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Support group leaders for those struggling with sobriety in the Lowcountry knew they were in for a rough year as the pandemic loomed ahead. After all, feelings of isolation and the inability to control one’s circumstances are two of the leading causes of substance abuse. ber of people struggling, the calls to suicide hotlines — it’s all through the roof. But, the reality is during this time, those that have taken the time to ask for help have unconditionally found it in Ben’s Friends.”

While Ben’s Friends takes the community-based group meeting approach to a new level, other organizations are taking mental wellness and addiction in a different direction. Modern Minds, also based in Charleston, works with clients in a therapydriven collaboration with services like nutrition, yoga classes, meditation, mindfulness and group sessions.

“This came together because we recognized that mental health often fits by itself away from physical health and wellness,” said Anne Marie Albano, the group’s executive director. “For the most part, there’s no integration ALBANO of physical health folded into psychotherapy and medication therapy. This is a holistic approach to treatment.”

Having just opened its doors at the end of summer 2020, Modern Minds is fairly fresh, both to those using its services, and those providing them. Albano was pulled from New York to Charleston to run the organization.

To Albano, the treatment is more about helping those in need to understand themselves as people that experience all sorts of things throughout the course of their lives.

However, a unique approach to substance abuse treatment didn’t make the group immune to the pandemic’s oppressive effects.

“We got to telehealth right away,” Albano said. “We have a sister organization called Synchronicity in Mount Pleasant; that’s where our colleagues who are yoga instructors, nutritionists and meditation folks help us with holding online classes that our clients can tune in to.”

While they still offer in-person sessions, they aren’t only for clients, and the health care providers do what they can to ensure

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the safety of and comfort of clients, including distancing and sanitization. But, Albano looks forward to when things can move to a stronger sense of normalcy.

“Once vaccines come online, of course we will be opening up more,” she said. “I want to see meetups that are Modern Minds meetups for our clients to really build the commu-

nity at the beach, at the park and all around Charleston.”

Ben’s Friends holds meetings at 11 a.m.

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“We knew there was going to be a surge in the amount of people struggling with addiction,” said Ben’s Friends co-creator Mickey Bakst. “Isolation fuels addiction, and people were being forced to isolate. We felt very strongly that we needed to do something to help those people.”

But like many other support groups across the country, Ben’s Friends, founded in 2016 and based in Charleston, holds in-person meetings for food industry workers seeking help with their addictions. With those no longer an option, Bakst and co-creator Steve Palmer held the first meeting online.

It has been a national success.

“I am not somebody to do something like this online, so the other day at a meeting, I casually asked that if we got to a point where people could meet in-person reliably again, would they want to quit the Zoom meetings,” Bakst said. “But, what’s happened is there is now a national group of people that have fallen in love with each other, and it’s unbelievable.”

The group now has 13 chapters around the country and runs 21 national Zoom meetings a week.

Despite the weight of the pandemic bearing down on peoples’ shoulders, support groups like Ben’s Friends have been able to lend help to those who otherwise may not have found it. According to Bakst, people are unconditionally more comfortable in the Zoom meetings, because they don’t have to meet others face-to-face.

“They can sit back and just listen at first, and then all of a sudden, they put on the camera, and then, they’re talking, and before they know it, they’re truly part of the group,” he said. “When someone comes into an online meeting, they are bombarded with phone numbers from people who say, ‘Call me.’”

Though they have found a silver lining, Bakst doesn’t want to downplay the trauma people are facing at the hands of the coronavirus.

“The hardships of the pandemic are wreaking havoc on people with addiction problems,” he said. “It’s mind-boggling. The number of drug overdoses, alcohol, the num-

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The number of COVID-19 cases statewide for the week ending Dec. 5, up 28.9% over the previous week.

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Long-ignored proposals for South Carolina legislators to pass a law making hate crimes illegal got a big boost last week when the S.C. Chamber of Commerce called on the General Assembly and Gov. Henry McMaster to pass and sign such a bill.

“The events we’ve seen across the country over the last year have reinforced that we have much to do as a society to fight racism and injustice,” said Tim Arnold, the chamber’s current chair who also is president and CEO of Colonial Life. “Passing a hate crimes law in South Carolina is one more step we can take to show the nation that our great state will not tolerate crimes motivated by hate of a person because of their race, religion or ethnicity.”

Currently, South Carolina is one of three states without a comprehensive bill against hate crimes. A chamber letter to policymakers was signed by more than 80 businesses and urged passage to “show that S.C. is not a place that condones crimes motivated by hate,” according to a press release. Arkansas and Wyoming don’t have hate crimes protections. Georgia passed a law in June.

“The time has come to pass a hate crimes bill this coming session,” said S.C. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Ted Pitts. “The state’s business community looks forward to working with the House, the Senate and the governor to quickly pass a meaningful bill that shows South Carolina does not condone crimes motivated by hate.” —Staff

CLYBURN NAMED CHAIR OF BIDEN-HARRIS INAUGURAL COMMITTEE

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn was announced as the chair of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, a key leadership post of the incoming White House administration.

Clyburn’s endorsement during South Carolina’s February Democratic primary served

as a turning point for Biden’s campaign, helping swing the state in the former vice president’s favor. The inaugural committee also announced co-chairs, including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

“Kamala and I are honored and grateful to these leaders for joining our inaugural committee as co-chairs and helping to organize a safe inauguration for all Americans,” said Presidentelect Joe Biden in a press release on Monday.

“We are proud of their support and know they will help plan an inauguration that will reflect our nation’s shared values.”

Chief among the responsibilities of the committee is planning the inauguration and related festivities, scheduled for Jan. 20, 2021.

Clyburn said this inauguration will be one of the most important in America’s history, and he is proud to be a part of that history as Chair of the Presidential Inaugural Committee.

“The peaceful transfer of power surrounding the inauguration is a bedrock of American democracy that represents our nation’s highest ideals,” he said in the press release. “This inauguration will show the country and the world something I have always known: We know Joe, and Joe knows us.”

—Skyler Baldwin

“The very least we can do to protect the people of our state.”

U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, D-Charleston, called on Gov. Henry McMaster to enact a temporary statewide mask mandate as COVID-19 cases spike after the Thanksgiving holiday. Source: U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham’s Office

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS WILL ALLOW LIMITED FANS AT COLISEUM STARTING DEC. 11

The South Carolina Stingrays will return to the ice at the North Charleston Coliseum on Friday, Dec. 11 for its home opener against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits. The affiliate of the NHL’s Washington Capitals will invite 2,700 fans to view the action inside the arena, and single game tickets are on sale online.

“We had to apply with the state Department of Commerce for a waiver to get fans in the arena, and they agreed to allow 2,700 fans,” said Stingrays president Rob Concannon. “We worked closely with the Coliseum, and then internally the first major project we had to do was re-seat our season ticket holders all over the arena.”

Masks are required, food will be individually wrapped and fans will be spread out throughout the 10,000-seat arena, Concannon said.

The Stingrays are members of the 26-team ECHL. Half of the teams opted in for the first window of play, which starts in December, while eight opted out for the entire 2020-2021 season. The remaining five teams have until next week to decide if they will compete this year. Stingrays players had to quarantine before traveling to Charleston and were tested upon arrival, Concannon said.

“I think the ECHL has done a really good job of coming up with a return to play protocol and making sure the teams are held accountable,” Concannon said. “We’re encouraging all of our fans to take all the necessary precautions that the CDC recommends.” —Parker Milner

CHARLESTON BUSINESSWOMEN LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA DURING THE PANDEMIC

One group of Charleston entrepreneurs has been leveraging their connections through women’s s business groups on Instagram and Facebook to find the best ways to stay afloat amid the pandemic.

“I just think, as a business owner, it’s nice to get an idea out there,” said Becki Bowman, the local business owner who has headed up the effort. “We were all in panic mode, but we’ve been there to help each other, say, ‘Take a deep breath. Let’s figure this out.’”

Bowman, who runs an Etsy store for her business, Kailey’s Monogram, saw the need for connection between struggling business owners who were part of the Charleston Women in Business Facebook page.

So, she made one.

“I’m honestly amazed to see how many people have come together to support each other,” she said. “[Local businesses] might not be hitting it out of the ballpark this year, but they aren’t having to close down.”

Using an Instagram group message, a few dozen members of her informal group effectively formed an impromptu business association. Members range from craftsmen and service providers, to artists and beauticians, all sharing the common goal of supporting each other through these times.

Bowman and others post links and information to grants and other opportunities for business aid, along with their own Instagram content, in an effort to attract more eyeballs, leveraging the platform’s algorithm to their advantage.

“A lot of us didn’t really understand Instagram, but we learned about the hashtags, the content sharing, the Reels,” Bowman said, referencing the platform’s new short-form video post format. “Throughout the day, we will go out and comment and share and engage on each others’ posts to boost their content that way.”

Now that some businesses are reopening physical stores, group members have been able to put faces to names. Even with vaccines coming soon, the group shows no signs of disbanding.

“None of us knew each other before this, but now not only are we helping each other out with their businesses, but we’ve been able to meet in person and see the people behind the screen,” Bowman said.

—Skyler Baldwin

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The Blotter is taken from reports filed with Charleston Police Department between Nov. 25 and Nov. 30. No one described in this section has been found guilty, just unlucky.

One woman was seen on security camera footage stealing the following items from a West Ashley store: three cases of Bud Light, two KitchenAid stand mixers, two Pac-Man arcade games and two Shark robot vacuums. We are anxiously awaiting our invitations to whatever rager this lady is hosting.

Officers detained a man who repeatedly told them to take him to jail, but was unable to give further explanation. They later spoke to a man who identified the wannabe jailbird as the man who threw a brick through his car’s rear windshield. See what a guilty conscience will get you?

After pulling over a West Ashley man for suspected drunken driving, officers asked the man how he was feeling on a scale of 0-10, with “10” being wasted and “0” being sober. The driver responded, “Oh, about an eight or nine.”

Not a great start.

At least four firearms were reported stolen, one from the trunk of a car parked downtown along with a magazine, another from the glovebox of a car parked in a West Ashley parking lot.

One man reportedly told officers he had a blunt in his pocket, but what officers found was a dollar bill with traces of cocaine inside. Drug education is really slipping. Kids can’t even discern between different drug paraphernalia these days.

According to a report, an officer was able to “identify” a suspicious leafy green plant material as marijuana while questioning a man in his car. Later in that report, we discovered it was because the driver told the officer he had come to smoke weed.

Make this man a detective.

An employee of a West Ashley grocery store was put on administrative leave without pay while the company investigates him for “corruption” after an incident involving unnamed objects allegedly thrown at his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him.

Police reportedly held a conversation with a man who was complaining of the city of Charleston’s handling of the “Rose Kids,” and that if he feels threatened, he will be using pepper spray. Police advised him he probably should not.

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A big-box retailer reported that a man entered the store and attempted to steal a pressure cooker and an Instant Pot, but was stopped by the loss-prevention officer. Well now how is he going to be the host with the most at this year’s holiday party?

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Bring your chairs and blankets and join us for a joyous musical holiday event on the Firefly Distillery lawn.

Featuring spirited operatic and holiday classics and a special appearance by Lauren Hall, City Paper’s Country Americana Artist of the Year.

Police responded to reports of a bicycle theft from a downtown residence. Just think of it as impromptu, involuntary giftgiving. Where’s your Christmas spirit?

A James Island woman told officers she believed her sister had stolen her car keys … again. This time, the theft most likely occurred after the woman told her sister about the keys’ secret hiding spot: on top of the fridge. Someone forgot the rules to hide and seek.

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t’s time to set a $15 minimum wage in South Carolina.

Baby steps and half-measures are far behind us, squandered by years of inaction by our lawmakers who have waited too long to raise wages of the state’s poorest workers.

Last month, more than 60% of Florida voters approved a referendum to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026.

No, it was not some Marxist plot to abolish the rich or raid the piggy banks of wealthy Floridians. Those same voters also carried the Sunshine State for Donald Trump. It was a loudand-clear affirmation by Republican and Democratic voters that wages have been far too suppressed and out-of-whack for far too long.

South Carolina’s economy relies even more on hourly workers than Florida’s to support its multi-billion dollar tourism industry. South Carolina’s hourly workforce is less than one-quarter the size of Florida’s, but it has nearly 80% of Florida’s total number of minimum wage workers, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In fact, South Carolina’s hourly workforce had the largest share of minimum wage workers in the nation in 2019 — roughly 61,000. Many of those workers are employed in restaurants or bars where their hourly pay can be less than minimum wage if they make up the difference in tips.

Combine that with the fact that Florida’s $8.56 minimum wage is higher than the $7.25 federal minimum, and South Carolina’s shameful neglect stacks even higher.

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Even more shameful: South Carolina and four other states don’t actually have a state-set minimum wage.

That means businesses fall back on the rock-bottom federal wage. The result: A full-time minimum-wage worker in South Carolina would be paid a little over $15,000 per year.

Before COVID-19, South Carolina enjoyed one of the nation’s lowest unemployment rates. So, yes, the jobs are there in a stable economy. But with wages for the state’s poorest stuck at the bottom of the pay scale, it’s no surprise census data show the South Carolina poverty rate remains near 14%. Worse: 23% of South Carolina children are living in poverty, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The paltry federal minimum wage doesn’t come close to covering the cost of living in a place like Charleston, where a living wage is said to be more than $24 per hour, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

S.C. business advocates have pushed back against minimum wage increases in the past, saying that they will hurt employers. But support among South Carolina workers for raising the minimum wage has been strong for years.

Two-thirds of those responding to a Winthrop Poll supported an increase as far back as 2015.

With thousands of South Carolina workers earning just $7.25 per hour or less, and as the state’s bustling tourism economy rebounds over the next year, it’s time for state legislators to take up serious proposals to set a real, livable minimum wage at $15 per hour.

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About a dozen years ago, a think tank challenged Southern legislators to engage on multiple environmental challenges.

Unsurprisingly, they mostly just nibbled around the edges, tweaking this and that. They haven’t confronted climate change seriously or done much to truly embrace renewable energy. Seeking environmental justice for the downtrodden is mostly just a good idea — still. Preserving land and cleaning up pollution get a lot of lip service. In the years since, other challenges have emerged, including flooding, but they never take priority.

It’s past time for the Palmetto State to step up to the plate and do more to protect her environment and special places. Just as the National Wildlife Federation’s Collin O’Mara says Congress needs a bold blueprint in 2021, the South Carolina General Assembly must start doing some measurable, real things to deal effectively with environmental challenges.

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Get rid of coal-fired power plants. There are five of these plants left.

While they mostly are used for needs in peak power, they’re dirty and need to be shuttered. Renewable energy is less expensive to generate over the long haul and it’s a gift that keeps on giving.

“Closing coal plants is one of the top things we can do to reduce carbon emission,” said Alan Hancock of the Coastal Conservation League.

“It’s also important for power bills, public health concerns, environmental justice concerns and for localized air pollution, (reducing) particulate matter, ozone pollution and mercury pollution.”

John Tynan, head of the Conservation Voters of South Carolina, said while moving away from coal-based energy, the state should also “transition to at least 50% of (electricity) generation being clean energy in the next 10 to 15 years” and be on a path to 100% from renewables over 30 years.

Deal with Santee Cooper. The state-owned utility is again being threatened for sale or some kind of rearranged management deal. State lawmakers have it in their power to keep the utility in state hands but make it work better for everyone. They need to stop kicking the can and give it a chance to clean up its act. Whatever happens, Hancock said, “We want to ensure there’s some level of Public Service Commission accountability and oversight with the S.C. General Assembly.”

Clean up our drinking water. “Forever chemicals” are used in everything from firefighting to making wrinkle-free shirts. Unregulated, they are contaminating local water supplies, particularly in areas where low-income people live because of their proximity to military bases and industrial facilities, said Rep. J.A. Moore, D-North Charleston. He plans to file a bill again to have the state set acceptable levels of contaminants, which will cause local water systems to remove unsafe levels of these chemicals from water. He noted: “Once you start regulating them, it’s just like Pandora’s box … because it will cost billions of dollars to fix.”

Reduce plastic pollution. Here’s a case where the legislature needs to do nothing: Stop considering proposed bans on bans of single-use plastic by local governments. They should be able to get rid of plastic bags if they want, particularly on the coast to help clear it of trash.

Protect more land. The state has a plethora of special places that need to be kept out of the hands of developers. Protecting land also provides areas vital for flood mitigation. “One bill introduced last session set a goal of protecting 30% of the state by 2030,” Tynan said.

Engage on climate change meaningfully. And then there’s the increasing number of headaches caused by failing to manage climate change. Policymakers need to listen to scientists, not the tin hat crowd.

Strategies need to be developed and implemented to reduce flooding and to boost community resilience.

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Private Candlelight Tours of Drayton Hall For the first time, the oldest untouched home open to the public in the U.S. will be open for public candlelight tours in the evening for this year’s holiday season. Experience Drayton Hall with this new way to understand the house and lives which touched it, and enjoy a warm cup of spiced cider as you stroll back toward the Visitors Center.

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays during December. 6-7 p.m. $600/up to 6 people. Drayton Hall. 3380 Ashley River Road. West Ashley. draytonhall.org S AT U R D AY a n d S U N D AY

Holiday Market and Craft Fair Unique items and artisan crafts will be in abundance at this year’s Holiday Market, the perfect place to round out your holiday shopping. Browse dozens of local vendors’ wares as they peddle everything from wreaths and ornaments to jewelry and woodwork. The market will also feature live carolers, hot drinks and a visit from Santa.

Dec. 12-13. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $20/adult basic admission; $10/child basic admission. Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. 3550 Ashley River Road.

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Breakfast with Santa Join Handcraft Kitchen and Cocktails for mornings full of holiday magic to celebrate the Christmas season. Families can enjoy the chef’s breakfast fare and some time with Santa himself. The event has sold out in previous years, so Handcraft is strongly recommending those interested make reservations early.

Dec. 12-13. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $25/adult; $17/child under 10. Handcraft Kitchen and Cocktails. 735 Coleman Blvd. Mount Pleasant. handcraftmtp.com S AT U R D AY

Family Yuletide in the Stableyards Middleton Place’s stableyards artisan shops will be aglow by candlelight as craftspeople ply their trades and interact with visitors at this year’s yuletide event. The event features crafts for children, a living nativity, storytelling and carolers, and seasonal refreshments will be provided. Tickets must be purchased online in advance.

Dec. 12. 5:30-8 p.m. $25/adult; $10/child; Free ages 5 and under.

Middleton Place. 4300 Ashley River Road. West Ashley. middletonplace.org

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The Ugly Sweater 5k Dash Dive into the back of your closet for your ugliest sweater and get ready for The ARK’s holiday race that includes a 5k run/walk and a 1-mile stroll.

Proceeds go to the ARK, which provides comprehensive support services to families living with Alzherimer’s or related dementia.

Dec. 12. 8:45 a.m. $35/5K; $10/1 mile. St. Luke’s Lutheran Church.

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BY HEATH ELLISON The Tiny Tassel’s new downtown storefront is the culmination of years of work to expand the trendy, locally handcrafted clothing and jewelry company’s offerings.

Even amidst the pandemic, with an emphasis on support for Black-owned and local businesses, The Tiny Tassel has seen growth in 2020.

The company was created “on a whim” in 2015 when owner Mimi Striplin started making tassel earrings by hand. “[It started with] my older sister, her being so practical, she got me a pair of tassel earrings for my birthday, and she was like, ‘You know, you could really make these yourself,’” Striplin recalled. “It was like, ‘I’m going to prove her right.’”

Striplin’s handcrafted accessories are often vibrantly colored, featuring tassel earrings or beaded necklaces and bracelets. “I may just be in the store and see a really fun color that I love and just think, ‘Oh, we don’t have a tassel in this color, let’s add this color,’” she said.

The Tiny Tassel’s clothes and accessories are meant to appeal to fashion followers across the spectrum,, giving people something they can match with jeans and a T-shirt or a statement outfit, Striplin added.

The business has mostly functioned as an online store over the last five years, but Striplin has hosted pop-up shops and co-owned Cannonborough Collective on St. Philip Street, where she sold Tiny Tassel wares.

“It will be a really happy, colorful space that they can come in and hopefully find some joy right now, especially in this crazy time we’re living in.”

—Mimi Striplin

In that time, Tiny Tassel has been featured in publications like People Magazine and Popsugar, and has been featured in Facebook’s Buy Black Friday challenge. Striplin noted that, since the summer, sales have increased as more local and national attention has been put on Black-owned businesses.

“I’m hoping that continues and it’s like a real thing all year round, not just in these trendy hotspot times of year,” she said.

After the business began to gain steam online, Striplin’s mother, Keiko, and sister,

Aiko, got involved with their own unique talents. “My sister and I design our beaded style and our mom makes all of our clothing,” Striplin said. “It’s been really fun to work with them sort of in a family business aspect that we never expected.”

Striplin is going through the final process of securing city permits and hopes to open The Tiny Tassel to the public this month. A brick-and-mortar shop, according to Striplin, will let customers better experience the brand of the store.

Upon entering, guests will be greeted by a “rainbow across the shelving,” displaying the lively colors The Tiny Tassel is known for. Inside, patrons will also see Striplin and others making the handcrafts in the back of the store.

“It will be a really happy, colorful space that they can come in and hopefully find some joy right now, especially in this crazy time we’re living in,” she said.

TERRACE THEATER GIVING AWAY 100 TICKETS EACH WEEKEND FOR THE CROODS

The Terrace Theater will give away 100 tickets for family film The Croods 2: A New Age each weekend through Dec. 20.

For the next three weekends, beginning Dec. 4, 100 tickets will be available for free on a first come, first serve basis. The deal is only available for ticket purchases at the theater on the day of the show.

According to owner Paul Brown, the deal has been made possible with the support of sponsors Made in the Shade, Trademark Properties, Donna Caldwell, Maybank Public House and Charleston Flower Market.

The Terrace, since 1997, “has always been about community and it’s with this unprecedented support during these times, that we are grateful for our community support and ability to give back,” Brown said in an email announcement.

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GALLERY ESTRELLA NOW OPEN

Gallery Estrella, a new contemporary art gallery, is now open at 121 Spring St. Owner Max Kuller, who also owns the restaurant Estadio, worked on the space with designer Tessa Morehouse and artist Lorenzo Masnah.

Masnah’s work in the opening exhibit, Paper Cuts, was inspired by national protests last summer over police violence against Black Americans. —HE For daily updates from Charleston’s art world, check out the Arts+Movies section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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ArtFields, the annual art exhibition and competition in Lake City, is accepting submissions for its 2021 festival. Artists from the Southeast can submit a visual art proposal now through Feb. 1 for the chance to win a public art grant.

Up to five artists can win the grant, and art from the winners will be on display through ArtFields 2021 and part of 2022.

The grant will amount to $3,000, and will cover supplies needed for the artwork.

ArtFields Jr. is also accepting submissions by South Carolina student-artists 18 years old and younger. Submissions are free.

The nine-day ArtFields festival will be hosted April 23-May 1 next year in Lake City.

To apply for the artist grant, head to artfieldsc.org. Applications for ArtFields Jr. can also be found online.

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Need a Hand How a SC brewery and distillery are pushing to increase opportunities for intellectually disabled adults

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“No. 1 is: We typically don’t have the same expectations for people with disabilities, and we assume that someone is going to have to take care of someone with a disability,” said Sandy Jordan, director of employment programs for AbleSC, a nonprofit helping adults with disabilities live independently. “We don’t necessarily give them a chance to learn the skills they need to be independent.”

Advocacy groups like AbleSC are fighting for change in the workplace for adults with intellectual disabilities through programs like Hire Me SC, a campaign promoting an inclusive workJORDAN force with equal-opportunity employment.

“Sheltered workshops,” supervised work centers where adults with intellectual disabilities are allowed to work for less than federal minimum wage, exacerbate the employment problem, according to Jordan.

BEYOND DISTILLING OWNERS TYLER LACORATA (L-R), KERIANNE KRAUSE AND RYAN SADIS PLAN TO OPEN IN NORTH CHARLESTON IN 2021

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Outdated laws that funnel South Carolina adults with intellectual disabilities into low-paying jobs can make it difficult to gain experience needed to lead independent lives, advocates say. But one North Charleston distillery and a Cayce brewery are among the companies that have set out to build inclusive workplaces as lawmakers push reform to try to shift the mindset around ability and employment.

Status in South Carolina Employment First is a U.S. Department of Labor-supported initiative that provides “a framework for systems change that is centered on the premise that all citizens, including individuals with significant disabilities, are capable of full participation in integrated employment and community life.” So far, 32 states have adopted this legislation. South Carolina is not one of them.

A bipartisan bill to adopt Employment First policies in South Carolina was filed three years ago by S.C. Rep. Neal Collins, R, Easley.

“Originally, we introduced the bill to encourage government agencies to consider hiring adults with disabilities,” said Collins, who explained that the bill doesn’t have hiring mandates but would require a commission to regularly update the General Assembly on the employment status of South Carolina adults with disabilities.

The state House of Representatives voted to create a study committee to evaluate the need for new employment policies in South Carolina. The committee’s May 2019 report found what Jordan

“Typically what happens is folks enter these sheltered workshops right out of high school, and they stay there for the rest of their lives.

So obviously that keeps folks reliant on government benefits and assistance.”

—Sandy Jordan, director of employment programs for AbleSC

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and Collins expected it would: South Carolina employers are struggling to fillpositions, and Employment First policies could address industry needs by providing a framework that would help remove employment barriers for adults with intellectual disabilities.

The report found, “The first step is to adopt legislation that establishes that South Carolina is an Employment First state and establish a commission that can help guide us in the right direction.”

The bill was not taken up during the last legislative session, but Collins plans to file the bill again this month, before lawmakers return to Columbia in January.

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“Sheltered workshops are usually provided by the disability and special needs board. These providers have contracts with local businesses and give these menial tasks for people with disabilities to do,” she said.

The 80-year-old federal Fair Labor Standards Act allows these businesses to pay less than the federal $7.25 per hour minimum wage.

“This was created in 1938 — that will tell you how old and outdated it is. The intention of it was that people with disabilities would receive training to go out and work in the community. But that’s not what’s happened,” Jordan said. “Typically what happens is folks enter these sheltered workshops right out of high school, and they stay there for the rest of their lives.

So obviously, that keeps folks reliant on government benefits and assistance.”

There’s said to be bipartisan support for a reversal of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and two bills before Congress — the Raise the Wage Act and Transformation to Competitive Employment Act — attempt to address wages for adults with disabilities.

“I really feel like it’s going to have to be legislation that’s going to push that law out,” Jordan said.

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Orangeburg Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, a key Democratic sponsor of Collins’ bill, did not respond to requests for comment.

When lawmakers prepare to take up an Employment First proposal, they’ll find the numbers speak for themselves.

Just 32.6% of the more than 700,000 South Carolina adults with intellectual disabilities are employed, one of the lowest rates in the country, according to the Employment First Study Committee Report conducted in May 2019.

“We have the sixth-highest unemployment rates for people with disabilities, so there’s a lot of other states that are doing better than us,” Jordan said.

Lending a steel hand AbleSC partners with more than 40 organizations statewide to drive change as part of its Hire Me SC campaign, leading to increased collaboration with local businesses like Steel Hands Brewing in Cayce.

After Steel Hands managers expressed an interest in hiring employees with disabilities, Jordan said she connected them to the Babcock Center, a Columbia-area disabilities board. “(The hiring process) started two or three months after we got the canning line,” said Steel Hands packaging manager Sean

Coleman, who explained that he and head brewmaster Mark Walters both had experience teaching people with disabilities.

An AbleSC representative visited Steel Hands to make sure it was a safe working environment before placing a new employee named Mike at the brewery.

“It took Mike about two or three weeks to get comfortable, but he’s been a great employee for us. Very reliable,” Coleman said. “Our employees were excited about it. They love him and they love working with him. He has little COLEMAN things that he connects with with everybody.”

A key drawback of sheltered workplaces, advocates say, is a lack of upward mobility.

Coleman said additional responsibilities are a possibility for Mike, but it isn’t part of their short-term plan.

“It would be a play-it-by-ear situation — he hasn’t expressed interest in that. At Steel Hands, if you want to grow in the business, you can do that,” Coleman said.

Mike marked his one-year anniversary at Steel Hands in November, and the brewery plans to hire another adult with a disability in the future.

“We don’t have a timeline on it right now, but we do plan on hiring someone else with special needs within the next six

months to one year,” Coleman said.

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abilities who will make up half of Beyond Distilling’s workforce.

“We’ve been working on a program book that will make it so that everybody is trained in a way that works.

“If you need help, we’re going to teach you how to do it because then maybe next time you can do it independently,” Krause said.

“We’ll break it down into smaller tasks and teach them to fluency. Once they’re able to do it fluently, they should be independent on the tasks.”

The mission of Beyond Distilling in North Charleston is to empower adults with cognitive disabilities, who will make up 50% of the staff when the distillery opens in 2021.

Co-owner Kerianne Krause, a behavior analyst, moved to the Charleston area when she was 16. In 2018, she called friends Tyler LaCorata and Ryan Sadis, who were working at a New York distillery at the time, with an idea to partner on a new operation that would employ adults with disabilities.

“We just found that there was a huge discrepancy with services from when they’re younger to when they get older,” said Krause, —Beyond Distilling co-owner Kerianne Krause who also owns an applied behavior analysis therapy company called Building Independence Together in In South Carolina, applied behavior Summerville. analysis therapy is not covered by financial “That conversation turned into, ‘I wonder assistance for adults with intellectual disabiliif we can mesh that all together and make it ties over the age of 21. Beyond Distilling’s into our own space,’” she said, “‘One with an first employee will be a former member of inclusive workforce so that people with intel- Krause’s Building Independence Together lectual disabilities could feel like they had a community, and she’s looking to hire more place to work and like they were contributing employees in the near future. to their own independence.’”

“We as a society actively exclude people Beyond Distilling’s three products — gin, with disabilities,” she said. “Our goal at rum and high-corn bourbon — will be what Beyond is to make the environment inclusive, the customers see, but behind the scenes, meaning nobody has to change who they are the partners will train employees with disto work for us.”

“If you need help, we’re going to teach you how to do it because then maybe next time you can do it independently.”

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Husk Greenville opened its doors for the first time since March on Tuesday with a new name, menu and executive chef.

Husk Barbecue will serve casual ’que and Southern sides for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday.

After McCrady’s and Minero Charleston shuttered post-pandemic, the Neighborhood Dining Group (NDG) went on to reopen five of the six remaining restaurants in its portfolio, with Husk Greenville standing as the only one that was still temporarily closed. NDG President David Howard said it was the right time to modify the business model upstate, and Husk Greenville’s rustic decor lent itself to a casual and affordable barbecue restaurant.

“We kind of landed on barbecue because we’ve been smoking meats since day one at Husk, and seasonal sides are what we do. It also helps us that barbecue is great food to-go and for off-site catering,” Howard said.

Husk Barbecue will be a completely new restaurant concept, not just a Husk outpost that serves more barbecue, Howard said.

Dave Jensen, who worked at Husk Charleston as the sous chef and head butcher for the last seven years, will lead the Husk Barbecue kitchen.

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“When our team kept hearing from our customers that they wished we had tacos, we tried to find a new concept in the area to fill the gap,” said Pate. “After running into a few dead ends, our management team, Destiny and Trace, decided to take on the project themselves.”

Sino Tacos is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 4-8 p.m., Thursday and Friday from 4-9 p.m., Saturday from 12-9 p.m. and Sunday from 12-7 p.m. For more information, visit workshopcharleston.com.

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Jason C. Kangeter, individually; The United States of America acting by and through its agency The Department of Housing and Urban Development; Jason C. Kangeter, as Personal Representative of the Estate of James L. Griffin; Pamela F. Kangeter; DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 20th day of March, 2020, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th day of January, 2021 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON JAMES ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING THE LOT DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 59 ON A PLAT ENTITLED, “PART 4 OF LOCKWOOD HALL, JAMES ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”., DATED JULY,1966,

BY H. EXO CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. IN PLAT BOOK V, PAGE 5; SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SHAPE, BOUNDS, METES AND LOCATIONS AS ARE SET FORTH THEREON, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A FULLER DESCRIPTION. SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rightsof-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same property devised to James L. Griffin by deed of the Estate of Norma Faye S. Griffin, Case No. 1988ES1000939, dated June 28, 1990 and recorded December 19, 1990 and also by quit claim deed from Suesan S. Blevins dated February 15, 1996 and recorded February 27, 1996 in Deed Book U265 at page 030, also by quit claim deed from Donna L. Dudley dated February 15, 1996 and recorded February 27, 1996 in Deed Book U265 at page 065, also by quit claim deed from Jason C. Kangeter dated February 15, 1996 and recorded February 27, 1996 in Deed Book U265 at page 191, also by quit claim deed from James C. Kangeter, Jr dated February 15, 1996 and recorded February 27, 1996 in Deed Book U265 at page 195, also from

812 Trafalgar St. Charleston, SC 29412 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder.

The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 017108-00287 2019CP1005973 FOR INSERTION 12/2, 12/9 and 12/16 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2018CP1005656 U.S. Bank NA, successor trustee to Bank of America, NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank NA, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA2, Plaintiff, v.

Jason C. Myers; Charles D. Myers, Jr.; Dove Run Phase I Horizontal Property Regime Homeowners Association, Inc.; First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company as successor by merger to First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc., assignee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver for Atlantic Bank & Trust; Elizabeth Murray Austin Young; TD Bank, N.A.; First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc.; Kathryn W. Colenda; South Carolina Department of Revenue; United States of America Acting by and through the Internal Revenue Service; Ruan Small Business Center, Inc.; Any unknown heirs or devisees of the Estate of Andrew W. Muller, including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, by virtue of any interest claimed under the law of intestate succession (S.C. Code Section

62-2-109) or under decedent’s will; Defendant(s).

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived (011847-04493) TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Ruan Small Business Center, Inc. Any unknown heirs or devisees of the Estate of Andrew W. Muller, including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, by virtue of any interest claimed under the law of intestate succession (S.C. Code Section 62-2-109) or under decedent’s will.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 1408 Camp Road A, Charleston, SC 29412, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 425 11 00 129, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the 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 the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, 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 MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES 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 upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Ian C. Gohean, Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley, PA, 325 Rocky Slope Road, Greenville, SC 29607, made absolute. s/Kevin T. Brown Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893), Andrew.Montgomery@rogerstownsend.com John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend. com Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236), Kevin.Brown@ rogerstownsend.com Clark Dawson (SC Bar# 101714), Clark.Dawson@ rogerstownsend.com 100 Executive Center Drive Suite 210 Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 Columbia, South Carolina NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: 1) Ruan Small Business Center, Inc., and 2) Any unknown heirs or devisees of the Estate of Andrew W. Muller, including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, by virtue of any interest claimed under the law of intestate succession (S.C. Code Section 62-2-109) or under decedent’s

will, YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on November 6, 2020. s/Kevin T. Brown Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893), Andrew.Montgomery@rogerstownsend.com John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend. com Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236), Kevin.Brown@ rogerstownsend.com Clark Dawson (SC Bar# 101714), Clark.Dawson@ rogerstownsend.com 100 Executive Center Drive Suite 210 Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 Columbia, South Carolina NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.

To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend, LLC. Rogers Townsend, LLC represents the Plaintiff in this action.

Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice.

You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED. s/Kevin T. Brown Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893), Andrew.Montgomery@rogerstownsend.com John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend. com Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236), Kevin.Brown@ rogerstownsend.com Clark Dawson (SC Bar# 101714), Clark.Dawson@ rogerstownsend.com 100 Executive Center Drive Suite 210 Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444

N.A.; First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc.; Kathryn W. Colenda; South Carolina Department of Revenue; United States of America Acting by and through the Internal Revenue Service; Ruan Small Business Center, Inc.; Any unknown heirs or devisees of the Estate of Andrew W. Muller, including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, by virtue of any interest claimed under the law of intestate succession (S.C. Code Section 62-2-109) or under decedent’s will; Defendant(s).

N.A.; First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc.; Kathryn W. Colenda; South Carolina Department of Revenue; United States of America Acting by and through the Internal Revenue Service; Ruan Small Business Center, Inc.; Any unknown heirs or devisees of the Estate of Andrew W. Muller, including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, by virtue of any interest claimed under the law of intestate succession (S.C. Code Section 62-2-109) or under decedent’s will; Defendant(s).

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN LITEM NISI Deficiency Judgement Waived (011847-04493)

FIRST AMENDED LIS PENDENS Deficiency Judgment Waived (011847-04493)

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Ian C. Gohean as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Ian C. Gohean, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 1408 Camp Road A, Charleston, SC 29412; that Ian C. Gohean 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 a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s) Any unknown heirs or devisees of the Estate of Andrew W. Muller, including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, by virtue of any interest claimed under the law of intestate succession (S.C. Code Section 62-2-109) or under decedent’s will, .by publication thereof in the Post and Courier, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

S/Mickell R. Scarborough 3062

Columbia, South Carolina STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston, South Carolina 11/23/2020 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2018CP1005656

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2018CP1005656

U.S. Bank NA, successor trustee to Bank of America, NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank NA, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA2, Plaintiff, v.

Jason C. Myers; Charles D. Myers, Jr.; Dove Run Phase I Horizontal Property Regime Homeowners Association, Inc.; First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company as successor by merger to First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc., assignee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver for Atlantic Bank & Trust; Elizabeth Murray Austin Young; TD Bank,

U.S. Bank NA, successor trustee to Bank of America, NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank NA, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA2, Plaintiff, v.

Jason C. Myers; Charles D. Myers, Jr.; Dove Run Phase I Horizontal Property Regime Homeowners Association, Inc.; First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company as successor by merger to First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc., assignee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver for Atlantic Bank & Trust; Elizabeth Murray Austin Young; TD Bank,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given

by Charles D. Myers, Jr. and Jason C. Myers to Washington Mutual Bank, FA dated December 20, 2006, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Charleston County on January 16, 2007, in Mortgage Book C612 at Page 221. This mortgage was assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association by Assignment of Mortgage dated June 19, 2018 and recorded June 29, 2018 in Book 729 at Page 859 in the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office. This mortgage was further assigned to U.S. Bank NA, successor trustee to Bank of America, NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank NA, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA2 by Assignment of Mortgage dated June 19, 2018 and recorded June 29, 2018 in Book 729 at Page 860 in the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office.

The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows: CONDOMINIUM NO. 35 in the Dove Run Horizontal Property Regime, a Horizontal Property Regime established by Edgar A. Buck, Margaret B. Buck and S&C Partnership, pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Section 27-31-10, et seq., 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, by Master Deed dated May 21, 1984, and recorded in the Charleston County ROD Office in Book F137, at Page 872, which apartment is shown on the Site Plan and/or physical survey of said Horizontal Property Regime prepared by E.M. Seabrook and recorded as an Exhibit to said Master Deed.

TOGETHER with an undivided interest in the common elements declared by said Master Deed to be an appurtenance conveyed hereby.

This being the same property conveyed to Charles D. Myers, Jr. and Jason C. Myers by deed of Geoff Edgell dated December 20, 2006 and recorded January 16, 2007 in Book A612 at Page 42 in the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office.

Property Address: 1408 Camp Road A Charleston, SC 29412 TMS# 425 11 00 129 s/Kevin T. Brown Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

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quit claim deed from Molly A. Malinowsky dated February 15, 1996 and recorded February 27, 1996 in Deed book U265 at page 218 in the office of the Charleston County Register of Deeds. Subsequently, James L. Griffin died testate on July 23, 2019, leaving the subject property to his devisees namely, Jason C. Kangeter and Pamela F. Kangeter, as is more fully preserved in the probate records for Charleston County in Case No. 2019ES1001475.

TMS # 454-13-00-136 Case#: 2019CP1005973 Current Property Address:

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Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893), Andrew.Montgomery@rogerstownsend.com John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend. com Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236), Kevin.Brown@ rogerstownsend.com Clark Dawson (SC Bar# 101714), Clark.Dawson@ rogerstownsend.com 100 Executive Center Drive Suite 210 Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 Columbia, South Carolina 10/26/2020

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2020-CP-10-02037 Francis Key Scott, Jr., Plaintiff, v.

Francis Lee Scott, a deceased person, his heirs respective heirsat-law, distributees, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 0 John Smalls Road Johns Island, South Carolina Charleston County TMS # 318-00-00-055 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or Persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Masterin-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

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NOTICE OF FILING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens, Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on May 1, 2020, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on May 6, 2020 and the Order of Publication was filed on May 26, 2020 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482

has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berkeley County, dated May 6, 2020 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL that certain piece, part, parcel or lot of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being off the West side of River Road, State Highway No. 91, on Johns Island, delineated as Lot “A” on a plat of J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated November 10, 1975, titled “Subdivision of parcel of land on Johns Island, owned by the heirs of Simon Smalls”, which plat is being made a part hereof by reference as if the contents thereof were fully set forth herein.

TMS #: 318-00-00-055 s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell 1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 Attorney for Plaintiff Date: October 12, 2020

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: JANE MONICA FLOYD 2020-ES-10-1710 DOD: 09/30/20 PERS. REP: GENO DAHL KOLLAR 747 BRANT RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************* ESTATE OF: MARION WEST SPILLMAN 2020-ES-10-1800 DOD: 10/15/20 PERS. REP: DOROTHY ILDERTON SPILLMAN 6 BATTLESEA RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ ESTATE OF: MARION L. MORTON 2020-ES-10-1822 DOD: 09/09/20 PERS. REP: LAEVATA NELSON 2609 WYE LN. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 ATTY: ARTHUR C. MCFARLAND, ESQ. 1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 *********** ESTATE OF: DIANNE T. GAINEY 2020-ES-10-1829 DOD: 10/12/20 PERS. REP: WANDA MICHELE G. FARTHING 2616 MONA AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ATTY: JOSEPH F. RUNEY, ESQ. 14 EXCHANGE ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ ESTATE OF: MICHAEL HUNTER SISTARE 2020-ES-10-1836

DOD: 09/22/20 PERS. REP: RENAE STROBLE SISTARE 5736 GADSDEN ST. RAVENEL, SC 29470 ************ ESTATE OF: BESSIE ELLEN SPENCE 2020-ES-10-1837 DOD: 10/08/20 PERS. REP: JIMMY M. SPENCE 2021 CLIFTON ST. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406 ************ ESTATE OF: FRANCES ELIZABETH GALLAWAY MICHAEL 2020-ES-10-1841 DOD: 09/09/20 PERS. REP: DONALD EDWARD MICHAEL 7620 MEADOW RD. DALLAS, TX 75230

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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: MARY ELLEN JACOBY 2020-ES-10-1596 DOD: 06/29/20 PERS. REP: MICHAEL D. JACOBY 193 WHITE CHURCH LN. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485 ATTY: JOHN L. DUFFY, III, ESQ. PO BOX 71346 CHARLESTON, SC 29415 ************ ESTATE OF: LENORA CORDRAY AUSTIN 2020-ES-10-1613 DOD: 09/11/20 PERS. REP: JOHN W. CORDRAY, JR. 6515 OLD JACKSONBORO, RD., RAVENEL, SC 29470 ************ ESTATE OF: FAITH LILLIAN KOBYLKA 2020-ES-10-1633 DOD: 07/16/20 PERS. REP: SANDRA K. FUNDERBURK 1264 LLEWELLYN RD. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ ESTATE OF: JEANNE S. PITCHER 2020-ES-10-1661 DOD: 09/30/20 PERS. REP: SUSAN FOSTER BARBER 20 MAHLO LN. COLUMBIA, SC 29204

************ ESTATE OF: SHARON O’MARA MACON 2020-ES-10-1664 DOD: 10/09/20 PERS. REP: STEPHEN GOENNER 219 ASHMONT DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29492 ************ ESTATE OF: FELICIA WARDLAW SPERR 2020-ES-10-1683 DOD: 09/02/20 PERS. REP: PATRICIA O. DETREVILLE 306 GAMECOCK AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ATTY: DENNIS O’NEILL, ESQ. 1473 STUART ENGALS, BLVD., MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ ESTATE OF: HOLLY LOU HANSCOMB 2020-ES-10-1689 DOD: 09/15/20 PERS. REP: LAURIE HANSCOMB 635 ASHCRAFT CIR., #524 PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC 29585 ATTY: TAYLOR SILVER, ESQ. PO BOX 1665 GEORGETOWN, SC 29442

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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: THOMASINE W. GRANT 2020-ES-10-1326 DOD: 07/26/20 PERS. REP: ERMA ANN BROWN PO BOX 451 MCCLELLANVILLE, SC 29458 ************ ESTATE OF: WALTER SCOTT 2020-ES-10-1721 DOD: 10/09/20 PERS. REP: RODNEY E. SCOTT, SR. 1403 AMBER LN. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ATTY: ARTHUR C. MCFARLAND, ESQ. 1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD. #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ ESTATE OF: DEBORAH SWEATMAN HORNE 2020-ES-10-1734 DOD: 09/09/20 PERS. REP: OTEY M. HORNE 91 BARRS RD. BRANCHVILLE, SC 29432 ATTY: J. RUTLEDGE YOUNG, JR., ESQ. 96 BROAD ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ ESTATE OF: ROBERT MORRIS GIESY, JR. 2020-ES10-1756 DOD: 04/20/20 PERS. REP: ROSEMARY SHIREMAN GIESY 1602 WHITBY LN. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ATTY: JEFFREY C. MOORE, ESQ. 1 CARRIAGE LN., BLDG. H CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ ESTATE OF: MAXINE J. WHITEHURST 2020-ES10-1772 DOD: 06/16/20 PERS. REP: WILLIAM LEE WHITEHURST 7528 WHISPERING OAK DR. HANAHAN, SC 29410 ATTY: JOHN S. WEST, ESQ. 207 CAROLINA AVE. MONCKS CORNER, SC 29461

************* ESTATE OF: SANDRA JEAN GASSAWAY HOOPER 2020-ES10-1795 DOD: 10/04/20 PERS. REP: RHONDA H. MCCRAW 2923 FOXHALL RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************* ESTATE OF: WILLIAM RYAN WHITLEY 2020-ES10-1797 DOD: 10/31/20 PERS. REP: WILLIAM J. WHITLEY 6687 RIEBER ST. WORTHINGTON OH 43085

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: ALFRED COMFORT, SR. 2020-ES-10-1270 DOD: 06/19/20 PERS. REP: PATRICIA COMFORT-CAPERS 971 ASHLEY AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29403 ************ ESTATE OF: DIANNE L. MILLER 2020-ES-10-1546 DOD: 08/19/20 PERS. REP: JOY DELK 15 MILANO CT. HANAHAN, SC 29410 PERS. REP: VICKI RAYBON 3323 COTTONFIELD DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29466 ATTY: DAWN CLARK, ESQ. 497 BRAMSON CT., #101A MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ ESTATE OF: SHERYL RAE BECZYNSKI 2020-ES-10-1568 DOD: 09/19/20 PERS. REP: MICHELLE LOREN THRIFT 3629 KENN DR. NORFOLK, VA 23518 ************ ESTATE OF: JERRY HASKELL GOSNELL 2020-ES-10-1577 DOD: 08/29/20 PERS. REP: NANCY JANE GOSNELL 1435 BROWNSWOOD RD. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455 ************ ESTATE OF: WILLIAM ARNOLD HUNT, SR. 2020-ES-10-1588 DOD: 09/02/20 PERS. REP: CELESTE PATRICK 80 EAST BAY ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 PERS. REP: WENDY HUNT MOLONY 3058 ASHLEY RIVER RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ATTY: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ ESTATE OF: NORMAN BEAR JACOBY 2020-ES-10-1595 DOD: 06/28/20 PERS. REP: MICHAEL D. JACOBY 193 WHITE CHURCH LN. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485 ATTY: JOHN L. DUFFY, III, ESQ. PO BOX 71346 CHARLESTON, SC 29415

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2020-DR-10-510 VALYNDA “LINDA” HAM, Plaintiff, vs.

MARY ELIZABETH HAM, BABY GIRL V, and BABY BOY D, Minors under the age of seven (7) years, Defendant.

SUMMONS TO AMENDED COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS MARY ELIZABETH HAM, AND BABY GIRL V AND BABY BOY D, MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF SEVEN (7) YEARS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Amended Complaint upon the subscriber, Shannon Jones, Esquire, of the Shannon Jones Law Firm, LLC at her office at 3 State Street, Charleston, SC 29401, within thirty (30) days of the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service.

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that, if you do not appear or answer the Amended Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, judgment by default may be rendered per the relief requested in the Amended Complaint.

SHANNON JONES LAW FIRM, LLC Shannon Jones, Esquire 3 State Street Charleston, SC 29401 Telephone: (843) 720-3100 Facsimile: (843) 720-5999 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF December 2, 2020 Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Civil Action No. 2020-CP-10-04347 ANGELICA LAVECCHIA, Plaintiff, vs.

MONTRELL CORTEZ JACKSON, Defendant.

SUMMONS JURY TRIAL DEMANDED TO THE DEFENDANT 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 the said Complaint on the subscriber, William J. Horvath, Esquire, at his office at the address below, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service.

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TURNER PADGET GRAHAM & LANEY, PA s/William J. Horvath William J. Horvath (SC Bar # 102054) Post Office Box 22129 Charleston, South Carolina 29413 Direct: 843-579-8305 Fax: 843-577-1661 Whorvath@turnerpadget.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Charleston , South Carolina October 2, 2020

NOTICE OF CORPORATE DISSOLUTION To persons with claims against South Carolina Sea Island Farm Co-Operative, which was administratively dissolved by the S.C. Secretary of State’s office on August 5, 2020.

Persons with claims against the co-operative must state the basis for such claim and mail it, along with any supporting documentation to: Mark V. Evans at 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 202, Charleston, SC 29412.

Any claim against the cooperative is barred by law unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of this notice.

December 2, 2020

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2020-DR-10-1026 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2020-DR-10-0068 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Jason Rohrssen and Aubrey Austin NOTICE TO JASON ROHRSSEN: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 9, 2020.

Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Clerk of Court in Charleston, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County Department of Social Services, at the office of their Attorney, Kenneth Murphy, II, at the Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, within thirty days of this publication. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

VERSUS Latesha Watson, DEFENDANT. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2020.

TO DEFENDANT: Latesha Watson YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 6, 2020. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Kenneth L Murphy II, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Kenneth L Murphy II, SC Bar # 101817, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

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Charleston-area record stores are reporting good sales in 2020, a possible bright spot despite the financial challenges the pandemic has posed for the music industry as a whole.

Drew Anderson of North Charleston vinyl shop Gray Cat Music notes that sales have remained steady since May, and online sales on discogs.com are up 30% compared to 2019. “My business has luckily been growing every year,” he said, adding that Gray Cat did better overall in 2020 than last year.

Anderson attributes the good fiscal year to the fact that his business is small. Gray Cat mostly sells used vinyl, and he doesn’t have to cover a large lease at his current location at The Station in Park Circle, where local makers and retailers like Anderson set up small booths. In addition, the way Record Store Day was divided into three separate days in three months aided his business’ sales, he said. “Otherwise I think my sales would have dropped in those months.”

Bruce Berg, owner of the Record Stop on John Street, told the City Paper his store’s sales numbers are up “incredibly” from 2019.

In some situations, he added, the store can’t keep up with demand for vinyl records.

“I’m almost positive the reason why record

Eclectic Change, a compilation from SLDG MUSC which features local artists Contour and Niecy Blues, was released on Bandcamp Dec. 4.

Eclectic Change is a project that combines many genres and artists from around the nation to create an album to financially support Black organizations.

This 32-track album features unreleased tracks and demos in hopes of raising money for two organizations, Trans Trenderz and National Bail Out. Trans Trenderz is a Black, trans-run label and National Bail Out is a Black-led project dedicated to aiding the incarcerated and prison abolition.

Blxck Cxsper, the founder of Trans Trenderz, said in a press release the money made will go to paying artists on the label.

“As I’m writing this today most of us are struggling to pay rent and feed ourselves, yet our names are literally everywhere,” they said. “That’s why we need cash.

Because visibility without financial security can be very dangerous and it should be everybody’s duty to make sure Black Trans people are safe.”

Artists from the project will also be featured in livestream performances Dec. 5-11.

Niecy Blues will perform Dec. 11 on 8Ball TV at 8 p.m.

In addition, Eclectic Change will be selling merchandise to help support the cause.

Head over to bandcamp.com to check out the project. —Holly Malnati

“Record stores who have made it this far have something in their DNA to survive the current climate.”

—Galen Hudson, owner of Monster Music and Movies

stores are doing well is because people are bored out of their minds,” he said. “They were locked in, they couldn’t go to the movies, they couldn’t go to shows, and more and more people are getting record players.”

The Record Stop’s other location on Long Island, New York, also saw an increase in sales during the pandemic. “The record industry has not been able to keep up with the records because there’s not enough pressing plants,” Berg said. “I feel almost guilty because a lot of stores, especially around here — my neighbors — half of them went out of business.”

Monster Music and Movies owner Galen Hudson said it’s been “a good year in a lot of ways from a sales standpoint.” But, he’s also quick to attribute the store’s success to the chaotic music industry they’ve dealt with for 20 years.

“We know how to dodge and weave, and

that’s not to belittle what we’re going through,” he said. “Record stores who have made it this far have something in their DNA to survive the current climate.”

Hudson said, compared to 2019, Monster’s sales will likely be down in 2020, but online sales are “up dramatically.” In November alone, the store sold more records online than they did in all of 2019. “November is a little bit of an anomaly,” he clarified. “We were coming off the heels of three Record Store Day drops, Black Friday and the economy kind of surging ahead.”

While record sales are rosier than they could have been this year, the music industry is still in turmoil, Hudson said. On a national level, the music world is built on new releases, and many artists are avoiding putting out projects if they can’t tour for them during the pandemic. Plus, Hudson said, many of those superstar musicians are not releasing as many physical copies of their new music.

“That’s what makes this so tricky and so astonishing that we’re up so much,” he added.

“It just goes to show artists and artists’ managers need to take note that your artists’ fans really want a physical copy. And if you believe that they don’t, then you’re in total denial.”

Rapper Glizzy released the music video for her latest single, “Revelations” on Dec. 2.

It features Glizzy as a moving image in black and white. The picture displays detailed graphics including a rotating background and a third eye on Glizzy’s face.

The song has a laid back feel with strong bass, featuring a combo of her smooth vocals and rap skills. Glizzy’s confidence is undeniable as displayed in her lyrics and her presentation.

Glizzy has made herself known in the music scene since 2015. She came to South Carolina from California, telling the City Paper her style comes from the combination of those two cultures. Since 2015, she has put out a handful of albums, including her 2020 mixtape, Overdrive.

—Holly Malnati

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