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Spearman will not seek reelection in 2022 South Carolina schools will have a new education leader in 2023, after incumbent State Superintendent Molly Spearman announced Oct. 27 she would not seek a third term. Spearman, a Republican, said she will not seek reelection next year, opting instead to step down to spend more time with her family, which she Spearman says now deserves her “full attention.” Spearman took office in 2015, stepping into a state boasting one of the lowest teacher pay rates in the country, an antiquated bus fleet, inefficient rural school districts and unmet needs in the state’s workforce, she wrote in her announcement. But, she said, she feels the state has made strides in meeting those challenges. —Skyler Baldwin

By Skyler Baldwin Lagging charging infrastructure in the Lowcountry could make planned conversions to electric vehicles difficult. Cities around the country are committing to going green, and private businesses are following suit. Charleston is no different. Charleston’s Climate Action Plan, adopted in May, outlines a plan to transition the city’s fleet of vehicles to new, electric models. And with a presence in Ridgeville, auto manufacturer Volvo has made the commitment solely to build electric vehicles by 2030. Charleston began the early stages of transitioning the city’s vehicle fleet to electric models in March 2021, seeking grants to purchase two electric garbage trucks. Support for shore power and electric vehicles for use at ports is written in the city’s climate action plan. And with smaller steps, like a resolution passed by council last week to use electric leaf blowers (gas-powered models are bad for the environment, y’all), the city is taking some steps to be a national leader. “Charleston is the best city in the state, one of the best cities in the country, and I think we need to lead by example,” said Councilman Jason Sakran. “I think the market is dictating that the demand for electric options is only going to get stronger.” Sakran isn’t the only one seeing that trend. According to an August Public electric 2021 report from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), sales of electric vehicles in South Carolina are up 51% from July 2020, charging stations are limited with 1.57 sold for every 1,000 people. SACE is a regional nonprofit (above) but that has pushed for clean energy and transportation for 35 years. Charleston is Local advocacy groups are standing behind city leaders’ decilooking toward sion to push electric alternatives, particularly the move toward including them electric vehicles. in municipal “Promoting electric vehicles is a great idea,” said Coastal infrastructure Conservation League communications director Alan Hancock. “They don’t have the public-health impacts that gas-burning vehicles have, especially along corridors like I-26, where there’s a lot of stop-and-go traffic. People that live along that corridor are exposed to higher levels of air pollution that cause lung and heart issues.” But just pushing the option may not be enough, as the growing demand for electric vehicles comes with greater demand for electric infrastructure, an area in which some I think the market advocates say the area could be lacking. “There is a need for significant increase is dictating that the in the amount of charging infrastructure demand for electric across the country, including in South Carolina and specifically in Charleston,” options is only going said Stan Cross, SACE’s electric transportation policy director. to get stronger.” City leaders aren’t ignorant of the idea. A —Charleston Councilman Jason Sakran handful of charging stations are scattered across the peninsula in city-owned parking garages. And part of the fleet transition outlined in the Climate Action Plan is examining charging infrastructure. The city is looking into ways and opportunities to expand that charging infrastructure outward, said director of sustainability Katie McKain, but funding remains a challenge.

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“A lot of it would need to come from our general fund, and while charging stations aren’t excessively expensive, the infrastructure needed to install them is the challenge,” she said. “The up-front costs require a lot of planning and analysis. That’s a process we’re working on right now, to make sure when we do spend taxpayer money on this, we are doing it in the most efficient way possible.” But it’s important to remember, Hancock said, the burden isn’t entirely on the city. “This is such a big issue,” he said. “It’s up to the private sector as well to figure out the system to make money off of charging. Congress has a big role too, in both the infrastructure bill and the budget, both of which include some support for charging infrastructure. It’s important, because the scale of the need warrants this kind of investment.” “A lot of cities create partnerships with third-party lenders to offset some of the costs for the installation of charging stations,” Sakran added. “Some of it can be passed onto consumers as a pay-to-charge idea, too.” Moving forward, the city’s greatest focus should be on equity, Cross said. Since partnerships with private companies and developers will help get the charging infrastructure installed, the question is how local governments can support the transition, CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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A downtown woman filed a report with police after having received an empty cardboard box in place of a phone she believes to have ordered from the Apple store. She said this has happened multiple times, leading us to wonder why she hasn’t just bought an Android instead. RUNNERS UP Police approached at least nine different people drinking various brands of beers from brown paper bags, begging the question as to whether the paper bag tactic does more harm than good for our public drinkers. A bizarre drug-related escapade was discovered when the group’s “fool-proof” communications were intercepted. The ingenious, untraceable communications? Paper airplanes, penned with instructions for making various narcotic oils.

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Feds settle suit over gun check loophole An $88 million settlement was announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit that claimed the Federal Bureau of Investigation was negligent in failing to stop a South Carolina man from buying the gun he used to kill nine people June 17, 2015 at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. A year after the massacre at the Calhoun Street church, fourteen victims — survivors and families of those killed — filed suit, alleging delays by the FBI and its National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS) contributed to series of events that led to the shooting. Shortly after the shooting, FBI Director James Comey admitted the system failed to find that Dylann Roof was prohibited from purchasing firearms when he visited a West Columbia gun store April 11, 2015 to purchase the Glock pistol he would use less than two months later in Charleston. The victims killed at Emanuel June 17, 2015, were: The Rev. Sharonda Coleman-

Singleton, Cynthia Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lee Lance, the Rev. Depayne Middleton-Doctor, Tywanza Sanders, the Rev. Daniel L. Simmons Sr., Myra Thompson and S.C. Sen. Clementa C. Pinckney. Pinckney was the pastor of Mother Emanuel. Roof decided to target the predominantly Black church because of the church’s historical significance in the fight for civil rights. He was arrested the next day. Settlement amounts range from $6 million to $7.5 million, according to the Department of Justice. S.C. Rep. JA Moore, D-Hanahan, half brother of Myra Thompson, said the fight on behalf of those killed is not over. Efforts at the state and national levels have failed to fix the lapse that allowed Roof to buy a gun. “The Charleston loophole is still open. I will keep fighting to end it,” he said. Roof was sentenced to the death penalty for the killings, and is currently on federal death row in Indiana. —Sam Spence

CofC approves $500 employee bonuses for ‘extraordinary dedication’ in pandemic College of Charleston trustees Oct. 29 voted to dole out $500 bonuses to nearly 1,500 full-time employees in recognition of the ongoing challenges workers faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposal will be paid from College of Charleston Foundation funds and will cost a total of $802,176, according to figures presented at a special Board of Trustees meeting held Friday morning. No trustees voted against the proposal. “We saw an unprecedented public health crisis creating daily operational issues that challenged the very core of our institution,” CofC President Andrew Hsu said in a Friday email to faculty and staff. “Yet, not only did we survive, we have also

prospered. None of this would have been possible without the extraordinary dedication and commitment you showed,” he wrote. The one-time bonuses will be distributed Nov. 30 to 1,484 full-time faculty, staff, temporary staff and adjunct faculty. The College of Charleston employs 933 people who earn at least $50,000 per year, according to S.C. Department of Administration records. College of Charleston relied heavily on virtual classes when the pandemic emerged in March 2020, through Spring 2021. Local governments, including Charleston County, North Charleston and Mount Pleasant have also considered one-time bonuses in recent months. —Sam Spence

Hundreds of Black-owned businesses once dotted the Charleston peninsula. The Preservation Society of Charleston (PSC) aims to empower local leaders to collect the oral histories of those important community establishments. Retired educators George Kenny and Walter Brown are among those older Charlestonians who are prime interview subjects. They recall the corner stores, doctor and dentist offices, shoe repair and barber shops, beauty parlors, gas stations and hotels and other small family-owned businesses that catered to a mostly Black clientele when Charleston was a racially segregated city. When Kenny was a music education student at what was then S.C. State College in Orangeburg, he spent most weekends in Charleston playing tenor sax during latenight jam sessions in the 1950s with the Swingers, a six-piece combo, at the RVA Club on Charleston’s west side. That night spot at Ashley Avenue and Line Street is now a vacant lot adjacent to the Crosstown Expressway, which took a chunk out of the surrounding black neighborhood. Across town at Buist Elementary School on Calhoun Street, sixth-grade math teacher Walter Brown dashed over after school to the nearby Browns Grocery at 6 Elizabeth St. for a bag of salty chips and a cold Pepsi. In the 1950s, his students also gathered there to buy “broke cookies” for a penny apiece. That store is now a singlefamily home in a heavily gentrified east side community. The PSC is in the early stages of a plan to partner with groups to gather stories from people like Kenny and Brown who recall those businesses scattered throughout the city, but centered mostly along the Spring Street/Cannon Street corridor, along with Morris Street. Those businesses contributed to the city’s Black history, culture and economy. Brown said for young people today it might be difficult to imagine “these businesses within walking distance of your house that provided basic essentials, including wood” for cooking and heating. Many of these businesses closed, Kenny and Brown said, when the owners’ children didn’t follow in their parents’ footsteps. Deborah Powell Anderson is an exception. Along with her husband, Frank Anderson, they operate Fair Deal Grocery CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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“The Spot 47.” Deborah Anderson’s parents Paul and Gladys Powell opened the Fair Deal Grocery in 1953 at 47 Cooper St. “We are one of the oldest Black-owned businesses in downtown Charleston that has been owned the entire time by the same family,” she said with pride. After her father died in 1968, her mother and her late brother George Powell took turns operating the tiny grocery until she died in March 2020. The Andersons have retained the store’s original name. In July 2016, they renovated their building and rebranded the business as Fair Deal Grocery “The Spot 47,” which continues as a grocery store with a sports/ internet cafe with karaoke, a commercial kitchen and two party buses. If an effort is mounted to collect oral histories about Black businesses, it must follow

a carefully planned process, insisted Barbara Dilligard, retired deputy superintendent of the Charleston County School District. “We need to identify people who may have information and people who could lead us to other people to develop a list of storytellers,” she said. It is unknown how many Black businesses remain. There are likely fewer than 100, said Otha Meadows, president and CEO of the Charleston Urban League. He welcomes the PSC’s interest in telling the history of Black businesses in Charleston. “To go forward, you have to look back to understand the path going forward,” he said. “I think that it is extremely important to investigate and uncover what contributed to the demise of those businesses.” —Herb Frazier Interested? Contact PSC’s Kelly Vicario, at kvicario@preservationsociety.org.

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rather than facilitate it itself. “That equity piece is huge,” he said. “You can think about it from a public charging perspective, but it’s really the home charging that makes it all work — 80% of the charging happens at home. Residents who don’t have access to home charging, those who rely on on-street parking, those in apartment complexes — they’re at a disadvantage. How you solve that problem is an opportunity for local engagement. “I’m looking at my Nissan Leaf, plugged in in my driveway right now, paying my relatively cheap residential rate to charge it,” Cross said. “If I couldn’t plug into my home, then I would be dependent on public charging. That could be a challenge if there’s not enough and if it’s not dispersed equitably across the landscape.”

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he federal government will pay $88 million to survivors and families of those killed in the racist rampage at Emanuel AME Church in 2015. But six years and two presidents later, the issue in U.S. and state law that allowed Dylann Roof to buy a gun remains untouched. Our government’s inaction on the Charleston loophole is shameful. Every single day that passes is another chance it could happen again. We cannot let that happen. Lawmakers: Fix the Charleston loophole. Fourteen defendants in the civil suit against the U.S. Department of Justice will split the settlement agreed to last Thursday in Washington, D.C. — a total of $25 million for survivors and $63 million for families of those killed. When Roof walked into a West Columbia gun shop to buy the Glock pistol he would use in Charleston, the purchase should have been stopped by FBI investigators. But clerical mistakes and lax gun laws meant that after three days, without hearing otherwise, the shop could legally sell Roof the gun — and it did. Shortly after the shooting, then-FBI Director James Comey admitted the system did not provide the safeguards it should have. Roof awaits the death penalty in an Indiana federal prison. “Since the day of the shooting, the Justice Department has sought to bring justice to the community, first by a successful hate crime prosecution and today by settling civil claims,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. No amount of money will fix the systemic issues that led a hate-filled man, deluded by extremist propaganda, to sit amongst worshippers and start killing. But the settlement is at least a statement against white supremacy, said attorney and former state Rep. Bakari

Sellers at a press conference last week. He thanked the Justice Department “for having the audacity and the gall and the fortitude to stand up to white supremacists and terrorists in this country.” Since 2015, hate crimes have increased in South Carolina, according to the FBI. S.C. gun checks in 2020 spiked to over 530,000, and this year have already eclipsed 2019 numbers. Yet with so much hate and so many guns, it is unconscionable that the loophole remains intact. But it does. The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) lobbying arm even calls the loophole “a necessary component” of American gun laws, passing blame to other agencies. The NRA remains a powerful force among conservatives, despite its leaders proving to be gullible puppets for Russian spies ahead of the 2016 election. The settlement itself doesn’t mark any change for that law, but it does show the need for confidence in the justice system, according to Charleston attorney Mullins McLeod, also a member of the high-powered legal team behind the victims and survivors. “Financial restitution is not justice,” state Rep. J.A. Moore said in a statement. “Real justice will occur when the hate that drove Dylann Roof to commit that terrible act — which took away my sister — is driven from our society.” “The Charleston loophole is still open. I will keep fighting to end it,” he said. Moore will keep up the fight. Slain S.C. Sen. Clementa Pinckney’s widow Jennifer and daughters Eliana and Malana will keep fighting. The question is, how much longer before our lawmakers listen and act? How much longer do they have to fight? Keep the horror from happening again by closing the loophole.

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Battle for state’s top education job getting started now By Andy Brack State Superintendent Molly Spearman’s announcement last week that she wouldn’t seek reelection was an early surprise, but not particularly unexpected. She’s made progress in upgrading the state’s perennially limp education system the last few years by helping to provide muchneeded boosts to teacher pay, update the school bus fleet and consolidate some small districts, which should lead to better education in those areas. But in the recent months of the pandemic, she struggled with her own Republican Party in efforts to keep students and teachers safe. Whether it was about mask mandates or virtual schools, the General Assembly and Gov. Henry McMaster always seemed to be poking their fingers in school business that should have been left to the state’s constitutional officer elected to deal with schools. A few politicos reportedly already are scrambling to figure out whether they’ll run for Spearman’s job, A few politicos which likely will take on a new importance in 2023 reportedly already for one reason: It will soon pay more. Spearman currently earns $92,007, but thanks to a recent change in are scrambling to the law, the job’s salary soon will be set by the Agency Head Salary Commission. That means the new super- figure out whether intendent will certainly earn six figures, not five — they’ll run for probably in the $250,000 range. That, in and of itself, will draw lots of candidates. Spearman’s job, Sherry East, president of the South Carolina which likely will take Education Association, said the next superintendent should be a strong leader who always asks, “Is it good on a new importance for the children?” in 2023 for one “It’s crucial that this person has education experience and can hit the ground running,” she told reason: It will soon Statehouse Report, City Paper’s sister publication. pay more. “We had deficiencies in literacy and math prior to COVID and we need someone that will communicate with educators on the best strategies to ensure South Carolina students are receiving the best education possible.” We hear through the grapevine that several education and Statehouse leaders are considering a run for state superintendent, including some district superintendents. Two names that consistently crop up are state Rep. Neal Collins, a Pickens County Republican who has served in the General Assembly since 2015, and Ellen Weaver, president and CEO of the Palmetto Promise Institute in Columbia. It’s the think tank founded by former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint to push conservative ideas. Collins, a lawyer, confirmed he is exploring a bid for Spearman’s job: “The future of our state is education and our state deserves a student-focused leader,” he said. Weaver also confirmed her interest in the job, saying she had been approached by a number of people about it and was strongly considering it. State Democratic Party Chairman Trav Robertson insisted it was crucial for his party’s candidate for the job to be an educator. He complained that Republicans had been hurting education for years by pushing charter schools, vouchers and other ways to lower public investment and support in public education. “Democrats believe in education. If you do not have an educated citizenry, you’re never going to bring in good jobs,” Robertson said. About the writer … Andy Brack is publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@charlestoncitypaper.com.

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has some serious opera street cred. It’s true: When you consider the George Gershwin standard, “Summertime,” was plucked from a Charleston-set opera and the first colonial operatic production was staged here some 286 years ago. Charleston has a major place in American opera history. “No matter how much we try to make opera something elevated, it’s in our popular culture,” said Leah Edwards, general director for Holy City Arts and Lyric Opera (HALO), a nonprofit arts organization that came into its own during 2020 lockdown with mobile performances across the city, giving people a chance to experience opera outside of a formal hall. “You’ve directly consumed opera, but you just didn’t register it because it’s a part of something else,” she said, like when she realized while watching Avengers Age of Ultron that Hulk was listening to a renown Maria Callas aria to keep himself calm. Edwards and her husband Dimitri Pittas, HALO’s co-founder and artistic director, have decades of experience between them, Pittas as a leading opera tenor in major opera houses around the world, and Edwards as a pianist, vocalist, and actress on and off Broadway with contribution to the Opera America Songbook. HALO is all about bringing seasonal opera and musical theater installations down from the performance hall into the city’s common spaces, Edwards said, which is a pretty retro concept considering opera was first staged in America in a Broad Street tavern room back in 1735.

The first opera produced in America, Colley Cibber’s English ballad opera, Flora, not only premiered in a non-operatic setting, but it was also making fun of traditional European opera with over the top drama and comedic elements. This derivative format of ballad opera interweaved popular songs of the time with dialogue to create a story, Edwards said, borrowing from what Englisman John Gay pioneered years earlier with his stage play The Beggar’s Opera, which was not necessarily geared toward a well-to-do audience. “Opera does not have to be grand, but that’s what it’s become — it did not start out that way,” said author and historian Harlan Greene, current scholar in residence at College of Charleston. Late 19th and 20th century opera was taken from its roots and appropriated and used as a status symbol, Greene Greene said. While at one point opera was seen as entertainment for the people, it lost this original relatability by being put in formal performance halls. HALO seeks to challenge that barrier and just kicked off its inaugural season with three runs of Traviata at the Joseph P. Riley Jr. ballpark and will close in April 2022, with four stagings of Into the Woods at Battery Gadsden Cultural Center on Sullivan’s Island. To keep opera culture anchored in our everyday life, HALO will also offer curated opera history walking tours next spring. “If you want black tie or ripped jeans and a black T-shirt — show up. We came together with a piano on a pickup truck singing opera barefoot in our driveway,” Leah said of HALO’s beginnings in April

Husband-and-wife duo Dimitri Pittas and Leah Edwards work together with HALO to give the community wider access to opera

social vehicle to bring Black and white together in the city of Charleston,” Greene said. “Opera itself ends up having a healing role to play in the social fabric of the city of Charleston.” Porgy and Bess’ form and execution challenged dividing lines since the get-go, and local classical musicians in the Charleston scene reflect that spirit as they espouse classic opera today. We’ve been conditioned to see the opera form as inaccessible due to the language barrier, yet pianist Chee-Hang See, a CofC graduate, goes by feel in his capacity as an orchestra musician and vocal coach. He prepares for a project by listening to a recording of the opera Chee-Hang for tone, he said, embracing the idea that the listener has intuition to interact with the piece and distinguish the mood of a song no matter the language or knowledge of the plot. Chee-Hang has watched viewers of all experience levels personally relate to the material performed at HALO’s Social Distance-Sing concerts. “It’s not just a part of history, we can actually still feel it,” he said. Local classical violinist and Music Academy teacher Nina Sandberg said she usually encourages opera newcomers to start with Mozart, as his compositions can be more accessible and uplifting than other classics. Think The Magic Flute or The Marriage of Figaro. In Sandberg’s perspective, Sandberg HALO’s approach helps people experience opera in smaller doses, laying ground for classical music to become a normal, shared experience, like hearing a band play at a restaurant. “Opera seems to be too loud, too long, too complicated, too upper class. I don’t think it needs to be.”

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Gershwin and Heyward’s opera, Porgy and Bess, saw a fresh staging in Charleston during the 2016 Spoleto Festival USA

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2020. “It was weird enough already, so we all just went with it. What HALO has grown into is an organic, grassroots arts organization.” It’s this concept of relatability that the origins of Charleston-inspired, world-renowned opera, Porgy and Bess, encapsulated when it was staged on Broadway in 1935 by Gershwin. “People didn’t embrace that African Americans were singing in jazz vernacular in an opera, let alone that it wasn’t staged at a metropolitan opera house, but a popular venue,” Greene said of Porgy’s initial U.S. reception. Yet it became an entree for American culture in post-World War II Europe and was the first piece of Western theater to be staged in the Soviet Union. The opera came to be from Charlestonian DuBose Heyward’s 1925 novel (turned into a play by his wife Dorothy) about a disabled Black man, Porgy, and the apple of his eye, Bess. The Broadway production was atypical, considering it was a white male novelist with slave-owning ancestors who wrote the empathetic portrayal of a Black man who was not some vaudeville caricature, but a man with dignity and independence, Greene said, who authored Porgy and Bess: A Charleston Story. Decades later, the stage adaptation of the groundbreaking novel wouldn’t just showcase the informal trait of American staged opera, it also found itself at the center of the city’s evolution on race. When Porgy was to be staged in 1954 at County Hall, a repurposed mill at 1000 King St., the all-Black theater company, Stagecrafters, tried to negotiate with the both the NAACP to segregate the room and with the state to lay aside its integration ban, according to journalist Herb Frazier’s historical summary in, We Are Charleston. Both rejected the compromise. The NAACP wanted a fully integrated audience, and the state wanted it fully segregated. It wasn’t until 1970 when the opera would play in Charleston, in the newly desegregated Municipal Auditorium, near today’s Gaillard Center. “It truly was — where opera beforehand had been in the province of the elite — that opera served as a

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TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the

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) 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 and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999. NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on September 21, 2021. 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, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call (803) 726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm LLP represents the Plaintiff in this action and 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 of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT My name is: Sarah O. Leonard

First/Middle/Last I am (check one) the Plaintiff or an authorized agent of the Plaintiff in the foreclosure case described at the top of this page. I am capable of making this certification. The facts stated in the certification are within my personal knowledge and are true and correct. 1. Verification Pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Orders 2020-04-30-02 and 2020-05-06-01 and based upon the information provided by the Plaintiff and/or its authorized servicer as maintained in its case management/database records, the undersigned makes the following certifications: Plaintiff is seeking to foreclose upon the following property commonly known as: 2755 Oak Leaf Drive North Charleston, SC 29420 Street Address & Unit No. (if any) City, State Zip code I verify that this property and specifically the mortgage loan subject to this action: [ ] is NOT a “Federally Backed Mortgage Loan” as defined by § 4022(a)(2) of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. [X] is a “Federally Backed Mortgage Loan” as defined by § 4022(a)(2) of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. Specifically, the foreclosure moratorium cited in Section 4022(c)(2) of the CARES Act has expired as of May 18, 2020, and the property and mortgage are not currently subject to a forbearance plan as solely defined in Sections 4022(b) and (c) of the CARES Act. The subject property is vacant. I hereby certify that I have reviewed the loan servicing records and case management/ data base records of the Plaintiff or its authorized mortgage servicer, in either digital or printed form, and that this mortgage loan is not currently subject to a forbearance plan as solely defined in Sections 4022(b) and (c) of the CARES Act. Pursuant thereto, I certify that the facts stated in this Certification are within my personal knowledge, excepting those matters based upon my information and belief as to the said loan servicing records and case management/ data base records of the Plaintiff or mortgage servicer, and to those matters I believe them to be true. See, Rule 11(c), SCRCP; BB&T of South Carolina v. Fleming, 360 S.C. 341, 601 S.E.2d 540 (2004). 2. Declaration I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true and correct. I am aware that if any of the foregoing statements made by me are willfully false, I am subject to punishment by contempt. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) C/A NO: 2021-CP-10-03458 DEFICIENCY WAIVED Freedom Mortgage Corporation, PLAINTIFF, vs. Hoffman Griffin, Randi Benton, and William Smalls, and if Hoffman Griffin, Randi Benton, and William Smalls, be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estates of Hoffman Griffin, Randi Benton, and William Smalls, distributees and devisees at law to the Estates of Hoffman Griffin, Randi Benton, and William Smalls, and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Elijah Benton; Jacob Benton; R.B. (minor); L.B. (minor); G.B. (minor); Tierra Josephine Rogers a/k/a Tierra Griffin; Westchester Civic Association; South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at their office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999. 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) 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 and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately

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Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999. NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on July 27, 2021 and the Amended Summons and Complaint were filed on September 16, 2021. 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, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call (803) 726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm LLP represents the Plaintiff in this action and 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 of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT

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My name is: Sarah O. Leonard First/Middle/Last

I am (check one) the Plaintiff or ☒ an authorized agent of the Plaintiff in the foreclosure case described at the top of this page. I am capable of making this certification. The facts stated in the certification are within my personal knowledge and are true and correct. 1. Verification Pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Orders 2020-04-30-02 and 2020-05-06-01 and based upon the information provided by the Plaintiff and/or its authorized servicer as maintained in its case management/database records, the undersigned makes the following certifications: Plaintiff is seeking to foreclose upon the following property commonly known as: 1540 Seacroft Road Charleston, SC 29412 Street Address & Unit No. (if any)

City, State Zip code

RDC File No.: 21-13206

RDC File No.: 20-13156

I verify that this property and specifically the mortgage loan subject to this action:

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 21-CP-10-3962

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NUMBER: 2021-CP10-3975

[ ] is NOT a “Federally Backed Mortgage Loan” as defined by § 4022(a)(2) of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. [X] is a “Federally Backed Mortgage Loan” as defined by § 4022(a)(2) of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. Specifically, the foreclosure moratorium cited in Section 4022(c)(2) of the CARES Act has expired as of May 18, 2020, and the property and mortgage are not currently subject to a forbearance plan as solely defined in Sections 4022(b) and (c) of the CARES Act. The subject property is vacant. I hereby certify that I have reviewed the loan servicing records and case management/ data base records of the Plaintiff or its authorized mortgage servicer, in either digital or printed form, and that this mortgage loan is not currently subject to a forbearance plan as solely defined in Sections 4022(b) and (c) of the CARES Act. Pursuant thereto, I certify that the facts stated in this Certification are within my personal knowledge, excepting those matters based upon my information and belief as to the said loan servicing records and case management/data base records of the Plaintiff or mortgage servicer, and to those matters I believe them to be true. See, Rule 11(c), SCRCP; BB&T of South Carolina v. Fleming, 360 S.C. 341, 601 S.E.2d 540 (2004). 2. Declaration I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true and correct. I am aware that if any of the foregoing statements made by me are willfully false, I am subject to punishment by contempt. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

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Union Heights Residential, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Regina D. Mitchum, Defendant. LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws §12-61-10, et. seq., and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, upon a complaint of the Plaintiff above-named, against the Defendant abovenamed, for the purpose of obtaining a Decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the sole owner in fee simple of the title to the property described in the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendant does not have any right, title, interest, claim, estate in or lien upon the said property; that the premises affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced were at the time of filing of this Lis Pendens described as follows, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, and comprising lot number twenty-four (24) Delaware Avenue on a Map of the Westerly part of Union Heights prepared for the Kopp-Isenhour Realty Company by J.E. Thomas C.E. dated 1919 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book C at Page 137; reference being made thereto for a more complete description thereof. TMS No.: 466-12-00-083 Address: 2034 Delaware Avenue N. Charleston, SC 29405 SUMMONS AND NOTICE 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, 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2, North Charleston, South Carolina 29406, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the 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 Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case. NOTICE OF FILING YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons and Complaint, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on August 27, 2021. s/ R. David Chard S.C. Bar No.: 1190 Attorney for the Plaintiff 2050 Spaulding Drive Suite 2 N. Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 554-6984

Sharon Sanders, Plaintiff, vs. Earthalena Wells and all unknown Heirs of Alice Warren, a/k/a Alice E.M. Warren, deceased, her Heirs at Law, or Distributees, Personal Representatives, Successors, Assigns, Spouses, if any, and all other persons entitled to claim under or through them and all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real property subject to this action, those who are adults being as a class designated as John Doe and any unknown infants or Persons under any disability or person in the military service of the United States of America being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants. LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws §1261-10, et. seq., and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, upon a complaint of the Plaintiff above-named, against the Defendant above-named, for the purpose of obtaining a Decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the sole owner in fee simple of the title to the property described in the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendant does not have any right, title, interest, claim, estate in or lien upon the said property; that the premises affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced were at the time of filing of this Lis Pendens described as follows, to-wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, County of Charleston, State aforesaid, known as Lot 22, Block C, Heathwood Subdivision, as shown on a plat entitled “Heathwood, St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, SC” dated December 7, 1956, by J.B. Weston, Surveyor, recorded in Plat Book K, at Page 179, in the RMC Office for Charleston County. TMS No.: 418-01-00-194 Property Address: 25 Heathwood Drive Charleston, SC 29407 SUMMONS AND NOTICE 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, 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29406, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity or Special Referee for this County, which order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically

provide that the said Master in Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case. NOTICE OF FILING YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Lis Pendens, Summons and Complaint, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on August 30, 2021. ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM UPON READING AND FILING the Petition of the Plaintiff for the appointment of Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem for any unknown defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a Class designated as “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” and it appearing that the names and addresses of such persons, if any, whether residents or non-residents of the State of South Carolina, are unknown to Plaintiff and cannot, with reasonable diligence be ascertained, and that the said Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, whose office is located at 6296 Rivers Avenue, Suite 102, North Charleston, South Carolina, is a suitable and competent person to understand and protect the rights and interests of said Defendants and has no interest therein adverse to the interest of said Defendants, if any, and is not connected in business with the Plaintiff, in this action or with its counsel. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that said Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, be and he is hereby designated and appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for said unknown Defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability of incompetent, including those persons who might be in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a class designated as “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” and he is hereby authorized to appear and defend the said action on behalf of said Defendants, unless Defendants, if any, or any of them shall within thirty (30) days after the service of a copy of this Order upon them, exclusive of the day of service, as herein provided, procure to be appointed, procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem for said Defendants, if any, for the purposes of this action. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order shall be served upon said unknown Defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the Military Service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a Class designated “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” by publication of a notice of this Order as required by law in a newspaper published in Berkeley County, South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. s/ R. David Chard S.C. Bar No.: 1190 Attorney for the Plaintiff 2050 Spaulding Drive Suite 2 N. Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 554-6984

RDC File No.: 21-13200 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 21-CP-10-2043 Bridge Charleston Investments F, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Winifred Rubye B. Muldrow, f/k/a Rubye B. Lewis, Scipio Grant, Ruth B. Johnson and Wardell Brown, and all other persons entitled to claim under or through them and all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real property subject to this action, those who are adults being as a class designated as John Doe and any unknown infants or Persons under any disability or person in the military service of the United States of America being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants. LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws §1261-10, et. seq., and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, upon a complaint of the Plaintiff above-named, against the Defendants above-named, for the purpose of obtaining a Decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the sole owner in fee simple of the title to the property described in the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendants do not have any right, title, interest, claim, estate in or lien upon the said property; that the premises affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced were at the time of filing of this Lis Pendens described as follows, to-wit: All that piece, parcel or lot of land with the buildings thereon situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and comprising Lot #50 Irving Avenue, on a map of the Westerly part of Union Heights prepared by Joseph E. Thomas, C.E., dated 1919, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book C, Page 137. Butting and Bounding as follows: to the North on Lot #51 Highland Avenue of said Subdivision; to the East on Lot #52 Irving Avenue; to the South on Irving Avenue and to the West on Lot #48 Irving Avenue. TMS No.: 466-12-00-395 Address: 1980 Irving Avenue N. Charleston, SC 29405 SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS 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, 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2, North Charleston, South Carolina 29406, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the 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 Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case. NOTICE OF FILING YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Amended Summons and Amended Complaint, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on September 3, 2021. ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM UPON READING AND FILING the Petition of the Plaintiff for the appointment of Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem for any unknown defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a Class designated as “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” and it appearing that the names and addresses of such persons, if any, whether residents or non-residents of the State of South Carolina, are unknown to Plaintiff and cannot, with reasonable diligence be ascertained, and that the said Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, whose office is located at 6296 Rivers Avenue, Suite 102, North Charleston, South Carolina, is a suitable and competent person to understand and protect the rights and interests of said Defendants and has no interest therein adverse to the interest of said Defendants, if any, and is not connected in business with the Plaintiff, in this action or with its counsel. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that said Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, be and he is hereby designated and appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for said unknown Defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability of incompetent, including those persons who might be in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a class designated as “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” and he is hereby authorized to appear and defend the said action on behalf of said Defendants, unless Defendants, if any, or any of them shall within thirty (30) days after the service of a copy of this Order upon them, exclusive of the day of service, as herein provided, procure to be appointed, procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem for said Defendants, if any, for the purposes of this action. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order shall be served upon said unknown Defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the Military Service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a Class designated “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” by publication of a notice of this Order as required by law in a newspaper published in Berkeley County, South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. s/ R. David Chard S.C. Bar No.: 1190 Attorney for the Plaintiff 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2 N. Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 554-6984

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred. Estate of: TAMATHA LYNN GREENE 2021-ES-10-0596 DOD: 02/22/21 Pers. Rep: ETHEL L. GREENE 2298 BREVARD RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 Atty: ARTHUR C. MCFARLAND, ESQ. 1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: RAYMOND R. BOYNTON 2021-ES-10-1317 DOD: 01/16/21 Pers. Rep: BEVERLY P. BOYNTON 1317 KIKI WAY CHARLESTON, SC 29407 Atty: KELVIN M. HUGER, ESQ. 27 GAMECOCK AVE., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: SAUNDRA WILLIAMS PURVIS 2021-ES-10-1679 DOD: 08/10/21 Pers. Rep: JOHN S. PURVIS, III 101 DANIEL LOW TERRACE, #1 STATEN ISLAND, NY 10301 Pers. Rep: STEVEN HOWARD CLEMENT 2106 FIFE LN CHARLESTON, SC 29414 Atty: ANTHONY B. O’NEILL, SR., ESQ. 1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: TERESA MARIE CAMPBELL 2021-ES-10-1760 DOD: 06/01/21 Pers. Rep: FAMILY SERVICES INC DBA ORIGIN SC PO BOX 118006 CHARLESTON, SC 29423 ************ Estate of: LOUISE RHETT PERRY 2021-ES-10-1769 DOD: 08/20/21 Pers. Rep: STEWART C. CRISLER 300 BAMPFIELD DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: MARGARET ANNE NOONE MCNAMARA 2021-ES-10-1773 DOD: 07/31/21 Pers. Rep: TIMOTHY P. MCNAMARA 1528 JUANITA ST. NAPA, CA 94559 Atty: RANDOLPH W. COOPER, ESQ. 109 RIVER LANDING, #100B CHARLESTON, SC 29492 ************ Estate of: THOMAS WELLS CULLUM 2021-ES-10-1813 DOD: 06/23/21 Pers. Rep: TANCEY CULLUM BELKEN 1071 MYRTLE DR. SANTEE, SC 29142 ************ Estate of: HAKIM AKEEM HUNTER GRANT 2021-ES-10-1824 DOD: 09/06/21 Pers. Rep: JACQUELINE GRANT JACQUES 200 COMING ST., #A307 CHARLESTON, SC 29403 ************ Estate of: RAYMOND ALLEN WARFORD 2021-ES-10-1831 DOD: 09/01/21 Pers. Rep: JEFF YUNGMAN 35 WALNUT ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29403

ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE CHARLESTON EN EL TRIBUNAL DE FAMILIA NOVENO CIRCUITO JUDICIAL N.° DE EXPEDIENTE 2021-DR10-2316 DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR V.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2021-DR-08-780

MOSES MARTINEZ-ROSALES E INGRID YLISSA MARQUEZ, DEMANDADOS. EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE: MENOR NACIDO EN 2012.

ADRIENNE DEVETTE FRANCE

AL DEMANDADO: Moses Martinez-Rosales POR LA PRESENTE SE REQUIERE SU COMPARECENCIA y la presentación de la contestación de la demanda en virtud de este proceso ante el Secretario del Tribunal en el condado de CHARLESTON el 2 DE AGOSTO DE 2021. Una vez probado el interés, se le enviará una copia de la Demanda luego de que esta haya sido solicitada ante el Secretario del Tribunal en el condado de Charleston y deberá enviar una copia de su Contestación de Demanda al demandante, el Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Carolina del Sur, a la oficina de su abogado, Dawn M. Berry, quien pertenece al Departamento de Asuntos Legales del Departamento de Servicios Sociales del condado de Charleston, 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, dentro de los treinta (30) días de esta notificación, sin contar la fecha de servicio. En caso de no presentar una contestación dentro del plazo mencionado previamente, el demandante le solicitará una indemnización al Tribunal. Dawn M. Berry, N.° de matrícula de la Asociación de Abogados de Carolina del Sur: 101675, 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405, Número de teléfono: 843-953-9625.

VS ARMA KHALIQ SUNDIATA; TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and notified that an action has been filed against you in this court. Within thirty (30) days of the day you receive this Summons, you must respond in writing to this Complaint by filing an Answer or responsive pleading with this court. You must also serve a copy of your Answer or responsive pleading to this Complaint upon the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s Attorney at the address shown below. If you fail to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint as indicated, judgment by default could be rendered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint. William S. Hammett, III, Esq. (SC Bar #100627) and Stephanie M. Richards, Esq. (SC Bar #103345) Cobb Dill & Hammett, LLC 222 W. Coleman Boulevard Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) 843-936-6680 (F) 843-353-2529 whammett@cdhlawfirm.com or srichards@cdhlawfirm.com Attorney(s) for Plaintiff

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR- 10-2316 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS MOSES MARTINEZ-ROSALES AND INGRID YLISSA MARQUEZ, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2012. TO DEFENDANT: Moses Martinez-Rosales YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on AUGUST 2, 2021. 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, Dawn M. Berry, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 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. Dawn M. Berry, SC Bar #101675, 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405, Telephone # 843-953-9625.

Order to Appear Christopher Shelton IT IS ORDERED THAT YOU Christopher Shelton appear at the time and place stated below so the court can determine whether the relief asked for in the “Petition” should be granted. Judicial officer: Hon Joseph Georgini Hearing: November 15, 2021 at 9:00am Address: Pinal County Justice Complex 971 N Jason Lopez Circle, Building A Florence AZ 85132 Case Number: D0202100599

NOTICE TO CURRENT AND FORMER CLIENTS OF JEFFREY T. WATSON: By Order of the S.C. Supreme Court, the law office of Jeffrey T. Watson of Charleston, SC, has been closed. The S.C. Supreme Court appointed Peyre T. Lumpkin as Receiver to protect the interests of the clients of Jeffrey T. Watson. Personnel from the Receiver’s Office are available to assist you in obtaining your file(s). Please contact the Receiver’s Office at 803-7341186 to make arrangements to receive your file(s).

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Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you still hoping to heal from psychological wounds that you rarely speak about? May I suggest that you consider speaking about them in the coming weeks? Not to just anyone and everyone, of course, but rather to allies who might be able to help you generate at least a partial remedy. The moment is ripe, in my opinion. Now is a favorable time for you to become actively involved in seeking cures, fixes, and solace. Life will be more responsive than usual to such efforts. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The delights of selfdiscovery are always available,” writes author Gail Sheehy. I will add that those delights will be extra accessible for you in the coming weeks. In my view, you’re in a phase of super-learning about yourself. You will attract help and support if you passionately explore mysteries and riddles that have eluded your understanding. Have fun surprising and entertaining yourself, Taurus. Make it your goal to catch a new glimpse of your hidden depths every day. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini novelist and philosopher Muriel Barbery says, “I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken.” In the coming weeks, I hope you will overcome any tendency you might have to manipulate yourself in such a way. In my view, it’s crucial for your mental and spiritual health that you at least question your belief system‚ and perhaps even risk shaking its foundation. Don’t worry: Even if doing so ushers in a period of uncertainty, you’ll be much stronger for it in the long run. More robust and complete beliefs will be available for you to embrace. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In her book Mathilda, novelist Mary Shelley (1797-1851) has the main character ask, “What had I to love?” And the answer? “Oh, many things: there was the moonshine, and the bright stars; the breezes and the refreshing rains; there was the whole earth and the sky that covers it.” I bring this to your attention in the hope of inspiring you to make your own tally of all the wonders you love. I trust your inventory will be at least ten times as long as Mathilda’s. Now is a favorable time for you to gather all the healing that can come from feeling waves of gratitude, even adoration, for the people, animals, experiences, situations, and places that rouse your interest and affection and devotion. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Our memories are always changing. Whenever we call up a specific remembrance, it’s different from the last time we visited that same remembrance‚ colored by all the new memories we have accumulated in the meantime. Over time, an event we recall from when we were nine years old has gone through a great deal of shape-shifting in our memory so much so that it may have little resemblance to the first time we remembered it. Is this a thing to be mourned or celebrated? Maybe some of both. Right now, though, it’s to be celebrated. You have extra power to declare your independence from any memories that don’t make you feel good. Why hold onto them if you can’t even be sure they’re accurate? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in a spacecraft. His flight marked the first time that NASA, the agency in charge of spaceflight, had ever used electronic computers. Glenn, who was also an engineer, wanted the very best person to verify the calculations, and that was Virgo mathematician Katherine Johnson. In fact, Glenn said he wouldn’t fly without her involvement. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because I believe the coming months will be a favorable time for you to garner the kind of respect and recognition that Katherine Johnson got from John Glenn. Make sure everyone who needs to know does indeed know about your aptitudes and skills. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to an Apache proverb, “It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.” If you act on that counsel in the coming weeks, you will succeed in doing what needs to be done. There is only

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one potential downfall you could be susceptible to, in my view, and that is talking and thinking too much about the matter you want to accomplish before you actually take action to accomplish it. All the power you need will arise as you resolutely wield the lightning in your hands. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To encourage young people to come to its shows, the English National Opera has offered a lot of cheap tickets. Here’s another incentive: Actors sing in English, not Italian or French or German. Maybe most enticing for audiences is that they are encouraged to boo the villains. The intention is to make attendees feel relaxed and free to express themselves. I’m pleased to give you Scorpios permission to boo the bad guys in your life during the coming weeks. In fact, I will love it if you are extra eloquent and energetic about articulating all your true feelings. In my view, now is prime time for you to show the world exactly who you are. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “If we’re not careful, we are apt to grant ultimate value to something we’ve just made up in our heads,” said Zen priest Kosho Uchiyama. In my view, that’s a problem all of us should always be alert for. As I survey my own past, I’m embarrassed and amused as I remember the countless times I committed this faux pas. For instance, during one eight-month period, I inexplicably devoted myself to courting a woman who had zero interest in a romantic relationship with me. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because I’m concerned that right now, you’re more susceptible than usual to making this mistake. But since I’ve warned you, maybe you’ll avoid it. I hope so! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Asha Sanaker writes, “There is a running joke about us Capricorns that we age backwards. Having been born as burdened, cranky old people, we become lighter and more joyful as we age because we have gained so much practice in wielding responsibility. And in this way we learn, over time, about what are our proper burdens to carry and what are not. We develop clear boundaries around how to hold our obligations with grace.” Sanaker’s thoughts will serve as an excellent meditation for you in the coming weeks. You’re in a phase when you can make dramatic progress in embodying the skills she articulates. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): As author Denise Linn reminded us, “The way you treat yourself sends a very clear message to others about how they should treat you.” With that advice as your inspiration, I will ask you to deepen your devotion to self-care in the coming weeks. I will encourage you to shower yourself with more tenderness and generosity than you have ever done in your life. I will also urge you to make sure these efforts are apparent to everyone in your life. I am hoping for you to accomplish a permanent upgrade in your love for yourself, which should lead to a similar upgrade in the kindness you receive from others. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have at your disposal a prodigiously potent creative tool: your imagination. If there’s a specific experience or object you want to bring into your world, the first thing you do is visualize it. The practical actions you take to live the life you want to live always refer back to the scenes in your mind’s eye. And so every goal you fulfill, every quest you carry out, every liberation you achieve, begins as an inner vision. Your imagination is the engine of your destiny. It’s the catalyst with which you design your future. I bring these ideas to your attention, dear Pisces, because November is Celebrate Your Imagination month. Homework: Describe what actions you’ll take in the next six months to make your world a funner, holier place. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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Poet laureate part of mixed-media tribute to national site In honor of the 100th anniversary of The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.,-based opera company, UrbanArias, commissioned Charleston’s poet laureate Marcus Amaker and Chicago composer Shawn Okpebholo for a theatrical film set to premiere online Nov. 11 for a monthlong run. Okpebholo’s aim was to express with his music the reality that the unknown soldiers are many different types of people with styles such as tango, neo-soul and the European waltz, while Amaker’s aim was to zero in on the emotion behind being a soldier within his poems. —Chelsea Grinstead

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The best word to describe the Charleston rapper Tragman is “aggressive.” He’s got an aggressive flow as an emcee, barking out lyrics in tough, quick verses. Even on his ballads, it’s clear he’s got a lot on his mind. He’s aggressively prolific as an artist. His new album, Still Ain’t No Fun, is his fourth full-length release in four years. And he’s aggressive as a businessman. His label, Geechie Commission Entertainment, is chock-full of talented artists, most of whom appear prominently on the record. First inspired by pop rap like Kriss Kross, Tragman mimicked Notorious B.I.G. and Royce da 5’9 as he experimented and came up with his own Charleston-rooted style. Lyrically, Tragman casts a wide net, pulling from various hip-hop subgenres and his own life. “I like to do club and party records,” he said. “I like to talk about social issues, experiences that I’ve been through, or sometimes things that might have happened around me that other people can relate to. I take all those and translate them into songs and stories that hopefully can inspire and help other people going through those same experiences.” You can definitely feel that reach on Still Ain’t No Fun. Tracks like the pulsing “COB/ RSM” and the ominous “Dirty Scoundrels” seem made for the club dance floor. But there are more contemplative moments on the album like “Hustla Prayer,” which finds Tragman rapping, “I’m losing myself/Armed with the nine and the TEC/ Better caught with that than caught without breath,” before guest artist Ya Boy Dee 100 laments, “Gun shots again in the hood.” And on the similarly searching, “Nobody Cares,” Tragman looks out his window and

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Local rapper Tragman said every artist he works with brings something different to the table, pushing him in new directions sees a war zone: “While we fighting our brothers over colors in the street/Police is playing for keeps.” Tragman credits his collaborators on Still Ain’t No Fun, artists like GhostFlows, Dream Ray Lee, YGD Tha Top Dogg and many more, with expanding both his lyrical reach and his fan base. “I wanted to introduce those guys to the world with this project,” he said. “Every artist that I’m able to collab with — they all bring something different to the table. Some of them lyrically push me to be better and at the same time, working with out-of-city and out-of-state artists allows me to grow a fanbase.” In an age where artists focus on EPs and singles, it was important for Tragman to establish himself as an album artist, if only because he likes to go against the grain. “It’s very important to make albums,” he said. “At this stage of the game, I look at myself as almost counterculture. So the things that the mainstays are doing, I do the opposite. And I’m going to cultivate a small cult following of people who respect

what it is I do and are looking for that authentic, old hip-hop feeling. I want to be different from the norm.” Whatever he’s doing, it’s working, because Still Ain’t No Fun just crossed an auspicious threshold, crossing 500,000 streams. “It’s a great feeling, especially with the amount of work that we put into the actual project,” he said. “And everybody that contributed to it played a major part as far as to help promote it and share it and do everything they could do as well. It’s just been a huge break for me, and I’m grateful.” There’s a lot more on the horizon for Tragman. His plan for 2022 is, you guessed it, aggressive. “The plan is 40 songs divided into four albums,” he said. “So we’ll be dropping an album a week starting February 1. And after that, toward the end of the year, we’ll be dropping Still Ain’t No Fun 3, which will be the finale of the series. And then, of course, we’ll be doing videos, documentaries. We’re looking to branch into movies. We’re just doing all different stuff.”

Singer-songwriter Dylan Swinson’s early-2000s pop rock comes around again on “Haunted,” his new song inspired by one of his dreams that had a “ ’90s children ghost video, Casper Meets Wendy,” vibe. “Haunted” is Swinson’s first dabble in song designing, with accents of gang vocals and banshee screams to give the track a “haunted VHS tape” feel. Bassist Chris Viera and drummer Evan Lampkin of Black Power Mixtape are featured on the track, and will play Nov. 19 with Swinson at The Royal American, along with guitarist Blake Williams. —CG

Punk band Shem Creeps throw first birthday party Funcore punk group Shem Creeps is celebrating its first birthday Nov. 6 at Tin Roof. Frontman Devin Dukes and guitarist Stephen Hunt put together a fourpiece with bassist Zach Roetling and drummer Aaron Roetling and the group just played its 31st show. Dukes has drawn major influence from Orange County punk and Black Flag’s Henry Rollins — “anyone who gets on stage and runs around” — while Hunt has been partial to Aerosmith, Black Sabbath and The Dead Milkmen. —CG