LEGAL NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE N0. 20-JT-88 IN THE MATTER OF LONDON OLIVIA LONG, Juvenile NOTICE OF PROCESS OF PUBLICATION IN THE DISTRICT COURT TO: unknown Putative Father of London Olivia Long Born in Gaston County, North Carolina On September 25, 2020. Take Notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the District Court in Lincoln County, Lincolnton, North Carolina, in the above- entitled action. That nature if the relief being sought is as follows: TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS To Minor Child, London Olivia Long You are required to make defense to such pleadings no later than November 7, 2021. Upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. You may contact the Clerk of Superior Court Lincoln County, North Carolina, immediately ask for a court appointed attorney. This the 15th day of September, 2021. R. Scott Hudson Attorney for the Petitioner Lincoln County Department of Social Services P.O. Box 130 Lincolnton, N C 2 8 0 9 3 - 0 1 3 0 . Telephone 704-479- 2078 Fax: 704-736-8834 State Bar: #46135. 3T: 09-17, 24, 10-1, 2021

LEGAL NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE N0 20-JT-88 IN THE MATTER OF: LONDON OLIVIA LONG, Juvenile NOTICE OF PROCESS OF PUBLICATION IN THE DISTRICT COURT TO: Lauren Brooke Adams, Mother of London Olivia Long Born in Gaston County, North Carolina On September 25, 2020. Take Notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the District Court in Lincoln County, Lincolnton, North Carolina, in the above- entitled action. That nature if the relief being sought is as follows: TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS To the Minor Child, London Olivia Long. You are required to make defense to such pleadings no later than November 7, 2021. Upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. You may contact the Clerk of Superior Court Lincoln County, North Carolina, immediately ask for a court appointed attorney. This the 15th day of September, 2021. R. Scott Hudson Attorney for the Petitioner Lincoln County Department of Social Services P.O. Box 130 Lincolnton, N C 2 8 0 9 3 - 0 1 3 0 . Telephone 704-479- 2078 Fax: 704-736-8834 State Bar: #46135. 3T: 09-17, 24, 10-1, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS The Lincoln County Board of Adjustment will hold a meeting and public hearings on Monday, September 27, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the following matters: VAR #445 Sally Anne Jordan, applicant (Parcel ID# 86669) A request for a variance from Section 2.4.5.C of the Lincoln County Unified Development Ordinance to permit a side yard setback of 2 feet for an existing house. The 2.3-acre parcel is located at 1137 Southwood Drive in Catawba Springs Township. Section 2.4.5.C states that the minimum side yard setback in the R-SF (Residential-Single Family) district is 10 feet. VAR #447 Ryan Leggett, applicant (Parcel ID# 86280) A request for a variance from Section 7.5.2 of the Lincoln County Unified Development to permit a house, a residential accessory structure and a swimming pool to be built in a 100-year floodplain. The 19.3- acre parcel is located on the south side of N.C. 73 just east of its intersection with Furnace Road in Ironton Township. Section 7.5.2 states that a streamside buffer, the width of the 100-year floodplain (or a minimum of 50 feet), shall be maintained along all perennial and intermittent streams. APP #2021-2 Dale Canipe, applicant (Parcel ID# 11548) An appeal of the zoning administrator’s decision not to pursue a code violation case over the building setbacks of a doublewide manufactured home that passed a final inspection in 2006. The appeal involves a 0.6-acre lot located at 2533 Leonhart Road in North Brook Township. Interested parties may appear at the hearing, which will be held at the Lincoln County Administration Building, 353 N. Generals Blvd., Lincolnton, N.C. For more information, contact the Lincoln County Planning and Inspections Department at (704) 736-8440. 2T: September 17, 24, 2021

NOTICE OF LINCOLN COUNTY TOWN OF MAIDEN MUNICIPAL ELECTION LINCOLN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Notice is hereby given that pursuant to G.S. 163-1 a Municipal election will be held for the Town of Maiden on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. The polls will be open for voting on that day from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM. All registered voters that live in the Town of Maiden will be voting for the following offices: TOWN OF MAIDEN MAYOR TOWN OF MAIDEN COUNCILMEN All residents of Lincoln County who are registered to vote and live in the town of Maiden may vote in this election. Voters who are already registered do not have to re-register to vote in this election. Residents who are not already registered to vote should register by Friday, October 8, 2021 to be eligible to vote in this election. A person may register to vote at the Lincoln County Board of Election office at 451 Salem Church Road, Lincolnton, North Carolina between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, or at any branch of the Library during their regular hours. Any voter who has moved outside his or her precinct but within the county since the last election should notify the board of elections in writing by Friday, October 8, 2021. Those voters who are not registered by Friday, October 8, 2021 may register and vote during one stop early voting only, and will be required to provide documentation of their identity and residence. Voter Registration forms are also available on the Lincoln County website at www.lincolncounty.org or the State Board of Elections website at www. ncsbe.gov and can be mailed to the Board of Elections Office at the address listed above. Voters who require assistance with casting their ballot are entitled to assistance by an appropriate person of their choice or an election official. Registration facilities and polling places are accessible to the elderly and handicapped. Curbside voting is available for voters who are not physically able to enter the polling place. One-stop voting will be held as listed below: Lincoln Board of Elections, Elections Room: 451 Salem Church Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092 Thursday, October 14, 2021 through Saturday, October 30, 2021. Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM—5:00 PM Saturday, October 30, 8:00 AM –3:00 PM Any qualified voter may vote absentee by mail. Beginning Friday, October 1, 2021 requests for an absentee ballot must be made in person or on approved state form to the Lincoln County Board of Elections. Copies of the state form can be picked up at the Board of Election office or printed off the Lincoln County website at www.lincolncounty.org. The deadline for requesting an absentee ballot by mail is 5:00 PM Tuesday, October 26, 2021. Ballots must be returned to the Board of Elections by November 2, 2021 at 5:00 PM OR be postmarked by November 2, 2021 and received by mail no later than 5:00 PM on November 5, 2021. The Board of Elections will meet in its office at 451 Salem Church Road on the following dates and times and other times as may be necessary for the purpose of approving absentee ballot applications: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 5:00 PM Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 5:00 PM Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 5:00 PM Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 5:00 PM Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 5:00 PM Monday, November 1, 2021, at 5:00 PM Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at 5:00 PM ELECTION DAY Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at 9:00 AM Sample Audit Count - Precincts Selection Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 11:00 AM Absentee Supplemental / Provisionals Canvass will be held Tuesday, November 9, 2021 starting at 11:00 AM in the Board of Elections Office in Lincolnton, North Carolina. Persons with questions about registration, location of polling places, absentee ballots, or other election matters may call the Lincoln County Board of Elections office at 704-736-8480 between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. Judy B. Caudill, Chairman Lincoln County Board of Election 4T: September 17, 22, 27, October 6, 2021

INVITATION TO BID The City of Mount Holly, NC (the City) will receive sealed bids for the construction of the Tuckaseege Park storage building. Bids must be delivered to and be on file with the Project Manager at the City of Mount Holly Municipal Complex, 400 East Central Avenue, Mount Holly, NC 28120 on or before 9:00 AM on the revised date of September 27, 2021, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud at the Municipal Complex. Please visit our website at www.mtholly.us to retrieve the full bid documents, or contact Jeremy Moss at jeremy.moss@mtholly.us to request these documents. The City reserves the right to reject any proposals for failure to comply with all requirements of this notice or of any of the contract documents; however, it may waive any minor defects or informalities at its discretion. The City further reserves the right to reject all proposals or award a contract which, in its judgment, is in the best interest of the City. Sept. 17, 2021 #6302520

Public Notice: STANLEY PLANNING BOARD AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT The Town of Stanley Planning Board will hold a public hearing on September 21, 2021, at 6:00 PM via Zoom and will be live-streamed on YouTube Town of Stanley Channel. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the following items: a) Review a Resolution to Relinquish the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). The ETJ is the area adjacent to and beyond the municipal limits over which the Town has been granted an exercise of municipal governmental powers, including but not limited to the power to regulate development in accordance with North Carolina General Statutes, Section 160A-360. If the Town of Stanley relinquishes the ETJ, then the power to regulate development on properties relinquished will be under the discretion of Gaston County. A map showing areas to be relinquished in the ETJ can be found on the Towns website www.townofstanley.org. The Town of Stanley Planning Board will then provide a recommendation to the Town Council. The Town Council will then hold a public hearing regarding this matter on October 4, 2021, at 6:00 PM at the Town Hall, located at 416 Hwy 27 S. All interested parties are encouraged to attend the public hearings where the opportunity to be heard will be given. Comments to the Planning Board will need to be emailed to staff@townofstanley.org before the hearing. b) Subdivision of the Parcels # 167559, 167560, 167552 and portion of 200520 with a purpose to construct duplexes. The Town of Stanley Board of Adjustments will meet September 21, 2021, at 6:00 PM following the Planning Board meeting via Zoom Webinar - Livestream on YouTube, and will hold a public hearing regarding the following: a) Request for a Special Use Permit to operate Thrift Store in C-B zone, 100 S Main Street. Sept. 10, 17, 2021 #6271020

NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 20 E 694 The undersigned intends to qualify as Executor of the Estate of JARVIS H FAIRCLOTH JR., deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, and hereby notifies all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said JARVIS H FAIRCLOTH JR. to present them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of August, 2021 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment. This the 23rd day of August, 2021. MARY ELIZABETH FAIRCLOTH 2447 Caswell Court Gastonia, NC 28054 Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 #6244965

NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY Having qualified as administrator of the estate of SUSAN STEPP LAND, deceased, late of Gaston County North Carolina this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Susan S Stepp Land to present them to the undersigned on or before the 10 day of October, 2021. This the 1st day of Sept, 2021. Jason H Land 133 Candace Ct Stanley, NC 28164 Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 #6243974

Notice of Board of Elections Meetings Absentee meetings are scheduled for: September 28, October 5, October 12, October 19, October 26, andNovember 1, 2021The purpose of these meetings is to review, approve/disapprove ballots and process thevoters ballot into the voting tabulator. The Board will meet Election Day, November 2 at 2pm toprocess absentee ballot reports. The Board will have a pre-canvass meeting to discuss post-electionabsentees and provisional ballot consideration on Monday, November 8, 2021 at 5pm. Canvass isNovember 9, 2021 at 11am. A sample audit count will be conducted November 4, 2021 at 11am. AllBoard of Elections meetings are open to the public and at the Election Office unless otherwise noted. September 17, 2021 (adv)6275807

Notice of Board of Elections Meetings Absentee meetings are scheduled for: September 28, October 5, October 12, October 19, October 26, andNovember 1, 2021The purpose of these meetings is to review, approve/disapprove ballots and process thevoters ballot into the voting tabulator. The Board will meet Election Day, November 2 at 2pm toprocess absentee ballot reports. The Board will have a pre-canvass meeting to discuss post-electionabsentees and provisional ballot consideration on Monday, November 8, 2021 at 5pm. Canvass isNovember 9, 2021 at 11am. A sample audit count will be conducted November 4, 2021 at 11am. AllBoard of Elections meetings are open to the public and at the Election Office unless otherwise noted. September 17, 2021 (adv)6275807

Notice of Board of Elections Meetings Absentee meetings are scheduled for: September 28, October 5, October 12, October 19, October 26, andNovember 1, 2021The purpose of these meetings is to review, approve/disapprove ballots and process thevoters ballot into the voting tabulator. The Board will meet Election Day, November 2 at 2pm toprocess absentee ballot reports. The Board will have a pre-canvass meeting to discuss post-electionabsentees and provisional ballot consideration on Monday, November 8, 2021 at 5pm. Canvass isNovember 9, 2021 at 11am. A sample audit count will be conducted November 4, 2021 at 11am. AllBoard of Elections meetings are open to the public and at the Election Office unless otherwise noted. September 17, 2021 (adv)6275807

Notice of Temporary 2021 Election DayPolling Place Changes THIS APPLIES ONLY TO THE 2021 MUNCIPAL ELECTION Neuse voters need to report to K1 precinct (Georgia K. Battle Center), Falling Creek voters need toreport to K4 precinct (Tanglewood Church of God), Southwest voters need to report to K1 precinct(Georgia K. Battle Center), Vance voters need to report to K6 precinct (Teachers Memorial Gym). September 17, 2021 (adv)6275779