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A handful of scientists based in a nondescript West Ashley lab have played an integral role in making sure millions of COVID-19 vaccines are safe and bacteria-free.

Tucked off Wappoo Road sits Charles River Labs (CRL), a four-building complex with an unassuming appearance that houses a global leader in medical technology, and with one step inside, it’s easy to see what it does — horseshoe crab posters line the walls and stuffed animals cover cubicles.

“When we started, the crabs were sold for bait — nobody cared about them,” said CRL senior vice president Foster Jordan. “They were chopped up in pieces and sold for 50 cents apiece because they were a nuisance.”

Now, South Carolina is the only state where horseshoe crabs are protected by federal regulations, limiting their use solely to biomedical sectors, thanks to the arthropods’ unique blue-colored blood.

Horseshoe crabs, ancient animals that have survived for 450 million years, have incredibly simple biology, Jordan explained.

But since they live in high exposure to bacteria, their immune systems are also incredibly effective. That makes their blood an easily manipulated, efficient substance.

Between 1945 and 1987, the standard

method of testing an injectable medication for contamination was known as the “rabbit test,” and it’s exactly what it sounds like. A rabbit would be injected with the medication and monitored, watching for anything abnormal that could signal a contaminated medicine.

But in 1971, the first-ever published test using horseshoe crab blood was published, though the research wouldn’t be picked back up and approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) until 1987.

“It was the first-ever and still is the only FDA-approved alternative to an animal test,” Jordan said. “We’re still the only one because you can imagine how complex it is to replace an animal model. That’s why we’re still regulated by the FDA too, they’d never done this before.”

Using horseshoe crab blood, tests could measure bacterial contamination — a more effective process known as the limulus amebocyte lysate test, or LAL. “Suddenly, you could start testing vials, stoppers, water, buffers — everything that went into contact with the final product,” Jordan said. “Since the LAL has been adopted, there’s never been, globally, an instance of a bacterial contamination in an injectable drug ever.”

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the years, but these days, a clear liquid is used that turns yellow to indicate the presence of contaminants.

All this innovation positioned the Boston-based international pharmaceutical company perfectly for the onset of the pandemic, when the rapid and safe creation of a new, injectable COVID-19 vaccine became essential. CRL already worked on 85% of all drugs approved by the FDA in 2019, but Jordan estimates the number to be closer to 95% in 2020.

“It’s been a challenge for me and my team, and I thank them every day because without them coming to work every day and going into those suites, the drugs and the COVID vaccines sit on the shelf,” Jordan said. “They had to do the weekend work, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

The Coastal Conservation League, a statewide environmental advocacy group based in Charleston, announced executive director Laura Cantral will depart the organization effective Dec. 31, citing personal reasons.

“It has been an honor to lead this incredible organization,” Cantral wrote in a memo.

“When I arrived in late 2017, I knew I was stepping into a Cantral unique role — one of leader, manager, strategist, advocate, fundraiser and steward all rolled into one. I could not have known the challenges and opportunities we would face over the course of the last four years.”

Cantral took over leadership of the group from its founder, Dana Beach.

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An 1853 “slave badge” discovered during a spring 2021 dig at College of Charleston is one of the top 10 discoveries of 2021, according to Archeology Magazine. Source: CofC

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Senator warns of ‘shell game’ distractions on education A state senator who is passionate about education policy warned that voters would see a host of distractions from key issues in the coming legislative session.

In recent remarks during a panel discussion by the S.C. School Boards Association, S.C. Sen. Mike Fanning, D-Fairfield, described games of street-corner, con-artist deception alongside fellow Fanning education-focused lawmakers, Fanning said people should have an understanding of what was coming.

“You’re going to see some of the shell games this year,” he said. “You’ve already heard some of it — sex books in Fort Mill libraries, critical race theory — you’ll hear every single thing thrown out the one year South Carolina has more revenue than we’ve ever had in the history of the state

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— the one year we’ll have more additional revenue than we will ever have in the next 100 years.”

South Carolina currently has a $3 billion budget surplus. About $2 billion of it is one-time funds that could be used for infrastructure projects. Saturday’s panel, moderated by City Paper publisher Andy Brack, sought answers on how much of the surplus would be dedicated to education.

Fanning said base student cost, the largest single source of state funds for public education according to state thinktank Palmetto Promise Institute, hasn’t been fully funded in 13 years.

Sen. Sean Bennett, R-Dorchester, said while he agrees with Fanning that money is important, a base student cost model may not be a one-size-fits-all solution.

“Send [the funds] out in bulk, and then let the district decide where that money is best suited,” he said. “One district may need it for technology, one district may need it for teachers, one district may need it for physical buildings.” —Skyler Baldwin

State health officials are urging South Carolinians to stay the course on protecting themselves against COVID-19 in light of a new strain first found in South Africa.

After identification of the new omicron strain of the coronavirus over the Thanksgiving weekend, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) released a statement encouraging South Carolina residents to get vaccinated and those eligible receive booster shots in preparation for a potential new wave of infections.

Though no cases of have been identified in South Carolina, as the weather cools and infections of previously identified variants increase, it becomes more

likely for new variants to gain a foothold.

Information regarding the severity of illness and transmissibility of the variant compared to others like delta are still foggy, and new information is being gathered daily, according to a Nov. 30 statement.

The omicron variant is now also listed on the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list of Variants of Concern.

DHEC officials say the best course of action for residents is to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive the follow-up booster shot when eligible. Health officials and national leaders are also urging indoor masking regardless of vaccination status to prevent the spread of disease to others. —Skyler Baldwin

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Could SC say ‘No’ to pre-K funds from federal spending bill?

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Republican leaders in South Carolina are reportedly among a group of national conservatives who could question or turn down federal funding to expand universal pre-kindergarten, according to a report last week in The Washington Post.

A plan recently OK’d by the U.S. House of Representatives and awaiting approval by the Senate would send $110 billion to states over six years to offer free pre-kindergarten for 3- and 4-year-olds nationwide.

And while similar proposals have garnered support from both Republicans and Democrats in the past, some GOP lawmakers across the country are reportedly ready to say, “No, thanks,” if the funding comes from the Biden-backed bill.

“Republican lawmakers in Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina and Minnesota told The Post that they will reject or are troubled by aspects of Biden’s proposed pre-K expansion,” the D.C. paper reported.

Though the proposal would send federal dollars to pay for some of the costs, legislatures would have to appropriate funds to cover the rest.

State Rep. Rita Allison, R-Lyman, told the City Paper last week there hasn’t been much talk of the federal dollars for pre-K in the Palmetto State yet, but that leaders would have to see how the proposal impacts

the bottom line, if passed.

“That’s the thing about the federal money coming in: It’s good for a one-time push,” she said. “But when you start looking at something that is recurring, that means that the state has to be in a position to pick it up when the time happens.”

In S.C., expanded prekindergarten programs have taken root in the past year.

Ahead of spats over COVID-19 precautions this fall, state Superintendent Molly Spearman and Gov. Henry McMaster Allison in July managed to muster support for state-funded pre-K expansion, having $37 million appropriated in this year’s budget.

The public-private First Steps program serves as the distribution point for those public dollars.

“South Carolina is very invested in early childhood,” said Allison, who chairs the House education committee. “We would have to look at this and see exactly what it can mean to the state and to families and children.”

McMaster’s office did not respond to a request for comment. —Sam Spence

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for medical purposes, and as a result, we have the most stable population in the world.”

That claim stems from a 2019 report by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, which noted the population of horseshoe crabs in the Southeast is stable and in good standing. But specific data on horseshoe crabs in South Carolina is hard to come by, Cedzo said.

“We need to know what the actual health of the overall population of the crabs are in the area, and it’s really difficult to tell.

There’s no straightforward transparent data on the population in the state alone, and lacking that, it’s difficult to have a firm understanding of what’s happening in these ecosystems.”

In an October op-ed in The Post and Courier, Christian Hunt of the nonprofit conservation outfit Defenders of Wildlife contended that declines in crab sampling are to blame for not having a full picture of crab population health.

Defenders of Wildlife did not respond to requests for comment. In his own op-ed written in response, Jordan called Hunt’s claims misleading.

Other environmental advocates are calling for approval and use of a synthetic replacement for the horseshoe crab blood, eliminating the need for harvesting, but Jordan says the science just isn’t there yet.

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But that increased workload has also meant an increased reliance on wild-caught horseshoe crabs that must be harvested to have blood extracted before being released.

“Harvesting horseshoe crabs has impacts on the entire ecosystem of the Lowcountry,” said Emily Cedzo, Coastal Conservation League’s land, water and wildlife senior program director.

Part of the complication comes not from the actual harvesting of the crabs, but from how they are kept ready for harvest, in longterm holding ponds, Cedzo said.

“CRL contracts harvesters who stay in touch with the actual labs, and when there isn’t capacity for additional crabs, they put them in manmade ponds, since they already took them from the water,” she said. “They’re left there for indefinite amounts of time — could be weeks, could be months.”

Jordan said he and the team are aware of concerns, but said he thinks most of it stems from misinformation.

“We work with the state to actually protect the horseshoe crab,” he said. “This is the only state in the world where it can only be used

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RUNNERS UP Breakfast of Champions o’ the Week: During an 8 a.m. class, an underage student got caught pouring himself a premixed margarita from a bottle stored in his desk.

While opening a display case at a jewelry store so he could steal a few bracelets, a man put his bare hands all over the glass surface, leaving his fingerprints everywhere. Don’t they teach the basics in thief school anymore?

Upon returning home after an apartment fire, one family learned that the cleaners they had hired to fix the damage had left the door unlocked and placed their belongings on the lawn on several occasions, and someone made off with 80 of their DVDs, a $350 Tiffany lamp, several curtains and rugs, and $900 worth of hair weave.

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he newest members of Charleston County Council knew going into 2021 that the county’s top priority must be affordable housing. Now, more than a year later, one piece of that commitment has a chance of becoming a reality.

Under a proposal backed by a majority of members of county council last week, a deed restriction would be placed on 6.5 acres of public land at 995 Morrison Drive requiring “attainable and workforce housing” be built on the property. Details are still up in the air, but it looks like a step in the right direction.

For too many years, members of Charleston County Council squandered their responsibilities by allowing millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars to be frittered away on pet projects that benefited county insiders more than residents.

The old naval hospital. The long-delayed recycling center.

Former Council Chairman Elliott Summey’s hiring at the airport. Former attorney Joe Dawson’s sweetheart departure deal. The list goes on ...

Trust in county leaders was so low, in fact, that residents voted “No” on a 2020 referendum that would have given the county millions to supercharge affordable housing development.

On Nov. 4, 2020, the day after he was elected, new County Councilman Rob Wehrman didn’t mince words.

“Despite the failure of the referendum on affordable housing, I think the county’s got to find some way of still addressing that issue,” he told the City Paper.

Another council newcomer, Kylon Middleton, called the proposal for Morrison Drive “quite visionary and forward-thinking.”

Growing up a stone’s throw away in the East Side neighbor-

hood, Middleton said the city is changing in ways that require dramatic action, particularly for Black and minority residents.

“On that side of town, where I grew up, we cannot find individuals anymore … that look like me,” he said during a Dec. 2 meeting. “There is no more land that God is making.

And we own that. And we have the right to develop it.”

Conservatives would like to let the real estate market have its way with the property at 995 Morrison Drive — the same market that got us into this mess. As an appraiser, Councilman Herb Sass knows how the market works to enrich developers. As a construction litigator, so does Councilwoman Jenny Honeycutt.

As does council’s resident commercial banker, Brantley Moody.

Middleton is right: This is a unique opportunity that the county should not pass up. Honeycutt and Councilman Dickie Schweers waded in against the proposel by invoking the specters of the naval hospital boondoggle and the county’s poorly managed Joseph Floyd Manor tower for low-income seniors.

But if members of council have so little confidence in their own abilities to manage the county’s affairs, they should step aside.

As Wehrman told his colleagues during the meeting, the details of the proposal still need to be ironed out. What does attainable and affordable mean? What are the other options?

It’s county leaders’ jobs to ask those questions and act accordingly.

Letting the out-of-control real estate market loose at 995 Morrison Drive would be another screw-up by county leaders.

All members should heed Wehrman’s guidance in support of the proposal: “We’re not going to give up on working folks living on the peninsula.”

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Stop micromanaging and censoring educators By Will McCorkle The Republican Party often talks boldly about assaults on the First Amendment and freedom of speech. I agree that there have been some serious threats against free speech that should be addressed including actions from some on the left.

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However, a new bill (HB.4605) being introduced by GOP representatives in the South Carolina legislature is an example of an assault on freedom of speech and academic freedom. The bill is titled in an almost Orwellian way: “Freedom from ideological coercion and indoctrination” Act. Among other things, this bill will make it illegal to talk about race as a social construct (though that is exactly what it is). The bill would also make it illegal for anyone, even in higher education, to infer that someone should feel guilt or discomfort because of their culture, heritage, or political belief.

Though this guilt is not necessarily the goal, it could be the outcome of an honest investigation of history and society, particularly when it comes to issues like racism and inequality.

Perhaps the most concerning for me was a part of the bill that said teachers are not Yes, occasionally, some allowed to teach in a way that “interjects personal views.” This is where censorship and teachers will push things government control really become problemtoo far, but there are atic. We need to get past this notion that natural guardrails in teachers should never say what they think about an issue. This education axiom does place for that, including not benefit our students. Some of the best complaints from parents teachers are ones whose passion for issues and topics can be clearly seen by students. and pushback from other Yes, occasionally, some teachers will push teachers and students. things too far, but there are natural guardrails in place for that, including complaints from parents and pushback from other teachers and students. I would rather have my child have both conservative and liberal teachers who give them unique perspectives on issues and are passionate about education rather than them have a micromanaged, censored curriculum due to political ideologues in the South Carolina legislature.

Perhaps unlike some in higher education, I concede that some of the methods and pedagogy on the left (which this bill addresses) have some serious problems and often contain logical flaws. Groupthink can tend to set in, particularly in academia, and those who treat whatever new ideology or argument as a religious tenet do a disservice to students and the public.

However, any problems that might be present from some elements of more left-leaning teaching ideology are greatly overshadowed by the greater danger of this “anti-critical race theory” movement, which threatens free speech and academic freedom. If these types of bills are implemented, it will prevent education from fulfilling About the the role it was initially established for: to preserve the ideas of our writer … democratic-republic and be a way to improve society.

Will McCorkle For legislators who love to talk about smaller government, they is a South still seem to really love Big Brother when it comes to the classroom.

Carolina They want state legislator to be in control and school and teachers educator and to have fewer rights or freedom in how they teach. immigration Our students suffer from this type of model. In South Carolina, advocate we are 43rd in education and 11th in our poverty rate. At the same time, we are making sure immigrant Dreamers can’t teach in schools during a teacher shortage. Our legislature has helped create a type of society that needs to be critiqued by students. It seems that the legislators are doing everything in their power to make sure that it is not. Perhaps they know if students are able to think critically about the society, they will soon be out of a job.

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22nd annual Holiday Market & Craft Show Check out this year’s assortment of local items and gifts crafted by local artists, makers and crafters. Peruse vendors, enjoy live entertainment and grab some local eats. Activities for children will also be available, including face-painting, kids crafts, balloon art and a visit with Santa Claus.

Dec. 11. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free to attend. Mount Pleasant Farmers Market Pavilion. 645 Coleman Blvd.

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30th annual Reindeer Run Celebrate the holidays with a family-oriented, pet-friendly 5k in downtown Charleston. Run or walk the route starting at Riley Park off Fishburne Street. Each year, proceeds go to local charities to support the community. This year, the event will benefit the Medical University of South Carolina’s children’s hospital.

Dec. 11. 9 a.m. $40/general; $15/children; $25/virtual. Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. 360 Fishburne St. Downtown. reindeerrun.org SUNDAY

Biergarten Christkindlmarkt Experience a German-inspired holiday market right here in the Lowcountry. This is the third outing for Bay Street Biergarten’s take on a German Christmas market. Drop by for live music, glühwein and various local vendors looking to get you into the holiday spirit and fulfill your holiday shopping all at once.

Dec. 12. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free to attend. Bay Street Biergarten. 549 East Bay St. Downtown. baystreetbiergarten.com THURSDAY

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Dec. 9. 6-7 p.m. $10/members; $15/nonmembers. Charleston Library Society. 164 King St. Downtown. charlestonlibrarysociety.org

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DO SOMETHING “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

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merica is in the throes of the largest internal political war since its first, the American Civil War, began in Charleston 160 years ago. Then, as now, the nation was being pulled apart by injustice, inequity and white supremacy. Now, however, the battlefield is far different. The weapons aren’t rifles, cannon or a submarine. Rather, warriors often employ sophisticated technology, messaging, misinformation, disinformation, gerrymandering and fear to manipulate a sleeping electorate to question long-held values of decency, the common good, fairness and the American dream.

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Is anybody really standing up and fighting these days for democracy? Meet the Lincoln Project.

he lies. The scandals. The narcissism. The continual conflict about anything from the size of a crowd to what to do about a pandemic. It was all just too much for a few veteran Republican campaign strategists who witnessed their fiscally conservative, beloved party spin out of control to a pied piper who didn’t take democracy seriously. They had to do something. So they fought back with the tools they had — political messaging to get inside the head of President Donald Trump so voters would see him rage out of control.

“Our belief is you have to fight this in the culture,” said Stuart Stevens, a key player for the Lincoln Project and top strategist for Mitt Romney’s 2012 GOP presidential campaign.

The Lincoln Project spent tens of millions of dollars in 2020 on pithy short videos and persuasive campaign ads in targeted battleground states. It was a campaign against one person to keep him from remaining in the White House.

“I quickly realized how liberating it was to not have a client,” Stevens recalled in an August interview. “We were in this kind Stevens of unique position of having freedom. We don’t have any clients. We don’t have any special interests.”

In Pennsylvania, they completed 8.3 million often snarky digital ad messages with targets as seniors and suburban women. In Arizona, 8.1 million messages targeted seniors and college-educated whites. Biden barely won both states. But the intricate list goes on, targeted and microtargeted, to move disaffected GOP voters away from Trump.

“Of all of the work we did in 2020, we never had one ad about an issue,” said Stevens. “It was all about Trump. If you remember back in 2019, there was an opinion by a lot of Democrats that the way to successfully prosecute the campaign against Trump was to not talk about Trump. We took a very different approach.

We thought the first 10 issues in the race were Trump.”

The Lincoln Project rewrote the political playbook by going on the guerilla attack instead of what they’d done traditionally for years — research an issue, strip it down to a core message, cut a campaign ad, test it with focus groups, re-edit and finally run it — weeks or months after the idea. At the Lincoln Project, an ad might be an idea one day and online the next.

“We had more than 300 pieces of video content last year,” said Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson. “We didn’t have time to sit in focus groups.” All totaled, they completed 60 million views of their television ads and delivered 242 million digital impressions, according to a 2020 stewardship report.

In the first few months of the Lincoln Project, the group raised about $5 million, a number that would grow 20-fold by the end of 2020.

“The idea that you had to do something was something that Wilson really motivated us all,” Wilson recalled. “We couldn’t sit on the sidelines as the Trump movement became increasingly obvious what it was. We couldn’t say we were OK with authoritarianism, with cruelty. We couldn’t be OK with that because we saw what the alternative was — a country that looked so different from an American republic.”

And today, pariahs in their old party, they’re still at it.

“Our business is democracy and American liberty and the preservation of a republic that is challenged every day by people who would destroy it in order to gain political power. We live in a very dangerous moment. We’ll work with anybody who wants to preserve democracy.”

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“Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.”

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bout 100 years after former S.C. Confederates sabotaged Reconstruction in 1876, Palmetto State political consultant Lee Atwater started practicing a “win at all costs” politics. It eventually propelled Carroll Campbell into Congress and later as a Republican in the governor’s mansion who masterminded the GOP’s takeover of the S.C. House of Representatives. Atwater then led the 1988 presidential campaign of George H.W. Bush, fueled by acolytes like Wilson and Stevens.

“All of us were raised on this (kind of politics),” Wilson said. “It was the Lee Atwater line — ‘Just win, baby.’ That was Machiavelli with a Southern accent. You go out there and win. That’s something that informed our work.”

But after Trump seized control of the GOP in 2016 and his party congressional leaders fawned despite pettiness, scandal and lies, it became too much for Wilson, Stevens and Lincoln Project cofounders Reed Galen and Steve Schmidt, both key players in Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.

Since then, they’ve weathered their own scandals, notably resignations of Schmidt and others after reports of sexual misconduct by another co-founder and questionable campaign tactics in a 2021 Virginia race for governor. They’ve also been criticized for double-dealing by steering millions of dollars raised to media companies with which they are connected.

Wilson bristled at the suggestion he and his colleagues left comfortable consulting jobs with the GOP to get rich and famous. “I used to make a lot more money. I didn’t get death threats. My kids didn’t get death threats. All of us had very comfortable lives. We worked hard, but it was not a hard life.”

Meanwhile, John Podesta, chairman of the center-left Center for American Progress, said the creative work by the Lincoln Project “is terrific, but they didn’t put enough behind it.” By Podesta that, he meant it needed to get broader attention beyond digital impressions and targeted television ads. The messaging reached Democrats, who needed to feel good that somebody was punching at Trump, he said, but it wasn’t clear how much of a difference it made to mainstream GOP voters.

“But when it was as close as it was, you could plausibly say that everything mattered,” observed Chris Cooper, a Charleston native who has a digital Democratic consulting firm in Washington.

Another Democratic strategist, Pennsylvanian Eric Schnurer, said he believes the most important issue for the future of American politics is to bring the GOP back from “the insanity into Cooper which it is sinking further every day,” but it may be too late.

As for the Lincoln Project, Schnurer agreed it makes good ads that entertain Democrats.

“I don’t know if they’re effectively reaching the swing or loosely Republican-attached voters needed to win elections,” he said, adding that he worried about Democrats losing big ground in 2022, which would lead the GOP to retake control of Congress.

“They (Lincoln Project) don’t seem to be establishing a beachhead for other establishment Republicans to join them, or creating a movement for the new centrist-conservative party that might splinter the vote or even encouraging or shaming one Republican Schnurer out of their willingness to play the role of a modern Richie Rich, selling their souls for bootlicking political sinecures.

“So yes, the Lincoln Project may indeed be the most important political organization in the country right now, which is largely a sign of how hopeless things have become.”

“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. … If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.”

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oe Trippi, often remembered as the campaign manager for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in the 2008 Democratic primaries, joined the Lincoln Project earlier this year to defeat authoritarianism, plain and simple.

“I am a Democrat. The Lincoln Project was a group of former Republicans. I joined the Lincoln Project because all of us have to put past fights and differences aside and come together on the only thing that matters right now — saving our union, our republic and our democracy.”

He fought for Democrats against people like Wilson and Stevens. “Those differences no longer matter,” Trippi said. “The threat to our democracy is real and all of us as Americans have to put our differences aside to stop it.”

Wilson and Trippi said the Lincoln Project is going into 2022 Trippi strong and will hit back in early January to remind Americans of the threat that the Jan. 6 rioters made to the nation’s freedoms.

“No American who cares about preserving our democracy for future generations can afford to be exhausted now,” Trippi said. “Authoritarians like Trump count on their ability to exhaust their opponents. That is how they win. The Lincoln Project has hundreds of thousands of energized supporters. Far from being exhausted, we are waking up more and more Americans every day to what this fight is really about.”

Wilson said Lincoln Project leaders have been reengaging major donors in recent months who he said “are recognizing we have a fairly unique proposition in the American political space and we bring a perspective that few other groups can replicate. A large corps of voters are still in play.”

John L.S. Simpkins, who runs the North Carolina-based MDC think tank, says it’s important for groups like the Lincoln Project, as well as legal aid centers, media and community organizers, to push for a vibrant civil society to protect American democracy. He learned that lesson almost 30 years ago when he worked in South Africa as a new Harvard graduate as the country moved from apartheid to democracy.

“An anti-fascist, fiscally conservative alternative to the modern GOP would be one new church for the Lincoln Project to plant, but that is the work of generations, not election cycles,” said Simpkins. Simpkins Heidi Beirich, an expert on extremism who is a co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism based in Montgomery, Alabama, said more pro-democracy work needed to be done, especially as conservative organizations are attacking voting infrastructure.

“Stacey Abrams and her organization [in Georgia], as well as other organizers for the Latino and Black communities, are doing important, on-the-ground work,” she said. “We need more public education on what is happening to our voting system and more investment in get-out-the-vote efforts. The media also needs to be Beirich more aggressively covering what is happening so that people will believe in our electoral system.”

Wilson vows the Lincoln Project will be active in 2022 and 2024, hustling, pushing, messaging, strategizing and trying to sway voters to protect democracy.

“There are a lot of groups saying they are in the fight to preserve democracy. They’re earnest and well-meaning, but the minute somebody swings a fist, they run. The minute somebody swings a fist at us, we get out a tire iron.”

Andy Brack is a South Carolina columnist and publisher of the Charleston City Paper.

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Maryam Ghaznavi: The chef who spices up our lives

By Andy Brack

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“I’m obsessed with fountain pens,” she admits, adding there are containers of fountain pens and scissors in just about every room of the house because SOMEONE (hint — husband or two children or a friendly ghost) keeps moving them. With a jar of pens in every room, she figures she should be able to find one when she needs it.

Ink color: Black. But other colors are OK, too. Anything is better than the ubiquitous ballpoint pens found across the United States.

This infatuation with fountain pens comes from her time in school in Saudi Arabia.

“When we grew up, we had to use a fountain pen,” she recalled. “Ball point pens were never allowed. And we always had to write in cursive.”

A Pakistani-born daughter of an international banker, she and other students were required to write only with fountain pens from middle school on. When Ghaznavi returned to her birthplace, Lahore, Pakistan, for college, she continued to use fountain pens as she studied for a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Today, she and her husband, Raheel Gauba, are co-owners of Malika, which they describe as a canteen-style eatery of bright, pungently spiced Pakistani street Andy Brack food. In just a few months, they’ll reopen Ma’am Saab, which gained local acclaim A lowly City Paper ballpoint pen is for its creative use of spices while it was among those found housed in Workshop on upper King in one container.

Street. The new restaurant, which will feature southern Asian food in a more formal setting, will open in the first quarter of 2022 in the space formerly occupied by Jestine’s Kitchen at the corner of Meeting and Wentworth streets.

Loves sharing her cuisine

As we talked on a recent Saturday, Ghaznavi’s passion for sharing the tastes and culture of her Pakistani heritage wafted like perfume across the couple’s Mount Pleasant home with rich brown

Family photos fill Ghaznavi’s graywalled home office to give a comfortable, warm feel.

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Ghaznavi met her husband in 1999 soon after her family emigrated to Toronto, Canada.

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Sun shines on a Turkish coffee set near a window.

THE LOWDOWN ON MARYAM GHAZNAVI Age: 44.

Birthplace: Lahore, Pakistan.

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan.

Current profession: Chef and co-owner, Malika and Ma’am Saab.

Past professions of interest: Teaching assistant at East Cooper Montessori School, accounting consulting.

Family: Husband, Raheel Gauba, and two children, Sophia and Arman.

Something people would be surprised to learn about you: “I’m an introvert. After a long day of working, I need to have ‘me time’ to recharge on my own time and space.”

Raheel Gauba

Family members collect figurines from popular movies and culture.

“It was an Eid (holiday) party and she came in with her family and I fell in love with her smile,” said Gauba, a member of the band playing to more than 300 people in the banquet hall.

Ghaznavi got more education to be able to do accounting work. By 2002, she and Gauba were engaged and got married two years later with parties in Toronto and Pakistan.

(At one, they remember around 700 people attending!)

Soon they moved to Minneapolis where Gauba was a key tech employee in a start-up company. In 2006, Blackbaud recruited Gauba. The couple visited on one dreary, hot weekend without much time to look around.

“I had to find it (Charleston) on the map,” Ghaznavi said.

At first, Charleston posed difficulties for the couple.

There wasn’t any family here. There wasn’t even much of a Pakistani community. And Charleston wasn’t the “big city” that they encountered in Ghaznavi’s Lahore (11 million), Gauba’s native Karachi (15 million) or even Toronto (3 million).

But they endured. The opportunity was great. And it wasn’t cold, like in Minneapolis and Toronto. Soon came two children and Ghaznavi then got work at a local Montessori school.

By 2019, with encouragement from Michael Shemtov (Butcher & Bee, The Daily) she started cooking for others, first as a pop-up and then at Workshop. Then came the pandemic, which caused challenges. In May 2021, Workshop closed and the couple shifted to open the canteen-style eatery at Mount Pleasant Towne Center by August.

These days, it’s busy. They look forward to revealing the tastes of the food they grew up with to people in the Lowcountry and beyond — they get weekend visitors from Georgia and North Carolina who come just to eat Ghaznavi’s food.

She says she also wants to give back to the community here.

“I would like more opportunities to do some community work,” she said. “My heroes are people who typically do a lot of good work for the community. My take on community is (doing) more for the lives of underprivileged kids, underrepresented women and youngsters struggling to find positive things to do.”

Favorite thing to do outside of work: Listen to music and watch movies.

Your passion: “Cooking. I enjoy cooking my cuisine for people.”

Books on the bedside table: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, by Lori Gottleib; The Monk of Mokha, by Dave Eggars; Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, by Balli Kaur Jaswal.

Something that you have too much of at home: “Dishes — pots, pans and stainless steel vessels.”

Hobbies: “Shopping for dishes and cool pots and pans.

I’ve collected cool stuff from all over the world.”

Secret vice: Investigative and true crime dramas.

Favorite musicians: Those on a favorite compilation: Coke Studio: Sound of the Nation: The Rhythm, Harmony, Texture, Language and Melody of Pakistan.

Favorite food: Beef nihari; saag of mustard greens; and lentil daal.

Favorite dessert: Baklava.

Favorite cocktail or beverage: Coca-Cola with real sugar.

Five things you MUST always have in your refrigerator: Ginger, garlic, cilantro, yogurt (full fat) and raspberries.

Three people (alive or dead) you’d like to dine with: “My father’s father, my father and a cousin who recently died.” Alternative: Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali Jinnah (founder of Pakistan) and Mother Teresa.

Pet peeve: “When people move my pens and scissors around.” (She has containers in about every room of the house so they’re always nearby.)

Your advice for better living: “Better listening, overall; focusing more on what another person is saying and really hearing it. I think that creates more acceptance.”

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“I enjoy cooking my cuisine the most,” she said. “It’s full of flavor. I love the way I can layer and play with the very basics of the spices and give each of the recipes a personality. There are dimensions with this cuisine.”

She said she strives to cook satisfying food that’s also cravable — meaning people want to come back for more after experiencing a spice profile they might not have encountered.

“When a customer walks in the door and they are brave enough to try a new cuisine — it needs to satisfy them.”

Example: The Chapli Kabab Plate ($18) is described as “ground beef patties with traditional spices. A truck stop favorite. Served with basmati rice, raita and naan.”

When it arrived, it looked like two char-grilled hamburgers on rice. But tucking into it filled the mouth with unexpected warmth and tang. Yes, heat from peppers punctuated the dish, but there also were subtle layers of onion, garlic, cilantro and something else that highlighted how ground beef could be a platform for much more than the traditional American hamburger.

To better understand the Indian and Pakistani food of southern Asia, it’s important to get beyond geographic boundaries. The countries once were one under British rule, but were divided in 1947 into two nations. Hinduism is dominant in India which has 966 million Hindus, or about 80 percent of the country, and 172 million Muslims, or 14 percent of the country. Meanwhile, Pakistan has about 200 million Muslims, who make up 96 percent of the nation’s population. Hindus account for about 2 percent of Pakistanis.

The cuisine in both cultures is based on similar use of spices, vegetables, rice and breads. But Hindus don’t eat beef and many are vegetarian-only. Muslims eat beef, but not pork. The differences in proteins create different recipes that evolved from a similar tomato-onion base.

Gauba summarized: “If Indian food and Middle Eastern food got together and had a baby, it would end up being Pakistani food.”

Ghaznavi noted the way she flavors her Pakistani dishes is by using spices to highlight, not overpower, proteins like beef or chicken. “The main ingredient really shines.”

There’s also often less of a use of curry than in traditional Indian dishes.

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By Kevin Young

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This year has seen author Grady Hendrix touring the U.S. in support of his bestseller, The Final Girls Support Group, which HBO Max is in the process of developing into a series. He’s also had his mind focused on finishing up his latest novel, How to Sell a Haunted House, a Charleston-based tale that involves haunted houses and evil puppets.

When asked how he’s been doing since we last spoke, Hendrix chuckled. “It’s been good. A little crazy. I did a ton of promotion for Final Girls, which I love … Starting in September, it’s just been this non-stop particle accelerator full of evil puppets and talking about serial killers.”

Hendrix has another book coming out as well, These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World. Working with film historian Chris Poggiali and with a foreword by rapper RZA, the book documents the boom in martial arts movies in the mid 1970s. Even though he was a burgeoning cineaste who co-founded Subway Cinema in 1999 and the popular New York Asian Film Festival, Hendrix readily admits to he wasn’t too interested in martial arts films until later in life.

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sort of dismissive of them. And then in the early 2000s, I watched The Crippled Avengers and it really blew my mind. And I thought, ‘What have I been missing all this time?’”

One day, Poggiali approached Hendrix with the idea of doing a book about the history of martial arts films in the ‘70s and ‘80s akin to Paperbacks From Hell, Hendrix’s book recounting the history of horror paperbacks. Hendrix didn’t initially see a story in Poggiali’s idea, but eventually noticed how the success of Warner Brothers releases like Five Fingers of Death and Enter the Dragon had an effect on more than just box office grosses.

“I realized, ‘No, this has a story too.’ These Images courtesy Grady Hendrix movies just seem to appear out of nowhere Author Grady Hendrix said the history in March of 1973. In America, they got of kung-fu movies is steeped in real big, real fast, [and] got real cheap and Japanese-American and Black history sleazy real fast,” he said. “We wanted to talk about what was in America before [the “Black Christmas has everything I want movies] came out in 1973 ... There was a in the movie. It’s perfect, as far as I’m conlot of history there that we wanted to make cerned. There’s a great [young adult] book sure we at least touched on. Because a lot published in the ‘90s called Slay Bells, by Jo of it was immigrant history. A lot of it was Gibson. It’s the ultimate kind of sleazy teen Japanese-American history, a lot of it was slasher in book form.

Black history, and we wanted to make sure “One of the great Christmas horror that people knew that this stuff didn’t come out of nowhere, that there were people really movies of all time is Psycho, which takes place over Christmas weekend. You don’t carrying the torch for this stuff, before know it because they don’t make a big Warner Brothers got on board.”

On Thursday, Hendrix and Buxton deal of it but every shop window has a Books will bring copies of These Fists Break Christmas display, there’s Christmas trees Bricks and his other novels to the Terrace everywhere. I always feel like Psycho is the Theater when he stages his brand new sleeper Christmas horror movie.” one-man show, The Most Horrible Time of His favorites may be nontraditional, but the Year. Expect a spooky sleigh ride full Hendrix is a total sucker for Christmas.

“Christmas is my jam,” he said. “But one of Yuletide terror, from Charles Dickens to of the things I love about Christmas is the Finland’s bonkers Christmas monsters to morbid Victorian Christmas and, of course, fact that there’s this tradition going back a slew of psycho Santas delivering plenty of to 16th century England of telling ghost stories at Christmas, which I actually think ho-ho-homicide, followed by a screening of makes a lot of sense. It is such the season a creepy Christmas episode from a rarely for it! So for me, it’s like the peanut butter seen ‘80s TV show. and chocolate combo. It’s ghost stories and There’s no question about Hendrix’s Christmas horror go-tos.

Christmas!”

Artifacts Footlight Players holiday show A Very Merry Footlight Holiday Special opens Thursday and runs through Sunday. The new production is a variety show full of songs, dance, and comedy hosted by Michael Okas and Rebecca Weatherby.

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Doug McAbee at Redux Even When It’s Dark, the new solo show from Doug McAbee, opens Friday with a reception 5 p.m.-8 p.m. The exhibit itself will be on display until Jan. 22, 2022.

McAbee looks to channel the power of laughter through his works, which are drawings on wood, steel sculptures, and murals. The Spartanburg native strives for positive and hopeful messages for audiences of all ages. —MS

Gibbes antique stroll returns The Gibbes Museum of Art’s annual Antique Stroll is from 6-7:30 p.m., Wednesday. Dealers, vintage vendors and design experts will have displays on the museum’s first floor for prospective buyers to peruse.

This year’s theme is “A Few of My Favorite Things,” and vendors are encouraged to share personal anecdotes about their objects. A Charleston Opera Theater quartet will be on hand to provide music.

Tickets must be purchased in advance, and information can be found at gibbesmuseum.org. —MS

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When the pandemic derailed Emily Eldh’s plan to move to New York City after graduating from College of Charleston in 2020, she pivoted to a career as an entrepreneur.

Having experience in social media management and the opportunity to work for herself, she perfected the recipe for her vegan and gluten-free mini muffins. The new venture was dubbed The Muffin Drop.

Emily started baking the mini muffins years ago as she transitioned to a plantbased and gluten-free diet, per her doctor’s recommendation.

“When I was 16, I had constant fatigue, weird mood swings [and was] losing weight,” said Eldh, now 24. “One of the first holistic doctors I went to tested my blood and [said], ‘You’re so sick with Hashimato’s thyEldh roiditis … You should be in the hospital.’ ” Eager to take charge of her health, Eldh fully embraced her new diet, constantly

trying new recipes until she found comfort in a vegan banana bread recipe.

Pulling from her memory of her mom and grandma’s banana chocolate chip mini muffins, Eldh did extensive research on glutenfree flours and vegan alternatives to recreate the beloved pastries for her new diet.

“I instinctively knew the texture of my grandma and mom’s recipe and combined all the different details and information I could find [to make my own].”

Though her mom and grandma may have inspired the recipe, it was her father who helped Eldh perfect the recipe along the way. Each week, he would request the muffins, and with every new batch, encouraged Eldh to write down what she had done differently from previous recipes.

After seven years of trial and error, the recipe was ready. And despite being a taste-tester the whole time, Eldh’s dad still requests the muffins.

When Eldh went off to college, the muffins remained in her gluten-free and plant-based diet, baking them weekly for roommates, surprising people with them as gifts or sharing them with house guests.

“My favorite thing about [the muffins] is they’re so versatile. I eat them throughout the

A la carte Charlotte Jenkins making return Chef Charlotte Jenkins will soon reemerge on the Charleston food scene in the same building where her culinary adventures began.

Within a year, Jenkins will open an event venue and Airbnb where she will offer reservations-only dinners showcasing the Lowcountry fare she was known for at Gullah Cuisine, which closed in 2015. —Herb Frazier

Bull & Finch debuts new lunch menu Mount Pleasant’s Bull & Finch has announced a new lunch menu, available Tuesday to Sunday, starting at 11:30 a.m.

The new menu includes savory starters, rustic toasts, salads, sandwiches and even desserts for a midday sweet treat. Full menu available online at thebullandfinchpub.com.

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Jalisco to celebrate two years with holiday market Jalisco Taqueria & Tequila on Folly will celebrate their two-year anniversary from 12:30-5 p.m., Dec. 12, with a holiday market, tacos and margaritas.

The market will be held in the restaurant’s parking lot, featuring over a dozen local food and retail vendors like Sea Glass Cottage Cookies, The Muffin Drop and more.

Full list of vendors will be available on Jalisco’s Instagram and Facebook closer to the event. —MP

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Each ingredient in her recipes is chosen to not only support her diet but to offer additional health benefits, Eldh said.

For instance, The Muffin Drop’s signature flabor, “The Classic” is made with almond flour, flax seeds, bananas and sometimes maple syrup or coconut sugar.

The almond flour, which is naturally gluten free, is full of fiber and protein to hold off hunger throughout the day. Flax seeds provide fiber and support healthy Omega-3 fatty acids and the bananas provide potassium and add natural sweetness. Eldh also uses maple syrup or coconut sugar to sweeten the muffins.

In addition to “The Classic,” The Muffin Drop also offers “stuffins” — muffins stuffed with almond butter and jelly or peanut butter and chocolate.

For a seasonal flare, a pumpkin spice mini muffin topped with maple glaze and crushed walnuts appeared on the menu this fall. And on special request, Eldh transforms the same batter from the muffins into a cake fit for any special occasion.

Eldh started “The Muffin Drop” on Instagram after polling her followers to see if anyone would be interested in buying the mini muffins on a weekly basis. The interest was clear when she received over 30 messages in response to her post.

The name came from the fact she originally “dropped” a new menu each week with featured flavors that customers could order via direct message. New menus would debut on Monday and customers could either pick up or have their muffins delivered on Wednesdays.

Drops have been a bit more random, Eldh said, but customers can still order via DM. You can also find the plant-based treats at the Charleston City Market. Eldh started out at the Night Market on Friday and Saturday nights, but is now vending at the market during the day.

“Being at the market has been super cool,” Eldh said. “There’s so many more people you interact with on a daily basis.

Whether there’s a sale or not, you get to talk to people from all different places.”

Going forward, Eldh plans on sticking with the muffins as the main product, with new flavors every now and then.

“There’s something to build around the muffin concept. I like that it’s one product that can have multiple variations and has such a following,” Eldh said.

A 12-piece box of “The Classic” flavor is $15 and a 16-piece box is $20. The stuffins come in a pack of 6 for $12 and the pumpkin spice flavor comes in a pack of 12 for $18.

Eldh is currently building The Muffin Drop website to streamline ordering, but for now customers can place orders via Instagram DM or visit The Muffin Drop at the Charleston City Market.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ARC RENTALS, LLC Plaintiff, Vs. PHILLIP McCLELLAN and VICTOR LODGE NO 141 OFFICIAL c/o ARTHUR BRANNON Defendants SUMMONS 2021-CP-42-03682 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, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint upon the subscriber, at his office at 1082 Boiling Springs Road, Spartanburg, South Carolina within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint.

ADAMS LAW FIRM, LLC s/ S. Frank Adams S. FRANK ADAMS ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 1082 BOILING SPRINGS ROAD SPARTANBURG, SC 29303 (864)573-7229 SC BAR 9913 October 24, 2021 SPARTANBURG, SC STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ARC RENTALS, LLC Plaintiff, Vs. PHILLIP MCcCLELLAN and VICTOR LODGE NO 141 c/o ARTHUR BRANNON Defendants COMPLAINT 2021-CP-42-03682 COMES NOW, the plaintiff, by and though the undersigned attorney, entering this her complaint to quiet title and as grounds therefore states: 1. Plaintiff is a resident of and has been a resident County of Spartanburg, State of South Carolina.

2. Upon information and belief, the Defendant Phillip McClellan is resident of the County of Charleston in the State of South Carolina.

3. Upon information and belief, the Defendant Victor Lodge 141 is not a legal entity created according to the State of South Carolina therefore the actual Defendant is Arthur Brannon who did business as Victor Lodge 141 and Arthur Brannon is a resident of Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

3. Plaintiff owns in fee simple, possesses, and is entitled to possess real property situate in Spartanburg County, State of South Carolina and described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, with all improvements thereon, situate lying and being in the Town of Chesnee, State of South Carolina, County of Spartanburg on Fairfield Street and being part of Lot NO. 13 in Block 57 and facing Fairfield Street 50 feet and running back 75 feet. This lot being on the front part of said lot as shown on plat being dated 1909 and revised 1939 and recorded December 6, 1939, in Plat Book 15 at Pages 42-43 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. See also plat dated May 27, 1966, and recorded January 17, 1969, in Plat Book 58 at Page 398 in the Register of Deeds for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. For a more complete and accurate description reference is hereby made to the above forementioned plat.

This is the same property conveyed to ARC RENTALS, LLC by deed of THE FORFEITED LAND COMMISSION OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY said deed being dated March17, 2021, and recorded March 17, 2021, in Deed Book 131-L at Page 364 in the Register of Deeds Office of Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

Property Address: Fairfield Street Chesnee, SC 29323 Tax Map # 2-14-09-028.01 4. The above referenced property was conveyed to the Plaintiff

by The Forfeited Land Commission of Spartanburg County South Carolina by deed being dated March 17, 2021, and recorded on March 17, 2021, in Deed Book 131-L at Page 364 of the Register of Deeds Office in and for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. (a copy of deed is attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof.)

COUNT I 5. All the allegations set forth above and incorporated by this reference as if realleged and set forth in detail.

6. The property was conveyed to The Forfeited Land Commission of Spartanburg County by a deed dated February 27, 2020 said deed having been issued by, Robert E. Motts, Jr. Delinquent Tax Collector for Spartanburg County, South Carolina; said deed being recorded March 9, 2020, in Deed Book 127-E at Page 780 in the Register of Deeds Office for Spartanburg County; said property being sold by the Delinquent Tax Collector after all notices and requirements of the State Statutes were complied with.

(A copy of said deed is attached hereto as Exhibit B and made a part hereof.)

7. The Plaintiff alleges that the Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to Section 12-61-10 and 15-67-10 of the South Carolina Code of Laws.

8. The Plaintiff, upon information and belief, alleges that the Defendant, Phillip McClellan neglected to pay the real property taxes for the tax years, 2016 and 2017 duly levied and assessed against the property by the political subdivision of

the State of South Carolina legally authorized to assess real property taxes against the property.

9. The Plaintiff, upon information and belief, alleges that the Defendant Phillip McClellan failed to redeem the property during the 12-month redemption period.

10. The Plaintiff, upon information and belief alleges, that execution and sale of the property was proper and that it complied with Sections 12-49-10 through 330 and 12-51-10 through 170 and other applicable provisions of the Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976, as amended in all material respects.

11. No action for recovery of the property sold under the provisions set forth was made by the Defendant Phillip McClellan as provided for by Section 1251-160 Code of Laws of South 0Carolina as amended.

12. Plaintiff has owned the subject property and has had continuous, open, and active use and possession of the property since Plaintiff purchased the property March 17, 2021.

13. The Plaintiff, upon information and belief, alleges that by virtue of the failure of the stated Defendant to pay the taxes on the property for the 2016 and 2017 tax year, by virtue of the The Forfeited Land Commission of Spartanburg County’s successful bid, at the delinquent tax sale, by virtue of the failure of the stated Defendant to redeem the property and by virtue of the conveyance of the property by the Tax Collector, any, and all interest of the Defendant had in and to the property has been extinguished.

14. The Plaintiff alleges that it is entitled to an Order of this Court quieting title to the subject property as contemplated under Section 12-61-10 et. seq. Code of Laws for South Carolina 1976 as amended.

COUNT II 15. All the allegations set forth above and incorporated by this reference as if realleged and set forth in detail.

16. The property was conveyed to Phillip McClellan by a deed dated February16, 2007 said deed having been issued by, Robert E. Motts, Jr. Delinquent Tax Collector for Spartanburg County, South Carolina; said deed being recorded March 19, 2007, in Deed Book 88-B at Page 866 in the Register of Deeds Office for Spartanburg County; said property being sold by the Delinquent Tax Collector after all notices and requirements of the State Statutes were complied with.

(A copy of said deed is attached hereto as Exhibit C and made a part hereof.)

17. The Plaintiff alleges that the Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to Section 12-61-10 and 15-67-10 of the South Carolina Code of Laws.

18. The Plaintiff, upon information and belief, alleges that the Defendant, Victor Lodge 141 c/o Arthur Brannon neglected to pay the real property taxes for the tax years, 2004 duly levied and assessed against the property by the political subdivision of the State of South Carolina legally authorized to assess real property taxes against the property.

19. The Plaintiff, upon information and belief, alleges that the Defendant Victor Lodge 141 c/o Arthur Brannon failed to redeem the property during the 12-month redemption period.

20. The Plaintiff, upon information and belief alleges, that execution and sale of the property was proper and that it complied with Sections 12-49-10 through 330 and 12-51-10 through 170 and other applicable provisions of the Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976, as amended in all material respects.

21. No action for recovery of the property sold under the provisions set forth was made by the Defendant Victor Lodge 141 c/o Arthur Brannon as provided for by Section 12-51-160 Code of Laws of South 0Carolina as amended.

22. Plaintiff has owned the subject property and has had continuous, open, and active use and possession of the property since Plaintiff purchased the property March 17, 2021.

23. The Plaintiff, upon information and belief, alleges that by virtue of the failure of the stated Defendant to pay the taxes on the property for the 2016 and 2017 tax year, by virtue of the The Forfeited Land Commission of Spartanburg County’s successful bid, at the delinquent tax sale, by virtue of the failure of the stated Defendant to redeem the property and by virtue of the conveyance of the property by the Tax Collector, any and all interest of the Defendant had in and to the property has been extinguished.

24. The Plaintiff alleges that it is entitled to an Order of this Court quieting title to the subject property as contemplated under Section 12-61-10 et. seq. Code of Laws for South Carolina 1976 as amended.

WHEREFORE, plaintiffs prays; 1. For an Order of this Court quieting title to the abovedescribed property to ARC RENTALS, LLC; and 2. For and Order of this Court requiring a copy of the Final Order to be recorded in Register of Deeds Office for Spartanburg County, South Carolina to confirm that Plaintiff have fee simple title to the subject property, free of any claims of any other; and 3. For such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper.

ADAMS LAW FIRM, LLC s/S. Frank Adams S. Frank Adams 1082 Boiling Springs Road Spartanburg, S.C. 29303 (864) 573-7229 fadams@adamslawfirmsc.com Attorney for Plaintiff Dated: October 24, 2021 Spartanburg, SC

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-08-1512 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS MERCEDES VARNER, JUSTIN GREENE, CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, AND TRACY DRIGGERS, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2013, 2018, AND 2020.

TO DEFENDANT: CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on September 22, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley 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 Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461 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, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461. (843) 719-1095.

Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC, Plaintiff, v.

Daniel Robert Anderson; Jonathan Lee Anderson; The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210, 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 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 Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default.

In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 28, 2021.

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone (803) 454-3540 Fax (803) 454-3541 Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-2482 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS ASHLEY BROWN, JUAN NELSON AND KAMREN TILLIS, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2014.

TO DEFENDANT: JUAN NELSON YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 20, 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, Regina Parvin, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC 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. Regina Parvin, SC Bar # 65393, 3366 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-2252 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS LAURA MOCK, WILLIAM GREEN, DWAYNE ELLIOT SR., MELLICON WRIGHT AND WAKIA WRIGHT. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2004, MINOR AND MINOR CHILD BORN 2005.

TO DEFENDANT: WILLIAM GREEN YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 28, 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 Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Mary Lee Briggs, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Avenue, 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. Mary Lee Briggs SC Bar #101535, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-6041.

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: EVELYN LOUISE FOSTER 2021-ES-10-1923

DOD: 10/08/21 Pers. Rep: CLAIRE JOANN FOSTER 59 CODMAN HILL AVE. BOSTON, MA 02124 *************** Estate of: JOHN HENRY SMALLS, JR. 2021-ES-10-1949 DOD: 10/05/21 Pers. Rep: ROSA MAE SMALLS CHISOLM 818 HOSS RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************ Estate of: WILLIAM H. GATHERS 2021-ES-10-1951 DOD: 02/11/21 Pers. Rep: BESSIE A. GATHERS 11 PEACHTREE ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29403 Atty: LATONYA DILLIGARD EDWARDS, ESQ. 113 EXECUTIVE POINTE BLVD. #204, COLUMBIA, SC 29210 ************ Estate of: KATHY ANN NORDLOF 2021-ES-10-1961 DOD: 09/28/21 Pers. Rep: ROBERT GLENN LAMBERSON, II 360 MATUSKOVIC DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************ Estate of: JANE WALLING EDWARDS 2021-ES-10-1997 DOD: 09/17/21 Pers. Rep: NOEL BEATTY 1385 MELES DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: STEPHANIE DIANE GLADDEN 2021-ES-10-2000 DOD: 07/18/21 Pers. Rep: MARGUERITE DIANE PLATT 106 WATCHUNG AVE. GOOSE CREEK, SC 29445 ************ Estate of: WILLIAM ROY GELWICKS 2021-ES-10-2003 DOD: 10/21/21 Pers. Rep: LEANNE B. GELWICKS PO BOX 31493 CHARLESTON, SC 29417

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2020-CP-10-00868 ASHLEY RIVER COMMONS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

4551 GREAT OAK DRIVE, LAND TRUST, DATED JANUARY 2ND, 2015, Defendant.

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

by the Plaintiff, above-named, against the Defendant, above-named, for among other things, the foreclosure of that certain Notice of Lien filed by Plaintiff against defendant and attaching to the following described real property, together with improvements, located in Charleston County, South Carolina, to-wit: CISA & DODDS, LLP s/John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 (F) (843) 881-5433 john@cisadodds.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

ESTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT IN RE: THE ESTATE OF ELLAU GERMAN BRYAN CASE NO: 2021-ES10-1792 NOTICE OF HEARING ~ VIRTUAL HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO: JOHN J. DODDS, III, ESQUIRE, ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 858 LOWCOUNTRY BLVD. SUITE 101 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 PETITIONER OR PETITIONER’S COUNSEL SHALL CAUSE NOTICE (PURSUANT TO SCPC SECTION 62-1-401) TO BE GIVEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS OR THEIR ATTORNEYS. AS THE PETITIONER YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTANINING A COURT REPORTER FOR THE HEARING THAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED. IF YOU NEED MORE THAN ONE HOUR ON YOUR CASE - YOU MUST NOTIFY THE CLERK OF PRORATE COURT IMMEDIATELY. NOTIFICATION OF INVITATION FOR VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE OF THE HEARING SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THIS COURT TO PETITIONER’S COUNSEL ONE WEEK PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE SCHEDULED HEARING; AND ONCE RECEIVED, PETITIONER’S COUNSEL SHALL PROVIDE THIS NOTIFICATION TO ALL PARTIES ENTITLED TO NOTICE OF SAME. ANY AND ALL PARTIES MAY ALSO REQUEST ATTENDANCE OF THE HEARING BY PHONE OR EMAIL COMMUNICATION TO JAMES WARD, IV, ESQUIRE, LAW CLERK OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY PROBATE COURT, 843-958-5012, OR JWARD@ CHARLESTONCOUNTY.ORG. DATE OF HEARING: JANUARY 10, 2022 TIME: 10:00 A.M. ~ EASTERN STANDARD TIME PLACE: VIRTUAL HEARING for the Charleston County Probate Court Historic Courthouse, 84 Broad Street Charleston, South Carolina 29401 DESCRIPTION/SUBJECT MATTER: ON PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF ELLAU GERMAN BRYAN. This 12th day of November, 2021 Signature: s/IRVIN G. CONDON Name: IRVIN G. CONDON, JUDGE OF PROBATE Address: 84 BROAD SREET THRID FLOOR Telephone: (843) 958-5030

NOTICE OF FILING YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Certificate of Exemption Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above-entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 18, 2020.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2021-CP-10-05235 Koutali, LLC., Plaintiff, v.

Charles Richard, also known as Chas Richard and Franklin Richard, deceased persons, their

heirs, 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: 2.00 Acres on Highway 174 Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 029-00-00-030 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.

the East for a distance of 145.5 feet more or less bounded by lands now or formerly of the Beatrice Wright, Isaiah Wright and Derrick Williams; and continuing to front along the roadway known as Highway 174 for a distance of 199.0 feet; more or less and being bounded on the South for a distance of 445.77 feet; more or less by lands now or formerly of Abraham Richard.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

Date: November 24th, 2021

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.

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.

NOTICE OF FILING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens was filed on November 19th, 2021. The Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on November 17th, 2021, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on November 19th, 2021 and the Order of Publication was filed on November 23rd, 2021 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 Charleston County, dated November 19th, 2021 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 quiet the title to the subject real property described as follows: All that lot, piece or tract of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Charleston, with improvements thereon, if any, containing two (2) acres more or less and being bounded as follows: On the North for a distance of 444.32 feet more or less by lands now or formerly of Thomas Singleton, Etal and by

TMS # 029-00-00-030 s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell 1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 Attorney for Plaintiff

RDC File No.: 21-13204 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 21-CP-10-4421 Bridge Charleston Investments F, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

Allie Rock, and all other persons entitled to claim under or through him/her 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 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 §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 Defendants 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 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 lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State aforesaid and comprising Lot No. 35 East Avenue Street on a map of the Westerly part of Union Heights prepared for 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”, Page 137 and having such size, shape, locations, dimensions and bounds as may be seen by reference to the aforesaid plat of record.

TMS No.: 466-12-00-186 Address: 2017 Echo 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 Summons and Complaint, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on September 24, 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 Charleston 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

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2019CP1001503 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Jacob DelSignore; Sarah DelSignore; Joshua DelSignore; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Mario J. DelSignore, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also 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; , DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 15th day of November, 2021, 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 4th day of January, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known as Lot No. Twenty (20) of Block A, of Fenwick Hills Subdivision, Section A, as shown on a plat of said Fenwich Hills Subdivision, Section A, surveyed and drawn

by W.H. Matheny, R.L.S., dated November 30, 1955, which plat has been duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book K (incorreclty shown on prior deed as Book E), Page 157, on October 11, 1956, the said lot is general having such size, shape, location, as by reference to said plat will indicate.

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 subject property conveyed to Mario J. DelSignore by deed of T M Rooke Company, LLC dated September 30, 2016 and recorded October 13, 2016 in Deed Book 589 at Page 195 in the Office of Register Deeds for Charleston County. Subsequently, Mario J. DelSignore died intestate on April 20, 2018, leaving his interest in the subject property to his heirs or devisees, namely, Jacob DelSignore, Sarah DelSignore, and Joshua DelSignore.

TMS # 279-07-00-020 Case#: 2019CP1001503 Current Property Address: 1582 Stanwick Drive Johns Island, SC 29455 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,

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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.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2021-CP-10-05100 Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc., PLAINTIFF, VS. Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Gretchen L. Francey a/k/a Gretchen Francey, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also 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; and Sunrun, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (211103.00017) TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-2065, 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.

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 Charleston 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 Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

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 and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.

said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, and buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

NOTICE

TMS No. 411-05-00-069 Property address: 2664 Leeds Avenue North Charleston, SC 29405

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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 8, 2021.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Gretchen L. Francey a/k/a Gretchen Francey, including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 15th day of November, 2021.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Gretchen L Francey to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., dated October 25, 2019, recorded November 12, 2019, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0838 at Page 679; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to Rocket Mortgage, LLC FKA Quicken Loans, LLC by assignment instrument dated October 11, 2021 to be recorded and attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

The description of the premises is as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with all improvements and buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 11, Block M, according to a plat entitled “Portion of Brentwood, Charleston County, South Carolina,” made March 1956 by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr., surveyor, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book K at Page 94;

This being the same property conveyed to Gretchen L. Francey by deed of Catherine T. Deas and Kenneth Deas, dated March 16, 2018 and recorded March 19, 2018 in Book 0705 at Page 504 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. By: /S/Angelia J. Grant Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant (angig@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334 Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530 Matthew E. Rupert (matthewr@scottandcorley. com), SC Bar #100740 Louise M. Johnson (ceasiej@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #16586 H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134 Kevin T. Brown (kevinb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64236 Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074 ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340 November 12, 2021

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C/A NO.: 2021-CP-10-04977 VICTOR HENDRIX, Plaintiff, vs.

BRANDON SCOTT MITCHELL, LLOYD TRUMAN ANDERSON, EVANS DELIVERY COMPANY, INC. Defendants.

AMENDED SUMMONS TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is served upon you herewith, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint on the subscriber at his office, Slotchiver & Slotchiver, LLP, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for judgment by default to be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Respectfully Submitted, s/Daniel S. Slotchiver DANIEL S. SLOTCHIVER, ESQUIRE SLOTCHIVER & SLOTCHIVER, LLP 751 JOHHNIE DODDS BLVD., STE. 100 MOUNT PLEASANT, SC 29464 PHONE: (843) 577-6531 FACSIMILE: (843) 577-0261 DAN@SLOTCHIVERLAW.COM S.C. BAR NO. 15129 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF November 1, 2021 Mt. Pleasant, SC

SUMMONS AND NOTICE PUBLICATION Family Court of Richland, South Carolina Fifth Judicial Circuit STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA RICHLAND COUNTY Docket: 2021-DR-40-1865 South Carolina Department of Social Service (Plaintiff) Vs. Dishay Bryant, Omar Isaac, Marvin Pinckney, Ronald Brown, Darrius Mims, John Doe, (Defendants) IN THE INTEREST OF Child Born on May 1, 2006, Child Born on July 10, 2007, Child Born on June 28, 2010, Child Born on July 15, 2014, Child Born on January 9, 2017, Child Born on September 23, 2018, Child Born on October 26, 2020, Minors Under the age of 18 years TO DEFENDANT: Marvin Pinckney: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED And required to answer the Complaint In the above referenced concerning the Minor Children above and that you have failed to contact the agency in regards to your whereabouts in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Jeanette W. McBride, Richland County on July 7, 2021, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at address: P.O. Box 17615, Greenville, SC, 29606, within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer said Complaint within the statutory time allotted, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Complaint.

S. C. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES Scarlet B. Moore, Esquire Post Office Box 17615 Greenville, SC 29606 (864) 214-5805

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT 2021-GC-1000146 IN THE MATTER OF: James Albert Wheeler An Alleged Incapacitated Individual Debora Brown, Petitioner, vs.

Harriet W. Brown and Layle M. Chambers, Respondents.

SUMMONS TO THE RESPONET(S) LISTED ABOVE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the Petitioner(s) listed above at the following address(es): Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire P.O. Box 42270 North Charleston, South Carolina 29423 Your Answer must be served on the Petitioner at the above address within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Petition upon you , exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition within that time, judgement be default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

Date: August 25th, 2021.

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Sufferin’ Moses is on the deck at Pour House Local rhythm and blues musician Sufferin’ Moses, aka Zach Quillen, is back in Lowcountry, and you can catch him on the deck at 6 p.m., Dec. 14, at The Pour House.

Backing Quillen’s vocals and guitar will be bassist Corey Stevens, keyboardist Nick Brewer and drummer Sean Harshaw to bring the crowd a mix of Sufferin’ Moses originals and blues and funk covers.

Quillen recently released an LP, Live at Charleston Pour House, which is the recording of the January 2020 album release show for Sufferin’ Moses’ debut album, King of All the Sad Things.

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Local musicians Cory Schwartz and Cameron Johnson first crossed paths about 10 years ago, when they ended up playing bass in the same rock band, Forty Floz. But in 2013, when Schwartz opened a James Island sandwich shop called Cory’s Grilled Cheese, which doubled as an underground music venue, Johnson came on board and started booking shows.

“It’s why we are doing what we’re doing now,” Johnson said of Cory’s Grilled Cheese, which has since morphed into the online streaming Grilled Cheese Show, a variety show that, in 2020, stacked up 18 episodes worth of skits and musical performances on YouTube from Charleston acts of every genre.

“The original idea was to interview bands and feed them grilled cheese, and they play a set and [Cory] was going to host,” Johnson said. Yet the Grilled Cheese Show has taken on a few forms as Schwartz, a videographer, and Johnson, an audio engineer, responded to the twists and turns of the pandemic.

Grilled Cheese has also been functioning as a video production service for artists, creating short overviews or in-depth coverage for concerts, as well as producing live studio sessions.

“Here in Charleston, there’s not a lot of music industry, so we figured we could fill a void,” said Schwartz, who is inspired by Rick Rubin’s journey from making hiphop in his dorm room to forming Def Jam Records. “We’ve got the gear, and we’ve got the drive,” he said.

For The Grilled Cheese Show, it’s all about helping up-and-coming musicians.

“Artists are empowered now to DIY their own publicity, and we like being a part of that,” Schwartz said. “We’d like to put Charleston somewhat on the map.”

He and Johnson aim to become a more comprehensive resource for those looking to discover or hire local musicians. They’re also interested in expanding their coverage of live music and toying with the idea of accepting public submissions of footage to post concert recaps.

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Grilled Cheese Show hosts Cory Schwartz (left) and Cameron Johnson said they are ready to take their ever-evolving project to the next level “I would say, 2020 and 2021, as of right now — we’ve documented it,” Johnson said of their collection of footage.

And when it comes down to it, that’s what Grilled Cheese does: documents Charleston music. And as if they aren’t already doing all the things, Schwartz and Johnson have thought about scaling-up their efforts to create a documentary for submission to film festivals.

Schwartz recalls watching the documentary concert film Last Waltz on VHS back around 2001.

“That’s the kind of direction creatively that I would like to go for,” he said. “I really like that they were documenting music in a way that was pleasurable to listen to music but also in a way that was engaging with the audience informationally.”

Despite 2020 being what Johnson called a “non-year,” The Grilled Cheese

Show has had a five-year plan since before everything hit the fan. And no matter what shape the concept has taken so far, Schwartz and Johnson have maintained the vision to launch a record label and full-service studio. All the cards are on the table as they secure a location and get the operation off the ground.

“We’ve been trying to see where it fits and how to make it happen, and now, it feels like we are at a moment to actually make it happen,” Johnson said. “We have the gear to produce everything for artists: music videos, live visual EPs, pictures, audio.”

To Schwartz, the free-form style of The Grilled Cheese Show doesn’t face the same burdens as larger production companies when it comes to output.

“We can get more done in less time for less money,” Schwartz said. “As a video guy, I run and gun. I like to hit record.”

Local five-piece Dead Swells will bring its trippy indie rock to The Royal American stage Dec. 11 for the group’s last show of the year with North Carolina rock band Arson Daily and local singer-songwriter Jack Fortune.

This year, singer/guitarist Paul Nederostek, the mind behind Dead Swells’ spacey compositions, has been in the studio focused on recording as much as possible. The band consists of guitarist Adam Haltiwanger, keyboardist Luke Reeves, bassist Ben Moody and drummer Joe Lansburg.

Joining Fortune on stage will be Little Bird guitarist James Rubush and Girl Pluto violinist Emma Dooley. —CG

Listen to the debut album from Majic Dust Despite all the 2020 roadblocks, local rock band Majic Dust dropped its debut self-titled album after two years of writing and recording the material.

The straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll on Majic Dust is a crescendo of foreboding lyrics and moody melodies. Majic Dust consists of guitarist/vocalist Rob Hampton, drummer Jonathan Carman and bassist J.R. Spencer, and the album came together between recording sessions in the Charleston Music Hall when it was empty during 2020 and a home studio in Johns Island. —CG

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Singer-songwriter Taylor Lee Czer is figuring it out Local photographer Taylor Czerwinski has been recording songs on her phone since 2013, singing to her own guitar and ukulele tunes or writing lyrics and melodies acapella. The recent release of her first single, “Every Time We Talk,” under the name Taylor Lee Czer is a revelation of her capacity not only for songwriting, but for following her intuition.

After finishing the book, The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron, Czerwinski realized her songwriting has been what she’s feared sharing the most, and it was time for a shift.

“I think that book helped me acknowledge that part of myself that I have hidden away from the public for so long,” she said.

“Over quarantine I realized, ‘Well, life is obviously very short, and we should stop being afraid and just do it.’”

In May 2020, she brought her demos to Corey Campbell and Jenna Desmond of Babe Club to build out the mood and tone of each track, with Campbell supplying the majority of the instrumentation, Desmond contributing vocals and Julias DeAngelis contributing drums. The final product will be Pocket Change, Czerwinski’s debut album to be released in 2022.

Some of the recording process for Pocket Change was done on a trade: Campbell and Desmond co-produced the album in their home studio, and Czerwinski provided them with photography and video production.

“It made me feel validated in terms of my art, and I respect their art so much,” she said of the collaboration.

For Czerwinski, her music has been a journaling space, for her eyes alone, like the diary we had as kids.

“I realized if I don’t start practicing vulnerability within my own reality, then I’m holding back,” she said of sharing her songs.

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Local photographer Taylor Czerwinski brings her songwriting to light with the release of her debut single Her new single, “Every Time We Talk” is about wanting to be heard and seen by someone who can’t seem to understand.

As she addresses the thin line between when to keep going and when to stop, you can hear the smile in Czerwinski’s voice: “How can we see eye to eye / when you think the whole world’s blind? / Your depth perception isn’t kind / what were you hoping to find?”

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