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Davie County Enterprise Record 2-08-2024USPS 149-160 Number 06 Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 24 Pages 75¢ Wrestling’s Best Davie wins state title for first time in 18 years 89076 3821260Page B1 Who Are They? Board of Education candidate profiles Pages 8-10 Local Candidate Forum Thursday, Feb. 15, 5:30 p.m. Davie Sr. Services, 278 Meroney St. By KC SmithCooleemee Correspondent On Sunday, Feb. 4, there was a lot of plawking on the streets of Cooleemee. Josh Ijames, Lela Ijames, Tangela Dalton, Keziah Martin and Joey Shore were carrying black trash bags full of trash.A plawker is one who picks up trash while walking.That’s what people do when they love their community, they want to get some exercise, and make new friends while picking up trash.Josh Ijames and his wife Lela created a Cooleemee Action Forum, a neighbor-hood organization to allow residents and non-residents who have interests, likes or beliefs in the town to be able to partici-pate more openly in a public forum. While still in the beginning stages of creating the forum, plawking will con-tinue on Sundays at 2 p.m. behind the Cooleemee Fire Department. Visit, get some exercise, and help make your town more beautiful. Annual meetings will occur with structured monthly meetings with leader-ship in place and an organized agenda, he said. With a full leadership in place plans Just plawking around ... Joey Shore, Lela Ijames, Keziiah Martin, Tangela Dalton and Josh Ijames pick up litter while walking the streets of Cooleemee, a practice known as “plawking.” - Photos by KC Smith Plawker Josh Ijames has helped start an action group to help improve the lives of Cooleemee residents. Folks get fit, a town gets cleaner Please See Plawking - Page 5 Davie County Schools will receive a $1.5 million grant from Golden Leaf Foundation for construction and engineer-ing/design costs to expand the Davie County Schools Ca-reer and Technical Education (CTE) Advanced Manufactur-ing Program.The demand for related courses has resulted in a wait-ing list for students.The funding will support the construction and engineer-ing/design costs to expand the Davie County Schools Career and Technical Educa-tion (CTE) Advanced Manu-facturing Program. The new building will be on the Davie High School campus and will feature a fabrication lab, ad-vanced manufacturing training center, and flexible classroom spaces designed to foster cre-ative thinking through the en-gineering process and promot-ing advanced manufacturing through robotics and mecha-tronics pathways. “The new wing to our CTE department will help provide crucial industry-recognized credentialing and training op-portunities for several CTE pathways,” said Anthony Davis, director of CTE and federal programs for Davie Schools. “It will allow us to help train future employees for area companies that lack suffi-cient skilled employees in au-tomation, skilled maintenance, electrical and mechanical en-gineering, and machining.”“We thank the Golden LEAF Board of Directors for this generous funding which allows us to further prepare 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 202 3 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 In the mail ... 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 Biden’s accomplishments many Glad to be from a 10-cent town To the editor:In reading the editorial page of Jan. 25, I realized Biden’s competition has defined him. I had to think and research to find actual accomplishments. There are more than I thought. The US is fortunate to have someone who has worked for the past three years and left the celebrity politicking subside.But that means now he has to convince voters of what he has been doing and undermine the fake news.Together, along with Chuck Schumer in the Senate, they passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that includ-ed:- the biggest infrastructure package for roads and bridg-es since Eisenhower put in the interstate highway system in the 1950s; driving around America last year I saw more road work going on than I’ve ever seen in my life;- the biggest investment in passenger rail in 50 years, $16 billion, which, besides trying to catch us up to the rest of the world, created 100,000 jobs;- the most impactful gun reform legislation since the assault weapons ban in 1993;- brought high-speed internet to rural states, including those that voted against him by 2 to 1, but he did it because it’s the right thing to do;- the largest water infrastructure investment in the na-tion’s history incouding replace all the remaining lead pipes;- replacing old school buses with new American-made electric buses; and - began implementation of a network of high-speed electric vehicle chargers along all the major highways across America.On his first day in office he signed the order to have the U.S. rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement and the world Health Organization after Twitler insanely withdrew U.S. participation from both.He said he would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 and hour, and then did it.He remained bullish on his former administration’s Obamacare program and reduced uninsured Americans by another 4 million people. There’s now more people signed up for it then there ever has been.His Inflation Reduction Act includes penalites for phar-maceutical companies if they raise prices more than the rate of inflation, and Medicare can finally start negotiating for lower drug prices, including antibiotics, chemo drugs and blood thinners.And that in the same act he capped insulin costs for Medicare recipients at $35 per month, and he got the na-tion’s largest insulin provider, Eli Lilly, to drop the cost for everyone by 70%.His policies and these two major acts have created 800,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector and kept unem-ployment in the 3.5-7% range, the lowest in over 50 years.And in yet another example of Biden fighting for the regular person, he’s taken on the banks’ $40 overdraft fees that only hit poor people when they’re the most vulnera-ble. No other president in my lifetime has gone after this type of institutional exploitation of taking advantage of the little guy.George McManusCooleemee Hurst would strengthen education board To the editor:When Stephanie Hurst shared that she was going to run for Davie County Board of Education, I was overjoyed. Stephanie is the parent of Perri Smith, and stepmother to Thomas and Camden Hurst, who all graduated from the Davie County School Systesm. As a professional teachers with calssroom experience, Stephanie will bring knowlege of the classroom and school culture to the Baord of Educa-tion that will strengthen the Board of Education.Stephanie is a cancer survivor. Her path was one that involved five surgeries, eight rounds of chemotherapy and 33 radiation treatments. With the Grace of God, she is here to share her story and support others. Stephanie is compas- sionate about reaching out support for cancer patients and survivors as theya re going throught hteir personal jour-ney with cancer. I have witnessed her determination and strength of faith as she went through her own dificult and painful recovery. God is her canter and Stepahnie conveys her faith openly.as a residen in Davie County for 42 years and a school counselor for 28 years, I have been a strong supporter of the voice of the public as well as educators in mak-ing sound decisions in the best interest of students. I feel Stephanie Hurst will have much to offfer the position of Board of Education member.Kelly Crosby, Advance To the editor:I am recommending Jeff Plott for a seat on the Davie County Board of Education. As a previous member of the Board of Education in another county, I see the attributes of a member who will work hard with staff to make sure the students of today are highly skilled and ready for col-lege or the workforce when they graduate. Jeff sees the needs of a highly skilled workforce with practical edu-cational experience that translates into success for Davie County and the State of North Carolina. Jeff is insightful and will study the needs of the stu-dents and the school system. This insight will be needed in the coming years when school systems deal with greater challenges each day. Teachers and the classroom will be supported during his tenure in office. Jeff will seek out the challenges but also help come up with solutions that are needed.The clear choice for School Board is Jeff Plott.Kyle HuffmanSalisbury Plott best choice for Davie School Board To the editor:There is a recent NC tax regulation that may affect some military retirees but of which they and some tax pre-parers may not yet be aware. Effective Jan. 1, 2021, mil-itary retirees who settle in North Carolina became exempt from NC state taxes on their military pensions. The ex-emption became effective after the NC General Assembly approved the bill and it was signed by our governor. If you meet this criteria, review your state income tax returns for the years 2021 forward to be sure you took this deduction. If you find you did not, you can still file an amended tax return for these years to take advantage of this benefit. To all of our military members and retirees, thank you for your service.Gaye Schooler, Mocksville Consider state tax break for military pensions Preserving truth and democracy: voting unaffiliated To the editor:There is a phrase often used at weddings which pro-vides the opportunity for any attendee who objects to the marriage to “speak now or forever hold your peace.” There is also an oath that must be sworn to (or affirmed) by witnesses in courtroom proceedings. The witness’s tes-timony is to be “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God.” There are numerous scriptures in the Holy Bible that speak about truth. Here are a few: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” I John 1:8 “The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in people who are trustworthy.” Proverbs 12:22 Jesus told Pilate in John 18: 37-38 that He was born to testify to the truth. “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32 Unfortunately, our country is now far from being free. Many kind and loving people - including family, friends, and foes- have become caught up in an endless web of falsehoods, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, hoaxes, alternative facts (first used by Kellyanne Conway on Jan. 22, 2017), fake news, and just plain lies. It comes as no surprise that millions of U.S. citizens have become indoctrinated and believe these lies. onsider the stagger-ing number of 30,573 false or misleading claims made by Trump during his White House tenure (Washington Post May 19, 2017). The terrifying question is this.. does Trump’s recent declaration of being dictator only on day one in reality mean until he dies? Many individuals have chosen to reject an abundance of evidence of past misdeeds by our nation’s leaders, evi-dence which can be seen and heard in various forms of me-dia. Since 2016 the truth has become so tarnished that it is difficult to any longer discern what is and is not the truth. On a historical note, Adolf Hitler had a Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. My prayer is that America does not go down that path, although we seem to already have one foot on it. The documentary, “Unfit”, which was produced in 2020 and can still be viewed on the internet, tells of a past GOP leader who studied Hitler’s speeches to get tips on making his own more effective. Even the 2 ½ minute trailer is a reality check. Another en-lightening documentary is Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) by Mi-chael Moore. The films may be dated; but unfortunately, the situations the documentaries address are worse today. Many former Trump advisors courageously sought to present the truth to citizens and leaders. For this they were derided, mocked, belittled, and ultimately unemployed. Please See Preserving ‑ Page 3 I thought about Emmylou Harris on my way in to work this morning.“Quarter Moon in a 10 Cent Town.”Yes, I was driving into Mocksville. The sky was pitch black and as I topped a hill in my old truck, there it was. A beautiful, bright moon, hanging on the edge of town. It looked from that point that if you were in town, you could reach up and grab the bottom corner of the moon.Yes, there’s beauty all around us folks. It’s every-where, every day. You just have to take the time to release your worries from your brain for just a few seconds to see it.Some may be offended by the “10 Cent Town” ref-erence, but actually, that’s a good thing. If you want a million dollar town, move to Las Ve-gas. There will never be a dull moment; entertainment options of all kinds await you at every corner.If you want a thousand dollar town, move to New York. You’ll never sleep. For more reasons than one, you’ll never sleep.If you want a hundred dollar town, move to Char-lotte. You’ll learn to drive even faster, then wonder why you were in a hurry to get to that place.If you want a $20 town, move to Raleigh. You’ll rub elbows with politicians and intellectuals and the homeless, sometimes having difficulty telling them apart.If you want a $10 town, move to Winston-Salem. You may even make the evening news.If you want a 50-cent town, move to, I shiver just thinking about it, Clemmons. Orange barrels and shopping centers, oh my!I think we should feel fine holding on to a 10-cent town status. While somewhat boring to outsiders looking in at our lack of venues where we could waste our hard-earned money, us 10-centers still care about each other. Sure, we may talk smack about each other from time to time, but when the chips are down, we show up.Don’t expect that in a $50 town.For those of you who don’t know, Emmylou Harris is a music icon and a North Carolina native, so she knows plenty about 10-cent towns. The line is a verse in a song and the title of one of her albums.“Saturday night I’m gonna make myself a nameTake a month of Sundays to try and explain.”That line is from the same song, and those of us who grew up in 10-cent or less valuable towns know, there’s some truth in there. Get a speeding ticket as a teenager, and your parents know before you get home.Honky Tonker Billy Joe Shaver knew the perils of being a bit too rowdy in a 10-cent town, as well: “I’m thinkin’ ‘bout raisin’ so doggone much hell, ‘Til I’ll die ‘fore I live it all down, yeehaw.”Here’s a verse from a Guy Clark song that helps sum up what it means to live in a 10-cent town.“Stuff that works, stuff that holds upThe kind of stuff you don’t hang on the wallStuff that’s real, stuff you feelThe kind of stuff you reach for when you fall.”Yep, that’s us, all wrapped neatly into one well crafted country song. That’s what American music is, our lives wrapped into songs.That was evident while watching the Grammy Awards on television. Some, or maybe most, of the music aired on the TV show, I didn’t like. It was en-tertaining, and I appreciated the talent, but the music didn’t move me, and the lyrics, if I could understand them, didn’t touch me.Obviously, they weren’t from 10-cent towns.- Mike Barnhardt DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 - 3 The Literary Corner: Renegade Writers Guild The old Dwiggins family cemetery on Boone Farm Road near Mocksville is an example of early type of tombstones when buried on family land. Unlike OthersBy Stephanie Williams DeanCan you imagine a fire benefiting a tree?And how about this – without periodic fire, a tree’s di-verse wildlife and plant species become rare or endangered as well as the tree, itself. But it’s true – the North Carolina state tree, the longleaf pine, has genetically adapted to tol-erate fire. Did you know that at one time, pine forests were the most extensive forest ecosystems in the Southern United States? Historically speaking, pinus pilustris, or longleaf pine was the “king” of the southeastern coastal forest, cov-ering millions of acres of land. But not now.Unfortunately, due to the naval industry, these pine forests have dwindled. These trees supplied an abundance of pine sap which was collected, distilled, and processed into glue, turpentine, rosins, and other shipbuilding indus-try products. Another reason for the decline was the con-version of longleaf pine forests to non-forest uses – and cleared for agriculture or development. Longleaf pines were also replaced with other pine species. Longleaf pine is now considered a species in decline across much of the South, including North Carolina. But even though the for-ests cover significantly fewer acres, the pine forests are still among the most diverse ecosystems in the world.Today while primarily located among dry soil in the Sandhill region and parts of central and southern Coastal Plain, some isolated remnant areas of longleaf pines can still be found in the eastern Piedmont. As far as the tree itself – it’s a pretty cool tree because it’s unlike any other pine tree in the South. The tree takes on a large thick clump of pine needles on the soil sur-face, following seed germination. This is called the “grass stage.” And looks like a bunch of needle-like grass. The grass stage remains for up to 5 years while the tree is growing its root system down in the ground. The green needles clump protects the terminal tree bud that’s located in the center of the tree – one of the reasons why the pine is considered a fire-adapted species. The tree tolerates and withstands fires. After the grass stage, the pine begins to grow quickly in height for another 5 years. In the past, there were challenges in regenerating long-leaf pine. The seedlings required precise handling and planting was necessary to guarantee survival. But import-ant advances have been made in the cultivation of the ge-netically improved longleaf pine seedlings. Today you can purchase and plant seedlings that have been field tested and quality checked for the highest qual-ity. We can help restore our state trees. Research and learn more about the advantages of planting these trees and the benefits to our environment. Neighbors: Part IBy Ellen BishopIt was one of the worst winters in our state that year of ’77-’78, some of the coldest and wettest in a long time. We had just purchased our first home together as a new couple, a stressful but very exciting time. It was a three bedroom one and a half bath brick rancher down a gravel road with very few neighbors; there was a nice yard and extra lot where I could have a garden. It was a little farther out in the county that made for a longer commute to work for me, but at the time, it was what we could afford. Many happy memories were made there.But, that gravel/dirt road quickly turned into a mire making travel in and out of our small neighborhood very difficult that winter; almost impossible. So, the rich man in the big white house just up the street wanted to get the road paved and wanted us to pay $800 for our part of the road frontage paving. We were poor; that was a lot of money at the time we did not have. Of course, we figured out a way. Then, the sparsely developed newly paved street exploded with new houses, new neighbors galore.Don’t get me wrong, having families living close to you can be a blessing as long as they are friendly, respectful, trustworthy, considerate, etc. They can keep a watchful eye out on your property, offer support and in general be very helpful in a variety of circumstances. This was the case with our new neighbors who quickly became friends as well. We shared babysitting duties, had tupperware/makeup parties, played cards and had block parties. One of the neighbors directly across from our house had a pool; the husband loved to cook, probably because his occupation was a meat cutter. They would provide the meat and the rest of us would bring something to share. Extra chairs were borrowed from a local church. Their house was a great gathering place for these barbecues. One such gathering will go down in history. Many of us had already gone home, snug in our beds when bright red flames reaching for the sky were seen from across the street through our bedroom window. There would be no more chairs from the church up the road.Not only was that first winter somewhat of a nightmare but writing this brought to mind another terrible memory along with the good ones. One being when I was warming up our ’55 Chevy before going out to work (they weren’t so expensive back then) and did not put the parking brake on. Well, those split rail fence posts in our beautiful front yard nor the side of the car ever quite looked the same after that morning. To be continued. TombstonesBy Linda H. BarnetteSince I have been working on various family trees, I have become interested in the various types of tombstones, gravestones, and headstones, as they are usually called. They vary a lot, and so does the amount of information one can glean from them.Tombstones were used to mark burial places as far back as 300 BC to the Celtic and Roman cultures. However, it was not until the 1600’s that they became popular in churches and cemeteries. Originally, they were reserved for middle- and upper-class people while poor folks were buried on their own property or wherever they lived.It was only after the Protestant theology that spread after the Reformation that headstones became staples for almost everybody. Most churches have for the last few hundred years have had graveyards or cemeteries where church members are buried. This helps a great deal with genealogy research because most at least have the person’s name. date of birth and date of death.Throughout history different cultures have used sev-eral materials for headstones. During the Civil War peri-od, wooden headstones were used to mark the graves of those who died in battle. Eventually, marble became pop-ular, and my Smith grandparents’ tombstone at Center is a beautiful white marble one. However, marble became too expensive, and it was also very soft, so most stones to-day are made of granite, a far cry from the early fieldstone markers that someone carved by hand.In my work I have visited many cemeteries where my ancestors are buried, at least in the area, and it is impos-sible to stress the importance of how significant these are to genealogists. I’m sharing two extremes here, the old Dwiggins family cemetery on Boone Farm Road where they lived and the large monument of my 3rd great-grand-father at Sandy Creek Lutheran Cemetery in Davidson County. Footnote: I am so grateful for the efforts of all of those people who volunteered in the History Room at the Da-vie Library through the years. We have a great collection thanks to their efforts: Miss Flossie Martin, Jim Wall, Do-ris Frye, Nancy Murphy and all the others. They had a vi-sion of how sacred history is and turned that vision into a fabulous collection. The tombstone of writer Linda Barnette’s third great-grandfather in Sandy Creek. Continued From Page 2That was a heavy price to pay. As a result, our nation lost the benefit of these professionals' wisdom, talent, honesty, and service. I have told numerous friends and loved ones that I want to keep an open mind regarding political matters. Our lives depend on the decisions our leaders make. Who can best serve the needs of our communities, state, and country? I was frustrated in the last primary whenever I was unable to vote for county commissioners, school board members, and the sheriff. An election worker wisely suggested that if I became unaffiliated on my registration, I could vote for any party during the primaries. I did just that. Voting for one party in the primaries will not affect anyone’s ability to vote for any party in November. In NC, the last day to register unaffiliated for this year’s primary is this Friday, Feb. 9. Consider that if every unaf-filiated voter cast a ballot for Nikki Haley, the presidential candidate who has not caused chaos, nor been accused of any legal wrongdoing, and is refreshingly younger than Donald Trump (77) and Joe Biden (81), then a potential dictatorship in America could be diverted. Although Nikki Haley is being ruled out early on, she is the safer, saner choice for president. Future debates between candidates who are willing to debate, town halls, interviews, and more, can ultimate- ly aid Americans in making the right leadership choices locally, statewide, and nationally. This same GOP ballot also provides the opportunity to vote against a dangerous gubernatorial candidate who is known for his antisemitic comments. Republicans continue to be the only people in Davie County able to vote for county commissioners and school board members. These positions in government should be nonpartisan. Another suggestion is to vote early beginning Feb. 15 and before March 5. Poll watchers will not have the op-portunity to intimidate individuals. Also, directions for submitting absentee ballots can be found online. However, be aware of some changes.Sadly, domestically, our country is experiencing the most turbulent, hate-filled, troublesome times that I have seen in my lifetime. My prayer is for God’s wisdom to guide our country to become more loving, empathetic, kind, and caring. From America’s founders to the leaders of today and all the years in between, tremendous sacri-fices have been made to preserve our nation’s freedoms. May we never lose our freedoms due to the reckless ac-tions and untruths spoken by one very bitter, tyrannical individual.Glenda SmithMocksville Preserving ... To the editor:Recently, a quote from Henry Ford caught my eye: “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” For the record, I’m not 20. A minister friend of ours, who prefers things in print, calls herself a dinosaur and I’m older than she is.She’s not the only one who prefers reading from the printed page. Our generation learned to read seeing Dick, Jane and Spot run. Then, we bought our children lots and lots of Dr. Suess books including “Green Eggs and Ham” and “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” aiming to build a founda-tion to prepare them to thrive.Words. Meanwhile, we go to the library, have a large variety of printed material delivered by the postman, and wait for the daily paper in the driveway. Reading the weekly En-terprise Record means having access to hard news, human interest stories, editorials, letters with varying opinions, the creative Renegade writers, history, recipes and sports. I may even end up, like our respected Mrs. Magalene Gaith-er, clipping articles.On the other hand, “Sometimes unspoken words speak the loudest.” (Anonymous) For example, once I stood beside my Woman’s Col-lege dorm mate, first African-American female to gradu-ate from Chapel Hill, editor of The Journalist her senior year, LA Times and Winston-Salem Journal retiree, 2012 inductee into the N.Ca. Journalism Hall of Fame, word smith friend - Karen L. Parker - looking at the Jesse Clem-ent House. For a good while, she silently stared at it.I dared not interrupt. Maybe it was a Paul Simon’s “Sounds of Silence” mo-ment. Earlier that day, there had been a chance meeting with Sylvia Steele; both knew they had enslaved ancestors from the Clement Plantation. As they talked, they discov-ered the two of them had the name Melinda on their fam-ily trees. Standing on the soil again, once visited during a family reunion, was this something new for Karen to ponder? “Silence is not silent. It has lots of unspoken words.” (Anand Thaleur) Printed words. Spoken words. Unspoken words. We’re never too old to live and learn from words. Hoping to keep the mind young.Alice Garrett Brown, Mocksville In The Mail ... You’re never too old to stop learning Sign up for the Enterprise Record weekly newsletter “Services” at www.ourdavie.com 4 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 Ansley James, a first grader at Cor- natzer Elementary School, saw a need, created a hot cocoa fundraiser, and on a cold 25-degree day, raised $164. Her grandfather, Dale Craver, promised that for every dollar she earned, he would match it, so the to- tal was $328. She bought coats, gloves and hats to give to the less fortunate. Ansley said she has bigger plans for the spring. She is shown in the bottom left photo with her grandfather, Dale Craver, and parents, Amanda James and Seth James. *Annual Percentage Yield (APY) eective as of the publication date. 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Bound by a shared love for the genius and enduring quality of The Beach Boys, Sail On continues to enjoy the unique challenge and privilege of bringing one of pop music’s greatest legacies to audiences everywhere with “Fun, Fun, Fun”. Box Office: 336-751-3000 or online at: www.daviearts.org Davie County Arts Council’s Valentine’s Concert Performing all of the classic hits of the Legendary Beach Boys, Sail On will be live at the Brock on Saturday, February 10th—7:30 PM. The group faithfully re�creates the soundtrack to an Endless Summer completely live and in rich detail, providing an incredible experience for every audience member. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Sail On performs extensively across the U.S. at over 80 concerts a year! Bound by a shared love for the genius and enduring quality of The Beach Boys, Sail On continues to enjoy the unique challenge and privilege of bringing one of pop music’s greatest legacies to audiences everywhere with “Fun, Fun, Fun”. Box Office: 336-751-3000 or online at: www.daviearts.org Davie County Arts Council’s Valentine’s Concert Performing all of the classic hits of the Legendary Beach Boys, Sail On will be live at the Brock on Cocoa Power DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 - 5 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Postcard Final PDF.pdf 1 12/6/2023 7:26:13 PM Paid for by dustin smith for County Commissioner H H Dustin.smith4davie@yahoo.com H H Learn more at info.DavidsonDavie.edu THE FUTURE IS HERE. MORE PATHWAYS TO YOUR FUTURE. Finding the right career is a journey that rarely goes in a straight line. Even if you know exactly where you want to be, there are different ways to get there—and unique circumstances for everyone. Sometimes finding the right direction takes a few zigzags along the way, and even detours can lead to opportunity. Speaking with an Admissions Specialist at Davidson-Davie is a great first step to thinking through your career goals, dreams, and options. And don’t worry if you’re not sure. We have dozens of exciting career pathways that can lead to high-demand, high- income careers. Let’s talk about the right direction for you. Continued From Page 1plans are to achieve non-profit status and obtain ability to apply for grants. Follow Cooleemee Action Forum on Face-Book.Tangela Dalton has been busy obtaining non-profit status for a youth center. She plans to call it Prosperity Youth Center of Coolee-mee offering life lessons, a chance to meet new positive friends, movie nights, dancing nights The Davie Communi-ty Foundation welcomed three new members to the board in January. Elizabeth Seymour, Tammy Fleming, and Kerry Tatum will serve 3-year terms.The 2024 Executive Board will be led by Chair Brian Nicola, Vice Chair Mike Morton, Secretary Davin Brown, and Treasur-er Phil Fuller. “Every year we seem to add fantastic new board members,” said Jane Simp-son, president and CEO. “They bring a variety of knowledge, new energy, and great ideas to the con-versations. I look forward to working with them in the new year.”Jennifer Hanes, Krysta Scott and Greg Matthews left the board in December. Hanes served a two-year term, serving as president for her last two years. “We will miss her leadership,” Simpson said. “Krysta and Greg provided valuable insights during their terms and will be missed. We plan to keep them all close in the years ahead.”Seymour retired from Wells Fargo Bank, where most of her career was in wealth management. She is a CPA-retired and also earned the Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA) designation. She is a past president of the Win-ston-Salem Estate Planning Council. She enjoys playing pick-leball and traveling. She and her husband, Al, live in Advance and are members of River Oaks Community Church in Clemmons.Fleming is a native of Davie County and has been a practicing attor-ney here since 1986. She graduated from Peace Col-lege, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Campbell University School of Law, and is a partner in the Mocksville law firm of Fleming & Wil-liams, LLP. She is married to Al-ton Fleming and has two sons, Alex and his wife, Catherine, and Ben. She has played tennis for many years and participates in lo-cal leagues. She is usually on the tennis court when not working.Tatum is a US Navy vet-eran, and a lifelong resident of Davie County. He re-ceived an associate degree in electronic engineering 3 join Davie Community Foundation board Members of the 2024 Davie Community Foundation Board of Directors. Seymour Fleming Tatum technology from Forsyth Tech. He works for Duke Energy as a Transmission C&M Supervisor and based out of Greensboro. Tatum and his wife of 30 years, Tamela, reside in Advance with their two children, Keri and Justus. He is an active member of New Jerusalem Apostol-ic Church where he serves in a range of capacities, in-cluding Deacon. In the past he has served on the board of Habit for Humanity of Davie and as a Big Brother, with Big Brothers/Big Sis-ters of Forsyth. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, spending time with family, and watching Formula 1 racing. At left, Cooleemee plawkers Keziiah Martin, Joey Shore, Tangela Dalton, Lela Ijames and Josh Ijames enjoy a Sun- day afternoon. At right, Tan- gela and Keziiah put the trash where it belongs. - Photos by KC Smith Plawking ... and workshops. She has a building in mind but that hasn’t come into fruition.Plawking is a fun way to meet people, get some exercise and show some love for your town. You can still be a plawker all by yourself, just pick up trash while you walk and don’t forget to take a trash bag.Feel free to contact Smith at www.cooleemee-news@gmailcom or call 336.250.1133. I would love to hear from you. (336) 751-2304 MILLEREQUIPMENTRENTAL WINTER IS HERE! Bobcat, aerator, core plugger & more for rent today!ForAll YourRental Needs 6 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024Public Records ArrestsThe following were ar-rested by the Davie County Sheriff’s Office.Feb. 3: De Shun Gro-maine Jones, 51, of Mar-coni St., Mocksville, dis-closure of private adult images; Rodney Lane Phil-lips, 54, of Lexington, driv-ing while license revoked, operating vehicle with ficti-tious registration/tag. Feb. 2: Johnny Lee Cass, 56, of Fairfield Road, Mocksville, possession of firearm by a felon; Cresen-cio Castellanos Cruz, 46, of Crepe Myrtle Lane, Mocks-ville, assault on a female; Nathan Leigh Hodges, 38, of Brier Creek Road, Ad-vance, breaking and enter-ing, larceny from vehicle; Andreu Aemisegger, 32, of Statesville, larceny; Susan Umphlette, 54, of Acres Lane, Mocksville, larceny. Feb. 1: Aaron Joseph Aragon, 47, of US 64 W., Mocksville, larceny of mo-tor fuel. Jan. 31: Jason Badley Blevins, 43, of Hickory, possession of drug para-phernalia, resisting an of-ficer, simple possession Schedule III controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine. Jan. 30: David Gomez Argueta, 35, of Riverside Drive, Cooleemee, domes-tic violence protective or-der violation; Drew Doug-las Craver, 51, of Shady Lane, Advance, probation violation; Brittan Shane Knight, 32, of US 64 E., Mocksville, breaking and entering; Brittian Knight, 32, of Mocksville, breaking and entering. Jan. 29: Patricia Ruth Branson, 31, of Milling Road, Mocksville, failure to appear in court; Samu-el Dean James, 51, of Oak Tree Drive, Mocksville, failure to appear in court; Dylan Addison Kennedy, 29, of Clemmons, posses-sion of stolen goods, larce-ny, habitual larceny, failure to appear in court; Kenneth Michael Long, 44, of Ru-ral Hall, 6 counts failure to appear in court; Sterling Ray Mabe, 31, of Deer Run Drive, Mocksville, pos-session of marijuana para-phernalia, communicating threats, resisting an officer; Phillip Craig Robertson, 47, of Yadkinville, larceny; Daniel Richard Turner, 23, of S. Salisbury St., Mocks-ville, obtaining property by false pretense, trespassing; David Argueta, 35, of Riv-erside Drive, Cooleemee, domestic violence preven-tion order violation. Jan. 28: Jerry Wayne Cope Jr., 51, of US 601 S., Mocksville, assault on a female; Steven Paul Potts, 34, of Watt St., Coolee-mee, fictitious registration/tag, driving while license revoked; Katelyn Reanna Ridings, 25, of Gwyn St., Mocksville, possession of drug paraphernalia.Sheriff’s OfficeThe following are from Davie County Sheriff’s Of-fice reports.Feb. 3: suspicious activ-ity, Cemetery St., Mocks-ville; domestic disturbance, Channel Lane, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Myers Road, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; domestic disturbance, Morse St., Mocksville; burglary, Cor-ries Lane, Mocksville; sus- picious activity, Whitney Road, Mocksville; sus-picious activity, US 158, Bermuda Run; damage to property, Bing Crosby Blvd., Bermuda Run; ha-rassment, Parkway Court, Mocksville; harassment, Draughn Lane, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Green St., Mocksville; larceny, US 601 S., Mocksville; suspicious activity, South-wood Drive, Mocksville; domestic disturbance, Yad-kinville Road, Mocksville; suspicious activity, US 601 N., Mocksville; larceny, Salisbury Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Greenhill Road, Mocks-ville; domestic disturbance, Jim Frye Road, Advance; domestic disturbance, Yad-kinville Road, Mocksville.Feb. 2: suspicious activity, Boyce Drive, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Oak St., Mocks-ville; suspicioius activity, Oakland Ave., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Landis Court, Mocksville; harass-ment, US 64 E., Mocks-ville; disturbance, Salis-bury Road, Mocksville; larceny, Roxbury Court, Avance; indecency, San-ford Ave., Mocksville; trespassing, Crepe Myrtle Lane, Mocksville; larce-ny, Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; fraud, Maple Knoll Drive, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Cor-natzer Road, Advance; lar-ceny, US 158/Sain Road, Mocksville; trespassing, S. Clement St., Mcoksville; disturbance, War Eagle Drive, Mocksville; harass-ment, War Eagle Drive, Mocksville; fraud, Govern-ment Center Drive, Mocks-ville; disturbing the peace, Milling Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Bear Creek Church Road, Mocksville.Feb. 1: noise complaint, Hobson Drive, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Gladstone/Creason roads, Mocksville; disturbance, Jim Frye Road, Advance; missing person, Richie Road, Mocksville; domes-tic disturbance, Woodlands Court, Advance; assault, S. Davie Drive, Mocks-ville; harassment, Rose-wood Lane, Mocksville; disturbance, Will Boone Road, Mocksville; bur-glary, Daniel Road, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, I-40MM173, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Wilkes-boro St., Mocksville; sus-picious activity, Hillcrest Drive, Advance; harass-ment, US 158, Bermuda Run; suspicious activity, Angell Knoll Ave., Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, US 64 E., Advance.Jan. 31: suspicious activity, Milling/Bethel Church roads, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Kings-mill Drive, Advance; suspi-cioius activity, Neely Road, Mocksville; harassment, US 158, Bermuda Run; sus-picious activity, I-40MM 180, Bermuda Run; harass-ment, Allen Farm Lane, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Hodsons MHP Road, Advance; suspicious activity, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; trespassing, SM Whitt Drive, Mocks-ville; buglary, US 601 S., Mocksville; disturbance, NC 801 S., Bermuda Run; trespassing, Midway Drive, Statesville; suspicious ac- tivity, S. Main St., Mocks-ville; damage to property, Government Center Drive, Mocksville; harassment, Swicegood St., Mocksville; fraud, Spyglass Drive, Ber-muda Run.Jan. 30: harassment, Berry Lane, Mocksville; custody issue, US 64 E., Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, North Forke Drive, Bermuda Run; suspicious activity, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; larceny, Coo-per Creek Drive, Mocks-ville; larceny, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; tres-passing, Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, US 158, Ber-muda Run; fraud, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; fraud, Old Towne Drive, Bermu-da Run; larceny, US 64 E., Mocksville; suspicious activity, S. Salisbury St., Mocksville; fraud, Casa Bella Drive, Advance; sus-picious activity, Cana Road, Mocksville; suspicious activity, US 158, Mocks-ville; fraud, Joe Road, Mocksville; fraud, US 158, Advance; larceny, S. Salis-bury St., Mocksville; lar-ceny, County Home Road, Mocksville; harassment, S. Davie Drive, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, NC 801 S./Hillcrest Drive, Advance; suspicious activi-ty, NC 801 N., Mocksville; fraud, Keswick Drive, Ad-vance.Jan. 29: domestic dis-turbance, Spillman Road, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, S. Salisbury St., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Yadkinville Road, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Spillman Road, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Singleton Road, Mocksville; domestic dis-turbance, Daniel Road, Mocksville; fraud, W. Kinderton Way, Bermu-da Run; harassment, US 158, Advance; suspicious activity, I-40MM170, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, US 601 N./Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; suspicious activity, US 158, Bermuda Run; larce-ny, Howardtown Circle, Mocksville; suspicious activity, Cooper Creek Drive, Mocksville; miss-ing person, Farmington Road, Mocksville; suspi-cious activity, S. Main St., Mocksville; suspicious activity, Sheffield Road, Harmony; suspicious ac-tivity, Sheffield/Turkeyfoot roads, Mocksville; distur-bance, Martin Luther King Jr. Road, Mocksville; do-mestic disturbance, Watt St., Cooleemee; suspicious activity, US 158, Bermuda Run; sex offense, Farm-ington Road, Mocksville; suspicioius activity, North Forke Drive, Bermuda Run; suspicious activity, Blaise Church Road, Mocksville.Jan. 28: disturbance, Deer Run Drive, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Cummings Lane, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; suspicious activity, US 601 S., Mocksville; trespass-ing, Fred Lanier Road, Mocksville; disturbance, Oak St., Mocksville; bur-glary, LaQuinta Drive, Ad-vance; suspicious activity, Tennyson Lane, Mocks-ville; suspicious activity, Country Lane, Mocksville; disturbance, NC 801 N., Bermuda Run; domestic disturbance, Cabana Lane, Mocksville; suspicious ac-tivity, Cable Lane, Mocks-ville; trespassing, Daniel Boone Trail, Mocksville. SHOP LOCAL AUCTION SALESATURDAY, February 10th • 10 AM Ford 560 Backhoe, 165 Massey Ferguson Tractor, 2-SeaDoo Jet Skis, 6 & 5 ft. Bush Hogs, Farm Equipment, Tools, Collectibles, Trailer 3207 Baity Rd, Yadkinville, NC 27055 1 Mile South of Courtney School, Off Courtney-Huntsville Rd. See auctionzip.com for photos & listing Auction ID 4873 AUCTION SALESATURDAY, Feb. 17th • 10 AM In Red Barn Bldg. Silver Dollars, Case XX & Other Knives, Tools, Furniture, Glasswares, Collectibles, Advertising Items 5220 US Hwy. 21, Jonesville, NC 28624 Sale @ Red Barn Discount, 1.5 miles South of Exit 79 Off I-77 See auctionzip.com for photos & listing Auction ID 4873 Ford 560 Backhoe (Runs & Works) 2 - Bush Hogs 6 ft. & 5 ft. 2 Bale Spears, 3 Pt. Rear Lift Old Antique Drill Press, Hand Tools Sewing Machine for Leather Tobacco Baskets, Old Antique Anvil R13 & R15 Insulation Rolls Coke-Cola Bucket w/Bottles Log Chains, Saws, Hand Tools Massey Ferguson 165 Diesel 2 - Sea Doo Jet Skis, w/Trailer Ford 3000 Tractor for Parts Winco PTO Generator for Poultry Meat Processor/Tenderizer 2 - Craftsman Stack Tool Boxes Antique Commercial Wood Planer 3 pt. Cultivator, Other Implements Steel Traps, Many Other Items DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 - 7 ACROSS 1. “Go, team, go!” 4. Small earrings 9. (K) Volcanic output 12. Squeeze (out) 13. Communion plate 14. (K) Up-to-date antelope? 15. Scatter 17. (K) Decay 18. (K) Vegetable to cry over? 19. (K) Donkey sounds 21. (K) Number of sides on a dime 22. Farm unit 23. Health resort 25. (K) Arial or Comic Sans 27. (K) Tour de France, for example 31. (K) “___ Panda” (animated movie) (2 words) 33. (K) Like an exit ramp (2 words) 35. “... ___ the wild blue yonder” 36. “Comin’ ___’ the Rye” 38. (K) “How ___ you doing that?” 39. Part of the seeing organ 41. (K) “A ___ Called Christmas” (Netflix animated movie) 43. Ministers 46. Lawful, informally 49. (K) Less than 21-Across 50. Outlaw 52. JFK guess 53. Curly-leafed veggies 54. (K) What did your cow just say? 55. ’Twas right now? 56. (K) “These ___ the same socks I wore yesterday!” 57. Large deer DOWN 1. (K) Make over, from the start 2. Alike 3. Lacking decisiveness 4. (K) “Rubble & Crew,” to “PAW Patrol” 5. (K) Hit lightly 6. (K) Salt Lake City resident 7. Word after “lie” or “metal” 8. Villain’s expression 9. Taj Mahal city 10. (K) Wintry downfall 11. Grass-and-mud shacks 16. (K) Piglet’s mom 20. (K) “Present” 23. Kind of lift, pole or jump 24. Like many crossword clues ending in “?” 26. (K) Part of the hearing organ you can see (2 words) 28. Reason for a sports team to take the bus (2 words) 29. (K) Sedan 30. (K) Ball in a skull 32. Joint problem 34. Most honorable 37. Big inconvenience 40. Russian spirit 42. “Above,” in the U.S. anthem 43. (K) Shel Silverstein or A.A. Milne 44. Pro’s opposite 45. (K) Arabian and Caspian 47. (K) “American ___” (TV show) 48. (K) Confiscated 51. (K) Writing instrument 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? “I’m on a roll!” Look for the answer in next week’s paper. Created by Timothy E. Parker February 12, 2024 The (K) Clues Are for Kids Flipped under? 32-A) OVER Previous riddle answer: On Feb. 1 around 1:10 a.m., a Davie County Sher-iff’s Office Patrol Deputy observed a suspicious vehi-cle in the parking lot of Riv-ertrail Mercantile on US 64 East in Fork.The deputy observed the operator of the vehicle, Aaron Aragon of US 64 W., Mocksville, bent down be-side the vehicle, siphoning gas from an underground storage tank by the gas pumps.Aragon had also con-cealed the license plate on his vehicle and had sever-al gas cans sitting on the ground and inside the back of his vehicle. Further investigation by the deputy proved that Aragon had broken into the underground storage tank to siphon a large quantity of gas from the business, reported Davie Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Brian JacobsAragon was charged with larceny of fuel. Ara-gon was taken into custody without privilege of bond and has a Feb. 15 court date.Aaron Aragon Man charged with siphoning gas Continued From Page 1our kids for college and the job market with skills that are well-aligned to what our local businesses need now and in the future,” said Jeff Wallace, Davie Coun-ty Schools Superintendent. “Our partnerships with area businesses in Davie play a crucial role in fostering the growth of students and pro-vide them with skills that are easily transferable to many career paths. The col-laboration enriches the edu-cational experience, but also offers invaluable real-world preparation, ensuring our students are well-equipped for success to secure excel-lent paying jobs available in Davie County and through-out North Carolina.”“Through the Communi-ty-Based Grants Initiative, Golden LEAF works direct-ly in one Prosperity Zone annually to identify projects with the greatest potential to have a significant impact,” said Golden LEAF Presi-dent, Chief Executive Offi-cer Scott T. Hamilton. “This competitive process focuses on projects that invest in the building blocks of econom-ic growth with the ultimate goal of moving the econom-ic needle in a community.”“Area companies lack sufficient skilled employ-ees in automation, skilled maintenance, electrical and mechanical engineering, and machining that these courses can address,” ac-cording to a news release from Golden Leaf.“Today, the Golden LEAF board awarded proj-ects that represent all pri-orities of the foundation: job creation and economic investment, workforce pre- Regular Hours: M-F 8:30-8 • Sat 8:30-1 • Sun 1:30-5 495 Valley Road • Mocksville • 336-751-2141 www.fosterdrug.com PARTICIPATING PROVIDER Pay at Foster Drug Cash – eCheck – Debit No Payment Fees! 1/2 LITER CHEERWINE PRODUCTS (Includes regular & diet varieties of: Cheerwine, Sun Drop, Sunkist, RC Cola, 7UP, Canada Dry, and Diet Rite) $14/case Limit 8 Cases Grant ... paredness, and agriculture,” said Golden LEAF Board Chair Ralph Strayhorn. “These projects will support the long-term economic advancement of rural, to-bacco-dependent, and eco-nomically distressed com-munities.” Millions of Americans take the supplement known as CoQ10. It’s the coenzyme that supercharges the “energy factories” in your cells known as mitochondria. But there’s a serious flaw that’s leaving millions unsatisfied. As you age, your mitochondria break down and fail to produce energy. In a revealing study, a team of researchers showed that 95 percent of the mitochondria in a 90-year-old man were damaged, compared to almost no damage in the mitochondria of a 5-year-old. Taking CoQ10 alone is not enough to solve this problem. Because as powerful as CoQ10 is, there’s one critical thing it fails to do: it can’t create new mitochondria to replace the ones you lost. And that’s bad news for Americans all over the country. The loss of cellular energy is a problem for the memory concerns people face as they get older. “We had no way of replacing lost mitochondria until a recent discovery changed everything,” says Dr. Al Sears, founder and medical director of the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine in Palm Beach, Florida. “Researchers discovered the only nutrient known to modern science that has the power to trigger the growth of new mitochondria.” Why Taking CoQ10 is Not Enough Dr. Sears explains, “This new discovery is so powerful, it can multiply your mitochondria by 55 percent in just a few weeks. That’s the equivalent of restoring decades of lost brain power.” This exciting nutrient — called PQQ (pyrroloquinoline quinone) — is the driving force behind a revolution in aging. When paired with CoQ10, this dynamic duo has the power to reverse the age-related memory losses you may have thought were beyond your control. 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PAID ADVERTISEMENT MEMORY-BUILDING SENSATION: Top doctors are now recommending new Ultra Accel II because it restores decades of lost brain power without a doctor’s visit. 8 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 The Candidate Name W.G “Dub” Potts Age 74 Address Homer Potts Rd. Mocksville Family Wife, Diana Potts; daughter Brooke (Brad) Preslar; son, David (Beth) Potts, four grandchildren, Hudson Potts, Caroline Preslar, Olivia Potts, Emmy Preslar Education Appalachian State University EdS in Education Leadership; NCA&T Masters in School Administra- tion; NCA& Masters in Health; Appalachian State University, Bachelors In Health and Physical Educa- tion with teachers certification; Davie County High School, diploma Occupation Retired School Administrator- Superintendent, Davie County Schools In the Community • Active member Hillsdale Baptist Church (teacher, elder, serve on committees); • Gideon • Davie County Aging Service Board • NC State Employees Credit Union Board of Direc- tors), • Former Board member and Chair of Smart Start of Davie County • Former Board member of United Way • Formerly elected to Davie County Soil and Water Conservation Board • Served nine years in the NC National Guard • Daily volunteer at Cornatzer Elementary School Why did you decide to seek public office?Potts: I want to give back to a community that has given so very much to me, as I was fortunate to spend 25 years in Davie County Schools as a school administrator. I have tru-ly enjoyed being a part of the Board of Education the past eight years, currently serving as Chair. We are fortunate to be recognized as one of the best public school system in North Carolina. Public school education has been a priority with me since I first entered the education career 40 years ago. I experienced integra-tion, student accountabil-ity, changes in principal leadership, improvement in teacher education pro-grams, Covid closings, vir-tual school instruction, and a wide range of other pro-gram impacts. I want to be sure we continue to stay at the top in our opportunities for all students and staff. I want to be a part of a system that is working to offer every child a sound basic educa-tion while we continue to offer broader opportuni-ties on how we deliver the product of education.What do you think are the biggest challenges fac-ing the school system, and how do you intend to ad-dress those challenges?Potts: Public schools are a reflection of our society. To say there is a number one issue to deal with over the next four years is dif-ficult. That said, there are four areas I feel we will deal with over the next four years that will be crit-ical in the success of DCS: teacher shortages, Artifi-cial Intelligence, retaining teachers with 26+ years of experience, and replace-ment of the loss of Federal funds (commonly known as ESSER) which sunset Sep-tember 30, 2024. a. Teacher shortage is a national problem. Shortag-es began in the mid-nine-ties in specific instructional Potts: Lifetime of education experience Republican Davie Board of Education Candidates: You may vote for 4 The CandidateName Michael HunterAge 47Address Magnolia Ave., Mocksville Family Wife, Lindsey Hunter; Children, Bryson Hunter, Braxton Hunter, Harper Hunter, Riley White, Logan White, & Cooper WhiteEducation Davie County High School,1995; NC State.1999, Landscaping & Horticulture degreeOccupation President, Hunter Landscapes Inc.In The Community • Member, Farmington Baptist Church • Past Master Advance Masonic Lodge • Assistant wrestling coach, South Davie Middle School • Weekly volunteer with wife with the backpack pro- gram at local elementary school Why did you decide to seek public office?Hunter: I feel enormous pride in the fact that I grew up in Davie County, went to Davie County Schools, settled my family here & started my own busi-ness, Hunter Landscapes Inc. I've been exposed to & known some amazing people in Davie County. Hearing my grandfather & dad talk about the way things were, the way things changed, & their concerns about the future... specif-ically our schools. I'm a strong Christian with a deep-seeded faith in Jesus coupled with rich conser-vatism. With my history & current day issues, I felt a strong desire to preserve & enhance our school system in order to prepare our kids for an honest & successful future. What do you think are the biggest challenges fac-ing the school system, and how do you intend to ad-dress those challenges?Hunter: The biggest challenges our schools face is the lack of school resources. Other than tech-nology, teachers & staff must often purchase their own math manipulatives, books for classroom use, office & school supplies. Our staff should not have to drain their bank accounts in order to effectively teach our kids. We can't attract or retain teachers if their in- Hunter: Reward teachers for success come is depleted in order to do their job effectively. I also feel that an increase in support staff is necessary to benefit individualized learning especially in lower grades. Should the school system increase incentives to re-cruit and retain teachers? Hunter: Teachers have always & will always have an integral role in all our lives. It doesn't mat-ter what career you're in, you wouldn't be there if a teacher didn't give you the necessary knowledge & skills. Exceptional teach-ers should be rewarded for their success. Other IssuesHunter: The board has a crucial role in the education of the children in this coun-ty, the board is supposed to represent the views of the people it serves. I'm a small business owner, so I understand the importance of strategic planning, budgeting, how to listen to a point of view that differs from my own, & how to navigate a myr-iad of sensitive personal issues. I have a practical, common sense approach to leadership & would like to put that skill set to use serv-ing the children & people of Davie County. If elected I will commit to listening to concerns & ensuring the school system performs its civic & legal responsibili-ties to educate our children. areas such as science, math, and special education, but now it is a concern across all instructional areas. Da-vie County cannot solve this problem alone but there are things we can do. We need the State to fund teacher’s salaries to be competitive with other similar professions. In Da-vie County we could attract more beginning teachers if we have some type of housing incentive which I will address in the next question. b. Artificial Intelligence has the potential to overrun our lives. I would like to see more classes at middle/high school level that fo-cuses on helping students realize the power of AI and its effect on the world. c. There seems to be a growing concern that teachers who have 26+ years of experience move to NC school districts that offer much greater supple-ments. This is done by a teacher who is considering retirement after 30 years and realizes their lifetime retirement will be based on the four highest years of funding. Davie County could eliminate this con-cern with a financial sup-plement beginning in year 26 that is comparable to our neighboring counties. Since the teaching envi-ronment is so much better here than many neighbor-ing counties, I believe our most experienced teachers would choose to finish their career here and enjoy their final years of teaching. d. Like all public schools in NC, we have received ESSER funds the past three years. ESSER Funds were designed to help public organizations with Covid recovery. These funds were used to hire several sup-port staff in our system. With these funds removed, we stand in danger of los-ing several positions that directly support student learning. We must never forget the broader issues of safe-ty and protection of our most valuable resource, our children. We are blessed in Davie County but we must never take this for granted and keep school safety in every decision. This is not election year conversation. As a Board member I will continue to support funding for staff and student safety needs. We have developed safety protocol (example locked doors, buzz-in sys-tems, visitor sign in and out procedures, Covid-19 procedures, etc. etc.) for all of us to follow. Although sometimes inconvenienced, when it comes to student protection it is expected by all to meet the procedural requirements.Should the school system increase incentives to re-cruit and retain teachers?Potts: Absolutely and all experience brackets are effected. For beginning teachers affordable housing for those fresh out of col-lege is not available. Even though we are experiencing gains in new apartments opening and new hous-es are being constructed, those fresh out of college cannot afford the offerings that are available. I would like to see a public-private partnership offering rental housing to teachers with-in their first four years of teaching. The second age group most in need of incentives are those in the child bear-ing ages. Adequate and af-fordable child care spaces are simply not available. The facilities we have are wonderful and many are working hard to be a 5 Star facility but there is not enough affordable facilities available to the young par-ents. As a Board member, I would love to have the opportunity to be a part of developing and expanding an affordable Five-Star, quality child care center for preschool children. The third group needing additional incentives are those with 26+ years of ex-perience. We need to work with local officials to in-crease salary supplements for those who are in their last four years of teaching. Why? Because your NC retirement is based on the average of your four high-est years of salary and un-der the current structure, that typically means your final four years. I would like to see our supplements be competitive with our neighboring county which used this as a recruiting tool to get our most experienced teachers. Other IssuesPotts: My wife, Diana, has faithfully supported me as a public servant since I entered the teaching pro-fession. Together we have raised two children who attended Davie County Schools and were able to receive a top quality edu-cation that allowed them to be successful at ASU and NCSU and in their chosen professions as a teacher and engineer. I am hon-ored to get the opportunity to continue to be a part of public schools which has had my devotion for my entire adult life. I have been fortunate to have ex-perienced many roles in the public education sector. I was a classroom teach-er and high school coach for twelve years prior to going into school adminis-tration. After returning to the area where I grew up, Davie County, I served in many positions which have given me a full glimpse of the Davie County Schools’ system. Among the school based positions in Davie County Schools are assis-tant principal, principal of William R. Davie, North Davie and Davie County High School. In the DCS central ad-ministration I served in many capacities from Di-rector through the Super-intendent. After retirement, I worked in other school systems on a part time, in-terim, or consultant basis. I have stayed abreast of the issues in public education. I enjoy volunteering at Cor-natzer Elementary School on a daily basis opening car doors for the children. Currently, I am honored to serve Davie County as Chair of the Board of Edu-cation.Throughout my adult life, I have always active-ly served in a local church. Since 2001, my wife and I have been active at Hills-dale Baptist Church where I have served as a teacher, elder, and on various com-mittees. I have been an active Gideon since 2001 holding various leadership positions.Among the non-school positions I serve are the Board of the Davie Aging Planning Services and the Board of Directors of the State Employees Credit Union. I have served on the Smart Start of Davie Coun-ty Board of Directors, Unit-ed Way Board, Davie Soil and Water Conservation Board, and the North Car-olina School Board Asso-ciation Board of Directors. We have operated a family farm since 2011 so I feel the economic influence that Covid had on a small busi-ness. As a former Mocks-ville Rotarian, I have seen how Davie County leaders volunteer their time and re-sources to the betterment of public schools. Our schools and central office staffs are very service oriented. I will be honored to work with staff, service organizations, parents and students to make sure ev-ery child has a safe, caring, properly equipped place to learn. Our kids are our fu-ture. Each graduation class will produce some CEO’s, lawyers, doctors, teachers, technicians, and hundreds of other positions that ha-ven’t been created yet. I want to be a small part to-ward helping prepare them with a solid foundation to contribute to the best nation in the world. This genera- tion is as deserving of the opportunities provided by a solid public education as I received. As a Board of Educa-tion member, I will work with leaders, both in the private sector and elected governmental officials, to find ways to keep teachers in the classroom. We are fortunate in Davie County because one consistent goal among our current Board is “let’s do what‘s right for children”, even with a lim-ited supply of funds. We must continue to build on the recent growth in posi-tive working relationships between the Davie Coun-ty Commissioners and the Davie County Board of Ed-ucation. As a candidate on the Republican Party ticket, I need and appreciate all citizens’ votes. I encourage each of you to know your candidate and know which Board of Education candi-dates might be an appro-priate role model for your child, your grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc. The elected Board members will be establishing local policy and direction for the next four years. Your vote will help me to fill that role. 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 The Enterprise Record is providing these profiles about the six Republican candidates for four seats on the Davie County Board of Education.While the four winners of the March 5 primary won’t officially be elected until after the November vote, be-cause no other party candidates filed, the March winners will likely become the new board members.Next week, the Enterprise Record will publish profiles of the Republican candidates for the Davie County Board of Commissioners. Primary winners likely to take office DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 - 9 Why did you decide to seek public office?Jones: I have always had a passion for helping kids and working with them in different ways. Since tak-ing an early retirement from the Davie County Sheriffs Office this past summer, I have left my schedule open for the Lord to show me how he wants to use me. I am at the stage of my life where I am trying to give back to the community and serve people (especially kids) even more than I have in the past. The Board of Education is a way of serv-ing both and I am hopeful I can get elected and use the experience that I have in the schools to bring another perspective to the Board. I believe Davie County is one of the best places you can live and raise a family in North Carolina. The edu-cation system is a big part of that and I want to contin-ue to keep moving forward with preparing our kids in Davie for either a four year college, Community Col-lege or having them pre-pared to enter straight into the work force out of high school. What do you think are the biggest challenges fac-ing the school system, and how do you intend to ad-dress those challenges?Jones: 1) One of the school system’s biggest challenges is retaining our teachers and not losing them to surrounding coun-ties. We lose a lot of teach-ers every year because they move to other school sys-tems for better pay. I have watched every summer as our administrators strug-gle to get all the positions filled before the start of the new school year, replacing teachers who decided to leave for more money in another district. I would want to sit down with current board mem-bers and the superintendent to try to find a way of be-ing more competitive with other counties by increas-ing local supplements. This would help prevent our teachers from leaving Davie and moving to sur-rounding counties to teach. I would also still try to speak with our Congress woman, Virginia Foxx, to continue to try and get more money at the State level. This would not close the gap on the surround-ing counties, (that would have to be done on the local level) but it would continue to get our NC teachers the base pay increase they de-serve. 1) With school shootings still happening in our country, school safety and making sure all of our kids and staff are safe in the county is a priority to me. Our superintendent and Sheriff Hartman have a strong relationship and the safety of the staff and stu-dents are important to both. As I stated above, I am re-cently retired from the Da-vie County Sheriffs Office and as the Lieutenant over all the SRO’S in the county, was responsible for keeping our schools safe. I sat in on monthly meetings with the Superintendent and Sheriff Hartman about school safe-ty and the importance of the schools and Sheriffs office working together. I would want to continue to make safety of our students and staff priority number one. I would want to continue to work with the Sheriffs of-fice and try to make sure we keep our training up to date with the schools and imple-ment any new training that comes available.Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change the way a lot of jobs are done in the future as well as make a lot of jobs disappear. AI is changing things faster than we can keep up in the workforce. I feel we need to get ahead of it to make sure we are training kids for the right kind of jobs and to ensure those jobs will be there. I also want to make sure that we are able to teach kids about new jobs that are created by AI in the work place. Jobs that re-quire AI or machine learn-ing skills are expected to expand by 71% in the next 5 years. I would like to talk to our CTE teachers to get their thoughts on what they see happening in the next 5 years and how we can work together to keep up with technology. Should the school system increase incentives to re-cruit and retain teachers?Jones: Yes! The school system should increase incentives to recruit and retain teachers. In my opin-ion, this is one of the big-gest challenges facing the school system. Davie County Schools are some of the best in the state of North Carolina. The reason why is because of the teachers and staff. As parents, our kids are the most important things in our lives. They are the rea-son we get up in the morn-ing and do everything we do. How do we make sure they get the quality educa-tion that they deserve? We must provide and retain the best and most qualified teachers. North Carolina ranks 34th in average teacher pay across the United States and 46th at beginning teacher pay. There was a wage increase passed last budget which will go into effect in 2024 and 2025 and will help move NC teachers up in that ranking, but not much. Another important fact to look at with the wage increase for 2024 and 2025 is the range of percentages. The pay range increase was from 3.6% to 10.81%. The wage increase for teachers with over fifteen years ex-perience is on the low side (a 3.6% increase) When teachers retire, the state takes the last four years of their income to calculate what they receive after re-tirement. With this current layout, our experienced teachers have a lot of in-centive to leave and go to another county at the end of their career to maximize their retirement.We are losing teachers to other professions be-cause of the overall teacher pay. At the state level, we can continue to try to raise the teacher pay and keep our teachers from moving to another profession. But I feel like the bigger prob-lem for Davie is keeping our teachers from leaving our school system for an-other surrounding county for more pay. Other IssuesJones: I moved to Da-vie County 25 years ago to raise my kids in a rural setting after growing up in Winston-Salem. It was the best move I ever made in my life. These are some things I do now working with youth in the county:• I have helped Rob Raisbeck coach the Davie High cross country team for 8 years. • I have been my wife’s (Susan Jones) assistant coach for the William El-lis Middle School girls basketball team the last three years. My wife is a 20-year veteran teacher for the county who currently teaches PE at Ellis.• I also am a Young Life leader where I get to work with high school kids. I get to spend time with them in a fun setting but also get to talk about Jesus and how important it is to have Him in our lives. Experience in business that would be helpful:I have three small businesses in the county (Advance Country Store (20yrs), Advance Storage Units (2yrs) and Triple P Real Estate Investments) (23yrs) and have an under-standing of numbers that could be helpful in budget planning. My platform is the 3 things I listed in the prob-lems we need to address. 1) Retain teachers by in-crease supplements;2)Safety of students and staff; and3) Keeping up with Technology.My background being in the schools:• I recently retired from the Sheriffs Office as Lieu-tenant over the SRO’S and all the schools. • I was stationed at Da-vie high school for 14 years but did work with different administrators in all the schools on some level. • My responsibility was making sure the schools were safe and all personnel understood lock down pro-cedures. • Making sure we had a good lockdown plan cre-ated in case of any violence or emergency happening at the high school. • I would work with my other SRO stationed at the school, office staff and ad-ministrators to make sure we were all on the same page. Everyone worked very well together as a team to make sure we would be prepared. • I also reviewed and modified evacuation policies if needed of the schools. The best part of my job was building relationships with all the kids at the school but especially the ones that got in trouble. I would try to mentor them and help them through the process if they were charged.I worked with all the staff at the high school at different levels: • Administrators closely every day dealing with stu-dents and parents,• Athletic director for se-curity for all the games• Guidance counselors for students in crisis that needed to make a report or mental health issues• Social workers for families in need or drive them to do welfare checks on students at their home• Office staff (We would go over lockdown proce-dures and I would assist with upset parents) • Custodians for differ-ent reasons depending on the day • Bus drivers for inci-dents that happened on the buses that required LEO as-sistance. • Cafeteria workers for problems that would re-quire our assistance. • Teachers (Some teach-ers would ask me to speak to their classes).Getting to know every-one throughout the school system helped me under-stand a lot of different things from many perspec-tives and not just my own. One class that I did for Health & PE teachers for 12 years was a drug class for all incoming freshman. Though this Health class, I was able to teach for an entire class period on the drugs found in the coun-ty and the drugs the kids may see while in the high school. Here I would share scenarios and the students would ask questions. These classes were a great way to make me approachable and also inform the kids of the dangers of the drugs that are out there. It also started a lot of positive conversations with the kids and led to a num-ber of great relationships with some of the students over the years. My hope is the experi-ence I have had working in the schools will help me be a positive addition to the existing board. If you vote for me, the one thing I can promise is I will always do what I think is best for our kids here in Davie County. Republican Davie Board of Education Candidates: You may vote for 4 The Candidate Name Jeff Jones Age 53 Address Knight Lane, Advance Family Susan Jones, wife; Children, Peyton Jones, Patterson Jones, PresleyJones, Anne Marie Jones, David Jones Education Basic Law Enforcement Training, Forsyth Tech; Salem Christian (high school) School Occupation Early retired, Davie Sheriff’s Office, lieutenant over all school resource officers; Advance Country Store, 20 years; Advance Storage Units, two years; Triple P. Real Estate Investments In the Community • Assistant coach, cross country, Davie High School, 8 years • Asst. coach with wife (who teaches PE at Ellis Mid- dle) for girl’s basketball team • Young Life leader, working with and teaching high school students about Jesus and importance of rela- tionships with Him Jones: Continue to help kids through life The Candidate Name Jeff Plott Age 53 Address Polaris Drive, Mocksville Family Wife of 28 years, Angela Price Plott; son, Zachary Plott; daughter and son-in-law. Ashley and Ryan Beaver; daughter, Allison Plott Education Davie County High School, Class of 1989; Forsyth Technical Community College Occupation Owner/Operator Zap It Laundromat in Cooleemee; Owner/Operator, Gene’s Auto Sales 64 in Mocksville In The Community • Work behind the scenes as an officer of the Davie County Republican Party as the Tech Chair Why did you decide to seek public office? (250 words Why did you decide to seek public office?Plott: Being a lifelong resident of Davie County, I feel very blessed to have been able to call Davie County my home. I am a product of the Davie Coun-ty School system and so are all of my children and I anticipate future genera-tions of my family will at-tend as well. I would like to be a part of continuing the legacy of excellent educa-tion in this county, for my family and for yours. We live in a world today very much different then what most of us grew up in, some things are better and some things are not. I believe the best invest-ment that any community can do is to invest in our children, their future and give them the proper tools needed to be successful. Davie County has always been a great school system filled with a lot of dedi-cated individuals working towards educating the chil-dren of Davie County. Unfortunately, like school systems across the nation a lot of unaccept-able things have entered into our school system and our classrooms. It’s time to like-minded members of the Board of Education to help ensure that this is removed from our school system.Third, the ‘furry’ move-ment has no place in Davie County Schools. If kids want to identify as a cat, dog, wolf, etc. please feel free to do it at home, but as a student of Davie County Schools it does not belong in the classrooms. It is an unnecessary distraction and has no place in the school or classroom environment. I will advocate with like-minded members of the Board of Education to help ensure that it is removed from our school system. Should the school system increase incentives to re-cruit and retain teachers? Plott: I believe that the Board of Education should work towards incentives to help recruit and retain teachers within the Davie County School system. Those incentives may or may not always include monetary gain. The experts on the issues facing our teachers today are in fact the teachers themselves. I strongly believe that the Board of Education owes it to our teachers and staff to have a real open and hon-est face to face discussion on issues that they face in their classrooms today and work toward making it a better work environment for the teachers and staff of the Davie County School system. One additional thing I hope to accomplish is to work toward making the teachers and staff of Davie County Schools to feel free to speak without fear of re-taliation as an employee of the Davie County School system. If there are mem-bers of the Davie County School Administrative staff who are part of the prob-lem, I see it as the job of the Superintendent of Da-vie County Schools and the Davie County Board of Education to fully address these situations. It greatly concerns me when I have spoken with so many teach-ers employed by our school system and how reluctant they are to speak openly and freely about the prob-lems they face in the school in which they work. This should not be happening. Other IssuesPlott: I believe that we need to adjust the starting date for the school year ear-lier so that the students of Davie County Schools who are required to take exams can take them before the start of the Christmas break and not have to wait until after Christmas/New Years to take them. Over a dozen school districts have made the adjustment in the school calendar here in North Car-olina including Iredell and Yadkin counties. It’s time for Davie County Schools to do the same. I will ad-vocate for this change on the board if elected. I be-lieve this is something that would be beneficial to the student directly, and I sup-port this change. If elected to the board, I realize that I am only one person. Each individual member should come into this office with a vision for improvement in the school system. In order to achieve those visions, members must work together. I look forward to working with other members on the board to make changes that will benefit the students of Da-vie County Schools, which should be the main focus of our Board of Education. Plott: Critical Race Theory and ‘furry’ movement have no place here reclaim the classroom for the teachers who are there to teach and for the students who are there to learn. All others should be dealt with accordingly. If elected, I plan to be a strong advocate on the Board to keep Davie Coun-ty Schools teaching the ba-sics: reading, writing and arithmetic. I will advocate to rid our classrooms and schools of all this Marxist indoctrination that has en-tered the world of public education today, it has no place in the classrooms of Davie County Schools. What do you think are the biggest challenges fac-ing the school system, and how do you intend to ad-dress those challenges? Plott: First, recruiting and retaining teachers for Davie County Schools. My thoughts on this issue are in the next question.Second, Critical Race Theory (CRT) has no place in Davie County Schools and I will advocate with 10 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 Republican Davie Board of Education Candidates: You may vote for 4 Why did you decide to seek public office?Wright: The decision to seek a position on the Da-vie County School Board of Education is in accordance to making a change for the better. Being a father of four kids in the school system and an advocate through the charity I founded, Pit Stops for Hope, supporting teachers is a crucial aspect of mine. Davie County has a wonderful school system, I want to continue being a supporter of teachers and their classrooms. I want to work cohesively with oth-ers on the board to increase student outcomes and give them resources needed to be successful. What do you think are the biggest challenges fac-ing the school system, and how do you intend to ad-dress those challenges?Wright: Many challeng-es are being faced by our The Candidate Name Ray Wright Age 44 Address N. Hiddenbrooke Drive, Advance Family Married for 17 years, 4 children Education Riverdale Baptist (Md.) High School; Oakloosa-Wal- ton Community College, 1999; Louisiana State Uni- versity, general studies degree 2001 (Member of 2000 LSU baseball national champion team) Occupation Pit Stop Department manager, Richard Childress Racing In The Community • Founded Pit Stops for Hope, charity designed to help students succeed The Candidate Name Stephanie Hurst Age 48 Address US 64 E., Mocksville Education Appalachian State University, bachelor’s in elemen- tary education; The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, master’s degree in educational ad- ministration Occpuation Teacher, Forsyth County Schools; former teacher and assistant principal at schools in six states Why did you decide to seek public office?Hurst: I remember the day I realized what I want-ed as a career, to be a teach-er. I was in the fifth grade with a teacher who made learning fun. I knew then and there, I would some day do for others what was done for me.I graduated from high school and headed to Boone to attend Appalachian State University to pursue a de-gree in elementary educa-tion, a minor in child psy-chology, and walked across the stage holding my first child. That was one of my proudest moments as a stu-dent and as a parent. I then graduated from The Citadel Military College of South Carolina with a master’s in educational administration, graduating with a 4.0 aver-age.Over the next several years I taught in many ar-eas of the country, six states total, and have served as a classroom teacher and an assistant principal, along with numerous volunteer positions within the school education system, and all during a detrimental time in our society. Some of the biggest challenges are overcoming COVID learn-ing loss, keeping tenured teachers in our district, working to make sure our budget is being utilized in the best way to help our students flourish and look-ing at the school calendar to create the most opportu-nity for success. If elected, I look forward to working together with the Board of Education to solidify change where needed that works for our school sys-tem.Should the school system increase incentives to re-cruit and retain teachers?Wright: Being a part of the Board of Education is an opportunity to make a bigger difference for our educators. For the past de-cade I’ve worked with not only local Davie County Wright: Provide what children need teachers but teachers all over the state of North Car-olina to become a solid, reliable source for funding their classrooms and help-ing their students. As I’ve worked closely with teach-ers I’ve seen their passion first hand. I strongly sup-port increasing teacher pay, creating more incentives and bonus plans to keep our best teachers in Da-vie. Great educators will change students lives and I will work hard to recruit and keep the best educa-tors.Other IssuesWright: I’ve worked at Richard Childress Racing for 15 years at the highest level of racing competition. Managing the Pit Stop de-partment at RCR has put me on the front lines of leadership training, work-ing in adverse situations, and overcoming obstacles while working with others to find solutions. Working on a pit crew has taught me the importance of working as a team, and relying on the people around you to create the best outcomes. I also recruit talent daily to build the best pit crews pos-sible to win every weekend on pit road. I will take these attri-butes I’ve learned and de-veloped the past 15 years at RCR to the Davie County Board of Education and we’ll get things done that benefit our county and mostly our students. I believe in structure and discipline, physical fitness and hard work. Working to earn, taking advantage of opportunities and excelling in competitive environ-ments will produce suc-cessful students. I will give my all to create an atmo-sphere that contains these variables in our school sys-tem. Public Schools are the only place for some stu-dents to have an opportu-nity at success. We have to build up and protect our public school systems, which is why I have poured so many resources into such an impactful cause. Through fundraising, I have provided hundreds of Chrome books, thousands of dollars of school sup- plies, fitness equipment, new iPads, backpacks, and as simple as umbrellas for kids who have to walk to the bus stop. The most important action we can take is be-ing there for our children and providing them with what they need in order to be set up for success. You can learn more about me at www.pitstopsforhope.org. Hurst: A unique ‘inside’ perspective systems. Through all of the opportunities I’ve had in education, being in the classroom has been the most rewarding and where I felt I was meant to be.When given the oppor-tunity to move back to NC, I chose Davie County as my landing spot. Growing up in Clemmons, it seemed a perfect fit. I have raised three children, one biolog-ical and two “bonus” in Davie County Schools. All three have graduated from Davie High School, two went on to higher learning institutions and one has a career in the fire service. I have seen first hand, inside the classroom and through our children, what Davie County Schools can do for our children.Seeing the growth of each child brings great joy and a sense of pride in my role of making a difference in a child’s life. I want to continue to make a dif-ference in our community through education. This is why I have chosen to run for a position on the Da-vie County School Board. I want to help the county I live in and love.I feel that through my classroom experience I have an opportunity to share a unique perspective that will help Davie Coun-ty Schools excel. I want to be a voice for our students and our teachers. Having an inside view of the strug-gles within the classroom, and understanding the hardships of staff members and parents, I would be a voice on the board to find decisions that affect our children, staff and school system as a whole. I will continue to strive in mak-ing a difference, and look forward to the opportunity to use my knowledge and experience to continue im-proving our schools and the students and teachers the board of education serves. I hope that being on the school board gives me yet another opportunity to make a difference, this time throughout the county, not just within a single class-room. I would like your vote to help push Davie County Schools above and beyond where we’ve been, and steer us to a new hori-zon in education.What do you think are the biggest challenges fac-ing the school system, and how do you intend to ad-dress those challenges?Hurst: Challenges I see from the classroom and as a staff member inside the school that I would like to give my perspective on are: class size, teacher salary/retention issues, and stan-dardized testing.These issues are not simple. They are, however, issues that will not get bet-ter on their own, and will only become larger if they are not addressed. These issues also do not have a short-term solution but need a long-term plan to address and a path to suc-cess for all.As for class size, our county is growing and the classroom is getting smaller with each child that is add-ed. We found this issue es-pecially challenging during Covid when desks needed to be arranged to accommo-date the space needed per CDC guidelines. I found myself removing almost all items within the classroom just to make room for our students’ desks. I saw first-hand how “sterile” the room look without other furni-ture, desks, bookshelves and other items that made a classroom a pleasant place to be. Our students learn best in a comfortable class-room. It allows for students to relax, and feel at home. Our children spend more than 5 hours in a classroom. These hours are, in many cases, the only hours they are not buried in a phone or running from activity to activity.It is my experience the time they are in a classroom in some cases are the only time they are truly aware of their surroundings. It should be a priority to make sure the surroundings they are in are conducive to cre-ativity. They need space, and room to grow as not only a student, but as a per-son. Class size is also an is-sue as an educator, as when teachers have too many students it takes away from one on one time available for a student who needs a little extra help, or one who needs to be challenged a little more. I would like to see teachers have the free-dom to treat each student individually but when there are so few teachers for the amount of students, it cre-ates a challenge.This leads to my second point of teacher salaries and retention. As everyone knows, there is a teach-er shortage. This issue is statewide and not just hap-pening within our county. It is one of my goals to help come up with a plan to make the Davie the place to teach. I’d like to see our county as one of the top choices in our area of the state to be a teacher.Creatively I believe we have the resources and community support to help make us somewhere teach-ers want to come and work and where our residents choose to teach. Salaries are one part of what can help with this issue.Retention needs to be addressed as well. In Da-vie County, we need to find ways to keep our staff in-side our schools for as long as possible.. We can do this by finding ways to support our teachers, staff and ad-ministrators. I believe we can do this through creative ways within our county, and also by finding ways to acknowledge their commit-ments to our students and showing our appreciation. We can all agree that our teachers are not “in it for the money,” so I’d like to help create an atmosphere of appreciation and loyalty.Standardized testing is probably one of the more challenging issues to be addressed. It is a nec3s-sary evil and one that may never go away. However, I think there are ways to life the weight testing puts on our children and our staff. I would like to dig deep-er into this issue and see what, if any, of these tests can be eliminated from our schools. In 25 years of teaching I have read nu-merous studies that show that testing is not the best barometer in measuring a child’s abilities or strengths. We all know someone who wasn’t the greatest student, but has become successful as an adult.We are tested as adults every day, yet none of us sit down on a scheduled day and time with a bunch of questions and are asked to silently answer each one while someone else walks around the room looking over our shoulder. Our children are under enough pressure to excel and I do not believe putting that much pressure on a child for a test that is not man-dated by the state is the best use of anyone’s time. You also cannot judge a teacher’s performance by a grade on a test any more than you can judge a book by its cover. If you truly want to see the quality of a teacher, look around the classroom, the community, and hour churches and see the effort they put into the classroom, Look at how children react when they see that teacher outside of the classroom and notice that there are relationships that form between our child and a teacher that go beyond a book. It’s life lessons and memories we all remember from school. Davie County has those teachers, and I want to keep them here. I do not want to lose the best of what we have to other districts. We have to support our teach-ers because without them, our Board has nothing, our school system fails our community, and we all lose.Other IssuesHurst: In closing I want to say that as a teacher, I love my job, and not be-cause of the summers off, or because of the snow days (because we certainly hav-en’t gotten many of those recently), and not for the pay. We choose to teach be-cause we love our children, we love our communities, and we want to be a light for our future.Please help me be a part of shaping Davie County Schools from the outside in and ultimately help build a stronger Davie County for all of us. 1107 Yadkinville Road (Located near Post Office and Badcock Furniture)(336)751-7949 HAPPY VALENTINES! TODAY NAILS Professional Nail Care for Ladies & Gents NEW: Shellac in French Tips Specializing in Gel Nails, Pink & White, Acrylic. Too Many Gel Colors to Choose From! • Toe-Nails Cut for elderly too! • Too many shellac & SNS colors to choose from! Walk-Ins Welcome GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE for VALENTINES! 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Ms. Angela Wannetta Ijames peacefully transitioned into the presence of the Lord, on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024 at Atrium Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC.Born on Feb. 9, 1964, she was the first born child and daughter of Apostle Nettye Ijames-Barber. She was angelic, as her name depicts, beautiful, lovely and sweet. She brought immense joy to her family, friends and those she encountered.Educated in the Davie County Schools, Angela graduated from Davie County High School in 1982 in the top 20 percent of her class. Upon graduation, she received a scholarship and attended NC State University in Raleigh. Angela was born again and accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and savior. A member of New Jerusalem Apostolic Church, she faithfully served as church administrator with the spirit of excellence. Angela possessed a kind, pleasant, demeanor and her gift extended outside the church to serve others in the community. She served as the Advisor and Administrator for the Back 2 School Empowerment Initiative and Co-ordinator for the John Smith Ijames and Nettye Howell Ijames Family Reunion. In 2012, she was the NAACP’s Mother of the Year. She had a special love for children and was the babysitter for her siblings, nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. Her most prized possession was her family, especially her children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, Franklin Hol-man and daughter, Ebony Ijames. Those left to cherish her memories are: her mother, Apostle Nettye Ijames-Barber; 2 beloved children, son, Don Ijames of High Point, and daughter, Charlese Ijames of Tyro; 7 grandchildren, of which one she raised, Robert Woody of the home, Antwan Sutton, Ayanah Ijames, Josi-ah Terry, Angela Terry, Ka’den Ijames, Mya Smith; special great-nephew, Jeremy Chamberlain; a special daughter-in -love, Ashley Mitchell; brothers, Derrick Ijames of Min-neapolis, Minn., Bishop Jerry Ijames of High Point; sis-ters, Yvette Mashore (Greg) of Mocksville, Tamela Tatum (Kerry) of Advance; nephews and nieces, Michael-Chez Mashore (Christy,) Amber Mashore, Keri-Danielle Tatum and Justus Tatum; uncles, Bishop James Ijames and John Calvin Ijames, both of Mocksville; aunts: Rosa Lee Ar-nold (Jimmy) of Cooleemee, Pastor Sylvia Mankins of Columbus, Ohio, and Elouise Ijames-Parks of Statesville; special cousins, Vincent and Corey Ijames and Sabrina Pollard (James) of Columbus, Ohio; a devoted friend, Ms. Angela Williamson of Greensboro; and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends. She lives on in our hearts and leaves a legacy of family, faith, and love.Services were Sunday, Feb. 4 at New Jerusalem Apos-tolic Church, Mocksville with visitation at 2 p.m. and the funeral at 3. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Bishop Derek Kelly officiated and the Rev. Odell Cleve-land was eulogist.Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is assisting the Ijames family. Online condolences: nobleandkelsey.com. Beatrice F. SmootBeatrice F. Smoot of Mocks-ville, N.C. died on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024-A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4 at Roberts Funeral Service of Mocksville. Roberts Funeral Ser-vice-Mockville is honored to serve the family of Beatrice F. Smoot. Online condolences: www.robertsfuneral.com. Death NoticesMr. David Warren Beard, 60, of Stuart, Va., died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024.•Mrs. Kathy Ann Bachelor Hanners, 72, of Ber-muda Run, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024.•Mrs. Fannie Emma Grant Bodford, 92 of Mocksville died on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024 Paul W. Wagoner Jr.Mr. Paul W. Wagoner Jr. of Winston-Salem passed away Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home after a brief illness.He was born on Dec. 17, 1944 in Forsyth County to the late Paul William and Hazel Seamon Wag-oner.Mr. Wagoner was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served a tour of duty in Vietnam. Paul retired from his last and most ful-filling career, which was farming, in 2021.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a broth-er, Johnny Wagoner.Survivors include: his wife of 35 years, Sallie Richie; one daughter, Laurie Stone (Robert); 2 grandchildren, Sterling and Joshua Stone; a sister, Brenda Talbert; and several nieces and nephews.A memorial service will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 at Eatons Baptist Church with Dr. David Gilbreath officiating. Family and friends are invited to a reception and visitation following the service in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be considered for: Eatons Baptist Cemetery fund, 495 Eatons Church Road, Mocksville NC 27028.Online condolences: www.eatonfuneralservice.com. You can make certainplan changes each yearduring the Open EnrollmentPeriod from January 1 ‒ March 31. Contact Davie County Senior Services at 336-753-6230. • If you’re in a Medicare Advantage Plan (with or without drug coverage), you can switch to another Medicare Advantage Plan (with or without drug coverage). • You can drop your Medicare Advantage Plan and return to Original Medicare. You will also be able to join a Medicare drug plan. YOU CANNOT MAKE THESE CHANGES:• Switch from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan. • Join a Medicare drug plan if you’re in Original Medicare. • Switch Medicare drug plans if you’re in Original Medicare. You can only make one change per enrollment period, and any changes made will be effective on the first day of the month after your request is received by the plan. If you’re returning to original Medicare and joining a drug plan, you don’t need to contact your MA plan to disenroll. You will be disenrolled automatically. ENROLLEDIN A MEDICARE ADVANTAGE (PART C) PLAN? ENROLLEDIN A MEDICARE ADVANTAGE (PART C) PLAN?Card of Thanks THE FAMILY OF Ruby M. Williamswish to convey their sincere Thanks to everyone for your kind expressions of sympathy. A special Thanks to thestaff at Mocksville Sr. Living and Hospice Well Care for their compassionate care.1777965Essie ‘Joann’ Frye BlakeleyMrs. Essie “Joann” Frye Blakeley, 85, of Howard-town Circle, Mocksville, passed away peacefully with her daughters by her side on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. She was born on Oct. 25, 1938 in her family’s farm-house in Davie County to her par-ents, Edgar David and Susie Plott Frye.Joann graduated from Davie County Consolidated High School in 1957. At the tender age of 18, just a week af-ter graduating from high school, she married her sweet-heart, Robert Uriah Blakeley while he was home on leave from the U.S. Army. Robert and Joann met at the Masonic Picnic in Mocksville, and their first date was a ferris wheel ride. Together, Robert and Joann enjoyed 50 years of marriage, farming for much of that time and raising two vibrant daughters, Susan Blakeley Anderson and Cathy Blakeley Speight. Joann worked at Hanes Knitwear for 33 years, then re-tired to do what she loved most: feed, care for, and visit with other people. Joann loved children, and she worked as an assistant at Bethlehem Angels Preschool for many years. Joann adored her granddaughters, Ellen and Han-nah, and spent countless hours teaching them to cook, sew, garden, craft, and laugh throughout their lives. Between 2017 and 2023, Joann welcomed five great-grandsons, Dawson, Asa, Jackson, John David, and Merrick. They were her pride and joy, the light of her life. Her greatest pleasure was found in spending time with them, watching them grow, and sneaking them candy, sugar cookies, and Klondike Bars. Joann was a true spitfire, a hilarious and feisty woman. She loved to bake, garden, and can, and she especially en-joyed making bread and blackberry jelly. Joann rarely met strangers and had a knack for talking to anyone and mak-ing friends with just about anybody. A lifelong member of Dulin Church and a faithful member and past Worthy Ma-tron of the Order of the Eastern Star, Joann had a servant’s heart. She was regularly known to “keep the road hot” vis-iting others, especially her neighbors, and she was always generous and giving. Joann loved to travel. She and Robert traveled all over the United States, driving to Alaska three times, and camping in many different places. Joann leaves a beautiful legacy behind, one full of funny sayings and love of family and friends. Joann’s memory will be carried forward by: her daugh-ters, Susan Blakeley Anderson (Dan) and Cathy Blakeley Speight; her granddaughters, Ellen Hefner (Cory) and Hannah Klepeisz (David); and great-grandsons, Dawson, Asa, Merrick (Ellen) and Jackson and John David (Han-nah).In addition to her parents, Joann was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Uriah Blakeley, and is survived by many beloved brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. A service to honor Joann’s legacy and celebrate her life will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 10 at Dulin Church with Mr. Marty Carter officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A reception with refreshments will follow immediately in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memori-al contributions be donated to Dulin Church, 897 Dulin Road, Mocksville, NC 27028 memo: Children & Youth Programming. Online condolences: www.eatonfuneralservice.com. Serving Winston-Salem, Clemmons, and Surrounding Areas Local obits online www.ourdavie.com 12 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 Bless Your Spoon By Stephanie Williams Dean You might be an artist but don’t know it. Most good cooks are artists. They plate delicious and unique taste experiences based on combining optimal fla-vors. And there’s an art to that. And a science, too. Interest-ing to note is how art and science are often paired. There are scientific teachings behind food pairing. Both flavor combining and food pairing are complicated sci-ences that home cooks instinctively master over time with experience. The art is all about combining ingredients that complement each other, those foods that perfectly blend to create harmonious and memorable culi-nary delights. Classic food pairing is about balance. And while much of our flavor experience is defined by our sense of taste, even more is defined by our sense of smell. The more aromatic compounds foods have in common, the better they taste when paired. Aromatic compounds? who knew, right?Often a good cook has already mastered culinary artistry, but is completely unaware of the cup-ful of scientific principles applied when the savory masterpiece was created. The end result was a mouthful of combined, delicious, flavor bursts. Have you noticed how our culinary language is filled with pairings that go together such as cookies and cream? Just the mere mention of that combo makes my mouth drool. Let’s move off-topic for a moment and consider our Bibles. The book is filled with powerful pairings that ac-cent or give flavor to our interpretations. In the Old and New Testaments, characters are often presented in pairs. Right from the beginning we read of the pairing of Adam and Eve followed by the ancestral couples of Abraham and Sarah and their descendants. These pairings represent God’s promise to create people as numerous as the stars in the sky and sands of the sea.“I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore.” Genesis 22:17 (NIV)But other pairings encourage us to reflect on the contrast between light and darkness. The Gospel of John 1:3 reads, “Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” (NIV) Darkness hasn’t and never will overcome the light.Other Biblical pairings serve to instruct us in life or con-trast our choices as we study the difference between our life on this earth versus eternal life in heaven.Just like with food, the Bible creates a rich text full of flavor, seasonings, and powerful pairings. So, as we read our Bibles, we can expect the words to whet our appe-tites for wisdom we might derive from it. There’s so much to learn – and we might discover a new appreciation for God’s values and priorities. As Valentine’s Day approaches, let’s take things one step further to reflect on personal pairings. Have we aligned ourselves with that which will enhance our spiritual jour-neys? Are you paired well with those who share “key” aro-mas – and do you complement one another spiritually?For today, I compiled a few easy, no-fuss, favorite South-ern food pairings – so enjoy! I wish you much peace, joy, and tenderness in the month of love and pairings. sauce. Stir in cooked meatballs until heated through. In a well-greased baking dish, evenly layer spaghetti noodles, meatball sauce, and cheese, in that order. Evenly spread mushroom soup over the top. Bake covered in a preheated 325-degree oven for 1 hour. CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE2 lbs. corned beef boneless brisket or round1 small divided onion2 crushed cloves garlic1 cut up, green cabbageIn a 5-quart Dutch oven, pour enough cold water on corned beef to cover. Add a cut-up onion and garlic. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 2 hours or until beef is tender. Remove beef to a warm platter and keep warm. Remove fat from broth and add cabbage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Drain to a bowl. SHRIMP AND GRITS1 ½ cups whole milk1 cup light cream or half-half1 cup water1 stick salted butterPinch of baking soda1 cup stone ground grits1 stick salted butter2 lbs. peeled, cooked shrimpJuice of 1 lemon1 tsp. Worcestershire sauceIn a saucepan, heat the milk, cream, water, 1 stick butter, and baking soda until boiling. Slowly stir in grits and cook 20 minutes while frequently stirring. Cover and place in simmering water. Cook for 30 minutes. In a skillet, melt 1 stick butter. Add shrimp and cook just until heated through but don’t overcook. Stir in fresh lemon juice and Worces-tershire sauce. Serve the shrimp mixture on top of the grits. PEAS AND CARROTS8 oz. cubed, softened cream cheese½ cup chicken broth3 cups cubed, cooked chicken breast16 oz. thawed, frozen peas and carrots½ tsp. garlic salt1 beaten egg½ cup whole milk1 cup BisquickIn a saucepan, combine cream cheese with chicken broth. Heat until cream cheese is melted. Mix well. Stir in chicken, peas and carrots, and garlic salt. Pour into a 9-inch pie plate. In a bowl, beat egg with milk until blended. Stir in baking mix. Spoon dough mixture over the chicken mix-ture. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 25-30 min-utes or until golden. GREEN EGGS AND HAM6 beaten eggs3 ½ cup whole milk1 Tbsp. minced onion½ tsp. salt½ tsp. dry mustardArtisan bread slices9 slices sharp American cheese2 cups diced ham10 oz. cooked, chopped broccoli8 oz. sliced mushroomsIn a mixer bowl, beat eggs well. Add milk, onion, salt, and dry mustard. Set aside. Meanwhile in a butter-greased 13 x 9 casserole dish, line bottom slices of buttered bread. Layer cheese, ham, cooked broccoli, and mushrooms. Cover with another layer of buttered bread slices. Evenly pour the egg mixture over the bread. Refrigerate overnight. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 45-50 minutes. TURKEY AND DRESSING3 cups herb stuffing mix1 cup hot water1 ½ cup dry herb stuffing mix2/3 cup sliced ripe olives1 can sliced water chestnuts3-4 cups cubed turkey/chicken breast2 cans golden cream of chicken soup1 cup whole milk3 cups herb stuffing mix½ cup melted salted butterIn a bowl, combine 3 cups herbed stuffing with hot water and set aside. In a well-greased 13 x 9 baking dish, evenly spread 1 ½ cup dry stuffing mix over the bottom. Evenly sprinkle the olives and water chestnuts on top. Lay sliced chicken breasts over top. In a bowl, combine soup with milk and mix well. Pour soup mixture over the chicken breasts. Evenly spread the top with stuffing mixture that was set aside. Pour melted butter over the top. Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for 30-40 minutes. HAM AND SWISS 4 beaten eggs2 cups whole milk½ cup melted, salted butter1/3 cup chopped green onions1 cup Bisquick½ tsp. salt¼ tsp. freshly ground black pepper2 cups cooked, chopped ham1 cup grated Swiss cheeseIn a mixer bowl, beat eggs. Add whole milk, melted but-ter, and green onions. Mix well. Stir in Bisquick, salt, and pepper and mix well. Evenly sprinkle ham and cheese in bottom of a pie pan. Evenly pour egg mixture over top of ham and cheese. Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for 35-40 minutes until knife tests clean. MACARONI AND CHEESE16 oz. macaroni noodles¾ large pkg Velveeta cheese1 ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese3 heaping Tbsp. sour creamWhole milkAdditional shredded cheeseIn a pan, boil noodles and drain well. Stir the Velvee- ta and shredded cheese into the noodles until cheese has melted. Stir in sour cream and just enough milk so that it’s creamy. Pour into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Top with additional shredded cheese. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven un-til cheese is melted and begins to brown. You can also cook this in a crock pot on low for 3 hours. Easy casserole made with a layer of Spaghetti and Meatballs topped with cheese, is an alterna- tive to baked spaghetti. SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS CASSEROLEMeatballs2 beaten eggs1 cup Italian bread crumbs1 tsp. salt¼ tsp. freshly ground black pepper2 lbs. ground chuckCasserole2 Tbsp. olive oil1 chopped onion2 crushed garlic cloves1 can tomato soup1 can cream mushroom soup1 tsp. chili powder1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce8 oz. cooked spaghetti noodlesCooked meatballs1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheeseFor the meatballs, in a mixer bowl, beat eggs. Add bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and ground chuck. Mix well and shape into bite-sized balls. Bake on baking sheet in a preheated 350-degree oven for 15 minutes. Drain and set aside. In a skillet, heat oil and cook onion and garlic cloves for 2 minutes or until translucent. Stir in tomato soup, mushroom soup, chili powder, and Worcestershire A favorite flavor combination, chicken and noo- dles combine to create a savory dish everyone loves. CHICKEN AND NOODLE1 cut up fryer chicken1 pkg. noodles3 Tbsp. melted salted butter1 chopped onion1 chopped bell pepper½ cup chopped celery½ small jar of pimentos1 sm. can sliced black olives1 can cream of mushroom soup1 can cream of celery soup1 ½ cups grated sharp cheddar cheeseCook chicken and remove pieces to platter. Reserve broth and cook noodles in broth according to pkg and drain. Set aside. Debone chicken and chop or pull and set aside. In a skillet, melt butter and saute onion, celery, and bell pepper. In a bowl, combine pimentos, olives, cream of mushroom and celery soups, and chicken meat. Mix well. Gently stir in noodles. Mix well. Lightly salt and pepper top. Pour all into a greased 13 x 9 baking dish. Evenly sprinkle grated cheese over top. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. PORK AND BEANS½ lb. lean ground beef½ lb. cut-up bacon pieces4 lbs. canned pork and beans½ cup diced onions2 Tbsp. molasses½ cup ketchup¾ cup brown sugar1 tsp. dry mustardIn a skillet, brown beef and bacon pieces. Drain well. In a bowl, combine cooked beef and bacon, pork and beans, onions, molasses, ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard. Bake in a large casserole dish in a preheated 350-degree oven for 45 minutes. PEACHES AND CREAM2 cups crushed pretzels1 ½ sticks salted butter4 Tbsp. sugarFilling8 oz. softened cream cheese8 oz Cool Whip]1 cup sugar2 large boxes peach Jello10 oz. thawed, frozen peachesWhipped, whipping cream and cherriesFor the crust, in a bowl, crush pretzels and add sugar. Pour butter over pretzel mixture. Press into bottom and up sides ½-inch. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 8 minutes. Completely cool before adding filling. For the fill-ing, in a mixer bowl, beat cream cheese, Cool Whip, and sugar. Spread over cooled crust. In a bowl, combine Jello with frozen fruit until thickened. Pour over cream cheese mixture. Top with real whipped cream and cherries. Re-frigerate. PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANA3 oz. softened cream cheese1/3 cup peanut butter1 cup confectioners sugar1/3 cup whole milk1 tsp. vanilla9 oz. Cool Whip1 9-inch graham cracker crust1-2 bananasWhipped, whipping creamMaraschino cherriesIn a mixer bowl, cream together the cream cheese, pea-nut butter, sugar, and milk. Add vanilla and fold in Cool Whip. Pour into pie crust and freeze. Remove from refrig-erator 30 minutes before serving. Top pie with sliced ba-nanas and evenly cover top of pie with whipped cream and cherries. Read Past Recpies www.ourdavie.com Some foods just pair well together DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 - B1Sports By Brian PittsEnterprise Record In the 4-A state duals champi-onship match on Saturday after-noon, the Davie wrestling team’s 22-6 lead had melted away and Wilmington Laney was down 28-22 with two weight classes left. The walls were closing in; the kill shot loomed as Laney had claimed four of five matches heading into 195. In the midst of the wreckage By Brian PittsEnterprise Record What hadn’t happened in a long time - for so long that the current War Eagles were toddlers or not even born yet - happened at Hough on Jan. 31. Davie’s wrestling team bounced Hickory Ridge and Grimsley in the third and fourth rounds of the 4-A dual team playoffs and advanced to the state championship match for the first time in 16 years. Even though Davie, the No. 1 seed in the Western Regional, had to travel 49 miles to Cornelius, or-ange and black colors commanded most of the gym. What the Davie masses witnessed was absolutely fantastic - their well-oiled team blowing past both opponents to punch their ticket to the Feb. 3 state final in Greensboro. Believe It! Boswell OT win seals state wrestling title for Davie stood Christian Boswell.All the hopes and dreams of an entire season rested on the shoulders of a junior who saw one varsity match as a freshman, went 13-9 as a sophomore and was 10-7 halfway through the 2023-24 season. But Boswell cast aside his underdog image like Clark Kent’s business suit, stunned a 30-win opponent and clinched a 31-25 victory that will forever be remem-bered as one of the most dramatic in school history. Backed by an outrageous crowd that was roaring at ear-ringing lev-els, Boswell survived by a gnat’s eyelash, 10-8 in sudden-death overtime, and then it was complete bedlam inside the Greensboro Coliseum Fieldhouse. The War Eagles won their first state title in 18 years and finished 23-1. For the powerhouse Bucca-neers (14-1), it was their first loss since the 2023 state final. “It’s unbelievable,” sophomore Andy Davis said. “Everybody did an amazing job winning the match-es that needed to be won, and this is an amazing team to be a part of.”“A state title is what we said the first day, and we just spoke it into existence,” first-year Davie coach and 2002 Davie graduate Josh Stanley said. “I wanted this job since I was 14 years old. Coach (Buddy) Lowery was my mentor and we wrestled in two of these when I was in school (1998-2002) and got second. It’s been 18 years since the school had one, so it means everything.”The leadoff man at heavy-weight was junior Ryder Strick-land (31-6), a junior who gutted his way to a 3-2 decision over senior Michael Williams. The first period was scoreless. Williams got an escape to take a 1-0 lead, but Strickland countered with a two-point takedown. A Williams escape tied it at the end of the Davie claims Western Please See Claims - Page B5 By Brian PittsEnterprise Record The Davie boys basketball team’s highly-anticipated, first-place showdown against visiting Mt. Tabor on Feb. 2 in front of a phenomenal crowd was eventful, thrilling, frustrating and heart-breaking all at the same time. The War Eagles faced a game-long uphill climb, but they charged to the finish line, only to come up short 62-56. The outcome lifted the Spar-tans (16-4 overall) to 9-1 in the Central Piedmont Conference. They watched Davie break their 18-game winning streak in reg-ular-season play on Jan. 5 in Winston-Salem, but they have rediscovered their swagger since that 59-53 decision, winning eight straight. Now the second-place War Eagles (18-2, 8-2) need to win out and get some help over the last two weeks of the regular season if they’re going to tie for first. West Forsyth is third at 7-3. One of the first signs of trouble for Davie was when No. 1 scorer Jackson Powers picked up his sec-ond foul with 1:45 left in the first quarter. He headed to the bench and Tabor ripped off a 16-5 run. Neither team shot well in the first half. Davie shot 39 percent to Tabor’s 38 and the visitors held a 27-22 halftime advantage. While Davie’s main guys were struggling to find an offensive rhythm, it got a shot in the arm from sophomore Ethan Driver, who was Davie’s top scorer in the first half with six points, both buckets coming from beyond the arc on passes from Landon King. Tabor hands boys frustrating loss “I’m proud of them,” coach Josh Pittman said. “The game was tough. It was physical. It was to a point that at halftime, I even told them they can’t run plays because of the way they’re letting the phys-icality take over the game, so we had to keep fighting.”Tabor temporarily quieted the rowdy crowd by opening the second half with a pair of steal/layup baskets. With its deficit at 31-22, Davie began to creep back. Ethan Ratledge, who has missed one shot in two games, backed his man down in the paint, scored and triggered a 13-8 run. Bryson Mickey was cold in the first half, but he caught fire in the third. He sank a 12-footer. He put in a finger roll in the lane. He drained a fadeaway. He knocked away a Tabor pass and directed it to King, who gave it back to Mickey, who drilled a 3 to bring Davie within 39-35 at the end of the third. A trap in the backcourt caused a Tabor turnover, and King finished with a layup to cut Davie’s deficit to 43-37. But Davie was having to manufacture points, and the Spartans had answers for every punch that Davie threw their way. Right after King’s bucket, Tabor got an easy two out of its halfcourt offense. Coleman Lawhon corralled a long defensive rebound and made a spinning pass at halfcourt to King, whose layup made it 45-39. Tabor, though, immediately drove for a layup. Powers snatched an offensive rebound and fed Adam Brown, who scored through con-tact. But Tabor came right back and scored at the other end. Please See Loss - Page B2 It’s bedlam in the Greensboro Coliseum Fieldhouse when Christian Boswell survives in overtime. - Photos by Ashley Bowden and Jodie Krause Andy Davis, a sophomore at 138, knocked off a 39-win opponent. Boswell raises his arms triumphantly after sealing the title. B2 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 Continued From Page B1Lawhon got his hand on a Tabor pass, a turnover that led to an and-one by Driver. It was now 49-44 and Tabor was starting to melt in an edgy game. But two calls - or non-calls - were exasperating for Davie. Mickey appeared to be in perfect position to draw a charge when a Tabor player bowled him over. There was no whistle, the shot missed and Tabor got the rebound. It scored on the putback to make it 51-44. Right after that, Lawhon’s close-range shot went in and out. When Tabor scored on a leak-out with 3:28 remain-ing, it was 56-44 and all Davie hope had seemingly ended. But no, the War Eagles had an unbelievable 12-4 run in them. Driver and Loss ... Upcoming Games Wednesday, Feb. 7Ellis girls/boys basketball at home vs. West Rowan at 4:30South Davie JV basketball at home vs. Mooresville at 4:30North Davie girls/boys basketball at Selma Burke at 4:30Thursday, Feb. 8North Davie basketball at home vs. W. Rowan at 4:30Friday, Feb. 9Davie JV boys/varsity basketball at Parkland at 4:30/6/7:30Davie wrestling in Midwest Regional at RagsdaleDavie indoor track in regional metSaturday, Feb. 10Davie wrestling in Midwest Regional at RagsdaleDavie indoor track in regional meetTuesday, Feb. 13Davie JV boys/varsity basketball at home vs. Glenn at 4:30/6/7:30Ellis JV girls/boys basketball at Mooresville at 4:30South Davie girls/boys basketball at Selma Burke at 4:30North Davie girls/boys basketball at West Rowan at 4:30Wednesday, Feb. 14South Davie basketball at home vs. West Rowan at 4:30 Three will compete in state indoor track Three Davie athletes have qualified for Friday’s state indoor track meet in Winston-Salem. • Junior Cooper Williams is unbeaten this season in the shot put. He’s ranked No. 2 in the state overall, he’s the No. 1 junior in the state and he’s first in 4-A. With a season-best throw of 57-9, he’s ranked No. 6 in his class in the country. • AJ Sweet is the No. 6 sophomore in the country in the pole vault, and he’s the No. 1 sophomore in the state. He’s No. 5 in the state overall and he’s tied for third in 4-A. His best vault is 14-6. • Mason Kuhnemann will compete in the high jump. With a jump of 6-0, he’s tied for ninth in 4-A with 10 others. JV boys on losing streak The past two weeks have not been kind to Davie’s JV boys basketball team. Reagan outlasted the War Eagles 51-45 on Jan. 30, marking their third loss in four games. It was close throughout, but the Raiders managed to beat Davie narrowly for the second time this season. The Davie scorers: CJ Coleman 17, Jake Runge 11, Cam Knox 7, Jayden Warren 4, Ben Reid 3, Aiden Horton 2, George Sakai 1. Three days later, Davie hosted Mt. Tabor. The first meet-ing was a 39-point rout by the Spartans, but the War Eagles hung around longer in the eventual 64-46 decision. They led after the first quarter before trailing by 10 at halftime. Tabor pulled out to a 48-32 lead at the end of the third. Davie (9-7, 3-6 CPC) dropped its third in a row despite 18 points from Coleman. The other scorers: Brady Vallance 9, Reid 8, Runge 5, Horton 4, Brice Wilson 2. Youth Basketball Week 6 Recognitions The Mocksville-Davie Recreation basketball league recognizes players, coaches and teams each week. Here are the honorees from week six. K-1 Division: player - Jaylen Hogue; coach - Daniel Manning; team - Aliens. 2-3 Division: player - Grayson Young; coach - James Dixon; team - Blue Devils. 4-5 Girls Division: player - Stella Brock; coach - Jason Harbour; team - Catamounts. 4-5 Boys Division: player - Jackson Powell; coach - Christian Klimczyk; team - Gamecocks. 6-8 Division: player - Talan Andrade; coach - Steve Corriher; team - Hornets. 9-12 Division: player - Carter Helton; coach - Gary Hatley; team - Dream Team. By Brian PittsEnterprise Record There was bliss after back-to-back wins over West Forsyth and East For-syth. The Davie girls bas-ketball team’s home game against Reagan on Jan. 30 was less magical. The War Eagles’ good vibes disappeared on a night when everyone went cold. They hit 18 percent of their field goals and lost 49-34. In the first half, Davie came up empty on 19 of 22 shots. The bulk of its offense came from Madison Daugherty’s two 3-pointers and Emmie Burris’ 5-for-5 foul shooting. The Raiders (9-9 over- By Brian PittsEnterprise Record The Davie boys basket-ball team’s top three scorers didn’t shoot the ball particu-larly well in the home game against Reagan on Jan. 30. Did that spell doom with co-leader Davie trying to keep pace with Mt. Tabor? Nope. It hardly mattered because No. 4 scorer Ethan Ratledge was masterful. It hardly mattered because, as anyone who follows Davie knows by now, there’s no telling who the principal weapon is going to be from By Brian PittsEnterprise Record The Davie JV girls basketball team’s out-of-nowhere story continued against visiting Reagan on Jan. 30. In the first meeting on Jan. 3, the War Eagles never stood a chance, losing by 27. Reagan followed that 56-29 drubbing with wins over Mt. Tabor, Reynolds and East Forsyth. The Raiders were 4-0 in the Central Piedmont Conference when they vis-ited Mocksville. Coach Lamar Russell’s War Eagles turned the tables and shocked Reagan 44-34 for their third straight win after a 2-7 start.“These girls have worked so hard and now we have a chance to finish first,” Russell said after Davie improved to 3-3 in the CPC. “If you would have told me that at the beginning of the year, I might have said you’re crazy.”The War Eagles gave Russell and their fans the full experience against Rea-gan. They fell behind 13-5 and 22-15 in the first half. • Sports Briefs • Davie boys ride Ratledge past Reagan game to game. “At halftime I told them: ‘Tonight is Ethan’s night and let it be his night,’” coach Josh Pittman said after Ratledge’s career-high 20 points powered a 57-46 win. “That’s what I like about this team - they’re OK with letting it be his night as opposed to somebody else trying to force something.” Ratledge put on an inside clinic. The senior scored 10 in the first seven minutes, putting the lefty on pace for 46. A sensational first half for Davie (18-1 overall) in-cluded two highlights from Ethan Driver, who delivered a no-look bounce pass that led to a three-point play by Jackson Powers. Then Driv-er got a steal and scored. During one stretch, seemingly everyone played a role in the 34-17 halftime lead. Gavin Williams sank his second 3-pointer of the half, Powers followed with a triple, Landon King finished a drive, and then Ratledge scored inside. The Raiders did, howev-er, make things interesting in the third quarter. They pressed fullcourt, held Da-vie to two field goals and sliced the margin to 39-31 going into the fourth. “I knew they were not going to give up,” Pitt-man said. “They are a well-coached team, but we rushed some shots that we did not have to shoot. I don’t mind winning the game 39-31. We could’ve sat there and ran motion offense the whole second half and won the game by 13 points. But we took a shot here and there and they were able to push the ball, and that’s what let them cut it to eight.”Powers (14.3 points per game coming in), Bryson Mickey (14) and Coleman Lawhon (10.1) shot a com-bined 9 of 24; Mickey only attempted four shots all game. But Lawhon and Mickey found their crunch-time fortitude after Reagan (11-8, 3-6 CPC) climbed within eight. Lawhon’s only 3 of the game couldn’t have come at a better time, pushing Davie’s lead to 42-31 early in the fourth. Then Lawhon snatched an offensive re-bound and made a no-look pass to Ratledge, who fin-ished near the rim. Lawhon drove, switched to the left hand and scored as he was fouled. Then it was Mickey’s turn to be clutch. He banged a 3. He assisted a Ratledge bucket. He drove to the hole with 6-foot-7 Cooper Jack-son soaring through the air with intentions of sending the shot to the fifth row. Mickey was unfazed, laying the lefthanded layup high off the glass and watching it plop through the net. At 54-40, Reagan’s comeback hopes were dashed. “We’ve got a bunch of good leadership on this team, and they know how to settle back in when we need it,” Pittman said. “It started with stops and once we got stops, we were in good shape. That helped us get back in a rhythm and then we finished off the game.”Ratledge’s shooting numbers were a sparkling 10 of 11, the lone miss a 3-point try. His previous varsity scoring high was 16 in a home win over Parkland last year. He flat-out stole the show after entering with an 8.7 average. “Well, all lefties are awk-ward,” Pittman said with a chuckle. “That’s why we always put him in a situ-ation where he can go to his strengths. We put in ‘4’ at Reagan. It’s hard to stop because you’ve got Jackson passing him the ball and you cannot leave Jackson alone because he can shoot. You have to get the lane and then you’ve got Coleman here, Bryson over there. You’ve got Driver, you’ve got Gavin Williams, so you’ve got to stay home. I will let Ethan work one-on-one all day.”Powers was a stat-sheet stuffer with 11 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four blocks. Lawhon did solid work with nine points, eight rebounds and three as-sists. The other points came from Mickey (7), Williams (6), King (2) and Driver (2). Davie kept pace with Tabor, which defeated East Forsyth. Davie and Tabor were 8-1 in the CPC when they met here Friday. Mickey both hit two free throws, Mickey buried a trey at 2:11 and the spectac-ular home fans were going bonkers. The next big play add-ed to Davie’s frustration, however. Lawhon forced a turnover. Powers got the ball and fed Brown, who put a short shot off the glass and in as the whistle blew. Blocking foul/three-point opportunity with a chance to draw Davie within 58-54 with 1:58 left ... or charge? The call was a charge and it remained 58-51. “A little bit here, a little bit there, a call here or a call there, or a no-call there or a defensive lapse on our part,” Pittman said. “We had a really close charge call - it was really close. That’s just a tough call in a tough situ-ation, but that is basketball.”Somehow, some way, Davie still fought back after that turn of events. A War Eagle floated a long in-bounds pass to Powers, who caught it as he was backped-aling to the 3-point line. He made the fadeaway 3 from the left wing to pull his team within 58-54 at 1:21. Then Davie double-teamed a Spartan in the backcourt and got a turnover. This was a golden opportunity to get within two, but the layup was missed. Davie was painfully close to making it 58-56 at :55. When Tabor rebound-ed that miss, its 31st-year coach, Andy Muse, could smell his 600th win. Mickey paced Davie with 17 points. Driver (13) came up big, scoring his most points in 16 games, since his 16-point effort in the fourth game, by making 4 of 7 shots and 3 of 3 free throws. Ratledge (eight) went 3 for 3 from the field and 2 for 2 from the line, meaning he’s 13 for 14 on field-goal attempts across two games. King (six) hit 3 of 5 shots and added three assists and three steals. Law-hon had five points, five rebounds and two assists. Powers had three points and 11 rebounds. Elliott Erlandsson and Brown had two points each. Davie couldn’t overcome Tabor’s obscene shooting in the second half (16 of 23, all on two-pointers). “Some shots fell, some did not - that’s just basket-ball,” Pittman said. “But to be right there at the end, when we could’ve been down 15-20, and you keep fighting and give yourself a chance, that is all I can ask. I’m proud of them.” Girls fade in conference race all) were cold themselves, shooting 34 percent for a 24-16 halftime lead. After falling behind 27-16 in the third, Davie (11-8 overall) rallied. Burris connected on a 3, Vivian Vaughters sank two free throws and Bailey Aderhold buried a triple. The War Eagles were within 27-24.But it just wasn’t their night. Reagan closed the third with an 11-2 surge and Davie was faced with another uphill climb. On an inbounds play, Malayka Rankin received a pass from Aderhold and scored. When Burris knocked down a mid-range jumper, it was 40-32. But that was Davie’s last gasp. It would not hit another field goal; it would score two points the rest of the game. It was crucial, but there was still plenty of motiva-tion to get back on track three days later against Mt. Tabor. After Jan. 30, Davie and Reagan were tied for third in the CPC at 5-4, with West Forsyth a half-game back at 4-4. The top two were Tabor (8-1) and Reynolds (7-2). Burris (10 points, 7 re-bounds, 6 steals, 2 assists) had a nice game in defeat. Rankin had 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 charges on defense. Daugh-erty had 6 points, Aderhold 5, Vaughters 4 and Londyn McDowell 1. Tabor 70, Davie 39The War Eagles’ week got rougher against visiting Mt. Tabor on Feb. 2. The 31-point pummeling marked their worst CPC defeat since a 68-29 decision at Reagan in February 2022. The Davie offense came from Rankin (11), Bur-ris (10), Peyton Spaugh (6), McDowell (5), Ader-hold (3), Daugherty (2) and Vaughters (2). Davie faded into a tie for fourth in the CPC, with Tabor at 9-1, Reynolds 8-2, West Forsyth 6-4 and Davie/Reagan 5-5. The Spartans, who beat Davie by 23 in early Janu-ary, improved to 15-5. Da-vie’s overall record is 11-9. Russell let his girls have it at halftime. Then Davie caught fire in the third quarter. “I said: ‘Y’all are playing a team that is undefeated in our conference, we are sitting No. 4 in our confer-ence and you have a chance to beat them right now. But you’re going to have to get your heads up and you’re gonna have to play like you know how to play. We are better than them, but we have to play like we want to win. We’ve got to pick up the speed and run them.’” In the third, Davie blitzed Reagan 23-5. Britany Her-nandez was incredible during that time, scoring 15 points on five field goals and 4-for-4 foul shooting. All of a sudden, Davie had a 38-27 lead.Davie scored more in the third than it did in two games earlier in the season. It came in averaging 27 per game; it nearly reached that mark in the third. “I did not realize how many points we scored in the third,” Russell said. “When I saw the book, I almost passed out. That was amazing.” Reagan could not recover in the fourth. Hernandez poured in a season-high 20 points. After averaging 7.8 through the first eight games, she’s scoring at an 18.2 clip across four games. “Britani was sick Monday and I did not start her,” Russell said. “We played about four minutes without her and they went up 8-0 real quick. I turned around and looked at her and said: ‘I need you to change the tone of the game.’ She got in foul trouble quick and I had to pull her back out. Brittani only played about two quar-ters, 14 minutes maybe, and scored 20 points. I think that speaks for itself. Brittani is not one to brag about it. She just does her thing and the girls feed off of her and Maddie (Ratledge).”Zahmirah Summers (8 points) scored for the ninth consecutive game. Ratledge also had eight. Kate Nichol-son and Zariyah Conner had 5 and 3, respectively. “Without Maddie con-trolling the ball, we don’t win that game,” he said. For the third straight game, Jaylene Rivera and the box-and-one defense left the opponent searching futilely for answers. In the first matchup, No. 22 had 16 points. In this one, she had 11 first-half points but zero in the second half. “Jaylene is playing de-fense without fouling, and that is frustrating girls on the other team,” Russell said. “Their coach said his girls told him: ‘She’s in our face and barking at us.’ Their coach said it frustrated them and got in their heads.”Tabor 34, Davie 23Hernandez came up big again, but didn’t get enough offensive help in a home loss to Mt. Tabor on Feb. 2. Hernandez did all the scoring as Davie jumped to a 7-3 lead in the first quarter. But Tabor surged to a 13-11 lead at halftime, extended it to 21-16 in the third and pulled away in the fourth. Hernandez (16) delivered 15-plus for the fifth game in a row. Summers had 5 and Nicholson 2. The War Eagles (5-8, 3-4 CPC) saw their winning streak end while scoring their fewest points in 5 games. JV girls rally past Reagan, extend streak DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 ‑ B3 Tom Cowden Youth Shooting Sports hosted the 2024 North Carolina 4-H Hunting Skills Tournament on Jan. 27, the fourth year the Davie group has hosted.This eighth year of the tournament had the biggest turnout since pre-Covid. Participants represent-ing counties and 4H clubs across the state - from as far east as Pitt and as far west as Madison counties. This year also featured a part-nership with NRA YHEC (Youth Hunter Education Challenge) and was a “Lo-cal YHEC Event as well as 4-H.The kids competed in six hunting related chal-lenges including 3D Ar-chery where they shot from an elevated stand, a blind and from the ground at life-size 3D Targets. In rifle competition, participants shot .22 rifles at life-size paper targets of small game animals at dis-tances out to 75 yards. For the shotgun chal-lenge, they shot 5-Stand us-ing multiple traps set up to throw targets that represent upland birds, waterfowl and rabbits. They also had a Wildlife ID Challenge using skulls, hides, wings etc. from game and fur bearing ani-mals found in NC. On a Hunting Knowl-edge and Skills trail, they were required to use a com-pass, estimate distance and answer questions about deer, turkey, small game, waterfowl, predator and varmint hunting in NC and a Hunter Decision Making Challenge where they were shown pictures of hunt-ing scenes and had to de-cide quickly whether they should “Shoot” or “Don’t Shoot” and if it was Don’t Shoot” they had to explain why based on game laws, safety or ethics.The rain held off until the awards, and the tem-perature wasn’t bad for Jan-uary, the highest in several years. “The kids did great, I think a good time was had by all and sportsmanship was at its best as it typically is with 4-H kids and par-ents,” said Nelson Cowden.There were two divi-sions, Juniors (ages 8-13) and Seniors (ages 14-18). In the Junior Divi-sion, the top team was the Henderson County “Skil-let Likkers” with Connor Smith, Sadie Eatmon, Zane Capps and Isaac Wilkie. The Randolph “Snipers” finished second, with Blake Hinshaw, Elijah Kidd, Eli Garner and Nate Price. The Bronze Medal Team was The Davie. “Junior Hunters” with Peter Re-delsheimer, Brendon Myers and Colton Lockard.The Junior Individual Medalists (HOAs) were: Clay Justice with Gold, Isaac Wilkie with Sil-ver, both from Henderson County. Elijah Kidd from Randolph finished third. Clay Justice had the sec-ond highest overall score for either division. He also had the top shotgun score and tied for the top archery score for the da.In the Senior Division, The Davie “Senior Hunt-ers” took top honors with members Riley Barnes, Brantlee Evans, Reece Long and Maddox Nifong. The Randolph =“Sharp-shooters” finished second with Riley Clapp, Carissa Gaines and JJ Foland. Third place was Pitt County with Elijah Green, Declan Mul-len and Gabe Stiles.All three Senior HOA medalists were from the Davie County 4-H Shoot-ing Sports Club, with Re-ece Long winning gold, Brook Lockard, silver and Maddox Nifong with the bronze. Reece had a overall score of 553 points out of a possible 600, one of the top scores over the past eight years. He also had a perfect score of 10/10 in 3D Ar-chery as well as wildlife ID and Hunter Decision Mak-ing as did Brook Lockard. Brook also had the top Rifle score with 14/15, which is as high of a rifle score of any Davie participant in eight years.“It was a great turnout,” Cowden said. “The kids had a lot of fun and made new friends and memories Davie Co 4-H Hunting Skills Team, from left: Colton Lockard (Jr Division 3rd Place Team), Brook Lockard (Sr Div. 2nd HOA), Reece Long (Sr-1st HOA, First Place Team), Maddox Nifong (Sr Div. 3rd HOA, First Place Team), Brantlee Evans (Sr Div. First Place Team), Riley Barnes (Sr. Div. 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In baseball, Cooper Bliss was a scholar athlete of the year nominee; Braeden Roger was a nominee for pitcher of the year and Drew Krause was a nominee for catcher of the year. B4 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 Continued From Page B1started the third on bottom and rode the crowd’s energy to an escape at :45, winning 3-2 to give Davie a 3-0 lead. “I’ve got to get the energy going, so I loved (starting the match),” said the 269-pound Strickland, who was outweighed by 11 pounds. “After the first period, I had him tired out pretty good, so my plan was to get his feet moving. (On the takedown for a 2-1 lead), I had an under hook and I shot to a high crotch right at the edge of the mat and was able to keep him in bounds. (Before the winning escape), I looked over at the bench and all I saw was Josh and all my coaches scream-ing to get straight up. I got a huge adrenaline rush. It was awesome.”“We all knew how big heavyweight was going to be, so we went all-in in that first match,” said a hoarse Stanley. “That’s when I lost my voice. We knew we had to have Ryder if we were going to win.”At 113, Leighton Reavis’ performance was special be-cause the freshman has been a backup all season. His 5-2 record before Saturday hard-ly suggested he was primed for a big effort, but that’s exactly what he delivered. He never flinched as he de-cisioned Jack Williams 14-7 to tie the score at 6-6 after Laney’s pin at 106. “I just go to practice every day and try my best,” Reavis said. “This morning I found out I was going to start whenever Jerred (Al-exander) texted me. I was freaking out. I didn’t think I was going to wrestle. It’s the best feeling ever. It’s amazing.”“We put an unproven freshman in,” Stanley said. “I don’t know if he under-stood what I was saying because I said it and he just nodded. So I said it again. I said, ‘you are starting,’ and he just nodded again. I said: ‘He’s cold as ice. Let’s send him out there.’ He did not blink.”Six of the first seven bouts belonged to the War Eagles. Freshman Aidan Szewczyk decisioned soph-omore Kingston Neal at 120, the 8-2 margin representing his 22nd win in 25 tries. “I thank God for the ability to be on the mat and to be able to perform at this level,” Szewczyk said. With “LET’S-GO-DAV-IE!” and “WAR ... EA-GLES!” chants showering the Davie bench, sophomore Tiaj Thao (33-4) pinned at 126, junior Cayden Glass (32-2) decisioned 11-4 at 132 and Davis (33-3) deci-sioned 13-5 at 138 to stake Davie to the 22-6 lead. Davis is a sophomore who had to tangle with a 39-5 senior. But it was glo-rious as Davis rolled to his 11th straight win. “I was nervous at first, but whenever I get on the mat, they just kind of go away and I get in my mind-set and wrestle,” Davis said. “(Tyler Buonocore of Laney) is good, but Andy has a crazy gas tank,” Stan-ley said. “He’s the best chain wrestler we have, so it’s hard to stop him. He Believe ... can chain multiple moves together; he flows like water. Some kids force one attack and then reset and force another. Andy feels it.”Then: “We knew where they were strong, and we knew we had to get a jump on them,” Stanley said. “To hear that (chant from fans) when you’re nervous, it makes you feel like you’re at home. There’s nothing like it.”It wasn’t all roses and daisies, though. The Buc-caneers were undefeated for a reason. Laney senior Isaiah Wysong (27-0) is a dom-inant force at 145 and he pinned Davie’s Brett Foster in the third, which ignited a 16-0 Laney run across four bouts. “There’s a lot of tactical stuff there,” Stanley said. “If I bump Brett down, they would be able to bump up. I put Brett at 145 and that held their undefeated kid at 145. Brett got pinned but he still won the dual for us because he still held them accountable. They could’ve bumped three guys if we didn’t do that.”Laney senior Tristan Cotto major decisioned at 152. Laney’s Marquise Kel-ly decisioned at 160. And Laney’s Mac Kopelman beat the red-hot Maddox Creason, 8-2, at 170. It was now 22-22, but a portion of the credit has to go to Elliott Gould (152), Alexander (160) and Crea-son for staying off their backs. The War Eagles’ mo-mentum had dissipated, but seeing Hunter Testa walk up at 182 brought a huge adren-aline rush. He is the squad’s Superman. The 36-0 senior hammered down Holden Walker in the second period to provide the 28-22 lead. He’s 11th in career wins with a 146-7 record. What a legend. “Don’t hurt the kid, don’t do anything crazy,” Stanley said when asked what he was thinking when it was Testa’s turn. “He wasn’t going to let anybody down.”Then came the high dra-ma at 195. This one felt like a do-or-die situation because Laney had a guy boasting a beastly record on deck. Bry-sen Godbey is a formidable senior at 220 who came in 36-5, but Laney senior Ma-son Blue was 37-1, and Blue would win a 5-0 decision in what turned out to be an inconsequential match. The Boswell/Kaeden Smith match was a barn-burner. Boswell led through-out the first two minutes, but the margin was only 4-3. Smith (30-13) had a 5-4 advantage at the end of the second. Boswell took Smith down, earned back points and took a 7-5 lead. “I’ve been through all the emotions,” Szewczyk said. “I was sitting in the chair, thinking the worst and then the best.”“It was nerve-racking,” Davis said. “He made it real-ly nervous for all of us at the end, but he came up with the dub and we’re really proud of him. I was so excited I was just jumping around.”“I was sitting next to (Boswell’s) dad,” said fan and former Davie wrestler Michael Shore. “He started out like he was gonna record it. I saw his hands shaking so bad, I just took his phone and said I got it. I know the feeling.”Boswell had an 8-6 lead with time ticking away, but Smith came up with a tying reversal with just five sec-onds left in the third - and they headed to sudden-death overtime. A Boswell loss would have been excruci-ating. Recovering from that reversal required some se-rious fortitude. Fourteen seconds into sudden death, Boswell brilliantly executed a takedown that resulted in a 10-8 decision and sealed the deal at 31-22. Smith carried momentum into OT, but Boswell had a fighting heart and a will to win. “I went in knowing that I could win,” said the ev-er-improving Boswell, who is 25-10 with an eight-match winning streak. “There was a lot of pressure, but in overtime I knew I could get the two. It was exciting. It was crazy. It was fun. It’s amazing.”“I love him,” Strickland said. “He’s awesome. I knew he could do it. He’s not al-ways the most confident guy out there, but I saw it on his face that he was going to win that match when he walked out there, and I’m so happy that he did.”“I’m super proud of him,” Testa said. “I love him to death. That’s my practice partner, so I’m really, really proud of him. We are super close and it’s really nice to see him get that victory.”“Oh my gosh, we knew that was a swing match,” Stanley said. “Boz has been working hard all year trying to build his confidence, and it just exploded today thanks to the Davie crowd. You could just see his confidence explode. That was techni-cally a match we thought we would lose. It was just heart. We thought we sealed it, but the kid scored with five seconds to go, so it was a roller coaster. We felt like we were in better shape, so we felt like overtime was in our favor - but you don’t ever know.”Davie’s eight wins were five decisions, two pins and one major decision. Laney’s six wins were three decisions, two pins and one major. The 2024 War Eagles joined the 1994 and 2006 teams as state dual team champions. When the issue was settled, jubilation and craziness ensued. Stanley tried three times to climb on a chair to pump his fist at the crowd. “We’ve been waiting for this for 18 years,” Stanley said. “We all dreamed about this since we were little kids,” Strickland said. While the orange-and-black side celebrated one of the most iconic moments in Davie sports history, there was dejection on the other side. “We got beat between the ears (at 195),” Laney coach Andre Adams said. “We took a bad shot; that wasn’t the shot you take (at that point) in the match. You live and learn and hopefully (Smith) won’t beat himself up too much. It shouldn’t have got to that point - all that on his shoulders - but we’ll be back.”Notes: Testa was named MVP of the state champi-onship. ... The Buccaneers reached the state final for the third straight year. They won it in 2022 over North-west Guilford. They were runner-up to NW Guilford in 2023. ... The War Eagles, who closed the dual team season with 14 straight wins, will have a sky-high ceil-ing next year. Their lineup against Laney: three seniors, four juniors, four sopho-mores, three freshmen. ... This was Davie’s ninth ap-pearance in the state finals. It was bridesmaids in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2005 and 2008. ... Davie County resident Maurice Atwood notched his 12th state du-als title later in the day when 3-A Eastern Guilford romped past Union Pines. Eastern finished 48-0 and Atwood improved to 12-0 in state dual finals. ... There are two weeks left in the season. The Midwest Regional is Feb. 9-10 at Ragsdale and the state tournament is Feb. 15-17 at the Greensboro Coliseum. The Davie crowd goes crazy when Christian Boswell clinches the state title. - Photos by Ashley Bowden and Jodie Krause Tiaj Thao nails down at pin at 126. Maddox Creason holds down his 170 opponent. Aidan Szewczyk rolls toward an 8-2 decision at 120. Hunter Testa puts down the hammer at 182 to set up the dramatic finish. The bench slaps the hand of Andy Davis after his major decision. At right, Ryder Stickland guts out a 3-2 win at heavyweight. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 - B5 Continued From Page B1“The crowd was amaz-ing,” coach Josh Stanley said. “It felt like a home match. I’ve not seen some of those people in 10, 15, 20 years. It had the kids amped up and sometimes maybe too overzealous.”Davie 34, HR 30Don’t be fooled by the final score. In the quarterfi-nals against No. 4 Hickory Ridge, the War Eagles cap-tured eight of the first 11 weight classes and clinched victory with three matches to spare. In the opening match at 150, Elliott Gould ignit-ed the charged-up crowd with a gritty 5-3 decision. It was 3-3 before Gould got a takedown with 23 seconds remaining in the third peri-od. At 157, Jerred Alexander major decisioned, 11-2, and the rout was on. After Stanley forfeited at 165 to Colton Campbell, a junior who is 50-0, Maddox Crea-son bumped up to 175 and pinned in the first. Hunter Testa did the same thing, bumping up to 190 and sticking his opponent in the first two minutes. “(Campbell) is going to be wrestling for a state title (at 165), so we shifted our lineup,” Stanley said. When Brysen Godbey major decisioned at 215, the Davie lead was 23-6. The Ragin’ Bulls cut into the margin at 285 and 106, but Aidan Szewczyk (10-7 decision at 113), Cayden Glass (19-5 major decision at 120) and Tiaj Thao (11-2 major at 126) put the margin out of reach at 34-12. Even though Testa worked at 190 for the first time all year, the unbeaten senior hammered out his 22nd pin in 34 tries. Even though Szewczyk was wres-tling for the first time in 27 days, he raised his record to 21-2. After building the 34-12 lead, Davie forfeited at 132, 138 and 144 and rested up as Hough and Grimsley waged a down-to-the-wire battle on the other mat. Davie 38, Grimsley 22No. 3 Grimsley grabbed a quick 4-0 lead in the semifi-nals, but the red-hot Creason sparked a 21-0 run that set the stage for the Glass/Thao/Davis knockout punch. Creason won a 7-3 de-cision with impressive vig-or. Grimsley’s Germaine Brown is a 29-4 junior, but he couldn’t stay with a sophomore who has an 11-match winning streak with nine pins. “That kid is ranked No. 4 in the state,” Stanley said. “I don’t even think Maddox knew that; they just have to believe in their preparation.”At 175, Grimsley senior Jalen Ashe managed to take Testa to the third period. But with a 14-5 lead, Testa exe-cuted a nasty move, sweep-ing the legs and pinning Claims ... Ashe in the blink of an eye. “That kid’s job was just to survive,” Stanley said. “We knew he was going to shell up and Hunter was going to have to make some-thing happen. It took him about 10 or 12 takedowns, but Hunter’s persistent and that kid was ready for the door by the end of it.”At 190, Christian Bo-swell survived a hard-fought slugfest, winning 7-6 over a 42-12 senior. Boswell has flourished since a 10-7 start to his junior season, winning 14 of 17 and seven straight. “Boz is believing in him-self,” Stanley said. “Like El-liott, I feel like every match he’s improving. Boz let it fly, he attacked the guy’s legs and he battled through adversity. When we saw him pull that off, we knew we had a good shot at it.”At 215, Godbey ran his winning streak to nine with a 13-7 decision. “He’s a (senior) leader for us and he’s on a tear,” Stanley said. Grimsley’s heavyweight pushed Ryder Strickland into the third period, but the reliable junior tightened Davie’s grip with a late pin. The Whirlies (25-4) be-gan turning the tide at 106 and 113. Szewczyk is a freshman who was paired with 35-9 senior Zachary Swearingin. Szewczyk took a 3-2 lead with :30 left in the third, but Swearingin prevailed 4-3 in the final 10 seconds and pulled Grims-ley within 21-13. “Aidan was probably a little rusty and he was really sick after the first match, but he came back and fought it out for the team,” Stanley said. The match’s signature moment came at 120. Glass faced nemesis Grant Mc-Cord, who was 40-1 after winning the state at 106 last year as a sophomore. Glass (31-2) didn’t just beat McCord, he pinned him in the second. “That kid beat Cayden earlier this year, and it’s been his Achilles heel for a few matches and has been in Cayden’s head,” Stanley said. “But when the team is behind you, it makes you level up sometimes. It was an amazing performance by Cayden.”Grimsley freshman Jacob McCord hung with Thao for six minutes, but the gifted Davie sophomore survived 7-6 in a struggle that featured late fireworks. After time expired, the refs got together to sort out the back-and-forth flurry (nine of the 13 points came in the third). Thao, heavily favored at 32-4, did enough to give Davie a 30-13 lead. The Whirlies took a de-cision at 132, but their small glimmer of hope was dashed at 138 by Andy Davis, who emphatically nailed down the state-final berth with a technical fall. The sophomore has been taking his game to greater heights every week, result-ing in a 10-match winning streak and 32-3 record. “Andy is the smoothest wrestler probably on our team,” Stanley said. Cayden is super fast and strong, and Testa is a technician with brute force, but Andy is the smoothest kid we have. He flows from one thing to an-other, and right as he starts breaking you, he will hit you in a head lever. Coach (Bud- dy) Lowery loves to see that; people don’t hit head levers anymore. I love it just to give a nod to Buddy. We have three or four guys who are hitting that hard, and I’ve had people tell me that Andy hits it like the old-school guys, and he transi-tions from that to punching in that half so fast that it brings back memories.”The War Eagles (22-1) rattled off victories in eight of the first 12 matches and clinched at 35-16 with two to go. They advanced to the state final for the first time since 2008 and rejoiced amid overwhelming cheers from the stands. “Nobody does it like Da- vie, the way they bring that fire,” Stanley said. “When the match was sealed, Bob-by Strickland started yelling ‘War!’ and everybody else would go ‘Eagles!’ The amount of people that you had to hug to get out of that place to leave was incredi-ble. The security was trying to usher our people out, but they wanted to stay and celebrate and talk. So it was just amazing.”Notes: Despite having victory in hand, Stanley let Brett Foster go to work at 144. He won 9-4. Then Davie forfeited at 150. ... In Davie’s last state-final appearance in 2008, it lost 40-27 to visiting Cary. 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 LONE HICKORY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC. Annual Meeting and Board of Directors ElectionsFebruary 12, 2024 at 7 PMAt the Station: 3200 Lone Hickory Rd., Yadkinville, NC 27055 Any community member that owns property in the Lone Hickory Fire Dept.ʼs fire district is eligible to vote for Board members. The 2024 state 4-A champions are your Davie War Eagles, wo went 23-1 during the dual team season. Their other state titles came in 1994 and 2006. Hunter Testa gets a big hug from Shelton Sales during the celebration. - Photos by Ashley Bowden and Jodie Krause The official holds up two for Christian Boswell’s takedown in sudden-death overtime. B6 ‑ DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 By Brian PittsDavie Enterprise Record Mike Dinkins must have found the secret to eternal luck. His Ellis boys basket-ball team is on a magical run, winning the past three games by one, four and three points. “I’ve never had a bunch do this,” Dinkins said. “That’s three straight games we’ve been down with less than two minutes to go and came back and won.”Ellis 45, SD 41It was a heartbreaker for the visiting Tigers, who held a 41-35 lead late in the fourth quarter. Ellis closed the game with a remarkable 10-0 run on Jan. 29. “We had one heck of a ballgame,” Dinkins said. “It went back and forth in the third quarter and fourth quarter. We were up seven. Then all of a sudden, we were down six with a little over two minutes to play.”The comeback began when Jordan Crowley dove on the floor to grab a loose ball. The possession ended with Cam James scoring off an offensive rebound. Josiah Warren scored on a steal/layup. Warren got another steal, missed the shot but stuck it back up and in to tie the game at 41 with 18 seconds left. Ellis got another steal at halfcourt. James sent a pass to Chance McLean, who scored at :08 to give Ellis a 43-41 lead. South turned it over yet again and Hunter Hough raced in for a layup right before time expired for the exclamation mark. James finished with 16 points to match his season high. McLean had 9, Warren 8, Hough 6 and Crowley 6. “If I had to give a game ball out, Josiah would get it,” Dinkins said. “He had 12 rebounds and two ma-jor steals at the end of the game.”South’s scorers: Colson Dulin 12, Crosby Parker 11, Luke Rosenquist 8, Jared Vaughters 8, Kayden Young 8, Dreighton Lunnerman 3, Henry Corriher 1. It was the fourth straight loss for the Tigers, one of which was 46-45 in over- time against Erwin. So South could have easily been 5-2 through seven games. “I guess we’ve got to call them the Cardiac Kids,” Dinkins said. “I mean, that is two in a row (decided in the final seconds). It was a nice crowd and people were going crazy.”Ellis 36, Burke 33Three days later, this dramatic team did it again, rallying late in the fourth to win at Selma Burke. Ellis was down by four with 1:40 remaining. “I said: ‘Boys, they’re going to keep shooting the ball. We’ve just got to re-bound it and score,’” Din-kins said. Ellis rebounded a Burke miss. At the other end, Pey-ton Fishel took an offensive rebound and scored. After the Bears split a pair at the line, Crowley pushed the ball down the floor. He missed but James rebounded and scored as he was fouled. His free throw was good to tie the game. After the Bears missed, they fouled Hough on a 3-point try. He hit 2 of 3 to give Ellis a two-point lead with under 20 seconds to go. Burke missed again. Ellis made a long pass downcourt and the official called an intentional foul. Hough hit one free throw to put his team up by three. “The boy just basically coldcocked Hunter,” Din-kins said. Burke missed its final shot and Ellis (5-1) celebrat-ed another thrilling victory. Crowley (13) hit dou-ble figures for the fourth time. James had 8, Hough 6, Fishel 6, Wood 2 and Warren 1. Moor 55, ND 17North Davie absorbed a 37-point beating at Moores-ville on Jan. 29. The Wildcat points came from Tannyr Carrier (7), Wade Riden-hour (2), Jodee Rosales (2), Peyton Jordan (2), Nathan Smith (2) and Jacob Self (2). SD 46, ND 42The Wildcats burst to a 14-8 lead in the first quarter, but the Tigers dominated the middle quarters and defeat-ed visiting North on Feb. 1. South (4-4) snapped the four-game losing streak as C. Dulin erupted for 19 points. Lunnerman and Vaughters had eight each. “We’re getting better,” South coach Germain May- Ellis boys on a magical basketball run field said. “We just need to learn how to win and play a complete and consistent game.”It was the third straight loss for the Wildcats (3-4), who got 15 points and three 3s from Carrier, 11 points and two triples from Riden-hour and 10 points and eight boards from Smith. Levi Morales and Jordan had four and two points, respectively. “We came out with a lot of energy and jumped out to a lead,” North coach Trevor Gooch said. “We failed to play well for long periods of time during the second and third quarters. In the fourth quarter, we were down by 10 points and cut the lead to four.” Old Fashion Service with Modern Technology Stephen Beatty Owner (NC-Lim EC) Licensed and Insured (336) 940-8196 Advance, NC Vintage Electrical Services Residential or Commercial Electrician Services from Generator Installs to EV Charging to Service Upgrades or Kitchen and Bath Remodels. WE DO IT ALL! GIVE US A CALL TODAY! South’s James Martin blocks a shot by Ellis’ Will Hileman. At right, Ellis defenders try to cut off South’s Dreighton Lunnerman. Josiah Warren pushes the ball. At right, South’s Colson Dulin tries to stop Ellis’ Cam James. - Photos by Marnic Lewis Jordan Crowley hustles after South’s Crosby Parker. At right, Jared Vaughters dribbles against Ellis’ Ryan Richardson. DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 - B7 Kinsley Harbour hit three 3-pointers on her way to a season-high 13 points, An-nabelle Wright pulled down 12 rebounds and the Ellis girls basketball team raced past visiting South Davie 39-8 on Jan. 29. Harbour came out hot during an 18-2 first quarter and had five steals to go with her scoring. “We’ve got plays desig-nated for her to shoot 3s,” coach Roger Blalock said. “Karah (Shore), Ellyana (Holbrook) and Kinsley all shoot pretty good. They are our three guards.”Shore had eight points. Jordyn Warren had four points and five steals. Katie Lou Cornatzer had four points. Holbrook had four points and three assists. Mi-randa Sapp had four points and seven rebounds. And Zoey Harpe had two points. “We’ve got Jordyn, An-nabelle and Miranda who are our bigs,” Blalock said. “They are physical and they 132 Interstate Drive Mocksville, NC 27028 (336) 753-8473 Hours: Mon. - Fri. 7:30 - 5:30 MockBerothTire.com 11 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU! Unlock the full potential of your premium SUV, CUV or truck $149 Minimum purchase required. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the purchase balance is not paid in full within 6 months. DEFERRED INTEREST IF PAID IN FULL WITHIN 6 MONTHS † †MINIMUM MONTHLY PAYMENTS REQUIRED.APR: 28.8%. Minimum Finance Charge: $2.00. Subject to credit approval. Te rms and conditions apply. rebound. They even get steals. They’re like line-backers.”Hallie Head had six points for South, while Sha-nia Brown had two. •••North Davie lost at Mooresville on Jan. 29 and at South Davie on Feb. 1. The Wildcats were undone by South’s Ashley Cock-erham, who poured in 12 points to lead the Tigers to a 17-9 win that stopped their losing streak at five. Kady Joyce (four) and Head (one) had the other South points. “We played much better against North. We only had six players when we played Ellis,” coach Julie Snow said after South improved to 2-6. “Our game-chang-ers have been Hallie and Kileigh Lynch. They played every minute of both games. Against North, Ashley Cockerham had the hot hand. She had strep when we played Ellis. She is al-ways asking questions and striving to be better. This is a great group of girls. They smile and motivate each other. We are very proud of them.”Camila Sa’ had 7 points for the Wildcats (2-5), who suffered their third straight loss. Madison Stanley had 2. Ellis (2-3) lost at Selma Burke on Feb. 1. Ellis girls beat South; Tigers beat North Davie County Little League Baseball/Softball is holding spring registration until Feb. 28. Register online. In-person signups will be Feb. 17 at the Davie Recreation Center. Evaluations will be held March 2. Learn more at www.daviell.com. Registration open for Little League baseball and softball Ellyana Holbrook handles the ball for Ellis. At right, Ellis’ Miranda Sapp faces tough defense from South Davie’s Kileigh Lynch. South’s Kylie Edwards looks to shoot. At right, she looks to pass against the defense of Katie Lou Cornatzer. - Photos by Marnic Lewis Jordyn Warren goes in for a layup. At right, Cornatzer soars to the hoop. B8 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024Dateline Fundraisers Friday, Feb. 9Port-a-Pit chicken din-ner, Cathedral of Grace, 817 Greenhill Road, Mocksville. Meal, $14, half chicken, 2 sides, roll, dessert; chicken only, $7; vegetable plate, $9; additional sides, $2. Baked beans, red slaw, white slaw, green beans, mac & cheese. Call Kerwyn Wilson at 336-469-4778 or Faith Wilson at 336-409-7641.Chicken pie plates, St. John AME Zion, 145 MKL Jr. Rd., Mocksville, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $12. Taking orders for Val-entine’s cupcakes, 704-798-2391. Saturday, Feb. 10Community breakfast, Mocks Church, Beauchamp/Mocks Church roads, Ad-vance, 6:30-10 a.m. $8, pork tenderloin, country ham, eggs, grits, sausage gravy, biscuits, beverages. Sponsored by Mocks Men to support mis-sions.Community breakfast, Farmington Methodist, 1939 Farmington Rd., Mocksville, 7-10 a.m. Pork tenderloin, bacon, sausage, eggs, grits, sausage gravy, apples, hash brown casserole, biscuits, fruit, beverages. Donations to Sonshine Team and Senior Ministries.Community breakfast, Mocksville First Presbyte-rian, 261 S. Main St., 7:30-10 a.m. County ham, bacon, sausage, eggs, grits, apples, biscuits, gravies, beverages. Donations benefit Dragonfly House. www.fpcmocksville.com. Special Events Thursday, Feb. 15Meet Local Candidates, Da-vie Sr. Services, 278 Meroney St., Mocksville. Refreshments at 5, forum at 5:30. All local candidates invited. Open to all ages. Feb. 24-25Drag racing, spring automo-tive flea market, Farmington Dragway, NC 801, 336-485-1018 if interested in setting up. Saturday, March 16Shamrock Run 5K, down-town Mocksville, sponsored by Rotary Club of Mocksville. 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. OngoingTech 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 Monday, March 4Davie Board of Commis-sioners, 6 p.m., second floor meeting room, county admin-istration building, downtown Mocksville. Monday, April 1Davie Board of Commis- sioners, 6 p.m., second floor meeting room, county admin-istration building, downtown Mocksville. 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. 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. Monday, Feb. 12Fraud Prevention Seminar, 10 a.m. with Nikki Bennett of Allegacy Federal Credit Union. Tuesday, Feb. 13Chair Volleyball Tourney, 10 a.m. at Brock Campus. Wednesday, Feb. 14Advanced Care Planning Workshop, 1 p.m. with rep from Trellis.Crafting Extravaganza, 1 p.m. Bring own crafts, no formal instruction.Valentine’s Day Party, 2 p.m. Food, entertainment by Boogie Brigade. Thursday, Feb. 15Senior Games/Special Olym-pics cornhole, 10:30 a.m. at the Brock.Senior Book Club, 12:30-2 p.m. at public library with Genny Hinkle.Meet the Candidates, local candidates invited. Refresh-ments 5 p.m., forum at 5:30. Monday, Feb. 19Monthly Movie, 1 p.m. with popcorn. Tuesday, Feb. 20Glucose & cholesterol screen-ings, 9:30 a.m. with Minerva mobile unit. Thursday, Feb. 22Black History Month celebra-tion, 6 p.m. with Davie NAACP. Theme: From Past to Present. Music, cake, punch. Friday, Feb. 23Crafternoon: Sunflower Coasters, 2 p.m. at public li-brary with Rachel Nelson. Monday, Feb. 26What’s Cooking: Foods, Fads & Helpful Home Hacks, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27Theatre Club, 1 p.m. with Mike Garner to discuss theatrical options to visit. Thursday, Feb. 29Winter Field Day, 1 p.m. at Brock Campus. Basketball, table tennis, cornhole, football throwing and more.Friday, March 1Bunco, 1 p.m. Monday, March 4Parkinson’s Support Group, 2-3 p.m. with rep from Atrium Health WFB. For those with Parkinson’s and their care-givers. Tuesday, March 5Blood Pressure Screenings, 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 6Hello: The conversation game for living and aging well, 1-3 p.m. with social worker, Kelly Sloan. Thursday, March 7Veterans Social, 8:30 a.m., also sponsored by Trellis and Davie Veterans Services.Chat With Sr. Tar Heel Dele-gate, 10 a.m.Diabetes and Nutrition Class, 1 p.m. with Kathy Crotts of Kidney Nutrition Care Center. Thursdays, March 7-28Genealogy Classes, 1-3 p.m. with Marie Craig. Learn how to trace genealogy. Friday, March 8Foot care, by appointment with nurse Kathy Najdek, Brock Campus, 10 a.m.-2:45 p.m.Welcome to Medicare, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. with SHIIP Coordinator Michelle Ellis. 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. Friday, Feb. 9Jeremiah Barr, 6-9 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocks-ville. 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.Allyn Raney, 6-9 p.m., The Station, Downtown Mocks-ville. Thursday, Feb. 15Darrell Hoots, 6-9 p.m., Tanglewood Pizza, US 158, Bermuda Run.Bluegrass Church features Outlaw Bluegrass Band with John Hoffman, Brad Wood, Connor Lambert, Michael Souther. Free meal at 6 p.m., music at 6:30. Eaton’s Bap-tist, 430 Eaton’s Church Rd., Mocksville. 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. BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT The BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT- An AFFORDABLE marketing choice! 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DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 ‑ B9 This scripture message brought to you by these businesses who encourage you to worship at the church of your choice. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my sayings, he shall never see death.” John 8:51 “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.(Proverbs 3:5,6) TLC Pet Care GroomingTLC Pet Care Grooming Tosha Champ Owner/Groomer336.671.6127 1573 US Hwy. 601 S. • Mocksville, NC(Near the corner of Hwy. 601 and Deadmon Rd.) tlcpetcaregrooming@gmail.com Boarding & Doggie Day Care Now Available ! B10 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 Sheffield-Calahaln Cool Spring Elementary 5th grader Nora Boots won 1st in the N.C. Visual Art Showcase.Art teacher Lauren Lewis asked them to draw their inspiration of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Less Taken." Nora had Mrs. Lewis take a photo of her in a walking stance and used a silhouette of it. - Photo courtesy of Iredell Free News By Shirley ThorneCounty Line Correspondent Calvary Baptist Church invites everyone to a spa-ghetti dinner at noon Sun-day, Feb. 11 in the fellow-ship hall. Donations for missions will be accepted.Clarksbury Methodist Church will have an "Ash Wednesday" service at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. Our community sends congratulations to Cool Spring Elementary School, its art classes, and fifth grad-er Nora Boots. Nora won 1st place in the N.C. Scholastic Visual Arts Showcase in media, and the school won third place. The students' art teacher is Lauren Lewis, an active member of Clarks-bury Methodist. Lauren, all of us are proud of you and your students. Keep up the great work.Shirley Lewis remains in rehab at Bermuda Village of Davie but was hoping to be able to be home this week. By Brenda BaileySheffield-CalahalnCorrespondent Wishing everyone a Val-entine’s Day filled with hap-piness and love.Birthday wishes to: Janie Spry on Feb. 11; Vic-ki Swain on Feb. 12; and Bud Reeves on Feb. 15. If you would like a birthday or anniversary listed in this column, please let me know.Each Friday from 6 – 8 p.m. local musical talent is featured at MawMaw’s Restaurant, US 601 S. Boyd Hulin and Southern Revival played to a full house last week. This week’s band will be Darrell Conner and the Country Music Legends.Wesley Chapel UMC is selling TerriLynn nuts. Contact Kathy at 336-830-5123. 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- Houses, Decks, Driveways Gutter Cleaning, Roof Wash 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, Larry Knight, Vio-let Coursey, Clyde Jordan, Jack Seaford, Mark Hendrix and Suzonne Stratton. Our sincere condolences to the Waverly Shore family and the Darrell Edwards family.Submit news to brfbai-ley@msn.com, message on Facebook or call 336-837-8122 no later than Friday. Eddie Porter invites everyone to join him for the Eddie’s Place jam sessions in Cool Springs every Monday from 6-9:30 p.m. Caleb Williams continues immunotherapy treatments at Wake Forest Baptist Brenner Children's Hospi-tal, and Caroline Jones con-tinues radiation treatments at Chapel Hill.Join us in prayer for the Lord's divine healing and blessings upon Shirley, Ca-leb, Caroline, and others who are having health prob-lems.Remember in prayer the Rev. Bobby and Ann Jones, former pastoral cou-ple at Pleasant View Bap-tist Church; his sister Faye Jones Barnes died Sunday, Jan. 28 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Call or text Shirley on 336-492-5115 or email sdtlink@hotmail.com. County LineCool Spring Elementary artists win awards FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 261 South Main St. • Mocksville (336) 751-2507 www.fpcmocksville.com COMMUNITY BREAKFAST THIS SATURDAY! February 10th, 2024 7:30-10:00 am Donations Only. Proceeds Benefit: DRAGONFLY HOUSE Serving: County Ham, Bacon, Sausage, Eggs, Grits, Apples, Biscuits, Red Eye & Sausage Gravies. Country Legends to perform Madeline Burt of Ad-vance has earned a place on the dean's list for the Fall 2023 semester at Dean Col-lege in Franklin, Mass. Burt on dean’s list at Dean MOVING SALE! Friday & Saturday,February 9 & 10 8am-3pm 673 South Salisbury St. Mocksville, NC Some Furniture, Outdoor Pots and Plants, Wet Vac, Some Tools, Misc. Household Items, TOO MUCH TO LIST!1778880Real Rose Dipped in 24 kt. Gold $8995 each 1/4 ct Diamond Tennis Bracelets $14900 Dancing Diamond Silver Pendant $9995 1/10 ct Diamond Earrings $6995 2503 Lewisville-Clemmons Rd. Clemmons, NC(beside Lowes Foods) (336) 766-8505 Valentine’s Special DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 - B11 COME SEE US TODAY! Dirt or Street or on the Water Everything Honda Powersports Can-Am Spyder - ATV & SxS Sea-Doo PWC’s – KYMCO SSR Motorsports – Benelli Electric Bikes & Scooters Official NC Inspection Station CA$H paid for Clean Bikes • We Buy old Honda’s Consignments Welcome. EZ online Credit App. Shop 24/27 @ HondaWS.com I-40 @ the Clemmons Exit, Exit # 184 6209 Ramada Dr, Clemmons NC 27012 • 336-765-0330 Father and Son Remodeling Ready for a fresh start? Windows Doors Additions Kitchens Bathrooms Decks Floors Siding Competitive Prices 980-234-2483 for a free estimate. Public Notices 1769399 NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION DAVIE, NORTH CAROLINA The statewide primary election will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Voters will be asked to show photo ID when they vote. Voters who lack ID can get one for free from their county board of elections. If a voter does not have ID when they go to vote, they can still have their vote counted by either signing a form at the polls to explain why they are unable to show ID, or by voting a provi- sional ballot and returning to the coun- ty board of elections with their ID by 5 p.m. on March 14, 2024. Find out more at ncsbe.gov/voter-id. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. Early voting will be held at the following locations from Thursday, February 15, 2024, through Saturday, March 2, 2024: Davie County Board of Elections office 161 Poplar Street, Suite 102Mocksville, NC 27028 Bermuda Run Town Hall 120 Kinderton Blvd. Suite 100Bermuda Run, NC 27006 Jerusalem Volunteer Fire Dept. 7185 NC Hwy. 801 South Mocksville, NC 27028 Begins: Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 Ends: Saturday, March 2, 2024 Open: Monday–Friday from 8:00 am-7:30 pm Open: Saturday, Feb. 17 from 8:00am- 1:00 pm Saturday, Feb. 24 from 8:00am- 1:00 pm Saturday, March 2 from 8:00am- 3:00 pm Absentee ballots will be mailed to vot- ers who have requested them beginning January 19, 2024. Absentee ballots must be received by the county board of elec- tions no later than 7:30 p.m. on March 5, 2024. A voter can fill out an absentee ballot request at votebymail.ncsbe.gov, or by filling out a request form provided by the county board of elections office. The request must be received through the website or by the Davie Board of Elections by 5 p.m. February 27, 2024. In the primary election, voters will select nominees for a political party to move on to the general election on November 5th. Contests on the ballot include U.S. President, U.S. House, N.C. Governor and other Council of State Offices, N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice, N.C. Court of Appeals, N.C. House and Senate, and county offices. In the primary, voters affiliated with a political party will be given a ballot of candidates for their party, if their party has a pri- mary. Unaffiliated voters may choose to vote in any party’s primary, but they may select only one party’s ballot. The voter registration deadline for this election is 5 p.m. Friday, February 9, 2024. Eligible individuals who are not registered by that deadline may register and vote at any early voting site during the early voting period. New registrants will be required to provide current doc- umentation of their residence (for exam- ple, a government ID, other government document, or a paycheck, bank state- ment, or utility bill). Voters who wish to change party affiliation must do so by the February 9 deadline. Questions? Call the Davie Board of Elec- tions Office at 336-753-6072 or send an email to mdparker@daviecountync.gov. Davie County Board of Elections Chair Publish: Davie-Enterprise 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2024. Public Notices No. 1774573 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Lavinia S. Chaplin, late of Davie County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said estate to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned at 1781 Cornatzer Rd., Mocksville, NC 27028 or 1045 Joe Moore Rd., Thom- asville, NC 27360 on or before the 1st day of May 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per- sons indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate settlement with the undersigned. This the 1st day of February 2024. Frankie Irene Chaplin, Co-Executor Dale Dewitt Chaplin, Co-Executor Estate file 24 E 023 Robert N. Crosswhite, Attorney at Law 239 E. Broad Street, Statesville, NC 28677 (704) 873-7233 Publish: Davie Enterprise 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2024. No. 1770950 NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 23 CvD 549 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY Davie County, A Body Politic and Cor- porate vs. Unknown Heirs at Law of Manley Hudson, a/k/a Manuel Glenn Hudson, Robert Louis Frost, Glenda F. Hunter, Minnie Lucille Conway TO: Unknown Heirs at Law of Manley Hudson, a/k/a Manuel Glenn Hudson, Robert Louis Frost, Glenda F. Hunter, Minnie Lucille Conway 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: Situate in the Town of Mocksville, Da- vie County, N. C., adjoining the lands of M. R. Chaffin and others and bounded as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at a stone, M. R. Chaffin’s line and running thence South with said Chaffin’s line to a stone, said Chaffin’s corner; thence East with said Chaffin’s line to a stone, said Chaffin’s corner; thence North (with roadway now open) to a stone, corner of the graded school (colored) lot; thence to the beginning, containing 1/4 acre, more or less. 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# I5- 160-D0-006, Davie County Tax Office. Address: Williams Street 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 March 6, 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 January 12, 2024. Chad A. Haight Attorney for the Plaintiff Capital Center 82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville, NC 28801 (828) 252-8010 Publish: Davie-Enterprise 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2024. 1769399 NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION DAVIE, NORTH CAROLINA The statewide primary election will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Voters will be asked to show photo ID when they vote. Voters who lack ID can get one for free from their county board of elections. If a voter does not have ID when they go to vote, they can still have their vote counted by either signing a form at the polls to explain why they are unable to show ID, or by voting a provi- sional ballot and returning to the coun- ty board of elections with their ID by 5 p.m. on March 14, 2024. Find out more at ncsbe.gov/voter-id. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. Early voting will be held at the following locations from Thursday, February 15, 2024, through Saturday, March 2, 2024: Davie County Board of Elections office 161 Poplar Street, Suite 102Mocksville, NC 27028 Bermuda Run Town Hall 120 Kinderton Blvd. Suite 100Bermuda Run, NC 27006 Jerusalem Volunteer Fire Dept. 7185 NC Hwy. 801 South Mocksville, NC 27028 Begins: Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 Ends: Saturday, March 2, 2024 Open: Monday–Friday from 8:00 am-7:30 pm Open: Saturday, Feb. 17 from 8:00am- 1:00 pm Saturday, Feb. 24 from 8:00am- 1:00 pm Saturday, March 2 from 8:00am- 3:00 pm Absentee ballots will be mailed to vot- ers who have requested them beginning January 19, 2024. Absentee ballots must be received by the county board of elec- tions no later than 7:30 p.m. on March 5, 2024. A voter can fill out an absentee ballot request at votebymail.ncsbe.gov, or by filling out a request form provided by the county board of elections office. The request must be received through the website or by the Davie Board of Elections by 5 p.m. February 27, 2024. In the primary election, voters will select nominees for a political party to move on to the general election on November 5th. Contests on the ballot include U.S. President, U.S. House, N.C. Governor and other Council of State Offices, N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice, N.C. Court of Appeals, N.C. House and Senate, and county offices. In the primary, voters affiliated with a political party will be given a ballot of candidates for their party, if their party has a pri- mary. Unaffiliated voters may choose to vote in any party’s primary, but they may select only one party’s ballot. The voter registration deadline for this election is 5 p.m. Friday, February 9, 2024. Eligible individuals who are not registered by that deadline may register and vote at any early voting site during the early voting period. New registrants will be required to provide current doc- umentation of their residence (for exam- ple, a government ID, other government document, or a paycheck, bank state- ment, or utility bill). Voters who wish to change party affiliation must do so by the February 9 deadline. Questions? Call the Davie Board of Elec- tions Office at 336-753-6072 or send an email to mdparker@daviecountync.gov. Davie County Board of Elections Chair Publish: Davie-Enterprise 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2024. Public Notices No. 1778217 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as EXECUTOR of the ESTATE OF NAN- CY MCABEE PENRY, deceased, late of Davie County, North Carolina, notifies all persons having claims against said es- tate to present them to the undersigned c/o Lisa M. Rothman at McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A., PO Box 3180, Asheville, NC 28802, on or before May 8, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate pay- ment to the undersigned. This the 8th day of February, 2024. MELISSA PENRY-ARLEDGE EXECUTOR OF NANCY MCABEE PENRY Publish: Davie Enterprise 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29, 2024. No. 1778211 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Execu- tor of the Estate of Cheyrel Grubbs Barneycastle late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present writ- ten claim to the undersigned on or before May 8, 2024 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this notice) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 1st of February, 2024. Pauline Nicole Myers, Executor c/o Henry P. Van Hoy, II Attorney at Law MARTIN VAN HOY & RAISBECK, LLP Attorneys at Law 10 Court Square Mocksville, NC 27028 (336) 751-2171 Publish: Davie Enterprise 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29, 2024. No. 1769436 NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 23 CvD 554 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY Davie County, A Body Politic and Cor- porate vs. Unknown Heirs at Law of Lindsay L. Patterson, a/k/a Lindsay La- vall Patterson, Steve L. Patterson, Un- known Spouse of Steve L. Patterson TO: Unknown Heirs at Law of Lindsay L. Patterson, a/k/a Lindsay Lavall Pat- terson, Steve L. Patterson, Unknown Spouse of Steve L. Patterson 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: Being all of that square-shaped lot re- corded in Book 63, Page 256 of the Davie County Registry, containing 0.28 acres as shown in the Davie County Geographic Information Services (GIS), and being 1 lot off Neely Rd. 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# M5- 090-B0-014, Davie County Tax Office. Address: 192 Neely Rd 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 March 6, 2024 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This the 9th day of January, 2024. Jonathan S. Fernandez Attorney for Plaintiff Capital Center 82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville, NC 28801 (828) 252-8010 Publish: Davie-Enterprise 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2024. Public Notices No. 1769496 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Executrix of the Estate of SUSAN D. SUTHERLIN 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 25, 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 25th day of January, 2024. Christine E. Rennolds C/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP Brian F. Williams Attorney at Law 284 South Main St. Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish: Davie Enterprise 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2024. No. 1770965 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Administrators for the Estate of Nathan Errol Bass, late of Davie County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned at the office of the attorney set forth below, on or before April 25, 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 25th day of January, 2024. Stephanie Bass and Jennifer Bas Daniel Co-Administrators for the Estate of Nathan Errol Bass Kelly J. Austin, Attorney Bailey & Thomas, PA 3069 Trenwest Dr. Suite 100 P.O. Box 52 Winston-Salem, NC 27102 Phone: (336) 725-8366 Fax: (336) 725-9206 Publish: Davie Enterprise 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2024. Publish No. 1774582 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Es- tate of David V. Liner a/k/a David Ver- non Liner of Advance, Davie County, NC, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations hav- ing claims against the estate of said dece- dent to exhibit them to the undersigned at P.O. Drawer 25008, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27114-5008, on or be- fore the May 1st, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations in- debted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 1st day of February, 2024. Sallye A. Liner-Executor 1078 Riverbend Dr. Advance, NC 27006 Send claims to: Estate of David V. Liner Sallye A. Liner - Executor c/o Melissa L. McKinney Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros, P.A. PO. Drawer 28005 Winston-Salem, NC 27114-5008 Publish: Davie Enterprise 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2024. Publish 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. Public Notices Public Notices 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. 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. 1774576 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executor for the Estate of Rosalee Tyler Williams, 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 May 8, 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 02/01/2024. Deborah Williams Moore, PO Box 427, 227 Lucerne Strasse Rd., Little Switzer- land, NC 28749 and Tanya Renee Al- len, 1674 NC Hwy 801 S, Advance, NC 27006, as Co-Executors of the Estate of Rosalee Tyler Williams, deceased, File #24-E-000029. Publish:Davie Enterprise 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2024. No. 1778205 NORTH CAROLINA DAVIE COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS HAVING QUALIFIED as Administrator of the Estate of LISA DIANNE DALE late of Davie County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present writ- ten claim to the undersigned on or be- fore May 8, 2024 (being three [3] months from the first day of publication of this notice), or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 8th day of February, 2024 Michael Joseph Boger C/O FLEMING & WILLIAMS, LLP Brian F. Williams Attorney at Law 284 South Main St. Mocksville, NC 27028 Publish: Davie Enterprise 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29, 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. 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