National Night Out deadline extended THF. NFWS JOIRNAL Raeford, N.C Plans are being finalizx’d for the Hoke County National Night Out celebration Aug. 7. State representative Garland Pierce will ser%’e as master ol cer emonies lor theeighih annual e\enl. designed to draw attention toward crime prevention. Organizers are still accepting sponsors. Individuals, businesses or organizations have until Thurs day, Aug. 2 to have their names included on the event l-shirt. Those inlemsted should call Martha Beatty at 261-5894. The ev ent will be held at the old National Guard Armory Park. 423 Eiast Central Avenue. LEGAL ADVERTISING Helped out, got the t-shIrt Hoke Civic League Youth Council members recently helped out at a FirstHealth screening event for men. Christopher Moore (Buffalo Springs Missionary Baptist Church), Darius Ellerbe (Buffalo Springs Missionary Baptist Church)and K.C. Ferguson (Freedom Chapel AME Zion Church) volunteered to help with registration for the prostate cancer screening. Roxanne Leopper coordinated the event. Self-storage facility opens for business Highway 401 Self-Storage is now open for business. The self service storage facility is located at 49(X) Fayetteville Road. High way 401 North in Raeford east of Club Pond Road. “We are really pleased to open this new storage facility to serve Ft. Bragg and all of the surrounding communities.” said John “Max” McGowan, presi dent. “There has been a lot of Sharp-Free named to president’s list Shawn Sharp-Free of Raeford was named to the President's List at Richmond Community College for spring'SemestkLs.-, . To be named to the Presi^nt’s List, a student must maintain a 4.0 grade point average while carrying 12 or more semester credit hours. interest even before our official opening, so we plan to offer grand opening specials during the coming weeks to celebrate our new venture.” The business is a state-of-the- art self service storage facility, offering a wide variety of unit sizes, 24 hour video surveillance and both standard and climate controlled units. For more infor mation, call 910-875-7410. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held by the Raeford City Council at City Hall on Monday, August 6th. 2007 at 7:30 p.m. to consider a commercial loan for water system improvements. The public is invited., Betty Smith Cit\ Clerk NX. Turkey Festival ‘07 Raehrd, Ncrth Carolina NOTICE OF SALE American FHag Self Storage 101 Carolina Drive Raeford, NC 28376 To; Mack Nicklin Jr. Unit# A102 To: Avis Baldwin Unit# B002 To: Mike Raible Unit# B32 To; Belinda Coleman Unit# DIO To; Janice Little Unit# El 2 American Flag Self Storage, 101 Carolina Drive, Raeford, NC 28376, has posessory lien on all of the goods stored in the prospec tive units above. All these items of personal property are being sold pursusant to the assertion of the lien on August 22,2007 at 10;00 a.m. in order to collect the amounts due from you. The sale will take place at 101 Carolina Drive, Raeford, NC 28376 This is July 18, 2007 20-21C CREDITOR’S NOTICE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PHILLIP OVILA SMITH, JR. 06 E 079 All persons, firms and corpora tions having claims John J. Kiley, Sr. deceased, are hereby notified to exhibitthemtoCatherineB. Kiley as Administratrix of the decedent St 203 West 8th Avenue, Raeford, North Carolina 28376 on or before the 15th day of November, 2007, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Administrator. This the 1st day of August, 2007. Catherine B. Kiley, Administratrix Of the Estate of John J. Kiley, Sr. 203 Wfcsi 8th Avenue ^ Raeford, North Carolina 28376 20-23C “The North Carolina Turkey Festival is the ONE TIME each year when... ...MORE people VISIT Hoke County & Raeford THAN LIVE HERE...” yiihs ^mt ^ppnrtnmty! ADVERTISING RATES 2007 Turkey Festival Guide Turkey Festival Guide will be published Au^ist 29,2007 1/8 Page $ 80.00 1/4 Page $135.00 1/2 Page $209.00 3/4 Page Full Page $340.00 Space Reservation Deadline: Tuesday, August 24 CREDITOR’S NOTICE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHNNY ABRAHAM RAMSEY 07 E 107 All persons, firms and cor porations having claims Johnny Abraham Ramsey, deceased, are hereby notified to exhibit them to Betty H. Ramsey as Administa- trix of the Estate of the decedent at 537 College Drive, Raeford, North Carolina 28376 on or before the 15th day of November, 2(X)7, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Administrator. This the 1st day of August, 2(X)7. Betty H. Ramsey, Administratrix Of the Estate of Johnny Abraham Ramsey Willcox, McFadyen, Fields & Sutherland Attorneys at Law 112 E. Edinborough Avenue Raeford, North Carolina 28376 20-23C CREDITOR’S NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HOKE COUNTY THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 07 8 114 HavingqualifiedasADMINlS- TRATRIXoftheESTATEofJAN- ICE MARIE BENNER, HOKE COUNT Y, N()R3H CAROLINA, this is to notify all persons having cluims against the said ESI ATE to |iiL-.wni uiciii 10 me unUeisigned on or before OCTOBER 31,2007 or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery All persons indebted to said ESTATE, will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 1 st day of August, 2007. RUTH T. FAIRBANKS 201 TRUDEAU AVE RAEFORD. NC 28376 20-23P NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, HOKE COUNTY 07 SP 129 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Gerald McKinnon, single to CTS FORE CLOSURE SERVICES CORPO RATION, Trustee(s), which was dated April 29,1998 and recorded on April 30,1998 in Book 0390 at Page0875. Hoke County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned. Brock & Scott. PLLC, having been sub stituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Reg ister of Deeds of Hoke County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebt edness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee wil 1 offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary loca tion at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2007 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Hoke County, North Carolina, to wit: A certain tract or parcel of land in Raeford, North Carolina, RaefordTownship, Hoke County, North Carolina, fronting on the west side of Adams Street about 175 feet north of Edinborough Av enue, adjoining the lands of Mary A. Davis on the south, Charles E. Davis on the west, Malcolm Sessoms, III on the west an^JtV James McRaeonlhe north, H?fn| further described as follows: Commencing at an iron pipe at the intersection of the north right of way line of Edinborough Avenue and the west right of way line of Adams Street; THENCE as the west right of way line of Adams Street, North 00 degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds East for a distance of 100.13 feet to an iron pipe in said right of way line; THENCE continuing as said right of way line of Adams Street, North 00 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 74.90 feet to a rebar in said right of way line of Adams Street, the southeast comer of the tract described in D. Ralph Huff, III and Thomas P Howell tract Deed Bixik 214, Page 848 and a common comer with the Mary A. Davis lot and being THE POINT OF BEGINNING of the tract hereon described; THENCE from the beginning as a common line with Mary A. Davis, North 88 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds West for a distance of 105.18 feet to a rebar, a common comer with Mary Davis in an east line of Charles E. Davis (D.B. 92, Pg. 397); THENCE as a common line with Charles E. Davis, North 00 degrees 41 minutes 22 seconds East for a distance of50.33 feet to an existing iron stake, a common comer with Charles E. Davis and Malcolm Sessoms, III (D.B. 324, Pg. 690); THENCE as a common line with Sessoms, North 00 degrees 51 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 24.57 feet to a rebar in said line, a common comer with James McRae (D.B. 246, Pg. 774); THENCE as a common line with McRae, South 88 degrees 45 minutes (K) seconds East for a distance of 105.30 feet to a rebar in the west right of way line of Adams Street, a common comer with McRae; THENCE as the west right of way line of Adams Street, South 00 degrees 50 minutes f)0 seconds West for a distance of 74.90 feet to the beginning. Together with and subject to covenants, easements, and restrictions of record. Said property contains 0.181 acre more or less and being the same lands as described in Deed Book 214, at Page 848 in the Hoke County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior convey ances of record. Said property is commonly known as 309 Adams Street, Raeford. NC 28376. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), which ever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remain ing amounts are immediately due and owing. Said properly to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at. or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encum brances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner) s) of the property is/are Gerald McKinnon. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasonsof such inability to convey include, but are not lun- ifed to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the tmstee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit The purchaser will have no further remedy. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE; (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910)392-8587 File No.: 07-07062 20-21C CREDITOR’S NOT ICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HOKE COUNTY THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 07-E-65 Having qualified as EXECU TOR of the ESTATE of PAM EL A BRIDGES-SMITH, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH C AROLIN A, this is to notify all persons having claims against the said ESTATE to present them to the undersigned on or before (XTOBER 31,2(K)7 or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said ESTATE, will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 1 st day of August. 2007. WILLIAM T BRIDGES, JR. 455 BRYANT RD MORGANTON, NC 28655 20-23P LEGAL DEADLINE: NOON FRIDAY E-MAIL ADDRESS: legals@thenews-journal.com