie Franklin Koon, 44, of Howardtown Circle, Mocksville; Wendy Harris Martin, 53, of Tur-keyfoot Road, Mocksville, communicating threats; Danette Lorraine, May-field, 49, of Still Waters Drive, Advance, operating electronic sweepstakes, manufacturing/sell slot ma-chine, operating a slot ma-chine, gambling, operating a video gaming machine; Graham Miller Troutman, 32, of Bermuda Run Drive, Bermuda Run, identity theft, felony larceny, pos- session of stolen property. Sept. 17: Artez Lamont Allison, 28, of NC 801 S., Mocksville, communicat-ing threats. Sheriff’s OfficeThe following are from Davie County Sheriff’s Of-fice reports.Sept. 23: domestic dis-turbance, Draughn Lane, Mocksville; damage to property, Dutchman Trail, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Cornatzer Road, Advance; disturbance, Southwood Drive, Mocks-ville; harassment, Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; assault, Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; sus-picious activity, Main Church Road, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Park Ave., Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, Wilkesboro St., Mocksville; larceny, Farmington Road, Mocks-ville; domestic disturbance, Cherry Hill Road, Mocks-ville; larceny, NC 801 S., Cooleemee; assault, Valley Road, Mocksville; damage to property, Shady Knoll Lane, Mocksville; larceny, Valley Road, Mocksville; larceny, Watt St., Coolee-mee; suspicious activity, Oak Valley Blvd., Advance; domestic disturbance, NC 801 N., Advance; trespass-ing, Main St., Cooleemee; abduction, I-40EB MM 181; suspicious activity, Main St., Cooleemee.Sept. 22: suspicious activity, Cornwallis Drive, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, US 64 W., Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, McCashin Lane, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Millwright Court, Mocks-ville; assault, War Eagle Drive, Mocksville; nui-sance complaint, Brayden Drive, Advance; trespass-ing, Millstone Lane, Ber-muda Run; harassment, Center St., Cooleemee; sex offense, S. Angell Road, Mocksville; trespassing, Galadrim Way, Advance; assault, Cherry Hill Road, Mocksville; trespassing, Jack Booe Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, NC 801 S., Cooleemee; disturbance, US 601 N., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Bridle Lane, Ad-vance; suspicious activity, Granada Drive, Advance; suspicious activity, Yadkin-ville Road, Mocksville; ha-rassment, Turnberry Drive, Mocksville; assault, Ceme-tery St., Mocksville.Sept. 21: suspicious ac- tivity, Valley Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Legion Hut Road, Mocks-ville; domestic assist, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; disturbance, Davie Academy Road, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Hauser Creek Lane, Mocksville; domes-tic disturbance, Junction Road, Mocksville; domes-tic disturbance, Cornatzer Road, Mocksville; fraud, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; disturbance, Yadkinville Road, Mocks-ville; disturbance, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; burglary, Boxwood Church Road, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, County Line Road, Harmony; suspicious ac-tivity, White Oak Lane, Mocksville; damage to property, Hillcrest Drive, Advance; larceny, Hepler Road, Mocksville.Sept. 20: domestic disturbance, NC 801 S., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Sparks Road, Ad-vance; suspicious activi-ty, US 64 W., Mocksville; trespassing, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; sus-picious activity, Crabtree Road, Mocksville; dam-age to property, Peace See Records - Page 11 Street Light Outages For your convenience, Duke Energy provides a 24-hour Customer Service Line 1-800-653-5307. Town residents may report street light outages directly to Duke Energy or you may contact Donna Lawrence at the Town Hall and she will be glad to report the outages for you. 336-753-6704. When reporting an outage, it is necessary to have the closest street address to the light. MOCKSVILLE’S SUPERHERO SPRINT Friday, November 11, 2022 5 – 7 PM (More information to follow) Leaf Pickup Fall leaf collection is scheduled to begin Monday, October 16, 2023. Pickup will continue through January 5, 2024. Leaves should be raked to the curb, NOT into the streets. For the safety of the town crew, do not rake closer than 25 feet to an intersection and do not rake within 10 feet of a power pole. DO NOT RAKE LIMBS OR BRANCHES WITH THE LEAVES! DO NOT BAG LEAVES! Bagged leaves and yard waste such as limbs, branches, brush and grass clippings, etc. WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. Cut trees should be placed curbside with all lights and decorations removed. Christmas Tree Pickup Christmas Trees will be picked up Wednesday, December 27, 2023 and Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Town of MocksvilleCalendar of Events Burning is not permitted inside the town limits. The Town of Mocksville Code of Ordinances states that it shall be unlawful to burn or set fire to or bury any garbage or any other debris. NO BURNING ALLOWED INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS FOG Alert FATS, OILS AND GREASE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BLOCK YOUR PRIVATE PLUMBING SYSTEM AS WELL AS PUBLIC SEWERS Both residential and business customers can help prevent wastewater overflows by minimizing the amount of FOG disposed of through plumbing drains. Inside a sewer, fats, oils and grease change to a plaster-like consistency and can block the pipes, causing an overflow of untreated wastewater. At home, you can dispose of normal cooking oil and grease by putting it in a container as part of your solid waste rather than through your sink and plumbing drain. Wiping and scraping pots, pans and other utensils before washing them are important steps in proper grease disposal. If your business generates waste grease, fats or oil, you should have a grease interception system that works effectively. A company that recycles fats, oils and grease should regularly clean out the grease trap. OCTOBER Oct. 3 Town Board Meeting – 6pm Oct. 4 Farmers Market 3pm-6pm Oct. 6 Trash Pickup Oct. 7 Yard Waste Site Open – 8am to Noon Oct. 11 Farmers Market 3pm-6pm Oct. 13 Trash & Recycle Pickup Oct. 14 The Oaks Festival 10am – 5pm Oct. 14 The Oaks Festival – Free Concert 1:30pm – 7:30pm Oct. 16 Leaf Pickup Begins Oct. 18 Farmers Market 3pm-6pm Oct. 20 Trash Pickup Oct. 21 Yard Waste Site Open – 8am to Noon Oct. 25 Farmers Market 3pm-6pm Oct. 27 Trash & Recycle Pickup Oct. 28 Main Street 5k NOVEMBER Nov. 3 Trash Pickup Nov. 4 Yard Waste Site Open 8am-Noon Nov. 7 Town Board Meeting – 6pm Nov. 10 Town Hall Closed – Veteran’s Day Nov. 10 Trash & Recycle Pickup Nov. 17 Twas the Night Before Bed Race – 6pm to 8:30pm Nov. 17 Trash Pickup Nov. 18 Yard Waste Site Open 8am - Noon Nov. 23 Town Hall Closed – Thanksgiving Nov. 24 Town Hall Closed – Thanksgiving Nov. 24 Trash & Recycle pickup DECEMBER Dec. 1 Trash Pickup Dec. 2 Yard Waste Site Open 8am - Noon Dec. 3 CHRISTMAS PARADE 2pm – 4pm Dec. 5 Town Board Meeting – 6pm Dec. 8 Horse & Buggy Rides 6pm – 8pm Dec. 8 Trash & Recycle Pickup Dec. 9 Christmas in the Park Noon – 4pm Dec. 9 N. Davie Prep Band 6pm – 7:30pm Dec. 15 Holiday Music Stroll thru Town 6pm – 7:30pm Dec. 15 Trash Pickup Dec. 16 Kris Kringle Snacks 11am – 1pm Dec. 16 Meet Santa & Mrs. Claus 1pm – 4pm Dec. 16 Davie Community Band 6pm – 7pm Dec. 16 Yard Waste Site Open 8am-Noon Dec. 22 Town Hall Closed - Christmas Dec. 22 Trash & Recycle Pickup Dec. 25 Town Hall Closed – Christmas Dec. 26 Town Hall Closed – Christmas Dec. 27 Christmas Tree Pickup Dec. 29 Trash Pickup JANUARY Jan. 2 Christmas Tree Pickup Jan. 5 Leaf Pickup Ends For more information on Town of Mocksville Events visit our website: www.mocksvillenc.org DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 - 7 Manager’s Corner Growing Pains Mocksville and Davie County have a problem that many communities across our state and country would love to have. That problem is growth. This is the third small town I’ve had the pleasure of serving as a manager in and I can tell you that managing growth is far better than wishing for growth. Our town and county happens to be in a strategic growth location and has had the benefit of visionary leaders over the last twenty years who made sure the infrastructure, processes and relationships needed for growth were developed. Both Mocksville and Davie County went through an intensive public input process to inform and develop their comprehensive plans. These plans have accurately predicted where growth occurred because they identified areas that already had both public water and sewer service, or where this service could easily be connected. These plans also recognized the fact that growth naturally occurs along major transportation corridors because speed to market is one of the most important factors businesses consider when they locate or expand. I attended the Davie County Growth & Development Workshop back in August and discovered that more than 90% of all land in Davie County is zoned at the lowest development levels. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this fact. This means that developers have to go through a multi-step process if they want to increase the density of residential sites or use land for commercial or industrial buildings. This process involves people who live in Davie County and volunteer to serve on county or municipal planning boards and boards of adjustment. The community votes for the final decision makers who serve as mayors, county commissioners and town commissioners. I have a great deal of respect for our friends and neighbors who volunteer and are appointed by elected representatives to serve on planning boards or boards of adjustment and even more for those who are elected to represent our county or towns. The decisions they are faced with are never easy, nor are they always clearly “right” or “wrong”. Members of appointed and elected boards should listen carefully to the residents most impacted by a development project. They also need to rely on the guidance from their zoning ordinance and comprehensive plan. There should be a balance between the interests of property owners, residents impacted by development and the needs of the community as a whole. Finally, everyone needs to understand that managed growth is healthy. No one wants to be one of the twenty (20) counties in North Carolina that lost population in 2022 and whose communities are only a shadow of what they once were. Growth can be painful, but managed growth helps build stronger and more resilient communities for everyone. Kenneth W. Gamble Town Manager You can now go ONLINE to Rent a Shelter at Rich Park www.mocksvillenc.org The application form and your fee must be submitted to make a reservation. Please review the Reservation Calendar prior to completing the form to see whether your date and time are available. You may also contact the Mocksville Town Hall at 336-753-6700 RICH PARK SHELTER RENTAL Downtown Mocksville (Weather Permitting) 3:00-6:00 PMEVERY WEDNESDAY MOCKSVILLE FARMER’S MARKET Thru October 25, 2023 Located at 278 Main Street • Mocksville, NC Our farmers will bring plantings, seasonal vegetables and fruits, baked goods ranging from breads to cookies, meats, soaps, balms, and more. For more information regarding the market: www.mocksvillenc.org 336-753-6705 Follow us on Facebook Can we help you? The town hall staff continuously strives to provide better services to our customers. Are you aware your water bills may be paid in the following ways? •Online by visiting our website at mocksvillenc.org •24/7 with our automated phone service (855) 667-0931 •Bankdraft-by filling out a form with a voided check (Office or Online) •Dropbox - 24/7 located beside the front door •At the office -8am to 5pm - Monday thru Friday You can now pay your bill with PayPal Payments must reach the town hall by the 20th of the month or a penalty of $25 will be added. If you use the addressed envelope provided, please allow 5 to 7 business days for the payment to be processed. Please be advised there is a $35 reconnect fee if water is disconnected. Also available for your convenience on our Website: Under->City Services->Water/Sewer •Application for Service (Renters have a $200 deposit that would need to be paid at the Town Hall) •Leak Adjustment Forms (Only one per year) •ACH Forms (For Automatic Recurring Payments) •Pool Fill Forms (Only one per year) •Service Termination Forms AND Check out the GovDeals link on our website for surplus items sold by Town of Mocksville! Yard Waste Site The yard waste site will be open every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the months of October, November, & December The Yard Waste site hours are from 8 am to 12 Noon. Please do not throw yard waste over the fence when the gate is locked. Do not leave bags of yard waste at the compost site. Residents of the Town of Mocksville are allowed to waive the dumping fee at the yard waste site for one truckload of yard waste per month. Purchase: Mulch - $5 per scoop Leaf Compost - $5 per scoop Drop off fees: 1st load of yard waste per month - Free (Town of Mocksville Residents only) $25 Delivery Fee (if needed) Truckload of yard waste: $10 Trailer exceeding 16 ft: $20 Truck and Trailer Together: $30 MOCKSVILLE PUBLIC OFFICIALS Town Board Will Marklin, Mayor Rob Taylor, Mayor Pro Tem Justin Draughn Johnny Frye Carl Lambert Jenny Stevenson Planning Board Sara Johnston Clint Junker Lee Rollins Chuck Taylor Neal Cheek Matt Davidson Chris Domanski Zoning Board of Adjustment William J. Marklin Johnny Frye Justin Draughn Rob Taylor Jenny Stevenson Carl Lambert Ken Gamble, Town Manager 336-753-6700 Lynn Trivette, Town Clerk/Finance 336-753-6700 Brian Moore, Public Works Department 336-753-6739 Frank Carter, Fire Chief 336-751-5782 Chris Vaughn, Parks & Grounds 336-751-5500 Contracted Services Building Inspections 336-753-6050 Planning & Zoning 336-753-6050 TOWN OFMOCKSVILLENews Update Special Events and Information of Interest for Mocksville Citizens Town of Mocksville • 171 Clement St., Mocksville • Phone (336) 753-6700 • Fax (336) 751-9187 • Web Site www.mocksvillenc.org • www.daviecounty.com (choose Town of Mocksville link) The Town of Mocksville does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion or disability in its employment opportunities, programs, services or activities. SERVICE DIRECTORY Duke Power 1-800-POWERON Water & Sewer Emergency Number 336-751-0896 (Not for billing questions) Spectrum Cable 1-888-683-1000 Century Link Telephone 1-888-723-8010 Repair service 611 Yadkin Valley Telecom 336-463-5022 Republic Services Recycle & Garbage Pickup 1-800-832-5439 Piedmont Natural Gas 1-800-752-7504 24 Hr Emergency Service 336-751-4954 Mayor’s Corner Mocksville Road Projects Have you noticed an increase in road projects over the last several months? This is the time of year when paving happens. Paving tends to do better when it goes down in the hot summer months; it doesn’t adhere as well when it is cold outside. Municipalities, along with the NC Department of Transportation, make plans throughout the year for projects to happen during a small window of opportunity each calendar year. The Town of Mocksville receives Powell Bill funding, which comes from the gas tax each of us pays when we fill our tanks, to pave streets within the city limits of our town. The Mocksville Town Board has commissioned a study to rank streets and sidewalks for paving and maintenance. A DOT engineer, who is an expert on roads and paving, heads up this study. Each municipality receives funding based on the number of street miles within the city limits. The NCDOT provides paving for county roads outside of the towns based on the recommendations of the same DOT engineers. The paving projects are completed by paving contractors, not by town employees. Town employees may patch city streets, but do not have the equipment for road surfacing and asphalt paving projects. Large projects like widening, adding turning lanes, new sidewalks, and roundabouts are typically headed up by the NCDOT. They determine where projects are to happen and oversee the entire project: from right of way acquisition, to bidding, to project oversight and to project completion. Once the project is complete DOT continues to maintain the road. However, in rare cases the Town can request DOT to transfer responsibility for a new road to the Town and afterwards the Town is responsible for maintenance. Curb cuts, turning lanes, traffic lights, pedestrian walkways and roundabouts are determined by DOT based upon traffic counts and safety concerns surrounding a particular area. Projects within the town generally take more time due to water lines, sewer lines, closer property boundaries and usually more traffic. The town may have input during the process by way of a regional Transportation Advisory Committee but ultimately funding for any of these large projects is determined by the NCDOT and they either perform the work or contract it out. The quality of our road infrastructure is far better in North Carolina than our neighboring states. We do pay a higher gas tax for this reason but there is a noticeable difference when you leave our state and travel elsewhere. The next time you travel down I-40 heading toward Statesville, be aware of the difference as you head out of Davie County. Our local division of the DOT changes at the line between Iredell and Davie and I believe Division 9 (our division) does a fine job maintaining and improving the roads and many of the city streets we use everyday. William J. Marklin, III Mayor, Town of Mocksville Davie County Arts Council BROCK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 622 North Main Street, Mocksville, NC 27028 www.daviearts.org Box Office & Gallery Hours: Mon.-Fri., Noon-5pm BOX OFFICE: 336-751-3000 ARTS COUNCIL: 336-751-3112 SEASON OF APPLAUSE PERFORMANCES CHICAGO REWIRED -- October 7, 2023, 7:30 PM -- The Premier Chicago Tribute Band. “Chicago®” is one of the longest running and most successful pop/rock groups in history. This band comprises a unique blend of talented and seasoned musicians joining forces with the common goal of accurately replicating the timeless music of “Chicago®”. TICKETS: Adult--$45 (plus tax), Senior--$44 (plus tax). If paying with credit card an additional surcharge will be added. THE HALL SISTERS -- November 4, 2023, 7:30 PM -- A vocal/instrumental foursome of talented siblings, The Hall Sisters marry stunning harmonies along with a brilliance and excellence on their instruments to create an entirely unique sound. The Hall Sisters have established themselves as one of the up-and-coming and premier acts in the country pop genre. TICKETS: Adult--$45 (plus tax), Senior--$44 (plus tax). If paying with credit card an additional surcharge will be added. ARTS IN EDUCATION FrankenSTEM -- Saturday, October 21, 2023, 11:00 AM -- Join Dr. Frank N. Stein as he brings his masterpiece to life! The only problem this bumbling doctor has is that he just can’t seem to figure everything out. With the help of the audience and his gritty assistant, Igor, they are able to explore the world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to bring their creation to life! This hilarious tale sparks an interest in STEM subjects through fun and artistic expressions. Recommended ages: Kindergarten – 6th Grade. TICKETS: General Admission—cash/check: $5 (plus tax); credit card: $8 (plus tax) EXHIBITS/CONTESTS Photo & Dimension -- thru October 27th -- One of our annual juried art exhibits, this one features both amateur and professional artists. Please come by and enjoy this year’s offerings. Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 12-5pm. ARTWORKS’ Photo Club -- If you are interested in improving your phtographic skills, develop new abilities and explore alternatives in the ever-changing and exciting field of photography attend the group’s meetings on the second Monday of every month at 6:00 PM. BROCK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER - ROOM 205. For more information call: 336-751-3112. WE ARE HIRING! Mocksville Fire Department is accepting applications for a FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER The Public Works Department is accepting applications for PUBLIC SERVICE TECHNICIAN Apply at: https://mocksvillenc.org/job-postings/ or at Town Hall The Town of Mocksville is an Equal Opportunity Employer Davie County offers Electronic Recycling at the Davie County Convenience Center 360 Dalton Road, Mocksville, NC 27028 Saturday, October 28, 2023 You can visit the Davie County website at www.daviecountync.gov/661/Solid-Waste-Transfer-Station ELECTRONIC RECYCLING October – December, 2023 Fall Cleanup The annual Fall Cleanup Day for the Town of Mocksville residents is Saturday, October 21, 2023 8:00 am – 12 Noon at Rich Park Free disposal of furniture, appliances, old lumber, metal, other miscellaneous items, tires off the rim, etc. (There will be a limit of 4 tires per address) NO ELECTRONICS NO PAINT, PESTICIDES OR CHEMICALS OF ANY TYPE WILL BE ACCEPTED Latex paint mixed with cat litter or sand to dry. Cans less than a quarter full may be put in with regular garbage pickup. 8 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 It’s time to plan for be-coming a Medicare benefi-ciary. Davie Senior Services SHIIP counselors know that Medicare can be over-whelming, and beneficia-ries have many questions regarding options. The Seniors’ Health In-surance Information Pro-gram is a division of the NC Department of Insur-ance. SHIIP provides free, unbiased information about Medicare and other insur-ance-related issues. Senior services has trained SHIIP counselors to help navigate the Medicare process and provide coun- There’s elephants, and tigers and rhinos, oh my! But those wild animals didn’t stop Mac and Traci Crisco from taking time to read the latest copy of the Davie County Enterprise Record will visiting the Masai Mara National Wildlife Refuge in Kenya. You, too, can keep up with what’s happening locally with a subscription to the Davie County Enterprise Record. Visit www.ourdavie.com for digital subscription offers. Or call or stop by our office on S. Main St. in Downtown Mocksville for a print subscription, 336-751-2120. Wild news and wild animals in Kenya This newspaper really gets around ... 336-751-HELP 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: 24-Hour Crisis Line • Assistance Filing Protective Orders Crisis Counseling • Support Groups Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Information Emergency Shelter Assistance experience intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner sexual violence and/or intimate partner stalking in their lifetimes. of women in North Carolina*35.2% * National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (2021). Domestic violence in North Carolina. www.ncadv.org/files/North_Carolina.pdf SHIIP Counselor, from left: front - Margaret Cevasco, Michelle Ellis; back - Lauren Heavner, Ron Olweean, Betty Goins, Terry Thornett, Kelly Sloan. seling free of charge. SHIIP has created a handout meant to help beneficiaries navigate the Medicare system and ini-tial enrollment process. The handout, “The Road to Medicare,” outlines deci-sions that need to be made and the options available within the Medicare sys-tem. To obtain a free copy of “The Road to Medicare,” call Davie Senior Services at 336-753-6230, call SHIIP toll free at 1-855-408-1212 or visit SHIIP’s website at www.ncshiip.com. In addition to those who are new to Medicare, SHIIP can help current recipients. The annual Medicare Open Enrollment period for beneficiaries who are already receiving Medicare is Oct. 15-Dec. 7. A SHIIP representative can help you compare plans and make changes that may lower your Medicare costs. Medicare beneficiaries could save by evaluating eligibility for low-income subsidies, choosing the best Part D drug plan based on medications and preferred pharmacy, and/or exploring available Medicare Advan-tage plans. According to data re-ceived from the state SHIIP office, Davie County’s SHIIP counselors were able to save Medicare benefi-ciaries who live in Davie County $154,830 in 2022. If you are new to Medi-care or need to re-evaluate your existing Medicare Part D drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan, call Davie County Senior Services at 336-753-6230 to sched-ule an appointment with a SHIIP counselor. Help navigating Medicare available DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 - 9 1965 Harmony High classmates, from left: seated - Pat Donaldson, Johnie Cain, Martha Barkley, Ernestine Harris and Kay McMillan; standing - Lynda Overman, Robert Overman, Jimmie Reavis, Bill Goforth, Norman Somers, Larry Marlowe, Pat Hall, Kenny Jurney, Sylvia Davis, Margherita Somers, Richard Hix, Reba Dishman, Donna Wallace, Bill Troutman, Ronald Holt, Michael Campbell, Sidney Harmon, Gail Hinson and Ann Lowe. By Brenda BaileySheffield-CalahalnCorrespondent Birthday wishes to: Alisa Allen on Sept. 29; Lucas Shoffner on Sept. 30; Del-bert Ramsey on Oct. 1; Ricky Swisher on Oct. 2; Sandra Dyson on Oct. 4; and Jamie Powell, Chris Keller, Savannah Reeves and Edward Thutt on Oct. 5. Anniversary wishes to Mike and Suzonne Stratton on Oct. 3. If you would like a birthday or anniversary listed, please let me know.The Sheffield-Calahaln VFD/s 20 Gun Bingo is Nov. 11. Tickets are $50 which includes 20 games plus the meal, only a few left. Call Gary Allen at 336-345-3672 or Mitch Masen-cup at 336-909-1422.Thanks to everyone who came out to support the hotdog fundraiser at New Union for Brent Gobble and Brian Jacobs. It was a bless-ing to help these two fine young men. Our next and final Hotdog Saturday will be Oct. 28.Ijames Baptist Children’s Choir for ages 2-12 will meet Sundays from 4:30-5 p.m. A dedication service was held at Community Cov-enant Church Sunday after-noon. The Rev. Rowan Fay gave the opening prayer and shared memories of the early days of the church. A slide presentation of the build-ing progress was shared by Jon Fox and Rev. Keith Ledford. Special music was by the McIntire Family. It was good seeing Pastor and Judy Fay, who was instru-mental in the beginning of Community Covenant. The church has come a long way from a year or so ago when they had the groundbreak-ing ceremony. Rev. Ledford invites everyone to services on Sunday at 10:45. Liberty Wesleyan fall chili or soup cookout will be Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. In addition to the chili and soup, there will be hotdogs, desserts, s’mores, singing around the bonfire, and fellowship. There will also be candy for the children. On Nov. 12, there will be a luncheon fol-lowing the worship service.The 1965 Class of Har-mony High School held their reunion Sept. 23 at Sharpe’s Café in Statesville. Even with sickness and bad weather, the turnout was excellent. Thanks to Donna Wallace for sharing a photo.Mountain Blessings played to a large crowd on Friday evening at Maw-Maw’s Restaurant. Last Hour Bluegrass will per-form this Friday.Brenda Bailey celebrated her birthday beginning on Sheffield-Calahaln Homecoming and dedication at Covenant Church Sunday included music from the McIntire Family (left); Rev. Keith Ledford reading a plaque to be hung in the church honoring Rev. Paul Case and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams and Pastor Rowan and Judy Fay for their contributions to the new church; and Pastor Fay at right, sharing memories of the church beginning. Paulette Charlton celebrates her birthday at the Farmington Jam. Her birthday was Sept. 25.Mountain Blessings plays to a great crowd on Friday at Maw Maw’s Kitchen. SUMMIT EYE CARE | DR. VIC KHEMSARA | DR. 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SOME OF OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: • State of-the-art Vision Screening Equipment • Routine vision examinations • Contact Lens Fits and Orders • Medical examinations for diabetes, glaucoma, dry eye • Emergency appointments available • Bilingual staff members People wait in line to get those hotdogs while others were seen enjoy- ing the food and fellow- ship at New Union. Antique EXTRAVAGANZA Saturday, September 30 • 10am-2pm Snoring Horses Antiques & Collectibles — SEVERAL VENDORS & A HOT DOG STAND — 3464 US Hwy. 601 N., Mocksville, NC(right beside William R. Davie Elementary School) BIGSALE! Friday the 22nd. Mel Jones and the Bag of Bones sang “Happy Birthday” to her on Friday afternoon. On Saturday evening, she at-tended the Jay White “Neil Diamond Tribute” at the Brock and was the winner of the drawing for a fall flo-ral wreath. On Sunday, she was the honored guest at the home of Bob and Kathy Ellis for a birthday party of several friends. The guests were served a meal of chick-en pie, green beans, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, chips and dips, and birthday cake made by Kathy. It was a wonderful weekend and I thank everyone for all the wonderful birthday wishes that made this year extra special.Prayer requests continue for Bryan Swain, Hazel Smoot, Tim Keller, Junior Dunn, Betty Dameron, Tammy Keller, Charles England, Lincoln Dyson, Chester Reeves, Yvonne Ijames, Bonnie Gunter, Ed Livengood, Milton Tut-terow, Nancy Peacock, Geraldine Lambert, Betty Beck, Sue Gobble, Bob El-lis, Helen Bulla, Paul Beck, Juanita Keaton, Betty God-bey, Emily Brown, Marsha Gobble, Mary Teague, Ed-die Porter, Janie Williams, Larry Richie, Maria Knight, Violet Coursey, Clyde Jor-dan, Jack Seaford and Su-zonne Stratton. Submit news to brfbai-ley@msn.com, message on Facebook or call 336-837-8122 no later than Friday. Tickets low for fire department 20-gun bingo 10 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 That’s Right. 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Salisbury St. Door priz-es, raffles, silent auction, BBQ pork and chicken, and more. Live music with JB Walker Band, 5-7 p.m. Chasity Rob-ertson, 704-746-6133 or Tina Gunter, 336-909-3232. Reunions Thursday, Sept. 28Davie High Class of 1960, 11:30 a.m. for lunch, Mocks-ville Family Restaurant, Yadk-inville Rd. Wednesday, Oct. 4Davie High Class of 1961 quarterly get together, 1 p.m., 801 Southern Kitchen, 218 NC 801, Bermuda Run. Saturday, Oct. 7Davie High Class of 1966, 5 p.m., Eaton’s Baptist fellow-ship hall. Desserts and drinks. Saturday, Oct. 14Davie High Class of 1998 25th year reunion, O’Callah-ans, downtown Mocksville. Music by SoundKraft, food, cash bar. $25, can be sent Ven-mo to @Melinda-Crenshaw.Davie High Class of 1968, 4:30-9:30 p.m., The Farm at Oak Hill (off Becktown Road via US 601 S., Mocksville). $30 per person. Carter Rob-ertson, 336-816-7750 or Vicki Michael Ward, 336-909-1245. Religion Sunday, Oct. 1Homecoming, St. John AME Zion Church, 145 Martin Lu-ther King Jr. Rd., Mocksville, 3 p.m. Speaker: Rev. Patrick Tate Tate, Sandy Ridge AME Zion. Oct. 3-4Revival, St. John AME Zion Church, 7 p.m., 145 Martin Luther King Jr. Road, Mocks-ville. Speakers: Tuesday, Rev. Donna Culbertson, Union Chapel AME Zion; Wednes-day, Rev. Dr. Anthony Free-man, Clinton Tabernacle AME Zion. Sunday, Oct. 8Fields of Faith, 6 p.m., War Eagle Stadium at Davie High, Farmington Rd., Mocksville. Sponsored by Fellowship of Christian Athletes, live mu-sic, student testimonies, guest speaker, food. Special Events Friday, Sept. 29Autumn Harvest Night, Zachary House, Cooleemee, 6-9 p.m. Movie “Spiderman: Across the Spider Verse,” snacks, games. Sponsored by Davie Public Libraryand Cooleemee Historical Assoc.Drive-In Movie “Top Gun Maverick,” dusk, Davie Community Park, US 601 S., Mocksville. Tickets $10 per car of 6, in advance only at amp.activecommunities.com/DCRP. Saturday, Sept. 30Cognition Carnival & Touch a Truck, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., downtown Mocksville. Games, trucks, food, fami-ly fun, music, fairy hair, face painting. Tuesday, Oct. 3Davie County Public Safe-ty Day, 3-8 p.m., Downtown Mocksville. Free food and drinks, bounce houses, two live bands. Davie Sheriff’s office, fire departments, EMS, fire marshall, rescue squad. Booths from Davie non-prof-its. Games, dunking booth. Displays from SBI, National Guard and more. Thursday, Oct. 5Red Cross Blood Drive, 1-5:30 p.m., Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Davie Medical Center, 4th floor con-ference room, 329 NC 801` N., Bermuda Run. For appoint-ment, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767. Saturday, Oct. 7Fall Festival by Greater Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 2030 US 601 N., Mocksville (Union Chapel UMC). Games, music, face painting, petting zoon (noon-1), chicken sandwich fundraiser. Saturday, Oct. 21Farmington Fall Fest, 10 a.m., community center, Farm-ington Rd. Craft vendors, an-tique tractors, live music, pet costume contest, good, kid’s activities, hayrides, 5K and fun run, cornhole tournament. www.farmingtonfallfest.com. Meetings Thursday, Sept. 28Davie Historical & Genea-logical Society, meet in Davie public library parking lot at 5:45 p.m. to visit old mill. Visitors welcome. Thursday, Oct. 5Mocksville Garden Club, 7 p.m., First Methodist fellowship hall, Church St. Lee Piper of Garden Greenhouses to speak on fall planting and getting the garden ready for winter. Seniors Friday, Sept. 29Grandparents and Me, 10 a.m., in partnership with Smart Start. Tuesday, Oct. 3Bingo, 1 p.m. with sponsors Hazel Dillar, Azalee Stockton and Mike Epps. Wednesday, Oct. 4Intergenerational Nature Walk, 10 a.m., Rich Park, Mocksville. Walk together on trails then meet for light refreshments. Thursday, Oct. 5Veterans Social, 8:30 a.m., also sponsored by Veterans Services and Trellis.Community Conversations, Chat with Sr. Tarheel dele-gate, 10 a.m.Introductory Computer Skills, 10-11 a.m., with Colleen Church of NC Cooperative Ex-tension. Learn how to use mouse and ID computer devices.Senior Writing Group, 2 p.m. with Marie Craig. Friday, Oct. 6Bunco, 1 p.m.Crafternoon: Book Page Pumpkins, 2 p.m. at public library. Make a pumpkin out of old book pages. Monday, Oct. 9Flu shots, 10 a.m.-noon, ap-pointment only, provided by Foster Drug. Tuesday, Oct. 1010 Warning Signs of Alzhei-mer’s, 10 a.m.with Alexandra Abbott of Alzheimer’s Assoc. Wednesday, Oct. 11Advanced Care Planning Workshop, 1 p.m. with rep from Trellis Supportive Care.Crafting Extravaganza, 1 p.m. Bring own crafts and supplies, no formal instruction. Thursday, Oct. 12Introductory Computer Skills, 10-11 a.m. with Col-leen Church, NC Cooperative Extension. Learn to effectively use a keyboard.Department of Transporta-tion Q&A with elected leaders, 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13Foot Care, 10 a.m.-2:45 p.m. at Brock campus by appointment only. With nurse, Kathy Najdek. Not a pedicure. Fridays, Oct. 13-Dec. 1Knitting Custom Fit Socks, 9-11 a.m. with Danny Cartner. Knitters need some techniques. Oct. 16-Dec. 7Medicare Open Enrollment, SHIIP at Brock campus. Ap-pointment only. Monday, Oct. 16Domestic Violence Awareness Seminar, 10 a.m. with Brandi Patti, asst. director of Davie Center for Violence Prevention.Monthly movie, 1 p.m. with popcorn. Tuesday, Oct. 1Tech Tuesday, 10-11:30 a.m. at public library. Bring questions and phone, tablet, computer. Wednesday, Oct. 18Mini Golf tournament, 1 p.m., Adventure Landing, Win-ston-Salem. $5 at venue.Grief Support Group, 2-3 p.m. with Holly Sluder, Thom-asville Hospice bereavement coordinator. Thursday, Oct. 19Introductory Computer Skills, 10-11 a.m. with Col-leen Church of Cooperative Extension. Learn how to use the internet.Senior Book Club, 12:30-2 p.m. at public library with Genny Hinkle.Navigating Levels of Care, 6 p.m. with Tracy Warner, ombudsman for Piedmont Triad Area Agency on Aging. Designed for caregivers or those soon to become caregivers. Monday, Oct. 23What’s Cooking: Foods, Fads and Helpful Home Hacks, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24Theatre Club, 1 p.m. with Mike Garner to discuss theatrical options. Wednesday, Oct. 25Fall Field Day, 1-3 p.m. at Farmington Community Center. Learn to play disc golf, pickle-ball and more. Live Music Friday, Sept. 29Exit 180, 7-10 p.m., on the square in Downtown Mocks- ville. Bring a chair for seating.Darrell Hoots, 7 p.m., The Sta-tion, Downtown Mocksville. Saturday, Sept. 30Fox Season, Killer Antz, Tom Petty music, 7 p.m., The Sta-tion, Downtown Mocksville. Friday, Oct. 6Red Umber, 5:30 p.m., RayLen Vineyards and Winery, US 158, Mocksville. Saturday, Oct. 7Jim Quick and Coastline, Jake Haldenvang, 6 p.m., Davie Community Park, US 601 S., Mocksville. Friday, Oct. 13iNCoNiTo, 7 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville. Saturday, Oct. 14Simerson Hill, Hawthorne Curve, Tangelwood Pizza birthday bash beginning at 2 p.m. Bounce house. Tap take-over. Carnival games.The Oaks Festival, Taylor Vaden and Memphis Thun-der, 1:30-3 p.m.; Moxie, 3:30-5 p.m.; Camel City Yacht Club, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Downtown Mocksville. Sunday, Oct. 15Red Umber, RayLen Vine-yards & Winery, US 158, Mocksville. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 - 11 Continued From Page 6Court, Advance; solici-tation, N. Main/Church streets, Mocksville; tres-passing, NC 801 S., Cool-eemee; domestic assist, US 64 W., Mocksville; sex of-fense, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; larceny, W. Kinderton Way, Bermu-da Run; larceny, Raymond St., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Milling/Cornatzer roads, Mocksville; larceny, I-40WB MM180, Bermuda Run; disturbance, Cemetery St., Mocksville.Sept. 19: harassment, NC 801 S., Cooleemee; fraud, Tucker Road, Advance; do-mestic disturbance, Legacy Drive, Advance; trespass-ing, NC 801 S., Coolee-mee; assault, Joyner St., Cooleemee; domestic dis-turbance, Chickadee Lane, Rowan County; suspicious activity, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Brier Creek Road, Advance; runaway, Camden Point Court, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Salis- bury Road, Mcoksville; il-legal dumping, County Line Road, Harmony; suspicious activity, Riverbend Drive, Bermuda Run; larceny, Hobson Drive, Mocks-ville; disturbance, Salisbury Road, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, NC 801 S., Cooleemee.Sept. 18: noise com-plaint, Keswick Court, Ad-vance; indecency, Hendrix Lane, Advance; damage to property, US 158, Mocks-ville; assault, Turkeyfoot Road, Mocksville; domes-tic assist, Deer Run Drive, Mocksville; solicitation, North Forke Drive, Ber-muda Run; disturbance, Quality Drive, Mocksville; harassment, Wildwood Lane, Mocksville; distur-bance, Pointe House Lane, Mocksville; assault, War Eagle Drive, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Ashley Furniture Way, Advance; suspicious activity, North Carolina Circle, Mocks-ville; haassment, Turkey-foot Road, Mocksville; dis- turbance, Cornatzer Road, Advance; disturbance, S. Davie Drive, Mocksville; harassment, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Rail-road St., Mocksville.Sept. 17: domestic disturbance, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, US 158, Bermuda Run; harassment, Turrentine Church Road, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Marginal St./NC 801 S., Cooleemee; larceny, Watt St., Cooleemee; do-mestic disturbance, Ridge Road, Mcoksville; damage to proeprty, Horshoe Trail, Mocksville; damage to property, Broadmoor Drive, Advance; harassment, Dogtrot Road, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Oak Valley Blvd., Advance; dis-turbance, W. Carmel Cove Drive, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, US 601 S., Mocksville; noise com-plaint, Farmington Road, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Sheffield Road, Harmony. 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.- Michael Fulp to Dean-na Jill Whicker, 7.94 acres, Farmington Township, $200.- Smith Grove Church to Larry W. Cranfill and Patricia M. Cranfill, tracts, Farmington Township, $600.- Linda B. Potts to Cor-din Travell Spigner and Destiny Ann Nelson, 1 lot, Dutchman Acres, $392.- Darrell Rogers, ex-ecutor of estate of Erlene J. Rogers to Christopher Rog-ers, 2.01 acres.- Karen Messer and Jim-my Messer Jr., and Freder-ick A. Rich, as executor of estate of Ann Rich to Fred-erick A. Rich and Kimberly Rich, tracts, Shady Grove Township, $110.- Annalee McCulloh Tutterow and Caitlin Elise Tutterow to Anthony W. Cujas and Melody J. Cujas, tract, Parker Road, Mocks-ville, $410.- Lora B. Greene, ex-ecutrix of estate of Dorrell Lee Pratt to Noor Lakom Inc., 2.56 acres, Clarks-ville Township and Yadkin County (tax stamp paid in Yadkin).- Thomason Develop-ment to Stephen William Sprindis, Marlana Jean Sprindis, Christopher Allan Sprindis, 1 lot, Sheffield Place, $180.- Ronald Richard Levan and Roberta Yvonne Phipps Levan to Cale Aaron Walk-er and Jenna Stout Walker, 7.5 acres, $90.- WJH LLC to Darius Shaw and Makayla Ed-mons, 1 lot, Charleston Ridge, Mocksville, $484.- Clinton David Simp-son and Melissa Simpson to Jeffrey Lane Blalock, 2.25 acres, $18.- Heather B. Nardone to Madison Carter, 1 tract, Jerusalem Township, $370.- Clayton Properties Group to William Bowers and Martha Bowers, 1 lot, Brayden Drive, Bermuda Run, $785.- Marc Perez and Elisa Decker to Troutman Land Acquisitions, 2 lots, Oak-land Heights, Calahaln Township, $40.- Clayton Properties Group to Leonard Coates and Patti Coates, 1 lot, Moravian Court, Bermuda Run, $745.- Kenneth R. Calhoun and Tara Calhoun to Bi-ranne C. Calhoun, 1 lot, Records ... Smoot Acres, Calahaln Township.- Julia Allen Howell to Kenneth Wayne Howell Jr., Vicki Howell Wilkin-son, Susan Howell Blass and Kevin Sanford Howell (.25% interest each), 3.01 acres, $3.- Deborah K. Collins and J. Santos Reveles to Javier Heredia, 1.35 acres, Ralph Road, Mocksville, $120.- Deborah K. Collins and J. Santos Reveles to Javier Heredia, 1.56 acres, Ralph Road, Mocksville.- Clayton Property Group to Arthur G. Graff Jr. and Laurel P. Graff, 1 lot, Brayden Drive, Bermuda Run, $764.- Rachel S. Hicks to RW Enterprise, 1.13 acres.- WJH LLC to Trampas Wood and Christie Ann Wood, 1 lot, Ridgemont, Mocksville, $442.- WJH LLC to Wesley Alexander Evans and Mirna Lizeth Evans, 1 lot, Ridge-mont, Mocksville, $480.- Stanislawa Paszul and Tadeusz Gramadzki to Pi-otr Kazimierz Truskowski and Iwona Truszkowska, 1.1 acres, Fulton Township, $160.- Clayton Properties Group to Annie Marie Ward, 1 lot, Candle Light Court, Bermuda Run, $804.- Clayton Properties Group to Nancie Bilder-back, 1 lot, Candle Light Court, Bermuda Run, $794.- Troye A. Cooper, and Rebecca R. Privett to Can-dace Casey, 1 lot, Kinder-ton Village, Bermuda Run, $700.- Patrick J. Van Duesen and Stephanie DeLarec to Hayden Alan Brown and Samantha Marie Orfino, 1 lot, Ridgemont, Mocks-ville, $520. Continued From Page 2Nemo Woodward, Grimes Parker, Charles Markland, Ronnie McClamrock, and other athletes were there. Our class was blessed with many becoming teachers, coaches, nurses, and members of other helping professions. Several were successful business owners, and all made contribu-tions to the community of one kind or another. Jack and Judy Paige and Gail Frye always helped Pete with the din-ners the Fryes hosted for our class.Many have children and grandchildren in helping pro-fessions, businesses, and local government. We have been blessed, continue to be blessed, and celebrate with one an-other. I am looking forward to our next reunion and hope we can have yearly events. The Adventures of DuckieBy Julie Terry CartnerIt truly wasn’t his fault. Really. Of course not. Well, probably not. What was he supposed to do. I mean, there was a deer. Right there. In the yard. Eating the grass. Or leaves. Or something. Or, maybe just standing there. At least I thought it was a deer. Maybe it was a rabbit. Or a squirrel. Do squirrels run around at night? A cat! It could have been a cat. Oh no, I hope it wasn’t Maisie. She wouldn’t take kindly to my chasing Maisie.Come to think of it, Lucy, their rescue dog, was just standing there. She didn’t seem concerned. Of course, she is old, he thought. Maybe her nose doesn’t work as well. And it was a dark night. Very dark. No moon. Clouds over the stars. I’m younger. Better hearing. Better sense of smell. More interested in the chase.Surely, that had nothing to do with what happened next. He wasn’t young and impetuous anymore. He wouldn’t just take off after a deer. Or a rabbit. Or a cat…. He wouldn’t. He was more mature than that. Wasn’t he?It was a dark night. I guess he could call it a blackout. That was fair, wasn’t it? Truthfully, he couldn’t remember. Exactly. Let’s see. She put on his leash. She opened the door. And then…The next thing he knew, he was in that cluster of bushes and trees at the end of the driveway. Oh yeah, and those shiny green leaves that climbed up the trunk and covered the ground. Hmm. Pretty things. His leash was tangled in some of those vines, and whatever he’d been chasing had gotten away. Tongue hanging, eyes dancing – whatever, it was fun while it lasted. Blasted leash. And now he was trapped.No big deal, he could already hear her calling him. Duckie! Come Duckie. Sitting on his haunches, he waited expectedly. He remembered that book the children used to listen to, “Ernie Gets Lost.” “Just stay in one place, Ernie’s mother had told him. Stay still and we’ll find you.” And so he did. He could hear her calling, now more frantically, “Duckie! Come on Duckie. Anne will kill me if I lose her dog! Duckie!”And so he waited. Black dog on a black night in the middle of shrubbery. No problem. She’ll find me.“Come on Ducks! Bark! Whine! Something! Where’s an Amazon van or UPS truck when you need one?” Si-lence. He waited. And then he heard the door to the house open and close. Surely. she wouldn’t leave him. 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Claudette was born on March 23, 1936, in Rowan County, N.C., daughter of the late Claude E. Boger and Francis (Wood) Boger. In addition to her parents, Clau-dette was preceded in death by: her husband, Robert “Buck” Smitherman; a brother, Woody Boger; and her only son, Michael Livengood. Claudette is survived by: her daughter, Vicki Robinette of Hickory.In life, Claudette chose a career in the secretarial busi-ness where she was an office manager of her own electri-cal supply company for 10 years. She was a member of Church of the Good Shepard and attended until she was unable. There are no public services at this time. A private cer-emony will be held at a later date.The family would like to express a heartfelt, “thank you” to the wonderful staff at Brookdale Northeast and Hospice and Palliative Care of Lincoln County for their love and caring support. In loving memory of Claudette, please consider a do-nation to the Davie County Animal Shelter and/or Hospice and Palliative Care of Lincoln County.We, the staff at Davie Funeral Service of Mocksville, are honored to serve the family. Morrison ‘Gray’ Carter Sr.Mr. Morrison “Gray” Carter Sr., 93, of Gray Carter Lane, Advance, passed away Monday, Sept. 18, 2023 at his home, surrounded by his loved ones.He was born on Jan. 8, 1930 in Davie County to the late Lisha Morrison Carter and Tita Foster Carter Bailey.Gray was a well-known car-penter who built many homes in Davie County. He was a faithful member of Fork Baptist Church where he had 20 plus years of perfect attendance. He enjoyed gardening and antiques, which kept him busy until the last days of his full life.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by: a daughter, Sandra Nell Carter Cope; a son, William Ray “Billy” Carter; a granddaughter, Kim-berly Carter Doby; a great-grandson, Hunter Gray Tate; a son-in-law, Terry Hardin; and siblings, Jack Carter, Peggy Rummage, and Dorothy Sowers.Survivors include: his wife of 72 years, Ruby Nell Everhart Carter; children, Morrison Gray Carter Jr., Paul Gregory Carter (Tammie), Theresa Ann Carter Hardin, and Karen Carter; 12 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchil-dren; 7 great great-grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Va-nessa Carter; siblings, Joe Bailey (Judy) and Sallie Buie; brother-in-law, Felix Rummage; and special cousin, Mary Ann Barnhardt.A funeral service was conducted at 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 21 at Fork Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Garrett and Rev. Craig Seaford officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The family received friends from 2:30-4 p.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be considered for: Fork Baptist Church Cemetery fund, 3140 US 64 E., Mocksville, NC 27028; or to Medi Home Health and Hos-pice, 317 S. Talbert Blvd., Lexington, NC 27292.Online condolences: www.eatonfuneralservice.com. Alicia Marie HartleyAlicia Marie Hartley, 52, of Lenoir, went home to her Father in Heaven Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Alicia was born on July 8, 1971 in Lenoir to the late A. Eugene Hartley and Brenda Smith Hartley.She is survived by: her moth-er, Brenda, a sister Amberly H. Greene, and niece Juliana Dare Greene, all of Lenoir; several aunts, uncles, and cousins; and many friends and colleagues at CCCTI where she had worked for 15 years. She enjoyed beading and made much of her own designs in jewelry. Reading, beading, and being with family and friends gave her much joy.A receiving was held on Monday, Sept. 25 from 1-2 p.m. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home Chapel with a funeral service at 2: p.m. Burial followed at Blue Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will be at 231 Com-mercial Court, Apt. 11 during other times. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to: Caldwell Community College Foundation for the Learning Resource Center in loving memory of Alicia Hartley.Online condolences: www.greer-mcelveenfuneral-home.com. Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Cremato-ry is honored to serve the family of Alicia Marie Hartley. Patsy Jean Wood ShoreMrs. Patsy Jean Wood Shore, 91, formerly of Hwy 801 North, Advance, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, at Trinity Elms in Clemmons.She was born on March 27, 1932 in Surry County to the late Julius Johnson and Pearl Chilton Wood.Mrs. Shore was a member of Yadkin Valley Baptist Church and loved going to church. She retired with 30 years from Hanes Hosiery in Winston-Salem and was a former member of the VFW Auxiliary. Mrs. Shore loved to cook and was a wonder-ful gardener. She enjoyed can-ning, making quilts and blankets for her grandchildren, and loved all animals, especially cats. She was a very loving mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her husband, Floyd Granville Shore; and a sister, Lin-da Collins.Survivors include: 2 children, Carol Hadley (Milton) of Roxboro and Jeff Shore of Advance; 4 grandchildren, Joey Warren (Ashley), Jaryd Shore, Skyler Shore, and Carson Walker; 3 great-grandchildren, Jack, Mason, and Will Warren; a brother-in-law, Ted Collins of Morehead City; a special niece and nephew, Jennifer Willis and Wes Collins; and a special caregiver, Joyce Latham.A funeral service was conducted at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26 at Yadkin Valley Baptist Church with Rev. Ron-nie Craddock officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The family received friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be considered for: Yadkin Valley Baptist Church, 1324 Yadkin Valley Road, Advance, NC 27006; or to Davie EMS, 114 Dr. Slate Drive, Mocksville, NC 27028; or to Farmington Volunteer Fire Department, 1880 Farmington Road, Mocksville, NC 27028.Online condolences: www.eatonfuneralservice.com. Charles Willard Jewell Jr.Charles Willard Jewell Jr, 75, of Troy, Ill., passed away at home Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023 from a terminal illness caused by his military service at Camp Lejeune Marine Corp Base, NC. He battled numerous illnesses associat-ed with this terminal disease with no complaints, but the same determination, vigor and strength for which he was known. He was born Aug. 29, 1948 in Gary, W.Va. to the late Mary Nell Shoemaker Jewell and Charles Willard Jewell Sr. In addition to his parents, he was preceeded in death by: sisters, Cheryl Jewell Flippo and Gina Jewell Woods; brother-in-law, Don Woods; fa-ther-in-law and mother-in-law, Earnest and Alice Carl Buck; and sister-in-law, Phyllis Buck Hep-penstall. He is survived by: his wife of 32 years, Kay Buck Jewell; daughter, Sheri Bennington Ju-lian (Derrick) of Matthews, NC; 2 step-daughters, Stacey Lane Wellen (Dale) of Highland, Ill., and Jodi Lane (Kev-in Bookout) of St. Louis, Mo.; 3 grandchildren, Madison Wellen of Columbia, Mo., Johnathon Wellen of Highland, and Nathan Julian of Matthews; siblings, Anita Jewell Pratt (Eugene) of Monroe, NC, Pamela Jewell (Cathy) of Mocksville, NC, Terry Jewell of Charlotte, NC, and Rick Jewell (Teresa) of Harmony, NC; brother-in-law, Duane (Pat) Buck of Kansas; sister-in-law, Rita (Dale) Powers of Colorado; several nieces and nephews, great- nieces and nephews, extended family; and many beloved dogs. Charlie served in the United States Marine Corp from 1969-1971 as a Corporal and Provost Marshall Investiga-tor and earned several commendations including the Ri-fle Expert Badge. After completing his military service, Charlie graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree and later with a Master of Business Administration degree from Marshall University. He began his career as an ac-countant at the WVU Bookstore in Morgantown, W.Va. and worked at executive levels at various companies in-cluding Exxon in Houston, Texas and Albers, Ill.; NERCO in St. Louis, Mo.; Pacific Corp in Salt Lake City, Utah; Entergy and Enron in Houston; PeeKay, Inc in Auburn, Wash., and ultimately retired in 2018 as CEO of South-western Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Greenville, Ill. (The jobs also included time spent working in Summerville, West Virginia and Lake Oswego, Ore.) While living and working in many parts of the country, he made many lifelong friends while always exhibiting ex-cellence in his career. His generous spirit led him to help family, friends and communities, often anonymously. In 1999, he donated over $20,000 to Mocksville Elementary School in order to provide Christmas dinners and presents to 20 families in need. The Family of Charles Jewell was awarded Davie County’s Community Service award for the school year. In 2000, he also provided thousands of dollars to the newly opened Cornatzer Elementary School for football uniforms and equipment for their inaugural season. A Celebration of Life will be held in West Virginia per his wishes in the Spring of 2024, date to be determined. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his honor to charitable organizations involving pets or food banks in your area. 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 “Add an antimicrobial, alcohol free, mouthwash to your routine. 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More specifically – at my stove. It's my feel-good zone. A heated oven warms any cool draft in the house. It’s where I’m poured a heaping cup of comfort and creativity, where I bake in creativity, mari-nate in quiet calmness, and steep in whatever talents God sprinkled out to me. So, what I’m leading up to – fall’s the perfect time to turn your temps and talents up to high. We’re going warm, sweet, and deep today. I’ve rounded up a few favored desserts full of baked, sweet fruit flavors. Keep an eye on baking times – all ovens heat differently. These recipes will carry you through fall – for, as you know, winter quickly arrives on the kitchen scene, bringing its personality to your table.In my mind, early fall has the distinct privilege of ushering in new fresh fruit choices like per-simmons, dates, figs, prunes, apples, and pears. In addition, the season’s the time to get all spiced up and go heavy on nuts. Isn’t it wonderful we live in a place where we can fully enjoy all four seasons and unique food flavors associated with each? Get ready to snuggle into that old comfy sweater and pull out your pot holders, folks. Preheat the stove, and pre-pare to bake that Southern pie you’ve always wanted to make. Fall doesn’t get any better than whiffs of warm gooey, baked fresh fruit goodness – coming straight from your oven. The sunshine we’ve adored all summer is moving further away. Days are getting shorter, and we don’t seem to get as much light. Our food gardens, flowers, plants, and trees are winding down in their normal cycles. And so many of us are too. And some folks might have a harder time as the season progresses into cooler weather.But I’ll suggest that there’s nothing better than a new Bible Study to jump-start your fall and make you feel more alive. There’s no better time to connect with God on a deeper level. Therefore, let’s celebrate this brief moment of splendor with that which God blessed us – relishing each day. Since the Biblical meaning of autumn closely relates to harvest – let us take time to thank God for His goodness and blessings upon the earth. My favorite scripture for the season is found in Isaiah 40:7-8, which reads, “The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass, The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” (NIV)Let us take comfort in that – it’s so powerful. Our sea-sons are only for a season – they’re not permanent. Know-ing that – we can enjoy autumnal change and new begin-nings that come from harvesting and sowing new seeds. Every time you feel a cool fall wind – consider the Lord is breathing on you. His breath will remind you that it’s time to renew and make a fresh start. Fall is the perfect time to ask God for His will and your discernment in setting new goals and plans for the future. For “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. (NIV) DATE SHORTCAKE1 cup softened, salted butter1 cup light brown sugar3 cups rolled oats2 cups all-purpose flour1 tsp. soda1 lb. chopped dates½ cup waterIn a mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add oats, flour, and soda and mix well. In a well-buttered 8 x 11 baking dish, pat ½ of mixture into the bottom. In a small sauce-pan, add chopped small dates and water. Cook slowly and stir until smooth paste is formed. Allow to cool and spread date paste on rolled oats mixture. Then cover with remain-ing rolled oats mixture and pat down until firm. Bake in a preheated 350-oven – the recipe failed to give a cooking time but begin checking it anywhere from 25-35 minutes or more. Cut into squares. AUTUMN CHESS PIE½ cup softened, salted butter1 cup sugar3 eggs2 tsp. vinegar½ tsp. each cinnamon and nutmeg1 cup chopped dates1 cup chopped pecans½ cup grated coconutPiecrust pastryIn a mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well between each addition. Add ground cinnamon and nutmeg. Fold in chopped dates, nuts, and grated coconut. Mix well. Pour into a pastry-lined pie pan. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes or longer until center is somewhat firm. Allow to cool as it sets up. per. Stir for about 20 seconds until aromatic. In a baking dish, spread single layer pecans over the bottom. Pour but-ter mixture over pecans and stir to coat. Add sugar and salt. Stir to thoroughly coat. Bake in a preheated 300-degree oven while occasionally stirring for 20 minutes or longer and until nuts are toasted. Savor in the delights of autumn The Sugar and Spice Buttered Pecans can be made with single nuts or any deluxe mix and tossed in butter with spices and sugar. SUGAR AND SPICE BUTTER PECANS2 Tbsp. salted butter1 ½ tsp. ground cumin¼ tsp. cayenne pepper10 oz. pecan halves3 Tbsp. sugar1 tsp. saltIn a saucepan, melt butter. Add cumin and cayenne pep- You’ll never know your eating dates in the Au- tumn Chess Pie that’s made with chopped pe- cans and flaked coconut and topped with real cream. For the Spiced Pound Cake, ice with a lemon glaze, or for fun, cover the top with fall candies and popcorn drizzled in caramel or chocolate. SPICED POUND CAKE½ lb. softened, salted butter½ cup Crisco shortening3 cups granulated sugar5 eggs3 cups all-purpose flour½ tsp. baking powder½ tsp. each – salt, mace, allspice, cloves¼ tsp. nutmeg2 tsp. ground cinnamon1 cup + 2 Tbsp. whole milk ½ tsp. vanilla extractIn a mixer bowl, cream butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time thoroughly incorporating after each addition. Add sifted flour, baking powder, spices, nutmeg, and cinnamon to butter mixture while alternating with milk and vanilla. Bake in a greased and floured large tube pan in a preheated 215-degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake tests done. Frost with lemon icing. FALL FRUIT BOWL1 peeled, cored, sliced apple1 peeled, cored, sliced pear1 peeled, sectioned orange1 cup halved dark grapes1 cup orange juice½ cup sugar1 Tbsp. KirschIn a bowl, combine a peeled, cored apple sliced into 8 sections, pear sliced into 8 sections, orange pulled apart into sections, and grapes cut in half. Remove all seeds. In a large saucepan, combine orange juice, sugar and Kirsch and bring to a boil. Add apple and pear sections and sim-mer 4 minutes. Then add grapes and orange sections and simmer 1 additional minute. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Place in serving dish and chill. Garnish with mint. Serves 4. SOUTHERN FAVORITE PRUNE CAKE 3 beaten eggs2 cups sugar1 tsp. vanilla extract1 cup Wesson vegetable oil2 cups all-purpose flour1 tsp. soda1 tsp. salt1 tsp. each cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice1 cup buttermilk1 cup cooked, chopped prunes1 cup chopped walnutsButtermilk Icing1 cup sugar½ cup buttermilk½ tsp. soda1 Tbsp. Karo syrup1/3 stick salted butterIn a mixer bowl, beat eggs. Add sugar and vanilla, and mix well. Add oil and mix well. Add flour, soda, and spices while alternating with buttermilk. Mix well. Fold in prunes and walnuts. Mix well. Bake in a greased and floured 9 x 13 baking dish in a preheated 350-degree oven for 45-50 minutes. Allow to cool. For the icing, in a saucepan, dis-solve sugar and soda in buttermilk and Karo syrup. Cook until soft ball stage when dropped into cold water. Remove from stove. Stir in butter until melted. Pour mixture over top of baked cake. Cool.PERSIMMON BISCUIT-TOPPED COBBLER1 cup sifted all-purpose flour2 Tbsp. or more sugar1 ½ tsp. baking powder¼ tsp. salt4 Tbsp. salted butter¼ cup whole milk1 beaten eggFilling1 cup sugar2 Tbsp. cornstarch¼ tsp. ground cinnamon4 cups persimmon pulp1 Tbsp. water2 Tbsp. salted butterFor the biscuit topping, in a bowl, sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add more sugar if you want sweeter bis-cuits. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a bowl, combine milk with beaten egg. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients while stirring just to moisten. Set biscuit topping aside. For the persimmon filling, in a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon. Add persimmon and water. Cook while stirring and bring mixture to a boil. Cook for 1 minute. Pour into a butter-greased baking dish. Dot with cut-up butter. Evenly spoon on biscuit topper making 6 mounds. Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for 20-25 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla cream. NUTMEG CAKE4 Tbsp. softened, salted butter¼ cup Crisco shortening1 ½ cups sugar½ cup vanilla extract3 eggs2 cups sifted all-purpose flour1 tsp. baking soda1 tsp. baking powder1 ½ -2 tsp. ground nutmeg¼ tsp. salt1 cup buttermilkCoconut Topping6 Tbsp. softened, salted butter1 ½ cups brown sugar¼ cup cream1 cup flaked coconutFor the cake, in a mixer bowl, cream butter and Crisco until fluffy. Beat in sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, thoroughly beating between each addi-tion. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt while alternating with buttermilk. Mix well. Bake in a greased and floured 13 x 9 pan in a preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes or until done. Allow to cool in pan but while still warm, top with coconut topping. For the top-ping, in a mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add cream and mix well. Stir in coconut. Spread over still warm cake while still in pan. Broil in the oven 4-5 inches from the heat for 4 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Serve warm with whipped cream. GINGERED PEAR CRUMBLE1 ½ cups ginger snap crumbs½ cup brown sugar¼ tsp. salt¼ cup melted, salted butter1 cup cooked pears1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juiceIn a bowl, combine ginger snap crumbs, brown sugar, salt, and melted butter. In the bottom of a butter-greased baking dish, place ½ of the crumb mixture. Place pears evenly on top of crumbs. Sprinkle with lemon juice and the remaining crumb mixture. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes. Serve with whipped or iced cream. You can also use as a side dish. FRESH FRUIT AMBROSIA¾ cup peeled, diced orange2 peeled, sliced banana½ cup seedless green grapes1/3 cup diced pitted dates3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice½ cup whipped, whipping cream1 cup salad dressing¼ cup flaked coconutIn a bowl, combine fruits and sprinkle with lemon juice. Chill. In another bowl, whip cream until peaks form. Fold the Miracle Whip salad dressing into the whipped cream. Combine the dressing with the fruit mixture. Add just enough dressing to coat and adhere ingredients. Save any leftovers as a dip for fruit. Mix well. Serve over lettuce. Top with flaked coconut.BOTTOMS UP FIG CAKE½ cup melted, salted butter1 cup light brown sugar8 cooked, chopped figs½ cup water3 beaten egg yolks1 cup sugar5 Tbsp. fig juice1 cup sifted cake flour1 tsp. baking powderPinch of salt3 stiffly beaten egg whitesIn a mixer bowl, combine melted butter and brown sugar. Mix well. Spread on bottom of a butter-greased loaf pan. In a saucepan, boil figs in water for 12-15 minutes or until softened and reserve liquid. Chop figs. Place figs in the brown sugar mixture. In a mixer bowl, beat eggs. Add sugar gradually and beat until creamy. Beat in fig juice with the sifted cake flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. In a mixer bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Fold the stiffly beaten egg whites into the flour mixture. Evenly pour over the figs. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for an hour or more until tests done. Allow to cool. When ready to serve, turn upside down on serving plate. Slice and top with whipped cream. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 - B1Sports By Brian PittsEnterprise Record Davie’s football team didn’t win the state championship when it pulled an all-time stunner on Fri-day against visiting East Forsyth. It just felt that way. Despite a 3-1 start, there were questions about how serious a contender the War Eagles could be in the Central Piedmont Con-ference. They finished fourth, fifth and fifth the past three seasons, and Ellis beats North; South gets solid win Davie slays a dragon their earlier victims (West Rowan, North Davidson and Reynolds) are a combined 5-10. But after a gargantuan 41-28 win over a tra-ditional power, Davie coach Tim Devericks and his boys have vali-dation. After Davie jumped out of the bushes and surprised everyone, those questions regarding its CPC chances have been wadded up and tossed in yonder trash can. Feisty Davie showed it’s as tough as any team in the league. “It doesn’t feel real because we’ve always been doubted and they’ve always put up a bunch of points on us,” senior defensive end Trey’von Doulin said. “But we showed it’s different this time.”This one will go down in his-tory because East was 4-0, it has finished first each of the past three seasons and it had rolled over, around and through Davie the past seven meetings. East beat Davie by an average score of 47-19 from 2017-22 and the score prediction for Friday by Massey Ratings was 42-14 East. Massey had East ranked fifth in the state, Davie 45th. MaxPreps.com had East ranked ninth among all clas-sifications, Davie 48th. East was 27-3 over three seasons; Davie was 13-13 since the fall of 2021. It’s hard to put into words just how unbelievable this perfor-mance was. “It’s emotional because there’s not a lot of credit given to these Please See Slays - Page B5 By Brian PittsDavie Enterprise Record Ellis’ football team is oozing confidence. North Davie is fading fast. Two teams headed in opposite directions met at Ellis on Sept. 19. The Jaguars romped 28-0, doing all the damage in the first half. The Jags’ third straight win lift-ed them to 4-1. The Wildcats’ third straight loss dropped them to 3-3. “We played a complete, all-around game. We did great,” Ellis assistant coach Roger Blalock said. Ellis pounded out yards with a relentless ground attack that involved four guys - quarter-back Brandon Forrest and backs Cannon Smith, Finley Sink and Bowman Blakely. They chewed up yards by following the blocks of left tackle Tay Settacassie, left guard Brodie Newman, center Allen Moxley, right guard Wade Hefner and right tackle Henry Magliarise. Scoring one touchdown each were Smith, Forrest, Emily Her-nandez and Sink. Forrest didn’t need to put the ball in the air, but he did complete a 70-yarder to tight end Ayden Chilton. “Sometimes we run the wish-bone,” Blalock said. “Sometimes we have a fullback and running back with Brandon under center. We go shotgun with four wide and one running back. We do all kinds of formations. Joe (Burchette, the former Appalachian State quarter-back and the first-year offensive coordinator at Ellis) makes good calls.”Ellis’ offensive production was matched by its swarming defense. A number of guys made crunching tackles. “We put in two eighth graders (Travis Andrews at d-line and George Crowley at linebacker) and they made some good stops,” Blalock said. “Brodie, Henry, Tay, Allen, Bowman - all of them made some good tackles.”Notes: Ellis has won five straight against North. ... Last week, it was reported that Forrest threw two TD passes to Ayden Davis. It was actually Ayden Chil-ton on the receiving end of those scoring tosses. SD 14, WR 10South Davie missed a chance to jump on visiting West Rowan out of the gate, but the Tigers re-covered nicely and stopped their three-game losing streak with a Please See Tigers - Page B6 The Davie cross country team made its second appearance of the season at Charlotte’s McAlpine Park on Saturday. Over 100 schools from the Carolinas, Geor-gia, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida collided at the annual Hare and Hounds Invitational. Racing in relatively cool condi-tions for September, and with oc-casional light rain, the War Eagles turned in their best performance of the season.The Davie boys competed in the Invitational Division among 76 teams and came away with an impressive third-place finish. Se-nior-laden teams from Carson (117 points) and West Cabarrus (126) grabbed the top two spots, while a youthful Davie squad with no senior scorers tallied 198. Green Hope followed with 252 and Flor-ida’s Mandarin High rounded out the top five (287). A total of 441 runners completed the 5k course as two Davie harriers finished in the top eight.Thomas Essic and Ethan Lakey worked together over the 3.1-mile distance, with Essic edging out his teammate by four seconds. Essic’s time of 16:38 was just two seconds shy of his personal record time and was good for seventh place. Lakey shaved three seconds off of his pre-vious PR to claim eighth in 16:42. Tyler Hill was the third Dave finisher as he crossed the line in 48th place (17:38). Brayden Kist-ner had a dramatic breakthrough as his 63rd place time of 17:48 was over a minute faster than his previ-ous best. Aric Boles continued his rapid improvement with a 96th-place finish. His time of 18:11 was 90 seconds faster than his best time last season. Will Allard was the final Davie finisher in 20:56.•••The JV boys also posted some impressive times as they claimed 19th out of 48 teams. In a race that featured 544 finishers, the War Eagles were led by the 56th-place finish of freshman Jacob Steelman. His time of 19:08 shattered his pre-vious best mark of 20:21. Jackson Sulecki had a seven-second PR with an 83rd-place finish (19:30), while Chris Devicente broke the 20-minute barrier for the first time with a 91st-place time of 19:39. Slade Keaton’s time of 20:15 was a personal best by over a minute, while freshman Ty Greene finished Runners Essic, Lakey finish strong Please See Strong - Page B3 The sideline watches in jubilation as Markel Summers scores a game-icing touchdown. Assistant coach Corey Tilley yells in sheer joy when the game ends. Emotions will be high again Friday at Reagan. - Photos by Marnic Lewis Levi Morales throws a pass for North Davie. B2 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 Now Offering Congratulations to this week’sFOOTBALL CONTEST WINNERS! First Place = $20.00 to Fred VorehSecond Place = $5.00 to Carlos Jané Congratulations to this week’s winners! First Place goes to Fred Voreh who missed only 2 games. Second Place was tougher as Carlos Jané missed only 3 games but needed the tie-breaker to claim the prize over a couple other entries. Davie County got a big win over East Forsyth last week and faces Reagan this week. Coach Prime and his Colorado team were humbled by Oregon last week. Duke has been on a roll this season and has anothe big test coming this week against Notre Dame.The Panthers were led by the “Red Rifle” Andy Dalton last week and moved the ball on offense but still fell short at Seattle. This week the Vikings come to Charlotte. LSU vs. Ole Miss CONTEST RULES Anyone can enter except employees of the Davie County Enterprise Record and their families. Only one entry allowed per person per week. All entries must be on original newsprint or fax to 336-751-9760. 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Davie vs. Reagan 2. Louisville vs. NC State 3. Florida vs. Kentucky4. Old Dominion vs. Marshall5. LSU vs. Ole Miss 6. Notre Dame vs. Duke7. Coastal Carolina vs. Georgia Southern 8. App. State vs. UL-Monroe 9. Western Carolina vs. Citadel 10. Utah vs. Oregon St. 11. Minnesota vs. Carolina (NFL) 12. Denver vs. Chicago (NFL) 13. Tampa Bay vs. New Orleans (NFL)14. Washington vs. Philadelphia (NFL) DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 ‑ B3 Elly Blanton of the T-ball Angels has come so far in such a short amount of time. She is a great listener and is always willing to try what is asked of her. Even if she doesn’t get it the first time, she always tries again with a smile on her face. Being newer to baseball didn’t stop Jackson Musser of the intermediate Braves. His first time up, he ripped a two-run hit to the fence to ex- tend his team’s lead. He made several outs playing first base, including picking off the final out. He always has the best attitude and smiles. Mason Canter of the intermediate Cardinals went deep in his first game of the season, crushing one over the center-field fence. His three-run homer put his team in the lead and reignited its energy. We still aren’t sure if the ball has landed yet. Ollie Kimmer of the T-ball Angels demonstrates true sportsmanship on the field every practice and game. He always works hard, follows directions and has a positive attitude. His skills demonstrate leadership for his teammates, and he is a positive role model to others. Davie American Little League Player Spotlights 10,000 SQ. FT. OF FURNITURE TO SHOP! 1033 Yadkinville Rd. (Hwy. 601) Mocksville (Right Next Door to Tractor Supply)Phone: (336) 751-1222 HOURS: TUESDAY-SATURDAY 10AM-5PM Specializing in Top Quality Furniture and Mattresses PRICES CUT!SALE!SAVE BIG! EVERYTHING MUST GO! — Mocksville, NC Location Only — HURRY IN FOR THE BEST SELECTION & VALUE!STORE SALE!Losing weight is about more than just dieting. 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Patrick Brady rounded out the Da-vie effort with a 94-second PR in 23:31. •••The Davie girls were limited by injuries and oth-er obligations to only four competitors and thus did not register a team score. Gracie Spicer led the way with a season-best time of 22:38. That effort was good for 105th place in a field of 338 finishers. Isabella Schilling ran a personal-best time of 27:57, while Kinsley Shinski and Hayden Smith also competed for the War Eagles.“It was a really good meet for us,” said Davie coach Rob Raisbeck. “Thomas and Ethan are so steady and we know we can count on them to get us low scores. Tyler had a respectable race but he missed some training time in the last week, and honestly I think it hurt him a little. With our projected No. 4 runner still out of the lineup, the key to our season is for some of the other guys to step up and that’s what happened Saturday. We have been waiting for Brayden to have his moment and he ran a spectacular race. Brayden had not been under 19 min-utes this fall and then went out and had a huge PR in 17:48. Aric’s story is similar. He was a 19:30 guy last fall, but things have started to click for him in the last two races as he has improved by nearly 90 seconds. The hard work is starting to pay dividends. I think Gracie ran a really nice race for the girls and expect her to keep getting faster.“The JV guys are also showing remarkable im-provement. All 10 of our guys had season bests and most of them had PR’s of over a minute. Several of our freshman have improved by several minutes in just a month. It’s really gratifying as coaches to see the buy-in from our runners and the dramatic improvement that results.”Next on the schedule is the Hagan Stone Classic in Pleasant Garden on Oct. 7. That will be the final invita-tional meet before champi-onship season begins with the CPC Championships on Oct. 18. Strong ... Davie’s varsity volley-ball team dominated Glenn and Reynolds last week - both in three sets - and moved into a tie for second in the conference, while East Forsyth faded. When the week ended, Reagan stood alone in first at 8-0. Davie (10-4 overall) and West Forsyth are tied at 6-2. Fourth-place East, which lost to West and Rea- gan, stumbled to 5-3. •Davie’s JV volleyball team took care of Glenn and Reynolds, winning both in two sets. The JV War Eagles entered the week 9-4 overall and 6-2 in the CPC. FISH DAY! IT’S TIME TO STOCKYOUR POND! Delivery Will Be: Friday, October 6Statesville 1:45-2:30 @ Southern States Thursday, October 12Clemmons 12:45–1:30 @ Clemmons Milling Co.King 2:15–3:00 @ LTD Farm & Garden Friday, October 13Jonesville 8:00–8:45 @ Swan Creek Milling “LIKE” us on Facebook! FISHWAGON To Place An Order CallToll Free 1-800-643-8439 www.fishwagon.com Varsity volleyball dominates; JVs beat two teams Davie runners, from left: Tyler Hill, Brayden Kistner, Thomas Essic, Ethan Lakey, Aric Boles and Will Allard. B4 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 Continued From Page B1guys,” Devericks said. “It’s been building towards this. All it takes is a spark. Some-body asked me earlier in the week: What’s the difference (this year)? To me the differ-ence is there’s players lead-ing this team, and when that starts to happen, you’ve got something good cooking.”The War Eagles (4-1, 2-0 CPC) overrode a 21-12 deficit by ripping off 21 un-answered points in a span of 14:52. How did they do it? • Running back Markel Summers was a battering ram as he churned 40 times for 152 yards and four touchdowns - not to mention 95 receiving yards. • Quarterback Ty Miller put on a clinic on how to handle constant blitzing. He was Houdini in the pocket as he threw for 321 yards and three TDs. • Senior receiver Grey Deal (six catches, 102 yards) enjoyed an outrageous breakthrough in his first varsity start. • Senior Junior Romero, a seldom-used backup run-ning back, came out of no-where to score the go-ahead TD in the third quarter. • This win changed the whole perception of the Davie defense. East quarter-back Bryce Baker is a major talent, and he’s surround-ed by Rolls-Royces in the backfield and out wide. But the Davie D, led by safety Connor Hood’s 11 tackles and cornerback Gavin Re-ese’s four pass breakups, was up for the challenge. • And then there’s the OL and DL. After years of succumbing to East’s awesomeness in the trench-es, Davie’s interior grunts proved themselves. “That’s the thing - we hadn’t been able to run the ball on East Forsyth in a long time,” Devericks said. “So I’m super proud of the guys up front and Markel for making great cuts and great reads. Where we’ve lost in the past was not being able to win the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. That’s why I challenged them in practice all week to challenge each other in practice. And they did that.”“I knew from practice, with the intensity we brought this week, that something was going to change from last year,” Summers said. “Everyone was locked in.”Defensive coordinator Blaine Nicholson couldn’t have drawn up the game’s first series any better. East’s Brandon Sutton, Laurane Riggs and Jaylin Murry carried the ball and totaled two yards on three running plays. Davie sent a message right there. “They thought they could do whatever they want-ed, but we showed them,” Doulin said. East punted and the War Eagles went on a dominat-ing 10-play, 77-yard drive in 2:34. Miller went 4 for 4 for 59 yards in that sequence, including two hookups with Deal, who came through with the game of his life. His stutter-step move toppled a defender as he gained 31 yards to the East 6. Sum-mers scored two plays later for a 6-0 lead. “I’m just trying to get shifty,” Deal said. “It’s go-ing to take more than one to bring me down.”East answered with a 54-yard drive to grab a 7-6 lead, and then Davie was hit with adversity. Miller tried a bubble screen to Leon Bradshaw, who dropped the ball. East jumped on it. Two officials discussed the play, ruled it a lateral instead of incomplete and gave East the ball. Devericks was irate, so the officials huddled to talk it over. They stuck Slays ... with the call and an even more irate Devericks called timeout so he could let the officials have it. Even though East (4-1, 1-1) got possession at the Davie 16, the Davie defense didn’t get rattled. East committed one of its 16 penalties and Hood, Reese and Eli Branham broke up three straight passes to get a turnover on downs.“It was very controver-sial, but our guys bowed their neck,” Devericks said. Baker, a transfer from Walkertown, is a 6-3, 185-pound junior who has committed to UNC. His main targets are 6-2 Jai Richburg (7 catches, 149 yards) and 6-3 Joshua Alston (5-63). Watching Reese, Branham, Hood, Braxton Bowling, Bradshaw and Elliott Gould compete against those towering ath-letes and hold Baker to 16 completions in 30 attempts was something to see. “Gavin, man, he made so many plays,” Devericks said. “Connor made plays. (Pass breakups) are huge for momentum. Eli made a great play on the running back out of the backfield. I heard coach Bum (Todd Bumgar-ner) say, ‘We’ve only said it 72,000 times to watch the back out of the backfield,’ and we got to him.”Davie drove from its 19 to the East 18, only to turn it over on downs. But East shanked a punt - it traveled one yard - and the War Eagles set up shop at the East 35. They took advan-tage of the short field, with Bradshaw making a 14-yard catch on third-and-11 and Miller taking off and low-ering his head for a 13-yard pickup. On fourth-and-goal from the 2, the total-package Miller perfectly executed a fake to Summers and hit Deal in the end zone. Davie’s 12-7 lead, though, was short-lived. Baker hit Richburg on a post route. He broke a tackle and sprinted 79 yards as East regained the lead, 14-12. Less than two minutes lat-er, Sutton, a transfer from Please See Win - Page B5 Senior Brandon Wood (56) and junior Landon Barber (9) wrap up East Forsyth running back Jaylin Murry. Dancing boot Jada Harris performs at halftime.- Photos by Marnic Lewis Evan Froelich lifts Grey Deal after Deal’s TD. At right, assistant coach Blaine Nicholson and Elijah Chaffin (33) jump for joy. Markel Summers, who delivered 247 rushing/receiving yards, makes an acrobatic catch, only to come down out of bounds. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 ‑ B5 East Forsyth 7 14 0 7 – 28Davie 6 14 14 7 – 41First QuarterD - Summers 5 run (kick fail), 6:10. EF - Alston 24 pass from Baker (Whisnant kick), 3:52. Second QuarterD - Deal 2 pass from Miller (kick fail), 8:04. EF - Richburg 79 pass from Baker (Whisnant kick), 7:24. EF - Sutton 25 run (Whisnant kick), 6:04. D - Summers 3 run (Deal pass from Miller), :49. Third QuarterD -Romero 19 pass from Miller (pass fail), 9:25. D - Summers 17 run (Miller run), 3:48. Fourth QuarterD - Summers 23 pass from Miller (McCall kick), 9:57. EF - Sutton 7 run (Whisnant kick), 1:47. TEAM STATISTICS EF DFD 18 29 Rushing 34-173 49-197Passing 260 321C-A-I 16-30-0 20-34-1Punts 3-24 2-24F-L 0-0 1-1Penalties 16-145 10-793rd conv. 4-12 11-15INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSEast ForsythRUSHING - Sutton 16-90, Baker 4-51, McRae 3-18, Murry 10-13, Riggs 1-1PASSING - Baker 16-30-0-260RECEIVING - Richburg 7-149, Alston 5-63, Gilcrest 2-27, Riggs 1-20, Sutton 1-1Davie RUSHING - Summers 40-152, Miller 6-49, Bradshaw 1-2, Romero 1-2, team 1-(-8)PASSING - Miller 20-34-1-321RECEIVING - Deal 6-102, Summers 4-95, Driver 4-29, Bradshaw 2-27, Coleman 2-16, York 1-33, Romero 1-19 Continued From Page B4Glenn who ran for 90 yards, broke three tackles during a 25-yard TD run that put Davie in the 21-12 hole with 6:04 left in the first half. At the 3:36 mark, East’s Nigel Gay made a terrific play to intercept Miller at the East 44. This is when Davie could have folded. But this is when Davie proved its defensive mettle. Doulin spilled a ball carrier near the line of scrimmage, line-backer Archer Richardson sacked Baker and East had to punt. “We put pressure in (Baker’s) face and didn’t let him set up,” Devericks said. “The best pass defense is pressure up front and not letting him run all the way out to the edge. Maybe he wasn’t running for his life, but we moved him off his spot and that affects timing and everything.”Despite being backed up at its 14 with only 1:37 left in the half, Davie’s offense revved its engine. Miller escaped the blitz and rum-bled for 18 yards. Two plays later, he flipped a screen to Summers, who ran like a deer through the forest, a 49-yard play to the East 3. Summers scored from there to cap an 86-yard charge in 54 seconds, and Deal caught a two-point pass. The War Eagles were down 21-20 at halftime and they knew they were onto something. “They had us dead to rights in the backfield,” De-vericks said. “They had too many coming and we didn’t have enough to block them. (But Miller) pulled a Chris Reynolds move, pulled a Houdini, and made a huge run for a first down.“(The screen pass to Summers) flashed me back to Mooresville. We had the same play. We had two guys to block one and we didn’t get it done. We got that blocked this time and Markel made a good cut.”Davie got the ball to start the second half, and after Miller tucked the ball and scampered for 17 yards, Romero contributed in a way nobody could have seen coming. He entered the fray with Davie facing third-and-3 at the East 19 because Summers needed a breather. East dialed up another blitz. Miller bought time by spinning left. Romero was running a wheel route and Miller lofted a high-arcing pass down the left sideline to the wide-open Romero, who caught it in stride as Davie snatched the lead at 26-21. It was the 5-8 senior’s first varsity catch and first varsity TD. Even though the converted DB has played a bit part for two years, he never complains - he just keeps plugging away. “He’s a senior who has moved positions and he doesn’t say a thing,” De-vericks said. “He just comes and works his tail off. That’s why you saw the sideline erupt because of a guy like that who gives it his all.”“I needed a break,” Sum-mers said. “He’s been want-ing to get in. It’s his first year at running back. He’s a senior and I loved it for him. He’s my boy.”“Markel’s my brother and I’ve got to have his back,” Romero said. “I was confident; I wasn’t scared. It was a perfect pass. I just didn’t know it was going to be towards me. My first touchdown. It was a good moment to have.”East’s offense could not respond from the Romero gut punch. Matty Warner stuffed Sutton in the back-field and Hood cut down Murry on the edge for no gain. On fourth-and-3 from the Davie 40, Baker threw incomplete. “We rushed (Baker) and he got uncomfortable,” said Doulin, who hunkered down in the trenches with Landon Barber, Warner, Brandon Wood, Grayson Cayton and Nathaniel Jordan. “I’ll give it to the coaches because they knew where to put us for the run. We watched film and knew how to get into gaps and stop them.”Now Davie was smell-ing blood. On third-and-2, Miller found Deal to move the chains. On the next play, East was flagged for pass interference against Deal. Summers sliced 17 yards to the end zone, and then Davie successfully faked the extra point. Miller, the holder, rolled around right end to bump Davie’s lead to 34-21. Summers, Miller, Rome-ro, Deal and several others will have their names at-tached to this game for the rest of their lives. “(Deal) stepped up at the biggest moments,” Miller said. “I have so much love for that kid because he’s been working all four years, he finally gets playing time his senior year and he shows out.”“This is my first game starting,” Deal said. “I had to show out and I’m pretty sure I did. They came into our nest and we protect our nest. We’re coming for ev-erything now.”“(Deal’s) stepped up this year,” Summers said. “His competition catches were insane.”Sutton’s 3-yard run con- verted a fourth-and-3 situa-tion, but the Davie defense came up with a backbreak-ing stop later in the series. Senior outside linebacker Zander Richardson upended Sutton for a 7-yard loss to put East in a third-and-15 dilemma at the Davie 19. “Even if Zander didn’t make the tackle, he’s mak-ing the play by turning it back in and not giving them downhill-edge runs,” De-vericks said. On fourth-and-6 from the Davie 10, Baker threw to the right flat. Freshman linebacker Elijah Chaffin rose to the moment, popping the receiver when the ball arrived and dislodging it. Incomplete. “Huge play,” Devericks said. Davie’s offense wasn’t done. Deal used a spin move to gain 28 yards. An East defender was glued to Evan York, but Miller dropped the long pass in the bucket and York squeezed it for 33 yards to the East 25. “Evan didn’t sit over there and pout because Grey took some (of his) reps,” Devericks said. “When his number was called, he was ready to go make a play.”Two plays later, offen-sive coordinator Matt Gould ordered the wheel route again. Summers hauled it in for a 23-yard TD to make it 41-21 with 9:57 remaining. “He puts on a show ev-ery time,” Miller said. “It doesn’t look like anything can stop him.”It was do-or-die time for East. Baker threw deep to JP Gilcrest, but Hood was there. Baker tried a fade to Alston, but Reese wasn’t having it. Baker looked to Gilcrest, but Bowling had it covered up. A fourth-and-6 pass to Sutton gained one yard as Hood and Z. Richardson gang tackled the back. Summers barreled eight more times for hard inside yards to salt it away. When the horn sounded, the Davie Crazies swarmed the field to celebrate the slaying of a dragon. “They played against some great receivers and they strapped them up,” Miller said of the secondary. “This gives us all the motivation,” Deal said. “We just beat the top team. Now we’ve got a bounty on our head, and now we’ve got to back it up.”Notes: Davie has a four-game winning streak. Its only loss was to 5-0 Moores-ville. ... This was Davie’s first win over East since 35-28 in 1988. The teams did not meet from 1989-2016. ... East allowed the most points in 46 games. It’s the most since a 41-38 loss to West Forsyth in 2019. ... East went 1 for 5 on fourth-down tries. ... Deal had 10 catches for 136 yards across two seasons before this breakout night. ... Summers had the most carries in 30 games, dating to Tate Carney’s 47 rushes in a 49-40 win over Reagan in March 2021. ... Miller threw three TDs in a game for the seventh time in two years. ... Davie convert-ed 11 of 15 third downs. ... Seven of Hood’s 11 tackles were solos. A. Richardson and Chaffin had eight stops each and Warner seven. ... Devericks beamed at the o-line (Evan Froelich, Evan Copeland, Ryder Strickland, Kevin Lazaro and Jalen Alexander). “Markel is only as good as we are up front, and Ty is only as good as we are up front,” he said. “It’s got to be the whole unit working together.” ... Davie is heading into a high-in-tensity matchup Friday at Reagan at 7. Never mind the Raiders’ 1-4 (1-1) record. They’ve played one of the toughest schedules in the state and they’re considered a legitimate CPC contender. ... Davie leads the series 8-6, but Reagan has won the past two (52-14 in 2021 and 41-21 in 2022). Win ... (336) 751-2304 MILLEREQUIPMENTRENTAL FALL IS HERE! Bobcat, aerator, core plugger & more for rent today!ForAll YourRental NeedsThe Davie Crazies let their voices be heard throughout the War Eagles’ huge win over powerhouse East Forsyth. When Davie had ended a 7-game losing streak to East, the Crazies stormed the field to celebrate. - Photos by Marnic Lewis B6 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 Continued From Page B1solid 14-10 win on Sept. 19. “We’ve had some tough ones,” coach Germain May-field said. “We’ve been on a skid and we were falling in a hole.”The Tigers opened the game by recovering an on-side kick. Draeton Nance threw two nice passes, but both were dropped and South turned it over on downs. “We missed two big plays,” Mayfield said. “Two passes hit us in the hands and we dropped them.”West fumbled in the sec-ond quarter, South recov-ered it and the Tigers began to impose their will at that point. They moved down the field to take a 6-0 lead, scoring on a 20-yard pass from Nance to Austin Sam-uels. That’s where the game stood at halftime. The second half did not start like Mayfield had hoped; on fourth-and-25, the snap sailed over the punter and resulted in a safety that shaved South’s lead to 6-2. That botched play could have turned the tide, but South’s defense came up with a clutch stop and the offense drove for a back- breaking touchdown. The six points came on a run by Camdyn Holland. The lead was now 14-2 and South (3-3) was all but home free. The Bulldogs scored a cosmetic TD with 1:30 re-maining “on a busted play,” Mayfield said. South earned its third win even though two starters (Dreighton Lunnerman and Emanuel Cheek) were sick and unable to play. “Dreighton is our best big-play guy,” Mayfield said. “He’s basically our offense in our passing game. Emanuel (who plays OL and DL) is big for what we do.”Mayfield had zero com-plaints with the defense. This could have easily been a shutout. “We made some chang-es on defense,” he said. “We moved Aiden Houser to linebacker and he had a really good day. Jairail Sales had a really good day (on the d-line). He doesn’t get much playing time, but with guys being out, he got an opportunity and he took advantage of it.”Assistant coach Darius Wilson added that Elijah Tatum was a standout at cornerback. DAVIE COUNTY SPORTS PHOTOS by Marnic Lewis • High School Sports • Youth Sports • Rec. League Sports Preserve your athlete’s Sports Memories! To VIEW Photos & ORDER PRINTS visit: mlewisphotography.smugmug.com Tigers ... American Made Construction LLC is HIRING! Looking to add a LEAD MAN to the AMC team! We do every-thing from turn key house builds, to simple additions, decks and fences. If you can handle heat/cold and laborious work, have a license & transportation, you may be perfect for our company. Pay based on experience, work ethic & attitude. But will range from $25-$35 per hour. If interested, contact... Matt Dillon 336-409-3540 or email: mattdillon852@gmail.com Free news. In your inbox. Every week. www.ourdavie.com Click on services. Ben Bost kicks off for the Ellis Jaguars. - Photos by Marnic Lewis Ellis’ Bowman Blakely chases North quarter- back Isaiah Hernandez. Ellis QB Brandon Forrest turns the corner. Myshawn Clement runs through an opening. Jason Riddle carries the ball for North Davie. Cody Zwanzig protects the ball on a running play. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 - B7 By Brian PittsEnterprise Record Kate Sakai is not one to get too excited. When she birdied a par-5 at Pine Knolls on Sept. 20, there was no fist pump from Da-vie’s No. 1 golfer. “I didn’t even realize it because I thought it was a par-4,” the unassuming Sakai said. “The girl who was keeping score said: ‘Was that a par?’ I said: ‘I think so.’ Then my mom (Carrie McGuire) was like: ‘Kate, good birdie.’ I said: ‘What do you mean? It’s a par-4, right?’ She said: ‘No, it’s a par-5.’”You might not be able to By Brian PittsEnterprise Record The Davie tennis team’s home victory over Reagan on Sept. 20 did not clinch another Central Piedmont Conference championship for the War Eagles, but the 6-3 decision put them on the doorstep of a three-peat. Three weeks earlier, the War Eagles crushed Rea-gan 7-0 in a rain-shortened match in Pfafftown. The rematch wasn’t all sunshine and popsicles for the War Eagles. This one was chal-lenging.“Reagan has gotten bet-ter every single match, from what I can tell,” coach Col-lin Ferebee said after his girls seized sole possession of first place and knocked Reagan into a tie for second. “Reagan beat Reynolds (which beat Davie 5-4 on Sept. 13). At the beginning, I think they were trying to figure out their lineup and By Brian PittsDavie Enterprise Record Davie’s JV football team ran into a buzzsaw when it traveled to East Forsyth on Sept. 21. “We’ve been trying to tell these freshmen what big boy CPC football is go-ing to be like, and they got introduced to it,” defensive coordinator Blaine Nichol-son said after East snapped Davie’s three-game winning streak. While East won convinc-ingly, there was no disgrace in the 20-0 score. After all, unbeaten East (5-0) won its first four games by cartoon-ish scores of 42-0, 46-6, 50-0 and 42-7. No, Davie’s offense couldn’t get anything go-ing. But Nicholson offered upbeat assessments of the defense, which held East to six points in the first quarter, eight in the second and six in the third. Two of East’s three TDs came courtesy of short fields, including one possession that began at the By Brian PittsDavie Enterprise Record Doom and gloom was immense heading into the Davie varsity soccer team’s home nonconference game against Elkin on Sept. 20. Coach Marco Rebollar had been dealing with the torture of trying to do more with less throughout an inju-ry-plagued, winless season. The War Eagles were finally at full capacity when they faced the unbeaten Buckin’ Elks, and they final-ly got the monkey off their back, 2-1. Davie handed 1-A Elkin (8-1-1) its first loss and notched its first win in 12 games. “We were finally healthy ... for one game,” Rebollar said after dressing out 18 players. “We haven’t had our whole starting lineup all year long, and it’s made for a very, very tough season. We finally got back a player (senior Will Davis) that got injured last year (torn ACL), and he’s helping out a lot in the back. The guy that con-trols the center mid, Alex Tarbet, has been out. He came back this week and he got hurt again in the game, so it’s just been one thing after another this year.”The game was spiced up by the fact Rebollar was facing his former school; he coached at Elkin from 2019-21 before taking over Upcoming Games Wednesday, Sept. 27Davie JV/varsity soccer at Glenn at 5:30/7Davie tennis at home vs. West Forsyth at 4:30S. Davie cross country at home vs. Mooresville/Erwin at 4N. Davie cross country vs. Selma Burke/Ellis at Selma at 4North Davie softball at Ellis at 4Thursday, Sept. 28Davie tennis at West Forsyth at 4:30Davie JV/varsity volleyball at home vs. Reagan at 5/6:15Davie JV football at home vs. Reagan at 6:30South Davie boys tennis at home vs. Mooresville at 4North Davie boys tennis at Selma Burke at 4North Davie softball at home vs. South Davie at 4Ellis softball at Selma Burke at 4Ellis boys tennis at home vs. West Rowan at 4Friday, Sept. 29Davie varsity football at Reagan at 7 Saturday, Sept. 30Mocksville fall baseball DH vs. FHE at 1:30 at Rich ParkSunday, Oct. 1Mocksville fall baseball DH vs. Atkins 1:30 at Rich ParkMonday, Oct. 2Davie tennis at home vs. Parkland at 4:30South Davie girls tennis at West Rowan at 4North Davie girls tennis at Ellis at 4Ellis cross country in conference meet at South Davie Tuesday, Oct. 3Davie JV/varsity volleyball at home vs. Tabor at 5/6:15Davie golf at Bermuda Run West Wednesday, Oct. 4Davie JV/varsity soccer at home vs. Reynolds at 5:30/7Davie cross country in CPC meet at Ivey Redmon Sports ComplexDavie tennis at home vs. Glenn at 4:30N. Davie cross country in conference meet at S. Davie at 4 Ellis softball defeats South DavieMooresville stopped the North Davie softball team’s winning streak at three by handing the Wildcats a 12-4 home loss. The Wildcats (4-4) were outhit 10-3. Kinley Pasquet (two RBIs), Grayce Clark and Lexi Gardner had the hits. Ellis stopped a five-game slide by rolling past visiting South Davie 22-11. The win improved the Jaguars to 3-6. South Davie (2-10) lost 15-0 at West Rowan. Williams nominated to watchlistPalmer Williams of Advance is not only Baylor’s start-ing punter as a true freshman, he’s one of the top punters in the country. Through his first eight punts, his 45.1-yard average ranked 24th in the country. At that point, he had a long of 53 yards, a net average of 38.3 and three punts of 50-plus yards. That kind of work has landed him on the 2023 Ray Guy Award Watchlist. WRD beats Cornatzer KJ McClelland (188 yards on three carries, four TDs) and Reek Evans (two carries for 125 yards, 55 passing yards) paced William R. Davie to a 32-6 win over Cor-natzer on Sept. 16. Kadan Howell (two carries for 40 yards) and Donovan Kelly (3-50 rushing) helped the ground game, while Evan Hempstead, Howell and Noah Sheppard had receptions for the Raiders. • Sports Briefs • Soccer beats unbeaten foe for first win at Davie last year. “(I know) their whole starting lineup,” he said. “They were freshmen and sophomores when I was there, so that was pretty cool to get to play against them. “It was an emotional game for sure. I was trying to keep my guys level-head-ed, trying to treat it just like another game for them. But deep down, I was like: ‘Man, I want this one.’”Although Elkin got on the board first, the War Ea-gles did not flinch. Ten min-utes later, Tarbet deposited a left-footed shot to tie it at 1. “They stayed positive (when Elkin took the 1-0 lead),” Rebollar said. “I think it’s the first time I’ve heard them say: ‘We’ve got this. Forget about it. Let’s keep going.’ I was surprised by that; I thought I would see a lot of heads go down. But no, they battled back.”About 10 minutes after Karson Yount assisted the tying goal, Yount put Davie on top with a right-footed shot from the same spot where Tarbet scored. The tiebreaker was assisted by Zachary Hill. It was 2-1 at halftime and the entire second half was a white-knuckle struggle. “It was back and forth, back and forth for 50 min-utes,” he said. In the dying seconds, Elkin had a chance to force overtime. But Tarbet and goalie Felipe Flores com-bined for a game-clinching stop. “They had a chance with 15 seconds to go,” he said. “One of their players got the ball and was beating my right back. He was pretty much one on one with my keeper, and then Alex - I put him at center back - chased him down. With like five seconds to go, Alex slid and (Flores) comes out with his hands up. It deflects off one of them and goes off them out of bounds.”It was a bittersweet game-saving play because Tarbet was injured on the play. So even in victory, Davie’s misfortunes grew. “He went to the doctor (the next day) and he’s out for a couple weeks,” Rebol-lar said. “That’s the hardest thing we’ve had to deal with all season. I had high hopes for this season because we were going to be a little bit older. But as soon as the sea-son started, I’m out four or five players due to injuries and one thing after another.”Notes: The War Eagles played three games in four days last week. Three days before meeting Elkin, Davie lost 6-0 at Mt. Tabor. The Spartans (2-8-1, 1-3 Cen-tral Piedmont Conference) climbed out of the cellar and left Glenn and Davie tied for last in the CPC. ... Two days later, Davie lost by the same score against visiting West Forsyth. While the Titans rose to 10-0-2 and 5-0, Davie sank to 0-5 in the league. Davie was outscored 42-6 during the 0-11 start. Junior VarsityAfter dropping four in a row, Davie’s JV got a much-needed 2-1 win over Elkin. Davie did not play great in a game that was scoreless at halftime - it was just good enough to improve to 4-5. “It should have been 6-1 or better,” coach Scott McBain said. “We won on an off day; that’s a good thing. It was just not a pretty game.”Freshmen Andy Lon-gares and Hunter Stephens delivered the goals, with Stephens drilling “a stinger right in the corner from 20 yards out,” McBain said. Earlier in the week, Da-vie lost 3-0 to Tabor and 6-0 to West Forsyth. Tennis closing in on another title were dealing with a couple injuries.”As this critical match got going, Ferebee was trying to figure out how to his team was going to manage five wins. “Halfway through, I said: ‘I don’t know if we win this. Reagan is playing really well,’” he said. Junior Elliot Newsome has been a machine for three seasons, and she did her thing at No. 1. The scores were 6-0, 6-1 as she ran her record to 10-1. Corbin Drum was mag-nificent at No. 2, the fresh-man whipping a senior 6-1, 6-1 to raise her astonishing record to 9-1. “The only two matches that were comfortable were Elliot and Corbin,” Ferebee said. “Corbin played the best match I’ve seen her play in high school. She’s been playing better and better throughout the year, but Elizabeth (Tomblyn of Reagan) is a good player. It’s not like Corbin got a gimme opponent. She was hitting the ball well, her volleys looked good and her serving was good. She was just locked in and ready to go.”Davie has two exception-al freshmen in the lineup. The other is No. 4 Leah Gibson, who pulled out a gutsy 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 win over a senior. Gibson lifted her impressive record to 8-2. “Her confidence got hit after Reynolds,” Ferebee said. “But I told her after (the Reagan match): ‘Leah, this is a match you would have lost earlier in the year. You’re still a freshman and you make freshman mis-takes. But in less than one year, you’ve already turned that around to make this a win.’ I was really proud of how well she played.”The outcome hung in the balance after singles - it was 3-3 - but Davie (9-1 overall) swept doubles to raise its CPC record to 8-1. Reagan and Reynolds both have two losses in league play. Newsome/Aderhold cruised 8-1 to maintain their perfect record at 5-0. Drum/Gibson were not exactly crisp at No. 2, but they did what they had to do in an 8-5 win as they improved to 5-1. Ali Cranfill/Gabby Thompson won 8-5 at No. 3. “(Drum and Gibson) did not play very well,” he said. “It was one of their worst matches together. But they clawed, fought, didn’t give up and ended up getting the win.”Notes: Davie has a six-match winning streak against Reagan. ... Two days earlier at home, Davie blanked inferior East For-syth 9-0. Newsome, Drum, Bailey Aderhold, Gibson, Cranfill and Thompson combined to win 72 of 76 games in singles. Sakai showing vast improvement tell how Sakai’s round is go-ing from her cool demeanor, but there’s no doubt she’s a vastly improved golfer. In six nine-hole matches as a freshman, her scoring average was 53. In 10 nine-hole matches as a sophomore, her average was 52.7. Her junior season did not start well - she shot 58 at Salem Glen on Aug. 17 - but she’s fared consider-ably better of late. She shot 47 in Davie’s next trip to Salem Glen. She carded a career-best 45 at Wilshire on Sept. 11. Then she turned in new career-best round at Pine Knolls: 6-over 42 to finish 10th overall among Central Piedmont Conference rivals. After triple-bogeying her first hole, Sakai went par, par, double- bogey, par, par, bogey, birdie, bogey. The effort shaved her junior-sea-son average to 49.6. “I’ve been working a lot on putting and chipping,” Sakai said. “Normally I show up a little early to prac-tice and putt before we go on the range. I play like twice a week when we’re not in season. That (low 40s score) has been a goal for a long time.” Sakai wasn’t the only War Eagle who had a ca-reer-best round. Freshman Gwynyth Swan recorded a 49, better-ing her previous best by four shots. She broke 50 for the first time by bogeying five holes. Senior Sophia Garza came up with two pars and shot 52. Her previous best was 53. In team scoring, Reagan shot 2-under 106 to take first for the fourth time in five CPC meets. West Forsyth had 116, Reynolds 129, Mt. Tabor 141 and Davie 143. Davie 10-yard line follow-ing a blocked punt. “We showed up, kept showing up and getting stops,” Nicholson said. “(Defensive lineman) Braylon Arnold made a lot of plays in the back-field. (D-end) Eli Waddell played well. (Cornerback) CJ Moore played well again. We kind of shut down their passing game.”And then: “Jayden War-ren came back from injury and had an interception. (Outside linebacker) Dylan Miller was probably our best player on defense. He shut down the field-side run, so they had to go between the tackles. Our defense has a chance to be pretty good in the future. If they stick with it and get in the weight room, we can get a trend of having good defensive performances.”Notes: The defense came up with two interceptions, including one by Moore. ... Davie enters Thursday’s home game against Reagan at 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the CPC. MASSIVE COMIC BOOKABSOLUTE Saturday, September 30th @ 10 AM At the Leinbach Auction Gallery 9497 N. 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There are games, a sunflower maze with more than a mile of trails, with swings and seating along the way, and 20 signs giving fun facts about sunflowers and other native plants and animals.And the flowers are available to purchase. You cut them, and owners Tabitha and Brock Hol-brook and their helpers will wrap them for you to take home.On Saturday and Sun-day, a Sunflower Extrava-ganza will be held from 10 a.m.-dusk, with live music and more than 30 vendors.If you want to check it out without the crowds, it is open daily this week from 4 p.m.-dusk.The land - which also fronts Eatons Church Road - is special to Tabitha. Her family raised tobacco there. But when tobacco was no longer an option, another use was investigated.They started with a wedding venue, The Loft at Sunflower Trail. And when land across the road became available, the Holbrooks didn’t hesitate. They bought it and planted flowers.Sunflowers, Tabitha said, is more like tobacco than most people realize. 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Houses, Decks, Driveways Gutter Cleaning, Roof Wash Black Sand Company Sand, Gravel & Landscape Materials “Since 1927” (336) 788-6411 Residential & Commercial Mark & Cindy Shoaf, Owners Monday-Friday 7:30 - 5:30 • Saturday 8:00 - 3:00 PICK UP OR DELIVERY 745 W. Clemmonsville Road • Winston-Salem, NCwww.blacksandco.com • Mortar Sand• River Sand• White Sand• Designer Mulch• Kid Cushion• Hardwood Mulch • Gravel & White Pebbles• Bark & Brick Nuggets• Blended Ph Balanced Compost Topsoil• Cedar Mulch “I was decorating and designing my house around what was beautiful rather than practical. When I made that realization, everything clicked. I started being intentional about designing with kids in mind rather than picture-perfect rooms.” - Joanna Gaines, Fixer Upper - Home renovation proj-ects were high on home-owners’ priority lists during the early days of the pan-demic. Throughout much of 2020, people across the globe were forced to spend much of their time at home. More time at home com-pelled \homeowners to invest more in their prop-erties, thus sparking a ren-ovation boom.By early 2023, the ren-ovation boom that marked the initial days of the pan-demic appeared to have burst. In May 2023, Home De-pot reported its sales had fallen by 4.5 percent in the first quarter of the year and that its income had fall-en by more than 6 percent from the same period a year earlier. The decline was at-tributed to a number of factors, including a pivot among homeowners from large projects to smaller renovations. Inflation and the loom-ing threat of a recession have led many homeown-ers to emphasize smaller projects. With that in mind, the following are some small renovations that can have a big impact.• Storage addition: Re-gardless of where storage is added, be it the kitchen or a home office or a laundry room, extra space to keep items out of view can dra-matically alter the look of a home. Unused kitchen walls can be transformed with some inexpensive, easily hanged shelves, while some laundry pedes-tals with storage drawers can help keep washrooms clear of clutter.•Polish floors: Elbow grease might be the biggest expenditure when clean-ing hardwood floors. The wood flooring experts at Bona advise homeowners to polish their floors once every two to four months depending on how much foot traffic the floors get. A fresh polishing can make floors look brand new and ensures dirt and dust are not hanging around as uninvit-ed houseguests.• Paint: Painting is another inexpensive op-tion for budget-conscious homeowners who want to update their homes. There’s no shortage of places in a home, both inside and out, where a fresh coat of paint can make a statement without breaking the bank. Fading paint on bedroom walls and kitchen cabinets can be painted over with a fresh coat of the same col-or or even something more vibrant. Outside, apply a fresh coat to a wooden deck or paint over brick siding to create a whole new look.• Molding: Crown mold-ing can add a touch of ele-gance to any room. Rooms can be transformed in a single weekend with the installation of new or re-placement crown molding. A simple molding instal-lation is a task many do-it-yourselfers can handle on their own, while home-owners with less DIY ex-perience may benefit from hiring a contractor to create a layered molding look.Homeowners are piv-oting away from costly renovations to more bud-get-conscious projects. Various less expensive un-dertakings can transform spaces at a fraction of the cost of more extensive ren-ovations. 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Tons of infant to preteen clothing all in excellent condition sorted by size and gender ($1 or less per item); toys; craft supplies; furni- ture; NIB kitchen items, including Tupperware and vintage; horse saddles; unique light xtures; name brand adult shoes; luggage; crafts, oral & scrapbooking items; books; jewelry; purses, new items from boutique purge; and much more! Pr iced to sell below big box secondhand and thrift stores. North Davie Middle School 497 Farmington Road, Mocksville Ya rd Sale for North Davie Base- ball, Sat. 9/30 7-11am. Winston-Salem 5400 Foxdale Dr., 27103 Ya rd Sale, Sat. 9/30 8am-2pm. Too much to list! Public Notices No. 1704550 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having quali ed as A dministra-tor for the Estate of Stephanie Fletcher Schneggenburger (aka Stephanie Ann Schneggenburger; Stephanie Ann Odell; Stephanie Fletcher Odell) of Advance, Da-vie County, NC, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the un-dersigned at P.O. Drawer 25008, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27114-5008, on or before the 7th day of December, 2023, or thisnotice 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 7th day of September, 2023.Ta ylor Walker, Administrator 140 Clayton AcresWalkertown, NC 27051Send claims to:Estate of Stephanie Schneggen-burger Ta ylor Walker, Administrator c/o Caroline C. MunroeBlanco Ta ckabery & Matamoros, P.A.P.O. Drawer 25008Winston-Salem, NC 27114-5008Publish 9/7/23, 9/14/23, 9/21/23, 9/28/23 No. 1705712 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Jacqueline L. Whit- man (aka Jacqueline Louise Whit- man; Jacqueline Louise Haps Whitman) of Bermuda Run, Da- vie County, NC, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the un- dersigned at P.O. Drawer 25008, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27114-5008, on or before the 14th day of December, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 14th day of September, 2023. Sue Clark, Executor 4269 Limestone Ct Clemmons, NC 27012 Send claims to: Estate of Jacqueline L. Whitman Sue Clark, Executor c/o Melissa L. McKinney Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros, P.A. P.O. Drawer 25008 Winston-Salem, NC 27114-5008 Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23. No. 1713894 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BERMUDA RUN TOWN COUNCIL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pur- suant to G.S. 160D-602, that the To wn Council of Bermuda Run will meet at 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, at the To wn Hall, located at 120 Kinderton Blvd., Suite 100, Bermuda Run, NC 27006, to hold a public hear- ing and to receive public comment on the following items: The Board will consider the 2023 amendments to the To wn of Ber- muda Run Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, re ne the de nitions of the future land use categories, with minor edits to spelling, references and table data on pages (vii, 2.1, 2.11, 4.15, and 5.12). All interested parties are invit- ed to attend the public hearing and present their comments to the Bermuda Run To wn Coun- cil. Please call the Bermuda Run To wn Hall at (336) 998-0906 if you have questions or if you need special accommodations for the meeting. Hearing impaired per- sons desiring additional informa- tion or having questions regarding this subject should call the North Carolina Relay Number for the Deaf at 1-800-735-8262 or 711 for mobile phones. Pu blish Davie Co. Enterprise-Re- cord: 09/28/23, 10/05/23. Public Notices No. 1706866NORTH CAROLINADAVIE COUNTYNOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qual- i ed as the Executor of the Es- tate of Ve ra Gail Koontz Ijames, deceased, late of Davie County, North Carolina, does hereby no- tify all persons, rms and corpo- rations having claims against the estate of said Ve ra Gail Koontz Ijames to exhibit them to the un- dersigned: Abigail Ijames Moser, Executor , c/o Burt Langley, P.C., 149 S Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 on or before Decem- ber 18, 2023, or this 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 at the address listed above. This the 14th day of Sept., 2023. Abigail Ijames Moser Executor of the Estate of Ve ra Gail Koontz Ijames Davie County Estate File 23 E 245 April M. Burt Attorney for Executor, Abigail Ijames Moser Burt Langley, PC 149 S Lexington Ave Asheville, NC 28801 Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23. No. 1706864 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having quali ed as the Administrator of the Es- tate of William Grady Ijames Jr., deceased, late of Davie County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corpora- tions having claims against the es- tate of said William Grady Ijames Jr. to exhibit them to the under- signed: Abigail Ijames Moser, Ad- ministrator, c/o Burt Langley, P.C., 149 S Lexington Ave., Asheville, NC 28801 on or before Decem- ber 18, 2023, or this 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 at the address listed above. This the 14th day of Sept., 2023. Abigail Ijames Moser Administrator of the Estate of Wil- liam Grady Ijames Jr. Davie County Estate File 23 E 246 April M. Burt Attorney for Administrator, Abigail Ijames Moser Burt Langley, PC 149 S Lexington Ave Asheville, NC 28801 Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23. No. 1708240 NOTICE OF ELECTION DAVIE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA The municipal general election for the Town of Bermuda Run, Cool- eemee and Mocksville will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Voters will be asked to show photo ID when they vote. All vot- ers will be allowed to vote with or without ID. Voters who lack ID can get one for free from their county board of elections. Find out more at ncsbe.gov/voter-id. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. One-stop early voting will be held at the Davie County Board of Elections office from Thursday, October 19, 2023, to Saturday, November 4, 2023. The schedule may be obtained by calling the Davie County Board of Elections or viewing on the website, www. daviecountync.gov/93/Elections. Absentee ballots will be mailed to voters who have requested them beginning October 6, 2023. A vot- er can fill out an absentee ballot request at votebymail.ncsbe. gov, or by filling out a request form provided by the board of elections. The request must be re- ceived through the website or by the Davie County Board of Elec- tions by 5 p.m. October 31, 2023. Registered voters who live with- in the boundaries of the Town of Bermuda Run, Cooleemee and Mocksville may vote in the munic- ipal election. Municipal contests include the mayor and 2 members of the municipality’s governing board. The voter registration deadline for this election is 5 p.m. Friday, October 13, 2023. Eligible indi- viduals who are not registered by that deadline may register and vote at any early voting site during the early voting period. New reg- istrants will be required to provide documentation of their residence. Questions? Call the Davie County Board of Elections Office at 336- 753-6072 or send an email to md- parker@daviecountync.gov. Gary LaBlanc, Chairman Davie Board of Elections Publish Davie Co. Enterprise-Re- cord: 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23, 10/12/23. Public Notices No. 1709309 NORTH CA ROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Admin-istrator of the Estate of Timmy Keaton 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 December 13, 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 corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immedi-ate payment to the undersigned.This the 13h day of September, 2023.Brenda Kay Keaton, Administrator c/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II, Attorney at LawMARTIN VAN HOY & RAISBECK, LLPAttorneys at Law10 Court SquareMocksville, NC 27028(336)751-2171Publish 9/21/23, 9/28/23, 10/5/23, 10/12/23 No. 1706751 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Execu- trix of the Estate of LOVIE INEZ WILLIAMS 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 December 14, 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 immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 14th day of Sept., 2023. Sherri Caudle Mansfield C/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP Brian F. Williams, Attorney at Law 284 South Main Street Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23. No. 1706748 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CREDITOR’S NOTICE COUNTY OF DAVIE HAVING QUALIFIED as Execu- trix of the Estate of ANN H. HIL- LEBRAND aka ANN HIGHSMITH HILLEBRAND late of Davie Coun- ty, 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 December 14, 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 immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 14th day of Sept., 2023. Ashlyn H. Montgomery C/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP Brian F. Williams, Attorney at Law 284 South Main Street Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23. No. 1701133 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Execu- tor of the Estate of DORCAS W. SEAFORD 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 December 7, 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 immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 7th day of September, 2023. Jacky Craig Seaford C/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP Brian F. Williams, Attorney at Law 284 South Main Street Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/07/23, 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23. No. 1704719 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Jack Doyle Naylor late of Davie County, this is to no- tify all persons, firms and corpo- rations having claims against said Estate to present written claim to the undersigned on or before De- cemcer 8, 2023 (being three [3] months from the first day of pub- lication of this notice) or this no- tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Es- tate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 7th of Sept., 2023. Melanie Hendrix, 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 Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/07/23, 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23. No. 1706866 NORTH CA ROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qual- i ed as the Executor of the Es- tate of Ve ra Gail Koontz Ijames, deceased, late of Davie County, North Carolina, does hereby no- tify all persons, rms and corpo- rations having claims against the estate of said Ve ra Gail Koontz Ijames to exhibit them to the un- dersigned: Abigail Ijames Moser, Executor , c/o Burt Langley, P.C., 149 S Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 on or before Decem- ber 18, 2023, or this 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 at the address listed above. This the 14th day of Sept., 2023. Abigail Ijames Moser Executor of the Estate of Ve ra Gail Koontz Ijames Davie County Estate File 23 E 245 April M. Burt Attorney for Executor, Abigail Ijames Moser Burt Langley, PC 149 S Lexington Ave Asheville, NC 28801 Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23. Public Notices No. 1710595 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Admin- istrator CTA of the Estate of TED THOMAS CHAPMAN late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present written claim to the un- dersigned on or before December 21, 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 immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 21st day of September, 2023. Jayme N. Earle, C/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP, Brian F. Williams, Attorney at Law, 284 S. Main St., Mocksville, NC 27028. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23, 10/12/23. No. 1708213 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as ADMINIS- TRATOR for the Estate of DEBRA NICOLE CARTER, 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 un- dersigned on or before DECEM- BER 20, 2023. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corpora- tions indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate pay- ment. Today’s date 09/14/2023. VETTA PARKS LONGSWORTH, 429 MOUNTVIEW DR., MOCKS- VILLE, NC 27028, as ADMINIS- TRATOR of the Estate of DEBRA NICOLE CARTER, deceased, File #2023E000335. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23. No. 1704546 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Conrad Smoot lateof Davie County, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present written claim to the un-dersigned on or before December 7, 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 willplease make immediate payment to the undersigned.This the 1st of September, 2023.Lindsay Smoot, Executorc/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II, Attorney at LawMARTIN VAN HOY & RAISBECK, LLP Attorneys at Law10 Court SquareMocksville, NC 27028(336)751-2171Publish 9/7/23, 9/14/23, 9/21/23, 9/28/23 No. 1705742 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator CTA of the ESTATE OF JAMES DAVID PLOTT, late of, Davie County, North Carolina, the un- dersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the offices of BELL, DAVIS & PITT, P.A., P.O. Box 21029, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27120-1029, on or before December 14, 2023, or this no- tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 5th day of Sept. 2023. Signed, James Read Plott, Admin- istrator CTA Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23. No. 1703172 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as CO-EXECU- TORS for the Estate of JANE M BOWERS, 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 DECEMBER 13, 2023. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons, firms and corporations in- debted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. To- day’s date 09/07/2023. ROBERT CLAY BOWERS, 833 HUDSON PLACE, DAVIDSON, NC 28036 and THOMAS REX BOWERS, 147 GARDEN LANE, MOCKS- VILLE, NC 27028, as CO-EXEC- UTORS of the Estate of JANE M BOWERS, deceased, File #2023E000266. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/07/23, 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23. No. 1709309 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Admin-istrator of the Estate of Timmy Keaton 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 December 13, 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 corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immedi-ate payment to the undersigned.This the 13h day of September, 2023.Brenda Kay Keaton, Administrator c/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II, Attorney at LawMARTIN VAN HOY & RAISBECK, LLPAttorneys at Law10 Court SquareMocksville, NC 27028(336)751-2171Publish 9/21/23, 9/28/23, 10/5/23, 10/12/23 Public Notices No. 1711 951 NOTICE Public Sale: Mocksville Mini Stor- age intends to sell the contents of the following units in an attempt to collect unpaid rent and expenses. #233, Samuel Bailey #75, Zach Claxton #393, 457, Brad Dunn #322, Angelia Edwards #89, Matthew Jones #214, Carries Jones #111 , Alan Marrs #412 Tr acy Miller Household Items NO PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED Public Sale Date September 6, 2023 at 12:00 noon 124 Eaton Road, Mocksville (336) 751-2483 Pu blish Davie Co. Enterprise-Re- cord: 9/28/23, 10/5/23 No. 1708823 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTOR for the Estate of ELLA MAE PHIL- LIPS, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to ex- hibit them to the undersigned on or before 12-27-2023. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their re- covery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make im- mediate payment. Today’s date 09/21/2023. BARRY PHILLIPS, 1620 SE 29TH TER., OCALA, FL 34471, as EXECUTOR of the Es- tate of ELLA MAE PHILLIPS, de- ceased, File #2023E00330. Publish Davie Co. Enterprise-Re- cord: 09/21/23, 09/28/23, 10/05/23, 10/12/23. No. 1703805 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTOR for the Estate of HOWARD Q L LITTLE JR, 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 DEC. 13, 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 09/07/2023. T DAN WOMBLE, PO BOX 1698, CLEMMONS, NC 27012, as EXECUTOR of the Es- tate of HOWARD Q L LITTLE JR, deceased, File #23E322. Publish Davie Co. Enter- prise-Record: 09/07/23, 09/14/23, 09/21/23, 09/28/23. No. 1714 11 3 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Ad-ministrator of the Estate of AN-DREW STEVEN SPRY late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said estate to present written claim to the un-dersigned on or before December 28, 2023 (being three [3] monthsfrom 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 28th day of September, 2023.Barry LaMont SpryC/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLPBrian F. Williams, Attorney at Law284 South Main StreetMocksville, NC 27028Publish 9/28/23, 10/5/23, 10/12/23, 10/19/23 No. 1714477 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of John Levi Solomon Deceased, late of Davie County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms, and corporations having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the office of Edward Y. Brewer, Attorney, PO Box 786, Clemmons, North Caro-lina, 27012, on or before the 31st day of December, 2023 or this no-tice will be pleaded in bar of theirrecovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make imme-diate payment.This 28th day of September, 2023.Lisa M. LagerExecutor of the Estate of John Levi SolomonEstate File No. 23 E 0183By: Edward Y. BrewerPO Box 786Clemmons, NC 27012Publish 9/28/23, 10/5/23, 10/12/23, 10/19/23 No. 1706233 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of PA UL BAYNE EA-TON, late of Davie County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, rms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said dece-dent to exhibit them to the under-signed at 185 Kimel Pa rk Drive, Suite 200, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103, on or before De-cember 14, 2023 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re-covery. All persons, rms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.This 14th day of September 2023.Sharon R. EatonExecutor of the Estate ofPAUL BAYNE EATONRobert D. 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Mocksville, NC 27028 Commercial & Residential Lawn Care Black Sand Company Sand, Gravel & Landscape Materials “Since 1927” (336) 788-6411 Residential & Commercial Mark & Cindy Shoaf, Owners Monday-Friday 7:30 - 5:30 • Saturday 8:00 - 3:00 PICK UP OR DELIVERY 745 W. Clemmonsville Road • Winston-Salem, NCwww.blacksandco.com • Mortar Sand• River Sand• White Sand• Designer Mulch• Kid Cushion• Hardwood Mulch • Gravel & White Pebbles• Bark & Brick Nuggets• Blended Ph Balanced Compost Topsoil• Cedar Mulch The Carolina Classic Fair - North Carolina’s second-largest agricultur-al fair - will take place in Winston-Salem from Sept. 29-Oct. 8. The fair is offering ad-vance discounts for entry tickets and rides and has Members of the Bermuda Run Garden Club are perennial entrants into Carolina Classic Fair flower shows. Above, Linda Ernst with her award-winning dahlias. announced special promo-tional days.“Our biggest and best savings are now available and include significant discounts on admission tickets and ride wristband vouchers,” Carolina Clas-sic Fair Director Cheryle Hartley said. “Act soon to make sure your family and friends will save money, avoid lines onsite, and have a ‘Magic in the Fair’ good time.”Tickets are available from Ticketmaster or in person at the fairground’s box office. “We have a blockbuster lineup of pro-motional days this year, including the Centennial of Smiles 100 minutes of free rides beginning at 3 p.m. on Sept. 29 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Strates Shows.”Day of tickets are $10 entry for adults 12 to 64 and $5 for children 6 to 11. There is a $2 surcharge for tickets purchased at the gate. Unlimited ride wrist-bands purchased day of are $35 for Monday through Friday and $40 for Satur-days and Sundays.The fair will offer spe-cial promotional days:• Friday, Sept. 29 –107.5 Opening Day (107.5WKZL) ticket spe-cial: $5 admission. Ride Feature: Centennial of Smiles Celebrate Strates Shows 100th anniversary with 100 minutes of free rides starting at 3 p.m.• Monday, Oct. 2 – School Day presented by Deer Park Spring Water, powered by iHeartMedia Ticket Special: Bring three school supplies and receive free admission (all supplies will be contributed to Win-ston-Salem Forsyth County Schools). Special Feature: School performances, free carousel rides, free popcorn in the Agriculture Building until 2 p.m. and more. Ride Feature: $20 for 10 rides• Tuesday, Oct. – Senior Day/ $2 Tuesday (iHeart-Media). Ticket Feature: $2 admission. Ride Feature: ALL rides $2. Food Fea-tures: $2 food specials• Wednesday, Oct. 4 – Special Ed Day/Can Food Day with Crisis Control Ministry, Pinnacle, Honda of Winston-Salem. Ticket Feature: Free admission with five nonperishable food items to benefit Cri-sis Control Ministry. Free admission for persons with disabilities and their aides.• Thursday, Oct. 5 – Military Day/College Day/Night/Thirsty Thursday (WXII, 1075KZL & Rock 92). Ticket Special: Free Admission for military (with ID) and their imme-diate family. $5 Admission for college students (with ID). Ride Feature: $20 for 10 rides.• Friday, Oct. 6 – Family Fun Day (Audacy). Ticket Special: Kids 11 and un- der free until 6 p.m. Ride Feature: Kiddie rides $20 wristbands, noon to 7 p.m. (children 7 and under).Celebrating its 141st year in 2023, the Caroli-na Classic Fair is owned and operated by the City of Winston-Salem after being donated by the Win-ston-Salem Foundation in 1969. The 10-day annual fair features national mu-sical entertainment, food and beverages, exhibits for livestock, poultry, fine arts and crafts, a carnival with numerous rides and games, and many more activities. Visit CarolinaClassic-Fair.com. It’s a classic Local clubs annually participate in state’s 2nd largest agricultural fair (336) 909-0609 Call BJ Arning Today •Fully Insured •Tree Work & Tree Removal •Trimming & Thinning •Free Estimates •Stump Grinding •Bucket Truck •Formerly Seaford’s