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A South Carolina group has started a petition calling for the removal of law enforcement officers from Charleston County schools amid national calls to reevaluate the role of policing.

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Carolina Youth Action Project, a community and political education group, launched the petition July 7 as protests swelled nationwide since late May over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The protests have called for defunding the police and removing school resource officers from schools.

As of Monday, more than 1,100 have signed the change.org petition.

“Consistent research on school policing has spoken loud and clear: The presence of police in schools does not translate to a safe environment for students, especially for black, brown, queer and trans students and students with disabilities,” the petition states.

Researchers say they don’t disagree. University of South Carolina professor Josh Gupta-Kagan said it’s difficult to find empirical evidence that SROs make schools safer and studies suggest that SROs have led to increased arrests for “relatively petty offenses.”

GUPTA-KAGAN “When people talk about the school-to-prison, that’s the concern, that a fight in the school cafeteria suddenly becomes a simple assault charge,” he said. “If your 15 year old was caught stealing someone else’s cell phone, would you want them brought to a police officer or would you want them brought to the assistant principal?”

A 2018 study from the Brookings Institution found that, in middle schools,

more investment in school police officers doesn’t necessarily lead to safer schools or students feeling safer. The report also found evidence for racial disparities in arrests made by SROs and pointed to non-school factors as one of the primary reasons students misbehave.

Statistics from the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice show far more black students are sent to the Charleston County Juvenile Detention Center than white students. In 2018, the most recent data available, 250 black students were detained in the county jail, while only 75 white students were detained.

The role of SROs The primary role of SROs is to provide a safe environment for students as part of the county’s community policing efforts, Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon said. SROs are often provided by local law enforcement. The Sheriff’s Office provides SROs to 21 out of 80 schools in the Charleston County School District.

“We felt like if we could put SROs in the schools and they were chosen pretty carefully, that they could build relationships with the schools and might follow through and might affect how they view the police officers the older they got,” he said.

Resource officers have been in Charleston County schools since the mid-1980s, according to Cannon.

After high-profile school shootings, including the Parkland shooting in 2018, some states quickly moved to add officers in schools to

protect students from gun violence. In 2019, the state funded 205 new resource officers for public schools across S.C. But Dave Morris, a College of Charleston professor of sociology who studies the efficacy of SROs, said police in schools are “at best a non-factor on violence and crime in schools.” “(School resource officers) have the potential MORRIS to increase student victimization ... The introduction of students to the criminal justice system for minor infractions, fighting, being disrespectful to teachers — you shouldn’t be going to court for that,” Morris said.

Cannon, when asked about SROs and the school-to-prison pipeline, pointed to violence in video games, television and other media. “We’ve seized homemade CDs here in Charleston that have rap music,” he said, noting young people’s minds are not fully developed until they are about 25.

“You’ve got young African-American males with the money and the guns and the drugs, and right over the shoulder is the young kid that’s a younger brother or maybe lives next door in the project, or whatever the case might be, and you can’t tell me that that doesn’t, over time, affect young people.”

Cannon said he does not believe the majority of parents want officers removed from schools. “As recent as two or three years ago, people were beating down our doors after the shooting in Florida to put SROs in schools,” Cannon said.

A counter petition was also started last week, pushing back on the Carolina Youth Action Project’s claims. That petition now

has more signatures than the group’s original call to remove SROs from schools.

Charleston school district officials said officers’ roles go beyond keeping kids safe.

“We believe school resource officers are a critical part of the district’s overall security plans to keep students and staff safe,” said Andy Pruitt, Charleston County School District communications director. “We also believe that an important part of their role is to help create positive and lasting relationships between children and law enforcement agencies.”

Charleston Police Department, which also provides school resource officers, declined to comment for this story.

Reexamining the role Morris said administrators should ask about the larger impacts of SRO duties.

“What the concern is about is school resource officers have become school personnel professionals when it comes to discipline, when it comes to counseling, when it comes to instruction sometimes,” he said. “That’s not their role and they’re not trained to do that.”

Gupta-Kagan and Morris said SROs could be useful in a limited capacity and not used for discipline. Morris supports removing SROs completely to “wipe the slate clean,” then reintegrate them in a way that’s appropriate. “I think it makes sense to have some sort of security measure,” he said.

“If there’s a particularly severe crime issue, particularly serious gang issue, then maybe there’s a conversation to be had about the proper role of law enforcement [in schools],” said Gupta-Kagan. “But you’ve got to have clear lines to prevent law enforcement from creeping into matters that really ought to be school discipline.”

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—Dr. Linda Bell, the state epidemiologist, said last week that South Carolina could benefit from a statewide mask ordinance that state leaders including Gov. Henry McMaster have so far refused to implement. Source: The Greenville News

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PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT GOT MILLIONS IN COVID -19 RELIEF COULD GET MORE UNDER McMASTER PLAN

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More than a dozen Charleston-area private schools received at least $8.75 million to stall economic fallout from the coronavirus. They could receive millions more under a plan announced last week by Gov. Henry McMaster that dedicates federal aid to expand private school vouchers in South Carolina.

Since the proposal was announced, a South Carolina judge has temporarily halted the program after a lawsuit claimed it violates the state constitution over education funding for private and religious schools. A hearing is set to take place in Orangeburg County on Wednesday.

The crushing economic impact of the pandemic has not spared S.C. private schools, charged with educating about 50,000 children. Some fear a drop in enrollment could strain financial reserves and state coffers as public schools take on new students.

At least 20 local private schools applied for loans more than $150,000 under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), designed to sustain businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. The loans add up to between $8.75 million and $19.75 million.

Members of the South Carolina Independent School Association have reported a 4 percent to 6 percent drop in enrollment so far, according to Spencer Jordan, the group’s executive director.

The $32 million proposed to be set aside for private schools will come from $48 million in federal coronavirus funds passed to the state.

The proposed Safe Access to Education (SAFE) grants would provide tuition vouchers worth up to $6,500 to students from households with an income of less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level — about $78,000 for a family of four.

Middle and high school tuitions for the Charleston-area private schools that already received PPP funds range from $6,009 to $30,550 per student per year.

State politicians have been locked in a fight to rework the way education is funded for years.

“This, to me, is using the pandemic as a way to advance an agenda that he and many others already had to take public funds and give them to private institutions,” said S.C. Rep. Mandy Powers Norrell, D-Lancaster. —Sam Spence

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The Charleston Battery soccer team has resumed their 2020 season, but things look a little different amid the pandemic. You can still watch every game though, streaming live on ESPN. The team played a single game in March, a win against Atlanta United 2, before having to postpone the season. They kicked off their return on July 19 with a game against Birmingham Legion FC, where the close game ended 2-1 in favor of Birmingham. The Battery followed with another win over Atlanta United 2 on July 24.

Fans can’t attend the games quite yet, but they are being streamed live on ESPN+. Check out the revised schedule at charlestonbattery.com.

The Battery relocated to Mount Pleasant after an ownership change in 2019, leaving their longtime Daniel Island pitch for a new home at the College of Charleston athletic complex that’s been freshly kitted out by the Battery.

It’s unknown when fans will be allowed to attend sporting events like Battery games, but the team says it “continues to work with local and state officials on plans for potentially allowing fan attendance at future matches.” —Jeanne Dunn

$120 million The estimated weekly economic impact of federal unemployment benefits that are set to start running out at the end of July. Source: The Post and Courier

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STATE ACTION UNCLEAR AS HALF OF SC RENTERS AT RISK OF EVICTION

Advocates for low-income South Carolinians fear hundreds of thousands of them could lose housing in the coming months thanks to a piling on of circumstances.

The state has seen a rise in evictions and homelessness since March, homeless advocates say. Things worsened after May when a state Supreme Court moratorium on court eviction filings was lifted. Now there’s a new doublewhammy: First, federal aid of $600 per week in unemployment insurance expires next week; and second, a federal moratorium on federally backed rental properties lifts this week.

While many wait to see if Congress will renew protections, it is unclear whether state officials will enact any other protections.

“It scares the crap out of me because of how unprepared we are as a state and a legal community,” S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center Executive Director Sue Berkowitz said.

Last week, however, the S.C. Department of Unemployment and Workforce (DEW) extended South Carolina a limited unemployment benefit up to 16 weeks beyond the 20 weeks. The agency has received 685,425 claims since mid-March.

“The groups hardest hit are people who have been working in hospitality, tourismrelated restaurants, things that were either immediately shut down or saw demand fall off the cliff,” said S.C. Housing Authority Chief Research Officer Bryan Grady.

Low-income and homeless resource nonprofits have reported an increase in need across the state amid the coronavirus pandemic and its associated pinch on the economy.

“We’re doubling or tripling the amount we are spending on financial assistance for those getting housed and those who have already been rehoused,” said Marco Corona, chief development officer of One80 Place, a homeless facility in Charleston.

While the June jobless rate was reported at 8.7 percent and DEW reported unemployment claimants on the week of July 18 fell by 4,983 over the previous week, a state-bystate tool estimates that 281,000 households of renters in the state — more than 53 percent of renters — may be at-risk of eviction.

It’s unclear if the state will enact any further protections. Gov. Henry McMaster’s office did not respond to questions.

McMaster owns several rental properties in Columbia. House Speaker Jay Lucas’ also did not respond.

The March state court eviction case moratorium was enacted through a state Supreme Court order. Currently, South Carolina has no eviction protections. An attempt to reach Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty through staff was unsuccessful.

North Charleston Democratic Rep. Marvin Pendarvis said it took the state’s chief justice to enact a moratorium because the governor’s office and legislature would not act.

“If the legislature wants to do something it will find a way to do something. It’s not for a lack of ability; it’s for a lack of will,” he said.

“That’s not something our legislature had the appetite to do.” —Lindsay Street

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A group of black children were reported to police for “eyeing” a white complainant and making “finger/ hand gestures to resemble a gun.”

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The Blotter is taken from reports filed with Charleston Police Department between July 14 and July 20. No one described in this section has been found guilty, just unlucky.

Someone stole 30 pounds of ground beef, 15 pounds of ground pork, 20 pounds of ground veal and 60 bottles of wine from a James Island restaurant. If you know anyone who suddenly has the means to make a killer stew for a crowd, you should contact CPD. Responding to reports of gunshots, police in West Ashley found a vehicle parked in a driveway with damage to its windshield, apparently from bullets.

When asked, the owners said they hadn’t heard anything. Wonder what noisecanceling headphones they were wearing and where we can get a pair?

A handgun was stolen out of a man’s vehicle parked on the third story of a parking garage near his apartment. Note to the public: Firearm thieves are willing to climb stairs and/or ride elevators, you are not safe due to elevation.

Have you ever wondered if someone could do a field sobriety test really quickly and accurately if they had just snorted a line of cocaine? One man tried downtown. He failed.

One man’s car was stolen from a downtown parking lot, which we normally don’t write about, but this one happened to be a 1991 Alfa Romeo convertible. This is nothing short of a tragedy.

If you’ve ever wondered what pranks adult twins pull, we have you covered: An officer lost sight of a vehicle during a pursuit, but other officers soon were engaged in a foot chase with the driver. After catching and detaining him, police learned he was not the driver of the car they had lost, and was in fact, his twin brother.

A downtown horse carriage tour company advised officers that someone was threatening to do harm to their business on social media. Upon reading the posts, officers determined the offender was “upset with horse abuse from the heat,” but didn’t indicate actions will be taken. We hate to break it to this carriage owner, but we’re going to need a whole new wing at the department if Facebook complaints about the heat and/or horses warrant a police response.

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A West Ashley man watched as four masked men got into his car and drove away last week. Any other time, this would have been an odd occurrence based on the report, but in 2020 … Yeah this checks out.

One excessively drunk man was trying his luck in picking up women in Marion Square last week. It went about as well as you’d expect: He was arrested for public intoxication, officers double cuffed him and he still couldn’t wrap his head around why the women wouldn’t go home with him.

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or longer than we have relied on cars, horses moved people and goods across our city. For some today, the clopping is a genteel reminder of antebellum Charleston.

But now in 2020, it is time to end the use of horses to haul tourists through our streets.

Yet another reminder of the harsh reality of using animals on downtown Charleston streets came July 19, when Ervin, one of Old South Carriage Company’s draft horses, ran away from its barn. Video showed Ervin running through Ansonborough with an empty carriage still attached before he was corralled on Anson Street. Pedestrians and a rickshaw driver watched from feet away — thankfully no humans were hurt. Doctors later euthanized Ervin after they determined surgery was not an option to repair injuries to his legs from the ordeal.

It is only a matter of time before Charleston leaders will be forced to clamp down seriously on horse-drawn carriages.

Tourism destinations from Key West to New York have banned horse carriages.

Right now, regulations limit the total number of carriages downtown and shut down operations when temperatures remain above 95 degrees for an hour. Calling these vehicles “carriages” is a misnomer. Antebellum carriages carried two or four people and a driver. The modern wagons require horses to pull the wagon, driver and up to 16 tourists — loads can approach 5,000 pounds.

So far, Charleston has mostly ignored questions about the issue aside from tortured discussions in 2017 about where and how to confirm that it is certifiably hot as hell outside.

Accounts from last Sunday “raise more questions about the enterprise of using horses in an urban environment,” said Charleston Animal Society President and CEO Joe Elmore in a statement. He’s right in saying the Animal Society has not

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staked out an extreme position on horse carriages, pushing instead for a comprehensive review of the city’s policies and local companies’ practices. So far, it’s gotten nowhere.

Review or none, the paltry rules that do govern horsedrawn carriages do little to protect these animals and more to codify exactly how much potential exploitation and abuse we are willing to tolerate. How much is too much? We don’t know. There has never been a full study.

Regardless of the rules, our social media feeds still fill with not-so-quaint videos and images of horses being treated for their injuries on Charleston streets a few times a year.

National groups have spoken out too.

“Forcing a skittish animal to pull an oversized carriage, breathe toxic exhaust fumes and risk serious leg ailments by pounding the pavement all day is a recipe for disaster,” said Dan Mathews, a senior vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Charleston officials have seen fit to make sure short-term rentals don’t gut downtown neighborhoods. But even Airbnb’s standards ban “experiences” in which animals are used to pull carriages in urban areas or work in extreme conditions. It seems our city leaders’ virtues only extend so far.

The next few weeks will bring more 90-plus-degree days and thousands of more COVID-19 cases, making carriage tours unsafe for horses and humans alike. There has never been a better time for Charleston to press pause and seriously reexamine whether horse-drawn wagons should remain in operation downtown.

Charleston is a postcard-pretty tourist town with an opportunity to show the world how to do it right. The very least we can do is to study it and make changes or, better yet, send the carriage horses out to pasture.

Andy Brack

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Growing Pains Culture wars are exasperating, but may energize America for good America’s culture wars are wearing us out. There’s too much distrust, frustration and pent-up anger.

Some want to make America great again, but that sends red flags to others who see the sentiment as dog whistles for a more divided society. Others wonder when America wasn’t great.

Perhaps we can all agree on one thing: America is more polarized and divided than ever in recent memory. And maybe. Just maybe, we can use that which divides to unite us.

“The culture wars are wearing me out because it is a destructive zero-sum game predicated on the false assumption that it is necessary for one side to prevail over and thereby cancel the other,” state Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, said. “The level of intolerance and lack of empathy on both the warring sides is truly dispiriting.”

Republican strategist Chip Felkel was more pointed: “They pit family and friends against one another. They are fueled by half-truths exponentially spread by social media and individuals who seek reaffirmation of their own views much more so than they actually seek real knowledge or understanding of the positions, influences and perceptions of their fellow citizens.

“Culture wars are the antithesis of the American story, by turning the melting pot into rancid stew.”

Retired Winthrop University professor Sue Rex said the country’s battles have “gone too far when lifelong friends are having serious disagreements over our administration and possible solutions to our world problems. I yearn for calmer days, and they are attainable, if we lay down the swords and expect a new national team spirit.”

State Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, said it’s not always clear what war is being fought.

“Are we fighting a political war, a race war, a COVID-19 war? My biggest war is to save South Carolina’s children and it should not have anything to do with what political party you belong to or what race you are. We should all want the same thing — keep our children safe from abuse and neglect, take care of their health care needs and educate them.”

Former Democratic state Sen. Phil Leventis of Sumter agreed the culture wars are discombobulating.

“It’s like arguing which lifeboats we will use — the one on the left side or the right side of the boat that is clearly sinking,” he said. “The government can’t solve all problems. There are no absolutes. Masks are not a silver bullet. The culture wars are more closely associated with rhetoric and sound bites. Bring forward the facts and let’s engage toward reaching a conclusion to do something.”

But while America may seem lost and wandering in a desert of ill will, what’s happening may be energizing

our democracy, some suggest. Maybe most of us are uncomfortable because the country is in a teenage-like bubble of too many political and societal hormones.

With time, we’ll grow out of it.

For example, the pandemic is forcing people to understand the value of science, said Leventis.

“Science and investments in research and development toward out-innovating the rest of the world is the only way America can stay out front and remain a beacon of hope and freedom,” he said. “And the constant coverage of the virus has given us a view of people who are as American as apple pie. It’s amazing that so many of the physicians and staff who are on the front line ‘war against the virus’ are immigrants or first-generation [Americans] born in this country of immigrant parents.”

Retired journalist Herb Frazier of Charleston admitted the culture wars were draining because “people are dying at the cost of this foolishness and they highlight the racism that is embedded in this culture.” But he’s energized, too, because he believes the culture wars will motivate people to vote in November.

Let’s hope we can pull together and unite — and stop the unnecessary bickering.

Andy Brack is publisher of Charleston City Paper.

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Geoff Richardson and his family have been fostering kittens for nine months Photos by Ruta Smith

Fostering pets can be the gateway for owners to keep tiny paws pattering around their home for as long as they can stand it, but foster parents also play an important role for animal shelters.

“We refer to them as foster heroes because that’s what they are,” said Dorchester Paws foster coordinator Mollie Crabtree.

“They’re actively participating in saving lives on a daily basis. We really couldn’t do what we do without them continually opening up their hearts and homes to the dogs and cats that are residents of Dorchester Paws.”

Right now, there are more than 300 animals in foster care through Dorchester Paws, far more than their shelter capacity of 80 cat cubbies and 80 dog kennels. Charleston Animal Society has similar numbers, with 231 animals in foster care and another 150 in the shelter.

“Foster care is like a second shelter,” explained Kay Hyman, the Animal Society’s director of community engagement. “At any given time, we can have as many animals in foster care or more as we have in the shelter system, so it’s critical in our mission to save lives.”

With the pandemic changing our day-to-day lives, more people have been able to help out.

“We are seeing college students and single people who don’t necessarily have the time to have a full-time pet, but because of COVID-19, they are working from home,” Hyman said. “Professionals that during normal times, don’t feel like they can commit to an animal.

But now we are seeing adoptions as well as fosters.”

Those in the shelters understand firsthand how important it is for these animals to have a place to live and be cared for when the shelter is near capacity, but fostering provides other insights as well.

“Fosters allow for us to see the personality and needs of the animal,” said Pet Helpers executive director Melissa Susko. “If they’re housebroken, if they do well with other animals, out in public.”

What helps the foster system work so well is how simple and flexible the process is for Photos provided foster parents.

“We have different time com- Tamara Hart’s family works mitments and different levels of together to feed, cuddle and fostering,” Susko said. “If you’re clean up after kittens interested in fostering a dog, you can either foster a puppy for a couple weeks, or it can go all the way to a special needs medical case where they may be recovering from surgery and need six to eight weeks.”

Tamara Hart has been fostering kittens with her children for years, and her medical background has allowed her to take on some of those special cases that others may not be ready to handle.

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From Best in Show to Class Clown 2020 Charleston City Paper Pet Superlatives We asked City Paper pet owners to submit photos of their fuzzy/scaly/feathered friends in six categories last week. The judging was tough, but we picked a few of our favorites. Lucky for you, we posted them all online at charlestoncitypaper.com/pets

Best in Show ROSCOE - “Roscoe is the best boy because he is a huge snuggler, he sleeps about 15 hours a day. Always excited to see you even if you were only gone for 2 minutes. Loves cookies, walkies, car rides, and sunbathing on the porch. 10/10 would adopt again.”

Eggs in Quarantine Charlestonians added backyard birds to their families during the pandemic

Quarantine has brought changes to a lot of our homes — folks snagged new grills for more at-home barbecues or added a new playset for the kids. Others purchased chickens.

There are regulations for chicken ownership in Charleston, but most local municipalities allow backyard birds, including downtown, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Sullivan’s Island and James Island, where an ordinance was passed in 2016 permitting them in residential areas.

James Island resident Mandy Tatarchuk has been raising chickens for six years, and the quarantine allowed her to expand her backyard coop. “When everyone ran to get toilet paper, we ran to get chickens,” she said.

After adding five chickens, expanding her backyard bunch to 12, Tatarchuk recalled a time when the sight of her outdoor coop would have terrified her.

“I had a bird phobia before I raised chickens,” she said. “I was raised on a farm but we didn’t have them.” A week of chicken-sitting for a neighbor changed all that, she said.

“Not long after we got six hens and have loved it ever since. It doesn’t cost a lot to get started; $7 to $15 for a laying hen. Even to build a structure, you can really use what’s on your property and get creative with your coops.”

Tatarchuk said getting started is as easy as going to a nearby hardware store. Local shops start advertising chicks around Easter, meaning the timing of the pandemic paved the way for folks to test the waters.

Provided Park Circle resident Mollie Rhett and The Rhett family purchased four continued on page 13 hens at the beginning of quarantine

AUREY - “Always happy, this 11 year old lights up the room with her goofy grin!”

Best Smile BAGEL - “She was the only survivor of a whole litter that was thrown in a dumpster. They threw her away like trash and I collected her like treasure. She is my everything Bagel.”

MOZZIE - “He’s a good boy because he smiles when winter is officially over.” charlestoncitypaper.com

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Always ready to play. Loves other dogs and people.”

JAX - “Jax was left in an abandoned house in Jacksonville, N.C. (hence the name) and has terrible separation anxiety because of it.

All he wants in life is to be with me. We tried behavioral therapy and meds, but one day I thought: Why would I deprive him of the thing he loves the most?! So I purchased him a Baby Bjorn and we we were off. Jax loves his Bjorn! You’ll often see us biking together downtown or even at dog-friendly bars with a big smile on his face as he sits comfortably on my back or belly. I’m proud to say he’s my best friend, and I’m glad I can finally give him the friendship he missed out on for so long.”

DUCKY BOURQUE - “Ducky loves to visit her dad while he is working at a local brewery. She shows off her Aloha fashion by sitting at the bar and makes everyone around her smile.”

MARLEY - “He never fusses when his mom dresses him up.”

JARVIS - “He’s a big goofball who doesn’t know his own size so he’s always knocking into things or knocking things over.”

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continued from page 10 bathtimes, they help feed, they do the cuddling and the cleaning. It’s a burden for someone to feed a kitten every two hours, but they take turns to give me a break. It’s become a family affair.”

Her family isn’t the only one who has been using fostering as an opportunity to bring the family together. Geoff Richardson and his wife Noel are on kittens number 17 and 18 now, with just about nine months under their belt.

“We all feel like life has been turned upside down,” Geoff said. “The one thing that can bring you back to the present moment is a kitten, or a puppy, a small animal in need of your help. It brings gratitude back into your life when you’re feeling pretty sorry for yourself and others’ circumstances.”

—Skyler Baldwin

Here’s what to know.

Dog rules vary a little bit for every Charleston-area beach town. Here’s what you need to know.

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND During the summer (May 1-Sept. 30), dogs can be off leash 5-10 a.m. and on leash from 6 p.m. until 5 a.m. Dogs are not allowed on the beach from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. During the offseason, dogs can be off leash 5 a.m. until noon and on leash noon until 5 a.m.

License required? Yes for all dogs. ($25 for residents, $50 for others) ISLE OF PALMS Leashed dogs are allowed at all times.

During the summer (April 1-Sept. 14), dogs can be off leash 5-9 a.m. During the offseason, dogs can be off leash 4 p.m. until 10 a.m.

License required? No.

“The one thing that can bring you back to the present moment is a kitten, or a puppy, a small animal in need of your help.”

FOLLY BEACH Dogs are not allowed off leash at any time and are not allowed on the beach 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. during the summer season (May 1-Sept. 30).

License required? No.

—Geoff Richardson

Eggs continued from page 11 her husband Brian purchased four hens at the beginning of the quarantine, naming them Amelia, Wynnie, Daisy and I-Say-ISay-Again.

“I’ve always wanted chickens, and at the beginning of quarantine we figured it was as good a time as any to build a backyard coop and go for it,” Rhett said.

Allen Davis, who also resides in Park Circle, picked up five chicks at All Seasons Hardware on James Island at the start of the quarantine. Davis said he kept them warm in a handmade wood box in his garage before building a coop in his backyard.

“My mother and sister have kept chickens at different points in their lives and gave me some recommendations,” he said. “I had to find a place in the yard that wasn’t too sunny because given the temperature around here they need to stay cool.”

According to Davis, the coop-building process would have taken much longer if not for the quarantine — he would often take breaks between work calls to head out back and add to the structure. Now that the chicks are starting to grow, Davis can take a few minutes each day to give them a supervised walk around the yard. He said he’s expecting his chickens to start laying eggs by next spring.

The Rhetts’ hens are each laying one egg a day, and Tatarchuk’s chickens are helping her provide eggs for her household and members

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Allen Davis expects his new chickens to start producing eggs by next spring of the neighborhood.

“The girls have provided a steady stream and sometimes we can donate to a neighbor in need,” Tatarchuk said.

“We rotate providing eggs to four other families. Porch dropping the eggs is one of the few ways to connect with people right now.” —Parker Milner

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Charleston Animal Society Virtual Art Auction Nationally and internationally known artists are donating artwork for Charleston Animal Society’s virtual art auction, Aug. 1-7. “We are so thankful to have these incredible artists rally around our community animals during such a difficult time,” said Charleston Animal Society board chairwoman Laurel Greer. The artwork can be viewed at charlestonanimalsociety.org/art-auction and bidding runs Aug. 1-7. The host gallery for the virtual art auction is Dog & Horse Fine Art & Portraiture Gallery owned by Jaynie Spector in Charleston. Participating local artists include Mary Whyte, Robert Lange and Betty Anglin Smith.

Aug. 1-7. Bid online at charlestonanimalsociety.org/art-auction

MUSC professors, doctors Cindy Dodds and Lisa Kerr will present tools for physical, cognitive and emotional learning and healing using visual thinking strategies and creative writing exercises in this virtual workshop, presented by the Gibbes Museum of Art. Dodds and Kerr will lead participants through two examples of exercises that help develop observation skills, center thoughts and explore emotions as they explain the positive effects of the creative arts for everyone.

July 29 at 6 p.m. $20/non-members, $15/members. gibbesmuseum.org

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Awendaw Green Tiny Deck Music Series Join Awendaw Green every Wednesday this summer for a virtual music streaming series from the original compound’s Tiny Deck. Each week you’ll hear from favorite locals and a few traveling artists; be sure to show your support through a virtual tip jar.

Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m. Donations to artists appreciated. awendawgreen.com

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Blood Drive at The Joe Head to the RiverDogs stadium this Sunday to do some good and donate blood with The Blood Connection. Be sure to sign up for a time slot ahead of time.

Aug. 2, 12-5 p.m. Free to attend.

Charleston RiverDogs, 360 Fishburne St. Downtown. donate.thebloodconnection.org

Acclaimed author and CEO of PEN America Suzanne Nossel will be virtually discussing her new book Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech For All through the Charleston Library Society this Thursday. This event will be hosted through Zoom. Joining the digital discussion is free and open to the public, but does require an RSVP. Visit the Charleston Library Society’s website to reserve a spot.

July 30 at 4:30 p.m. charlestonlibrarysociety.org

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Yoga Nidra w/ Trace Sahaja Bonner We could all probably use a little yoga nidra right now. The practice of yoga nidra is also known as the yoga of deep sleep, using meditation and conscious relaxation to induce total physical and mental relaxation. Register online for this virtual yoga class with Trace Sahaja Bonner; no yoga experience is required.

Aug. 1 at 5 p.m. Donations. holycowyoga.com

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first woman to be named director of a publicly funded museum in America, Charleston’s very own Laura Bragg. After starting at the Charleston Museum as a librarian, Bragg quickly worked her way up to director in 1920. To honor her legacy and celebrate Women’s History Month, the museum debuted a temporary exhibit on her life in March. The exhibit’s time was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic, but now that the museum has reopened, you can check out the artifacts through the end of the summer and potentially into the fall.

“The exhibit is called Laura Bragg: Librarian, Educator and Director of the Charleston Museum because those were three really important roles that she played here in Charleston during her life and for us at the museum,” explained Liza Holian, the museum’s PR and events coordinator. “She was so full of life and inspiring. She really helped make the museum what we know LAURA BRAGG WORKED HARD TO RECORD and love today.”

CHARLESTON’S HISTORY AND EDUCATE THE Bragg made waves from the moment she COMMUNITY stepped into her director position. She was responsible for creating the Charleston Free Library, oversaw the museum’s purchase of of Dave the Potter, and documented his the Heyward-Washington House, expanded experience as an enslaved man who was litthe museum’s collections, spearheaded new erate and took the risk of inscribing poetry education programs and overturned a policy on his pottery and dating his work. that prohibited black The unique aspect of Charlestonians from the exhibit is the insight “These individual items visiting the museum. that viewers have into make me feel like I know Bragg’s life through pieces For Bragg, recording Charleston’s history and her personality, who she like original photos from educating the community the archives and clothwas as a person, and her ing from the museum’s were her top priorities.

She developed what are textile collections that sense of style.” known as Bragg Boxes, give a sense of who Bragg —Liza Holian, Charleston Museum PR which are essentially was and help to deepen and event coordinator traveling exhibits that she our understanding of would box up with items her impact. “I love the from the museum’s collections and take to personal aspect,” said Holian. “Because you underserved schools where students were, can read about someone’s accomplishments in some cases, prohibited from making field and the way they change history and their trips to the museum. “Education was really community as much as you want, but these her focus,” said Holian. “She wanted to share individual items make me feel like I know her the museum’s knowledge with as many people personality, who she was as a person, and her as possible.” The Charleston Museum still sense of style.” uses Bragg Boxes to this day, and many other And, she did have a great sense of style. institutions and museums across the country Many of Bragg’s clothing pieces highlight the have adopted their own versions. fashion of the 1920s and tie into the era of the The exhibit displays some of her original Charleston Renaissance, which goes handBragg Boxes along with early items that in-hand with another temporary exhibit on she acquired for the museum including display. Etchings to Pastels features dozens of examples of prehistoric and historic pottery. originals created by the Charleston Etchers Bragg was especially interested in the work Club. During her time as director, Bragg

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invited the club to keep their etching press at the museum in exchange for a few original etchings to be donated to the museum which remain in their collections today.

Bragg’s impact is still felt at the museum — its board recently renamed one of the main meeting spaces the Laura Bragg Boardroom. You can explore the exhibit from now until the end of summer, but the museum may keep it up through the fall. If you’re visiting the museum, the large facility allows for plenty of room to social distance as you walk through the nine permanent exhibits and handful of temporary displays. The museum is currently requiring all visitors to wear masks and maintain social distancing protocols.

The Charleston Museum is open MondaysSaturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 12-5 p.m. $12/adults, $10/youth, $5/child. Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org

Beginning this August, the North Charleston City Gallery relocates from the North Charleston Coliseum campus to a new Park Circle Gallery, located in the Olde Village Community Building at 4820 Jenkins Ave. The coliseum campus, which includes the Charleston Area Convention Center and Performing Arts Center, is closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Park Circle Gallery (PCG) will be open Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Admission is free.

The monthly exhibitions kick off on Aug. 1 with two concurrent exhibits from local artists Nicole Robinson and Sarah Harris.

In her exhibit, Abstraction: Tidal Obsession, photographer Nicole Robinson presents a series of long exposure tidal landscapes.

Sarah Harris’ exhibit, Abandoned Paradise, features a series of oil paintings that explore the subject of abandoned and rundown buildings in downtown Charleston.

The City Gallery’s gift shop will also relocate to PCG, featuring a variety of items by local artists available for purchase.

Once it is safe to do so, the Cultural Arts Department plans to resume workshops and meetings for art groups in the new gallery space.

Per CDC guidelines, gallery capacity is currently limited to 10 people at a time. Staff and all visitors must wear a mask while they are in the gallery and practice social distancing. If you have any questions, email culturalarts@ northcharleston.org. —Connelly Hardaway

BLACK INK BOOK FESTIVAL HOSTS VIRTUAL SUMMER BOOK CLUB WITH AUTHOR KWAME MBALIA

Local book fest, Black Ink: A Charleston African American Book Festival, returns to the Holy City on Jan. 16, 2021, featuring keynote speaker, author Kwame Mbalia.

The annual event will feature dozens of African-American authors, including many from the Lowcountry.

Stay tuned for more info on the festival, to be held at Trident Technical College, by following Black Ink online.

Until the festival, book lovers can look forward to a virtual August book club with Mbalia, who will discuss his middle-grade novels, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and Tristan Strong Destroys the World (which comes out this October).

Stay tuned for more info on the date and details for the book club. Readers interested in winning one of Mbalia’s books can enter online now through July 29. Two books per Charleston County Public Library branch will be given away. —CH

THE ALLENDALE RURAL ARTS TEAM, LED BY MAVEN LOTTIE LEWIS, CELEBRATED ITS HOME HEROES ON JUNE 19 WITH AN UNVEILING OF A COMMUNITY MURAL

Rethinking Rural The Art of Community: Rural SC continues to build arts connections across the state

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Connections are even being made across state lines.

“Knowing that I have a community beyond my community has bolstered me in my local work,” said maven Lottie Lewis of Allendale.

Lewis and members of her local team traveled to Tamaqua, Pennsylvania last year to explore how another small, rural town had created connections through arts and culture.

“We learned so much from our new friends in Tamaqua,” Lewis said.

“We’re a state rich in creativity and ingenuity — and this initiative showcases some of that in our smallest communities,” said SCAC executive director David Platts.

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The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) says its Art of Community: Rural SC program functions as a way of advancing rural development through arts, culture and “creative placemaking.” Last year, the pilot program expanded to include 15 rural S.C. counties.

Local partners in each rural and tribal community (which includes Berkeley County) naturally had to pivot some of their programming as the coronavirus pandemic took over the state earlier this year.

Community arts development director Susan DuPlessis said, “We all had to shift in how we were engaging with one another and ask what our roles are in this moment of quarantine and separation.”

Since March, SCAC has convened mavens (the folks who serve as bridges to help the initiative thrive in local communities) for weekly meetings to continue sharing, listening and learning.

Each of the rural Art of Community teams received a $7,500 grant award to engage and build community in ways that use arts and culture strategically. While some plans have had to change due to the coronavirus, teams were able to retrofit projects to respond to the current context.

For example, in Berkeley County, which is represented by local maven Lydia Cotton, a Spanish-language video was created to remind the community of best practices for reducing infection rates.

SCAC has also created a rural networking program, CREATE: Rural SC, which engages rural creative professionals. “These new networks and learning opportunities are bridging gaps and connecting us in ways we need to be connected in rural communities and across the state,” Hampton

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Small Screen The Charleston Jewish Filmfest brings flicks to a small screen near you Sandra Brett, Charleston Jewish Filmfest (JFF) organizer, is entering new territory this year. Usually, she hosts the festival at the Terrace Theater, but the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way most organizations in town operate.

Brett recalls past festivals: “Picking movies with Paul Brown (Terrace owner) has been fun. He advocates lighter films that have audience appeal, and I prefer more serious educational films, so it’s a good balance.”

Brett also thinks fondly of the post-film discussions that usually follow each film screening: “The variety of opinions expressed make the movie viewing experience so much richer.” Past talkbacks have included insight from Jon Brun, director of film studies at the College of Charleston, and a panel of local lawyers who discussed the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsberg after a terrace screening of the film RBG. JFF, which works with CofC’s Jewish studies program, is pivoting to virtual offerings this year. Each film costs $10 to watch (with special code cjff20) and will be available for 48 hours after buying the tickets for viewing. There are free zoom Q&A sessions with the filmmakers that accompany each flick.

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For years, Middleton Made Knives was a one-man operation geared toward elite chefs looking for handcrafted, custom knives.

That’s still founder Quintin Middleton’s mission, but his new Echo series of knives is making his products more accessible and affordable while creating opportunities for new employees in his Lowcountry workshop.

Middleton Made Knives are revered by chefs locally and nationally, earning praise from notable figures like Sean Brock, Craig Deihl and Emeril Lagasse. But with price tags that can top $1,000, chefs grinding on the line may not be able to pony up for Middleton fully customizable knives.

“Over the years I noticed that I would lose sales because certain line cooks couldn’t afford a higher-end custom made knife,” Middleton said. “I realized that line cooks really don’t make very much money.”

Line cook salaries vary, but most earn $11-$15 per hour. These chefs are expected to perform, but many of the knives on the market simply don’t get the job done, Middleton said.

That’s why he came up with the idea to sell a cheaper line back in 2014 when he launched a Kickstarter for his “MKD” brand of knives. After raising over $35,000 and becoming the first knifemaker to successfully complete a Kickstarter campaign, Middleton was forced to put the line on hold after a disappointing launch.

“With MKD, people didn’t really know what it was because I was branding it as this whole different company separate from my custom knives,” Middleton said. “People really weren’t gravitating towards it.”

Middleton said he wasn’t working with the MKD knives daily, in part because they felt generic. But that’s all changed with the Echo knives, which are made with individual chefs in mind just like his critically acclaimed blades.

But what sets the Echo series apart from the failed MKD knives? Middleton works with each Echo knife in his St. Stephen shop just like all of his customized knives. To reduce costs, the Echo knives are cut out of steel in bulk — his original Middleton Made Knives are hand-forged from start to finish.

“When it comes back to the shop, my apprentices and I are hand grinding and doing everything else just like my customized knives,” he said. Priced between $100 and $240, the Echo series features paring, nakiri and chef’s knives, each available in five colors.

“A lot of people really don’t think about cutting or cooking as enjoyable because they have a really dull knife, so it’s a task,” he said.

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“To be comfortable when they are using it and it’s performing well, that’s what makes my knives stand out.”

The use of apprentices are another change at Middleton’s shop — and a mindset shift for a man used to having control. He’s excited for the help from two siblings who also reside in St. Stephen, where the shop is located.

“From day one, I wanted to employ people from my community and breathe life back into the American dream,” he said. Middleton’s first hire since starting Middleton Made Knives in March 2010 was Mitchell Gaillard, a high school friend.

“He came to me and said, ‘Hey man, I’m really kind of swamped and could use some help,’” Gaillard said. “It took off from there.”

According to Gaillard, he didn’t even know Middleton was a knife-maker when they reconnected earlier this year. “My first day was just pretty much watching what he does,” he said.

“I didn’t want to touch anything my first few days; I just wanted to soak in exactly what he was doing and how it was being done. After about maybe the third day, he started me out on the blades and putting the handles together.”

Gaillard quickly saw what makes Middleton’s knives different. “I’m into art and drawing and I look at them like an art piece,” he said. “The people that have come up to us who buy the knives swear by it and say they’re the best knives on the market.”

Guilded Horn, a quaint 240-square-foot beer bar, is now open for takeout orders daily, offering a wide range of local craft beers, wine and even alcoholic kombucha.

The small taproom is located at 267 Rutledge Ave. in the same building as forthcoming restaurant Chasing Sage.

After homebrewing for five years, owner Rutledge Baker came up with the idea to open a bar unlike any other in Charleston — one that would satisfy the curious beer drinker looking for a more refined setting.

The coronavirus pandemic forced Baker to debut on July 13 with takeout-only, but he’s still offering a wide variety of local options in bottles, cans and growlers to-go.

Right now, Baker’s tap list includes brews from The Hold by Revelry Brewing, Charles Towne Fermentory, Ghost Monkey Brewery and Westbrook Brewing Company, all of which are sold in growlers to-go. He also has one of his own beers on tap, the Guilded Horn Beyond the Pale ale, brewed with honey, grapefruit and jalapeno.

Beyond draft offerings, options are plentiful. “I’ve got about 60 beers, 20 wines, digestifs, ciders, sake and mead,” he said.

All orders can be placed online at guildedhorn.com. Pick-up hours are from 6-8 p.m.

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Middleton later added Gaillard’s sister Felicia to work in the shop and help manage shipping orders. Making knives that are accessible to more cooks while providing opportunities for the Gaillards has added another layer to the business, Middleton said.

“The group of people that I have, they are very passionate and they are very driven. To have someone that cares as much as I do, that pushes me to do better. I’ll go above and beyond for any one of them.”

For more information on the Middleton Made Knives Echo series, visit middletonmadeknives.com.

An aircraft dispute between the United States and the European Union could impact the local Charleston wine industry.

After keeping wine tariffs at 25 percent in February, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) could raise the tax on most wines from France, Germany, Italy, the U.K. and Spain to 100 percent during their next review in August.

“For every European winery that this attempts to negatively influence, it’s a negative for free American companies that bear the burden of this tariff,” said Harry Root, owner of Grassroots Wine.

“The 100 percent tariffs that they’re proposing are effectively prohibition from any wines in the E.U.,” he said.

There isn’t a domestic alternative to imported wines like pinot grigio and prosecco, according to Root. The tariff could also lead to the closure of retail stores.

“For a store like mine it would be impossible if these sorts of tariffs went through,” said Monarch Wine Merchants owner Justin Coleman. “We are virtually a full European wine store, so it would make 90 percent of our wines too expensive for what they are.”

Comments are being accepted on the matter through July 26 after nearly 30,000 during the last review. Submit a public comment online at ustr.gov. —PM

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After seeing the need to provide an interactive takeout experience, Bar George executive chef Alex Lira came up with the idea to deliver and shuck oysters in customers’ driveways. Weeks later, the Bar George crew is rolling up to 30 or more houses each week in a 1982 Dodge Rampage with a tub filled with ice and fresh bivalves.

After opening at the end of May, the James Island restaurant decided to temporarily close its doors for dine-in services as COVID-19 cases continued to climb. “We knew that we didn’t feel comfortable creating an initial identity during the crisis we are in, but we need to get rent paid,” Lira said. “I’ve also been trying to justify buying that truck for two years now rather than just taking surfboards to Folly.”

The truck, a Dodge Rampage spray painted with the word “Oysters,” is definitely being put to good use. Six days a week, Lira and his team load up two 1940s-era Hungarian bath tubs with ice before setting up shop in driveways or shaded areas nearby customers’ houses to shuck and serve the oysters.

The oysters are from Island Creek out of Duxbury, Mass., and guests can customize their experience by adding toppers like California white sturgeon caviar and smoked trout roe. They are unable to serve hot dishes, but Lira said they’re making other raw bar favorites like ceviche and lobster roll sliders.

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KEVIN L. RAY, Defendant.

SUMMONS and NOTICE TO: ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, or to otherwise appear and defend the action pursuant to applicable court rules, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended effective September 1, 2002, Plaintiff may move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the SCRCP, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action. s/Derek F. Dean Derek F. Dean S.C. Bar No. 65279 Attorneys for Plaintiff SIMONS & DEAN 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Ste. 604 Charleston, SC 29412 843-762-9132 dfdean@charlestonattorneys.net September 30, 2019 Charleston, South Carolina

THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT WERE DULY FILED IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN CHARLESTON COUNTY ON APRIL 8, 2020 AT 10:02 A.M. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2020-CP-10-01775

OAK BLUFF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v.

HAROLD E. SINGLETARY, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ANNA DELORES ROPER SINGLETARY A/K/A ANNA DELORES SINGLETARY A/K/A ANNA D. SINGLETARY; MICHAEL

W. SINGLETARY; JOHN DOE, a fictitious name representing all unknown persons, heirs, devisees, distributees, legatees, widows or widowers, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, personal representatives, issue and alienees of the deceased person Anna Delores Roper Singletary a/k/a Anna Delores Singletary a/k/a Anna D. Singletary, and all persons or entities entitled to claim under or through any of them; and RICHARD ROE, a fictitious name representing all unknown adults, unknown minors, incompetents, persons in military service, persons imprisoned, persons under any legal disability, and all other unknown persons or entities claiming any right, title or interest in the real property described herein, Defendants.

SUMMONS and NOTICE

TO: ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, or to otherwise appear and defend the action pursuant to applicable court rules, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended effective September 1, 2002, Plaintiff may move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the SCRCP, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action. s/Derek F. Dean S.C. Bar No. 65279 Attorney for Plaintiff Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412 843-762-9132 dfdean@charlestonattorneys.net April 3, 2020 Charleston, South Carolina

THE ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI AND FOR PUBLICATION WAS DULY FILED IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN CHARLESTON COUNTY ON JUNE 18, 2020 AT 4:43 P.M. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2020-CP-10-01775

OAK BLUFF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.,

Plaintiff, v.

HAROLD E. SINGLETARY, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ANNA DELORES ROPER SINGLETARY A/K/A ANNA DELORES SINGLETARY A/K/A ANNA D. SINGLETARY; MICHAEL W. SINGLETARY; JOHN DOE, a fictitious name representing all unknown persons, heirs, devisees, distributees, legatees, widows or widowers, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, personal representatives, issue and alienees of the deceased person Anna Delores Roper Singletary a/k/a Anna Delores Singletary a/k/a Anna D. Singletary, and all persons or entities entitled to claim under or through any of them; and RICHARD ROE, a fictitious name representing all unknown adults, unknown minors, incompetents, persons in military service, persons imprisoned, persons under any legal disability, and all other unknown persons or entities claiming any right, title or interest in the real property described herein, Defendants.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI AND FOR PUBLICATION

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Petition for Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem Nisi and for Order of Publication, for the appointment of Kelley Yarborough Woody, Esquire, to represent “John Doe” (all unknown persons, heirs, devisees, distributees, legatees, widows or widowers, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, personal representatives, issue and alienees of the deceased person Anna Delores Roper Singletary a/k/a Anna Delores Singletary a/k/a Anna D. Singletary) and “Richard Roe” (all unknown adults, unknown minors, incompetents, persons in military service, persons imprisoned, persons under any legal disability, and all other unknown persons or entities claiming, or who may claim, any right, title or interest in the real property described herein), and It further appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading Plaintiff’s Affidavit for Order of Publication and from the Complaint herein that a cause of action exists in favor of Plaintiff against Defendant(s); that the action is to quiet title for real property located in Charleston County, South Carolina; that the following named and/ or designated Defendants on whom service of the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens is to be made cannot be found, after reasonable due diligence, within the jurisdiction of the courts of this state; and that these named and/or designated Defendant(s) are necessary parties to this action.

These Defendant(s) named and/ or designated Defendant(s) are as follows: “John Doe”, a fictitious name representing all unknown persons, heirs, devisees, distributees, legatees, widows or widowers, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, personal representatives, issue and alienees of the deceased person Anna Delores Roper Singletary a/k/a Anna Delores Singletary a/k/a Anna D. Singletary, and all persons or entities entitled, or who may be entitled, to claim under or through any of them, and “Richard Roe”, a fictitious name representing all unknown adults, unknown minors, incompetents, persons in military service, persons imprisoned, persons under any legal disability, and all other unknown persons or entities claiming, or who may claim, any right, title or interest in the real property described herein.

NOW THEREFORE, on motion

of Plaintiff, IT IS ORDERED that Kelley Yarborough Woody, Attorney at Law, LLC, of PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, 803-7879678, kwoody@kelleywoody. com, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all such unknown persons, heirs, devisees, distributees, legatees, widows or widowers, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, personal representatives, issue and alienees of the deceased person Anna Delores Roper Singletary a/k/a Anna Delores Singletary a/k/a Anna D. Singletary, and all persons or entities entitled, or who may be entitled, to claim under or through any of them, if any, being a class designated as “John Doe” and on behalf of all such unknown adults, unknown minors, incompetents, persons in military service, persons imprisoned, persons under any legal disability, and all other unknown persons or entities claiming, or who may claim, any right, title or interest in the real property described herein being a class designated as “Richard Roe”, who have, or may claim to have, some right, title or interest in or to that real property commonly known as 7943 Shadow Oak Drive, North Charleston, Charleston County, SC 29406, TMS No. 484-00-00-149; that Kelley Yarborough Woody is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s) unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that should said Defendant(s) fail to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem within thirty (30) days from the last day of service by publication, the appointment of Kelley Yarborough Woody as Guardian ad Litem shall be made automatically absolute, without further action

by Plaintiff, and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem Nisi and for Publication be served upon said Defendant(s) John Doe and Richard Roe by publication in The Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation in Charleston County, South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above titled action.

Honorable Julie Armstrong Clerk of Court for Charleston County July 15, 2020 Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2018-CP-10-06074 Broadview Capital, LLC, Plaintiff, v.

Darrin Griffin a/k/a Darin Griffin; Lenders Loans; RMC Financial; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles; Vertrell Griffin a/k/a Vertrell E. Griffin; South Carolina Department of Revenue; Floyd Wright; The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Bianca Wright; Raven Greene, Defendant(s).

AMENDED SUMMONS AND RULE TO SHOW CAUSE (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE TO: Raven Green UPON consideration of the within Motion for Rule to Show Cause submitted by Gregory T. Whitley, attorney for the Plaintiff,

WE SO MOVE: Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff S.C. Bar No. 100792 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 844-856-6646 Fax 866-676-7658 CW # 19-15898

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: NATASHA T. GRANT 2019-ES-10-2147 DOD: 11/04/19 Pers. Rep: KAREN GRANT 1095 OLD BAY RD. EDISTO ISLAND, SC 29438 Atty: WILLIE B. HEYWARD, ESQ. 27 GAMECOCK AVE., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: JOSEPH FREDERICK KOWALSKI, JR. 2020-ES-10-0784 DOD: 04/18/20 Pers. Rep: MARJORY C. W. KOWALSKI 7725 LINSLEY DR. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418 ************ Estate of: LUCIENNE ROSY CARLILE 2020-ES-10-0869 DOD: 02/18/20 Pers. Rep: THOMAS CARLILE 235 XAVIER ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************ Estate of: OLIVIA J. SMITH 2020-ES10-0877 DOD: 06/08/20 Pers. Rep:

KATHERINE GRAHAM 4701 APPLE ST., #A NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 Atty: GORDON H. GARRETT, ESQ. 1075 E. MONTAGUE AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 ************ Estate of: CLAYTON LAFAYETTE WILLIS 2020-ES10-0887 DOD: 02/10/20 Pers. Rep: DEBORAH BUTLER WILLIS 310 CALLISON DR. GOOSE CREEK, SC 29445 ************* Estate of: ROBERT LESLIE FRANCIS 2020-ES10-0944 DOD: 03/09/20 Pers. Rep: JILL E. MICHAELS 2613 RICHARDS DR. WACO, TX 76710

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2020-CP-10-02184 CHAD W. MATTHEWS, Plaintiff, vs.

JANICE E. CLEMONS and CAMILLE H. WYMAN, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS Tort: Personal Injury (Motor Vehicle Accident) TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: 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 said Complaint on the subscriber at his office, 307 Old Trolley Road, Summerville, SC 29485, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

JOHN PRICE LAW FIRM, LLC /s/ Bobby 0. Phipps, Jr. Bobby 0. Phipps, Jr. (Bar No. 66535) 307 Old Trolley Road Summerville, SC 29423-0637 Phone: (843) 832-6000 Facsimile: (843) 871-3232 Email: bobbyphipps@ johnpricelawfum.com Attorneys for Plaintiff May 14, 2020 Summerville, South Carolina

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 2020-CP-10-01796 KENNETH M. BRADY, Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL ANTHONY LINDSLEY, Defendant.

SUMMONS (Negligence / Automobile Wreck) (Jury Trial Demanded) TO THE DEFENDANT 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 to the said Complaint on the subscriber at his office, 3045 Ashley Phosphate Road, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29418, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

JOHN PRICE LAW FIRM, LLC s/Matthew T. Douglas Matthew T. Douglas (SC Bar # 76147) 3045 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 Phone #: (843) 552-6011 Fax # : (843) 760-6840 Matthewdouglas@johnpricelawfirm.com Attorney for the Plaintiff Date: 4/9/2020

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF HORRY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020-CP26-03365 Second Avenue Executive Center, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

Aventus LLC; Jared Esguerra; and Josh Royal, Defendants.

SUMMONS ON PUBLICATION TO: THE ABSENT DEFENDANT, JOSH ROYAL YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, which was filed on June 3, 2020, in Horry County, South Carolina, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office at

1000 29th Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577, and to file your answer with the Clerk of Court for Horry County, all within thirty (30) days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint and a judgment will be rendered against you.

BELLAMY, RUTENBERG, COPELAND, EPPS, GRAVELY & BOWERS, P.A. Post Office Box 357 Myrtle Beach, SC 29578-0357 (843) 448-2400 Attorneys for the Plaintiff Douglas M. Zayicek, S.C. Bar No. 11304 Dated: July 15, 2020

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FILE NO: 2019-DR-08-1528

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Plaintiff, vs.

Gabariel A. Weathers Anthony LaClay Marshall Lavaghetto Sepulveda Derrick Lattimore Defendants.

In the Interest of: Minor Born In 2009 Minor Born In 2010 Minor Born In 2012 Minor Born In 2013 Minors Under the Age of 18 Years.

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: You are hereby Summoned and required to answer the Summons and Complaint for abuse and/or neglect filed August 13, 2019. Upon proof of interest copy of the Summons and Complaints will be delivered to you upon request from the Clerk of Court in Berkeley and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Attorney Johnnie J. Burgess of the Legal Department of Berkeley County Department of Social Service at 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, within thirty (30) days of the publication. If you fail to answer within the time set for the above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the court.

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Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti is renowned for his buoyancy. In one of his famous lines, he wrote, “I am awaiting, perpetually and forever, a renaissance of wonder.” Here’s what I have to say in response to that thought: Your assignment, as an Aries, is NOT to sit there and wait, perpetually and forever, for a renaissance of wonder. Rather, it’s your job to embody and actualize and express, perpetually and forever, a renaissance of wonder. The coming weeks will be an especially favorable time for you to rise to new heights in fulfilling this aspect of your life-long assignment.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I live in Northern California on land that once belonged to the indigenous Coast Miwok people. They were animists who believed that soul and sentience animate all animals and plants as well as rocks, rivers, mountains — everything, really. Their food came from hunting and gathering, and they lived in small bands without centralized political authority. According to one of their creation stories, Coyote and Silver Fox made the world by singing and dancing it into existence.

Now I invite you to do what I just illustrated: Find out about and celebrate the history of the people and the place where you live. From an astrological perspective, it’s a favorable time to get in touch with roots and foundations.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “When I look down, I miss all the good stuff, and when I look up, I just trip over things,” says singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco.

I wonder if she has tried an alternate approach: looking straight ahead. That’s what I advise for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. In other words, adopt a perspective that will enable you to detect regular glimpses of what’s above you and what’s below you — as well as what’s in front of you. In fact, I suggest you avoid all extremes that might distract you from the big picture. The truth will be most available to you if you occupy the middle ground.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Italian word nottivago refers to “night roamers”: people who wander around after dark. Why do they do it? What do they want to accomplish? Maybe their ramblings have the effect of dissolving stuck thoughts that have been plaguing them. Maybe it’s a healing relief to indulge in the luxury of having nowhere in particular to go and nothing in particular to do: to declare their independence from the obsessive drive to get things done. Meandering after sundown may stir up a sense of wild freedom that inspires them to outflank or outgrow their problems. I bring these possibilities to your attention, Cancerian, because the coming days will be an excellent time to try them out.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Notice what no one else notices and you’ll know what no one else knows,” says actor Tim Robbins. That’s perfect counsel for you right now, Leo. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your perceptiveness will be at a peak in the coming weeks. You’ll have an ability to discern half-hidden truths that are invisible to everyone else. You’ll be aggressive in scoping out what most people don’t even want to become aware of. Take advantage of your temporary superpower!

Use it to get a lucid grasp of the big picture—and cultivate a more intelligent approach than those who are focused on the small picture and the comfortable delusions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else,” wrote playwright Tom Stoppard. That’s ripe advice for you to meditate on during the coming weeks. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when every exit can indeed be an entrance somewhere else — but only if you believe in that possibility and are alert for it. So please dissolve your current assumptions about the current chapter of your life story so that you can be fully open to new possibilities that could become available.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “One must think with the body and the soul or not think at all,” wrote Libran author and historian Hannah Arendt. She implied that thinking only with the head may spawn monsters and demons. Mere conceptualization is arid and sterile if not interwoven with the wisdom of the soul and the body’s earthy intuitions. Ideas that

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are untempered by feelings and physical awareness can produce poor maps of reality. In accordance with astrological omens, I ask you to meditate on these empowering suggestions. Make sure that as you seek to understand what’s going on, you draw on all your different kinds of intelligence.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army,” says singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. I think that goal is within sight for you, Scorpio. Your power over yourself has been increasing lately. Your ability to manage your own moods and create your own sweet spots and define your own fate is as robust as I have seen it in a while. What do you plan to do with your enhanced dominion? What special feats might you attempt? Are there any previously impossible accomplishments that may now be possible?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your meditation for the coming weeks comes to you courtesy of author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau. “We can never have enough of nature,” he wrote. “We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thunder cloud, and the rain which lasts three weeks and produces freshets. We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.” Oh, how I hope you will heed Thoreau’s counsel, Sagittarius. You would really benefit from an extended healing session amidst natural wonders. Give yourself the deep pleasure of exploring what wildness means to you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Author and activist bell hooks (who doesn’t capitalize her name) has taught classes at numerous American universities.

She sometimes writes about her experiences there, as in the following passage. “My students tell me, ‘We don’t want to love! We’re tired of being loving!’

And I say to them, if you’re tired of being loving, then you haven’t really been loving, because when you are loving you have more strength.” I wanted you to know her thoughts, Capricorn, because I think you’re in a favorable position to demonstrate how correct she is: to dramatically boost your own strength through the invigorating power of your love.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Langston Hughes (1902–1967) was a pioneering and prolific African American author and activist who wrote in four different genres and was influential in boosting other Black writers. One of his big breaks as a young man came when he was working as a waiter at a banquet featuring the famous poet Vachel Lindsay. Hughes managed to leave three of his poems on Lindsay’s table. The great poet loved them and later lent his clout to boosting Hughes’ career. I suspect you might have an opening like that sometime soon, Aquarius — even if it won’t be quite as literal and hands-on. Be ready to take advantage. Cultivate every connection that may become available.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Faith Baldwin has renounced the “forgive and forget” policy. She writes, “I think one should forgive and remember. If you forgive and forget, you’re just driving what you remember into the subconscious; it stays there and festers. But to look upon what you remember and know you’ve forgiven is achievement.” That’s the approach I recommend for you right now, Pisces. Get the relief you need, yes: Forgive those who have trespassed against you. But also: Hold fast to the lessons you learned through those people so you won’t repeat them again later.

Homework: What do you like best about yourself when you’re comfortable? What do you like best about yourself when you feel challenged?

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Down 1 Pale imitation 2 Passionate fan 3 Fine specimens 4 Teensy invader 5 Salad with bacon and egg 6 Waltz violinist Andre with PBS specials 7 “Colors” rapper 8 Profoundness 9 Oscar winner for playing Cyrano de Bergerac in 1950 10 Basic travel path 11 Closet-organizing device

12 Dance in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” 16 $100 bills, slangily 18 It has a bed and a floor 22 Period of importance 24 Garbage bag brand 29 Pac-12 athlete 30 Long ride to the dance 31 Laundry piles 33 Kindling-making tools 34 Paris’s Rue de la ___ 35 Barber’s cut 37 No longer worried 38 Villainous sort 39 Name of anonymity 40 Melville sailor Billy 41 Litter 44 Lined up 45 British singer-songwriter Chris 47 Defensive specialist in volleyball 48 Cyclops feature 49 Did some videoconferencing, maybe 52 Passing remarks?

54 Hold up 56 Operatic solo 57 “Shepherd Moons” Grammy winner 58 Online crafts marketplace 59 Christopher Robin’s “silly old bear” 63 Ending for pepper

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19 Clue options 20 Heavy metal’s Motley ___ 21 Censored mugful for Harry Potter?

23 Prepare for a sale, maybe 25 Domain of a bunch of Ottos, for short 26 Tango requirement?

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28 Brief calm 32 Biblical peak 34 Outdoor eating areas 36 They precede Xennials 37 Poker player’s censored post-hand challenge?

41 Protagonist of Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever” (or a Hindu goddess) 42 Detestable 43 Medicine show bottleful 46 Went 9-Across 47 Start of many California city names 50 “The Family Circus” cartoonist Keane 51 Classical opening 53 Potable, so to speak 55 Clearly inflamed, but censored?

60 Toe the line 61 Soap that’s evidently 0.56% impure 62 Unable to escape censorship?

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pulse BISHOPTHEMFIC TALKS PROTESTS ON LATEST SINGLE “FAFO”

Rapper BishopTheMFIC released a new single, “Fafo,” July 17. The tune is one of several tracks Bishop will release that he hopes can “inspire active change.”

The song features clips of news reports on George Floyd and protesters chanting “No Justice, No Peace” before a hard hook and electronic beat. Bishop pulls no punches on his verse, going from one line to the next without breaking for a hook until the end of the track. It’s angry and righteous, the same thing many have felt during the last month and a half.

“Fafo” is the lead single off of Bishop’s upcoming EP. This year, the rapper has released two other singles, “Realm Street” and “Been Bangin’.” —Heath Ellison Sean Rayford

DESPITE A SIX YEAR GAP BETWEEN FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS, DEAR BLANCA SPENT ONLY A FEW DAYS IN THE STUDIO FOR PERCHED

A Bigger, Better Blanca Columbia’s Dear Blanca returns after a long layoff with their new album, Perched

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It’s been six years since Columbia’s Dear Blanca released a full-length album. The band has pushed through some personnel changes and dropped a couple EPs since, but anyone who was a fan of Dear Blanca’s 2014 album Pobrecito will immediately hear the band’s signature sound firmly in place on Perched, their new 10-track album.

Singer and guitarist Dylan Dickerson’s wounded, sweet-and-sour wail is still present and accounted for, and the band’s unpredictable, stop-start rhythms still go down unexpected paths.

The tightly wound riffs and roaring guitars still bolster melodic choruses on songs like “It Had To Be” and “Armchair,” and Dickerson’s trembling vulnerability shines on the shimmering acoustic ballad “Out To Pasture.”

Perched sounds like it could’ve been released right after Pobrecito, though the band has certainly advanced their style, sounding tighter and bigger than before. But the album doesn’t sound labored over at all, and that’s probably because it’s largely made up of first takes, even if it was recorded in fits and starts over the last five years at Rialto Row in Charleston.

“We really only spent a total of four or five days in the studio making the record,” Dickerson said, “but it was broken up over

periods of time. The record was made in three or four song chunks from different sessions.”

So why the six-year gap? Well, for one thing, the band had to adjust to a new lineup and write the songs — they only had two completed when they began recording.

When keyboardist Andrei Mihailovic left the band, Dickerson, bassist Cam Powell and drummer Marc Coty were left as a trio with some shows booked and a more skeletal sound.

So they brought in Alex McCollum (who’s also in the Columbia band Stagbriar with Powell) to fill in the gaps with a second guitar.

“That was kind of a shift of gears,” Dickerson said, “Then we started working with Alex, so we were workshopping with him and teaching him the back catalog. Once we did that we were able to lean in to finishing the record with Alex being part of the writing.”

Even when McCollum became involved as a songwriter and they started moving forward, Dickerson said the band took their time to hash out new material, cutting weaker songs along the way.

“We were finding the time to finish writing the record and figure out what the band was,” he said. “I think that’s part of why it took us so long to write the batch of songs ...

We already knew what we wanted the record to be sonically, so rather than us slapping together 10 random song ideas, we had a pretty clear vision for the record.”

The band’s shifting, unpredictable song

structures also allowed them more room to experiment on Perched, and they took advantage of it with the acoustic ballad “Out To Pasture,” and the elegant closer “Visitation.”

“I think that we definitely try to not be formulaic,” Dickerson said. “I think we’re always trying to scratch a new musical itch. It’s always really exciting for us when something sounds like something we haven’t done before in one way or another. We can really try things out without worrying, ‘Is this going to sound like us?’ Because it’s always going to sound like Dear Blanca. It’s not a conscious effort to be wild cards in terms of form and structure, but the idea is to have some sort of change of pace musically, that makes the dynamic feel completely different.”

The album may be out July 31, but Dear Blanca still has an uncertain path in front of them. Coty left the band after Perched was finished, and they also have to figure out how to promote a new release with little or no live shows on the horizon. Much like with the songs on Perched, though, Dickerson and company have plenty of ideas.

“We’re going to do a few out-of-the-box COVID-era projects,” he said. “Alex and I have toyed with the idea of some sort of a more-produced livestream that we can edit and post and make to look really sharp.”

“I’m up to the challenge of finding a way to be a band in 2020.”

DADDY’S BEEMER DROPS NEW LP DENMARK, FOR REAL THIS TIME

Daddy’s Beemer released their twicedelayed LP Denmark Friday. The album can be heard on bandcamp.com.

Vocalist and guitarist Brady Sklar told the City Paper in June that Denmark is all about transitioning thanks to the changes the band encountered while writing the album. “I was getting out of college,” he said, “And we were moving to Charlotte, and then we were on the road for a long time, and then we were technically homeless for a minute, and then we were headed to Charleston.”

Daddy’s Beemer was on the move for years, relocating to the Holy City in 2019.

Denmark is their first LP as a Charleston band and their first album since 2018’s Pucker. —HE

DYLAN SWINSON WILL OPEN NORTH CHARLESTON PAC LIVESTREAM SERIES IN AUGUST

Singer-songwriter Dylan Swinson will ring in a new livestream series from the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on Aug. 5. Swinson will perform pop-rock and acoustic tunes he’s known for, from projects like his latest album Self-Titled.

“Having to play on the same stage as Chris Cornell, Beck, Dave Chappelle, and countless others is an absolute honor,” Swinson said before joking, “Honestly, I didn’t even know I was allowed there until they invited me.”

The livestream will be hosted on the North Charleston Performing Arts Center’s Facebook page Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. —HE

If you or your band is about to enter the studio, hit the road, or has a special gig coming up, contact Heath Ellison at heath@charlestoncitypaper.com.

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“He had a personality like no other,” Kevin said. “He would walk in a room and everybody would light up and smile. He never met a stranger.”

Deborah remembers her husband as a charitable man, devout Christian and “gentle spirit,” always willing to give anything to the people around him. “He always looked for the goodness in everybody,” she said. “There was nobody that he didn’t think could do good.”

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alvin Taylor, a longtime Charleston musician and vocalist, died July 16.

He was 60 years old. A funeral for the musician was held July 22. Taylor is survived by his wife Deborah Taylor.

Calvin was born September 20, 1959 in Sumter. Upon graduating from South Carolina State University with a degree in music, Calvin moved to the Lowcountry in the mid-1980s. He began performing with beach music and Motown cover band Room Service. Calvin met his wife at a performance when the band performed at historic jazz and dance club A Touch of Class (now The Commodore).

About five years after joining Room Service, the Calvin Taylor Band began performing, garnering notoriety for its namessake as a talented vocalist and natural frontman. Calvin’s ability to make friends with the crowd was one important advantage he had as a performer. His love for performing and charismatic stage presence even led fans to fly him to New York and the Cayman Islands to play weddings.

Calvin’s popularity in Charleston landed him a spot in a promotional video when the city was voted No. 1 in the U.S. by Conde Nast Traveler in 2011. Calvin is seen singing and playing his guitar while walking downtown.

“We sent it to everybody, we forwarded it to everybody so they would know about it,” Deborah laughed. “He was proud of himself, too.”

For almost three decades, Calvin performed in his band, grabbing solo gigs in recent years. Calvin’s friends remember him as a powerful vocalist and frontman.

“He was the best person with the biggest heart and unbelievably talented,” said bandmate James Dixon. “Just naturally, that guy had a voice from God. He could sing anything.”

Dixon met Calvin in the mid-’80s, performing in Room Service and the Calvin Taylor Band through the decades. Dixon recalls his friend as an honest person and “very straightforward.” Calvin believed in never doing anything wrong, he said.

“He would give somebody his last and think nothing of it,” Dixon added. “All I can think is an angel is going to heaven. I trusted him with my life.”

Kevin Dixon, guitarist for the Calvin Taylor Band, met the bandleader through a gig over 25 years ago. Calvin took him under his wing, teaching Kevin about R&B and Motown, eventually putting him in the band.

He remembers Calvin’s ability to get people dancing and his warm persona on stage.

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