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Havelock’s Jordan Begley sits dejectedly on the bench during the closing minutes of Saturday’s state 3A championship game at CarterFinley Stadium in Raleigh. Crest ended Havelock’s streak of three consecutive state titles with a 24-3 victory.

CRESTFALLEN Havelock loses bid for a fourth straight 3A state title By Ken Buday

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The Havelock Rams simply weren’t used to this. In a bid for its fourth consecutive state championship, Havelock struggled offensively in a 243 loss to Crest in the state 3A title game Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. On the same field where the Rams celebrated last season’s state title, tears of joy were replaced with tears of pain. Crest’s top-rated defense held Havelock to 157 total yards and without a touchdown. “Crest is a really good football

Crest defense proves too tough for Rams in title game — page A4 Matt Boykin earns offensive player award — page A4 Andrew Vanover wanted a different trophy — page A5 Notes from Saturday’s championship game — page A6 Pictures from Saturday’s title game — page B1 team,” Havelock coach Jim Bob Bryant said. “They played better than we did.” Three turnovers contributed to Havelock’s offensive problems during the game, and the Rams got only Dylan Baker’s field goal on three trips inside the Crest 20-yard line. “We can’t turn the ball over

three times and get in the red zone three times and come away with only three points,” Bryant said. “You can’t do that against a good defense.” In the last four seasons, Havelock has won three state championships, four eastern regional championships, four conference championships and 61 games

with just three losses. “It’s a great senior class, and we’ve got some really good senior leaders in that class, and we’ve won the last three state championships,” Bryant said. “Crest just outplayed us. “If we played them 10 times, I don’t know what the next score would be, but today wasn’t our day. Our hat’s go off to Crest. They played a heck of a football game.” Despite the loss, Bryant said the Rams will try to start a new streak next season. “We’ll be back here next year,” he said. “We’ll take a shot at winning another one.”

Enduring the last half of 2014 with budget cuts, the Havelock-Craven County Library got a boost when Havelock commissioners voted to give the facility another $6,000. Havelock librar ian Margie Garrison said the money would be spent for newspaper and magazine subscriptions, fiction and non-fiction DVDs, children’s story hour books, and summer reading program materials. “What we get will be a big help over what we have had,” said Garrison. In a dispute over library funding with Craven County, Havelock cut its contribution to the Havelock library in June in its new budget. City officials insist that the library is a county facility, and as such, the county should be paying the bulk of its budget, especially for employee salaries, electricity and general operating costs. Havelock commissioners did say that they would hear any requests to fund programs, and in essence, that’s what the approved $6,000 is for. “I have no problem with funding the resources in order to support our community,” Commissioner Pete Van Vliet said. The library had originally sought $47,000 from the city but was given just $4,000 in the budget approved back in June. The money approved last week by commissioners brings the city’s total library contribution for the fiscal year to about $10,000 so far.

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pressure.” Austin, the commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 14, had the By Ken Buday job of helping judge the Christmas tree decorating [email protected] contest at the squadron’s Col. Eric Austin had a job Winter Wonderland event Ken Buday/Havelock News on Friday inside the hangar to do on Friday. “It’s the most important of Marine Aerial Refueler Santa Claus arrives in a KC-130 Hercules Friday at Cherry Point. About 2,000 people gathered for the Winter Wonthing I have to do today,” See WINTER, page A2 derland event Friday on the base. he joked. “There’s a lot of

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cess and parking lot at the planned Historic Slocum Creek Park. Havelock Mayor Will Lewis called it an early By Drew C. Wilson Christmas gift for the city. [email protected] As part of the grant, Havelock has received Havelock must contributword that it will receive ed $30,000, which is to be $90,000 in a Coastal Area split with $15,000 in cash Management Act grant See PARK, page A2 for construction of an ac-

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Havelock quarterback Travis Sabdo eludes Crest’s Jaleel Feaster during Saturday’s state championship game at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Crest’s defense proved too tough for the Rams, who lost their bid for a fourth consecutive state championship with a 24-3 loss, finishing the year with a 14-2 record.

Crest shuts down Rams for title Havelock can’t get going offensively in 24-3 loss to Chargers

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For three seasons, Havelock had been the best 3A football team in the state. This year, the Rams were the second best. Playing for what would have been a record fourth consecutive state championship, Havelock ran up against an experienced and undefeated Crest team that came away with the state title after a 24-3 victory Saturday at Raleigh’s Carter-Finley Stadium. During the last four seasons, the Rams had not a lost a game by more than four points. That changed Saturday night. The Rams, averaging 51 points per game, simply couldn’t get going offensively. Crest’s defense, which came into the contest surrendering just 5.3 points per game, held the Rams to just 157 yards of total offense. “They’re the best defense we’ve seen,” Havelock coach Jim Bob Bryant said. “They’re the best defense we’ve seen overall the past four years during the regular season and the state championship. They’re a talented football team. They’re as good a defense as I’ve ever seen on the field in high


Havelock’s Destin Flloyd, left, and Donte Stackhouse (1) team up to tackle Crest running back Tre Harbison during Saturday’s game. Harbison scored three touchdowns to lead Crest’s offense. school football. I would venture to say they’re the best team in the state, regardless of classification. “People have said that about us in the past, but today wasn’t our day.” Havelock didn’t do anything to help itself with two fumbles and an interception. The Rams (14-2) also failed to score touchdowns on three trips inside the Crest 20-yard line. “It’s tough to get in the red zone three times on offense and only

come away with three points,” Bryant said. “We can’t afford to do that against a team as talented as Crest. “Crest deserved to win today. They outplayed us and outcoached us. They deserved to win today.” Crest got on the board first when Tre Harbison bulled over the goal line from a yard out on fourth down, giving the Chargers a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

On Havelock’s next possession, Matt Boykin’s leaping catch of a 30-yard pass from quarterback Travis Sabdo helped get the Rams inside the Crest 20. However, the drive stalled and Dylan Baker kicked a 27-yard field goal, cutting the margin to 7-3 with 9:22 left before halftime. “I told our coaches that they averaged 50 and we give up 5. Meeting somewhere in the

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Crest 24, Havelock 3 Crest 7 10 7 0 —24 Havelock 0 3 0 0 —3 First Quarter C – Tre Harbison 1 run (Alex Trejo kick), :04 Second Quarter H – Dylan Baker 27 field goal, 9:22 C – Harbison 1 run (Trejo kick), 4:02 C – Trejo 25 field goal, :09 Third Quarter C – Harbison 36 run (Trejo kick), 7:27 C H First Downs 16 13 Rushes-Yards 50-226 21-57 Passing Yards 83 100 Comp-Att-Int 7-12-0 12-19-1 Total yards 309 157 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 9-85 3-30 Punts-Avg. 3-38.3 2-36.0 Individual Statistics: Passing — Crest: Willie Green 7-11-0 83, Devonte Huskey 0-1-0 0; Havelock: Travis Sabdo 12-19-1 100. Rushing — Crest: Tre Harbison 41-192 3 TDs, Green 6-34, Traquan Hopper 1-3; Havelock: Tony Sharpe 13-51, Matthew Boykin 1-13, Sabdo 7 (-7). Receiving — Crest: Quentin Thompson 3-38, Hopper 3-9, Harbison 1-36; Havelock: Boykin 4-32, Keion Joyner 3-24, Dallas Frazier 3-23, Taron Wallace 1-17, Jordan Begley 1-4.

Boykin gets offensive player honors for Rams Senior receiver totals 113 all-purpose yards in defeat for Havelock By Jordan Honeycutt Halifax Media Service

Big is a word that Matt Boykin is not too used to hearing — unless it is regarding his play. In his final game as a high school football player, the 5-foot-5 Boykin was once again big. Boykin was named Havelock’s Most Valuable Offensive Player in the Rams’ 24-3 loss to Crest in Saturday’s state championship game. Boykin caught four balls for 32 yards and had one carry for 13 yards. He also returned two punts for 22 yards and two kickoffs for 46 yards. Boykin’s biggest play helped set up Havelock’s lone score of the contest.

He outjumped two Crest defenders for a 30-yard reception from quarterback Travis Sabdo. “I didn’t think Travis was going to throw it but I saw the ball up in the air and I just went and got it,” Boykin said. He finished the game with 113 allpurpose yards. “Matt has been great for us all year long,” Havelock coach Jim Bob Bryant said. “He’s set records at our school this season and has left his mark on our program.” Though he took home the award, Boykin was shaken after the game. “It’s an individual accomplishment and it’s great, but it doesn’t mean much if we don’t win,” he said. Boykin, like many of his teammates, isn’t accustomed to the feeling of a loss. He’s suffered just two in his entire playing career at Havelock High. “Our seniors that have been in this

program have lost three games in four years,” Bryant said. “They did a great job leading our team as seniors, Matt being one of the biggest ones. They accomplished great things for our program.” Boykin finished this year with 16 touchdown catches, a new school record. He led the Rams with 66 catches for 1,252 yards. He also ran the ball for 592 yards with another 12 touchdowns. He also scored touchdowns on a kick return and punt return this season. In all, Boykin totaled 2,309 yards from scrimmage this past season for the Rams. Despite the loss, Boykin’s high school career isn’t over. He is scheduled to play in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game on Saturday in Spartanburg, S.C. Ken Buday/Havelock News Jordan Honeycutt is a reporter for Havelock’s Matt Boykin runs with the ball on Saturday. the Sun Journal.


Rams Continued from A4 middle wouldn’t be good enough,” Crest coach Mark Barnes said. “We had to have it closer to our side. I thought if we got to 21, we would win the game.” Harbison added another 1-yard plunge, lifting Crest to a 14-3 lead in the second quarter, and when Havelock fumbled the ensuing kickoff, Alex Trejo added a 25-yard field goal to lift the Chargers to a 17-3 halftime lead. “We knew the turnover battle and kicking game would be huge and we lost them both,” Bryant said. “We turned it over on offense and fumbled on a kick return. Turnovers were a big factor in the game. They created them and we didn’t.” Crest opened the third quarter with Harbison breaking loose for a 36-yard touchdown run for a 243 advantage. Harbison, named the game’s Most Valuable Player, rushed 41 times for 192 yards, mostly on runs right up the middle of four or five yards. “We knew they were quick on defense,” Barnes said. “We wanted to bunch them up, take away their speed and play old-timey football.” Havelock never got back in the game. The Rams drove to the Crest 12-yard line late in the third quarter, but Justin Foster sacked Sabdo on second down, forcing a fumble that defensive end Omar Brooks recovered for the Chargers. In the fourth quarter, Havelock again drove to the Crest 11, but Sabdo’s


Havelock’s Tony Sharpe runs the ball against Crest on Saturday. Sharpe was held to 51 yards rushing. fourth-down run came up inches short, and the Chargers were able to run out the clock. Sabdo was sacked three times in the game and pressured throughout. Running back Tony Sharpe, who rushed for more than 2,200 yards this season, was held to 51. “Our best players are on defense, and we don’t make any bones about it,” Barnes said. “That’s what we believe in. We respect their team and we respect their program, but our defense can fly. All those guys can run. Our defensive coaches did a great job, and our players did a great job. I think our defense really neutralized their speed some.” Crest was making its fourth state title game appearance in the last five years. They had lost in the 3AA championship game in 2010, 2011 and 2013. “To beat a team like Havelock, and we have a tremendous amount of respect for what they’ve been able to accomplish, makes it even sweeter for us because we know we’ve

earned it,” Barnes said. “We beat a really good football team.” Boykin totaled 113 allpurpose yards and was selected as Havelock’s Offensive Player of the Game. Linebacker Andrew Vanover had nine tackles and received defensive game honors for the Rams. While the Rams fell short of their goal of becoming the first 3A team to win four consecutive state championships, they have compiled a 61-3 record in the last four years, with all three losses to state championship teams, two to New Bern and one to Crest. “I’m proud as heck of my team for getting to the state championship game for four straight years,” Bryant said. “Our team went through a lot of adversity this year and continued to overcome adversity. It just wasn’t our day today, and our hat’s off to Crest.” Bryant had particular words for the senior players who ended their high school playing careers with four consecutive trips to the state championship game.

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“They’ve had a great run, four years in a row making it to the state championship and winning it three,” Bryant said. “We’ve got a great senior class and they’ve done a great job leading this team this year through several different things that happened within our football family. We broke several school records offensively and defensively, and I’m proud as heck of our senior class. They’ve done a great job leading this team this year, and we’re going to miss them.” He said regardless of Saturday’s loss, he is proud of the relationships he has built with the players. “Wins and losses come and go, state championships come and go, but the relationships that I feel I have with my players and that my players have with me is something that will last me for the rest of my life,” he said. “We have great football players, but what a lot of people don’t see is the caliber of kids they are off the field, and that’s what makes coaching fun for me. That’s why I plan on retiring from Havelock, hopefully several years down the road. I’m not planning on going anywhere else because you can see, and I don’t have kids of my own, but the guys on my team are like my sons, and I love every one of them.” Bryant said there was nothing left for the Rams to do but start preparing for next season. “We’ll let this sting a little bit,” he said. “We’ll start going back to work on Monday, so we can get back to this game next year, and hopefully, with a different outcome.”

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Andrew Vanover receives an award as Havelock’s top defensive player in the state championship game on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Vanover had nine tackles in the 24-3 loss to Crest.

Vanover gets defensive player award in game By Ken Buday [email protected]

Havelock’s Andrew Vanover didn’t want the trophy he received on Saturday night. The senior linebacker was named Havelock’s Most Valuable Defensive Player in the state championship against Crest at Raleigh’s Carter-Finley Stadium. But the trophy he wanted, the state championship trophy, went to Crest after the Chargers defeated the Rams 24-3. “Personal accomplishments don’t mean anything if you don’t win,” Vanover said. Vanover totaled nine tackles in the game, but Havelock’s defense couldn’t slow down the Chargers

enough. Tre Harbison ran 41 times for 192 yards as the 16-0 Chargers simple grinded away at the Havelock defense. “They didn’t do anything that we didn’t see on film,” Vanover said. “They just played better than we did.” Vanover entered the contest with 125 tackles on the season to lead the Rams. He also recovered two fumbles and forced two others. He ends his Havelock career with a couple of state championships. Though he wanted to add another to his resume, he said he wouldn’t trade his four years of playing football at Havelock High for anything. “It was a great experience,” he said. “It made me into a man.”

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Streaks end for Havelock in state championship game manship Award. The award is presented to one player from each team in the title game. Fisher missed the first nine games of Havelock’s season this year while recovering from back surgery.

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Stars in the stands The stars came out to support the Havelock Rams in Saturday’s state championship game. Among the former Havelock players in the stands were Pharoh Cooper, a current wide receiver at South Carolina who earned Most Valuable Player honors in the 2012 state title game, Derrell Scott, a current running back at Tennessee who was named Most Drew C. Wilson/Havelock News Valuable Player in the 2013 state Havelock captains, from left, Joey Godette, Martez Morris, Anthony title game, and Taylor Woods, a running back at James Madison Fisher and Travis Sabdo, receive the state runner-up trophy. who was also a member of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 state championship game on Saturday. The Sportsmanship Award Before the coin toss to Satur- pionship teams. last time the Rams failed to score a touchdown was in a 47-0 loss to day’s game, the N.C. High School West Craven in 2008, which was Athletic Association recognized Joyner goes on the offensive Keion Joyner is known as one coach Jim Bob Bryant’s first year Havelock senior linebacker Anthony Fisher with the Sports- of the top recruited defensive at Havelock.

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The Havelock High boys basketball team opened Coastal 3A Conference play with a 74-47 victory over Richlands Tuesday night at Havelock High. The victory was also Havelock’s first of the season after three non-conference losses. The return of several football players to the hardward helped spark the Rams (1-3, 1-0). Kyran Bowman was one

of those. The junior totaled 17 points to lead Havelock. The Rams jumped out to a quick lead and never turned back. Havelock grabbed a 20-11 advantage after the first quarter and extended the lead to 38-24 at halftime. Havelock dominated the third quarter, going on a 24-11 run to put the contest away. In the girls contest, Havelock rolled to a 62-20 victory. The Rams (1-3, 1-0) used a 19-9 run in the sec-

Senior sendoff Saturday’s game against Crest marked the final game for 21 Havelock High senior football players. The group includes Matt Boykin, Travis Sabdo, Dylan Baker, Christian Crowe, Austin Ellington, Shondel Granison, Taron Wallace, Ross Kinder, Jordan Begley, Joey Godette, Andrew Vanover, Anthony Fisher, Gualberto Martinez, Devonte Stevenson, Martez Morris, Billy Watkins, Michael Bottorff, Joseph Davis, Jesse Campbell, Josiah Mayo and Dejohn McCullough.

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Havelock’s Martez Morris, left, and Matt Boykin watch the Havelock fans look to the scoreboard after a Crest touch- Havelock coach Jim Bob Bryant talks to his players after closing minutes of Saturday’s state championship game. down on Saturday night. A large crowd made the trip Saturday’s state championship game. ‘Make no mistake,’ he told them, ‘we’ll be back here.’ The Rams lost the contest to Crest 24-3. from Havelock to Raleigh for the state title game.

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Donte Stackhouse holds his helmet high as the Rams prepare to take the field Saturday in the state 3A championship game. Havelock lost the contest 24-3 but still finished the season with a 14-2 record and as the eastern regional champions.

Havelock’s quest for a fourth straight state 3A title came up just one victory short as the Rams fell to undefeated Crest 24-3 in Saturday’s championship game at Raleigh’s Carter-Finley Stadium, finishing the year with a 14-2 record



Members of the Havelock marching band cheer on the football team during Saturday’s state championship game.

Abby Hunter, a parent of Havelock High students, watches as the Rams play Crest for the state championship Saturday.


Cheerleader Madelyn Eastman goes up in a stunt to get the fans motivated.


Havelock students cheer on the Rams.


Havelock’s Keion Joyner, left, flies through the air after taking a hit from Crest’s Malik Hopper but manages to hang on to the ball during Saturday’s state championship game. Crest’s defense shut down Havelock to win the state title 24-3.



Matt Boykin waits for his chance to get back on the field on Saturday.

Linebacker Anthony Fisher receives a sportsmanship award before the game.

Want to see more? For more than 100 photographs from the state championship game, view our online photo gallery at www.havenews.com.

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In what turned outt to be a bitter contest, Havelock advances to the third round of the playoffs with a 49-7 victory over rival West Craven and will face a familiar foe See A9

The Havelock Board of Commissioners votes to approve changes to parking rules that will allow construction of fuel station at Walmart See A2

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FRC East goes high tech for high-tech F-35s By Drew C. Wilson [email protected]

Since 1943, Fleet Readiness Center East has been maintaining, repairing and overhauling aircraft, but never before has the work involved the three-dimensional world that exists only in the digital memory of computers. Gone are the old printed manuals. When it comes to modification work on the high-tech,

fifth-generation F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, FRC East workers have to be as high-tech as the jet itself. Engineers and airframe mechanics are writing a new chapter in the history of the aircraft maintenance facility at Cherry Point as they develop procedures and protocols for work on the new fighter aircraft. Except that this chapter is

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An F-35B from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 at Beaufort, S.C., approaches a C-130J from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 from Cherry Point during a training mission in this Marine Corps photo. Modification work to the jets is being done at Fleet Readiness Center East at Cherry Point. Lance Cpl. Neysa Huertas/Marine Corps photo

A free feast for Thanksgiving offered Meal to be served from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday at Annunciation By Drew C. Wilson [email protected]


A.D. Brady, director of the Havelock Senior Center, announces state certification for the center as volunteers applaud on Friday. The senior center is the first in Craven County to receive certification from the State Division of Aging and Adult Services.

Senior center receives certification from state More funding in grants could come as a result By Ken Buday [email protected]

Friday at the Havelock Senior Center included Zumba, bingo and a Thanksgiving feast. And, the senior center had a lot for which to be thankful. A state inspection team named the center a Certified Center of Merit, the first senior center in Craven County to achieve such a distinction. “It’s recognition by the State Division of Aging and Adult Services of their quality programing and what

Grateful Heart Community Outreach Ministries and Friends, and Annunciation Catholic Church are coming together to host a free Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. “We already have over 205 meals designated to go out for the delivery side,” said LaTanya Roane, a longtime organizer of the meal, now in its eighth year. Roane and her sister, Jeammarie Drake, have hosted the dinner in the past, but this year the setting will be at the gymnasium at Annunciation Catholic School, located at 246 East Main St. in Havelock. “We are so thankful to be able to serve the community for another season of this Thanksgiving year,” Roane

they do,” said Leslee Breen, senior center development specialist and a member of the inspection team. The biggest benefit of the certification is the opportunity for the center to bring in more funds to benefit seniors. “It opens doors to apply for grants that you have to be certified to apply for,” said A.D. Brady, director of the Havelock Senior Center. The certification completes a 2 1/2-year process for the Havelock center. “There’s minimum requirements you have to From staff reports meet,” Brady said. “You have to have so many serHalifax Media Group, owner of the vices, so many activities Havelock News and 35 other newsand so many agreements, papers and affiliated web sites, has agreed to be acquired by New Media See SENIOR, page A2 Investment Group Inc.

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Hot meals are placed on a table at Annunciation Catholic Church on Monday night in Havelock. The church will be the host of the Grateful Heart Ministries free Thanksgiving dinner from noon to 4 p.m. on Thursday. This is the eighth year of the free holiday meal.

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said. “We would like to express our thankfulness to the Oasis for their previous generosity for the last seven years.” The sisters were unable to provide a Thanksgiving meal last year because of a family medical situation but are ready to provide a feast this Thanksgiving. Curt Pope, from Annunciation Catholic Church, said about 40 members of the church congregation have come together to help Roane and Drake in their effort to serve Thanksgiving meals to the needy in the Havelock area. “We do a Monday night meal and we were approached by some of the other area churches asking if we could help with the community meal,” Pope said. “I

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New Media, a publicly traded company, said it will pay $280 million in cash for Halifax, subject to adjustments. The deal is anticipated to close in the first quarter of 2015. “This is a very exciting day for our company,” Michael E. Reed, New Media’s President and CEO, said in announcing the acquisition today. “Halifax Media is one of the premier, locally oriented media companies in the United States.” Michael Redding, who as CEO rap-

idly built Halifax over the past four years, said “By combining New Media’s geographic footprint with Halifax Media’s Southeast reach it will be a powerhouse in the industry.” Halifax newspapers, including 24 dailies primarily in the Southeast, have total daily circulation of approximately 635,000 and 752,000 on Sundays. Combined digital traffic amounts to more than 80 million

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avelock city offices will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. City trash and recycling will not be collected on Thursday and will be delayed until Friday, with Friday pickup on Saturday. Craven County trash and recycling will be delayed with Thursday collection on Friday and Friday collection on Saturday.


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trespass, second degree reported on Shipman Road Havelock Police Department Breaking or entering vehicle; reports of recent incidents larceny after breaking and include: entering reported on McCotNov. 17 ter Boulevard Failure to work after being paid Assault with deadly weapon or reported on Ironwood Drive assault inflicting serious inInjury to personal property (willjury; robbery with firearm or ful and wanton) reported on dangerous weapon reported Farina Drive on McCotter Boulevard Fraud - credit card/AMT reported Nov. 22 on Litewood Court Assault on a female reported on Breaking or entering vehicle; larMulberry Lane ceny - misdemeanor reported Injury to personal property (willon Honeysuckle Lane ful and wanton) reported on Larceny - misdemeanor reported Farina Drive on U.S. 70 Larceny - misdemeanor; obtainCommunicating threats; doing property by false pretensmestic criminal trespass; es reported on U.S. 70 drunk and disruptive; resist, Nov. 23 obstruct, delay an officer reSimple assault reported on U.S. ported on Witten Circle 70 Nov. 18 Larceny - misdemeanor reported Fraud - credit card/AMT reported on Branchside Drive on Forest Hill Drive Cyberstalking - electronic mail Breaking and entering to comfor harassment reported on mit felony/larceny; injury to South Forest Drive personal property (willful and wanton); injury to real property; larceny - felony; safecracking reported on Main Arrests and charges do not Street reflect guilt or innocence, Breaking and entering (miswhich is determined through demeanor) reported on subsequent judicial proceedShepard Street ings. Havelock Police DepartDriving while license revoked; ment reports of recent arrests open container reported on include: Main Street Nov. 17 Nov. 19 Breaking or entering vehicle; lar- Keith Andrew Vincent, 29, Haveceny - misdemeanor reported lock, communicating threats; on Daniels Court domestic criminal trespass, drunk and disruptive; resist, Counterfeiting/forgery reported obstruct, delay an officer on Main Street Injury to personal property (will- Rebecca Elizabeth Olson, 34, ful and wanton) reported on Havelock, harassing phone U.S. 70 calls; simple assault Fraud - credit card/ATM; obtainNov. 18 ing property by false pretens- Brennen Essex Petty, 18, Havees reported on Blarney Street lock, obtaining property by Assault on a female; simple asfalse pretenses sault reported on Palomino Ashley Noel Reaume, 21, NewCourt port, simple assault Communicating threats; simple Denise Michelle Flynn, 41, Newassault reported on Russell port, driving while license Street revoked; open container; cyNov. 20 berstalking - electronic mail Breaking or entering vehicle; for harassment larceny - felony reported on Katrina Lewis, 37, Havelock, Main Street aid and abet by underage Impersonate law enforcement or person; contributing to delinother public officer reported quency of minor on Chestnut Street Nov. 19 Obtaining property by false Patrick William McComb, 43, pretenses reported on Main Havelock, assault on a female Street Penny McComb, 42, Havelock, Nov. 21 simple assault Harassing phone calls reported Nov. 21 on Bryan Boulevard Fighting/affray reported on Main Praize Serena Jay-Johnson, 19, New Bern, larceny - conceal Street merchandise while still in Larceny - conceal merchandise store while still in store reported on U.S. 70 Isaiah Keshawn Calhoun, 17, Havelock, simple assault Larceny - misdemeanor reported on Main Street Note Fraud - credit card/ATM reported The Havelock News does not on Sweetbriar Lane report arrests for worthless checks. Resist, obstruct, delay an officer;

Continued from A1 page views a month. The company has nearly 3,000 employees. New Media is one of the largest publishers of locally based print and online media in the U.S with 450 community publications and over 370 related web sites. New Media has been actively acquiring newspapers, having spent approximately $430 million on local media assets in little over one year, including the Halifax deal. Last year, it added the Dow Jones Local Media Group of eight dailies and 15 weeklies to its lineup and acquired the Providence Journal earlier this year. “Halifax’s publications are all wellestablished, leading providers of local news in the communities they serve,” said New Media’s Reed. “Additionally, the acquisition further diversifies New Media’s business from both a geographic and custom-

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er standpoint. These markets also present a tremendous opportunity for New Media to expand its digital businesses, Propel and BestRide, as these markets expand our footprint of small and mid-size businesses we will be able to reach.” Halifax was created in 2010 by investment partners Stephens Capital Partners Inc., JAARSSS Media, and Redding Investments. After the initial purchase of the Daytona Beach News-Journal in 2010 the company acquired The New York Times Regional Media Group, a network of about 15 newspapers and web sites primarily in the Southeast. Within a year, Halifax bought an additional 19 newspapers from Freedom Communications, located in North Carolina and Northwest Florida. Recently, Halifax added the Daily Commercial (Leesburg, FL), South Lake Press (Clermont, FL) and Worcester Telegram and Gazette in central Massachusetts. New Media’s Reed took notice of

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An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter is shown in the hover position at the Cherry Point Air Show earlier this year. Fleet Readiness Center East at Cherry Point is doing modification work on the new jet, including work on the fan door at top that allows the aircraft to hover. Currently, FRC East is working on seven F-35B aircraft.

3D Continued from A1 completely digital. “That’s a change. That’s a leap,” said Col. Vincent Clark, FRC East executive officer. “So you go from an analog type environment to digital. It’s just a huge paradigm shift.” Clark knows. Throughout his career he has been at the developmental drawing board of the Marine Corps’ most cutting-edge aircraft. He did the introduction and testing of the V-22 Osprey, a hybrid plane-helicopter. He did the standup and introduction of the first C-130J transport aircraft. He did the introduction of the H-1Y and the H-1Z helicopters “What’s happening down here is just hard to put into words,” Clark said. “What’s being done here at FRC East with the personnel we have is heroic.” The facility has the responsibility of making modifications on the first F-35Bs to be issued to the Marine Corps. In a 24-hour, multi-shift schedule, more than 120 FRC East mechanics, engineers and other workers have completed work on seven planes and seven are currently undergoing work. The plan was to have six work bays for six stealth fighters, but a seventh has been added to keep up with operational capacity, Clark said. “That’s the big thing there,” he said. “We have the capacity for that amount and we are just trying to leverage that opportunity to make sure that we don’t do anything less than we are capable of doing.” According to Clark, the biggest challenge with the new plane has been that development and production are happening at the same time. Some of the earliest aircraft to leave the Lockheed Martin production line had parts that did not meet Marine Corps specifications as it relates to flight hours for example. “Some of the structural life has got hard stop points, and without us doing the modifications, the aircraft can’t fly beyond those points,” Clark said. Some have criticized the Department of Defense for accepting the F-35 and it’s A, B and C variants when the aircraft was still undergoing testing. Ideally, all the bugs in a given product should be worked out prior to purchase, critics say. An F-35B costs about $200 million. “You have the preferred acquisition process and then you have what you have,” Clark said. “That’s the utopia if you are able to do this, but that’s not reality. Things happen. Technol-


Col. Vincent Clark, executive officer at Fleet Readiness Center East at Cherry Point, talks about the work the facility is doing on the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter. FRC East is currently working on seven of the new jets. ogy is not there. You’re proving out technology. You’re developing fifthgeneration fighters that don’t exist other than what we have.” FRC East does not manufacture components for the F-35 but could in the future. As the number of F-35s increases, FRC East workers may have to manufacture some components. “The airframe itself is what we’re modifying,” Clark said of the current work. Donnie Crumbacker, lead for the F-35B Industrial Integrated Production Team, said the high-tech F-35 demands a unique approach from workers. “ … The way you approach the maintenance concept is totally different,” he said. “That’s one of the challenges that all the new employees or anybody who has been introduced to the F-35 have had to recognize that you have got to approach this differently. There’s quite a bit of difference. We have squadron personnel that have been visiting. We had one today. They’re struggling too because you’re dealing with a whole different maintenance concept. We’re dealing with state-of-the-art technology. It’s a whole new learning experience. It’s like going from high school to college when you have to change your whole methodology, your thought processes. The whole approach is different. There’s a huge learning curve.” All of the workers have laptop computers with electronic versions of the manuals, schematics and designs.

“Everything is computer based. We don’t use any paper,” Crumbacker said. “The only paper we use is for some of our older systems we have here locally.” Clark said between 12,000 and 15,000 man hours are needed for the modification work on one F-35, and that doesn’t include time put in by support staff. “And each jet has its own signature of (modification) packages, so they’re not all identical,” said David Rose, F35B aircraft production manager. The workers at FRC East are developing procedures that will be used by maintenance personnel for years to come. “What they are doing for Marine aviation, and they’ve done it time after time after time again, they just step up and find a way to do it, and it’s a very steep climb, very challenging,” Clark said. “They are stepping up to the plate and they are responding. And it’s been there, specifically for Marine aviation, for decades. And here we are again.” Rose said managers plan the entire stay of each aircraft for maximum efficiency of workers. “There is a specific team of artisans and mechanics that directly support each aircraft,” Rose said. “We have laid that out systematically in a timeline to where we get that work done concurrently, and some work you have to do in single-shift operations, but we have all weighed that out for each aircraft. We meet and prepare ahead of time. We know what we’re going to do and then the minute it arrives we start executing until we complete it and make it ready for issue again.” Rose said that FRC East’s best are working on the new jet during the transitional period of the aircraft. “The morale is extremely high,” he said. “That’s a very patriotic group of individuals down there.” He said the workers feel a sense of ownership for each jet they work on. “They take care of that airplane like it was their own car or truck in their garage and the sense of pride down there is unmatched at any other facility that I know of,” he said. The managers said the same attitude exists on every line of aircraft at FRC East. “They understand that they are supporting the warfighter,” Rose said. “They understand that they are supporting the guy forward deployed overseas waiting for his aircraft, and they all take great pride in getting that accomplished and getting it done safely and with quality and getting it back to the warfighter so that they can meet their mission.”

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EASTER EGG HUNTERS Havelock welcomes children for annual Easter egg hunt

The Rams have won two straight games going into See A6 Easter tourney

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Gaming case appears ready to go to trial Judge denies motion to dismiss the charges

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By Drew C. Wilson [email protected]

A Craven County judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges against Greg Muse for manufacturing or selling slot machines in Havelock, setting the stage for the case to go to trial. “That’s fine with me,” Muse said. “I would really like the case to move on. I’d like to have the machines shown in evidence to where they are skill machines.” Muse Muse, 52, of New Bern, faces 15 counts of manufacturing or selling slot machines and one count of possessing a slot machine. Muse is the owner of Craven Music Company. Muse’s defense attorneys, Gary Clemmons and Marc Chesnutt, had asked for the charges to be dismissed on March 21, arguing entrapment by estoppel, a legal term meaning that a government official misrepresented a point of law. Judge Walter Mills heard a full day of testimony from defense and state witnesses before denying the defense motion this week. Muse said the machines he has are not games of chance but require skill and dexterity, which he said means they don’t fall under state laws that prohibit slot machines. “I want to proceed on and show the machines into evidence as being skill games,” Muse said. “I feel pretty confident that they are skill games and operate as skill games. “They’ve been evaluated by gaming companies and labeled as skilled. It requires skill to play them and requires player participation. … It’s just a completely new product. Why some of our government officials chose not to understand that I don’t know why.” Havelock police and Craven County sheriff deputies seized 16 gaming machines from seven city businesses on Oct. 17. Muse was one of eight people arrested on a variety of charges in connection with the machines. District Attorney Scott Thomas was out of town and unavailable to comment on the judge’s ruling. The trial has been set for April 24.

Empty office and retail locations indicate an alarming trend around Havelock By Drew C. Wilson [email protected]

It’s 10:30 a.m., halfway between the breakfast and lunch rush, and waitress Rebecca Kronenberg is serving customers at 10 tables. Ziggy’s Café is packed. The activity inside the business is a dichotomy from what can be found just outside the doors at the Westbrook Shopping Center in Havelock. On one side of the café, there are three empty store fronts, and on the other, there are five. Despite the lack of sur-

rounding businesses to potentially draw in customers, Ziggy’s Café is thriving. “I’d like to have some neighbors, absolutely,” said Anthony Radicella, who has owned Ziggy’s for 10 of the last 20 years. “I’d love to have some more traffic going through the shopping center, but we do what we can. I would like to have more neighbors, yes.” Radicella said that the resDrew C. Wilson/Havelock News taurant has loyal customers Waitress Rebecca Kronenberg carries empty plates to the who keep business good. He said rent in the shop- kitchen Wednesday at Ziggy’s Café in Havelock. The business is thriving but is surrounded by vacant office spaces See SPACE, page A3 at the Westbrooke Shopping Center in Havelock.

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A proposed Havelock industrial park now has the backing of Duke Energy, which announced Tuesday that it has added the project to its Site Readiness Program. Havelock officials said that the move paves the way for

further development of a 155acre tract just west of the city. “Out of the dream phase and into some reality,” Havelock Mayor Will Lewis said. “In this short term, it will mean some money that will enable us to do some due diligence and move the park forward, but

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in the long term what it does is it puts in the entire Duke Energy network, which is very large, so when we start looking down the road at different things that we will be doing with the park, we’ll have Duke Energy’s assistance in getting some of those things done or

putting us in front of the right people to get the right questions answered. “It gives our project some notoriety across the state also and across our region so that people know that we have this project. It helps us talk to some peers who are doing

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Gurganus students delight in new playground School rewarded for placing in national U.S. Cellular contest By Ken Buday [email protected]

Walt Slater put his hands in the air, pointing skyward to a cloudless sky. Then he slid. The kindergartener took the curve, his hands in the air the entire time. He reached the bottom, the ride lasting but a second or two, but oh what a ride it was. Students at W.J. Gurganus El-

ON THE WEB For video from the playground dedication, go online to www. havenews.com. ementary School in Havelock celebrated the opening of a new playground on a mild spring day last week the only way they knew how, with squeals of delight for each ride down the slide and each climb across the monkey bars. “Awesome, I like it. I like it a lot,” Slater said of the new playground. Money for the new playground

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came from U.S. Cellular through its Calling All Communities campaign, an online contest held during the fall in which schools receiving the most votes received $25,000 for projects. Gurganus placed 10th in the nationwide contest. “We are super excited to be a part of this,” Jeremy Taylor, director of sales for U.S. Cellular, told the crowd of students and dignitaries during the Havelock Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony. “We know an effort like this is a true campaign, and it takes a lot of people.”

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Kindergartener Walt Slater goes down a slide on the See STUDENTS, page A2 new playground at Gurganus Elementary School.

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Arrests and charges do not reflect guilt or innocence, which is determined through subsequent judicial proceedings. Havelock Police Department reports of recent arrests include: April 5 Jessica Dickenson, 27, Newport, prostitution April 6 Sheli Nix, Morehead City, prostitution April 7 Kristie Lynn Wetherington, 32, New Bern, larceny - misdemeanor Tureena Tigris Pierre Louis, 17, Havelock, possess BB gun/stun gun/knives/etc. on school grounds; possession of marijuana up to 1/2 ounce; possession of drug paraphernalia Joseph Anthony Cornwall, 16, Havelock, possession of marijuana up to 1/2 ounce; possession of drug paraphernalia Samuel Racheed Lathon, 19, New Bern, driving while license revoked April 8 Brianna Marie Bernal, 34, Havelock, simple assault Stacy Rachelle Harvell, 23, Havelock, driving while license revoked by violation of restrictions; order for arrest - show cause failure to appear; possession of drug paraphernalia April 9 Autumn Katrina Parker, 16, Havelock, simple assault Tia Marie Horton, 17, Havelock, consume alcohol beverage by person less than 21 Angela Dawn Loftin, 39, Beaufort, aid and abet driving while license revoked Patrick Lee Jones, 23, Beaufort, driving while license revoked by violation of restrictions April 10 George Lee Piggee III, 24, Cherry Point, robbery with firearm or dangerous weapon Adam Antonio Jimenez, 22, Havelock, sale or give alcohol to underage persons (beer/ unfortified wine) Marissa Caitlan Morrison, 20, New Bern, consume alcohol by person less than 21 Laquandrey Montez King, 24, Havelock, driving while license revoked April 11 Jerry Ray Benham, 34, Havelock, failure to appear April 12 Michael Rayshawn Richards, 28, New Bern, larceny - misdemeanor; obtaining property by false pretenses Daquina D. George, 22, Havelock, trespass, second degree Jason Lee Carmichael, 37, Havelock, drunk and disruptive; resist, obstruct, delay an officer April 13 Amanda Rae Preizer, 26, New Bern, larceny - misdemeanor Note The Havelock News does not report arrests for worthless checks.

A Havelock High School student was arrested last week for bringing an electronic stun gun to class. Tureena Tigris Pierre Louis, 17, of Havelock, was charged with possession of a weapon on school grounds on April 7. She also faces charges of possession of marijuana

up to a half ounce and possession of drug paraphernalia. Havelock Police Chief G. Wayne Cyrus said a student told a school administrator that Louis had a stun gun with her. He said the administrator notified the school resource officer who contacted Louis and found the stun gun in her book bag.


The former Carolina Grill restaurant building sits empty in front of the Holiday Inn Express hotel. It is one of 54 empty retail spaces or business buildings in Havelock. The restaurant closed last year.

Space Continued from A1 ping center went up about three years ago, causing some businesses to leave. “When everybody moved out, we couldn’t,” he said, adding that the rent had not increased in the 17 previous years. “It would have cost me more in gas and equipment to move.” The Westbrooke Shopping Center is not the only area in Havelock with empty retail space. Just east, another office complex has signs offering free rent for three months, but the complex is mostly empty. Katrina Marshall, Havelock planning director, said a recent survey showed that 54 retail units or business buildings were vacant in Havelock, including 19 new vacancies in 2014. But the news isn’t all bad, as 17 vacant spaces were newly rented in 2014. At Westbrooke, there’s a sign for a new Jamaican restaurant that has plans to open soon, and the Pinay Grocery recently opened in a complex off West Main Street near where Goody’s opened in 2013. Marshall said two other empty structures were demolished. “So basically 19 came off the list and 19 new ones went on the list,” Marshall said. “There has been activity, but there is no net change in the numbers.” Vacant buildings are not unique to Havelock, said Timothy Downs, director of economic development for Craven County. “What we’re experiencing here is pretty much true for all areas of the country right now,” he said. “That issue is affected by a lot of factors. First of all, it’s the economy. Retail took a huge hit, especially small retail, when the economy started

performing poorly a few years ago. It’s just starting to come back. The amount of time to recover from that, especially in a small community like ours, is much longer than a larger community like Atlanta or Raleigh. That’s the primary factor.” He said snapping fingers and getting large chain stores to move in just doesn’t happen. He said large retailers are very formulaic in the way they make decisions to locate in an area. Most use demographic studies that include data on population and income, and many have their own particular store designs and won’t go into existing spaces. “We might perceive enough traffic going in front of a building to warrant a restaurant or a certain type of store but it just might not fit their model, or if it’s a franchisetype situation, they might not have someone who has been willing to take on that area. That’s one part of it,” Downs said. He said the appearances of retail complexes and shopping centers can also have an effect on attracting new business. Plus, he said, business owners may not want to locate in a complex with empty retail spaces because the amount of customer traffic may not be high. “Where I came from in Dayton, Ohio, is a perfect example of that where you had a downtown that just suffered from empty space after empty space after empty space and people see that and it just becomes sort of a self-perpetuating thing that you have empty space and people don’t want to be there where there’s empty space,” Downs said. “They want to be where there’s a lot of people.” As for a solution to all the empty business space, Downs said redevelopment is sometimes an option, but tearing down an old complex to build a new one — with no guar-

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