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Some South Carolina leaders are taking another look at medical stockpiles BY LINDSAY STREET

South Carolina no longer stores medical equipment like masks and gowns, but some in Columbia want to revive a stockpile following the struggle to obtain vital supplies in the pandemic.

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Gov. Henry Mcmaster’s AccelerateSC team heard from committees this week that recommended a 28-day, $16.7 million stockpile. The question of a stockpile came up again Thursday among a group of state senators discussing policy aimed at rebuilding South Carolina. The state does not currently have any stockpile in place, according to a spokesman at the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), and it is unclear when it ended. Most medical equipment funneled through DHEC and county emergency departments has come from donations or a federal stockpile. Medical providers, from hospitals to nursing homes, have had to rely on what they could purchase on the open market, according to organizations.

‘Not enough PPE in the world’ The first step toward implementing a state stockpile would be a feasibility and management study that could be approved as early as mid-June as lawmakers begin doling out federal aid, according to S.C. Hospitals Association Policy and Finance Vice President Christian Soura, who serves on the AccelerateSC board. Since March, DHEC has worked with the federal government to receive personal protective equipment (PPE) for nursing homes, hospitals and emergency responders. A spokesman told Statehouse Report, City Paper’s sister

publication, that supplies have been shipped this month, and another set of supplies will be shipped in June for nursing homes. “Personal protection has been a problem for nursing homes,” said Camden Democratic Sen. Vincent Sheheen. On Thursday, he addressed DHEC leadership at the Senate select committee meeting about the crisis, which started as a hotspot in his home district. “I know we didn’t get the PPE we wanted and expected,” Sheheen said, while adding praise for the agency. “I hope we have stockpiles from here on out.” Throughout the pandemic, nursing homes have had shortages of SHEHEEN equipment, according to Randy Lee, president of nursing home organization South Carolina Health Care Association. “There is obviously not enough PPE in the world for the pandemic, and we are continuing to struggle every day to find proper equipment,” Lee said in an interview. “We have come to realize there is not a gown for sale anywhere.” He said facilities around the state have prioritized what PPE they have obtained, and that they “are not sending uncovered staff

members to treat residents in need.” Some facilities have also contracted with local seamstresses for gowns and masks, he said. Soura said hospitals in the state are spending five- or six-times the amount they normally spend on PPE as they use more and have to pay more for scarce supplies.

Lawmakers see value in a stockpile For Lexington Republican Sen. Katrina Shealy, chief on the list of making the state better prepared for the next disaster is having a medical stockpile in place. “In the event we need PPE in the future, we’re not on a list with every other state in the United States, and we have our own resources,” said Shealy, who is serving on the Senate’s Re-Open South Carolina Select Committee. “We SHEALY should have it readily available so the county EMDs (emergency management departments) have a place to get it instead of nursing homes getting it off of Amazon.” House Medical, Military and Municipal Affairs Chair Leon Howard, D-Richland, said there has been a stockpile discussion in the House. “We should invest more. I don’t know how much more, but we should take a look at how much we should invest,” Howard said. As of publication on May 27, DHEC

“There is obviously not enough PPE in the world for the pandemic, and we are continuing to struggle every day to find proper equipment.” —Randy Lee, president of South Carolina Health Care Association

had not responded to questions related to the former stockpile and its demise. By December 2008, however, a threeyear-old effort for a stockpile established to respond to a viral influenza pandemic was threatened by drying up federal funds, according to a DHEC report. “Federal funding for the pandemic influenza preparedness program has HOWARD ended, and no state funds have been appropriated to continue public health preparedness efforts for pandemic influenza. This means that any future pandemic preparedness activities must be funded by the state or by redirecting federal funds for public health preparedness,” the report stated. The stockpile was mostly focused on pharmaceuticals, such as antivirals and vaccines. The stockpile facility, located at an undisclosed state park, was finished in April 2008, but the report called for the need for funding a second phase of construction.

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N “It is time to rename bases for American heroes — not racist traitors.” —In a May 23 editorial, The New York Times Editorial Board called for the U.S. military to rename 10 American bases named for Confederate figures or those who supported racist policies, saying, “The namings reflect a federal embrace of white supremacy.” Source: The New York Times

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HOW A CHARLESTON PIZZA SHOP DELIVERED 12 PIES TO THE CREW STUCK ON BOARD A CARGO SHIP IN THE HARBOR

On Friday afternoon, Ben D’Allesandro found himself on board a 15-foot boat with 12 pizzas. His task: Delivering pizza to the crew stranded aboard a Liberian-flagged cargo ship anchored in the Charleston Harbor. Hitching a ride with the local team that has been provisioning the crew on board the Evolution while legal issues are sorted out by the ship’s owners, D’Allesandro didn’t quite know what he was getting into. But he had a dozen pies at the ready. “I took them 12 of our finest pizzas,” said D’Allesandro, who owns D’Allesandro’s Pizza with his brother. A few specialties like Get Gnarly, Beetnick, Spicy Benny and Chauncinator were among the selections, as well as a vegan pizza for the ship’s captain. He threw in a few hats, T-shirts, postcards

and stickers for good measure. The D’Al’s team is used to making deliveries along the crowded streets of downtown Charleston, but this one was unique. “I had no idea how involved I was going to be getting with this adventure,” D’Allesandro said. Pulling up alongside a 550-foot cargo ship in a small boat in the middle of the rolling harbor is a bit intimidating by itself. But to do it while also helping unload a week’s supply up a moveable set of stairs hanging from the side of the ship is even more challenging. In addition to the pizzas, fresh vegetables, fish, water and other supplies were in Friday’s delivery. “It was a little sketchy … they usually use a little bigger of a boat, which kind of added some excitement to the whole process,”

“As South Carolina increases testing, there will likely be more laboratory-confirmed cases.” —With a goal of testing 2 percent of the state’s population for COVID-19, South Carolina health officials warn that despite increasing case counts, the percent of overall positive tests is trending downward. Source: S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control

D’Allesandro said. But the delivery was successful. “Nothing [went] overboard, it was pretty amazing,” he said. Of course, this is not the first time the D’Allesandro brothers have used their pizza powers for good. Recently, the shop has donated pies to local grocery store employees and firefighters at work in the middle of the pandemic. And during the 2019 government shutdown, Ben delivered pizza to TSA agents at Charleston International Airport. The Evolution has sat in the harbor for nearly four months after being detained by American officials, reportedly tangled in international business disputes. Evolution was sold this past week and its crew is seeking back pay for their time on board, according to The Post and Courier. —Sam Spence

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$125,000 IN GRANTS AVAILABLE TO LGBTQ SOUTHERNERS IMPACTED BY COVID -19

The Campaign for Southern Equality, an LGBTQ advocacy group, has reopened applications for its COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program. The group will distribute $125,000 in grants to LGBTQ Southerners impacted by the coronavirus. Over $100,000 of the total will be in Emergency Assistance Grants, the group says, which provide $100 directly to individuals of the LGBTQ community in need of assistance for groceries, rent, mortgages and medical bills. Community Response Grants will provide up to $500 for projects dedicated to helping LGBTQ Southerners during the pandemic. There is no specific end date for the applications, a spokesperson said. The grant will be paid out until the funds are exhausted. A recent report from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation found that the LGBTQ community could be disproportionately affected by the pandemic. According to their research, LGBTQ people are more likely to work in highly impacted industries, such as food service, and they face existing health coverage gaps. “In many cases, LGBTQ people are at greater exposure and risk of both economic and health complications than non-LGBTQ people,” the report concluded. The Campaign for Southern Equality’s Southern LGBTQ Health Survey, released in November, had similar findings. In South Carolina, 69.8 percent of respondents said they always, sometimes or often delay seeking health care because of the out-of-pocket cost. The current round of grants are supported by We are Family locally, the Amy Mandel Foundation and the Families and Workers Fund. Since March, the Rapid Response Grant Program has provided $200,000 to LGBTQ people living in the South. To apply, visit southernequality.org. —Heath Ellison

CHARLESTON SUMMER CAMPS ANNOUNCE SAFETY MEASURES TO GUARD AGAINST COVID -19

The City of Charleston has announced a new set of safety protocols for city-operated summer day camps beginning June 15. In order to maintain social distancing, kids will be put in smaller groups in specific areas and field trips have been canceled. In addition, temperatures will be taken daily and participants are required to bring their own lunches and hand sanitizer. Day camp staff will be required to wear masks, sanitize equipment and actively look for potential sickness within groups. Summer camps will run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Drop-off and pick-up will occur between 8:30-9 a.m. and 5-5:30 p.m. at designated camp facilities. According to the city’s recreation department, guides will provide outdoor activities, virtual tours, brain and card games and fitness activities. —Heath Ellison

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A downtown man who had been caught with an open can of beer tucked away in a paper bag told an officer that he had just been released from the hospital and his doctor recommended he drink a beer immediately. Well, doctor’s orders, officer. BY HEATH ELLISON AND SKYLER BALDWIN ILLUSTRATION BY STEVE STEGELIN

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with Charleston Police Department between May 11 and May 17. No one described in this section has been found guilty, just unlucky. When questioned about an aluminum can protruding from a brown paper bag, one downtown man told officers the Bud Ice wasn’t his “anymore.” After being led on a wild goose chase that ended at a downtown apartment complex, one officer noticed a headless stuffed dog fixed to the rear windshield of a Land Rover owned by one of the parties in question. The officer noted that this didn’t damage the vehicle in any way, “but it was a bit concerning.” What an understatement. One handgun was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Cedarhurst Avenue. During a traffic stop after catching a whiff of marijuana from the offender’s car, an officer found a bag of weed which had been stuffed into a grape soda can with soda still inside. Someone give this guy a detective’s badge; his talents are clearly being wasted.

Allow us to set the scene: You’re on a downtown sidewalk with a buddy. There’s a brown paper bag on a ledge within your reach. Curiosity gets the best of you, and you pick up the bag and look inside. At that precise moment, a police cruiser rolls up, and you have a bag of cocaine in your hands. What unfortunate timing. “It’s not my first and it won’t be my last,” one woman told an officer in reference to having multiple DUIs. Honesty is always the best policy, especially when being stopped by the police downtown for another DUI. Two pairs of Ray-Ban sunglasses, each costing about $250, were stolen from the owner’s vehicle. This lesson is a right of passage for living in Charleston — not about locking your doors or leaving valuables in your car, but about spending more than $6 on a pair of sunglasses.

After returning to her downtown home from Florida, a woman found that a package she ordered was missing from her residence. The package, containing a textbook, was supposed to arrive five days before she got home on May 12. If it’s been sitting on the porch for up to five days, do finders-keepers rules apply? A shotgun and handgun with a suppressor went missing from a man’s downtown dwelling between May 10 and 11. Although he suspected one of his housemates may have taken the weapons, he didn’t report them missing until May 12 because he wanted to give them the chance to return them. Also he didn’t want to risk upsetting them now that they are possibly armed. You must have a pretty frosty relationship with your roommates if you can’t just ask. Downtown, a patrolling officer noticed a woman standing in an entryway drinking a foamy amber liquid out of a “Big Gulp” cup. When asked what was in it, the suspect stated it was orange juice. The juice was, in fact, not loose and she was arrested.

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Don’t Double Down We would be wise to address climate change in pandemic response

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here’s a lot of talk about rebuilding a stronger South Carolina. But the governor’s task force and legislative panels looking at policy changes are missing an even bigger crisis already underway: catastrophic climate change. South Carolina joined the world in halting much of its economy for the past two months to slow infections from the coronavirus pandemic. The unprecedented shutdowns will likely lead to record declines in air pollution and carbon emissions, though only temporary and with terrifying human repercussions. “This is absolutely not the reason why we want to see these types of reductions,” said Alan Hancock, energy and climate advocacy director for Coastal Conservation League. But Hancock and others say there are ways to make an even bigger, more permanent impact and grow the economy. There is precedent for governmental climate action in the wake of economic upheaval, College of Charleston environmental policy professor Matt Nowlin said. Remember Cash for Clunkers and green energy investments after the Great Recession? That helped fund Clemson’s North Charleston wind turbine testing center, according to Nowlin. Today, the facility is one of the advantages the state has in the burgeoning offshore wind industry. Conservation Voters of South Carolina Executive Director John Tynan warned against “doubling down on old and outdated” industries in the recovery, saying the state needed to “shift the paradigm.” “If we change the technology we use to travel, change the technology we use to make energy, we can have our cake and eat it too,” Tynan said. “As we’re looking at how we rebuild

and jumpstart the economy, we have a unique opportunity to rebuild in the direction we see the future demanding.” Here are some of the suggestions put forward: Electric vehicle infrastructure. The state should invest in and remove any barriers to an electric vehicle system that would dovetail with the state’s existing automotive industry, Tynan said. Such a system would offer electric vehicle charging stations throughout the state, allowing drivers to go farther without fear of being unable to charge. Clean energy jobs. State policy should put an emphasis on clean-energy jobs, Tynan said. South Carolina was poised for solar growth after the 2019 Energy Freedom Act was passed, but now it could be facing a 24 percent decline in development, resulting in 1,325 lost jobs in the state, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Electricity goal setting. The state should set goals for electricity generation sources, Nowlin said. This is common practice in other states and is usually aimed at getting private utilities to ramp up solar and wind energy generation. “That’s low-hanging fruit here in South Carolina ... that would accelerate some of these trends we are already seeing,” Nowlin said. More work-from-home. Employers, including the state, should continue to keep as many workers home as possible, Nowlin said. Fewer emission-belching commuter cars on the roads could be “one thing that might persist” following the pandemic, Hancock said. We can’t limit our recovery thinking to short-sighted economic and public health interests. Rising waters and temperatures will have a longer-term impact on all aspects of life than this pandemic. Now is the time to get to work.

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Science is Science For the time being, just wear the dang mask The woman and her two children walked into the house, quickly closing the door because it was a blustery winter day. They arrived to celebrate a daughter’s birthday. The boy joined the other kids. The little girl, much younger, stuck near her mother. She was wearing a coat but had bare feet. Mucus bubbled around her nose. She was whiny. And obviously sick. Out of caution, I asked, “Did she get a flu shot?” “No, we don’t believe in them.” My head started to explode. “You don’t, umm, believe in science? That the flu shot can prevent flu in a lot of people and make it far less bad for others?” “No, we don’t think they work.” The mother, now an elected official, soon admitted she and her husband actually had the flu a week earlier. When asked whether she might have given the flu to her children because they hadn’t been vaccinated, she seemed befuddled. And my head actually did explode. Across the state and country, we’re having similar encounters today over whether to wear masks to protect people. Science clearly shows that common-sense strategies like social distancing and wearing masks make a major impact in curbing a pandemic. Had social distancing been in

effect just one week earlier in March, new research shows an estimated 36,000 fewer people would not have died from coronavirus, according to The New York Times. What is absolutely confounding is when people won’t follow suggestions, conclusions and guidelines that work and are based in science because they simply choose not to believe in the results of science. Science is science. It is derived from conclusions rooted in data that can be replicated. Science is based on verifiable facts, not alternative realities created by beer goggles, political rhetoric and pink baby unicorns. Take the issue of whether to wear a mask in public. Masks are not comfortable. But science shows they reduce the risk of spreading the infection. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that whether one believes in wearing a mask in public is taking on a partisan edge. Republicans and Democrats aren’t diametrically opposed. A new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds about two-thirds of Americans say they wear a mask always or most of the time when in public and near people, such as when at a grocery store. Of the sample, 84 percent of Democrats said they wore masks always or mostly when in public and near people, compared to 66 percent of Republicans. In South Carolina, reactions to the coronavirus have

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taken a more partisan edge in an America increasingly rollicked by volcanic political division over the last decade. A new Clemson University Palmetto Poll based on data from a month ago shows more than three in four South Carolinians are at least moderately worried about the pandemic and its impact on their health. But 71 percent of South Carolina Democrats say they’re somewhat or extremely worried they’ll get sick from the virus, compared to 37 percent of Republicans. There’s a similar split between black and white residents’ concerns. The rate of the government’s response to the outbreak similarly split along party lines. “Republicans were more satisfied than Democrats regarding the U.S. government’s response (68 percent to 6 percent), are more likely to approve of Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak (86 percent to 3 percent), and are less likely to think Trump acted too slowly (18 percent to 97 percent),” according to a press statement about the poll. Let’s not make this about politics. Science shows masks work. Use common sense. In my office where few people actually enter, I don’t wear a mask. But when I am exposed to others, I wear the dang mask. You should too.

Tales from The Co-Op The insanity of keeping frosé flowing in a pandemic

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BY SAM SPENCE AND JESS PATTERSON

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Let’s get this out of the way now: Frosé is chilled rosé wine usually mixed with sugar, sometimes fruit. Jess Patterson sells a ton of it at The Co-Op, the Sullivan’s Island market he has run since 2012. Even before the pandemic, people lined up at 2019 Middle St. for various flavors of the cold, trendy, boozy drink. But with beach checkpoints, stay-home mandates and online ordering now commonplace, The Co-Op’s Instagram feed became an even-more neurotic, chaotic and hilarious stream of consciousness documenting the quirky small business’ adaptation in a time of crisis. This week, we asked Patterson to reflect on a few of his quarantine posts from a time that he says will likely shift the way The Co-Op does business for a while. Long a place where locals can grab beer and wine, The Co-Op is a pretty typical island market — except for the 12 frozen drink machines along one wall. Patterson admits he initially opened the shop as a hobby while living on the island and working in finance — the CofC grad was “the 33rd employee, maybe?” at Automated Trading Desk, bought by Citigroup in 2007 for $680 million. But, jobless after moving to New York for a start-up that flamed out, Patterson and his now-wife Liza got the idea in 2016 to import frosé back to the shop as it was growing in popularity. They installed two machines the next summer and retooled the menu to incorporate beach-friendly deli sandwiches. Not eager to relinquish his Liza (left) and Jess Patterson’s store The Co-Op on claim to the throne as Frosé Sullivan’s Island is a pretty typical beach market. King (his actual job title on Except for the 12 frosé machines. LinkedIn), Patterson is cagey with sales figures. Put it this way: Weekend sales of the cold

“Thanks to Lori, The Co Op has banned The Crescent neighborhood for delivery. Lori had to wait too long and Lori got angry at me.”

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It’s been non-stop chaos at this point. The world is ending and I’m getting complaints about orders being delayed or incorrect. I’ve been away from my wife and daughter Genevieve for over a week and am barely keeping it together. And then I get The Phone Call. The customer’s biggest problem of the week was not getting her delivery on time. I refunded the order, but she just kept going on and on. She let me know we should stop delivery until we had a better system so customers have a better experience. It took everything I had to not post her address. I still might. And that’s when my day drinking at The Co Op began. APRIL 5

“Stay safe. Stay oiled. Stay deep.”

I could tell you I look at my Instagram feed to see what other restaurants are doing during these times. That sounds great and professional. But Instagram makes this hard. Instead my feed is filled with bikini models, squat influencers or fishermen. I’m obsessed with ram tag Ins -op from reading the comments on these bikini posts. They are Photos by The Co creepy at the highest level and I just love reading them. But I thought about how hard it must be for the bikini influstuff outpace combined sales of sandwiches, he says, with up encer to post something deep about the pandemic. Easily to 1,000 frosé orders on their busiest day. some of the best writing I’ve seen on Instagram. “Stay oiled” The small shop has a 16,000-person following on is my “thank you” to all the influencers doing their thing. We Instagram, where Patterson roasts himself, takes playful jabs have the front liners, but we also have influencers putting on at customers, razzes residents of the state’s wealthiest ZIP tanning oil. Everyone is doing their part during COVID-19. code and presents a lightly fictionalized version of a day in the life of the Frosé King. But even when they’re the butt of the jokes, the locals take it in stride. “I think they all have a really good sense of humor about it,” Patterson says. “Some of them are pricks and I’ll call them out on it … I’m not going to put up with bullshit over a $10 sandwich.” The following posts from @coopsullivans are presented in chronological order starting just before the pandemic.

The island had just been closed off to nonresidents. So I was freaking out. How were we supposed to make money when you couldn’t get on the island? I have a Peloton monthly subscription I have to pay for each month. Plus, my wife’s obsession with trying to buy all of Target each Sunday. Seriously though, no way we are able to make payroll and rent without the rest of Charleston having access to us. So screw it, call me Papa John, it’s time to try delivery. We asked some food and bev friends who were out of work to help out with delivery. Delivery begins.

Ugh. I guess we have to address this. I blame myself here, but also Prickly Pear, a new frosé flavor people went nuts over. We got overwhelmed and couldn’t keep up and our safety procedures broke down. The police helped out quickly, but the damage was done. Photos started posting to the ‘Gram. The worst part is that safety is my top concern. My wife is high-risk, so I’m living in a separate house 10 hours away to keep her safe and run a business and I’m getting judged for safety issues. I let it get out of control and should have done better. Glad we addressed this in the City Paper. Jerks.

“Just got back from the beach, it’s just so nice having it all to myself. So odd no one else is enjoying it. Just fucking with you. I’m in sweats nursing a hangover. … [The Co Op is] finalizing a spot downtown for a second shop!” MAY 1

I got the biggest kick out of the fact that some people could use public beaches during the pandemic and some people couldn’t. It was absolutely amazing to me, just completely unfair. But super funny. So I posted many times that I was on the beach, enjoying it all to myself. People were using receipts to just get on the island, so I wrote that I included a screenshot of one, but it was actually that porn guy who kept reappearing. My mom commented on it! Anyway, commercial rents downtown are going to plummet, so I’m going to take over an empty space downtown for my second shop. I’ve had several calls about spaces and have narrowed it down to a few. So none of that makes sense unless you read the post and then read this. Sorry.

“So yes it may be an inconvenience to drive out to SI, but you can do it. Heck, if it’s a long drive call me and we can talk.” APRIL 7

I’d been away from my wife and Genevieve for over two weeks. I was going downhill and had no one to play with. My nightly routine was a few bottles of wine (after a six-pack) and Netflix binging. I watched Netflix on my phone the entire night, I left my laptop charger at the shop. It’s four blocks away. My eyes and neck were a disaster the next morning. Anyway, we figured out you could get onto the island with a receipt, so online ordering completely exploded and we dumped delivery. APRIL 9

“I woke up to 39 texts.”

Online ordering became a monster. Nonstop. Any time we paused it to catch up, or were closed, a customer let me know. As early as 6 a.m. I had to give my cell phone out to customers for delivery and it has turned into a frosé help line. I’ll get calls at 2 a.m. from people suggesting new flavors to me. Or sending me photos of empty frosé bottles

Online ordering has completely changed our business. It’s been just amazing. But the sound it makes to notify us of an order is by far the most annoying sound I have ever heard. I’m sitting in the shop constantly hearing this sound and can’t take it any longer, so I walk outside and notice these flamingos in our flower bed. I take a look, notice it’s hollow inside, and take it in the kitchen and open her up. The staff had names like Frozzy, Frozzie, Rosé, Frozen Flamingo, etc. but I thought Chad had a nice ring to it. So, meet Chad.

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“The time has come. Your hero has arrived. Call 1.843.200.9505 for delivery. Any attitude whatsoever and I will hang up on you.” MAR 25

“We will be offering delivery tomorrow so we can do a better job of social distancing. I cannot have a line like this in front of my shop.” APRIL 10

MAY 9 “DOOT DEET DOOT DA DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT. … Online has broken me.”

“I have a masters in social distancing. From ages 13-19 I witnessed this firsthand. Her name was Ashley … Anyway, we are still serving our full menu. No one is allowed in the shop.” MAR 19

This was when we realized the coronavirus had the majority of Charleston thinking maybe a drink at noon wasn’t a bad idea. On a Tuesday. I mean the world was ending, so might as well drink. The frosé machines couldn’t keep up, we had 10 of them, and people were double fisting frosé by 2 p.m. It was like a Tri Delt reunion outside the shop. Have you ever heard a conversation between two people after they have each had a few frosés? This stuff writes itself. It was time to order more frosé machines. Or change our phone number to a support group hotline. We thought about that for April Fool’s.

filling up their entire trash can. I just got one of a cat drinking frosé. (Also, shout-out to Hobcaw Creek Plantation from this post. Best drinkers in Charleston. Love those people.)

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Spoleto Festival USA 2020’s Virtual Programs Offered through June 7, Spoleto at Home will feature some of the festival’s most popular offerings including chamber music concerts at Dock Street Theatre. Partnering with South Carolina ETV, Spoleto presents weekday radio broadcasts of 11 past Bank of America Chamber Music programs, curated by festival director of chamber music, Geoff Nuttall. The concerts will air weekdays at 11 a.m. on the South Carolina public radio program Sonatas and Soundscapes. Nuttall and radio host Bradley Fuller will introduce each concert and conduct on-air interviews with various performers. Mondays-Fridays at 11 a.m. Free to tune in. spoletousa.org

Holy City Vintage Market (HCVM) hosts its fourth virtual market this Sunday via Instagram. It’s easy to participate — just watch HCVM’s Instagram story as they repost items for sale from 19 local vintage, secondhand and artisan vendors. Shoppers simply DM individual shops to arrange purchase. Tag HCVM in pics of your pups, brunch and general Sunday Fundays to join in the fun. May 31, 12-3 p.m. Free to attend. facebook.com/holycityvintagemarket

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From You To Us

Redux Contemporary Art Center is now accepting submissions for their ongoing window exhibition, From You To Us. You can check out the work in Redux’s big front windows now, and it’s not too late to contribute your own piece, too. Redux is asking current members to mail in art in the form of a postcard to be used in an evolving installation. If you’re not a member you can become one by joining online — individual memberships start at $50. Mail your postcard to 1056 King St., Charleston, SC 29403. Learn more about Redux and member benefits online at reduxstudios.org.

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We sure do miss live music and now we’re getting to enjoy it from a safe social distance with Music Under the Oaks at Johns Island’s Tattooed Moose. Join gritty Americana group the Mike Martin Band and jam out with Irish folk and country-influenced tunes. May 27, 5-8 p.m. Free to attend. The Tattooed Moose Johns Island, 3328 Maybank Hwy. Johns Island

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Archival Gems The Historic Charleston Foundation presents archival gems on Facebook live this Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This presentation features items like original deeds and rare photos and even Tommy Thornhill’s “meticulously curated” documentation of his former house on Tradd Street. May 27 at 12:30 p.m. Free to attend. facebook.com/ HistoricCharlestonFoundation

Charleston Jazz and the Gibbes Museum present an archived concert from their Art of Jazz series. This week’s performance comes from June 2018, when Marcus Amaker and Quentin Baxter performed a concert inspired by Patrick Dougherty’s sculpture exhibit, Betwixt and Between. The duo premiered new works of poetry and music during this special performance. May 28 at 7 p.m. Free to attend. facebook.com/charlestonjazz

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Shelter in Art

A new online exhibition from the Meyer Vogl Gallery focuses on artists during lockdown BY VINCENT HARRIS

CHARLESTON CITY PAPER 05.27.2020

It was inevitable that new art would start to emerge in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, long periods of isolation, heightened anxiety and mortal fear can be excellent artistic motivators. But we weren’t necessarily expecting to see a lot of art spring up during the pandemic itself. But Shelter, a new online group exhibition from the Meyer Vogl Gallery, is full of new paintings, collages and more by nine different artists: Laurie Meyer, Marissa Vogl, Susan Altman, Bill Davidson, Nancy Hoerter, Kathleen Jones, Melanie Parke, Anne Darby Parker and Carrie Beth Waghorn. Katie Geer, the director of the Meyer Vogl Gallery, said that the idea for the Shelter exhibition came from her efforts to keep in touch with the artists that the gallery represents when the pandemic began to escalate. “I was keeping them updated on whether we would close,” Geer said, “and if we did close, how we would stay in contact with our clients. I would ask everyone how they were doing, and I found it so interesting. We represent around 15 artists, and everyone had this totally different approach on how to continue to create art during the quarantine.” In those conversations, Geer learned that some of the artists found it difficult to create at all, some were dealing well with isolation and some didn’t have access to the materials they typically worked with. “Some artists were feeling really inspired,” she said, “Some of them were feeling more uninspired than others, and some artists couldn’t get into their studios, so they were trying to make do with the materials they

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had at home. And some artists were starting to take an entirely new direction. I just found it really fascinating.” As Geer began working on the Shelter exhibition, she was careful not to make any of the artists feel like they had to participate. “I didn’t want anyone to feel pressured,” she said. “It was totally up to the artists if they wanted to be a part of it or not, and out of our 15 artists, 9 are going to be in it. I didn’t do it to intentionally encourage them, but I’ve heard from some of the artists that it actually had that effect, and they were grateful to have something to stir their creativity.” Geer said that one of the artists involved, Melanie Parke, has gone in an entirely new direction during lockdown, working with gouache on paper rather than in oils. “Melanie has started a whole new series called ‘DOMUS,’” she said. “It’s women who are in these serene scenes with trees and birds. She was kind of imagining a safe world for women, because she started becoming concerned with the thought of women who lived in unsafe domestic situations being home all of the time. The series is an imagining of a world that’s completely safe for women, it’s amazing, and it was absolutely spurred by her thinking about the virus and the effects it has.” “Due to missing bodies, skin and touch, I am exploring ideas of longing and desire,” Parke wrote in her artist’s statement about the series. “Also weighing heavily on my mind is thinking about the continued dire hazards women face in this predicament of staying home, which is often not safe. A re-imagining of safe space feels necessary. Populated with female bodies, wild animals, birds and flowers, I am imagining protected places for women and for pleasure.” Another of the artists involved, Susan Altman, contributed a mix of collages and paintings to the exhibition. One of the collages, called “The Ordinary is Never Ordinary,” comes from Altman taking in the objects around her while isolated in her home and seeing them with a new perspective.

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“I was standing at my kitchen counter, doing something that I didn’t want to be doing,” Altman said. “I don’t remember what it was, paying bills maybe, and all of a sudden I looked up and said, this is all so cool! Why am I paying bills? I’m going to sketch all of this stuff on my kitchen counter. So I put the bills away and just sketched.” Altman also contributed a striking painting called “What’s Happening?” that actually proved therapeutic for her while she was creating it. In the painting, a group of dark, vaguely human figures seem to be moving away from the viewer, gradually disappearing into a distant, sun-like light. “I started the day they announced that the (federal COVID-19) task force was being disbanded,” Altman said, “and that really put me into a state of despair and

hopelessness. So I was doing a dark painting because that’s how I felt. The big dark blob was the darkness that was coming over me; it was the virus, it was the hopelessness, it was the reality.” But the longer that Altman worked on the painting, the more her feelings changed. “As I started working at it, something came over me that was almost euphoric,” she said. “I loved what I was doing so much that it lifted my spirits. And I found that without being conscious about it that I started lightening it up. I didn’t want it to be dark.” While talking about her painting, Altman finishes her story with a sentiment that might just sum up what the Shelter exhibition is about, at least in part. “I realized how important the process of creating is to me,” she said, “and how it changes my mood. Just expressing what I’m feeling, getting it out, elevates me.”

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HORROR EXPERT GRADY HENDRIX LAUNCHES HIS OWN PODCAST

Charleston native Deion Smith, better known to most quarantined Netflix bingers as Kelce in the Outer Banks, has been weathering current circumstances as best he can, trying to find inner peace in the midst of it all. In his downtime, Smith chatted with Charleston City Paper about a variety of topics from acting, to the character of Kelce and the future of the show. ON ACTING I kind of fell into acting without even knowing that I was acting. I really fell in love with making sketches and short films. I first started by filming my action figures with an old VHS camera my parents had laying around the house then as I got more skilled, I transitioned into uploading to YouTube. I would always make my friends and family members act with me in them. Those were the good days. I think I realized what acting really was after a couple years of attending Charleston County School of the Arts for theater. HIS ACTING DEBUT My first “professional” gig was for Charleston Stage. I did this play, Blue, by Charles Randolph Wright at the Dock Street Theatre. I was part of the youth acting troupe for Charleston Stage, and I had to do an in-person audition to get into that program. Once you get into that program, there’s a bunch of plays they do throughout the year, and they just pull kids they need for certain productions. HOW HE GOT THE ROLE OF KELCE For Kelce in Outer Banks, I did this little thing all Southeastern actors know good and well called a “Self Tape.” I got the breakdown for the role from my manager, and at the time, I wasn’t that enthusiastic about it because I had just auditioned for The Walking Dead, and didn’t hear anything back, so I was a little discouraged at that time. I was working at an Amazon fulfillment center in Georgia, and I hated it. Driving an hour to and from work everyday in Atlanta traffic, working 10 hour overnight shifts ... not fun. I remember praying to God everyday to get me out of that situation, and he did. My acting coach, Malik, and I sent in my tape, and I personally thought I did awful. A couple days later, while on break from work, I got a phone call from my manager telling me that I booked the gig! The rest is history. WHAT HE DOES IN HIS FREE TIME A lot of wondering, “What’s next?” Thankfully, the show has been doing really well, so I’ve had that silver lining in all of this. I’ve been just trying to stay motivated in my craft, still studying movies/actors when I find time. When I’m not acting, I’m typically behind the camera. I’m a wedding filmmaker/photographer for Terrance Antonio Photography based here in Charleston and in Atlanta. I’ve been shooting with them since I was about 15. Terrance Antonio, the owner, is actually a brother to me and a mentor as well as Aaron Jamel, who also works with us. Other than that I love spending time traveling, fishing, playing video games and watching movies. THE LAST THING HE DOES BEFORE STEPPING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA Pray to God. Everyday on the set of Outer Banks before I left my trailer to go film my scenes, I would pray. It just

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gave me peace and helped me with my confidence everyday on set. IF HE COULD BE ANY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW ASIDE FROM KELCE That’s a tough one. I’ll probably have to say either Pope or Rafe. I actually almost auditioned for the role of Pope. I just really like how he’s the brain of the operation but also the realist as well. Also Rafe because I feel like it’d be interesting and fun to dive into his issues that make him as insane as he is. I love complex characters. CHARACTERISTICS IN KELCE THAT HE SEES IN HIMSELF I think Kelce is trying to find his place within his friend group and in life in general. I think it shows that he almost feels like he has to prove himself to Rafe and Topper throughout the story. He gets himself in the middle of a lot of drama and has to navigate through it while keeping his status in his friend group. I think these are things I’ve gone through in my childhood and still even go through now sometimes, unfortunately. But hey, we are all learning and growing. ADVICE FOR THOSE WANTING TO PURSUE AN ACTING CAREER Study the craft. I can’t express that enough. There’s no cutting corners. If you can afford it, get into a really good acting class. If you can’t, that’s not an excuse. Read books, read plays, study movies/actors. YouTube is a great resource. For a while I couldn’t afford acting classes, so I would watch videos and study that way. Also make your own content if possible. Film yourself doing a scene from your favorite movie, or better yet, write and shoot your own short film. Get into some college student films, and build an acting reel. Find an agent. Acting is a tough field but can be rewarding if you just have persistence. WHAT WE CAN EXPECT NEXT SEASON Well, definitely expect more Kelce for sure. Expect even more action, romance, craziness, gold and attractive people. I’m just gonna let your imaginations run with that.

Casual horror fans and die-hard aficionados alike will be happy to hear that Charleston native and author Grady Hendrix has a new way for us to get our spooky fix: A podcast, Super Scary Haunted Home School. As Hendrix says, “everyone has a podcast,” so it’s about time he shared his seemingly endless horror knowledge with the masses via what he describes as “long, rambling monologues.” The first episode dives into vampire geography. In fact the whole first season will deal with vampires, with two episodes now available. Hendrix’s latest novel, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, deals with the topic, too, and we highly recommend checking it out if those coldblooded creatures (mixed in with some Lowcountry lore) interest you. You can find Super Scary Haunted Home School and all of Hendrix’s creations online at gradyhendrix.com. —Connelly Hardaway

CCPL BEGINS CURBSIDE SERVICE ON JUNE 8

Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) begins providing curbside service on June 8 at all library branches so that patrons can pick up books and other items they’ve placed on hold. Curbside service will be available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and Thursdays, 1-7 p.m. Patrons can place holds online at ccpl.org (where you can also ask a librarian questions via chat). Patrons can sign up for temporary e-cards to access all digital materials and resources. If you have books you wish to return you can drop them at any branch’s book drop; these items are quarantined for 72 hours before they are processed, checked back in and recirculated. While the library plans on a phased reopening of all branches soon, you can still check out a wide variety of online programming at ccpl.org. In a recent interview with the City Paper, executive director Angela Craig discussed the library’s ever-growing digital catalog: “We’re never going back. The digital platform has allowed us to take the best practices from each branch and share it all over the county.” —CH

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a la carte PANDEMIC PROMPTS CROSSTOWN PIZZA JOINT TO REBRAND AS SABER’S DELI

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Back in September, Saber’s Pizza filled the space at the corner of Ashley Avenue and the Crosstown where Luke’s Craft Pizza made 50 pizzas a night before closing in May 2019. Rather than shutting down completely in light of the pandemic, owner Brian Saber swapped out pizza dough for hoagie rolls and rebranded the eatery as Saber’s Deli. In an Instagram post, Saber said, “During this time of uncertainty and lack of business it has been very difficult to maintain food due to the short shelf life of the ingredients in pizza which go to waste if not moved fast enough. I feel at this time it would make more sense to take this business in a different route.” Saber’s Deli officially opened on Monday, May 18 for delivery and takeout. The new menu features cheesesteaks, hoagies and hot dogs. Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, Saber’s also offers meat, egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for patrons looking for a quick morning bite. —Parker Milner

Herd Provisions gets a pandemic boost as a farmer and a retailer

CHARLESTON CITY PAPER 05.27.2020

BY PARKER MILNER

In a pristine space tucked off Grove Street, Herd Provisions’ unique approach to farming and butchering its own pork and beef not only sets it apart from its peer restaurants in Charleston, it may have helped it weather the pandemic as suppliers and farmers felt the pinch. Since opening in June 2019, Herd Provisions has steadily grown a customer base with popular lunch and dinner items like fried Brussels sprouts and burgers made with meat from prized White Park cattle. But the coronavirus took a toll on the downtown restaurant, leading to a refocus on their unique, whole-animal butcher shop. The Wagener Terrace restaurant and market is the culmination of a project that began back in 2004, when owner Alec Bradford opened Leaping Waters Farm in Alleghany Springs, Va. Today, the farm’s 300 cows and 40 hogs supply his Charleston restaurant and several others with beef and pork. According to Bradford, owning the farm that supplies Herd Provisions has allowed them to dodge food supply chain issues during the pandemic. “The vast majority of farmers in the U.S. right now raising pork, chicken or beef typically only raise one type of animal,” said Bradford. “We have a vertically integrated food system that’s completely independent of the corporate feed system.” The large-scale animal agricultural industry, with feedlots and meat packing plants mostly in the Midwest that supply grocery stores and restaurants, is still reeling from the pandemic. A recent report by the American Farm Bureau Federation found that cattle slaughter has declined 32 percent from its March high. At least 18 processing plants have closed due to the coronavirus, further decreasing production capacity. By sourcing directly from his own farm, Bradford is able to avoid bottlenecks and keep a handle on costs. “By owning or being influential in every part of the chain all the way to the butcher shop or the dinner plate, we are pretty much able to control the price,” said Bradford. “We are not as subjected to price fluctuations. This way I can ensure that the consumer gets the same quality product at a predictable price.” With eight cuts of beef and 10 cuts of pork for sale by the pound at Herd Provisions, Bradford has seen an uptick in sales as

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customers focus more on home cooking. “We’ve seen the retail take off in a way we really couldn’t gauge before COVID. We went from doing $200-500 in [retail] sales per week to now when we are doing around $4,000 a week. That’s been good for us from a business standpoint to see that there’s a demand for it.” Best sellers include Leaping Waters brisket, New York strip steak and chorizo, but added partnerships with other local providers like Fili West Farms and Void Baking Co. have also cushioned sales. GrowFood Carolina has even kept Herd stocked with bags of local produce, available for $25 each. “We actually just sell Celeste Albers’ [Green Grocer] milk at cost, partly to support another farmer but also to provide a service to our guests so that when they’re coming in they can get more than just beef, pork and chicken in our butcher shop,” said Herd Provisions general manager Christy Campli. Moving forward, Herd Provisions’ retail footprint will be a key part of sustaining the entire business. “I’m most excited to build this retail space out,” said Campli. “I think it’s really important because it’s so unique

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to Charleston and because we are lucky to have this other revenue stream that is going to be necessary for restaurants to continue to survive. In a sense, this butcher shop kind of saved us from this whole crisis.”

Pay It Forward started at the onset of the pandemic as a small initiative to deliver groceries to displaced restaurant industry workers. Less than two months later, the campaign has donated 5,000 bags of groceries to out-of-work industry employees. As the campaign continues to gain support in the Lowcountry, Pay It Forward is partnering with Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach and Tricounty Family Ministries to further serve the Charleston area. The initiative, started by Michael Shemtov of Butcher & Bee, The Daily and Workshop, was initially using shuttered restaurants as distribution points for grocery bags, but recent reopenings left them in need of new pick-up spots. With these new partnerships, Pay It Forward is adding distribution points in North Charleston, Johns Island and downtown. With the volunteers, fridge space and safety protocols already in place, these groups are ready to start right away. Our Lady of Mercy will operate out of The Outreach (1864 Brownswood Rd. on Johns Island) and the Neighborhood House (79 America St. downtown), and Tricounty Family Ministries will distribute from 2105 Cosgrove Ave. in North Charleston. Pay It Forward has raised enough money to keep the program going through mid-June when they expect industry employees to be back to work. F&B workers can apply for a provision bag online, and those wishing to contribute to Pay It Forward Charleston can visit payitforwardcharleston.org. —PM

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The best of my nature reveals itself in play, and play is sacred,” wrote the feisty Aries author Karen Blixen, who sometimes used the pen name Isak Dinesen. The attitude described in that statement helps illuminate the meaning of another one of her famous quotations: “I do not think that I could ever really love a woman who had not, at one time or another, been up on a broomstick.” In my interpretation of this humorous remark, Blixen referred to the fact that she had a strong preference for witchy women with rascally magical ways. I bring this to your attention, Aries, because I’m inviting you to cultivate a Blixen-like streak of sacred play and sly magic in the coming days. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus music legend Willie Nelson has played the same guitar since 1969. He calls it “my horse,” and named it after Trigger, a famous horse in Hollywood films. Although Nelson still loves the tones that come from his instrument, it’s neither sleek nor elegant. It’s bruised with multiple stains and has a jagged gash near its sound hole. Some Tauruses want their useful things to be fine and beautiful, but not Willie. Having said that, I wonder if maybe he will finally change guitars sometime soon. For you Bulls, the coming months will be time to consider trading in an old horse for a new one. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’ve got a message for you, courtesy of poet Lisel Mueller. I think her wisdom can help you thrive in the coming weeks. She writes, “The past pushed away, the future left unimagined, for the sake of the glorious, difficult, passionate present.” Of course, it’s always helpful for us to liberate ourselves from the oppressive thoughts of what once was in the past and what might be in the future. But it’ll be especially valuable for you to claim that superpower in the coming weeks. To the degree that you do, the present will be more glorious and passionate and not so difficult. CANCER (June 21-July 22): When Lewis Carroll’s fictional heroine Alice visits the exotic underground realm known as Wonderland, she encounters two odd men named Tweedledee and Tweedledum. The latter tells her, “You know very well you’re not real.” He’s implying that Alice is merely a character in the dream of a man who’s sleeping nearby. This upsets her. “I am real!” she protests, and breaks into tears. Tweedledum presses on, insisting she’s just a phantom. Alice summons her courageous wisdom and thinks to herself, “I know they’re talking nonsense, and it’s foolish to cry about it.” I suspect you Cancerians may have to deal with people and influences that give you messages akin to those of Tweedledum. If that happens, be like Alice. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “The less you fear, the more power you will have,” says the rapper known as 50 Cent. I agree with him. If you can dissolve even, say, 25 percent of your fear, your ability to do what you want will rise significantly, as will your influence and clout. But here’s the major riddle: How exactly can you dissolve your fear? My answers to that question would require far more room than I have in this horoscope. But here’s the really good news, Leo: In the coming weeks, you will naturally have an abundance of good insights about to dissolve your own fear. Trust what your intuition tells you. And be receptive to clues that serendipity brings you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): For his film Parasite, Virgo filmmaker Bong Joon-ho received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. In his natal horoscope, Joon-ho has Pluto conjunct his sun in Virgo, and during the time Parasite began to score major success, Saturn and Pluto were making a favorable transit to that powerful point in his chart. I’m expecting the next six months to be a time when you can make significant progress toward your own version of a Joon-ho style achievement. In what part of your life is that most likely to happen? Focus on it. Feed it. Love it. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to seek out, seduce, and attract luck. To inspire you in this holy task, I’ll provide a prayer written by Hoodoo conjurer Stephanie Rose Bird: “O sweet luck, I call your name. Luck with

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TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscribers at their office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2019-CP-10-06642 BGE 2014, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. VERONICA L. STEPHENS, ALBERT HENDERSON AND FRED J. POWELL, and if any of them be deceased, then JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents, and persons in the Military of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of VERONICA L. STEPHENS, ALBERT HENDERSON AND/ OR FRED J. POWELL, if any of them be deceased, and LUCILLE KINLOCH, ALETHIA HENDERSON AND ALFONZA KINLOCH, also known as Alphonso Kinloch, all deceased, any and all other persons or entities entitled to claim under any of them or through them, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff, above-named, against the Defendants, above-named, to quiet title and to confirm a tax title relative to the following described real property, together with improvements, located in Charleston County, South Carolina, to-wit:ALL that piece, parcel, lot or tract of land, situate, lying and being near the Village of McClellanville, St. James Santee Parish, Charleston County and State of South Carolina. The same being known as the Thos Kinloch estate and containing Twelve and one-half (12 ½) acres, the same being the southern portion of Lot “No. 11” as will appear on a plat made May 1873 - by T.A. Huguenin, surveyor and recorded July, 1882 - and having the following boundaries to-wit: North west by lands of Hat White, North east by part of same lot “No. 11” South east by lands of Phillis Black and Southwest by lands of East T.W. Graham. LESS AND EXCEPTING A ONE ACRE PIECE, BEING IN THE Southeast corner of the original tract, conveyed out by deed recorded in Book S40, Page 536, in 1938, leaving the total acreage being 11.5 acres. Being the same property conveyed to BGE 2014, LLC by Tax Deed from the Charleston County Tax Collector, dated May 5, 2016, and recorded May 19, 2016, in Book 0555, Page 009. TMS #: 764-00-00-087 NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI You will please take notice that by an Order dated the 4th day of May, 2020, and on file in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, whose mailing address is PO Box 1173, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, persons under disability, incompetents, imprisoned, or those persons in the military, if any; such appointment to become absolute unless the said defendants or someone in their shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein. CISA & DODDS, LLP s/John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd. Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 (F) (843) 881-5433 john@cisadodds.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF May 12, 2020.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2020-CP-10-01211 VAUGHN LOEFFLER and SYLVIA De JONG, Plaintiffs, vs. ST. ANDREWS PARISH ASSOCIATION, a South Carolina Eleomosynary Corporation dissolved by forfeiture on March 17, 1975, by and through its Liquidating Trustees, JACK L. WILKS, JR., THOMAS M. BESHERE, JR., WOODROW W. DICKSON and IRVING W. SEYLE, and if any of them be deceased, then JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents, and persons in the Military of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue, or alienee of any of the said Defendants, if any be deceased, as well as any other person or entity who may claim any right, title, interest and/or claim to that certain Mortgage from Charleston Jaycees Charities, Inc. to St. Andrews Parish Association in the original sum of $35,000.00, dated January 16, 1980, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County on January 17, 1980, in Book L-121 at Page 273, Defendants. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscribers at their office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the certificate of Exemption, Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 5, 2020. CISA & DODDS, LLP By: s/John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 (F) (843) 881-5433 SC Bar No.: 1707 john@cisadodds.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS May 4, 2020. Mount Pleasant, SC

RDC File No.: 19-13020 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 20-CP-10-1014 Duffers Court Horizontal Property Regime, Inc., Plaintiff, vs. Olive Beckette Veber a/k/a, O. Beckette Veber, Defendant. LIS PENDENS Notice is hereby given that

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Plaintiff will, within twenty (20) days from the date hereof, commence foreclosure proceedings against the above named Defendant for the foreclosure of the Notice of Lien: Lien Holder: Duffers Court Horizontal Property Regime, Inc. Homeowner: Olive Beckette Veber a/k/a O. Beckette Veber Date Signed: January 3, 2020 Book and Page: Book 0851 Page 868 Date Recorded: January 9, 2020 The premises covered by said Notice of Lien are fully described as follows and incorporated herein by reference: All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, Charleston County, SC and known and designated as “UNIT 1” in Duffers Court Horizontal Property Regime established by the Grantor pursuant to the S.C. Horizontal Property Act, Section 27-31-10 et. seq. of the S.C. Code of Laws, 1976, as amended, and submitted by Master deed dated August 22, 2003 and filed on September 16, 2003 in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Book N467 at Page 288. TMS No.: 358-03-00-237 Address: 9 Duffers Court. Unit E, Charleston, SC 29414 SUMMONS & NOTICE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer up on the undersigned at his office, 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2, North Charleston, South Carolina 29406, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity or Special Referee for the aforesaid County, which order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

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It appearing to my satisfaction from the attached Affidavit of R. David Chard, attorney for Plaintiff, and the verified Complaint herein, that a cause of action exists in favor of the Plaintiff against the Defendant herein; that the action is to foreclose a mortgage with regards to real property located in the County and State aforesaid; and that the Defendant, Olive Beckette Veber a/k/a O. Beckette Veber, is not a resident of the State of South Carolina, or, if so, the present whereabouts of said Defendant are unknown and that said Defendant is a necessary party to the within action, now, therefore, on motion of R. David Chard, attorney for Plaintiff, IT IS ORDERED that the Summons herein, together with the notice of the filing thereof in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, be served upon the said Defendant by publication of the same in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper published in the County and State aforesaid, which newspaper is designated

most likely to give notice to said Defendant, once a week for three consecutive weeks, and that a copy of the Summons and Complaint be forwarded to said Defendant by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the last known address of said Defendant. NOTICE OF FILING TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons and Complaint, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on February 25, 2020. S/R R. David Chard S.C. Bar No.: 1190 Attorney for the Plaintiff 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2 N. Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 554-6984

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred. Estate of: DANIEL LYNN MAY 2020-ES-10-0499 DOD: 03/07/20 Pers. Rep: NATALIE C. MAY 3505 PALM BLVD. ISLE OF PALMS, SC 29451 Atty: WILLIAM E. HOPKINS, JR., ESQ. PO BOX 1885 PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC 29585 ************ Estate of: THOMAS ALLEN STROCK, III 2020-ES-10-0508 DOD: 03/18/20 Pers. Rep: THOMAS JAMES SHEPPARD, V 1157 SOUTH BLVD. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 Atty: GORDON H. GARRETT, ESQ. 1075 E. MONTAGUE AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 ************ Estate of: ARTHUR ROBERT MOODY, JR. 2020-ES-10-0528 DOD: 03/29/20 Pers. Rep: JENNIE MOODY 2347 PARKSTONE DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 Atty: THOMAS H. BRUSH, ESQ. 12 A CARRIAGE LN. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: DAVID ALLAN LEE 2020-ES-10-0536 DOD: 01/08/20 Pers. Rep: CHRISTAL RUTH LEE 1578 CLARK SOUND CIR. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: KAREN DEJONG, ESQ. 222 W. COLEMAN BLVD. #110 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ Estate of: CHARLES BONAPARTE, SR. 2020-ES-10-0552 DOD: 12/30/19 Pers. Rep: YVONNE B. GREGG 132 MOON SHADOW LN. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485 Atty: EDUARDO K. CURRY, ESQ. PO BOX 42270 CHARLESTON, SC 29423 ************ Estate of: JUANITA GINN SCHUTT 2020-ES-10-0564 DOD: 03/31/20 Pers. Rep: JUANITA ALICIA SCHUTT 1573 CARTERETT AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 Pers. Rep: ANNETTE S. BASS 1952 SANDCROFT DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 Atty: JOSEPH W. GINN, III, ESQ.

3842 LEEDS AVE., #2 CHARLESTON, SC 29405 ************ Estate of: SHANNON KEITH LIDGARD 2020-ES-10-0570 DOD: 03/30/20 Pers. Rep: BRANNON ZIDILLON 324 EMBASSY DR. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483 Atty: W. BARNWELL VAUGHAN, ESQ. 102 WAPPOO CREEK DR. #2, CHARLESTON, SC 29412

THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT WERE DULY FILED IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN CHARLESTON COUNTY ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 AT 4:19 P.M. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2019-CP-10-4725 Builders FirstSource - Southeast Group, LLC, Plaintiff, v. American Safety Indemnity Company; Arch Specialty Insurance Company; Builders Mutual Insurance Company; Endurance American Specialty Insurance Company; Hartford Casualty Insurance Company; Main Street America Assurance Company; Northfield Insurance Company; Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company; Scottsdale Insurance Company; State Farm Fire and Casualty Company; Travelers Casualty Insurance Company; Western World Insurance Company; AC Construction, Inc. a/k/a AC Construction Corp.; Charleston Exteriors, LLC; ECC Contracting, LLC; Hurley Services, LLC; L&G Construction Group, LLC; McDaniel Construction Co., LLC; Pohlman Quality Exteriors, Inc.; and WS Contractors, LLC, Defendants. SUMMONS TO DEFENDANTS HURLEY SERVICES, LLC AND L&G CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office at 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604, Charleston, South Carolina 29412 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to appear and defend by filing an Answer to the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Keating L. Simons, III S.C. Bar No. 5111 Attorney for Plaintiff Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412 843-762-9132 klsimons@simonsanddean.com Attorney for Plaintiff September 19, 2019 Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2020-DR-10-1079 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Jane Doe and John Doe NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: That an infant “Baby Girl” was born April 24, 2020 and placed under the protection of Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act or “Daniels Law” within 3 hours of her birth with Mount Pleasant Fire Station. Baby girl is a Caucasian female weighing 6 pounds and 8.8 ounces at birth.

The infant is now in DSS custody. Under the Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, a Permanency Planning hearing is scheduled to be held at 11:00 a.m. on May 28, 2020, at the Charleston County Family Court, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29403. Any person wishing to assert parental rights regarding the infant must personally appear at this hearing. SCDSS, 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405, Telephone: 843-953-9625

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO.: 2020-DR-18-134 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSES Kendra Reddy; Gregory Vandross NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County on January 30, 2020. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Clerk of Court in Dorchester, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Dorchester County Department of Social Services, at the office of their Attorney, The Legal Department of the Dorchester County Department of Social Service, 216 Orangeburg Road, Summerville, South Carolina 29483, within thirty days of this publication. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

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BY HEATH ELLISON

Baby Yaga’s debut album, Fuck, is raw and rugged, providing that untrained lightning-ina-bottle energy you can only get out of new bands, and there’s one prevailing reason. “These were the first five songs I’ve ever written,” frontwoman and songwriter Presley Randall said. “I had never played guitar or anything before, so I just picked it up and made it happen.” Forming in 2018 with a slightly different lineup, the band rallied around Randall’s bold, aggressive and attention-grabbing tunes. Their new EP pays tribute to their earliest days, while showing their sharply polished sound and hinting at bigger things to come. Folks that sink their teeth into these five tracks when it’s released on June 5 will find that it exudes ’90s alternative attitude, boisterous pop hooks and blunt lyrics that are easy to sing along with. “I have found that the more trouble I get into, the better my songwriting becomes,” Randall laughed. “Just lots of hot messes that I found myself in.” Sure, the album has plenty of mischief, but the music often laughs at those moments, instead of wallowing in them. “I’m Going Back” is an expansive opening track that lets Baby Yaga play with the quietloud song structure found in so many tunes by the Pixies, a favorite for the band. They restrain themselves at the beginning of the song, but the group turns up the volume for an explosive ending. “I’m going back to when I was a kid/ when boys were mean/ and the grass was green/ and love was just pretend,” Randall sings. The album’s garage rock peak, “Going to Hell,” concentrates all of the band’s powerpop sensibilities into a melodic punk jam that shows big promise for Randall as a songwriter and frontwoman.

“Technically we occupy the same space/ but technically I’d like to occupy your face/ ‘cus you turn me on/ this is not a love song/ so ring the doorbell, just come straight up/ and make me forget we are going to Hell,” she sings in the song’s confident chorus. The accompanying music video, featuring album producer Matt Tuton as a too-cool-for-school Lucifer, is a nice garnish that showcases the band’s rebellious sense of humor. That same vibe is apparent in the album’s title. Fuck earns its succinct header, not because of some libertine lyrical content, but because of its messy emotions and uncomplicated sound. “[Fuck] just seemed to be the perfect sentiment for the songs that I had been writing,” Randall said. “Just like everyone else in the world going through angst over relationships. That seems to be uniting all the songs, that sentiment of, ‘Fuck.’ ” “It’s also a fun word,” guitarist Avery Greeson added. Baby Yaga’s most recent incarnation — featuring Greeson, bassist Gee Peralta and drummer Dave Rowe — is the band’s fullest and warmest. Greeson handles the 11th-hour track “Needed You” somberly, not overplaying his part, but relying primarily on the textures he can add with the guitar. He plays with sobriety in the first half and cuts loose as the song reaches its emotional climax. Peralta makes the biggest impression when he gets to set the stage on tracks like “One of a Million” and “I’m Going Back.” He holds the fort down nicely with steady, riff-centered bass lines for a thunderous foundation to the band’s sound. The drums throughout the album are

The Camellias, a North Charleston folk duo, released their third album, Fear, earlier this month. The album’s five tracks of “ragged folk songs for hard modern times” is based on the simple formula of guitar, vocals and drums. “Minor Prophet” is a subtle song that shifts into a driving and simple folk-punk tune. “Sans Serriffe,” a reverberating acoustic surf song, picks things up and gives a taste of the band’s various influences. Imagine the Violent Femmes after reading Wise Blood — you’d be close to the sound of the Camellias. “I wrote all of these in the last couple of years when major themes in my life included parenting, depression and anxiety,” said songwriter Paul Bowers, the band’s guitarist and a former City Paper staff writer. Album closers “Noonday Demon” and “Child” touch on these themes interacting with each other for a portrait of dayto-day life. The Camellias’ latest continues a line of folk albums, dating back to their self-titled debut in 2014. Fear feels the most genuine out of the three, forgoing many traditional folk sounds for a straightforward EP that’s both listenable and intriguing. —Heath Ellison

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clever takes on basic rhythms, thanks to Rowe. “Right Love” could have been an easy four-on-the-floor beat, but Rowe’s melodic playing turns the kit into the star of the show on this track. “I think it’s our chemistry as friends and people,” Randall said. “We are constantly fucking up all the time and I think that translates to our music, our writing, too. We’re super playful with our songs.” The band’s personality shines through the album, and they believe that much of that energy will continue as they prepare for more tours and another release. Thankfully for fans who gravitate to Baby Yaga’s big and loud hooks, Randall dismisses questions about the band losing their edge as she’s honed her guitar skills over the last two years. “The next album we’re planning is actually going to be way grittier than this one,” Randall said. “Since we’ve been together, the four of us, our new shit is somehow grungier and rawer.”

The Gaillard Center will begin hosting a free virtual series called Lowcountry Listens on June 3 featuring local artists such as Grace Joyner and Will Blackburn. Each performance will be recorded on the Gaillard Center’s stage and will air online on their website, Facebook and YouTube. Videos will contain a short interview and three to four songs, a spokesperson told the City Paper. Lowcountry Listens will run for five consecutive weeks: June 3 – Violinist Daniel D., DJ Calculations Of and keyboardist Beatman Fresh (Shelton Desaussure) June 10 – Brendan James June 17 – She Returns From War June 24 – Grace Joyner July 1 – Will Blackburn The series is slated to be five weeks long, but could be extended depending on financial support. —HE

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Folk musician Avi Jacob released a new album, Preservation, on May 18. The EP, his first since 2018’s Surrender, is five tracks of acoustic-driven and soul-influenced music. “It’s about the struggle for connection, recovering from loss, and wanting to be genuine in person versus over the phone or internet,” Jacob told the City Paper via email. “I’m hoping to comfort some folks out there struggling.” Jacob gets a lot of mileage out of his rich and sometimes pained vocals. “I don’t know how to tell you how I feel/ Baby, I’m scared you’ll understand,” he sings on the title track. “Bluebird” is a tender song about saying goodbye and the difficulty of letting someone go. “So Long,” the album’s closer, continues that thematic trend with a little hope amongst the melancholy words. “I hope you became everything you wanted to be/ I hope that your soul, mind and body are free/ and if you ever see me in another life, another light/ and it don’t feel too wrong, Diana, can I sing you this song,” Jacob sings. The album shows its soul influence through Jacob’s smart instrumental choices. “Hawk in the Nest” uses horns to highlight the refrain and turnaround to the next verse. The singer’s voice once again harnesses some of that vibe, helping to tie it through the entire EP. Preservation can be heard on Spotify and charlestoncitypaper.com. —Heath Ellison

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