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Davie County Enterprise Record 1-18-2024USPS 149-160 Number 03 Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 20 Pages 75¢ Cheer Town State championship Saturday at DCHS 89076 3821260Page 7 Can’t Stop This War Eagle boys keep finding a way to win Unchained Melody Jason Colemen plays piano style music of his grandfather, Floyd Cramer Saturday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m., Brock Arts Center Page B1 By Mike BarnhardtEnterprise Record There’s some unfinished business that needs to be done.And while going to church and walking with the Lord is an important part of this busi-ness, it can’t all be done inside of the church walls.That was the word from N.C. Sen. Paul Lowe at the annual Davie NAACP Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. cel-ebration on Monday at Cedar Grove Baptist Church.Also the pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Winston-Sa-lem, Lowe referenced King’s book from 1966, “Where Do We Go From Here?”“Some of the things we are still fighting for, 50 years lat- N.C. Sen. Paul Lowe speaks during the Davie NAACP MLK celebration on Monday afternoon. - Photo by Mike Barnhardt ‘Unfinished business’ There’s work to be done to keep King’s dream alive er,” he said.“Affordable housing, unfin-ished business“Educational disparity, un-finished business.“Income inequality, the working poor, unfinished busi-ness.“Access to health care, un-finished business.“Environmental justice, un-finished business.“Racial discrimination, un-finished business.“Police brutality, unfinished business.“A poor transportation in-frastructure, so those without a car can get to work, unfinished business.“Substance abuse, unfin-ished business.“Job opportunities for ev- eryone, some folks are the last to be hired and the first to be fired, unfinished business.“Food insecurity, unfinished business.“Gang violence, unfinished business.“Mental health services, a lot of folks are just losing it, unfinished business.“Access to technology, un-finished business.“Civil rights for everybody, unfinished business.“Child care availability so people can go to work, unfin-ished business.“Urban planning that doesn’t exclude but includes all of us, unfinished business.“That’s a whole lot of stuff, Please See King - Page 4 Davie High School Dancing Boot Meredith Harpe performs during a basketball game last week. Read more about Davie High sports action in Section B. - Photo by Marnic Lewis Dancing for Davie By Jim BuiceEnteprise Record BERMUDA RUN - With items on the town council agenda including a text amend-ment on multifamily residen-tial and maximum building heights along with annexation requests, town hall didn’t have enough seats to accommodate the overflow crowd.Following the first of three public hearings, the text amendment to amend allow-able building heights from 60 feet to 45 feet (and three stories), remove multifamily as permitted use within the General Business Zoning Dis-trict, require townhomes to be permitted with conditions, and amend Residential Multifam-ily maximum number of resi-dential units table by deleting Open Space and General Busi-ness districts was approved by a council vote of 2-1. Bermuda Run restricts height of new buildings It was Mike Brannon’s first official meeting as mayor, and there were only three seated council members (incumbents Mike Ernst and Melinda Szeli-ga and newcomer Rae Nelson) present, but that met the re-quirements of having a quo-rum. The other newcomer, Jeff Tedder, was missing, and the vacated council spot creat-ed when Brannon was being elected mayor wasn’t filled until later in the meeting when Christy Schafer was appoint-ed to fill out the five-member board.Regarding the text amend-ment, Town Manager Andrew Meadwell said that soon after the adoption of the Bermuda Run Comprehensive Plan in 2023, the staff started working with Benchmark Planning to study the state of land uses and Please See BR - Page 9 2024 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS ES #MT0028 $25,199 2023 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER ES #MT0102 $28,015 2023 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT ES #MT0004 $26,590 #MT0004 2024 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE ES #MT0075 $16,394 2010 MAZDASPEED 3 SUPER LOW MILEAGE, SUPER NICE #215M $11,497 2021 TOYOTACOROLLA LE 30/38 MPG, WI-FI, CLEAN #156M $16,938 2021 JEEP COMPASSLIMITED 4WD, LEATHER, MUST SEE #146M $20,570 2018 LINCOLN MKCRESERVE AWD, LOW MILES, MOONROOF #252M $23,794 2018 HYUNDAISONATA SPORT LOW MILES, HEATED SEATS, CLEAN #247M $15,277 2015 DODGE DURANGOCITADEL LEATHER, SUNROOF, 3RD ROW #254M $18,574 2021 NISSANROGUE SV AWD, SUPER CLEAN, MUST SEE #152M $21,547 2020 SUBARUOUTBACK LIMITED AWD, NAVIGATION, SUNROOF #221M $26,653 2016 FORDEDGE SEL AWD, MOONROOF, NAVIGATION #225M $16,498 2020 FORDF-150 XLT 4WD, NAVIGATION, LOW MILES #124M $35,386 2022 TOYOTATACOMA SR5 4WD, WI-FI HOTSPOT, MUST SEE #161M $32,800 2012 CHEVY SILVERADO2500HD LTZ 4WD, NAVIGATION, LOADED #199M $39,635 2022 RAM 1500 BIG HORNLONE STAR QUAD CAB, BLUETOOTH, MUST SEE #166M $28,121 2020 INFINITIQX60 LUXE NAVIGATION, SUNROOF, LEATHER #171N $27,000 2022 TOYOTACAMRY SE 28/39 MPG, ALLOY WHEELS, MUST SEE #136M $22,300 2021 CHRYSLERPACIFICA TOURING L 3RD ROW, LEATHER, REMOTE START #162M $22,128 USED VEHICLES 60 months 0%APR FOR On ALL NEW 2023 ECLIPSE CROSS 980-270-5444 1011 Folger Drive • Statesville I-77 • Exit 49-B www.RandyMarionMitsubishi.com Price includes all rebates & incentives. 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Box 99, Mocksville, NC 27028 (336) 751-2120 Published weekly by Salisbury Newsmedia LLC John Carr.....................................Publisher Mike Barnhardt............................Managing Editor Ray Tutterow...............................Advertising Director Brian Pitts....................................Sports Editor Mocksville Enterprise 1916-1958 Davie Record 1899-1958 Periodicals Postage Paid in Mocksville, NC 27028Subscription RatesSingle Copy, 75 Cents$32.03 Per Year In Davie CountyPOSTMASTERSend Address Changes to:Davie County Enterprise RecordP.O. Box 99, Mocksville, NC 27028 Cooleemee Journal 1901-1971 Guest editorial The Enterprise Record welcomes letters from its readers on topics of local, state, national or international issues. An effort will be made to print all letters, provided they are not libelous, vulgar or in poor taste. The editor reserves the right to edit letters for grammar and for space. Letters should include the name and address of the writer and a signature. A telephone number, not to be published, is requested. Have letters in the newspaper 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 The Literary Corner: Renegade Writer’s Guild Please See Renegade ‑ Page 3 Growth increasing housing costs By Mike WaldenNCSU Although the inflation rate leveled off in 2023, accord-ing to polls, it is still a big issue. Just to remind you, when it is said the inflation rate is down, this doesn’t mean the average price level is falling. Instead, it means most prices are still rising, just at a slower pace. Indeed, the Federal Reserve’s goal is not to cause prices to fall, but instead to have the average price level increase at about 2% annu-ally.Generally, the numbers we see in the news about in-flation are measuring the inflation rate for the country. In today’s column, I want to bring the inflation rate closer to home by discussing two topics related to prices.One: What is the cost-of-living in North Carolina com-pared to the nation? When analyzing the same living stan-dard in North Carolina to other states as well as to the nation, is the cost-of-living lower or higher? That is, if consumers purchase the same type and quantity of prod-ucts and services, is the total cost higher or lower in North Carolina than elsewhere?The second topic addresses how the cost of that mar-ket basket of products and services has recently changed in North Carolina relative to the nation. This is simply a more elaborate way of asking how the inflation rate in North Carolina compares to the national inflation rate.There’s good news for the comparative cost-of-living in North Carolina. Data from the federal government for 2022 – the latest available – show the cost of the same products and services bought by a typical household was 5.8% lower in North Carolina compared to the nation. Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia , North Carolina had the 23rd lowest cost of living. Washington, D.C., California and Hawaii were the most expensive states, while Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas were the least costly.Two expenditure items are driving North Carolina’s relatively lower cost-of-living. The first is the cost of housing, which is 18% lower than the national cost. A big reason is that the percentage of North Carolinians living in rural regions of the state is more than twice as high as in the nation. The cost of housing is typically much lower in rural areas than in cities due to lower population densities and less expensive land. When more people are competing for housing and land in urban areas, land and housing costs rise.Government data show the second factor helping North Carolina have a more moderate cost-of-living is educa-tion services, which are 10% under the national average. A major cause is the relatively low tuition and fee costs of North Carolina’s public universities compared to similar institutions in other states.However, the good news for North Carolina’s relative cost of living has been better. In 2005, the first year the federal government published the state cost-of-living data, North Carolina’s cost-of-living was 11% lower than the national average. This is a discount almost twice as great as in 2022. Hence, although living in North Carolina is still a relative bargain, the bargain is not as great as it used to be.What happened? There’s an easy answer – growth. During the last two decades North Carolina has been one of the fastest growing states in the nation. North Caroli-na’s population and economy have expanded, driving up the cost of real estate. More people and businesses com-peting for the same amount of land inevitably pushes up land and structure costs. This is one of the downsides of a growing state.Now on to the second topic – how North Carolina’s recent inflation rate compares to the national inflation rate. Using the most recent data for 2021 and 2022 and mea-suring the annual inflation rate from December 2021 to December 2022, the national rate was 6.5%. For the same time period, North Carolina’s inflation rate came in just a little over 6.5%. Hence, the news on both topics – North Carolina’s rel-ative cost-of-living and relative inflation rate – can be read as positive. But will it remain this way?A big reason why it may not is the forecast for North Carolina’s population. North Carolina’s 2023 population was estimated at 10.8 million. The forecast for 2050 is 14 million, a 30% increase. In contrast, the nation’s popula-tion is expected to increase 15% – half the North Carolina rate – from 2023 to 2050.While more people in the state is good for many rea-sons – greater business opportunities, expanded inno-vation, more workers, increased variety and enhanced national prominence – one negative could be increased costs, particularly for housing. This could cause North Carolina’s below-average cost-of-living to gradually dis-appear and its annual inflation rate to exceed the nation’s. Consequently, as North Carolina grows, strategies for re-ducing the adverse impacts on living costs, such as direct-ing more growth to lower-cost rural areas, will become more important.There are many wonderful reasons for living and work-ing in North Carolina, with one being a lower cost-of-liv-ing. But how long will our lower living costs last, and what can be done to prolong this advantage? You decide.Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University. TimelineBy Gaye HootsMany of my happiest memories are of the first six years of my life, living with my parents and grandparents on the banks of the Yadkin River at the end of Burton Road. We raised pigs, kept a dairy farm, and grew crops to sustain them and to sell. Grandpa raised a garden, kept an orchard, grew strawberries and grapes, set traps for rabbits, and made and set baskets to trap fish and sometimes a turtle. Blackberries grew wild and abundantly, and Grandma made delicious pies and syrup from them that we added to our tea.Daddy was busy working the dairy and fields, but Grandpa let me follow him like a shadow while he tended crops with his horses and mules, and emptied rabbit gums, and fish baskets. He taught me to drop seeds and plants, pick ripe fruits, and care for animals. I got the runt pigs to bottle feed and Grandpa sometimes set me on the back of colts he trained. He taught me to shoot a Crackshot rifle and to ride a bike. I do not remember ever wishing for more than I had while living there.The Burtons, Wallers, and Clines; were our neighbors: I have written about them in other articles. Kathleen Burton was one of my role models. She worked and had no chil-dren then, so she gave us a lot of attention.When I was six years old, we moved a few miles away to the Marchmont, a thousand-acre property that Dad’s cousin purchased from the family that built the planta-tion-style house there. Dad managed that farm; and two farms of Grandpa’s; there were two diaries, and in addition to the usual crops he added tobacco, cotton, sheep, beef cattle, and cane.This was the beginning of my independence. I no lon-ger had Grandpa; Daddy was extremely busy, and Mama managed a household independently for the first time and had a four-year-old and a new baby. I was the protector when Dad was gone. I brought in wood from the garage at the bottom of the hill and watched for Copperheads be-cause the property was infested with them. I learned to kill them with a hoe. I investigated and reassured her; if Mama heard a noise upstairs or in an empty room. If Daddy was gone, I would have to stay with her. This limited my time with him, but when we all worked the crops, he checked on us frequently and brought lunch and snacks.When I was older, I helped in the dairy and was al-lowed to use the Ford tractor. While living there I attended first through sixth grade and developed a love of basket-ball and reading. Our neighbors were the Myers, Zimmer-mans, Slaters, and Blakelys, we had good playmates when we had free time. The farm overlooked the Yadkin, so we still had the view and access, and the Slaters used it for swimming. When I was twelve, Dad bought a farm in Advance, formerly owned by Anderson Potts, and we moved there. This farm was added to the other properties he managed, and another farm was purchased by Grandpa in Farming-ton. Daddy managed all of these, and we worked crops on all the farms, Mama worked with us; and still did all the household chores with our help.I assumed more responsibility, milking a Jersey cow twice daily, push mowing the yard, and a few household chores. I continued to play basketball at school; I needed to stay in the Honor Society to play basketball or date. I got my driver's license, and Daddy bought a new car for the family. I was allowed to drive anywhere Mama needed to go, to school functions, and basketball practice, which meant going to Mocksville when I was in high school.This was a time of many new friendships and maintain-ing close ties with peers from elementary school. By the end of my junior year, I made older friends and was plan-ning to be married in the summer. I carried an extra class each year, instead of study hall, so senior English was the only credit I needed to graduate. Still, I attended my senior year because I wanted to graduate with my classmates.To be continued. Everyone Has a Story, Part II: His EyesBy Julie Terry CartnerHis eyes. They still haunt me. Deep. Soulful. They said so much, far more than words. His shopping cart. His time-worn clothes. His posture. They all told a story, but his eyes, they told the story. Shoulders slumped in a dis-couragement, profound beyond words, the shoulders of a man who has reached his limit, they told the surface story, but his eyes, they came from the depth of his soul.From a distance, they appeared both hopeful and hope-less, much like a stray puppy both craving and fearing at-tention, torn between the desire for a kind word and the fear of a heartless kick. Closer, I could see the deep brown pools of hope surrounded by black lashes of defeat. Dr. King left us with a lifetime of inspiration The legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. can be described in one word.Inspiration.The words from the civil rights leader are still relevant today. They will be relevant tomorrow and the next day, and all days thereafter.Like most ministers, he was a good public speaker. That helped.But unlike most people, he wasn’t satisfied with the sta-tus quo - a status quo that for the life of our country - put people of color on the back burner. Dr. King knew some-thing had to change. The color of one’s skin doesn’t matter in the eyes of our Lord, so it shouldn’t to us either. Right?Let’s hope so. As we read some of King’s quotes, think about the words. Nothing else. No skin color. No political party. No agenda. Just the words.“One day we will learn that the heart can never be total-ly right when the head is totally wrong.”“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”“I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.”“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.”“Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.”“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wis-dom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”“We must condemn those who are perpetuating the vio-lence, and not the individuals who engage in the pursuit of their constitutional rights.”“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a high-way, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be de-manded by the oppressed.”“Nothing worthwhile is gained without sacrifice.”“The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.”“Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rath-er than love...violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.”“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”“The function of education is to teach one to think in-tensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.”“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”“We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its con-science.”“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”Wow.There are dozens more quotes, all of them worth our study.In honor of MLK, let’s all do something good for some-one very different from us this year. It doesn’t have to be something big or expensive, just a little something to make their lives brighter.It will make you feel better. And like Dr. King suggests, it will help make our com-munity, nation and world a bit more pleasant place in which to live.Who can argue with that?- Mike Barnhardt DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 - 3 Continued From Page 2His eyes met mine when I drove by, a moment in time, and yet an eternity in the annals of humanity. I already knew what I would do. As I placed my order at the drive through, I added a sandwich and a drink for this man, this stranger and yet not, a kindred soul. How could I possibly indulge in a frivolous drink for myself without taking care of his far greater need? When had he last eaten? Did he have a family? A wife? Parents? Children? Caution and compassion warred in my brain. His need was clear. His desperation was clear. His confusion was clear. I could read it on his face. How could he be in this position, it queried. At the same time, it was also clear that he was younger, larger, and stronger than I. A small wom-an, a large man: only my vehicle was the equalizer. In this current world of distrust, anger, and violence, I had no desire to be a victim, but I needed to help him. I need-ed to give him just a moment of escape from his current condition.I rolled down my window and offered him the food and drink. “I hope I’m not offending you, but I thought you might enjoy some hot coffee and food on this cold day.”Rising to his feet, he took the offering gratefully and gently, inherently understanding his size could engender fear. In a low, gravely voice, he gave a simple, “Thank you.” His eyes searched my face, looking for … what? More than food, I’m sure he just wanted to be seen – to be seen as a man, to be seen as a fellow human, to be seen as a person of value, regardless of his current condition. Mostly, he just wanted to be seen.I hope my eyes said the words to him. I see you. I care for you as a fellow human. I value you. Your presence this day has enriched my life. The offering of food is more than just a sandwich and coffee, it is the acknowledgement and understanding that we are all in this world together, and our job is to care for each other. I hope your life improves, and does so quickly, and I hope we meet again in better circumstances. I simply said, “I care.”I’m ashamed that I didn’t park the car and sit with him. I regret that I said so little and heard even less. I’m sorry I didn’t get to hear his story. Everyone has a story, and not giving him the opportunity to share his, fills me with remorse. And oh, his eyes…they still haunt me. My RefrigeratorBy Marie Craig…an appliance or compartment which is artificially kept cool and used to store food and drink. Modern refrig-erators generally make use of the cooling effect produced when a volatile liquid is forced to evaporate in a sealed system in which it can be condensed back to liquid outside the refrigerator.Whatever that means….But I’d rather think about what this big expensive machine in the kitchen means to us ev-eryday. It must be very important to earn five syllables. Other equipment in the kitchen has only one: stove, sink, pans. It means that food won’t spoil. A cold liquid cools us in the summer. Leftovers can lurk in there, sometimes to be discarded later.But the top interesting feature is the big flat door just waiting to attach children’s art, calendars, and to-do lists. After my children left home, I decided that I would declut-ter and have a door with no attachments at all. It looked very neat and tidy, but uninteresting. That didn’t last long. Right now, I have three quotes taped onto the door, and I’d like to share them. Renegade ... 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PUBLIC INVITED 4 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 Continued From Page 1this unfinished business,” Lowe said. “Still, we have some of the same problems ... and we’re dealing with what I like to call ‘nfinished business’. These are some things we need to move for-ward. We must find unique and creative ways to keep the dream alive.”While it’s great to carry on and get excited about the Lord in church, much of this work will have to be done outside it’s walls, he said.“Jesus did all of his work not on the inside of the syn-agogue, but on the outside. It’s good to come to church, but when we get through shouting, there’s work to be done. That is the only way we can continue the dream of Dr. King and bring that dream into reality.”People need to do three things to help keep King’s dream alive, Lowe said.“Register and vote. Peo-ple ask me what’s going on in Raleigh (state legislature) and I tell them, ‘Whatever you think it is, it’s worse.’ We have to make sure our votes are counted so we can move the dream forward. “If you go to the polls, car-ry somebody with you and make sure they have an ID, then go and vote.”The second thing, Lowe said, is for people to stop tearing each other down. “You can’t make the dream come alive if you’re busy tearing somebody down. We can’t spend time tearing one another apart. Let’s lift one another up.”Having faith in the Lord is the third thing people must do to keep the dream alive. “Whatever you do, do it in the name of the Lord. While you’re working on unfinished business, go in the name of the Lord.”Lowe said when you hear things like “our democracy is being challenged,” the ones who suffer are people of color and the poor.He told the story of a fel-low legislator who pleaded that the word “Jesus” not be used during opening prayers for legislative ses-sions. It happened to be his day to give the prayer.“When you get a black Baptist preacher ... we may not do everything Jesus said ... but we love us some Jesus,” he said.The day included key-board and drum music, and songs from the Cedar Grove choir led by Carlos Davis, minister of music. Dr. Marion Franks, pastor, welcomed the crowd to Cedar Grove, and the Rev. Saundra James (associate pastor) read scripture. The Rev. Ervin L. Hannah, pas-tor at Erwin Temple CME, offered a prayer.Robert Woody led a lita-ny of remembrance, and the Rev. Coker Stewart, Davie NAACP president, intro-duced the speaker.The Rev. Dr. Roy L. Dennis Jr., moderator of the Rowan Baptist Association, said: “We’re still running that race today. The dream is not over.” Clergy Dr. Marion Franks, Saundra James, Ervin L. Hannah and Coker Stewart speak during the celebration. - Photos by Mike Barnhardt The Cedar Grove Baptist choir sings an inspirational song. Keyboardist Carlos Davis keeps the action lively. The Rev. Dr. Roy L. Dennis Jr. is moderation of the Rowan Baptist Assoc. MLK ... Members of the audience stand as they sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Robert Woody leads the liturgy of remembrance. A young Mr. Davis keeps the beat on the drums. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 - 5 The Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. in the History Room at the Davie County Public Library on North Main Street in Mocksville for a presentation on the JP Green Milling Co. by Mark Hager, president of the Davie Coun- ty Forks of the Yadkin Museum. Prints will be available for $75 to go to the museum. The artist, Donald Hursey, will be present to sign any prints, and other art works by him will be on display. “Don't miss this chance to commemorate a recently departed landmark of Mocksville and learn its rural origins,” said Marcia Phillips, local historian and his- tory room director. 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Inbox News Visit www.ourdavie.com Click on ‘Services’ The following were in-dicted by the grand jury during the Jan. 8 session of Davie Superior Court.- Joshua Adam Ander-son, DWI, possession of fentanyl, speeding, driving while license revoked.- James Curtis Blevins, fleeing to elude arrest with vehicle, injury to property, speeding, reckless driving, resisting officer.- Britani Leann Charles, breaking/entering, larceny.- Sidney Leslie Farris, trafficking heroin by pos-session, possession with intent to deliver Schedule II controlled substance.- Alex Joseph Frye, flee-ing to elude arrest with ve-hicle, DWI. - Larry Dale Hagler, failure to report new ad-dress as sex offender.- Arturo J. Lazcano, breaking/entering, burning buildings.- Jason Elihue Millsaps, possession of methamphet-amine.- David Lee Mullins, breaking/entering, larceny, conspiracy.- Jessica Boyer Pettrey, intentional child abuse in-flicting serious bodily in-jury.- Barry Ramon Richard-son, larceny by employee.- Khawla Trabelsi, inten-tional child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury.- Tammy O’Neil White, possession of cocaine. 13 indicted by grand jury 6 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024Public Records Sheriff’s OfficeThe following are from Davie County Sheriff’s Of-fice reports.Jan. 13: disturbance, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; suspicious activity, US 158, Bermuda Run; suspicious activity, US 64 W., Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, US 158/Farmington Road, Mocksville; fraud, Bing Crosby Blvd., Bermuda Run; fraud, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; fraud, Bent St., Bermuda Run; trespassing, Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Road, Mocksville; fraud, Coyette Lane, Advance; suspicious activity, Juney Beauchamp Road, Advance; distur-bance, Draughn Lane, Mocksville.Jan. 12: trespassing, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; harassment, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; disturbance, Yadkinville Road, Mocks-ville; larceny, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; tres-passing, Turrentine Church Road, Mocksville; bur-glary, Angell Road, Mocks-ville; domestic disturbance, Pine St., Mocksville; dis-turbance, Singleton Road, Mocksville; harassment, Watt St., Cooleemee; fraud, Sterling Drive, Mocksville; fraud, Woodpark Drive, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Underpass Road, Advance; assault, War Ea-gle Drive, Mocksville; lar-ceny, Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; sex offense, War Eagle Drive, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Tom Crotts Lane, Mocks- ville; suspicious activity, Hillcrest Drive, Avance; suspicious activity, Quail Ridge Lane, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Ceme-tery St., Mocksville.Jan. 11: suspicious ac-tivity, Pine Ridge Road, Mocksville; disturbance, US 601 S., Mocksville; burglary, NC 801 S., Cool-eemee; suspicious activity, Garner St., Mocksville; suspicious activity, US 158, Bermuda Run; bur-glary, County Line Road, Harmony; suspicious activ-ity, Scottsdale Drive, Ad-vance; trespassing, Neely Road, Cooleemee; fraud, Gwyn St., Mocksville; disturbance, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; burglary, Cana Road, Mocksville; assault, Summit Drive, Mocksville; disturbance, US 601 S., Mocksville; dis-turbance, Enterprise Way, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; trespassing, Neely Road, Cooleemee.Jan. 10: suspicious activity, Spyglass Drive, Bermuda Run; suspi-cious activity, S. Main St., Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Ralph Ratledge Road, Mocksville; domes-tic assist, Gladstone Road, Mocksville; noise com-plaint, Chal Smith Road, Mocksville; custody issue, larceny, Oak St., Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, US 64 E./Dalton Road, Mocksville; fraud, South-wood Drive, Mocksville; fraud, Southpark Place, Mocksville; fraud, Fair- field Road, Mocksville; runaway, St. George Place, Bermuda Run; fraud, US 64 W., Mocksville; noise complaint, Holly Lane, Mocksville; harassment, Raintree Road, Advance; harassment, Becktown Road, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Will Boone Road, Mocksville; larceny, Barney Road, Ad-vance; assault, Wyo Road, Mocksville; harassment, Wade Eaton Drive, Mocks-ville.Jan. 9: larceny, Yad-kinville Road, Mocks-ville; damage to property, Golfview Drive, Bermuda Run; suspicious activity, US 64 W., Mocksville; harassment, US 601 S., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Whitney Road, Mocksville; disturbance, NC 801 S., Mocksville; domestic disturbance, Country Lane, Mocksville; suspicious activity, US 601 S., Mocksville; sus-picious activity, Alvarado Lane, Mocksville; larceny, Mountview Drive, Mocks-ville; runaway, Ken Dwig-gins Drive, Mocksvill;e suspicious activity, US 158, Bermuda Run; suspi-cious activity, Calvin Lane, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville.Jan. 8: suspicious ac-tivity, Cummings Lane, Mocksville; disturbance, W. Kinderton Way, Ber-muda Run; disturbance, Twins Way, Bermuda Run; missing person, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; suspi-cious activity, Hospital St., Mocksville; disturbane, Yadkinville Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Jasmine Lane, Mocks-ville; harassment, Dutch-man Trail, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Town Commons Drive, Mocks-ville; damage to property, Kingsmill Drive, Advance; assault, Brier Creek Road, Advance; larceny, Glad-stone Road, Mocksville; trespassing, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; damage to property, Funder Drive, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Quality Drive, Mocksville.Jan. 7: suspicious activi-ty, Davie Academy Road, Mocksville; trespassing, US 158, Bermuda Run; damage to property, Whit-ney Road, Mocksville; domestic assist, Georgia Road, Mocksville; solicita-tion, I-40WB MM177; sus-picious activity, US 64 W./VanZandt Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Farmington Road, Mocks-ville; missing person, Kinder Lane, Mocksville. ArrestsThe following were ar-rested by the Davie County Sheriff’s Office.Jan. 12: Robert Leroy Tarr, 51, of Delanos Lane, Mocksville, 17 counts cru-elty to animals. Jan. 11: Virgil Nicholas Benjamin, 32, of Asheville, 4 counts failure to appear in court; Anthony Leon Calhoun, 29, of Sunset Drive, Mocksville; viola-ton of court order; Brianna Nykol Flowers, 27, of Ash Drive, Mocksville, damage to property, resisting an of-ficer; David Thomas Hall, 48, of Mocksville, posses-sion of marijuana parapher-nalia, simple possession of marijuana, driving while license revoked; Royall Dale Howell, 29, of Howell Road, Mocksville, failure to appear in court; Audrian-na Sheville McCoy, 35, of Winston-Salem, 10 counts embezzlement, obtaining property by false pretense, uttering forged instrument; Sandi Kimball White, 50, of Foster St., Mocksville, provation violation. Jan. 10: Alexander Daniel Garner, 34, of Gwyn St., Mocksville, defrauding drug/alcohol test; Jerod Wayne Hodge, 30, of Eden, stalking, cyberstalking, disclosure of private adult images; Jose Antunez Va-lencia, 32, of Mebane, possession of stolen prop-erty from construction site, breaking, entering and lar-ceny. Jan. 9: Christopher Todd Brown, 43, of Shady-brook Road, Mocksville, driving while license re-voked, possession of sto-len goods; Elizabeth Jayne Choplin, 34, of Davie St., Cooleemee, injury to prop-erty; Dalton Lee Condra, 24, of US 64 W., Mocks-ville, failure to appear in court; Matthew Thomas Easter, 23, of Down Yonder Trail, Mocksville, domestic violence protective order violation; Nadaleigh Rae-lyn Lewis, 21, of Morning Glory Circle, Mocksville, 3 counts failure to appear in court. Jan. 8: Joshua Scott Courtney, 33, of Cabana Lane, Mocksville, 2 counts failure to appear in court; Pedro Montalvo Flores, 30, of Linwood, assault on a fe-male; Michael Lund Roff, 54, of Gladstone Road, Mocksville, assault on a female; Joshua Eli Rum-mage, 51, of Fairfield Road, Mcoksville, non-support of child; Andrew Kenneth Smith, 58, of Hidden Valley Lane, Mcoksville, 5 counts failure to appear in court; Tammy O’Neal White, 54, of Marconi St., Mocksville, larceny, trespassing. Jan. 7: Jycurtis Lamon-tae Dalton, 22, of S. Angell Road, Mocksville, pos-session of marijuana para-phernalia, possession with intent to distribute mari-juana, felony possession of marijuana; Sarah Hamilton Presnell, 42, of Georgia Road, Mocksville, misde-meanor child abuse.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.- Charles Thomas Mc-Leod Jr. (and as executor of estate of Margaret Walker McLeod) and Cellane R. McLeod, Robert Walker McLeod and Carolyn Mc-Leod, Mary McLeod Lew-is and David Brian Lewis, Margaret McLeond HOlt and Kevin Holt, and Laurs McLeon Helms and John Helms to Robert E. Coley and Karen M. Coley, 1 con-do, Spyglass Hill, Bermuda Run, $638.- CG2 Homes to Ken-neth J. Cantin and Marta F. Norton, 1 lot, Fulton Town-ship, $903.- Arlene Miller Stein, Grady W. Miller III and Babette Anne Miller, Roy B. Miller and Linda J. Mill-er and Kay Miller Cease to Daniel Lee Miller and Cyn-this G. Miller, tract, Davie and Yadkin counties, $320.- John A. Sensback Sr. and Amabile Wolke Sens-back to Christopher Scott Gamble and Carol J. Gam-ble, 1 lot, Summer Hill Farm, $840.- Yulanda Lane Reed Smallwood and Wesley Turner, and vernal Brown to Colby D. Robertson, 1 lot, Davie Academy Road, Mocksville.- Karen Stone to Wen-da A. Koltewrman, 1 villa, Bermuda Village, $440.- WJH LLC to Shariea Butler, 1 lot, Ridgemont, Mocksville, $446.- Ricky A. Greer III and Courtney E. Greer to Kev-in Charles Horst and Ruth Ann Horst, 1 acre, Farm-ington Township, $770.- Deanna C. Barker and C. Todd Barker to West-car Properties, 2.2 acres, Clarksville, $240.- Nicole Mauldin to James Todd Mauldin, tracts.- WJH LLC to Ma-son David Hay, 1 lot, Ridgemont, Mocksville, $458.- Green Envy to Bril-lig II, one condominium, Windsor Place, Kinderton, Bermuda Run, $968.- WJH LLC to Christo-pher F. Groff and Marcela G. 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Andrews to Deree Eaton, 7 acres, Clarksville Township, $118.- Darla Goldfuss to Kathleen A. Reeves and Joshua C. Cockman, 1 lot, Creekwood Estates, Farm-ington Township, $630.- WJH LLC to Tara Ni-cole Medley, 1 lot, Charles-ton Ridge, Mocksville, $508.- WJH LLC to John William Walker, 1 lot, Ridgemont, Mocksville, $474.- Henry O. Murray and Patricia A. Murray to Lou-ise Jaquette Mowbray, .23 acre, Shady Grove Town-ship.- WJH LLC to Rosalind F. Epps, 1 lot, Charleston Ridge, Mocksville, $510.- Bert Michael Tribble to Harbor Lane RE, 1 lot, $249.- WJH LLC to Oscar Dixon, 1 lot, Charleston Ridge, Mocksville, $510.- WJH LLC to Derrick Victor Young and Kayleigh Elizabeth Young, 1 lot, Charleston Ridge, $531.- D.R. Horton Inc. to Jerry W. Jennings and Wan-da D. Jennings, 1 lot, Twin-brook Village, Mocksville, $528.- Donald L. Waite and Marcia LeAnne Waite to Troy L. Rohr and Vicki D. 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Reach Potential Customers While They Are Online WithTARGETED DIGITAL MARKETING DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 - 7 There will be a lot of pep in the Davie High School Gymnasium on Saturday.The NCCCA State Cheerleading Champion-ships - with an estimated 99 teams and some 4,000 visi-tors - will be held.“This is a huge event for our cheerleaders, our school, and our commu-nity,” said Coach Angie Stage. “The Davie High competition team took first place at this event last year in Raleigh and we are look-ing for a repeat this year on our home turf.”Not only is it an honor for the school to host the state competition, it comes with a cost.While local cheerleader boosters will man a conces-sion stand, other donations are needed: such as restau-rant and grocery gift cards to help pay for concessions to sell.The Davie competition cheerleaders will travel to Orlando, Fla. next month to compete at the National High School Cheerleading Championship.The team finished 8th na-tionally last year.“The entry fees and trav-el expenses continue to in-crease,” said cheer parent, Tracy Deas. “The competi-tion cheer team is looking for sponsors to help offset the cost related to partic-ipation, which is roughly SATURDAY, JAN 20, 2024 - 7:30 Back by popular demand, pianist JASON ‘FLOYD ’ COLEMAN returns to the Brock to perform the timeless piano style of grandfather Floyd Cramer but this time with a different lineup of “Unchained Melodies” — the unforgetta- ble songs of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Spanning the hits of Roy Orbi- son, Patsy Cline, Carpenters, Righteous Brothers, John Den- ver, Elvis Presley, and more, Jason’s performance combines songs, stories, and vintage multimedia to take the audi- ence on a piano journey down memory lane. Jason will once again be accompanied by a string ensemble. Tickets are available to attend Jason’s concert by contacting our Box Office: 336�751�3000 Valentine’s Date Night!! SATURDAY February 10, 2024 7:30 PM AT THE BROCK They get around ! Sail On is the most booked Beach Boys Tribute in the world! Sail On plays all of the Beach Boys’ classic hits, plus some treas- ures from the band’s brilliant ex- tended catalog, recreating the soundtrack to an Endless Summer CALL: 336�751�3000 BERMUDA RUN COUNTY CLUB Members of the Davie High Competition Cheerleading team will defend their title Saturday at the state championships at Davie High. The War Eagle team is scheduled to perform at 4:54 p.m. Saturday. The photos show them in a recent competition. - Photos courtesy Teresa Blackwelder $1,500 per athlete.”“It is an honor for these 16 young ladies to represent Mocksville and North Car-olina at this level,” Stage said. Davie has won eight world titles, and are the cur-rent NCHSAA small varsity state champions and have an undefeated season.“Nothing can ever be done without working to-gether as a team,” Stage said. “And a team isn’t just who takes the floor to com-pete. A team is all those who provide any support they can to reach goals and make dreams come true.“We truly appreciate your support for the Davie High School cheerleading program.”Contact stagea@davie.k12.nc.us to learn more or to make a donation. Davie to defend state cheerleading title 8 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 Bless Your Spoon By Stephanie Williams Dean Climbing aboard the premier, luxury passenger mo-torcoach, I plopped down in a comfy reclining seat. Gazing out the oversized windows on each side of the bus I thought, this is the way to go.With a fleet of more than 55 motorcoaches, Burke Christian Tours opened the door to their deluxe Provost wheels. Luxury road travel might be the ultimate trip of a lifetime – so sign me up.But this column is about food, so I’ll begin by tell-ing y’all about partaking of a green party punch, a recipe straight out of a 1960s cookbook – maybe ’50s – served at Christian Tour’s open house in Maiden. The Burke family has been la-dling the frothy, lime party punch out of a clear glass punch bowl for years. The faded, typed rec-ipe stays taped to the inside of the hospitality kitchen’s wooden cabinet door. But one slurp of the cold, frosty beverage, and I un-derstood why folks were gulping it down – the thirst quencher was seriously good. If there’s ever to be a Burke family, food history cookbook – the lime slushy has earned a place in it. To this day, guests still rave about it.While there, I came across a ta-ble with a stack of books for sale, so I picked one up and thumbed through the pages. Written by Bob Terrell, the book portrays the extraordinary life stories of Nan-cy and Udean Burke, founders of Christian Tours. Talking aloud to myself, I said, “I want this book.” The girl standing behind the table must have heard me. With what could have been prophetic insight, she responded, “Well maybe you’ll win one.” And with a little divine intervention – that book was mine. Lo and behold – my name was drawn in a raffle. I won a copy. And it had to be the work of the Divine as the book had my name all over it – entitled “PLENTY MORE IN THE POT.” Winning the book was an example of how the Spirit leads – gifting me another story to share with folks. And I credit the Spirit who prompted me to get up early and drive to Maiden on a day so cold I could see my breath – despite frigid temps and projected freezing rain. In the book, of interest to me were many accounts of the extraordinary means by which Udean’s family provid-ed for themselves. “We traded hens and eggs for staples at the store. Mom would have us catch a hen and take it and a dozen eggs to the store. She’d say, ‘Get me five pounds of sugar and some vanilla flavoring and some salt and pepper. And if anything’s left over, you can buy some two-for-a-penny candy.’” Udean also shared what was considered “good eating” back then.“Charlie and I caught rabbits, skinned them, salted the meat down, and sold them for 50 cents a rabbit at the store. The store then sold the meat to folks in town who liked rabbit stew. That was good eating, and a lot of folks, town folks as well as country people, like rabbit stew. When we caught a possum, Dad always took it to the shine boy at the barber shop. He loved baked possum ringed with sweet potatoes.” Held in the massive garage, home to the fleet of luxury coaches, the open house offered plenty of folding chairs to hang out. Guests listened to some fine bluegrass gos-pel sounds arranged by The Cockman Family – recent in-ductees in the 2023 Bluegrass Hall of Fame. On stage, the band’s tight harmonies and music were delivered by John Cockman, and his five musically gifted kids – Caroline, John, Billy, David, and Ben. Mama, Jane Cockman, a gifted pianist who taught pia-no, snagged a chair on the front row – singing the words to every song right along with her family. Musical gifts were handed down to John and Jane’s talented grandchildren, as well – the beat goes on. Music runs deep in the veins.But the Spirit had more to show me that morning. During a break, I wandered over to where the band’s CDs were being sold. John’s family cookbook, “The Callie King Cockman Family Cookbook,” called out to me – and of course, made the road trip back home with me. The book forward really captured the sentiments of their family – “Good food has always been a major ingre-dient of happy times.” The cookbook is an unsung testimo-ny to the matriarch of the Cockman family – Callie King Cockman. Often called Collie, she was an expert home-maker and cook. Her husband was a Methodist preacher, and everywhere the couple moved, Callie shared recipes with ladies at the churches. Over 65 years, her tin recipe box was full of cards. John Cockman’s sister, Margaret Cockman Kitchel, a publisher in Knoxville Tenn., took the box home, com-piled her mother’s recipes, and published the book. Many extended family recipes are included – those who wanted to include a recipe. Reading the cookbook forward, my soul was warmed to see how the family has memorialized their esteemed mother. Callie is the hero for her selfless service and love for her family. One food story that sticks out in John’s memory was the time when someone asked his mother for the “best I’ve ever had” recipe for banana pudding. Callie was happy to oblige, saying “Sure, it's on the side of the wafer box.” John’s mamma didn’t make it past 3rd grade, but she was smart – helping out working in a cotton mill. And she loved to cook. John shared a treat all the Cockman chil-dren enjoyed throughout the years. “Mama used to fix up a special treat after the supper meal. She would break open a biscuit in her saucer, sprin-kle sugar over it and pour coffee laced with milk on it. Then we would eat it with a spoon. This special treat was called a “soaky.” I read the entire cookbook cover to cover – and noted plenty of favorite recipes. But the best recipe instruction came after the index – on the final page. Typed in the mid-dle of a blank, white page were three, bold black words in which we all should simmer. “Love One Another.” I’m always amazed and grateful at how the Holy Spirit leads and informs us. One of life’s greatest blessings – food – it nourishes our body like the Spirit does nourish our soul. And the blessings of a Father’s love – why, there’s plen-ty more in the pot. CHRISTIAN TOUR’S LIME PUNCH¼ cup real lemon juice2 cups sugar1 large can pineapple juice1 box Jello lime2 cups boiling waterMix all ingredients in a gallon ice cream container. Fin-ish filling container with water and freeze. How to serve: Put frozen container in microwave for 5 minutes to de-frost. Transfer over to big container and beat frozen punch until it is slushy. Put in punch bowl and add ¼ bottle of ginger ale. BAKED CHICKEN WITH BUTTERMILK GRAVY1 stick margarine1 cup buttermilk1 chicken, cut upFlour for rolling chickenSalt and pepperMelt margarine in a long Pyrex dish. Dip chicken in buttermilk, one piece at a time, then flour; put in the Pyrex dish. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. To the buttermilk, add more to make one cup. Pour over chicken. Cook uncovered for 15 minutes. Then eat. (Jerl-dean Hudson) RING A LING SALAD2 10 oz. pkgs. fresh spinach2 pimentos, cut into rings1 small Bermuda onion½ cup salted nutsEgg Dressing¼ cup salad oil2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice½ tsp. salt½ tsp. sugar1/8 tsp. pepper2 eggs, boiled, choppedRemove stems and any coarse leaves from spinach; wash and dry leaves well. Tear into bite-size pieces. Ar-range with pimentos and onion rings in salad bowl. (If made ahead, cover and chill.) Before serving, add peanuts. Toss with egg dressing. For the dressing, combine oil, lem-on juice, salt, sugar, and pepper together in a jar with a tight-fitting cover. Shake well. Just before serving, add the eggs, and shake. (Camilla Hudson) CORNBREAD SALAD2 cups cornmeal½ cup flour2 tsp. sugar½ cup oil2 eggs2 cups buttermilk1 cup tomatoes, chopped1 cup onion, chopped½ cup sweet peas1 cup green pepper, chopped½ cup sweet pickles, chopped10 strips cooked, crumbled baconDressing½ cup mayonnaise1 tsp. sugar¼ cup pickle juiceFor the cornbread, mix cornmeal, flour, sugar, oil, eggs, and buttermilk togeth-er. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Crumble the cake of cornbread. Layer in bowl using ½ of crumbled cornbread. Then add ½ of each of the other ingredients using bacon last. Makes 2 layers. For the dressing, mix and pour over salad. (Treva King McKenzie) BAKED ROOT VEGETABLES4 potatoes, cubed2 beets, cubed1 sweet potato, cubed4 carrots, chopped Place in a 13 x 9 baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil and toss to coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 425 for 45 minutes or until vegetables are soft. (Jennifer R. Cockman) GLORIFIED RICE1 cup cooked rice1 cup crushed pineapple with juice¼ to ½ cup English walnuts, choppedMini marshmallows½ pint heavy cream, whipped and sweetened with pow-dered sugarWhile the rice is hot, my sister-in-law Eileen Ev-ans adds several marshmallows to melt and sweeten the rice. Let cool. Add the pineapple, walnuts, and addition-al marshmallows. Whip the cream, sweeten fold into the rice mixture. Cover and refrigerate. The ingredients can be varied to suit your taste – add even more whipped cream. Add additional sugar if needed. This dessert was always included at family “get-togethers” (Joan Evans Cockman) MAMA’S ONE LAYER SWEET CAKE1 cup flour½ cup sugar½ cup milk1 egg1 tsp. vanillaIcing½ cup sugar1 cup waterMix all ingredients together. Pour into a greased, floured cake pan. Bake in 375-degree oven for 20-25 minutes. The icing is made by boiling the sugar and water until thick-ened. Spoon over cake. Mama made this recipe throughout all the children’s growing up years. (Callie King Cockman by Virginia Cockman Speaks) MOLASSES CAKE1 cup sugar1 cup shortening1 cup molasses2 cups all-purpose flour1 cup hot water3 eggs½ tsp. each ginger, cinnamon½ tsp. each salt, sodaCream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and molasses. Dissolve soda in hot water and let cool. Add water, flour, ginger, cinnamon, soda, and salt to the creamed mixture. The batter will be thin. Pour into a large rectangular bak-ing pan and bake at 275-300 degrees for about 45 min-utes or until done. Mama made a mixture of molasses and something else to pour over the top of the cake. When it was cool, she would cut the cake in half and stack one part on top of the other. Daddy always bought 2 or 3 gallons of molasses from a neighbor who raised the cane and made a run of molasses every fall. It was fascinating to watch the horses circle round and round the grinder while the juice was squeezed from the long stalks of cane. Then the juice was put in a large vat with fire under it and boiled until it became dark, sweet, and sticky molasses. (Ellen Cockman Lineberry and Shirley Lineberry Lednum). The Burke family has served this popular slushy green punch to guests for years at their open house for Christian Tours. Three crosses on the beautiful grounds and original homeplace of the Udean and Nancy Burke. OPEN 24/7 The ONLY Touch FreeCar Wash in Davie County! Located across from Lowes Home Improvement on Hwy. 601 1380 Yadkinville Road • Mocksville, NC Same Great Results as our Soft Cloth Washbut with No Contact VotedBEST CAR WASH 3 Years in a row! That slushy green punch is a perennial favorite DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 - 9Obituaries Mildred Gertrude Archer HoffmanMildred Gertrude Archer Hoffman, 78, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024 surrounded by her children.She was born Dec. 12, 1945 in Wythe County, Va. to William Les-tle and Mary Belle Taylor Archer. Mildred retired from Avgol Ameri-ca Mocksville, N.C. and Fieldcrest Cannon Kannapolis, N.C.. She was an avid fan of television game shows and absolutely adored her Pekingese K9 friend “Reba”.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her brothers, Carlton “Duke” Archer, Billy Lestle Archer, Robert Allen Archer; her first born son, Jeff Hoffman; and grandson, Zachary Stephen Myers. She is survived by: her children, Mary (Jeff) Ander-son, Melinda (Randy) Hawks, Jamie (Holly) Hoffman; her brothers and sisters, Edna Mae Archer Pearman, Pat-sy Elizabeth (Leroy) Bourne, George William (Mona) Archer, Gene Harvey (Tina) Archer, and Thomas Ray Archer; 5 grandchildren, Christian (Traci) Baker, Rachel (Dillon) Lambe, Scott (Holly) Hoffman, Caitlyn Hoffman, and Kylee Housand; 7 great-grandchildren, Payden, Jack-son, Kendell, Persephone, Kaylee, Khloe, and Isla; and cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends. A celebration of life service will be held at 1 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2024 at Cold Springs Church, 3231 Brush Creek Road Ivanhoe, Virginia 24350. Death NoticesMichael Dean Knight, 40, of Mocksville, died on Dec. 14, 2023.Mr. Fred Allen Falgout, 82, of Mocksville, died Friday, Jan, 5, 2024Mr. Steven Kim Bivens, 66, of Mocksville, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Barbara Ann GentryMrs. Barbara Ann Gentry, 80, of Briarwood Lane, Jonesville, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 22, 1943 in Wilkes County to the late Wiliiam H. and Virgina Redmon Gentry. During her younger years she attended Mountain Valley Mission-ary Baptist Church of Ronda. Mrs. Gentry worked sev-eral years in Washington, DC with the U.S. Government Federal Agencies. She then moved to California for sev-eral years before returning to North Carolina where she worked with Hanes Narrow Fabrics of Advance, until her retirement in the 1990s. Mrs. Gentry was an intelligent lady with extravagant tastes. She always enjoyed spending time outside working in her flowers or garden, loved cook-ing for others, and especially loved spending time with her family. She was always looking out for others with a servants’ heart. She was concerned for her family and was willing to step-in at anytime to walk beside them through their problem. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by: her daughter, Beverly Hartso; her son, William L. Gentry; and sisters, Betty Hague and Delores Parsons. Those left to cherish her memory are: her 8 brothers and sisters, Dorothy (John) Williams, Sylvia Boles, Veron-ica Gentry, Eunice (Junior) Revels, Lossie (David) King, Sharon (Rick) Wagoner, James (Barbara) Gentry, Kathy Gentry; several nieces and nephews, including special caregivers, Levonia Keaton, Lisa Spencer, Leatrice Rev-els, Tonya Revels, and Angel Johnson. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 at Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinville. Her funeral service will be at 2: p.m. Saturday in the Gen-try Family Chapel by Pastor Casey Walker and remarks by Bishop C.O. Reid. Masks are requested and optional. Charles ‘Charlie’ Granville PhelpsMr. Charles “Charlie” Granville Phelps, 70, of Pine Ridge Road, Mocksville, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024 at his home.He was born on Aug. 16, 1953 in Rowan County to the late William Clarence Phelps Sr. and Sally Lucille Lank-ford Phelps.Mr. Phelps was a lifelong mem-ber of Corinth Church of Christ in Woodleaf and retired from Martin Marietta as a crusher mechanic. He was a jack of all trades and loved tinkering and fixing things. Mr. Phelps loved spending time with his family, especially at the lake, beach, or mountains. Char-lie enjoyed squirrel and bird hunt-ing, fishing, and being outside. He loved “working” with his tractors and backhoe, riding motorcycles, or his RZR, and always had an urge to “go faster”. He was a patient teacher and leader, and his mind was always at work.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, William C. Phelps Jr.Survivors include: his wife of 50 years, Dena Phelps of the home; 2 sons, Charles “Chuck” B. Phelps (Jessica) of Mocksville, and Luke G. Phelps (Lucy) of Harmony; 5 grandchildren, Makayla Phelps, Sydney Phelps, Finley Phelps, Evelyn Phelps, and Navy Phelps; 3 siblings, Mar-vin W. Phelps (Alexis) of Cleveland, Mary McClamroch (Bryant) of Harmony, and Peggy Cromer of Woodleaf; and several nieces and nephews.A funeral service was conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 at Corinth Church of Christ in Woodleaf with Mr. Ryan McClannon officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The family received friends for one hour prior to the service at the church.The family would like to extend a special thanks to Brittany Nations of Iredell Home Health for the love, care, and support shown to Charlie in his final days.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be considered for: Corinth Church of Christ, 3570 Needmore Road, Wood-leaf, NC 27054; or Hospice and Palliative Care of Iredell County, 2347 Simonton Road, Statesville, NC 28625. Online condolences: www.eatonfuneralservice.com. Continued From Page 1future land uses to align with the sentiment of the Comp Plan and public in-put.First was a public hear-ing, which led off with several speakers in the real estate/building/investment area who were opposed to the proposal.Sally McGuire of the Hillsdale Group said it would hinder the potential for full build-out and make a difference in the final numbers for tax revenues.Carl Carney, president of Davie Construction, spoke of the need for an-other hotel and considering retaining the 60-foot height limit.“We’ve got one ho-tel, but there’s a need for more,” he said. “I never considered the fact that you could go back on the zon-ing rule and what could be done in the town. I feel like I’ve had something taken away.”On the other side, six residents marched up to the Clarksbury Methodist’s new pastorm Charles "Charlie" H. Curtis and wife Patricia. Pastor Cur- tis was reared in Maiden, earned a bachelor’s degree from Pheiffer University and master’s of divinity from Hood Theology Seminary. He was formerly pastor at Rockwell and Liberty Method- ist. The couple was married in 1985; today they have two daughters and eight grandchildren. By Shirley ThorneCounty Line Correspondent Remember to exercise caution when using space heaters, and be sure to check on elderly neighbors and friends.The ninth of the12-week Bible study for women at Clarksbury Methodist will be Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. fea-turing the "woman with a blood issue" as referenced in Luke 8: 43-48. Everyone is invited.Society Baptist is ex-tending Wednesday eve-ning services this year to include a new class from 7-7:30 for children ages Pre-K-6th grade for learn-ing about local and inter-national missions. Church members invite everyone with classes for the family.Upcoming community events: Missions Sunday"at 11 a.m. Jan, 28 at Society Baptist; country ham and sausage breakfast by the V-Point Ruritans from 7-10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3.The Rev. Charles "Char-lie" H. Curtis is the new pastor at Clarksbury Meth-odist as the church is now a member of the Global Methodist Church. Pastor Curtis and his wife Patricia reside in the parsonage on NC 901 near the church. Pastor Curtis and Patricia, all of us in County Line welcome you to our com-munity.Our community extends sympathy to the family of Ned Spurgeon Gaither; County Line who died at home Satur-day, Jan. 6. The second of three children, he was born in Iredell County in 1935 to the late Ralph and Louise Campbell Gaither of Coun-ty Line. He was reared on the Gaither family farm on Doby Road near Coun-ty Line Road. He attend-ed Clarksbury Methodist Church with his family and helped his family with their farming business. In 1954 Ned graduat-ed from Harmony High School, where he was ac-tive in Future Farmers of America for four years and 4-H for 3 years. Through-out his life he continued to have a love for farming and nature.Ned married Betty Har-ris of Harmony in 1956; the couple settled on US 21 podium, saying they were in favor of the text amend-ment with comments in-cluding “45 feet being high enough,” not wanting to lose the “small-town feel” and already seeing “the pendulum swinging from residential to big business development.”Szeliga made the motion in favor of the text amend-ment, and it was seconded by Nelson. Ernst was op-posed, creating the final 2-1 vote of approval.Next on the agenda was the three Davie County properties referred to as the “Potts Property,” which also included a public hear-ing.Three residents spoke, with all seeking more clar-ity on the development and one asking, “Why would we annex something before it’s built?”The items for consid-eration are tracts between US 158 and NC 801 with the proposed development calling for a 213-lot resi-dential townhouse project in a Village Mixed Zoning District with a current tax value of $933,160. Meadwell said that the proposal would provide a connector boulevard be-tween the two highways that intersect in the town and is “probably the most important traffic-reducing project that we could ever have.”Ernst made the motion for approval, which passed 3-0.“This gives us an oppor-tunity to reduce the traffic and improve the flow great-ly,” he said. “Plus, there’s revenue on top of it. To me, it’s almost a no-brainer.”The other item called for a resolution for the town clerk to investigate a pe-tition for contiguous and noncontiguous annexation of Davie tax parcels refer-enced as the “Hall Walker and Wake Forest Baptist Medical” properties, which was approved unanimous-ly.Originally, a public hearing for annexation con- sideration was scheduled for the Feb. 13 meeting, but Meadwell asked in last Tuesday night’s meeting that the item be removed from the agenda, so it was postponed after a council vote.The council finished out the business portion by ap-pointing Schafer, who pre-viously led the Planning Board, to fill the final spot on the board. Ernst made the motion to appoint her, saying, “Christy Schafer has been extremely active in this community for a long period of time. She knows the town and has very strong qualifications.”Brannon closed the meeting by noting there has been confusion across the community about an upcoming event regarding the proposed Hall Walker development by the coun-cil “to vote on a 500-unit apartment complex.” Bran-don said he wanted to set the record straight that the land is already zoned to allow approximately 520 housing units. N. in Harmony and reared sons Chris and Mike. The family joined in worship at Harmony Methodist, where they were faithful mem-bers.Ned chose a career in state government and re-tired as supervisor for the N.C. Department of Trans-portation after 40 years. He and Betty enjoyed camping and traveling.A service celebrating his life was held Wednesday afternoon of last week at Harmony Methodist. He was laid to rest in the Har-mony Town Cemetery be-side his beloved Betty, who died July 2016.Shirley P. Lewis remains in rehab at Bermuda Village of Davie. Caleb Williams continues immunotherapy treatments at Wake Forest Baptist Brenner Children's Hospital and Caroline M. Jones has begun radiation treatments at Chapel Hill.Join us in prayer for the Lord's divine healing and blessings upon Shirley, Caleb, Caroline, and oth-ers who are having health problems. Pray for the Lord's comfort and support upon the family of Ned as they deeply miss him in life. Continue to pray for those who are affected by the flu, covid, and respira-tory virus.For news and memories to share, please call or text Shirley on 336-492-5115 or email sdtlink@hotmail.com. Clarksbury Methodist gets new pastor 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 “Be proactive in fixing teeth. Most cavities don’t cause pain. once teeth hurt, what may have been a relatively inexpensive repair is likely either a much more involved repair, or may result in simply losing the tooth.” B-R ... FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS 1768198 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO THE RE-QUIREMENTS of Chapter 160A-364 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-601 and Section 8-3.9.7 of the Mocksville Zoning Ordinance, that the Town Board of Commis- sioners will hold a PUBLIC HEARING at 171 Clement St. Mocksville, NC, at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 to hear the following item: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments: review pro- posed text amendments to the requirements for sec- tions §8-3.3.5 TABLE of USES and 8-3.8 ADDITION-AL CONDITIONS FOR CERTAIN USES of the Zoning Ordinance. The amendment proposes to add and/or modify requirements. All parties and interested citizens shall have an oppor- tunity to be heard in favor of or in opposition to the foregoing changes. Prior to the hearing, all persons in- terested may obtain any additional information on the proposal from the Davie County Planning and Develop- ment Services Department on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or by telephone at (336) 753-6050. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE MOCKSVILLE TOWN BOARD 10 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 Custom Appliance Packages Available See us today! NO CREDIT NEEDED! MANY FINANCING OPTIONS AVAILABLE! 315 Cotton Grove Rd. Lexington, NC (336) 248-2663 | www.shumakersfurniture.com WDT970SAHZ WMH32519HZ WFE975H0HZ WRX735SDHZ Your Dream Kitchen Is Here! Subject to availability. Rocker Recliners starting at $449 Custom Appliance Packages Available See us today! NO CREDIT NEEDED! MANY FINANCING OPTIONS AVAILABLE! 315 Cotton Grove Rd. 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It did not show it in the first half against visiting Parkland on Jan. 12 - the Mustangs were within five at intermission - but the War Eagles regrouped at halftime and completely took Parkland apart in the second half. “In the third quarter, we played good defense, we stopped giving up layups in the paint, and we got out and ran and got some easy ones,” coach Tracey Arnold said after the War Eagles belted Park-land 77-44. Parkland outplayed Davie in the second quarter and trailed 34-29 at halftime. Then came complete domination by the War Eagles, who outscored the vis-itors 24-8 in the third. Six guys produced points in the period (CJ Coleman, Jake Runge, Jayden Warren, Braxton Bowling, Brady Vallance and George Sakai), and Davie continued to maul the Mus-tangs in the fourth. “We hit some 3s, it just clicked and we kept building and kept building,” Arnold said. The War Eagles needed a big effort after crumbling 71-32 at Mt. Tabor in the previous game, and af-ter dropping three of the past four. “If I can get them to play like we did tonight, we will be tough in conference,” Arnold said. Davie (8-3, 2-2 CPC) doesn’t lack weapons. Coleman has en-joyed games with 19 and 22 points. Ben Reid had put up 18 and 21. Runge has recorded 15- and 14-point nights. Vallance has scored 18 and 17.This game belonged to Bowl-ing. Despite coming in with a 4.2 average, despite going scoreless four straight games at one point in the season, the freshman went off for 19 against Parkland. “We’ve got five players (Reid, Runge, Coleman, Bowling and Vallance) who can get you 20 on any given night,” Arnold said. “Braxton had a real good game. He has been practicing good since Christmas. He had eight (points) against Mt. Tabor, but we played a bad game. I moved him back to the one, and he has taken off and been doing a good job at the one. He got hot. He was hitting step-backs, going to the rim, hitting 3s, everything. He got in a zone.”Runge was second with 11, followed by Coleman (10), Reid (7), Warren (6), Cameron Knox (6), Sakai (6), Vallance (5), Aiden Horton (4), Ian Patton (2) and Ty Greene (1). Bowling leads JV rout with 19 points Mismatch: Davie drops 10 pins on West who is a Davie wrestling hero from 2002-06, and his staff is full of former War Eagles. In fact, Allen coached many of the current War Eagles when he was working at North Davie Middle. “Timmy is working with a young team and we’re kind of in two different places,” Stanley said. “There were some matches that were probably better than the overall score.”And then: “(Allen) has a mob of ex-Davie wrestlers helping him at West. It’s a rivalry match. We wanted to impose our will on them, but show respect to coach Timmy. They all love him anyway. They hugged him up and everything. It was a cool moment. It showed the impact Timmy has had on those guys. You knew what cards he was dealt ahead of time, but he handled it like a man. He’s got some good stuff coming.”Ten of the 14 weight classes resulted in Davie pins. Brysen Godbey (215), Leighton Reavis (113), Luke Tehandon (120), Cayden Glass (126), Andy Davis (138), Brett Foster (144), Jerred Alexander (157), Maddox Crea-son (165), Hunter Testa (175) and Christian Boswell (190) provided those 60 points. Elliott Gould had a major de-cision at 150. Ryder Strickland (285) and Stephen Jacobs (106) had decisions. It was a fun Senior Night for eight Davie 12th graders: Tehan-don, Reid Nail, Alexander, Testa, Godbey, Jaden Conner, Landon Nichols and Barry Fortune. “They have a tough kid (at 106),” Stanley said of freshman Jacobs’ 7-3 decision. “Sometimes it can be intimidating for a young guy to jump in there. It was early and it was a big match for him.“Going out and taking care of business on his Senior Night was fun (for Tehandon).”The War Eagles utterly de-stroyed West even though two stalwarts stayed on the sidelines. Aidan Szewczyk, who is 19-2 at 113/120, and Tiaj Thao, who is 24-3 at 126/132, were replaced in the lineup by Reavis and Nail, respectively. “Reid and Braxton (Hunter) have been back and forth all year (at 132),” Stanley said. “It was supposed to be Braxton’s spot this week, but Braxton decided these guys have been around for a long time. They’ve put a lot into the program, so they decided to let those guys jump in. (132) is one of their better guys. Reid lost (a decision), but he was in a good dogfight.”While Allen inherited a rebuild-ing job at West (11-7 overall, 3-2 CPC), the War Eagles are on a 16-1 thrill-ride that includes a 5-0 mark in the CPC and a seven-match winning streak. They are closing in on their first league title since spring 2021 after finishing second to West the past two seasons. (Both times West went 7-0 in the CPC to Davie’s 6-1.)Davie is a legitimate state-title contender because it has more Please See Pins - Page B2 By Brian PittsEnterprise Record Coming off disappointing ef-forts against Reagan and Mt. Tabor, the Davie girls basketball team found itself at a crossroads when it hosted Parkland on Jan. 12. This was an opportunity to get a signature win against a team that was 3-1 in the Central Piedmont Conference and revive its league hopes. Not only did Davie beat Girls get back in hunt with impressive win Parkland, 58-47, the hungry War Eagles were mighty impressive in front of a great home crowd. “After last week, we had to find out who this Davie team is,” coach Lindsey Adams said. The War Eagles shot 42 percent from the floor, compared to 25 per-cent for Parkland. They held one of the finest players in the league to five points. They upset a team that has two victories over Reagan. The CPC is wide open, and now Davie is right there in the hunt. Reynolds and Tabor are 4-1, West Forsyth is 3-1, Parkland 3-2, Davie 2-2 and Reagan 2-3. “We are the youngest team in conference, and they have three transfers on their team - two from West (Forsyth) and one from Glenn,” Adams said. “They took Glenn’s best player.”Davie torched Parkland out of Please See Win - Page B5 By Brian PittsEnterprise Record Central Piedmont Conference rivals have to be asking a question: How the heck do you slow down the Davie attack? The Davie boys basketball team reminds us every week how deep it is. Jackson Powers (14.9 points per game) and Bryson Mickey (13.5) are the only double-figure scorers at the moment, and they’ve played at a high level virtually every game. But the War Eagles come at opponents in waves. Cole-man Lawhon (9.3) has enjoyed 17- and 19-point outings. Ethan Ratledge (8.6) has posted three 13-point games. Gavin Williams (7.1) has cracked double figures on three occasions. And then you have the stout bench. Adam Brown has produced 11 and eight points. Elliott Er-landsson had 15 one night. Ethan Driver has put up 16 and 12. In Friday’s home game against Parkland, it was Braddock Cole-man who gave Davie a boost in a 72-64 victory that kept the perfect record intact at 14-0. The junior wing shined from the outside in the first half and lifted his team to an 11-point halftime lead. The Mustangs (7-7) never recovered. This was a solid win over a dan-gerous team that has a deceiving 1-4 CPC record. The Mustangs lost by one to Glenn, by five in overtime to Reynolds and by three to East Forsyth. They were coming off a 62-55 win over Reagan. “Right now we are in first place (tied with West Forsyth) and everybody wants to beat the first-place team,” coach Josh Pittman said. “They barely lost to East and they beat Reagan. They should’ve beaten East to be honest with you. I knew they would come in here ready to play, but on the whole, I thought we handled everything well and played like we’re sup-posed to.”Davie’s second-quarter lead was just 18-14 when Coleman strung together an electrifying stretch off the bench. He faked a pass to his left, the defender bit and Coleman buried the 3-pointer. Moments later, Coleman passed to Erlandsson. Erlandsson didn’t see an opening, so he dished it right back to Coleman, who made the 3. Then Mickey penetrated and kicked it out to Coleman, who was more than ready to try it again. The 3 splashed and Davie had a comfortable 32-21 halftime lead. All three of Coleman’s triples were from the left wing. All three zipped through the net cleanly. Coleman shines in 14th victory Please See 14-0 - Page B4 Senior Peyton Spaugh splits the defense for a shot. - Photo by Marnic Lewis B2 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 Continued From Page B1 depth than anybody could have imagined. Stanley has sent 28 guys to the varsity mat this season when there are only 14 starting spots. It’s really absurd how many good backups he has. “We have another team behind this team that we don’t get to see a lot,” Stan-ley said. “There’s two guys (behind Szewczyk) at 113. (Freshman) Kelly Gannon could win the matches that (freshman) Leighton has won. They are both right there neck and neck pushing each other in the room, but they’re both behind Aidan. We are like that at 120 at 126. Barry Fortune is a senior who would start on most teams. Tehandon could be a state qualifier or maybe even a state placer, and he’s not in there (regularly). Jamarius Pelote is battling and trying to get a spot in the lineup, but he’s got Jerred above him, and if he goes down, he’s got Elliott. Reid and Braxton have had five wrestle-offs for 132, not to mention the other guys they Pins ... Upcoming Games Wednesday, Jan. 17Davie JV/varsity basketball at Glenn at 4/5:15/6:30/7:45South Davie JV basketball at home vs. N. Rowan at 4:30Thursday, Jan. 18Davie wrestling at home vs. Parkland at 6 Ellis JV girls/boys basketball at Erwin at 4:30S. Davie JV girls/boys basketball at China Grove at 4:30North Davie girls/boys basketball at North Rowan at 4:30Friday, Jan. 19Davie basketball at home vs. Reynolds at 4/5:15/6:30/7:45Saturday, Jan. 20Davie JV wrestling in tournament at Dudley at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22Ellis JV girls/boys basketball at Erwin at 4:30Ellis JV girls/boys basketball at West Rowan at 4:30S. Davie JV girls/boys basketball at Mooresville at 4:30North Davie basketball at home vs. Selma Burke at 4:30Tuesday, Jan. 23Davie JV/varsity basketball at home vs. West Forsyth at 4/5:15/6:30/7:45South Davie JV girls/boys basketball at Erwin at 4:30Wednesday, Jan. 24Davie wrestling at Glenn at 6 Martin twins meet in Miami Twins Cody and Caleb Martin were on opposite sides when the Miami Heat beat the visiting Charlotte Hornets 104-87 on Jan. 14. Caleb’s Heat improved to 23-16, while Cody’s Hornets dropped to 8-29. Cody, a starter for Charlotte, had three points, two re-bounds and two assists in 22 minutes. Caleb is normally a Miami starter, but he came off the bench after missing several games with an injury. He saw 25 minutes and con-tributed two points, three rebounds and two assists. Davie Little League signups Davie County Little League Baseball/Softball is holding spring registration until Feb. 28. You can register online. In-person signups will be held Feb. 17 at the Davie Recre-ation Center. Evaluations will be held March 2. Learn more at www.daviell.com.The South Davie JV girls basketball team endured a narrow 13-11 loss in the season opener against visit-ing Corriher-Lipe on Jan. 8, but coach Julie Snow saw several positives. The South scorers were Shania Brown with four, Kady Joyce two, Karileigh Munday two, Kileigh Lynch two and Kylie Edwards one. “Shania played point guard and post,” Snow said. “She was aggressive and is a great competitor. Kady ran point. She’s never played before, but she had a lot of steals and three blocks. Karileigh has never played before, but she works hard. I have coached Hallie (Head) her for three years. She finally played tough basket-ball and stayed in her zone. I’m very proud of her. Kylie played the two spot well.” The North Davie JV boys basketball team started the season in impressive fash-ion. Wade Ridenhour and Levi Morales scored in dou-ble figures and Tannyr Car-rier handed out five assists Marketing Solutions for YOUR business Newspapers • Special Sections OurDavie.com • Digital Marketing Business Card Directory Including: SEO, SEM, Targeted Marketing, Social and Reputation Management, Website Design, AND MORE. For more information contact us at: 171 S. MAIN STREET • MOCKSVILLE, NC(336) 751-2120 • Sports Briefs • North boys have impressive start as the Wildcats toppled Southeast, 39-17, at home on Jan. 8. The game was decided in the second quar-ter, when North scored 13 straight points to create a 21-5 halftime lead. Ridenhour and Morales scored 11 and 10 points. Carrier had 8 points to go with his assists. Nathan Smith had 5, Jodee Rosales 3 and Peyton Jordan 2. “We had a great sec-ond quarter,” coach Trevor Gooch said. “Wade and Levi got us going early offensive-ly. Tannyr had a nice game playing point guard.”Also on the North roster are Sawyer Hall, Cass Da-vis, Evan Hempstead and Jacob Self. ND 40, CG 19In North’s second game on Jan. 11, the visiting Wild-cats hit China Grove with an early 3-point barrage and roared to 2-0. It was 13-3 after the first quarter. “We came out red hot with four 3-pointers (two from Carrier and one each from Ridenhour and Ro-sales) in the first half,” Gooch said. Carrier paced North with 14 points, and Smith tal-lied eight points and seven rebounds. Ridenhour had seven points, Morales six, Rosales three and Jordan two. “Nathan Smith had a nice game in the post,” Gooch said. SD 24, C‑L 21South Davie had to nav-igate four quarters with-out one of its top players (Dreighton Lunnerman), but the Tigers got it done in their opener against visiting Corriher-Lipe on Jan. 8. That South walked away victorious was largely due to Jared Vaughters, who poured in 16 of his team’s 24 points. The sixth grader outscored the Yellow Jack-ets by himself (7-2) in the first quarter. South’s lead was 12-2 after six minutes, but Cor-riher-Lipe did not roll over. The visitors went on an 8-0 run in the second and it was 19-19 heading into the fourth. South pulled it out by scoring five of the seven points in the final period. “(Vaughters) has got some potential,” said coach Germain Mayfield, who is eager to plug Lunnerman into the starting lineup this week. “We get our best athlete (on Jan. 16), and Dreighton’s going to make a huge difference. So we should look a little better (this) game. I should have kept him on the varsity team, but I wanted him to have the chance to wrestle as well. And he would have had to choose if I did.”Crosby Parker was sec-ond with 4 points. Kayden Young had 3, while James Martin and Colson Dulin had 1. Other players on the team are Brody Lagle, Luke Rosenquist, Kyllan Dulin, Colten Cothren and Henry Corriher. The roster includes Ashley Cockerham, Piper Crotts, Amakai Jackson and Kate Welborn, who is out until the end of the mouth with an injury. ND 11, SE 4North Davie had some-thing to cheer about while hosting Southeast. Camil-la Sa’ (four), Kate Mason (three), Bella Barnette (two) North girls open with win and Mallory Blackwelder (two) delivered the points in the season-opening victory. Coach Austin King’s ros-ter includes Harper Welch, Harper Whiteside, Khia Bohannon, Emma Phomma-vanh and Madison Stanley.CG 37, ND 2Three days later, how-ever, the Wildcats ran into a buzzsaw at China Grove. Blackwelder had the only basket. “Only one of my play-ers has played basketball before,” said King, who pointed out that it’s not go-ing to get any easier to pick up wins. “Apparently, other teams we play have beat (China Grove), and Selma Burke’s team is better than their varsity team.” have wrestle-offs against. It’s a gauntlet.”Seven coaches in the match wrestled under Davie legend Buddy Lowery, who racked up 913 victories in 43 years from 1976-2019.Stanley and Davie assistant Isaiah Whitley wrestled for Lowery. On the West side, Allen (state champion at 171 in 2005 when he went 55-1), Jeremiah Raby (third in the state at 145 in 2004), Alex Gobble (state runner-up at 182 in 2014, fifth in career wins with 159), Matthew King (fifth in the state at 182 in 2018) and Bryson Hunter (41-12 as a state qualifier at 195 in 2018) all wrestled at Davie. Allen had the clinch-ing win in Lowery’s third state championship in 2006. You can imagine how proud Lowery was as he watched the match. “Braxton’s dad (Michael) is working the table, his brother (Bryson) is coaching in the other corner and Brax-ton is over there with us,” Stanley said. “It’s wild.”“They’re trying to keep wrestling done the right way,” Lowery said of the coaches from both sides. “I felt sorry for Timmy. It just takes time. He lost Glass (who transferred to Davie) and it doesn’t take but a couple. I’m just glad they’re giving back to the sport.” Notes: West had won the past two meetings - 45-31 last year and 39-33 the year before. ... Fortune returned from injury af-ter missing several weeks. “Barry’s been out for almost a month,” Stanley said. “He just came back last week.” ... The dynamic West girls hammered Davie 57-12. “They have some really, really gritty girls and they put it on us,” Stanley said. ... The two winners for Da-vie were senior McKayla Conner, who pinned, and Lillyanne Simmons, who re-ceived a forfeit. “(Conner’s) just scrappy,” Stanley said. “She has grown up with a bunch of brothers and you can tell they’ve kind of put her through the wringer. She hasn’t been around wres-tling a lot, but when it gets chippy and it’s more of a scrap and less technical, I’m putting my money on her.” Davie County Sports ONLINE ourdavie.com DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 ‑ B3 Has deer hunting truly become a year-round sport?I remember growing up; you started thinking about deer hunting in mid-Oc-tober – going out to scout when squirrel season ar-rived – and things were over the Saturday after Thanksgiving.Nowadays, hunters have come up with reasons to turn the pursuit of white-tails into a year-round sport, and not just because the season arrives in early September and lasts until New Year’s Day.Now, as hunters have developed an understand-ing about the importance of good wildlife habitat and how that relates to hunt-ing success, the 8 months when the season is closed is almost as important as the time spent trying to fill a tag.Jeff Burleson, an N.C. State-trained wildlife biolo-gist who operates Southern Palmetto Environmental Consulting out of Myrtle Beach, S.C., understands perfectly how hunters can work year-round at their craft – because his busi-est time is those months following and leading up to deer season, building and planting food plots for landowners and lease-hold-ers, doing controlled timber burns, even planting dove fields or building waterfowl impoundments.“One thing that I think of in January is, it’s time Post-season scouting in Janu- ary can be very fruitful, espe- cially if you find sign -- like the buck’s track -- that points to places he lived in the last few weeks of the season. Use January as review time when planning for the 2024 deer season. What food plots did well and attracted lots of deer. What food plots were less than successful and empty of white- tails -- and why. to review everything about the season that just fin-ished,” he said. “Before ev-ery season, we all plan food plots and deer stands, and after the season, we need to look at what we did. How did the deer relate to our food plots? What food plots worked and what plantings were best? What food plots didn’t do well.”Burleson has been ask-ing himself a few of those exact questions in recent weeks.“I have a 2-acre food plot I built last year – cleared the land and plant-ed it,” he said. “In April and May, I planted it in buckwheat, and it did great. The bucks loved it; they were all over it. In the fall, I planted oats, and they didn’t do nearly as well. Something went wrong. The biggest part may have been when I planted it. It was very dry, and by the time we got some rain, the fertilizer was gone, and the plot didn’t do well. I also learned that last year, I put in only two 60-pound bags of buckwheat, and I know I can double that this year to at least 4 bags in my spring planting, maybe 5.“It’s a good thing to do in January; to judge which food plots did well versus those that did not. What was wrong with them? It can be a lot of things: soil chem-istry, where it was planted, when it was planted, how deep the seeds were plant-ed, was the pH correct. A lot of food-plot success has to do with the timing of planting. You should have those dates from last spring or summer to compare so you know if you need to get something in the ground earlier or later.”Taking inventory of the deer that were left in your woods when New Year’s Day arrived gives you a very early start on the up-coming season. Try to iden-tify any bucks you get on trail cameras in the month after the season ends. It gives you a starting point on what you’re looking for when your early trail-cam-era surveillance starts.“You can think about the deer you passed up and what you can do for them before the next sea-son. What can you do to improve the habitat and the deer on your hunting prop-erty? It’s time to put togeth-er a plan: where to put min-eral blocks, stands, when to plan early surveillance, because I want to have my trail cameras out by June. “When you think about it, that’s a lot of stuff to do.”Perhaps the most imme-diate thing a hunter can do to raise his success in the fall of 2024 is get out in the woods and find where the deer are in January.“Scouting after the sea- son is something you 100% need to do,” Burleson said. “During the season, you try to stay out of those places you think the bucks are liv-ing, but now is a great time to beat the woods down looking for what they were doing when the season end-ed.” . Locating place deer, especially bucks, were using in the waning weeks of the season could play a big role in next season’s plans, especially as far as stand location is concerned. Finding a place bucks are using when they’re trying to be invisible to hunters may point you to a place to hang a stand very early on, one that can be in place when you need to make a late-season move. Deer hunting now a year-round endeavor By Brian PittsDavie Enterprise Record The Davie JV girls bas-ketball team’s 2-6 record is understandable - the varsity has a ton of freshmen, leav-ing JV coach Lamar Russell with considerable inexperi-ence - but there have been some wins within games that haven’t gone Davie’s $0 joining fee valid through January 31, 2024. New member must join any participating YMCA of NWNC branch to qualify. Program cannot be combined with any other offer. Financial assistance is available. Some guidelines and exceptions apply. See staff for details. LIFT MORE IN 2024 YMCANWNC.ORG JOIN TODAY$0 JOIN FEE 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 Summers a bright spot as JV girls lose to Tabor way, something that’s not reflected on the scoreboard. Take a 41-22 loss at Mt. Tabor. Freshman Zahmirah Summers, who had never played basketball before the 2023-24 season, paced the War Eagles with her season-high nine points. Russell marveled at the dramatic improvement from day one to Jan. 5 in Win- ston-Salem. Summers had six points in the first six games; she’s had 15 in the past two. “She has been watch-ing basketball videos and working on her skill devel-opment in the post, and us coaches and her teammates recognized she was working hard in the post and started feeding her the ball,” Rus-sell said. “By the end of this season and all of next season, she will be hard to handle in the post.”The War Eagles watched Tabor score the first 15 points of the game, and their losing streak grew to three. Britany Hernandez and Maddie Ratledge had seven and six points, respectively. But there was the fun part of watching Summers enjoy her best offensive day yet. “I spoke very highly of her as I have been since the season started,” Russell said. “I told the girls in the locker room after the game that’s what hard work looks like, and if all of us had the same drive as her to better ourselves, we would be undefeated in conference.” The Mocksville-Davie Recreation basketball league recognizes players, coaches and teams each week. Here are the honorees from week three. K-1 Division: player - Avery Cain; coach - Luke Phelps; team - Vols. 2-3 Division: player - Weston Shoffner; coach - Brandon James; team - Gators. 4-5 Girls Division: player - Karmen Wilson; coach - Jason Harbor; team - Catamounts. 4-5 Boys Division: player - Ryan Heggerick; coach - Jeremy Horton; team - Grizzlies. 6-8 Division: player - Isaiah Hernandez; coach - Clay Naylor; team - Rockettes. 9-12 Division: player - Noah Shore; coach - Ryan Froelich; team - Biscuit Boys. Youth basketball recognitions Maddie Ratledge shoots a free throw. Jaylene Rivera (4) dribbles upcourt. B4 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 Those were his only shot attempts of the game, but the explosion once again under-scored Davie’s diversity. Coleman stepped up after entering with a 1.3 average. “Braddock did what we’ve been asking him to do, and that’s shoot the ball when he’s open and contin-ue to be locked in,” Pittman said. “He needed to see the ball go through the hoop, and I’m happy it did. That was excellent for us.”In the second half, Rat-ledge scored five straight Davie points as the War Eagles stretched the lead. The margin grew to 18 on four occasions - at 46-28 on a Ratledge bucket in transi-tion, at 48-30 when Powers stuck back his own miss, at 50-32 when Powers again rebounded his own miss and laid it in and at 57-39 when Driver scored off an offensive board. But then the Mustangs got hot. They hit 7 of 9 shots, Powers fouled out with 4:38 to go and Parkland was within 59-52 with 3:03 on the clock. This stretch was one reason Pittman left the gym unsatisfied. He said Davie’s defense - or lack thereof - against Park-land’s guards left a lot to be desired. “We continue to not pay attention to the scout,” he said. “They just think they’re going to go out and win a game without locking in and doing what we’re supposed to do. I tried to tell them Parkland is not the Parkland of old. Parkland plays hard the whole game. It was just us not paying attention to the scout. I told them their guards are all offensive rebounders. I mean, they all want to score so they all crash the boards. I told them they cannot shoot (outside). They made two 3-pointers and we can live with that, but what I cannot be happy about is them getting downhill and getting to the hole. We’ve got to lock up and do better on defense.”But through 14 games, the War Eagles have demon-strated the ability to do whatever they need to do, whenever it needs doing. After Parkland drew within seven, Davie an-swered with a couple of haymakers. Williams found Mickey and Mickey banged a 3 at 2:48. On another offensive possession, Mickey was caught in a double-team. He made a pass that was intend-ed for Brown but ended up 14-0 ... in Landon King’s hands, and King put in an uncontested layup. At 64-52, that was the dagger. Davie salted it away by hitting 8 of 11 free throws in the final minute. “For us to lose Jackson with (4:38) left in the game and still maintain a seven- to 10-point lead was crucial,” Pittman said. “I don’t think the game as a whole was bad, after taking a week off and missing a practice day. We had an answer and it came from different people. That’s what made it even better. That shows the de-velopment of our players.” Davie was led by Mick-ey (16 points, 4 rebounds), Powers (16 points, 10 re-bounds) and Ratledge (13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals). Mickey made 5 of 8 shots, including 3 of 5 from the arc. Powers pounded out his fifth double-double. Rat-ledge matched his season high by converting 5 of 7 shots. “Ratledge played a heck of a second half and started to be more aggressive,” Pittman said. While Coleman recorded a season high in scoring, King went 3 for 3 from the field to score six. Law- hon had 5 points and 4 re-bounds. Driver had 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Erlandsson had 2 points as Davie shot a blistering 54 percent (26 of 48 overall, 9 of 18 from 3). Davie and West, which meet here Tuesday, are both 4-0 in the league. Tabor (4-1) and East Forsyth (3-2) are third and fourth. Parkland’s defender tries to cut off sophomore Ethan Driver. At right, a Mustangs tries to block senior Coleman Lawhon. Senior Jackson Powers drives. At right, senior Ethan Ratledge gets free for an uncontested layup. The Hoopscoming King is Markel Summers. Junior Bryson Mickey hits a tough bank. - Photos by Marnic Lewis DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 - B5 the gate. Behind scoring from Peyton Spaugh, Ma-layka Rankin, Bailey Ader-hold and Vivian Vaughters, they raced to a stunning 18-3 lead. Spaugh accounted for eight of the 18. “Nobody can stop us when we’re confident, it doesn’t matter if it’s the 14-year-olds or the 18-year-olds,” Adams said. “They tried a triangle-and-two on Bailey and Madison (Daugherty). Then Peyton and Malayka started scoring and then they tried to face-guard them. But nothing stopped us on offense.”If it was fun to watch Da-vie on the offensive end, the effort and energy on defense was equally enjoyable. “I showed them film (last) week of our team plan playing Parkland last year,” Adams said. “I told them my old teams played defense, and I don’t think they realized how much more they can give until I showed them film of what my old teams used to give.” The Mustangs got off the deck and got back in the game. They cut Davie’s lead to 31-25 and Adams called timeout. This was a critical moment in the game and the season. “I said: ‘Weather the storm, calm down and relax. Don’t panic and lets analyze what they are doing. They have changed defenses to a 1-2-2 trap. Recognize and execute. We also have to get a stop and rebound. Focus back on getting a stop and scoring,’” Adams said. The War Eagles respond-ed beautifully to Parkland’s 22-13 run. After the timeout, Emmie Burris intercept-ed a pass and raced to the other end for two. Rankin scored inside off a feed from Aderhold. Vaughters took a pass from Aderhold, scored, was fouled and completed the three-point play at the line. Avarie Martin knocked down a 3-pointer. Aderhold pulled up at the arc and banged the 3 to provide a 44-30 lead. “This is the best offensive team I have coached, and most of them are young,” Adams said. “It’s going to Win ... open up, they’ve just got to continue getting their confidence.”Still, the Mustangs (4-10 overall) did not go away, ral-lying within 46-40. But Da-vie (8-6 overall) answered again. Martin was bumped but hit a driving bank shot anyway. Burris finished a fast-break layup following a Rankin steal. Spaugh at-tacked the paint and scored over a defender. With Davie killing clock in its delay game, Martin got the ball in the lane and made a nice dish to Rankin. Aderhold snatched a defensive re-bound and threw an outlet to Rankin, who scored on the break. Burris assisted a Rankin layup. There were a ton of smiles as the lead reached 58-45. “I told them it was go-ing to be a track meet, but there’s nobody in confer-ence that conditions and runs their team as much as I do,” Adams said. “I said they may stay with us in the first quarter or the first half, but when we push and transition, that’s how we’re going to score buckets. I wanted them to play and not think, and that opened up the bucket for everybody tonight.”A significant factor in the outcome was Davie’s box-and-one defense on Parkland senior Justace Williams, a gifted penetrator who came in averaging 16.2 points. Vaughters and the box stifled Williams, who scored her only five points in the third. “There was no point in guarding her outside the 3-point line because she is not a shooter,” Adams said. “I told them you are going to run yourself to death if you chase her outside the 3-point line, so think of the 3-point line as an electric fence and stay inside of it. She stopped trying once she realized we were in there taking charges (because) I had Emmie and Peyton set up on the top and bottom. So whoever wanted to drive, a charge was com-ing on their side. They did a good job buying in, letting them shoot the 3, go after the boards and push the ball.”Rankin (16 points) fin- ished with her highest point total in four games, grabbed seven rebounds, took two charges and handed out two assists. Spaugh tallied 11 points, nine rebounds, two steals and took a charge. Aderhold hit three triples for nine points, snatched six boards and dished out five assists. Besides giv-ing Davie what it needed defensively on Williams, Vaughters contributed seven points on 3-of-4 shooting. Burris had six points and nine rebounds. Martin had five points, two blocks and two assists. Daugherty had four points. “Malayka had a hot week in practice,” Adams said. “We put them on teams ev-ery day and they competed. I told her she has to change her (offensive) mindset.”Notes: Davie got a mea-sure of revenge for 79-52 and 77-71 losses to Parkland last year. ... Parkland jacked up 36 threes and made just nine. “I could not press this team because of their speed, so I said let’s pack the paint and see if we can buy into a zone defense or box-and-one - and they did,” Adams said. ... Davie hit 26 of 61 overall shots, while Park-land went 17 of 68. DAVIE COUNTYSPORTS 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 Sophomore Bailey Aderhold gets by her defender from Parkland. - Photos by Marnic Lewis Freshman Vivian Vaughters gets the ball inside. Senior Malayka Rankin scored a team-high 16 points. At right, freshman Avarie Martin has an easy two. B6 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 By Brenda BaileySheffield-CalahalnCorrespondent Birthday wishes to: Leonard Shoffner on Jan. 20; Sadie Helton on Jan. 24; and J.T. Smith Jr. on Jan. 25. Happy anniversary to Bob and Janie Spry who will celebrate on Jan. 19. If you would like a birth-day or anniversary listed, please let me know.Anyone interested in be-ing a firefighter and serving the community, please see the fire chief or any mem-ber of the Sheffield-Cala-haln VFD by coming by the department or calling 336-492-5791. The New Union Men’s Group is selling tickets for one pound of barbecue. Cost of $15 includes slaw, buns and dip. Pick up at New Union Church on Saturday, March 2 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For tickets and more information, contact 336-345-3672.New Union welcomes everyone to Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship ser-vice at 10 each week. A Blessing Box is ready for those in need. Kids Power Hour is each Wednesday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Ijames Baptist Church’s worship service is each week at 10:30 a.m. Ijames is collecting non-perish-able items for a Blessing Box placed on the church grounds. Ijames Team-Kid for ages 3 years to 5th grade and the Youth Group, ages 6th-12th grade will meet each Sunday from 5-6 p.m. Adult Bible Study is held Sunday evenings at 5. Everyone is invited. The Children’s Choir for ages 2-12 meets Sundays from 4:30-5. A time of prayer is held at Liberty Wesley-an Church each Sunday at 9:30 a.m., followed by Sun-day School at 10 and Wor-ship at 11. Choir practice is each Wednesday at 7.A birthday party was held at the Farmington Community Center on Thursday for Tom Cor-natzer who turned 92 on Thursday the 11th. Ev-eryone enjoyed birthday cake, cupcakes and a large assortment of snacks. Tom thanks everyone for mak-ing this day special.Special guests were his son, Rick Cornatzer and girlfriend, Audrey, and his sister, Peg-gy Foster. 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Admission at Farmington is $3, but mu-sicians get in free.Local musicians are fea-tured Friday evenings from 6-8 at MawMaw’s Restau-rant on US 601 S., Mocks-ville. Prayer requests contin-ue 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 Tutte-row, Geraldine Lambert, Betty Beck, Sue Gobble, Helen Bulla, Paul Beck, Juanita Keaton, Emily Brown, Marsha Gobble, Mary Teague, Eddie Por- ter, Janie Williams, Maria Knight, Violet Coursey, Clyde Jordan, Jack Seaford and Suzonne Stratton. Our sincere condolences to the Barbara Frye family and the Wade Stroud family.Please submit all news to me at brfbailey@msn.com, message me on Face-book or call me at 336-837-8122 no later than Friday. Losing weight is about more than just dieting. It’s about making changes to your lifestyle that result in a better, healthier version of the amazing person you already are. 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Arrogant, stuffy person DOWN 1. “... deliver us from ___” 2. (K) Eat a formal meal at 5:30 p.m. 3. Super tiny 4. (K) Type of top 5. Like most deserts 6. (K) Dog breed 7. (K) The “p” in “mph” 8. Chloroform kin of old 9. Chemical process where things accelerate quickly (2 words) 10. Stop, to a sentry 11. (K) “This ___ costs a dollar” 16. (K) Word with “curtain” or “shower” 20. Info for PCs 22. (K) Breakfast cereal grain 24. (K) When sold separately 25. (K) Had vinegar-soaked biscuits 26. (K) Manta ___ (sea fish) 27. (K) Group number? No 29. (K) It can cause slick floors 30. (K) “Pledge of Allegiance” numeral 32. Double-reed musical instrument 34. Snowmobile runner 37. Goat or rabbit wool 40. (K) High flyer 41. (K) Finger count 42. (K) Went down a chute 43. Cause of getting stuck 45. Washstand pitcher 47. Vocal quartet member 48. (K) Give away, as a top secret 50. Small amount from a tube 51. (K) Belonging to that guy with the leopard PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER © 2024 Timothy Parker Crosswords/Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication syndication.andrewsmcmeel.com Can you find the answer to this riddle within the solved puzzle? Every relative? Look for the answer in next week’s paper. Created by Timothy E. Parker January 22, 2024 The (K) Clues Are for Kids Thing heard at a stock exchange? 13-A) MOO Previous riddle answer: www.ourda- Fundraisers Saturday, Jan. 20Community breakfast, Oak Grove Methodist, 1994 US 158, Mocksville, 7-10 a.m. Eggs, biscuits, gravy, sausage, country ham, grits, apples, beverages. Donations accept-ed.Benefit breakfast, Center Methodist, 1857 US 64 W., Mocksville, 7-10 a.m. Pro-ceeds to family of Finley Gunter, daughter of Austin and Courtney Gunter, who has acute myeloid leukemia.Community breakfast, bake sale, Wesley Chapel Meth-odist, Pino Road off NC 801, 6:30-10 a.m. Eggs, sausage, country ham, gravies, apples, biscuits, grits, juice, coffee. Donations. TerriLyn nuts available. UMC Bake Sale 6:30-11 a.m. with proceeds to Ronald Howell. Religion OngoingKidZone, Mocks Church, Wednesday nights, 5:30-7. Dinner, games, worship. Ages 4-18. Kickoff with water party on Sept. 6. Fall session con-tinues through October. 523 Beauchamp Road, Advance.Grace Church, a new United Methodist congregation, 164 Webb Way, Advance, Sunday School, 8:45 a.m.; worship at 10 led by Dr. Suzanne G. Mi-chael, UM Davie Emerging Community pastor. Grace-ChurchDavieCounty.org. Special Events Friday, Saturday Feb. 2-3Book Sale, Davie County Public Library, 371 N. Main St., Mocksville, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat- urday. Second ThursdaysSenior Services @ The Bridge, 197 Main St., Cool-eemee, 10 a.m. Open to adults age 55 and older, game with prizes, program, light snacks. OngoingScout Troop 9555G, 6:30 p.m. second and fourth Tues-days of each month, Center Methodist, 1857 US 64 W.Tech Tuesdays/Thurs-days, Davie County Public Library, 371 N.Main St., Mocksville. Get assistance with tech devices, 10 a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m. Contact rnelson@daviecountync.gov, 336-753-6033.BoTyme Jam, country, blue-grass and gospel music, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thursdays, Farm-ington Community Center, Farmington Road, Mocksville. $3, musicians admitted free. Meetings OngoingSheffield-Calahaln Vol. Fire Dept., Monday nights at 7.NAMI family support group for confidential support for families with persons with diagnosed mental illness. Via Zoom second and fourth Tues-days, 6-7:30 p.m. missjulieysl@gmail.com.Disabled American Veterans Davie Chapter 75, first Mon-day of each month, 6 p.m., DAV Building, 1958 US 601 S., Mocksville. 336-749-8347. SeniorsAll events are sponsored by Davie Senior Services. For more information or to register, call 336-753-6230. The main cam-pus at 278 Meroney St. is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The health and fitness center at the Brock Recreation Center at 644 N. Main St. is open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fridays. Monday, Jan. 22What’s Cooking: Foods, Fads, Helpful Hacks, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24Caring With Cards, 1 p.m. with Tara Harper, social work-er. Create handmade cards for homebound meal recipients.Grief support group, 2-:3:30 p.m. with Holly Sluder of Thomasville Hospice. 9 week walking through grief video series. Thursday, Jan. 25Partners Cornhole Tourna-ment, 1 p.m., Brock Campus. Bring own partner. Friday, Jan. 26Crafternoon: Yarn Birds, 2 p.m. at library with Rachel Nelson. Make a bird out of yarn. Monday, Jan. 29Monthly movie, 1 p.m. with popcorn. Tuesday, Jan. 30Hearing screenings, 10 a.m., with rep from Beltone. Thursday, Feb. 1Veterans Social, 8:30 a.m., also sponsored by Veterans Services and Trellis.Chat with Sr. Tarheel dele-gate, 10 a.m.Diabetes and nutrition class, 1 p.m. with Kathy Crotts of Kidney Nutrition Care Center. Feb. 1-16Tax aide, by appointment only Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. 336-753-6230. Friday, Feb. 2Bunco, 1 p.m. Game with dice. Monday, Feb. 5Parkinson’s Support Group, 2-3 p.m. with rep from Novant Health. Tuesday, Feb. 6Blood pressure screenings, 10 a.m.Memory Cafe, 2 p.m. Social gathering for those with Alz-heimer’s or dementia and their caregivers. Wednesday, Feb. 7Valentine Basket Weaving Class, 1 p.m. with Cheryl Tilley. $20. Make square basket to hold Valentine cards. Thursday, Feb. 8Bingo, 1 p.m. sponsored by Lambert Funeral Home. Friday, Feb. 9Grandparents & Me, 10 a.m., co-sponsored by Smart-Start, bring grandchildren, great-grandchildren etc. for activity.Foot care, 10a.m.-2:45 p.m. at Brock, by appointment onloy with nurse, Kathy Jajdek. Not a pedicure.Crafternoon - Clay Leaf Dish, 2 p.m. at library with Rachel Nelson. Make dish to keep keys or small jewelry in. OngoingBrock Senior Steppers, s Brock Gym, open 8-10 each morning and other times with no programs. Register and count steps for monthly and yearly prizes.Coffee & Caregiving, Tues-days 10 a.m. via Zoom. Interact with other caregivers, ask staff member Kelly Sloan questions. Open to caregivers of all ages.Quilting, Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Bring own suppliesCrocheting, Wednesdays, 9-11 a.m. with Theresa Manak and Sara Cioffi. Bring own supplies.Woodcarving, Wednesdays, 9-noon with Tim Trudgeon, $8.75 for new students to cover initial supplies.Art Class, Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon with Jo Robinson. Begin-ning to advanced. Live Music FridaysBluegrass, 6-8 p.m., Maw-Maw’s Kitchen, 2076 US 601 S., Mocksville. Saturday, Jan. 20Whiskey Mic, 6-9 p.m., Tan-glewood Pizza, US 158, Ber-muda Run.Rhonda Funk, 7 p.m., O’Cala-han’s, Downtown Mocksville.Callisto Jade, 6 p.m., The Sta-tion, Downtown Mocksville.Unchained Melody, Jason “Floyd” Coleman plays piano style of his grandfather, Floyd Cramer. 7:30 p.m., Brock Per-forming Arts Center, N. Main St., Mocksville. Davie Arts Council show, $45, $44. Friday, Jan. 26Karaoke, 7:30 p.m., O’Cala-han’s, Downtown Mocksville.Taylor Mason, 6 p.m., The Sta-tion, Downtown Mocksville.Darrell Hoots, Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27Music for Baby Boomers, 6 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocksville.Pushin’ Georgia, 6-9 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Friday, Feb. 2Tanya Wood, 6 p.m., The Sta-tion, Downtown Mocksville.Anna Meetson, 6-9 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Saturday, Feb. 3Fireside Collective Duo, 6-9 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Saturday, Feb. 10James Vincent Carroll, 6-9 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run.Sail On, tribute to Beach Boys, 7:30 p.m., Brock Performing Arts Center, N. Main St., Mocksville. $45, $44. Thursday, Feb. 15Darrell Hoots, 6-9 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Friday, Feb. 16Jennifer Alvarado, 6 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocks-ville. Saturday, Feb. 17Exit 180, 6-9 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run. Saturday, Feb. 24Tin Can Alley, 6-9 p.m., US 158, Bermuda Run. RANDY MILLER& SONS 295 Miller Road • Mocksville(336) 284-2826 • We Pump Septic Tanks • SEPTIC TANK SERVICE Septic SystemsFootingsLoader Work Skid Steer WorkTrencher WorkHauling StateCertifiedInspector DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 ‑ B9 Father and Son Remodeling No job too big or small we can do them all. Call 980-234-2483 for a free estimate. Public Notices No. 1759034 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Thomas Jerry Stewart late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present written claim to the undersigned on or before Marh 28, 2024 (being three [3] months from the first day of publica- tion of this notice) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 19th of December, 2023. Terry Lynn Stewart, Executor c/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II Attorney at Law MARTIN VAN HOY & RAISECK, LLP Attorneys at Law 10 Court Square Mocksville, NC 27028 (336) 751-2171 Publish: Davie Enterprise 12/28, 2023 and 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 2024. No. 1767350 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of RUBY JONES CAR- TER (aka JANIE CARTER) late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present written claim to the under- signed on or before April 18, 2024 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this no- tice), or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons, firms, and corporations in- debted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 18th day of January, 2024. Norman Gray Carter c/o FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP Brian F. Williams Attorney at Law 284 South Main St. Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish:Davie Enterprise 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2024. No. 1758842 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Undersigned, Jason Christopher Lingle, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of WANDA KAY LINGLE, of Davie County, North Carolina. This is to notify all persons, firms and corpo- rations, having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before Friday, March 29, 2024, or this Notice will be pled in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make payment to the Undersigned. Daniel G. Christian Attorney for the Estate of Wanda Kay Lingle PO Box 2244 Hickory NC 28603 828-322-1105 Publish: Davie Enterprise 12/28, 2023 and 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 2024 Public Notices No. 1767356 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ronnie Wade Boggs (a/k/a Ronnie W Boggs), late of Davie Coun- ty, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the office of Inger- soll Firm, PLLC, 1590 Westbrook Plaza Dr. Ste. 203, Winston-Salem, North Car- olina 27103 on or before April 18, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment. This the 18 th day of January, 2024 Cheryl P Boggs, Executor Marc W. Ingersoll, Attorney: Ingersoll Firm, PLLC Publish: Davie-Enterprise 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2024 No. 1761532 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Robert David Appleyard, aka Robert D. Appleyard, deceased, late of Davie County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 4th day of April, 2024, or this Notice will be plead- ed in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to this Estate will please make payment immediately to the undersigned at the below-desig- nated address. This the 4th day of January, 2024. Jayne Keith Appleyard, Executor of the Estate of Robert David Appleyard 1001 West Fourth St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Marcus L. Moxley, Esquire EDWARDS CRAVER VEACH PLLC 1001 West Fourth St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Telephone No. (336) 607-7384 Publish: Davie Enterprise 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2024. No. 1761573 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Will of Alfred Ray Patton, a/k/a Alfred R. Patton, A. Ray Patton, Ray Patton, and Alfred Patton, late of Advance, Davie County, North Carolina, the un- dersigned do hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at One West Fourth Street, Suite 1200, Win- ston-Salem, NC 27101, on or before the 5th day of April, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebt- ed to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 4th day of January, 2024. MICHAEL RAY PATTON and GINA LYNN FERGUSON CO-EXECUTORS OF THE WILL OF ALFRED RAY PATTON Edward W. Griggs Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP One West Fourth Street - 12th floor Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Publish: Davie Enterprise 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2024. No. 1759034 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Thomas Jerry Stewart late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present written claim to the undersigned on or before Marh 28, 2024 (being three [3] months from the first day of publica- tion of this notice) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 19th of December, 2023. Terry Lynn Stewart, Executor c/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II Attorney at Law MARTIN VAN HOY & RAISECK, LLP Attorneys at Law 10 Court Square Mocksville, NC 27028 (336) 751-2171 Publish: Davie Enterprise 12/28, 2023 and 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 2024. Public Notices No. 1758804 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTOR for the Estate of JUDY DARLENE MEADOWS, late of Davie County, NC, this is to no- tify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before APRIL 3, 2024. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immedi- ate payment. Today’s date 12/28/2023. Amanda Jackon, 1601 Kinlock Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27107, as Executor of the Estate of Judy Darlene Meadows, deceased, File #23-E-456. Publish: Davie Enterprise 12/28, 2023 and 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 2024. No. 1758943 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Es- tate of Kenny Wilson Doby, 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 April 3, 2024. 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 12/28/2023. Kendra Denise Doby aka Kendra Doby Tallent, 114 Park Hill Lane, Mocksville, NC 27028 as Executor of the Estate of Kenny Wilson Doby, deceased, File #23-E-389. Publish: Davie Enterprise 12/28, 2023 and 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 2024. No. 1767524 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executor for the Estate of Barbara Jeanenne Hudson, late of Davie County, NC, this is to no- tify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before April 24, 2024. 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 01/18/2024. Damian Cole Lewis, 522 E Lake Dr., Mocksville, NC 27028 and Ashlyn Murray, 109 Hill St., Sparta, NC 28675, as Co-Executors of the Estate of Barbara Jeanenne Hudson, deceased, File #23-E-452. Publish: Davie Enterprise 1/18, 1/24, 2/1, 2/8, 2024. No. 1767352 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of NANCY T. TUTTEROW late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations hav- ing claims against said estate to present written claim to the undersigned on or before April 18, 2024 (being three [3] months from the first day of publica- tion of this notice), or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons, firms, and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immedi- ate payment to the undersigned. This the 18th day of January, 2024. Ray Charles Tutterow c/o FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP Brian F. Williams Attorney at Law 284 South Main Street Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish: Davie Enterprise 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2024 No. 1767356 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ronnie Wade Boggs (a/k/a Ronnie W Boggs), late of Davie Coun- ty, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the office of Inger- soll Firm, PLLC, 1590 Westbrook Plaza Dr. Ste. 203, Winston-Salem, North Car- olina 27103 on or before April 18, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment. This the 18 th day of January, 2024 Cheryl P Boggs, Executor Marc W. Ingersoll, Attorney: Ingersoll Firm, PLLC Publish: Davie-Enterprise 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2024 Public Notices NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 23 CvD 530 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTYDavie County, A Body Politic and Cor-porate vs. Wayne Martin Draughn, Jr., Unknown Spouse of Wayne Martin Draughn, Jr., Unknown Children of Wayne Martin Draughn, Sr., State Em-ployees Credit Union, LienholderTO: Wayne Martin Draughn, Jr., Unknown Spouse of Wayne Martin Draughn, Jr., Unknown Children of Wayne Martin Draughn, Sr., State Em- ployees Credit Union, Lienholder Take notice that a pleading seeking re- lief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid prop- erty taxes owing to Davie County on your interest in the property described as follows: BEGINNING in the center of a creek, Southeast corner of Barbara L. Atkins (Deed Book 122, Page 192) and mean- dering with the center of the creek the following courses and distances: South 09 degs. 38 min. 01 sec. East 118.23 feet; thence South 08 degs. 26 min. 03 sec. West 129.93 feet; thence South 04 degs. 18 min. 01 sec. East 188.74 feet; thence South 13 degs. 25 min. 06 sec. East 125.67 feet; thence South 53 degs. 10 min. 28 sec. West 22.44 feet; thence South 13 degs. 58 min. 05 sec. East 65.84 feet; then leaving the center of the creek and traveling South 61 degs. 44 min. 07 sec. West 1,314.72 feet to a nail; thence South 61 degs. 21 min. 05 sec. West 58.65 feet to a nail; thence North 37 degs. 27 min. 06 sec. West 251.18 feet to a nail; thence North 41 degs. 02 min. 07 sec. East 1,501.54 feet to a nail; thence South 42 degs. 43 min. 56 sec. East 88.27 feet to an iron; thence North 86 degs. 34 min. 53 sec. East 275.00 feet to the POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING containing 18.625 acres, more or less. LESS and EXCEPTING the parcels de- scribed in the following two deeds: 1. Book 205, Page 101. 2. Book 202, Page 279. Together with and subject to easements, restrictions, water rights and rights of way of record, and matters of survey. Also being identified as Parcel ID# H2-000-00-003-01, Davie County Tax Office. Address: (H2-000-00-003-01) Calahaln Road Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commission- er appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defen- dants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than February 21, 2024 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This day of December 18, 2023. Jonathan S. Fernandez Attorney for Plaintiff Capital Center 82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville, North Carolina 28801 (828) 252-8010 Publish: Davie Enterprise 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2024. No. 1760869 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Bernice Holder Young, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations hav- ing claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before April 10, 2024. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immedi- ate payment. Today’s date 01/04/2024. Shannon Young, 1049 Bruce Rd., East Bend, NC 27018, as Executor of the Es- tate of Bernice Holder Young, deceased, File #23-E-457. Publish: Davie Enterprise 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2024. No. 1758804 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTOR for the Estate of JUDY DARLENE MEADOWS, late of Davie County, NC, this is to no- tify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before APRIL 3, 2024. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immedi- ate payment. Today’s date 12/28/2023. Amanda Jackon, 1601 Kinlock Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27107, as Executor of the Estate of Judy Darlene Meadows, deceased, File #23-E-456. Publish: Davie Enterprise 12/28, 2023 and 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 2024. Public Notices No. 1765002 County of Davie, General Services Department Brad Blackwelder, Director 298 E. Depot St. Suite 100 Mocksville, NC 27028 Date: January 10, 2024 Request for Proposal: County of Davie Lawn Services It is the intent of this proposal invitation to obtain contract proposals for Lawn Services to encompass all properties owned or used by the County of Da- vie and as presented in Exhibit A. All products and/or services rendered by the vendor must meet all requirements of this invitation and be completely sat- isfactory to using agencies. It is also the intent for this contract to be award for a term of three (3) years. Mandatory Pre Bid Meeting: January 24, 2024 Location: 298 E. Depot St. Mocksville, NC 27028 Time: 1:00pm EST *note: we will be traveling to each location and this is a mandatory meeting with sign in sheet. Contractor’s names must be on sign in sheet from Pre-Bid meeting to be a qual- ified responsive bidder. Sealed Bids are to be turned in by the following: Bid Date: February, 24, 2024 Time: Due by 2:00pm EST Location: 298 E. Depot St. Mocksville, NC 27028 Attn: Brad Blackwelder Note: Bid Packet Must include complet- ed Bid Sheet and Proof of Insurance. Complete set of bid documents can be found at: https://www.daviecountync. gov/bids.aspx, Please feel free to contact Brad Black- welder, General Services Director at 336.753.6060 with any questions that pertain to this invitation. Publish: Davie-Enterprise, 1/11, 1/18, 2024. NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 23 CvD 530 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY Davie County, A Body Politic and Cor- porate vs. Wayne Martin Draughn, Jr., Unknown Spouse of Wayne Martin Draughn, Jr., Unknown Children of Wayne Martin Draughn, Sr., State Em- ployees Credit Union, Lienholder TO: Wayne Martin Draughn, Jr., Unknown Spouse of Wayne Martin Draughn, Jr., Unknown Children of Wayne Martin Draughn, Sr., State Em- ployees Credit Union, Lienholder Take notice that a pleading seeking re- lief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid prop- erty taxes owing to Davie County on your interest in the property described as follows: BEGINNING in the center of a creek, Southeast corner of Barbara L. Atkins (Deed Book 122, Page 192) and mean- dering with the center of the creek the following courses and distances: South 09 degs. 38 min. 01 sec. East 118.23 feet; thence South 08 degs. 26 min. 03 sec. West 129.93 feet; thence South 04 degs. 18 min. 01 sec. East 188.74 feet; thence South 13 degs. 25 min. 06 sec. East 125.67 feet; thence South 53 degs. 10 min. 28 sec. West 22.44 feet; thence South 13 degs. 58 min. 05 sec. East 65.84 feet; then leaving the center of the creek and traveling South 61 degs. 44 min. 07 sec. West 1,314.72 feet to a nail; thence South 61 degs. 21 min. 05 sec. West 58.65 feet to a nail; thence North 37 degs. 27 min. 06 sec. West 251.18 feet to a nail; thence North 41 degs. 02 min. 07 sec. East 1,501.54 feet to a nail; thence South 42 degs. 43 min. 56 sec. East 88.27 feet to an iron; thence North 86 degs. 34 min. 53 sec. East 275.00 feet to the POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING containing 18.625 acres, more or less. LESS and EXCEPTING the parcels de- scribed in the following two deeds: 1. Book 205, Page 101. 2. Book 202, Page 279. Together with and subject to easements, restrictions, water rights and rights of way of record, and matters of survey. Also being identified as Parcel ID# H2-000-00-003-01, Davie County Tax Office. Address: (H2-000-00-003-01) Calahaln Road Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commission- er appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defen- dants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than February 21, 2024 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This day of December 18, 2023. Jonathan S. Fernandez Attorney for Plaintiff Capital Center 82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville, North Carolina 28801 (828) 252-8010 Publish: Davie Enterprise 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2024. Merchandise Deals & Bargains 2 Mantle Propane Lantern Still in box, $50 OBO 336-244-4428 air tank 11 gal. like brand new $50.00 air tank 11 gal. like brand new 704-279- 4106/704-640-0662 $50.00 Antique Oak Dresser Oak dresser with beveled edge mirror, $155 980-234-0269 COLEMAN GENERATOR Powermate 5000, 10hp, good condition, $250, 704-630-9286 Curio Display Cabinet white curio cabinet, 3 glass shelves, 70”H X 36”W X 17”D like new $225 980-234-0269 Honeybees. 3 pound package of honey bees. $120. available March 15, Mike at 704-506-5390 Singer Sewing Machine Singer sewing machine with cabi- net. Sewing machine is turquoise, works great. 980-234-0269 $55.00 Want to Buy Merchandise Buying 45 & LP Records, Old glass- ware & bottles, tools, cast iron pans, old watches & jewelry, old racing items, 704-467-5261 Real Estate Homes For Sale Clemmons 5 BR, 3.5 BA, 3741 sq.ft., .24 acre lot, available 01/06/23, 5 bed/3.5 baths,new roof 2017,LVP floor- ing,dual staircase,office space or flex area,gas fireplace,granite countertops,kitchen island,huge master,M-In-Law or guest rm w private bath.Home warranty & $2500 closing costs or rate buy down w acceptable offer.Schedule a showing today! $499,500.00. Call (336)509-6511. Public Notices Public Notices No. 1765002 County of Davie, General Services Department Brad Blackwelder, Director 298 E. Depot St. Suite 100 Mocksville, NC 27028 Date: January 10, 2024 Request for Proposal: County of Davie Lawn Services It is the intent of this proposal invitation to obtain contract proposals for Lawn Services to encompass all properties owned or used by the County of Da- vie and as presented in Exhibit A. All products and/or services rendered by the vendor must meet all requirements of this invitation and be completely sat- isfactory to using agencies. It is also the intent for this contract to be award for a term of three (3) years. Mandatory Pre Bid Meeting: January 24, 2024 Location: 298 E. Depot St. Mocksville, NC 27028 Time: 1:00pm EST *note: we will be traveling to each location and this is a mandatory meeting with sign in sheet. Contractor’s names must be on sign in sheet from Pre-Bid meeting to be a qual- ified responsive bidder. Sealed Bids are to be turned in by the following: Bid Date: February, 24, 2024 Time: Due by 2:00pm EST Location: 298 E. Depot St. Mocksville, NC 27028 Attn: Brad Blackwelder Note: Bid Packet Must include complet- ed Bid Sheet and Proof of Insurance. Complete set of bid documents can be found at: https://www.daviecountync. gov/bids.aspx, Please feel free to contact Brad Black- welder, General Services Director at 336.753.6060 with any questions that pertain to this invitation. Publish: Davie-Enterprise, 1/11, 1/18, 2024. Reading What better way is there than the newspaper to teach everyday reading to your child? Start both of your days off right by reading the newspaper,A HABIT YOU WON’T MIND THEM STARTING.704-797-4213 to subscribe IT’SALLHERE! TO ADVERTISE CALL 704-797-4220 Classifieds B10 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 2024 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS ES #MT0028 $25,199 2023 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER ES #MT0102 $28,015 2023 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT ES #MT0004 $26,590 #MT0004 2024 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE ES #MT0075 $16,394 2010 MAZDASPEED 3 SUPER LOW MILEAGE, SUPER NICE #215M $11,497 2021 TOYOTACOROLLA LE 30/38 MPG, WI-FI, CLEAN #156M $16,938 2021 JEEP COMPASSLIMITED 4WD, LEATHER, MUST SEE #146M $20,570 2018 LINCOLN MKCRESERVE AWD, LOW MILES, MOONROOF #252M $23,794 2018 HYUNDAISONATA SPORT LOW MILES, HEATED SEATS, CLEAN #247M $15,277 2015 DODGE DURANGOCITADEL LEATHER, SUNROOF, 3RD ROW #254M $18,574 2021 NISSANROGUE SV AWD, SUPER CLEAN, MUST SEE #152M $21,547 2020 SUBARUOUTBACK LIMITED AWD, NAVIGATION, SUNROOF #221M $26,653 2016 FORDEDGE SEL AWD, MOONROOF, NAVIGATION #225M $16,498 2020 FORDF-150 XLT 4WD, NAVIGATION, LOW MILES #124M $35,386 2022 TOYOTATACOMA SR5 4WD, WI-FI HOTSPOT, MUST SEE #161M $32,800 2012 CHEVY SILVERADO2500HD LTZ 4WD, NAVIGATION, LOADED #199M $39,635 2022 RAM 1500 BIG HORNLONE STAR QUAD CAB, BLUETOOTH, MUST SEE #166M $28,121 2020 INFINITIQX60 LUXE NAVIGATION, SUNROOF, LEATHER #171N $27,000 2022 TOYOTACAMRY SE 28/39 MPG, ALLOY WHEELS, MUST SEE #136M $22,300 2021 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING L 3RD ROW, LEATHER, REMOTE START #162M $22,128 USED VEHICLES 60 months 0%APR FOR On ALL NEW 202 3 ECLIPSE CROSS 980-270-5444 1011 Folger Drive • Statesville I-77 • Exit 49-B www.RandyMarionMitsubishi.com Price includes all rebates & incentives. Plus tax, tag and dealer fees including $899 admin and $880 Resistall. Price, terms and availability may vary. Offer may not combine with factory cash rebates. Not all buyers will qualify will qualify for all rebates. O.A.C. See dealer for full details. Vehicle shown for illustration purposes. Expires 1/31/2024.