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City council newcomers ready to tackle big issues, work together facing the city and specifically Daniel Island — which he represents. With flooding and Charleston has a full City Council for the rapid development top priorities, some of first time since October, when former the projects on the docket for the year are Councilwoman Marie Delcioppo resigned, shaping up to have a huge impact. with the District 1 seat filled Jan. 25 after a “The flood wall will obviously come up,” runoff special election and two new council he said. “It’s been delayed now, but it will members joining the team Jan. 11. be on the agenda in the coming year. The With a number of contentious items Calhoun West project will be significant, on the agenda for the upcoming year — but we need to figure out how we’re going to including the continued back-and-forth on execute that project.”

Gregg said he is already beginning to have a proposed racial conciliation commission conversations with council members involved and the long-planned peninsula sea wall in the projects he’s interested in, particularly — city council newcomers have had a fast the Calhoun West project. “I know how great introduction to the local political sphere. of an impact that will have on the city. With the more frequent flooding we’re seeing, that DISTRICT 1 project will be huge,” he said.

Boyd Gregg But knowing some of the items coming Stepping into the seat vacated by Delcioppo, up have been divisive is a challenge he said Councilman-elect Boyd Gregg said his he’s up for. professional experience will be an asset to “You’re trying to talk to everybody, get the council when it comes to addressing multiple voices and trying to make that the significant infrastructure challenges decision based on those voices,” he said. “I

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think Joe Riley said something to the effect of, ‘There’s not a lot of room for partisan politics in local government,’ and to some extent, he’s right.

“If we look at some of the issues we’re talking about … it’s pretty cut and dry what’s best for the city.”

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Stephen Bowden

Councilman Stephen Bowden defeated former Councilman Harry Griffin and took the seat representing part of West Ashley for his first council meeting Jan. 11, and he said he is looking forward to getting to work on all the major issues facing Charleston this year.

“I want to thank former Councilman Griffin for the work he did the last four years.

I know how hard that can be to do,” he said. “I want to build on that, and I want to make CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

$860,000 The amount of a federal grant announced last week for transitoriented development along the 21-mile Lowcountry Rapid Transit corridor. Source: BCD-COG

“We can still hear the voice of the commonsense majority as it rings strong and true across our city and within the walls of this council chamber.”

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg urged residents and leaders to find consensus on hot-button topics during his Jan. 21 State of the City address.

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Biden’s pledge looms with Supreme Court opening U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn’s mid-debate nudge of then-candidate Joe Biden to pledge to nominate a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court came back into focus last week with the news of Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement at the end of the current Supreme Court term, which will likely come in late spring.

With South Carolina’s 2020 Democratic primary still up in the air, and as Biden seemed aimless in the Feb. 25 debate, Clyburn urged his longtime Capitol Hill colleague to make a public commitment that could push him over the edge.

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He made a beeline for the backstage area. Pete Buttigieg approached to greet the most powerful Democrat in South Carolina politics. Clyburn brushed Mayor Pete aside. His eyes darted around, and he finally found Biden.

They huddled together out of earshot of the other candidates. There wasn’t much time until Biden had to be back onstage for the final segment of the debate.

“You’ve had a couple of opportunities to mention naming a Black woman to the Supreme Court,” Clyburn lectured his friend of nearly half a century, like a schoolteacher scolding a child. “I’m telling you, don’t you leave the stage tonight without making it known that you will do that.”

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Biden went on to make the pledge, earn Clyburn’s endorsement the next day, win the primary and eventually win in November.

Unlike past confirmation fights, Republicans seem resigned that Biden will get his first Supreme Court justice confirmation in the coming weeks.

“Elections have consequences, and that is most evident when it comes to fulfilling vacancies on the Supreme Court,” said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who marshaled former President Donald Trump’s past two confirmations as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a Jan. 26 statement.

The South Carolina connections don’t stop with Clyburn. U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs, based in Columbia, is among the sitting jurists that could be on Biden’s short list to replace Breyer, according to the Associated Press.

Childs has served on the U.S. District Court since being nominated in 2009.

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There are currently mulitple sea wall design options that have been put forth by engineers

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Charleston coalition seeks alternative to proposed sea wall A group of local leaders, environmental and preservation advocates, engineers, business owners and concerned citizens formed the Charleston Water Coalition (CWC) in an effort to protect downtown Charleston from rising tides and floodwaters.

“The Charleston Water Coalition is committed to finding solutions to the multidimensional challenge of water management.” said former Charleston city councilwoman and CWC spokesperson Marie Delcioppo. “Our first action is asking city leaders to pause moving the proposed peninsula seawall to PED [pre- construction, engineering and design] phase.”

Delcioppo said much of the public lacks an understanding of what the PED phase is: a commitment of forward momentum with little adjustment to the planned wall. The coalition, she said, seeks to provide a more clear picture of what the project actually commits taxpayers to.

“A single solution cannot solve the complicated, multifaceted threat facing our city,” said Jamey Goldin, former counsel for the S.C. House of Representatives and an energy attorney with Google.

“Surrounding the city with a wall, which will reportedly loom as high as 11 feet in some areas, will permanently scar our city and draw money and resources away from other much-needed projects.”

Delcioppo said while perimeter protection is a good step for some areas, a “single-purpose monolithic 8.5-mile concrete wall” is not the answer for everyone. “The city deserves a comprehensive water management plan with groundwater assessment that addresses all of our flooding concerns city-wide,” she said.

Robinson Design Engineers, in a July 2020 report to the Army Corps of Engineers during its public input period, acknowledged the need for a storm surge barrier, but said the proposed structure “contradicts the core principles of building resilient cities.” The report encourages city leaders and the community at large to reject the proposal and instead embrace alternatives that “promote the ecological integrity of our natural defenses against floodwaters,” like marshlands.

“As has been suggested in the Dutch Dialogues, that perimeter protection must be multifunctional and beautiful, that any perimeter protection must be logical, practical and forward looking, and that alignments must take a multi-benefit approach,” Delcioppo told the City Paper. “To advance a no-regrets approach, and before any further steps are taken regarding this single-purpose linear wall, all options must be considered and agreed upon.” —Skyler Baldwin

COVID data reporting prompts questions Questions are being asked about a week of delayed reporting of COVID-19 data at a time when the pandemic has been at the peak of its fourth surge.

State Sen. Margie Bright Matthews, D-Colleton, said last week she heard lots of grumbling about the agency in charge of reporting the data, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

“Someone really needs to go in and look at what is really going on at DHEC,” she said Jan. 28. “I’m getting complaints.”

The agency was unable to push full daily COVID updates last week, reportedly due to a record number of reported tests.

When asked whether the agency was embarrassed by being overwhelmed by data, DHEC spokesman Ron Aiken told

City Paper sister publication Statehouse Report, “The unprecedented numbers of tests and cases generated by the omicron surge strained not just the state’s, but the entire country’s existing COVID-19 reporting infrastructure. We are no exception.

“No one wants delays of any kind, but the upside for the public of a temporarily challenging situation is that when issues such as this arise that expose a weakness, it affords you the opportunity to correct it in a responsible and responsive way that makes those process[es] and systems even more robust than they were before.”

At mid-week, DHEC resumed reporting of the numbers of new cases and deaths, but results for the number of tests administered

and the percentage of positive test results — both of which are indicative of the severity of the pandemic now — were still delayed. A Jan. 27 statement said reporting roadblocks have been removed and full results soon will be available.

“The delay was corrected Wednesday afternoon,” according to DHEC Public Health Director Dr. Brannon Traxler in a statement to Statehouse Report Jan. 28. “It began Monday [Jan. 24] due to an extraordinary volume of testing data funneling into a single software system. The long upload times of the large data files created a backlog that could not be accelerated, nor could the data waiting to be uploaded be analyzed and responsibly vetted.”

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sure my district is getting what it needs — a livable community we can get around in, with new businesses opening up and thriving, without introducing some of the division — and pitting parts of the city against each other — that has become all too common.”

And Bowden said he believes he has the confidence of those in his district who elected him to make those tough decisions.

“I am the one talking to stakeholders — and certainly those in my district are stakeholders — so I’m not making these decisions alone,” he said. “But at the end of the day, I’ll make the decision and live with the consequences.”

Some of those tough decisions have already been made, like his support for the racial conciliation commission that has proved divisive both on council and among Charleston residents. But regardless of controversy, he said the decisions he makes are those he believes will only benefit the city.

“This city is going to sink or swim together, and I intend to see it swim.”

DISTRICT 12

Caroline Parker

Councilwoman Caroline Parker was also sworn in on Jan. 11, after unseating firstterm Councilwoman Carol Jackson to represent James Island. And while she knew what to expect, she said she wished her first meeting wasn’t as contentious.

“I had certainly hoped that my first council meeting would not have been made into an event where people felt divided and needed to protest outside,” she told the City Paper in an email, referring to the proposed racial conciliation commission. “I understand there are very contentious items on the agenda, and that I ran a campaign that opposed some of these items that some don’t agree with. I was certain that my time on council was surely going to be ripe with discussion. I just wish it didn’t have to be my first night in council chambers.”

Asked about upcoming projects City Council will be tackling this year, Parker said she wants to be directly involved in outreach programs, something she said is important to help strengthen the community.

“Unfortunately, I won’t always be able to make everyone happy — that is the most difficult aspect for me,” she said. “I will certainly always try to find a middle ground, if there is one.”

“I will continue to approach everything with an open mind and an open heart and hope that my fellow council members will do the same,” Parker said. “Just because we have different opinions doesn’t make mine wrong and theirs right. We have to work together to accomplish what we were elected to do, which is taking care of our tax-paying citizens and ensuring that the city is providing them with their core government services.”

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A man sleeping on a downtown sidewalk past curfew told officers, after they woke him up, that he wasn’t sleeping, and that he was just eating fruit. To be fair, he did have fruit on his person.

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RUNNERS UP A West Ashley man who had rammed his car into a tree told officers he felt fine and would like to drive home, despite his car being in no condition to drive. Officers discovered why the man was so reluctant to leave the car when they found the bag of weed in the center console. To clarify, he was not high when he wrecked the car … he was drunk.

A downtown man told officers the plastic bag of what they assumed was weed was actually edibles from a dispensary in Las Vegas. Police noted the substance was consistent with ground marijuana to be rolled into a cigarette. Listen, guys, it was probably just imported.

Police approached a downtown man they suspected to have been driving under the influence. When police asked if the vehicle was his, the driver responded, “No, it’s my brother’s.”

Unfortunately for him, the alcohol in his system wasn’t going to be passed off that easily.

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Charleston leaders losing sight of the long-term C

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harleston city leaders sure seem to be doing a whole lot of talking and not a lot of acting in recent months.

Every few weeks, they seem to reinvent the wheel.

Defer this, study that. We understand there are a lot of important, urgent issues facing the city that leaders must be able to address head-on. But that’s just not happening.

Charleston seems to be adrift without a vision and without a plan. It’s not the mayor’s fault or any one leader’s fault, but city hall as a whole has failed to earn and maintain trust from Charleston residents new and old.

As reporters covering the city’s day-to-day business, we have a pretty good idea of what your leaders have been up to — at least more so than most residents who shouldn’t have to be worried about 80 Broad St. But even we can’t say for sure that city leaders have things under control. That’s sad.

All of this may be a fair assessment to some. Others may quibble on specifics. But we don’t think anyone can make the case that things are firmly in hand.

Whether that’s a problem of perception or reality, it’s a problem.

City leadership has undergone significant change in the past 10 years: Eight of the 11 members of city council have changed and Joe Riley, who served as mayor for 40 years as Charleston flourished, retired.

Mayor Joe wasn’t perfect, and most everyone expected a rough patch after his departure. There were going to be long-ignored projects that would need to be addressed. Parts of Charleston that got less attention under Riley would need extra attention.

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But like him or not, and his foibles notwithstanding, people knew Riley’s vision to build Charleston as a successful, culturerich city that’s beautiful and liveable for all.

Without Riley’s vision and stubborn force of will, city business has become something of a free-for-all. No one knows where they want the city to go, so nobody knows how to get there, leaving city leaders to fight in five-hour marathon meetings about the best strategy. Mostly, they just make it up as they go. The result: little to no progress on anything.

Take, for example, the proposed Human Affairs and Racial Conciliation Commission, a relatively straightforward city office devoted to rooting out systemic racism.

Not only is this a no-brainer policy item our city should be eager to back, but city leaders already have a mandate to do just that. A 2018 vote by city council to apologize for the city’s role in institutional slavery empowered its leaders to take the next steps to right the wrongs of the past.

Instead, city council members and the mayor have avoided any tough talk by dancing around the subject while detractors spew angry political scare tactics to stop progress.

Worst of all: They’re winning; the city still hasn’t approved the commission.

The stalled commission is just one symptom of Charleston’s directionless leadership.

Our leaders seem to have forgotten they were elected and entrusted to make real and tough decisions for this city and its residents.

It’s time for them to step up and lead. Get past the current crises, and set Charleston on a course for the long-term future.

PUBLISHER Andy Brack

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GOP must be smoking weed on abortion bills By Andy Brack Domineering Republican men in the legislature who are making decisions about women’s bodies must be just plain arrogant. If they harbor any notion they are helping poor and young women in South Carolina by curbing abortions, they’re smoking the weed that the state Senate has been talking about this week.

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If our state legislators keep pushing soulless abortion bills to score political points with their voting base, they’re sentencing too many young women to pain, suffering and horror. Why? Because legislating against abortions won’t make them go away. They’ll just cockroach them into the shadows.

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Back to it: Men of the legislature should get out of Men of the the way and let South Carolina’s women use their own brains to figure out what’s best for their bodies. Those legislature should who want to give birth will and may consider adopget out of the tion. Those who need to abort for their own health way and let South and safety or if they know they can’t offer a nurturing home to a child should be able to take advantage of Carolina’s women options offered by modern medicine and science. use their own brains On Jan. 26, three male Republican state senators on the Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee to figure out what’s — Richard Cash of Anderson, Tom Corbin of Travelers Rest and Billy Garrett of Greenwood — gave subcom- best for their bodies. mittee approval to two abortion bills with harrowing consequences. Democrats Margie Bright Matthews of Walterboro and Marlon Kimpson of Charleston voted against the measures.

One bill, S. 988, would define the beginning of life at fertilization and, according to the Associated Press, hold that “any doctor who performs an abortion after that point could face similar charges to murder.” The measure, sponsored by Cash, is considered an abortion ban, but would allow birth control and contraception as well as abortions if a mother’s life were in danger or an egg was fertilized outside of the womb. If approved, this “trigger law” would take effect if the U.S. Supreme Court, which is taking a serious look at the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, were to turn abortion rights over to states.

Another proposal, S. 907, calls for doctors to give a written statement that drug-induced abortions could be reversed after one dose of a two-dose drug, which opponents say is medically inaccurate and unproven.

Last year, the General Assembly passed a law banning most abortions by requiring ultrasounds for a “fetal heartbeat” and, if Andy Brack is detected, bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest or danger to publisher of the mother’s life. That measure now is on hold pending a constituCharleston tional review by a federal court.

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Such early movement of anti-abortion legislation in this year’s Have a session is frightening, particularly given the consequences.

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Atlantic, said under the “trigger” proposal, any doctor who provided Send to: an abortion of somone trying to end a pregnancy could be charged feedback@ with murder and face the death penalty if the law goes into effect. charleston “No matter your personal views on abortion, we should all agree citypaper.com. that politicians shouldn’t criminalize our private medical decisions or the doctors providing this care. Each person should be able to get quality, affordable health care, no matter who they are, where they live or how much money is in their bank account — without interference from politicians.”

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“We recycle 100% of our glass, which is a big deal,” said owner Elizabeth Fisher. “We’ve kept 680 tons out of the landfill in 2021. That’s a pretty big accomplishment.”

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13 photos the City Paper didn’t publish in 2021 Words and photos by Ruta Smith

hen I tell someone on a photo shoot, “I’m just testing my light,” I’m usually lying.

After all, telling people to “just act natural!” never works. Could you act naturally with someone pointing a camera in your face?

Some of my favorite shots come in the moments before and after the photos the City Paper art director chooses to be published in our weekly issues.

So we filed through a bunch of our favorite shots from last year to find those moments — the photos that didn’t run in 2021.

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Mounting the cannon, History of Charleston for Morons

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I knew what I was getting myself into with these guys — I’ve worked with Greg Tavares from Theatre 99 before. I didn’t ask them to bring any props, but they did. They came fully prepared.

I wanted to do some simple shots along the Battery — it’s near where they start their comedy bus tour.

My son was with me that day, and he was climbing on the cannon. So I very jokingly said, “What if you guys did that?” I did not expect three grown-up men to get up there. It’s big. They had to help each other up. They were struggling — it made me laugh so much. I wanted to make sure this picture saw the light of day.

Valentine’s Day, Life Raft Treats

You would be surprised how many shoots happen on the floor with big massive doors open. This is on a warehouse floor at Cynthia Wong’s James Island commissary kitchen with an open garage door just out of frame.

In case you can’t tell, squares give me anxiety — they never fit right.

Having a square cake on a square box on a square plate on a square newspaper … That’s why all these are slightly turned.

Sushi Chef, Shiki

Herring dish, Pink Bellies

When I saw Pink Bellies chef-owner Thai Phi was doing this dish, my jaw dropped. It’s a very, very traditional Eastern European dish I grew up eating in Lithuania during Christmas, and he nailed it.

Usually, it has pickled herring, boiled carrots, beets, potatoes and egg. It has a very distinct look because you have to layer it.

I talked to him about it, and he said he wanted his restaurant to offer unexpected things.

Cooks in the kitchen, Chasing Sage

As I took this picture, I kind of knew it wouldn’t make it into the paper, because there’s no real space to put words in the corners, the people in the photo are just too busy or the details would have kind of disappeared because of the size of the paper or the quality of the print.

Cocktail, Coterie

I appreciate the restaurants that put in the extra details. As a photographer, it’s a chance to pull out your macro lens, and you can get up close to capture those details.

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It’s always special when you go into family-run businesses like Shiki, because the families always make things their own ways.

They’re just very specific, so I just follow their lead.

Here, the restaurant was closed, and the light was just beautiful, it was quiet, and owner David Park is just shaving this cucumber.

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Melissa Polutta, Trash Gurl

I really wanted to get a shot of one of her containers in a very recognizable spot. It was 6 o’clock in the morning, so it wouldn’t be busy, and I needed to stand in the middle of King Street.

This was probably one of my favorite stories of the year.

The way it started, during one of our meetings, someone said, “What do you guys think about those purple Trash Gurl containers?”

I also got an elevated shot where they put me on a tractor and lifted me up — I was about 25-weeks pregnant — so, that was fun.

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I had heard Charleston Distilling moved from its old location on King Street because the owners said they outgrew it. When I was done with a shoot at the new location on Johns Island, I was packing and just happened to glance up. For all that’s said about Charleston being a small place, this 50-foot component of the still is pretty massive.

Espresso martini, Bodega

This was for a Dish story about espresso martinis, and I’ve heard even more about them since then. But this shot specifically, I think every photographer loves that — the perfect light, the drip. It might not be the best shot for the paper, but it’s a fun picture.

When you take so many cocktail pictures, it’s just a lot of the same. And getting this shot is not necessarily difficult, but a lot of things need to happen for the drip in the shot to look like that.

I always look at the light — the way the light hits the face. Sometimes the location is important, sometimes not. What’s behind them?

Sometimes I’ll get lucky with one of those, “Hey, I’m testing my light” shots. But usually the good shot will come from the beginning or the end, it’s never really in the middle of the shoot. Sometimes they’re overthinking it, or toward the end they’re just more comfortable.

Sometimes, like with Fernando Soto (lower right), they’re comfortable in front of the camera. And we rarely shoot people without some kind of public eye on them.

Anyway, we live in an age when everyone is super aware of cameras around them.

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Colour of Music Festival In recognition of Black classical composers, the Colour of Music Festival is hosting historymaking events that showcase masterworks by acclaimed composers like William Grant Still and George Walker, who received the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1996. Multiple events are scheduled at various venues across the peninsula. All patrons must present a fully vaccinated and boosted vaccination card for entry and an issued KN95 mask issued by festival organizers must be worn throughout all performances. Check online for a full schedule.

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Reading Partners virtual sessions Learn more about the Reading Partners program and virtual volunteer opportunities with this series of virtual community information sessions. Reading Partners is short on volunteers due to the rise in COVID cases making more people more hesitant to be out in the community. But with its brand-new online volunteer program, volunteers can make a huge impact without ever leaving their home.

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Winged Sculptures exhibition Public Works Art Center presents the first West Gallery exhibition of 2022, Winged Sculptures, a collection by Van Keuren Marshall. Marshall sculpts a broad range of birds, working primarily with basswood to carve and burn intricate feather details in the decorative style of bird sculpture.

Feb. 2-9. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free to attend. Public Works Art Center. 135 West Richardson Ave. Summerville. publicworksartcenter.org SATURDAY

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PURE Theatre’s Ben Butler opens PURE Theatre presents Richard Strand’s Civil War comedy, Ben Butler. The show, about an escaped enslaved man and a Union general who shifted the course of U.S. history, will run Feb. 3-12, then return for a second run, March 3-12.

The show stars R.W. Smith, Addison Dent, Josh Wilhoit and Michael Smallwood, City Paper contributing arts editor. Head to puretheatre.org for info and tickets. —Staff

By Michael Smallwood Some of Charleston’s most creative and interesting minds will once again gather under one roof on Tuesday night.

PechaKucha 38 (PK) will bring eight local artists, entrepreneurs and professionals to the Charleston Music Hall.

PechaKucha, which is Japanese for “chit chat,” involves concise presentations from each guest, all within specific timing requirements. Each presenter is allowed Weinstein, jazz artist Gino Castillo, to display 20 slides, and each slide lasts Donnelley Foundation executive director 20 seconds. This keeps each presentation Kerri Forrest, James Beard Award semiat a tight 6 minutes and 40 seconds, and finalist Alex Lira, artist and Yo Art Inc ensures fast-paced talks. Presenters are executive director Greg Colleton, entreallowed to talk about whatever they like, preneur and strategist Allyson Sutton, whether that be their personal careers, a piano virtuoso Stephen Washington and specific project they are working on or a brand identity designer Josh Capeder. topic relevant to their field of expertise.

PK house DJ PK is orgaProfessor Ping nized locally by returns for the the Charleston event, and former Arts Festival, an arts advocacy It really is important to presenter and truly, City group founded in have the creatives all in yours Paper contributing 2015 by Andrew Walker and a space together.” —Terry Fox arts editor Michael Smallwood, will Terry Fox. Fox serve as the evening’s emcee. is the principal force behind Charleston’s “I’m always interested in unique and PK events, bringing in speakers from all newer talent,” Fox said. “I like to focus on of Charleston’s communities. The series, what’s going on that’s current. Personalities which has been hosted internationally that are vibrant and engaging.” Fox also since originating in Japan in 2003, was gives lots of consideration to the gender brought to Charleston in 2008.

PK36 was held in February 2020, just and racial makeup of each event, wishing weeks before the start of the COVID-19 pan- to present the widest possible look at the demic. With a lot of effort, Fox was able to creative minds in town.

“Who has the total package to make a bring back PK last year for 37, but needed to good PK presenter?” That’s a question Fox be cautious. Despite a difficult road back, it asks not just himself, but also the community went well last year, and Fox is excited about at large. He welcomes Charleston residents to mounting this month’s event.

“It really is important to have the cresuggest voices they want to hear from as well. atives all in a space together,” Fox said.

Randi Weinstein, who has worked in the The Charleston Music Hall has food and hospitality industry for much of COVID-19 protocols in place to keep audiher life, is one of the presenters this year. ences safe, including requiring vaccines or Her presentation will be about her life since negative tests for entry. moving to Charleston from New York, and PK38 brings together a packed slate of how it’s led to her passion. “That is a longer great minds. The artists on the roster this story, but I began as a garment center kid, year are FAB workshop founder Randi moved to working in restaurants, onto

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Gibbes Museum brings Bridgerton to town The Charleston Symphony Orchestra (CSO) comes back to the Gibbes for a delightful presentation of music inspired by the Emmy-nominated original series, Bridgerton.

The period drama, which has become a sensation on social media, features classical takes on contemporary pop hits. The CSO will be performing many of these arrangements familiar to fans of the show from 6-7 p.m., Feb. 9.

Tickets are $30 for members, $40 for non-members and $15 for students.

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Presenters Randi Weinstein (top) and Alex Lira (bottom) are getting set for PechaKucha 38 this year owning a wholesale children’s accessory showroom, moved to Charleston and began finding myself here,” said Weinstein of her journey. Weinstein is the organizer for FAB, a business workshop for women in the hospitality industry.

“There’s been a number of occasions in which people have been really self revelatory in ways that are surprising and very brave,” Fox said.

Weinstein’s personal reflection is just the sort of story that fits right in with previous PK presentations.

PK is a great way for Charlestonians, both long-time locals and new transplants, to discover, meet and learn about exciting people in our community. Fox and company are hoping audiences will come to the Music Hall and hear some of these exciting and interesting presentations.

Mixed media artist Morgan Serreno East and photographer Marie Carladous are being given concurrent solo exhibitions at the Park Circle Gallery, running Feb. 2-26.

There will also be a free reception from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 4. East’s work explores the power and beauty of nature through mixed media. Carladous’ series of photographs explores our cultural past through images of America and France. —MS

Chs. Comedy Fest returns Charleston Comedy Festival takes the stage Feb. 23-26 with more than a dozen shows featuring national and local stand-up, sketch and improv.

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2021 was a year jam-packed with some of the best movies ever made. 2022 looks like it may keep that momentum going right out of the gate, with a slate of exciting movies set to release over the next few months.

The year kicked off with a bloody bang thanks to the new installment in the venerable Scream franchise. The movie, which hit theaters Jan. 14, brings back legacy stars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette and pairs them with a fresh young cast led

by In the Heights’ Melissa Barrera. Audiences and critics alike have raved Scream for its commentary on modern horror and film, as well as for being a great horror movie in its own right.

Jackass returns this February. Johnny Knoxville, fresh off professional wrestling appearances with WWE, along with the rest of the crew are back for more comedic nonsense in Jackass Forever.

Also in February, Roland Emmerich brings about the end of the world again, this time with an out-of-control moon in Moonfall.

Tom Holland stars in Uncharted, the film adaptation of the popular video game franchise. Jennfier Lopez and Owen Wilson come Robert Eggers’ together in Marry Me. Pixar’s newest film, Turning Red, releases in March, and the cirThe Northman (above) looks cumstances of that release have become quite controversial. Turning to be a moody, Red, about a young Chinese girl who discovers she turns into a red violent Viking epic panda when she’s stressed, will be released directly to Disney+ at no additional cost. This marks the third straight Pixar movie, following 2020’s Soul and last year’s Luca, to receive no theatrical release window. Some Pixar employees and fans alike are bothered by the decision, considering that other Disney films — Encanto, Raya and the Last Dragon and of course all the Marvel fare — have either seen theaters or at least charged an additional premium for initial streaming. Whether the streamingonly model for Pixar’s films ends up lowering the studio’s cultural stock remains to be seen, but Turning Red itself is sure to be another stellar outing from the team.

Everything Everywhere All at Once releases this March as well, and might be the most interesting movie announced so far this year. Written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the sci-fi film stars Michelle Yeoh as a Chinese immigrant tasked with saving the world by Images courtesy Warner Bros Pictures; Paramount Pictures connecting to her parallel universe versions.

The Batman (top) and Top Gun: Maverick The movie seems to relish in its oddities, (above) take wing this spring changing styles as it moves across universes. Should be a 2022 highlight.

Fans of The Witch and The Lighthouse will be excited to see a new Robert Eggers movie dropping in April. The Northman stars Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) as a viking warrior looking for revenge for the assault on his people. The Northman looks like it’ll be a moody and violent cinematic event in the style of The Remnant.

April is bursting at the seams, with Morbius, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore and The Bad Guys all launching that month.

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Nicolas Cage. The enigmatic movie star plays a slightly fictionalized version of himself, down on his luck and in need of money, who takes a gig to appear at a fan’s birthday party. Then the CIA gets involved, recruiting Cage for a special mission. Cage’s movie roles have veered from poignant (Pig) to weird (Willy’s Wonderland) over the past few years, and Unbearable Weight feels like the absolute apex of Cage’s career trajectory.

It should make for one of the most interesting movies of 2022.

Superhero movies will surely continue to dominate the box office in 2022.

March sees the release of Matt Reeves’ take on The Batman, which stars Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader. The film seems to be taking a grittier, more psychological approach to Batman, perhaps exploring some of the psychosis that runs through the character. DC strikes again in May with DC League of Super-Pets, an animated feature about the animal sidekicks of the Justice League. And over on the Marvel side, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will explore even more of the Marvel multiverse that has cropped up in recent Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

Top Gun: Maverick was supposed to release in 2019, but was delayed to work out the flight sequences. Then the pandemic happened. Now, after almost three years of delays, Maverick is set to release this May. Tom Cruise is returning to the franchise, joining Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly and Jon Hamm. May also sees the release of The Bob’s Burgers Movie, giving the longrunning and popular animated series its first feature film outing.

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One of Charleston’s most unique cocktail spots opens this month on King Street.

Self-identified “retailista” Emily Heintz always wanted to open her own retail store.

And with over 30 years of experience in retail and sales, her longtime dream has come to fruition.

With an open date of Feb. 14, Heintz is opening her first shop, Sèchey, selling socalled “alternative spirits” at 420 King St., next to Blue Bicycle Books.

Sèchey launched as an online store in September 2021, with pop-ups at Second Sunday on King.

The journey leading to Sèchey started when Heintz purchased a house in Charleston in 2019. She didn’t live in the house quite yet, but knew she wanted property in the city. While living in San Francisco, she rented her Charleston home. But when it was time for a change of scenery, she moved into the house in 2021 with the goal to open her own shop — an idea that sat in the back of her mind for years.

“I had my own store in my early twenties,” said Heintz. “But e-commerce was a lot different back then. You didn’t have the same support system or access to capital, so we ended up closing that business.”

She didn’t know what the store was going to be, but knew it was time. “It was a struggle. It was always, ‘Where’s your idea?’”

The inspiration came to her when, during quarantine in the early months of the pandemic, she went on cleanses and started looking for alcohol-free spirits and cocktails to drink at home.

“COVID was tough,” she said. “We were all drinking so much and after a while, I quit drinking to stay present with my day and make clear decisions. I was in San Francisco, away from my family and had a house in Charleston. I needed to stay present.”

The amount of research she had done herself, combined with the connections she had made with non-alcoholic spirit brands, Heintz had come to realize a hole in the market for the product. There was a demand for non-alcoholic spirits, but not a single place to source from.

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Sèchey owner Emily Heintz said the inspiration for her alternative spirits business came in the early months of the pandemic-prompted quarantine there’s so many other people feeling this too, and want alternatives to drinking,” added Heintz. “So I started to play around with the idea and came up with the word ‘Sèchey’ because ‘sèche’ means ‘dry’ in French and sèche was already taken, but sèchey was available and its tied to being dry, so I said, ‘you know what? Let’s do it.’”

On it’s website, Sèchey is described simply as, “Dryish.”

To determine the products carried at Sèchey, it was Heintz’s own research during the conception of the e-commerce store. She would buy directly from the brand to taste, then reach out and explain her vision for Sèchey.

“I started developing relationships with brands very early on and explaining my vision,” she said. “And when we launched the website in September, from there, people are finding me now.”

Once Sèchey launched online, it was always in the plans to open up a physical location. But with Charleston being a craft beer and bar-heavy city, especially downtown, opening a store selling non-alcoholic spirits was a difficult task.

“I’ve been looking since July [of last year], knowing I wanted to open up this little store,” she said about finding a location. “We had an incredibly difficult time, given we’re a start-up, people don’t understand the space, I’m new to the city and don’t know anyone and we’ve only been in business six months.”

“We were getting turned down constantly,” she added, until a colleague referred Heintz to Prime South Group.

With a space secured, Heintz already has a vision for the interior design. At the beginning of the year, Sèchey held a pop-up at The Port at the Restoration Hotel. It was an open space, with shelves along the walls. In the back of the space was a bar, where one could order a cocktail using one of the many non-alcoholic spirits the store carries. The cocktail menu itself was all non-alcoholic.

However, the option to add alcohol was there.

“You don’t have to ask for a mocktail because the cocktail menu is the cocktail menu. The option to add alcohol is just there, which is the opposite at bars and restaurants,” said Heintz. “We know we want to do part of the store as a bar and food concept that’s flipping the script with the bar and having alcohol as an option,” Heintz said. “But we’re still deciding what’s going to work best.”

“At the pop-up, it worked really well. It didn’t matter what was in your glass,” she added. “It just removes that judgment and the ability for people to say stuff like, ‘why aren’t you drinking?’ There’s a lot of stigma and we want to get away from it when someone says they don’t drink.”

Other plans for the store include workshops and classes, according to Heintz.

Sèchey will be located on 420 King Street.

Curbside pick-up is available Mon.-Fri. from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 854-202-1443 prior to pick-up.

Free local delivery within an 8-mile radius of downtown Charleston or $5 delivery to the metro area. Official retail hours coming soon.

Order online at sechey.com.

Calling all fans of FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Rusty Bull Brewing Co. is celebrating the infamous “gang” with “The Gang Does Rusty Bull Trivia Night” and a chance to participate in the show’s Flipadelphia Flip Cup Tournament on Wednesday.

Winner of the trivia will receive $150 in Rusty Bull house cash and $100 in prizes for winners of the flip cup tournament. The tournament kicks off at 6 p.m., with trivia at 7 p.m. Sign up for the tournament at rustybullbrewing. com/events. —MP

Parisian restaurant Brasserie la Banque launches lunch service The recently opened French restaurant, Brasserie la Banque has kicked off lunch service. Available daily from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the restaurant will serve French classics like French onion soup or croque madame as well as innovative options like French onion grilled cheese or gnocchi Parisienne.

Brasserie la Banque is open from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m., Tues.-Sat. —MP

Queen Street Hospitality Group establishes CofC scholarship In celebration of Queen Street Hospitality Group founder Steve Kish’s retirement, the restaurant group has established a scholarship fund at College of Charleston, awarding one student studying hospitality and tourism management at the School of Business.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2019-CP-10-03397 LNV Corporation, Plaintiff, v.

Clyde F. Murray; Antenette R. Murray a/k/a Antoinette Murray f/k/a Antoinette Alston; The United States of America by and through its agency The Department of Justice; The Park Recreational Development, Inc. a/k/a or d/b/a Park Recreational 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.

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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 June 25, 2019. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

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 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2021-CP-1002000 Karon Anderson, Plaintiff, vs.

Barbara A. Brown, Andrea Stephens, Sharon Johnson, George B. Green, Mary Green Smith, Donald O. Green, Cathy A. Green, Bernard Michael Crawford, Jr., Michele Denise Crawford, Raleigh Gatison, Valerie Dayson, Eric Dayson and JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Oscar E. Dayson, Jr., Maude Dayson Frasier, Ruby M. Green, Addie D. Crawford Bernard Michael Crawford all of whom are deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants, SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in the Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Amended Complaint on the Plaintiff, through her Attorney, J. Chris Lanning, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Amended Compliant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Amended Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for the aforesaid County which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this case. An appeal from the final judgment entered by the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons, Amended Lis Pendens and Amended Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 17, 2021.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on May 17, 2021.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon the Amended Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants to clear title to the subject real property hereinafter described and to establish ownership of the subject property in the names of the lawful heirs.

That said property affected by said Amended Complaint in this Action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this Action, and at the time of the filing of this Notice is described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being near Red Top in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, and shown and

designated a “Residual Highland 130,929 sq ft. 3.066 acres and Residual Marsh 154,793 sq ft.

3.554 acres on that certain plat entitled, “PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF 9.166 ACRES INTO TWO LOTS, LOT 1, 2067 ACRES AND THE RESIDUAL 7.099 ACRES OWNED BY MAUDE D. FRASIER, ET AL. LOCATED NEAR RED TOP, ST. ANDREWS PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, made by F. Steven Johnson, SC RLS of George A.Z. Johnson, Jr., in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County; said lot having such size, location, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to the said plat more fully appear.

TMS # 287-00-00-179 GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that D. Nathan Davis, Esquire, 1470 Tobias Gadsden Blvd, Suite 202, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated July 27, 2021 and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina has been appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the Defendants herein as may be unknown infants, persons insane, or otherwise incompetent or under legal disability, claiming any right, title, estate claim, interest in, or lien upon the property described in the Complaint herein, such appointment to become absolute unless they or someone on their behalf shall procure an Order appointing a Guardian ad Litem for such persons within (30) days after past publications of the Summons herein.

KENNETH POOLE, MICHAEL GRUNDY, JUSTIN MALBACIAS AND KEVIN GOODMAN. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2004, MINOR CHILD BORN 2016, MINOR CHILD BORN 2013, MINOR CHILD BORN 2019, MINOR CHILD BORN 2020.

TO DEFENDANT: Justin Malbacias YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 22, 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, Newton Howle, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. 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. Newton Howle, SC Bar # 2729, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. 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-10-3612

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ J. Chris Lanning J. Chris Lanning 12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 Phone – 843-766-5576

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-2201

TO DEFENDANT: SHAVON MILLER YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 9, 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, Mary Lee Briggs, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. 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. Mary Lee Briggs, SC Bar # 101535, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9464.

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS DONNA MILLIGAN AND SCOTT TREADAWAY, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2012.

TO DEFENDANT: DONNA MILLIGAN YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 22, 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, Newton Howle, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. 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. Newton Howle, SC Bar # 2729, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. 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-10-3357 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS HEATHER BROGDEN, CHRISTINE DOCKERY, STEVEN BUSH,

VERSUS JANE DOE, JOHN DOE, SHAVON MILLER, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2021.

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-2623 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS CHRISTINA GATHERS, DENO CAMPBELL, JERONICA FRAZIER JR, AKEEM GRANT, MALIK MITCHELL, JAROD CLEVELAND, AND ABRAHAM MEDLEY, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018.

TO DEFENDANT: ABRAHAM MEDLEY YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 2, 2021. Upon proof of interest,

a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Regina Parvin, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. 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., N. Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

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: BILLIE FAYE WILLIAMS 2021-ES-10-2289 DOD: 11/21/21 Pers. Rep: ROBERT T. WILLIAMS 807 JEB STUART RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 ************ Estate of: VIOLA R. RICHARDSON 2021-ES-10-2291 DOD: 11/03/21 Pers. Rep: MARLEEN PYATT 1925 CAMP RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: W. ALEX DALLIS, JR., ESQ. 1721 ASHLEY RIVER RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: SUSAN ELLEN MCCALLUM 2021-ES-10-2302 DOD: 12/08/21 Pers. Rep: JOHN DUNCAN MCCALLUM 736 VIRGINIA RAIL RD. KIAWAH ISLAND, SC 29455 Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: EMILY LILLIAN MOORE 2021-ES10-2303 DOD: 10/19/21 Pers. Rep: SANDRA FLUDD 1170 VALLEY FORGE DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: F. RENEE GATERS, ESQ. PO BOX 1015 CHARLESTON, SC 29402 ************ Estate of: CLAUDE EARLE THOMAS 2021-ES10-2319 DOD: 12/15/21 Pers. Rep: JUNE OAKMAN THOMAS 773 BEAUREGARD ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: JOSEPH K. QUALEY, ESQ. 23 BROAD ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PNC Bank, National Association, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Barbara A Brass, DEFENDANT(S) SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT

C/A NO: 2021-CP-10-05501 DEFICIENCY WAIVED TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

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

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on December 7, 2021.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.

To be considered for any avail-

able Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call (803) 726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm LLP represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice.

You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications.

CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT My name is: Sarah O. Leonard First Middle Last I am (check one) [ ] the Plaintiff or [X] an authorized agent of the Plaintiff in the foreclosure case described at the top of this page. I am capable of making this certification. The facts stated in the certification are within my personal knowledge and are true and correct.

1. Verification Pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Orders 2020-04-30-02 and 2020-05-06-01 and based upon the information provided by the Plaintiff and/or its authorized servicer as maintained in its case management/database records, the undersigned makes the following certifications: Plaintiff is seeking to foreclose upon the following property commonly known as: 61 Montagu Street, Charleston, SC 29401 Street Address & Unit No. (if any) City, State Zip code I verify that this property and specifically the mortgage loan subject to this action: [X] is NOT a “Federally Backed Mortgage Loan” as defined by § 4022(a)(2) of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. [ ] is a “Federally Backed Mortgage Loan” as defined by § 4022(a)(2) of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. Specifically, the foreclosure moratorium cited in Section 4022(c)(2) of the CARES Act has expired as of May 18, 2020, and the property and mortgage are not currently subject to a forbearance plan as solely defined in Sections 4022(b) and (c) of the CARES Act. I hereby certify that I have reviewed the loan servicing records and case management/ data base records of the Plaintiff or its authorized mortgage servicer, in either digital or printed form, and that this mortgage loan is not currently subject to a forbearance plan as solely defined in Sections 4022(b) and (c) of the CARES Act. Pursuant thereto, I certify that the facts stated in this Certification are within my personal knowledge, excepting those matters based upon my information and belief as to the said loan servicing records and case management/ data base records of the Plaintiff or mortgage servicer, and to those matters I believe them to be true. See, Rule 11(c), SCRCP; BB&T of South Carolina v. Fleming, 360 S.C. 341, 601 S.E.2d

540 (2004).

2. Declaration I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true and correct. I am aware that if any of the foregoing statements made by me are willfully false, I am subject to punishment by contempt.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 9TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2021-CP-10-05082 NORTHWOODS BLVD EXPRESS, INC., Plaintiff, v.

WATTS POWER SYSTEMS, INC. f/k/a “WATTS ELECTRICAL, LLC,” and KENNETH WATTS, Defendants.

SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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 this Complaint upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

CAMERON L. MARSHALL, LLC Cameron L. Marshall SC Bar No.: 64192 7 Gamecock Avenue, Ste 707 Charleston, SC 29407 [P]: (843) 795 – 2298 [F]: (843) 795 – 5081 Attorney for Plaintiff January 28, 2022 Charleston, SC

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL CASE NO.: 2021-CP-1005697 ALVIN GILLIARD, VIRGIE P. WALKER, IRENE DEBORAH WILLIAMS, OLIVER BLAKE, ELIZABETH TODD, KEVIN BLAKE, EARL BLAKE, SHERRY McRAE, EUGENE R. TODD, LENNY MITCHELL and BRADY JUDGE, Plaintiffs, vs.

JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, being fictitious names used to designate the unknown heirs at law distributees, devisees, legatees, widow, widowers, successors and assigns, if any, of ZELLA MIKELL a/k/a ZELLA MIKELL SMITH (deceased) and the following deceased individuals: THOMAS SMITH, ELVIRA SMITH BLAKE, PRISCILLA BLAKE GILLIARD, MILDRED SMITH BLAKE, CURTIS JUDGE, CLARENCE BRADY JUDGE, LARRY JUDGE, JOSEPHINE BLAKE, PATRICIA

ANN BLAKE, ALBERTA ELVIRA BLAKE TODD, and all other persons Unknown claiming by, through or under them or having or claiming any interest in the real estate described in Complaint, whether infants, incompetents, insane persons under any other disability.

Defendants.

SUMMONS (Quiet Title/Partition) TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, located at 1847 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Complaint.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, which action was brought by the above-named Plaintiffs against the abovenamed Defendants to determine the rightful owners and partition in kind and or by allotment the below described real estate.

That the premises affected by this action is located within the County and State aforesaid and is more particularly described as follows: All that tract piece or parcel of land lying, situate and being on James Island in the County and State aforesaid and known as a part of the Grimball Plantation; measuring and containing five (5) acres, be the said dimensions more or less.

Butting and bounding on the North by land now or formerly of W. G. Brinson, on the East by land now or formerly of Grimball; on the South by Grimball Road and on the West by lands now or formerly of now or formerly of John Lafayette.

TMS No.: 427-00-00-013 NOTICE NISIS TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Plaintiffs have applied to the Court for appointment of a suitable person as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown and known Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability, and said appointment shall become final unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, within thirty (30) days of the service of this Notice, shall procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem for them.

NOTICE OF FILING TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Complaint, Lis Pendens and Notice Nisi were filed on December 21, 2021 in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina.

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Toya Hampton, Esquire of 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200, P.O. Box 32181, Charleston, S.C. 29417, has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated the 30th day of December, 2021 and the said appointment shall become ab-

solute thirty (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 as Guardian ad Litem for them within (30) days after the final publication of this Notice. /s/ Arthur C. McFarland Attorney for Plaintiffs 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200 Charleston, SC 29407 E-mail: Cecilesq@aol.com 843.763-3900 843.763-5347 (fax) Charleston, S.C. December 21, 2021

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-00135 South Carolina Federal Credit Union, PLAINTIFF, VS. Iregene Grovner, Jr. a/k/a Iregene Grovner, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; et al., DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (212258.00022) 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.

NOTICE 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 January 10, 2022.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose ad-

dress 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 Wevonneda Minis, 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 21st day of January, 2022.

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 Wevonneda Minis to South Carolina Federal Credit Union, dated August 24, 2012, recorded August 29, 2012, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0274 at Page 502.

The description of the premises is as follows: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 18, Block D, on a plat entitled “Resubdivison of a portion of West Oak Forest,” made by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated January, 1953 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book J at Page 28; SAID lot having such size, shape, courses, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Wevonneda Minis

by Deed of Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, of Washington, D.C. dated June 22, 1994 and recorded July 22, 1994 in Book U245 at Page 526 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 3490300093 Property address: 1221 Wimbee Drive Charleston, SC 29407 SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. By: 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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2021-CP-10-05743 Civic Real Estate Holdings III, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. Home to Home, LLC and Charleston Development Group, LLC, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (211106.00094) TO THE DEFENDANTS HOME TO HOME, LLC AND CHARLESTON DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, 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, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity 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 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 to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 23, 2021.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. By: 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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NUMBER: 2010-ES-10-413 IN RE: ESTATE OF ANDREW MANIGAULT NOTICE OF HEARING~ VIRTUAL HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO: JAMES D. MYRICK, ESQUIRE, ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 5 EXCHANGE STREET CHARLESTON, SC 29401 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 OBTAINING 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 PROBATE 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: MARCH 29, 2022 TIME: 1:00 P.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 TRUST MODIFICATION. PREVIOUS HEARING DATES OF JANUARY 24, 2022 AND MARCH 1, 2022 HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED TO THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME. This 21st day of Januarv, 2022.

Signature: s/Irvin G. Condon Name: Irvin G. Condon, Judge of Probate Address: 84 Broad Street Third Floor Charleston, SC 29401 Telephone: (843) 958-5030

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NUMBER: 2010-ES10-413 IN RE: ESTATE OF ANDREW MANIGAULT Morris A. Ellison. Acting in his capacities as Personal Representative of the Estate of Andrew Manigault and Trustee of the Andrew Manigault Revocable Trust dated January 21, 2007, Petitioner, vs.

Shaina Ann Andrews as Personal Representative of the Robert Manigault Estate; John Manigault; Kenneth Walker as Administrator of the Estate of Carol Manigault; Joshua E. Zukerberg, Esq., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rebecca Williams; Rebecca Manigault Green; Jerome Manigault; Kevin Manigault; Mikaela Marie Walker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Eileen Walker, Janet Walker; Kenneth Walker; Donald Cave; Lorraine Manigault; Carl Manigault, Jr.; Carrie Greene; Devora Manigault Lee, also known as Devoid Manigault; Malcolm Manigault; and MARY ROE, a fictitious name to designate the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, issue, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of Donald Cave, Carrie Greene, Malcolm Manigault, all deceased, as well as any of the other named Defendants, if they now be or hereafter become

deceased during the pendency of this action.

Respondents.

FIRST AMENDED SUMMONS TO THE RESPONDENTS ABOVE NAMED: 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 to the said Petition on the undersigned subscribers at their offices, 5 Exchange Street, Charleston, SC 29401, P.O. Box 999, Charleston, SC 29402, within thirty (30) days after the service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

Respectfully submitted, WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP s/James Myrick James D. Myrick, Esq. (S.C. Bar #12004) 5 Exchange Street Charleston, SC 29401 Telephone: (843) 722-3400 Fax: (843) 723-7398 Counsel for the Petitioner Morris A. Ellison. Acting in his capacities as Personal Representative of the Estate of Andrew Manigault and Trustee of the Andrew Manigault Revocable Trust dated January 21, 2007 December 6, 2021

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“Play the game. Never let the game play you.” So advised Gemini rapper and actor Tupac Shakur.

“Who I really am keeps surprising me,” declared Gemini author Nikki Giovanni. I propose that we make the previous four quotes your wisdom teachings during the next four weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your animal symbol is usually the crab. But I propose we temporarily change it to the tardigrade. It’s a tiny, eight-legged creature that’s among the most stalwart on planet Earth — able to live everywhere, from mountaintops to tropical rainforests to the deepest parts of the sea. In extreme temperatures, it thrives, as well as under extreme pressures. Since it emerged as a species half a billion years ago, it has survived all five mass extinctions. I believe you will be as hardy and adaptable and resolute as a tardigrade in the coming months, Cancerian. You will specialize in grit and resilience and determination. PS: Tardigrades are regarded as a “pioneer species” because they take up residence in new and changed environments, paving the way for the arrival of other species. They help create novel ecosystems.

Metaphorically speaking, you could be like that.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I regularly ask myself how I can become more open-minded. Have I stopped being receptive in any way? What new developments and fresh ideas am I ignorant of? Have my strong opinions blinded me to possibilities that don’t fit my opinions? In accordance with astrological omens, Leo, I encourage you to adopt my attitude in the coming weeks. For inspiration, read these thoughts by philosopher Marc-Alain Ouaknin: “If things speak to us, it is because we are open to them, we perceive them, listen to them, and give them meaning.

If things keep quiet, if they no longer speak to us, it is because we are closed.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Like all the rest of us, Virgo, you have limitations. And it’s important for you to identify them and take them into consideration.

But I want to make sure you realize you also have fake limitations; you wrongly believe in the truth of some supposed limitations that are, in fact, mostly illusory or imaginary. Your job right now is to dismantle and dissolve those. For inspiration, here’s advice from author Mignon McLaughlin: “Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else,” counseled poet and activist Maya Angelou. Author Toni Morrison said, “The function of freedom is to free someone else.” Author and activist Nikki Giovanni wrote,

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“Everybody that loves freedom loves Harriet Tubman because she was determined not only to be free, but to make free as many people as she could.” I hope the wisdom of these women will be among your guiding thoughts in the coming weeks. As your own power and freedom grow, you can supercharge them — render them even more potent — by using them to help others.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself,” testified Miles Davis, one of the most unique and talented jazz trumpeters and composers who ever lived. Popular and successful author Anne Lamott expressed a similar sentiment: “I’m here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.” If those two geniuses found it a challenge to fully develop their special potentials, what chance do the rest of us have? I have good news in that regard, Scorpio. I believe 2022 will be a very favorable time to home in on your deepest, truest self — to ascertain and express more of your soul’s code.

And you’re entering a phase when your instinct for making that happen will be at a peak.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the course of human history, 3 million ships have sunk to the bottom of the Earth’s seas. At one extreme have been huge vessels, like the Titanic and naval cruisers, while at the other extreme are small fishing boats. Many of these have carried money, gems, jewelry, gold, and other precious items. Some people have made it their job to search for those treasures.

I believe there could and should be a metaphorical resemblance between you and them in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Now is a favorable time for you to hunt for valuable resources, ideas, memories and yes, even treasures that may be tucked away in the depths, in hidden locations and in dark places.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods,” wrote author Margaret Fuller. That’s the bad news. The good news is that your capacity for exposing and resisting falsehoods is now at a peak. Furthermore, you have a robust ability to ward off delusions, pretense, nonsense, inauthenticity, and foolishness. Don’t be shy about using your superpowers, Capricorn. Everyone you know will benefit as you zero in and focus on what’s true and genuine. And you will benefit the most.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “All things are inventions of holiness,” wrote poet Mary Oliver.

“Some more rascally than others.” I agree. And I’ll add that in the coming weeks, holiness is likely to be especially rascally as it crafts its inventions in your vicinity. Here are the shades of my meaning for the word “rascally”: unruly, experimental, mischievous, amusing, mercurial, buoyant, whimsical, and kaleidoscopic. But don’t forget that all of this will unfold under the guidance and influence of holiness. I suspect you’ll encounter some of the most amusing and entertaining outbreaks of divine intervention ever.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The year 1905 is referred to as Albert Einstein’s “Year of Miracles.” The Piscean physicist, who was 26 years old, produced three scientific papers that transformed the nature of physics and the way we understand the universe.

Among his revolutionary ideas were the theory of special relativity, the concept that light was composed of particles, and the iconic equation, E = mc squared.

With that information as a backdrop, I will make a bold prediction: that in 2022 you will experience your own personal version of a Year of Miracles. The process is already underway. Now it’s time to accelerate it.

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mom talked her out of it, and both animals were rescued. Further, at only seventeen pounds Stella was an accomplished herd dog, having the ability to swiftly corral any rogue cow back to the safety of their pasture at her grandparent’s property.

In her spare time, Stella loved chasing tennis balls and ripping them apart. She also never tired of destroying her toys — she found great pleasure in chewing them open and proudly biting out the squeaker.

She loved car rides and insisted on sitting in the driver’s seat with the window rolled down and wind against her face. She also thoroughly enjoyed partaking in “drive by barking” — startling unsuspecting people and dogs while bike riding with her mom.

She is survived by her mom, sister Bella Cat, grandparents Cindy and Norman Gaskins, aunts Brandy Gaskins and Nikki Campbell and a handful of furry cousins and plush toys sans squeakers.

Stella will be greatly missed by many but none moreso than her mom. Through thick and thin, she loved her with all her heart, and though the pain she feels without her is immense, it in no way would compare to having never had Stella in her life.

In lieu of flowers, Stella’s mom is requesting that you eat the dessert, ride with the window down, share the bacon and make room on the bed. Most important, remember that grief is a small price to pay for the wonderful gift that pets provide: the priceless treasure of unconditional love.

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Stella was a member of the Dachshunds of Charleston and was active in the community, from strutting her stuff annually in local Christmas parades to running in the weiner dog race (second place champ!).

She also enjoyed running with her mom on timed 5ks around the Lowcountry.

Stella took seriously her job to protect and serve. She never let a doorbell ring without sounding her very vocal alarm, she never let a palmetto bug infiltrate the perimeter and she restricted the squirrels to a designated tree along with evicting various rodents, ground moles and bunnies from the backyard. She also helped around the house by sucking up at record speed any crumbs or pieces of food dropped on the floor.

Proving not all heroes wear capes, Stella is credited with sniffing out an abandoned baby squirrel once as well as a turtle stuck between a fence. While she would have preferred to make them both a snack, her

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Charleston Music Festival returns to Sottile Theater After a two-year hiatus, College of Charleston’s department of music will once again host Charleston Music Festival at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 7, in the Sottile Theater featuring works from Beethoven.

For 15 years, Charleston Music Festival has been a celebration of classical and contemporary chamber music performed by world-class artists both local and international, giving CofC students the chance to participate in free master classes with featured musicians.

Reprising her role in this year’s festival is acclaimed cellist Natalia Khoma, associate professor of cello at College of Charleston and the festival’s artistic director. She will be joined

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While singer-songwriter LaFaye is fairly new to Charleston and to songwriting, it’s been a beautiful transition.

When she was living in Savannah, Georgia, during a five-year stint as a vocalist in the Army, Charleston was her getaway place to see live music. Less than a year after she made the move to Charleston permanent in 2020, LaFaye starred in the Charleston Music Hall & ZD Experience production, Simply the Best: A Tribute to Tina Tuner, proving her innate ability not only to stand out in the crowd, but to find her tribe.

“2020 made me think, ‘Look, sis, you need to get it together and have a plan B, have a plan C, because you just don’t know,’ ” LaFaye. “It put me in a humble space and allowed me to learn to appreciate being creative. It gave me a better outlook on where I plan on going and where I plan on taking this music stuff in general.”

And where she’s taken it is a Charleston rendition of the live band concept she formed in Savannah called LaFaye & the Fellas with a varying cast of local musicians, plus an upcoming EP she’s shooting to release in the spring.

“I always try to incorporate rock ’n’ roll, of course; I can’t get away from the soul part. I call it rock soul,” she said of her style as a performer. “When it comes to my band, I’m able to do more than stand behind a microphone and sing. You’re going to get a very interactive it’s-just-me-and-you kind of thing.”

LaFaye’s 2019 single, “Flaws & All,” is a cool, calm neo-soul number strung together with self-affirming perceptions, a steady first step into the role of a songwriter. She’s used the past two years to hone her craft, which didn’t necessarily come easily to her at first. Now she finds herself writing all the time, reworking little lines and excerpts she hears to make them her own.

She’s currently working with Atlanta producers Jyrin Cox and SangriaTheProducer as well as local musician Stephen Washington to structure the sound she’s looking for on her upcoming EP, which won’t stray far from the vibe she brings in a live setting as she learns the dynamics of being in the studio.

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Local singer LaFaye is bringing her dynamic stage presence into the studio for her next songwriting project to follow up her 2019 single, “Flaws & All”

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2020 made me think, ‘Look, sis, you need to get it together and have a plan B, have a plan C, because you just don’t know.’ ” —LaFaye

Foundational to her persona is the drive to make people dance and to master the genre-melding dynamics of powerhouse performers who have come before her.

“Someone like Nina Simone is my inspiration for that,” she said. “We know her for jazz, but she infused classical jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel and pop into one thing.

She used all of those genres to get a message across. I try to use my platform in a way that she did — whether it’s making sure people are kind to each other, making sure people treat each other with respect, and also speaking up for women when nobody else will.”

She will get a chance to tap more into jazz during her Feb. 12 shows at Gibbes Museum of Art, a P.U.R.E Concert Series Valentine’s special called “P.S., Love Is …” Besides jumping between genres, she’ll perform some of her unreleased originals she wrote during the pandemic — “you’re gonna be okay, you’re gonna be alright type of songs.”

“This Valentine’s show is actually going to pan my entire love life: before I met ‘the guy,’ to when I met him, to when we got married, to when we got divorced — learning how to be okay and love again and love myself again — to being happy with just being.”

Forte Jazz Lounge will offer four evenings of music and dancing to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Vocalist Joe Clarke and the Forte house band will be joined by local singers Charles Grant and Ivory Collins at 7 p.m., Feb. 11, to present love songs through the decades.

Singing sisters Gracie & Lacy will bring their signature harmonies and tap dancing Feb. 12 for an evening of hit love songs at 7 and 9:30 p.m.

Feb. 13 is swing night with local swing mainstay Stephen Duane at 6 p.m., and Joe Clarke Big Band will present “Fall in Love Again” at 7 p.m., Feb. 14. —CG

Pop/Rock/Cult brings Charleston vintage covers Local cover band Pop/Rock/Cult is relatively new to Charleston, taking shape about six months ago as a fivepiece outfit with drummer/vocalist Mike Besta, bassist Sandip Roy, and guitarists/vocalists Joe Fisher, Daniel Bennett and Frank Royster.

“I think there’s something for everyone,” Bennett said.

Catch Pop/Rock/Cult at Burns Alley on Feb. 5 and 26, as well at the St. Patrick’s Day Block Party and Parade in Park Circle on March 12. —CG

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On the new record, Invisible from Inside delivers its same relaxing folk tunes, but with a different voice, displaying new singer Jordan Pulaski’s seamless addition “I’ve never been involved in a project outside of just my own music,” she said. “So it was interesting, trying to figure out how I wanted to vocally approach something that I didn’t write, or I hadn’t heard a million times from listening to it on the radio.”

The connection between the two musicians seems to be a natural kinship, with Pulaski’s rich, contemplative vocals and lyrics proving a warm and compelling match to Hulsebos’s compositions.

Almost a year ago, Invisible from Inside dropped a seven-minute single, “Her Favorite Number,” which showed how much Pulaski added to the group yet how little the overall aesthetic had shifted. It still felt like the same band.

Now Every Other Memory has arrived, an album full of reflective songs well-suited

to the amber-tinged nostalgic vibe of the group’s sound.

Even with drummer John Powell on board as a third member, there’s a level of minimalism to the method as the songs begin with plaintive strums and slowly unfold at their own pace. The new album is a bit like Mazzy Star or Iron & Wine in its sense of hushed atmosphere, with more straightforward and less enigmatic lyrics and production.

“For me, the way I would describe it is music that I want to roll my windows down to in my car on a nice relaxing road trip,” Pulaski said, reluctant to name specific influences.

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It’s been a long circuitous path toward Every Other Memory, Invisible from Inside’s debut LP that dropped last week.

Originally a duo featuring guitarist Eric Hulsebos and vocalist/bassist/ percussionist Jesse Beam, the group released an EP in early 2020 that offered a particular vision of strummy, languid folk songs ornamented with dreamy, float-along arrangements. Then, Beam left the group for a job opportunity halfway across the world, leaving Hulsebos searching for another singer, which he found in Jordan Pulaski.

“I actually found Jordan online,” Hulsebos said. “I feel like we connected right away, as soon as we hung out the first time. It was just meant to be, if you will.”

Pulaski didn’t have a long musical history to draw from, having mainly made music from home as a hobby and teaching singing lessons in Mount Pleasant.

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